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9 20 THE OMAHA DAIIY" BEE: SUNDAY, aiAHCII 4. 15)00. IMPRESSIONS OF MACMANOS Doicg&l Pilgrim QItjs Boms Pictnrerqae Vitwj oa AmjriCan Life. NO CONFIDENCE GAMES WORKED ON H:M Some Itrmnrk on the Drntlly Pure Ucinncrni'y lli-nlly Uxlatu Defrr ciicp Shown In Woiiipii A nier Ira ii Wnr kin Kn l-ii. (Copyright, 1900. by Soumas MncManun.) A friend from the south asked hie, "Havo thoy trlcxl to bunco you since you came to Mow York?"' "No." "Or sell you green gooda?" "So." "Havo you been sandbagged?" "No." "Nor ony attempt made to rob you, swln dlo you or tako your life?" "No attempt whatever?" "Then shake," said he, "brother In mis fortune." "What do you mean?" said I. "I mean," said he, "that I have had tho Hiuno unllatterltiK experience. Notwlthstand Inc that I came north full of buoyant expec tation and equipped with all precautionary knowledge, tho bunco stccrer, the green poods man, tho sandbaggcr and the homl rldu havi! contemptuously passed mo by. They considered both of us not -worth Mhlle." I confer that I had not looked upon my oscnpo In this prldo-woundlng light before. And though I havo since sedulously sought opiiortunltlcn for re-estnbllsblng my eclf rtteom. I havo miserably failed, and for the eako of my self-respect would llko to con clude that Amerlcu In general nnd New York In particular arn not tho gardens of dishonesty nnd violence that perfervld pa trlotH would fain mako tho awed outside world believe. Thu bunco sleen-r and tho grcon goods tnan who plnn his wob In Hoboken and 4nvltcs tho unwary farmer to walk Into ' It, with his carpet bag, nro as distinctly American products as tho American woman nnd the New York newspaper. Yet, far from proving the alover dishonesty of Amer icans, theso gentlemen only cxponc the prim itive simplicity stupidity, I had nltnoit paid of Americans. " Successful bunco Htcomra havo repeatedly gone over to push their fortunes In tho old world, and have Invariably cotno back broken and beggared. "D n the old world!" said ono of these; "thoy'ro no uso over there too slow for Anything. If a millionaire nt 20 went over nnd baited n trap the knaves woto so con founded slow that he'd bo a gray-bearded beggar -when the first farmer walked Into It. America for me, whero all men ara equal tho honest nnd the dishonest! " IIiincKty ii ml lllftlionrnty. Thero Is more honesty and more dishon esty In America than any other counlry tho sun Shines on today. Despite moral conditions that are peculiarly favorable to the multiplication of politicians and the thousand and ono other species of plck Kckct, tho nverngo American, outside of buslnejH hourw, Is an cstlmably honest per son. Old world conceptions of the "Yankee" havo been formed from observations made tipon the "clever" class, which, though It 1.4 certainly an American type, Is far from representing tbo true average American. Having formed my ldc.ni of Americans en tirely from books nnd travelers' talcs I was on coming here most pleasantly disap pointed (o find my preconceived notions ut terly falsified. Whllo here arc quito a num ber of distinct types not to be found else where, 1 dlocovor that the great bulk of peoplo differ from tho commercial peoples on the other sldo of tho water only In being lenn formal and ostentatious, kinder, franker, moro direct, moro natural. Doth In social re lations and generally In business relations, tho brotherhood of man, Its rights aud Its duties, are tacitly acknowledged to an oxtcnt (hat Is striking nnd pleasing to a forolgncr. Ah there In In the states a class of bralnlois bodies who very dearly love a lord, there Is a general Impression abroad In tho far world that tho American cry of democratic equality und independence Is so much rant. But, though thoso nddlc-patcd few who aro opera nnd tuft hunters somehow manago to loom large over tho horizon of tho eastern hem isphere, no one can remain long In America without being Impressed with tho fact that In no old country In personality so signally unaffected by purse or station. Amorlcan democracy Is perhaps from necessity po3 ecssnd of nn aggresslvo soul. Though It has nil tho marks and tokens of true democracy It Is ovldcnt to a thinker that It Is democracy in Its teething, and Is potulant and Irritable. Just yet It has only got so far as to pro claim to tho world, "I'm as good as my neighbor!" Imagining, childlike, that this Is tho perfected creed. Ily nnd by, when It will havo been weaned, It will hnvo strength and a phlloiophy to recast tho creed, proclaim ing, "My nolghbor Is. ns good as me." Yet, ovon today, It acknowledges this latter In n sort of tmpulslvo way, though It has not put It Into words, It has given mo a gen uine pleasure to hear nt night, during elec tion and other times, street corner orators nlr thnlr vlows and denounce In no measured torm his opponent's, whllo tho crowd encir cling him, though holding directly opposite opinions,, listened deferentially, or argued with him respectfully and earnestly nnd ivlth what seemed to mo, nlmost criminal negligence, never once making use of two old and offectlvo arguments hrlckbats and ridicule. At first It used to strlko me that this was currying democratic Ideas to a dan Kerous extremity, but I soon enmo to sea that It was tho development of tho gentle man In tho worklngmnn of America, which Is tho foundation of tho man. The Nil I it nil lii'iit li'innii. And In tho Amorlcnn thero Is a denl of tho gentleman tho natural and only gon tloman I, of course, mean for ho Is lament ably deficient In almost nil tho essentials of, sny. on Kngllsh gentleman to wit. tho sickly mnlfc, tho enne, tho oyeglass, tho haw! haw! nnd tho drawl, The American, Indeed, lacks TfcV.SV;-aVV s No lying about the merit of OASCARETS. friends how pood they are. price to anyone who fulls to CANDY I Nnw flint. Rnnndn ra a 1 (Avn1 don t couut for success. It's your euro nnd your (food word for CuscnreU that will make them famous in tho future as in tho pusi. oiars wun a oox touay. sample nnd booklet. Address ss Best for the Bowels P most of the artificial manners which stamp tho gentleman In Kngland. He has tho 111 manners to act and speak as his feelings primpt, provided there be nothing hurtful In tho action or tho word. Also, whereas nn Englishman will treat you with cold formal ity until your worth forces Itself on him, the American will meet and greet you as a friend until you havo nhown unworthlness. Woman la the Inst touchstone with which to test a gentleman, and Americans stand this test well. In BUch a larrfe, brusque, practical nation, tho deference shown to women Is remarkable still moro remark ablo when we tee this deference granted rfgardlef of station to tho humblest and by tho humblest. It was particularly pleas ing to me to see In a crowded street car a weary, poor laborer, .begrimed beyond recog nltlon with tho soil of honest, hard work, tender his seat, -with tho quiet deference of o bred gentleman, to the woman who had Just entered. There Is more true gentle manliness In tho little linger of such n poor fellow than In tho whole frame of many n flno man who Is a perambulating encyclo pedia of etiquette. Tho American girl has no parallel among her sisters of other countries. Sho Is a flno Illustration of tho disputed assertion that woman may compote with mnn In tho gen eral pursuits without losing her femininity and womanly charm. Largo liberty has been granted tho American girl and this liberty has not bcon abused. She has been emanci pated, or, rathor, has emancipated herself to good purpose. American progresslveness forced the American girl out of woman's traditional limits. Tho new sphcro In which Bho found horsolf robbed her of thoso nalvo graces whlcn the unprogresslve lament tho loss of, but It was full tlmo that women, came to see they had somo moro Important mission hero than as mere ornaments; under tho old circumstances women might seduce tho admiration of men, but tho new regime, ns n America, whero they command that admiration, la far healthier. The American girl who, without false reserve or bashful ness, without womanly weakness or timidity, goes openly and composedly about all law ful business, has thereby lost none of the ijcntlals of true womanhood, and has gained much; for she Is a sturdy nnd whale somo moral product, and because of her strength Is not seldom sneered nt by a class who desire women to remain tho charming weak things that are glad ot bo toyed with in man's moments of relaxation. Mciirc)' of (Mil Men. Tor some time I used to wonder why It was that I never saw un old man In America. And coming from a country where It Is com mon to sco men of 00 digging In tho fields, unconcerned at the rain nnd hall which pelted them, I was amused to find the promi nence given by tho press to the fact that Joan So-and-So had Just died at Utlco, N. Y., at the wonderful age of P3 years. Hav ing gone homo to Ireland last summer, I was ono day ohortly after my arrival there standing In a drapery In the village of Done gal, when a man who looked moro than 70 came in nnd bought Borne funeral fittings. "Nell," said I, "who's dead?" "Oh, only my father," said he. "Your fatherl I didn't think your father was alive. He must havo been o. pretty old man." "Faith, no, sorra so old was he at nil, only four scoro and twelve. .Ho hnd no right to go dyln' for a dozen years to come', only he was out on the hills (mountains) after sheep last March nd the mists caught him so that he bad to Bit down With his knees and chin together all the night. When he camo off next raernln ho went about his work, like n fool, without changln' his In sldes, for he was dhrenched to tho skin and whon I warned him he wasn't as young as he used to bo ho tour mo not to provoke him or ho might soon Bhow me whether or no, Well, ho took Influenzy and he novcr rightly got at himself again till he slipped away from us. Ho scorned to tako young Rdvlco; but Ood rest Ills soul!" I remember, too, when out cycling one sultry day, sitting down to rest by the wayside, whoro a bright-eyed, sunny-faced old woman was resting, too. As wo do In Donegal, I inquired where sho came from and whore sho was going. Sho informed rae that on tho second day before, at 4 o'clock In tho morning, sho had left her home In Colmkllls, In tho reraoto mountains of Donegal, and traveled forty Irish miles to seo her daughter, who was hired near tho town of Dallyshannon. Sho had taken her tlmo by tho way nnd rested whorl Ohe pleased, and had reached her daughter's place late at night. Sho had then tnksn a "flno full day's rest," and was now trav eling back for home. Sho was S2 years of age. I know well that to thousands of Amorlcans such a thing scorns a preposter ous untruth, nut theso people have not the remotest Idea of tiho constitutions with which the mountalnoers of tho west coast of Irolon4 aro bleared. From theso Incidents It may ibo guessed that the shortness of life In America gave mo pause. The causes that conduce to this shortening soera to me, an onlooker, to be flvo or six, namely: Nervous tension, ovor heated houseo, coffoe, flesh mnnt, quick lunch restaurants, nnd, In Kentucky, con cealed deadly weapons, Hrmthlena Unite. Tho one thing that astonished me first and most In America was tho brcathloss haste at which tho nation rushed. It Is probably my ignoranco, but this deadly pace at which llfo rushed seemed to mo as futllo and as ludicrous as that of the don key who strovo to kp up with the carrot which his rldor dangled beforo him at n poioe end. The American, In his nervous hasto, seoms to havo uttorly lost Bight ot tho fact that life Is to bo enjoyed as ono goes. Tbo great foct that looms beforo his eager vision la that he must grasp tho means of enjeyment means that are nbout as real and ns npproachablo as tho horizon line. To pauso and gather the flowers that bloom In vain by tho waysldo Is to him a criminal waste of time. It has never dawned on him that llfo Is a morning saunter In our great existence, and that, tho plcasuro of that saunter Is measured by how much wo feol of all that Is for our enjoyment scattered around us. Hut tho Amorlcan Is tho scorcher of civilization, who Jumps on his wheel and with humped back and straining nerves and starting eyes, tiles over tho landscape and measures his satisfaction by tho cyclometer. To tho American llfo is a task, not a blcss- 3 3 Milllous use thorn nnd tell their Wo want to glvo back the purchase pet satisfaction from tho use of CATHARTIC 1.ni 41. Aa (nnt. iaa 10c, use, o0c, nil druffirlsts. Free 9. i i j Sterling Keinedy Co., Chpo. or N.V. 410 I Ing a task that he grimly resolves to go through with, and the more quickly he can rush It the better. He has been so long, so grimly, so persistently chasing wealth and ' station that, though ho set out all right. looking to those ns tho means to an end, yet, ' from tils persistent pursuit of them, they . have entirely shut out tho true end and sup- piled Its place to his strained vision. That ! a fictitious value given at somo tlmo or other to almost worthless bits ot mctnl shou.d I through tlmo obtain a (practically) real I value that has upset the whole moral theory of humanity, Is a curious Instance of tho hal ! luclnatlon to which human minds both great ! and small nro ever vlothns. ' In tho labyrinths ot theory I had almost lost eight of the boarding house tnblo nnd tha quick lunch counter toward which I wns tolling. It Is certain that tho amount of meat eaten In America is greater than a healthful moral and physical constitution can stand. Meat is the staplo commodity ot nil meal.'; and tho American with whom I remonstrate shakes his head nnd Infortra mo that much meat Is si physical necessity here. His proof for this, given after much "hesitation, la that ho has always heard so. From personal ex perience 1 know that moat Is no moro necei sary In New York than In Donegal. And I see, as any observant person will see, thnt much meat eating clogs tho system, and clogs anil dulls tho sensed, nnd creates a craving for stimulants and excitants. More over, ns brain and stomach over rival each other In their demands upon the nervous energy, meat Is suited to n phlegmatic, and very much unsulted to n nervous, race like Americans. Tho use of cofteo Is na much abused as the uso of meat. The American lives In and for tho moment, and so never htnltates to draw drafts upon tho future. Tho coffeo stimulate?, his Jaded nerves and makes them do more than they arc naturally fit for. But even latent iiorvous power Is a fixed quantity, though ho never dreams so. Of course ho exhausts It long before the raco Is run, and ho drops out nnd Is for gotten by tho panting one who catches his 1-lace. I think I forgot to enumernto tho corner drug storo In tho Hat, of Ills that nhortcn llfo In America. And it docs not deserve to bo forgotten, for it certainly divides honors with Its rival, tho quick lunch. Yet, on reflection, I do believe tho latter has tho heavier scoio to Its credit. And, RClen tlllcnlly, it Is tho more interesting of the two. Tho drug store has been reckoned with for nge, but tho quick lunch as n factor In mortnllty returns. Is a character istic development of new world civiliza tion. All morning tho business mnn has been rushing nnd thinking, thinking, and rushing. Suddenly ho discovers It Is 12 o'clock. He sees his friends hurrying toward tho quick lunch re&'hiurnnt, for lunch at 12 is ns neewsary n form as a shave and a clean collar In the morning. Ha has becu In tho habit of swallowing a lunch nil his lira; so, though ho knows well that ho can 111 afford tho fifteen minutes ho Is going to wnsto on It, ho llnds himself Instinctively Jostling tho crowd who nro struggling nnd striving, nsit for dear life, to get Into the restaurant, for ono human mass is pourlni; out whllo tho other tries to pour In; they Jam and charge another llko crack foot bnll teams, and when two men (,ct shoulder against shoulder and pin ono another they glare at each other with nil tho venom of caged wild beats. Inside, tho opposing teams nro Jostling Bavagely, white Jacketed waiters bob through them shoutlmj unin telligible orders at tho top of their voices, nnd tho clatter of plates and clang of knives and forks and spoons assail tho numbed ear llko tho noise of pandemonium. A hun dred men crowd tho counter nnd the tnblos, firing tho food Into their moutho nnd swal lowing It untouched by tooth, economizing time, too, by bringing tholr mouths In the closest possible proximity to tho dish for to mnko knlfo and fork travel a foot fur ther than Is absolutely necessary Is evidently considered criminal waste. Tho yes of tho devouring multltudo pro trude, nnd tho veins In their necks and fore heads, llko blue bedcord, show through the fiery red of their perspiring skins. When our friend grab.? a vacated seat, for which flvo other men sprang, and u?ats himself, his nolghbor, without delaying knlfo or fork on their owlft Journeys, gives him tho sidelong gla e which a dog disturbed in picking a bono would glvo nn Intruding brother. Our friend barks an ordor to the waiter, who. In a Jiffy, has placed It before him; ho swallows It, grabs his hat nnd chock, charges down tho nlale, flings a pltve of monoy at tho cashlor, nnd, using his head wodgo fashion, dives through tho seething mass who struggle at the door, nnd with the aspect of ono who has pcrformod a trylnc duty, rushes breathlessly to on appoint ment. Now, I havo not seen any Amorlcan mor tality returns, and do not know what nro the proportions nscrlbed to the different causes of death. Hut after close observation nnd mature deliberation I have, for my own use, drawn up a mortality table, which I am propared to vouch for, nnd from which, If the official figures differ, the official figures are decidedly misleading. Hero Is my tablo (and I challenge doubt), calcu lated on thn basis of every 100 dsnths In the esstern states of America: Cause. Mortality. Epidemic and pulmonary diseases, love, nccidont, murder, suicide, etc.... 7.5 Coffeo and meat 29.0 Corner drug storo 20.0 Quick 1 ti nc) i restaurant.... -10.0 Urooklyn trolley jn.s Total lim.o SKUMAS MACMANUS. nr-i.icioi's. X votn of tho New York presrytory of 77 to J3. refusing to entertain tho ohargos of Dr. Ulrch against l'rof. .McGlffcrt, settles that matter. Rev. Do Witt Tnlmap-e Is now n very dif ferent nrparlmr frivin ttiix nnn whn lifmmn famous In Brooklyn. Ho Is a qulot preacher i una rareiy mumes in mo tnunucrinc stylo . of sermons. Tho Methodist (Ministers' Rollot associa tion lins h.ul another prosperous yrar dur ing 1SS9; tt paid out In benefits US.cmo, mnk lnir a. total distribution for twenty-one j yoars of Its existence of $111,239. I It Is stated as a fnot that out of the 23, 000,000 willows to bo found in India 10,105 nro under 1 years of ngo and D1.000 between the ages of 0 and 9. This Is ono of the horrible evils that our missionaries aro striving to t uproot, j Am an evidence that the 'Methodist l'Jpls I copal church Is making gains In Italy tho jiev. ur. Yiiiam iiurt, presiding older ot tho Rome district of tho Italian conference, nlleges tho fact that twelve, years ago col lections In that country were J'J17, whllo they wero J1C..HG Inst veur. A meeting was held In St. John's Homan Catholic church, Albany, N. Y., recently t' protest ncalnst profanity In speech and foi tho purposu of organizing a movement against it. No less than tr.500 men wero present. This Is a good movement and worthy of imitation. Tho Rev. James Hamilton, pastor of the Mrst Methodist church In St. Joseph, Mich., was recently nominated fr congress by the prohibitionists or tho Fourth district of Michigan, but ho has declined to be tho can dhUtf. saying that when ho entered tho ministry ho resolved to forego nil political honors nnd all nppolntments for worldly gain. Tho women of Mnrmnton, Knit., five miles west of 1-ort Scott, havo organized them selves Into a band of laborers for tho build ing of tho United Rrethren church tlifrie. Twelve of them donned old clothes tho other day and began the work of oxc-uvatlng for tho foundations. lmoush money to huild tho church could not ho ralseif, so tho woman determined, rather than Jut ho project bo abandoned, to take up tho work und do tt themselves. According to tho Alto alaube. a Oermnn missionary publication, tho number of Christians, native nnd foreign, In leading ji,tn,uimi j ui'jun ie un JUI1UWB; torin ' Africa, 7.y0. west Africa. ItS.OuO; south Africa. OWW; islands around Africa. 3.V). t: "farther" India and Ceylon, 700.WM; Islands ndjaoent to India. 200,000; china nnd 1 Coreu, 1S0,U.J; Jnpan, CO.fOO; Ocennlca, SOii.. (), Greenland nnd Ijibrador, J6,6(w. In I Canada thoro are 115.G00 converted Indians I hiui in u-cmrni ami souin America 215,1500 Tho totals from other countries make tho number of Christians at present. In wxiat was once known an the heathen world, 4,J1,- GOLDEN CHANCE FOR POETS Two Omahans of Literary Leanings Would Organize Verse Writerj. VOTARIES OF P0ESV ARE INVITED TO POOL Mrlicnio Is to 1'orni ii Chili Whose Mom- tiers Arc (n Collnliora t c lu the I'tililleiitliin of ii .Met rical .Monthly. Three weeks ago this advertisement ap peared In tho want columns ot an Omaha newspaper: WANTED Men and women to Join our poetry club, each to contribute poems for publication. Stump for particular?. II. K. Bechtel, Merchants' Hotel, Omiiha. The purposo of this enterprise, ns out lined by Mr. Hcchtel, Is to Induce peoplo to furnish him "copy" to bo used lu tho pub lication of n. monthly oriunrterly periodical. Contribution!! will bo 'accepted from club members only, but from such membership none nro barred. Kllglblllty Inheres In thi possession of $2 and a willingness to pay It over to tho club treasurer. .Mr. Ucchtcl admits that the project Is In embryo form as yet. The advertisement wan held out merely as a feeder. It sufllclcnt favorable answers wero received It would bo tlmo enough then to formulate tho condi tions under which the writer's vanity might ticklo itself. I)ut from tho fact that, In the twonty-ono days since Its appearance, only two ambitious poetasters havo been moved to apply for admission, thero aro dcduclble throo conclusions, viz.: First That the venture Is still In a rudi mentary state. Scsond That thero are fower literary suckers In Omaha and vicinity than some peoplo think. Third That tho newspaper In which tho card appeared is on Inferior advertising medium. However, thero Is no disposition on tho part of tho projectors (for thero aro two of them) to abandon it. They nro going to try again. They aro going to put In another advertisement, moro seductive oven than the first worded so cleverly, playing bo adroitly upon human egotism that It must be an Iron will. Indeed,, that can withstand the suasion of It. They purpose forming a club ot fifty, which would mean $100 In Initiation fees and enough manuscript doggcrol to got out n book tho slzo of n city directory. Tho rulea of tho club will not bar Its members from purchasing as many copies of tho book as thoy wish. Mr. nechtel's silent partner Is named Chnrles Curtis Hahn, who, by nn odd coin cidence, Is a writer employed by tho pnper In which tho advertisement oppeared. He la remaining In the background and, when the infeaslblllty ot tho echemo Is finally cs eabllshcd, presumably will permit his asso clato to hold tho bag. Doth of the projectors write verse, but It Is Eald tho verso of Mr. IJcchtel Is much bettor than that of his partner. Another Interesting fact In this connection Is that Mr. Hetchel Is "yard man" nt the Merchants' hotel. Ho Is second In commnnd. of the cuisine forces, being nmonnblo to the steward only, and It Is his duty to overeoo tho dishwashers, scrubbers, coal heavers and other functionaries of tho culinary de partment. This prosaic occupation, however, does not "freozo tho genial current of his foul." He finds ample tlmo to ride Pegasus. For example, tho other day ho took his pen In hand and wrote a "poem" entitled, "Song In the Moonlight," which will bo accorded tho placo ot honor In tho Initial number of "Odes by Oraahans," Tim Yardman's room. Tho "poem" Is Interesting la a way. It tcjls tho story of a man who wakes his wife nt 1 o'clock In the morning, orders her to "sit up In bed" and then In flvo stanzan breaks tho nows that ho Is about to sing to her. With rcmarkablo candor ho admits that tho song Is "low and sweet." Tho man then gooa on to descrlbo tho landscape as revealed by tho light of tho moon. Ho sees the "shade" of tho moonbeams. The night is calm, and he sees a peaceful lake whose "spirit" is underneath It probably under Its bed. On tha "distant shore" of this lake nro rushes so violently ngltated that their "awcot music" Is clearly audlblo In tho bedroom of the singer. Ho neglects to state whether It U an earthquako or a herd of hogi that la rustling tho reeds. Hut tho "pocan" will speak for. ltsolf, though In broken Eng lish. Here it Is: Kanif In the Moonlight. Let's wake, love, for 'tis moonlight; Come, mlso thy slumbering head Glvo mo ono loving kiss tonight Ijct's sit up, love, In bed. loot's look through the open window, love, At tho moonbeam's ,shado and light Gaze at tho stars that shine above, And tho earth so fair and bright. Don't brush from your brow your tresses, dear; Lot them hang loose and still. Placo thy white arms about mo her And whlspor what you will. 'Tla Just but a moon since our hands wero Joined With our hearts In this holy life. And now In this still and happy aoodo, Wail watch that samo moon tonight. Tho clock on tho mantle Is telling the hour Of 1, but wt'Il heed It not; Tho cry of tap watcher on yonder towor Shall not disturb this ppot. Heboid on the lake how bright and calm Sleep its blue waters In peace, As If from tho moon there comes a balm To still its tiroud spirit beneath. Tho sigh from tho reeds on the distant shore Like Ko'lan harps of old. Waft their sweet muslo the waters o'er, As theo In my arms I fold. Now listen, love, whllo T sing to you A song so low nnd sweet It telli a tale of two lovers true, A song of tho moonlight deep. k " v And whon tho song Is finished, love, Then lay you down to sleep, Ami I will ilo with my llttlo dove Then night can tho moonbeams keep. It will bo noted that, nftor all, the hus band doesn't maka good his Inhuman threat; ho stops short ot tho song. Hut thero Is ovory reason to bellovo that tho whole san guinary thing will appear In tbo forthcom ing number of "Odes by Omahans." Honker Unfits a Ilnblier. J. It. Garrison, cashier of the bank ot Thornvllle, Ohio, had been robbed of health by a serious lung troublo until bo tried Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Then ho wrote: "It Is tho best medicine I ever used for a severe cold or a bnd caso of lung trouble. I always keep a bottle on hand." Don't suffer with Coughs, Colds, or any Throat, Chest or Lung troublo whon you can bo cured so easily. Only &0c and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Kuhn & Co.'s drug storo. fir eu lent flcrmt Deptlm, Lieutenant Commander II. M. HodRes, U. S. N., commanding tho surveying ship Nero, tells of tho surveys mado for a telegraphic cablo lino between Honolulu and Manila by way of Guam and Yokohama. In trying to find a southern routo to connect Guam with tho proposed lino from Honolulu to tho Mid way Islands, tho mrveyors encountered a submarine valley, which was christened "Noro Deep." Lieutenant Commander Hodges says that he "Is convinced that It cannot be gotten around with a cablo." Hero tho two deepest caets and the two deep-st temperatures over taken wero recorded. The dopths nro 0,160 fathoms (30,9i0 feet) and D,:69 fathoms (3I.U14 foct) and tho temporn turon are 35.9 at M70 fathoms, and 3C at C.101 fitbomt. LIFE OR DEATH? HEALTH OR DISEASE? The above words mean much. They sr nddrsssfd mors partlculsrly to those who art suffering from any of th allmtnts numerated below dlieasts which the sroat speelallits of the State Klectro-Medlcsl Institute have msde a Ufa study of untU today the leading medical writers of tho United States prjucuuee them tha must scientific specialists of the prsient age. To tho tilllnu, ntul nfTllcted these won. dcrfttl medical nnd electrical spccallsts desire to tnllt. Tlicy want to tnlk to them at the Stnte-tvlcctro .Medlc;il Htltlite, i;?08 I'urmtm St., near Tliir. teentli street, tile only Klectrn-Mcill- cat Institute In Nebraska, recognized by Inw and the medical profession. They want to explain their mode treatment to all who are aflilctcil. They wnnt to cure them, to give them health, joy nnd happiness and life. Cill on them tud ty tor cotisit tloii. It in ty save your life. Amotm the many diseases in which tho STATE ELECTRO.MEDICAL INSTITUTE GUARANTEES perfect and permanent cure by their combined ELECTROMEDICAL 1 REATMENT arc the following: UCDlmie nnnil ITV Do you know llbllV UUO UI.UILI I I what Nervous Dehtllty rfally menns? The av;rar.c render generally patif tho wordn toy without con sidering their importance, the duneer to the human rncc In allowing this awful dlsesre to eMn n hold and eventually wre k and kill what utherwl should havo liecn . hetlthy nnd .ounrt body It Is th hnblt to epaak too lightly of thl onn of the prettwt evils nnd destroyers of human happiness ana health. The disease contin ues to grow and spread through the ner vous system the same as an lnfpi ted braneh on a tree, epreadlne from thn twig to the branch, until the entire trunk in sur rounded. The lenger the dlso.ua Is allowed to trow the more difficult It becomes to v the trunk, Nervoui debility Is a disease of the nerv ous eyeUm, produced from the exhaustive condition of the nerve force or vital energy. Nerrsus debility affects different persons In dlfferunt way. Tho name treatment cannot b applied to any two persons. In experlsneH physician! not ekllled in tho treatment of private diseases should be iunn4. Oftentimes m much hrm Is done In Improperly treating civ, ns with thn dttense Itself Nervous debility results from everstudy. overwork, nenlect of the human ,"J77iij'cerse In ninile .of living, nnd especially from overtaxing tho gener stive oiKans, constipation, nlsnt emissions, lois of vital power, causlntr seminal losses, weakness f body and brain, sleeplessness, dependency, loss of memory, ronfuMon of Keai, peeX before the eyes, Isssltudo. lan (MT, jloomlnese, dopremlon of spirits, aver njon to eeeUty. lack of confidence, pain tn the tiaek, lolr.s nnd kidneys, and many other dU'rej-sInr symptoms, unfitting one for study. bulns or anjeyment of life, IADSTC ,f 'ou cannot call at the office. 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QIIDTIIDC Quickly cured without the nUl I Unt tue of knlfo or trues, and with out detention from business, A painless, stir and permanent cure. '-'PRIVATE DISEASES SWy& ."""SB: chargea, etc , which, If neelactcd or lm-'pre-perly treated, wreck the system nnd lead to kidney disease, permanently curort. IIC All Nournlgla; sick, nervous, or con IIlMU i-evtive heAdaohe; dull, full feellnr nt the baso ot the Uraln, loss ot memory; , dlrvtncii, softening of th brain; tumors, nnd eczema of ecnlp. irXTRO-MEDICAL A GREAT remium Offer r To Readers Beautiful Pictures for the Home. A Spirited Battle Picture Tilt DEFENSE OF CIIAMPIONY Which was awarded the prize medal In tho Paris Salon. Cost $00,000. Thin tine picture, In 11 colors re produces line for lino nnd color for color, crery detail of thu original. Famous Oil Painting Is 22x.'10 Inches nnd Is fit to adorn tho art gullery of a Vandcrbllt. You can have either or both of theso famous paintings for 10c ench nnd 8 consecutive coupons cut from this advertisement lu The Dally Uco. Theso beautiful pictures have nover been sold for less than $1.00 oach. Tho Hee bus purchased several thousand ns a special subscription foaturo, thus making tho price very low for Beo readers only. THE BALLOON By Julieti Dupre. The subject treats of a frroup of peasants In tho harvest-Held. Tho peas anls have spent tho morning raiting and stacking hay, tho huh Is at Its zenith, not a breath of air Is stirring, you can almost henr tho bees ns'they buzz from flower to llower, and away off In tho dlstnnco Is seen n balloon Hoatlng ma jestically In tho clear, blue sky. Kvldcntly tho villagers nro holding their country fair, and a balloon ascension is ono of tho features. Tho group con sisting of the peasant and his family aro In tho ploturesquo coHtumo of the) country. They have nil stopped work and stand with their rakes In their hands gazing Intently nt tho distant 1 nllonn. Wonder, awo and admiration lire blended lu their expressive faces, and rovenlod In their attitudes. Tho subject has been treated with thoso soft, mellow tints which Its artist knows so well how to paint, und recalls to the mind many Just such Incidents In our childhood life. II Is Justly popular, both on account of Its artistic quality und deep human Interest with which It bus been clothed. 3 COUPONS ONLY 10c AUTOr.ll.VVUHR Of SI. nctnlllc'n Fiiiiiou. I'nlnttnif. "The Defense of Champigny" COUPON roll MA1IOII I. This coupon, with two others of consecutive dates and 10 cents, pre sented at tho Jleo olUco entitles any reader of the Hoe to this beautiful picture, 22x110 Inches. If you wnnt It mailed, send 10 cents extra for tube, postage, etc. If you send part or all In two-cent postngo stamps bo careful that thoy d not stick together. AddrosB all letters to 'XHB BEE PUBLISHING CO,, OMAHA, NEB. If yon have been treat! n p v II other and less nine and sk nihil do:turs, 7r have heen iislnn qu ick remedies at so much a bottle, do not be discouraged and lose hope o iver belnu cured, Call and con sill t' or at VV. ll ISV whose motto Is "No Mistakes and no Failures" In all cases taken. Why? llccnitse of their eminent success In the cure of certain diseases, they are not excelled by any on the face of thu earth. Write your ail eartn. rue to t.iwiu 1,1.1 .y ior an honest opinion of your case. Tlulr answer may save your life IUEADT Palpitation: Irregular pulsations; Heft 11 1 valvular dlanuies; weak and fatty heart; dropty nnd rheumatism of the heart! languid circulation, etc. IHRMCVe Inflammation of the kidneys, IMUnClO might's dlseato. diabetes, con I gtstlon of the kidneys, uraemia, gravel stone, nil scientifically and successfully tteated by this combined electro-medical treatment. Dl AfiriCD Inflammation, cystitis, cys ; tJLMUUCH torrhoea. catarrh of the blad der These distressing symptoms Invarla. bly yield to our system of combined treat- mani. I lUCD QDI ECU A disease of the liver, LI V Ul ul LULU jaunuico, scirrnus. gallstone, congestion and an organic ana fnnrtlnnal illinrilnr. bowels, diarrhoea. I dysentery, Inflammation and all nervoua and reflex disorders; rheumatism. CTRMAPU Catarrh, ulceration and dy , I UlflrAUll pepsin. Indigestion, weak- nest, psln and fullness after anting; Heart burn, etc. DISEASES OF WOMEN Kfa W! succoes which haa attended our o (forte In the treatment of diseases of women. Perm nnent and satlsfaotory cures In ailment firoduced by abnormal or unnatural condl Ion of the female organa, painful menstrua tion. Irregularities, barrenness, Inflamma tion, hysteria, pain In tho back and loins, nouralgla, dullness of vision, smarting pain nnd Itching ot tha ports, bearing down, leucorrhoea or whltai .and other corny lnte which often result In great prostration and narvousnMia. INSTITUTE. (Nar 13th Strost.) p- m. dally; Sunday, 10 to I p, m. of The Bee. THE BALLOON A FARMING GROUP In the harvest field boo for tho first tlmo a balloon In tho slty. This Famous Painting, owned by tho Motropolltnn Art Mu seum of Now York, reproduced In color and effect, is 22x30 Inches, Is nandromo and beautiful. THIS IS IT CIT IT OUT. Alt'! OfiltAVl.HIO Of Uuiire'a Slurvelou Tainting, "THE BALLOON" COUPON KOIl MAUCII 4. This coupon with two others of consecutive dates nnd 10 cents, pro scnted nt tho Hee olllco entitles any reader of the Hee to this bfatitlful picture, 22x.'!0 Inches. If you wnnt It moiled, send 10 cents extra for tube, postage, etc.