TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: El? ID AY, DECEMBER 28, 1900.
BREVET RANK,
By V. V. J AGO lib.
Author of 'Many Cargoes-"
ThfTiV 1' pm' ?k" l?00 8,ow,jr- Tcry Mowl3r' BC,cnco triumphed,
The crew of tho Lllzaboth Hopkins sat beInK Interrupted several times by the
cm deck In tho gloaming, Razing Idly at blood-curdling thrcatB of Dill, an they
. """f" i"-- "'6i Hi noaiea down tno companlonway. Then the
dropped silent y down on the tide, or vlo- mate suddenly lurched forward and would
lontly discussing the Identity of various havo fallen but that strong hands caught
steamers aB thoy carno swiftly past. Even him and restored him to bis scat,
with theso amusements tho 'tlmo hung , "I'm going to Bhow you something no-,v,
heavily, and thoy thought longingly of ccr- if I can," said Zlngall, wiping his brow,
tain cozy bars by the river side to which "but I don't know how It'll corao off, be
they were wont to bctako themselves In all causo I'm only a beginner at this sort of
their spare tlmo. thing and I've never tried this before. If
Tonlffht. In Hnfnrpnrn in tha tvlahnn nt t nn mlti.l it i. ..it
thn iibtnnnr. wUiini whinh .nn.im.in i.i t.. i. -.i n. J.. , ... .L hero It'll only mako him worse.
. -Hf.uAi.uaiu umu uu is u urauu, nuu lost iou rt tug .. .. . .. . i. i -.mi
closely to those of royalty In their cf-.niato." Ho ran lightly up on deck, and. avoiding
In any way." I ways go homo to your wife and children, my
"0. don't cross him," repeated uradd wiui I lads," ho continued, witn some emotion,
sarcastic Inflection, "and you call yourself "as I go homo to mine."
a mesmerist." "Why, ho nlu't got none," whispered Dill,
Captain Zlngall drew himself up with a staring.
little pride. "Well, see what rvo done," "Don't be a root," urn, earn tno cook;
he said. "The fact Is I was charged full "ho means tho cap'n. Don't you boo ho'a
with electricity when I came aboard and tho cap n now.
ho's got It all now. It's left mo weak and It was ns clear as noonday, and the aglta
uniii mv will wra off him ho'a captain o' Hon of tho skipper a perfect Othello In his
this ship." way was awful. Ho paced tho dock In-1 V
ttaanuwy, casting ircuui giauces aauurv, r
as
"And what about mo?" said Dradd. cessanuy, casting ireuui glances aanorc, 1 1
"You'ro tho mate," said Zlngall, "and and. s tho schooner touched tho side of tho I ju
mind, for your own sake, you act upon It. nuay. sprang to tho bulwarks and Jumped
If you don't cross him I haven't any doubt whore. Tho mate watched him with an
it'll be all right, but If you do he'll very Hl-conccaled grin, nml then, having made fK
like y murder you in a ni 01 ireuzy uu uu 7H r ?, ,
wouldn t be responsible. Good nigni.
"You'ro not going?" said Dradd, clutch
ing him by the sleeve.
"I am." said Zlngall. "Ho seems to havo
took a violent dislike to me, and It I stay
xects, they remained on hoard. A now ac
quaintance of his, a brother captain, who
dabbled In mesmerism, was coming to give
them a taste of his quality, and tho skip
per, sitting on tho sldo of tho schooner In 1 his glittering eves..
tho faint light which streamed from the ' "V6u aro Cap'n Dradd, master o'
gancy was condescendingly explaining to ishlp," ho said slowly.
mo crew the marvels of hypnotism.
fin .!. t.. j. n-1.1 -j r,.ti an ukiv rusn on ino pari ui iuw
Captain Zlngall went ahead, full speed. had, been listening, sprang on to tho ladder
With a few rapid passes ho roused the
tnato from his torpor and fixed him with
this
"I nover 'card the likes of It," said one.
with a deep breath, as tho skipper con
cluded a marvelous example.
"Thcro's a lot you ain't 'card of, Dill,"
said another, whoso temper was suffering
from lack of boor, "Hut 'avo you seen all
this, sir?"
"Everything," said the skipper, Im
pressively. "Ho wanted to mesmerize me,
an' I said all right, I scs, do It an' welcome
If you can, but I expect my head's a bit
too strong for you."
"And It was, sir, I'll bet," said tho man
and hastily clambered ashore.
Tho skipper, worn and scared, looked up
as tho bogus skipper camo below.
"I'm going to bed, uoorge," said the
mate, staring at him. "I feel a bit hoavy.
Give mo a call just afore high water."
"Where aro you goln' to sleep?" do-
hlnisclf with a drop of tho skipper's whisky
for the crowning scene of his play. Ho
cumo up on deck again, and taking no heed
of tho whispers of tho crow, went ashore.
Meantime Captain Dradd had reached his
houso and was discussing tho situation with
his astonished zpous:. She pooh-poohed tho
Idea of the power of tho medical faculty as
being likely to causo complications with the
owners, and despite tho remonstrances of
her husband, insisted upon facing tho mate
alone.
"Now, you go In tho kitchen," she said,
looking from tho window. "Hero ho comes.
You sec how I'll scttlo him. Tho skipper
looked out of tho window and saw tho un
happy victim of Captain Zlngall slowly ap
proaching. His wlfo drew him from tho
window, and dcsplto his remonstrances
pushed him Into the next room nnd closed
"Ay, ay," said tho mato earnestly. i
"Anil fhnt'a vnlir mnla ftanrva " malA I
Zlnirnli. ndntini, in ih Hr.ni v i n ..root i . manded the skipper.
' , r . .... ...it.
Bradd. "uoin- to sieepr saia mo maic, wuy
"Ay. ny." said tho mate again, with .1" or stateroom, to be sure."
Igh. I He took tho empty bottle from the table, tho door.
"Tako command, then," said Zlngall, 'and, opening the door of tho stateroom, Sho fat on tho sofa calmly sowing aa
leaving him with a satisfied air and seating closed It In the face of its frenzied owner tho mate, whose hardihood was rapidly
himself on tbo locker. and turned the key In tho lock. Then he falling him, entered. Her manner gave him
Tho mate sat up and looked about him, leaned over the berth, and cramming the no assistance whatever, and, coming sheep
with an air of quiet authority. pillow against his mouth, gave way to his lshly In, ho took a chair.
"Qeorcc." ho said, turnlnr suddenly to feellnrs until he was nearly suffocated. "I've como homo." ho said at last.
tho skipper with a very passable Imitation I Any Idea that the skipper might have "So I sec, Den," said Mrs. Dradd calmly,
"He's told her," said tho mato to him
of his voice.
"EITHER YOU'VE DEEM DIUNKINQ OR ELSE YOUH HEAD'S A LITTLE BIT OFF.
who had been so candid with Dill.
"Ho tried ovorythlng," said the skipper,
"then ho glvo it up, but ho's coming aboard
tonight, so any of you that likes can como
down tho cabin and bo mesmerized free."
'"Why can't he do it on deck?" said tho
tumtc, rising from tho hatches and stretch
ing his gigantic form.
"Cob ho must havo artificial light,
George," said tho skipper. "He lets mo a
little bit Into tho secret, you know, an' ho
told mo he likes to havo the men a bit
dazed-llko first."
Voices sounded from the wharf and tho
night watchman appeared piloting Captain
Zlngall to tho schooner. Tho crow noticed
that he camo nboard qulto llko any other
man, descending tho ladder with even moro
earn than usual. Ho was a sinan man 01
much dignity, with light gray eyes, which
had been bo strained by tho exercise of his
favorlto hobby that thoy appeared to bo
starting from his head. Ho chatted agreea
bly about tho freights for Bomo time, and
then at his brother skipper's urgent on
troaty consented to go below and glvo them
a tasto of his awful powers.
At flr hn wan not "ory successful. The
men stared at tho discs ho put Into their
hands until tholr oyes nched, but for some
time without effect. Dill was tho first to
yield, and to tho astonishment of his frionds
passed Into a soft magnetic slumber, from
which ho omerged to perform tho usual ldl-
oMn tricks neculiar to meBinerlzca sudjccib
"It's wonderful what power you 'avo ovor
cm." said Captain Dradd respectfully.
Captain Zlngall smiled affably. "At tho
present moment," ho said, "that man is my
'unthinking alavo. nn' whatever I wish h ra
to do he does. Would any of you llko hlra
to do anything?"
mr.ii air " ald ono of tho men,
owes mo 'art a. crown an' I think It would
bo a very lntorestln' oxperlmcnt If you
could get Mm to pay mo. If anything 'ud
mako mo bellovo In mcsraorism that would.
"An' o owes mo 18 ponco, sir," said an
other seaman cagorly.
"Ono at a tlmo," said tho first speaker
harply.
"An' 'o'b owed mo C shlllln's slnco
don't know when." Bald tho cook, with dls
tinnnt truthfulness.
call turned to his subject
vnn own that man half a crown," he said
pointing, "that ono 18 ponco and that ono 5
shillings, ray them."
In tho most matter of fact way in the
world Dill groped In his pocKota anu pro
duclng somo greasy coins paid tho sums
montlonod, to tho IntnnBe ucugni oi ovur
KaiI v.
"Well, I'm blest," said tho mato staring,
"I thought mesmerism was an ruuoiBu,
Now bring him to again.
"Dut don't tell 'lm wot 'es been doln',
nlit Ihn cook.
Zlngall with a fow passes brought his
subject round, and with a subdued air ho
took his place with tho omers.
"What'd it feel like, Dill?" asked Joe
"Can you remember what you did?"
Dill shook his head.
"Don't try to," said tbo cook feelingly.
"I Bhould llko to put you under tho In
flurnpfl." aa Id Zlnitall. eyolng tho route.
"You couldu't," said that gcntlemun
promptly.
"Let mo try," said Zlngall persuavcly.
"Do," said tho skipper, "to obllgo pje
OeorEe."
"Well. I don't mind much," said the mate
hesitating, " but no making mn glvo thoso
chaps money, you know.
"No. no," said Zlngall.
"Wot does 'o mean? ulvo tho chap
money?" said Dill, turning with a startled
air to tho cook.
"1 dunno," said tho cook, airily. "Just
watch 'lm, Dill," ho added anxiously.
Dut Dill had somothlng better to do, and
feeling In his pockets, hurriedly strove t
balance his cash account. It was lmpos
Bible to do anything else while he was
doing It, and tho situation becamo
Btralnrd apd bis langungo so weird that th
skipper was compolled In tho Interest
of law and morality to order him from tho
cabin,
"Look at mo," said Zlngull to tho mate,
after quiet had been restored.
Tho mato .compiled tnd everybody gazed
spellbound at tho tusslo for supremacy
between bruto forco and occult science,
"Sir," said tho skipper, with a playful
glanco at Zlngall.
A friend o' mine named Cap'n Zlngall
Is coming aboard tonight," said the mate
slowly. "Get a llttlo whisky for him out
my stateroom."
"Just a little, in the bottom ot tho bottle
11 do," continued the mate; "don't put
more In, for he drinks like a fish."
I never said such a thing, cap'n," said
Dradd In an agitated whisper. "I never
thought o' such a thing."
"No, I know you wouldn't," said Zlngall,
who waB staring hard at a nearly empty
hlsky. bottlo on tho table.
"And don't leave your baccy pouch lying
about, George," continued the mato in a
thrilling whisper.
Tho skipper gave a faint, mirthless llttlo
laugh and looked at Mm uneasily.
"If over thoro was a sponger for baccy,
George, It's him," said tho mato In a con
fidential whisper.
Captain Zlngall, who was at that very
moment filling his plpo from the pouch
which tho skipper had himself pushed to
ward him, laid it carefully on tho table
again, and gazing steadily at his friend
took out tho tobacco already In his pipe
and replaced It. In the silence which en
sued tho mato took up tho whisky bottlo
and pouring the contents into a tumbler,
added a llttlo water and drank It with
relish.
Ho leaned back on tho locker and
smacked his lips. Thcro was a faint laugh
from one of tho crow, and, looking up
smartly, he seemed to be aware for, tho first
time of their presence. "What are you
doln' down hero?" he roared. "What do
you want?"
Nothln', sir," said the cook. "Only we
thought"
"Get out at onco," vociferated the mato,
rising.
"Stay whero you are," said the skipper,
nharply.
"George!" said the mate In tho squeaky
volco in which ho chose to personate the
skipper.
"Drlng him round, Zlngall," said the
sklDDer. Irritably. "I've had enough o'
this. I'll lot 'Ira know who's who."
With a confident smile Zlngall got up
qulotly from the locker and fixed his terrl-
bio cazo on the mate. Tho mato fell back
and gazed at blm open mouthed.
"Who tho devil aro you staring at?" ho
domanded rudely.
Still holding him with his gate, Zlngall
clapped his hands together and stepping
up to him blew strongly in nis race. The
mate, with a perfect scream of rage, picked
him up by tho middle, and, dumping him
heavily on the floor, held blm there and
worried him.
"Heln." cried Zlngall, In a smothered
volco, "tako him oil."
Why don t you bring hlra 'round? ' yelled
tho skipper, excitedly, "what's the good
of playing with htm?"
Ztngall's reply, which was qulto irrelc
vant, consisted almost entirely ot adjectives
nud Improper nounB.
Dlow In Is face agin, sir," said the
cook, bending down kindly.
"Take him off," yelled Zlngall. "He's
killing me."
Tho sklppor flow to the assistance of hli
friend, but tho mate, who was ot gigantic
strength and stature, simply backed and
crushed him against a bulkhead. Then, as
If satisfied, ho released the crestfallen
Zlngall and stood looking at htm.
"Why don't you bring hlra 'round?'
panted the sklppor.
"He's out of my control," said Zlngall
rlBlng nimbly to his foct. "I've hoard of
such casta before. I'm only now at the
work, you know, but I daro say In a couplo
of years' time '
The skipper howled nt hlra and tho mato
suddenly awoko again to the obuoxloua
presence of the crew, drovo thom up tho
companion ladder and pressed them to the
forecastle,
"This Is u pretty kettle o' fish," said
Dradd, indignantly. "Why don't you bring
him 'round?"
"Decauso I can't," said Zlngall, shortly.
"It'll have to wear off."
"Wear off!" repeated the skipper,
"He's under a delusion now," said Zlngall,
"an' o' course I can't say how long It'll
last, but whatever you do don't cross him
I had of the healing effects ot sleep wero
self.
"Children all right?" ho Inquired after
another pause.
"Yes," said Mrs. Dradd Blmply. "Little
Joo's boots aro almost off his feet, though."
"Ah." Bald the mate, blankly.
"I'vo been waiting for you to come, Ben,"
said Mrs. Dradd. after a pause, "I want
you to chango a five-pound noto Uncle Dick
gave me."
Can't do it." said tho mato briefly. Tho
absonco of Captain Dradd was disquieting
to a bashful man In such a position, nnd he
had looked forward to a stormy scene which
I was to bring him to his senses again.
"Show me what you'vo got," said Mrs.
Dradd. leaning forward
Tho mato pulled out an old leather purse
and counted tho contents, two pounds and a
little silver.
"There isn't flvo pounds there," said Mrs
Drndd, "but I may as well take last woek's
housekeeping while you'vo got it out."
Deforo tho mato could provent her she
had taken tho two pounds and put It in
her pocket. Ho looked at her placid face
in amazement, but Bho met his gaze calmly
and drummed on tho tablo with her tnimDie
"No. no. I want this money myself, said
tho mato at last. Ho put his hands to his
head and began to prepare for tho grand
transformation scene. "My head's gone,"
ho audi In a purely voice. "What am I
dnlne hero7 Whero am I?"
"Good gracious, what's tno imaucr wuu
thn man." said Mrs. Dradd with a scream,
She snatched up a bowl of flowers and flung
tho contents in his face as nor nusDana
burst into tho room. The mato sprang to
hln feet aueaklng,
"What am I doing here, Captain uraau
tin ..iin in his usual voice.
rudely dispelled when tho matn came on "He's como round," said Jiracia, ccsiai-
deck next morning and found that they had ically. "He's come round. Oh, George, you
taken the schooner out without aroualne have been a-playlng the fool. Don t you
him. HIr dnlimlnn mnrmnri tn h atrnnrnr knnw what VOU'vO, been doing?"
than ever, and, pushing the sklppor from Tho mato shook his head apd stared round
the wheel. h tnnlr It hlma.lf anil reml him Ihn rnnm. "I thoUEht WO were In London,
a short and sharp lecture on the virtues ho said, putting his" hind to his head.
of obedience. "You said Cap'n Zlngall was coming nooaru
"I know you'ro a nnd iinrt' Donrirn How did wo cet herd? Whtro am 17
Smith." he said, leniently; "nobody rnnld In a hurried, breathless fashion tho skip-
wish for a better, but whllo I'm master of per told him, tho mate regarding hlra the
this hero ship It don't become oit to take whllo with a stare of fixed incredulity.
things upou yourself In the way you do. "I can't understand It, he saia at lengm.
"Hut you don't understand." said the "Mv m nd's a perfect hianK.
skipper, trrinr to conauor his temoer. "A tierfect blank." said Mrs. Dradd cheer
Now look me in the eye, George." fully. It might havo been accident, but
"Who are you calling George?" said tho she tapped her pocket an sno spoKO, ana
mato sharply. tho outwitted mato bit his up as no real
"Well, look mo In tho evo then." said lied his blunder and turnod to tho door,
tho skipper, waiving tho point Tho couplo watched him as ho slowly
I'll look at you In a way you .von't ltkn nassed un tho street,
In a mlnuto," said tho mate ferociously. "It's most extraordinary." said the sklp-
"I want to explain tho position of affairs ier,
to you," said tho skipper. Do you romcm- "So It Is," Bald his wife, "and whats
ber Captain Zlngall what wbb aboard last more extroordlnary sttll for you, Don,
night?" you'ro going to church on Sunday, and
"Little, dirty-looking man what keDt star- what's moro extraordinary even than that,
lng at me," demanded tho mate. you ore golcr; to put two golden sovereigns
"Well. I don't know about 'Is being dirty," in the plate."
YOU GO DOWN AND TUKN IN."
said tho skipper, "but that's the man
you know what he did to you. Geo '
"th," said tho mate sharply,
Do
program, uaBcarais uanuy uamaruc, in
slant relief. Druggists, 10c, 25c. 50c
Sick llenilnrlif QuIcUlj- Cared.
Indigestion, bad stomach, constipation,
"He mesmerized you." said tho skipper "lck headache. That's the program. Next
nastily. "Now keep qulto calm. You say
you're Denjamln Dradd, master o' this
vessel, don't you?"
"I do," said the mate. "Lot mo hear any
body soy as I ain't."
"Yesterday," said tho skipper, plucking
up courage and speaking very slowly and
Impressively, "you were Gcorgo Smith, the
mato, but my friend, Captain Zlngall,
mesmerized you and tnado you think you
were me."
I see what It is," said the mate,
severely. "You'vo been drinking; you've
been up to my whisky."
THE IlAII.IlOAI Til".
I Vcrr Important Fentnre In the
Mavkenp of n I, Inc.
Tho drummer In railroad rupplles handed
tho drummer In cotton goods his silver
mounted flask, as he settled himself com
fortably as tho train pulled out of Phila
delphia for Washington n fow dayH ago,
reports the Washington Star.
"Tho reason why you chaps In the south
used to havo many years ago so many no.
"Call the crew up and ask 'cm, then," cldents on your old lines wns because plno
said Bradd, desperately.
"Call 'em up yourself, you lunatic," said
the mate, loudly enough for tho men to
hear. "If anybody dares to play tbo fool
with me, I won't Ieavo a wholo bone In bis
body, that's all."
In obcdlenco to the summons of Captain
Dradd the crew camo up, and, being re.
quested by him to tell the mato that ho
was the mato and that bo wns at present
trees, being so convenient, were used ex
tenslvely In tho muklng of railroad tics,
than which no moro Important element
enters Into tho makeup of n railroad," he
raid, "Pino wood will not hold tho spikes,
Is soft nnd rots quickly, and has now
been abandoned as supports of the steel
rails.
'Who ever thinks of the ties of a road
as he Bpeeds along nt the rate of sixty
miles nn hour with scarcely a tremor of
laboring under a delusion, stood silently the coach In which ho Is yrttlnir? Nn nnn
nudging each other and uneasily eyeing the to niesowoVdrYbs" lh? c,08C3t attentlo'
mate. "Ties nro nlaced at varvlnir dlnlnncen
"V1I." K.ilil tho latlrr nt luneth. "Why anart. but the nverace dlstanco. mlontpit
don't you speak and tell George ho's gone &,r,!l WJJ'J8
ell. There nre apnroxlmatcly about 3.500
ties to the mile, These tlei nro worth de
livered to the road from 90 rents to $1.10
each, depending upon tho point of dellv-
In tlio prairie soctlons of the west
off his 'cad a bit."
"It ain't nothing to do with us, sir," eald
Bill very respectfully.
"Dut d n It all, man," said the mate,
taking a mighty grip of his collar, "you
know I'm the cap'n don't you?"
"O' course I do, air," said Bill.
"There you are, Gcorgo," uald the mate
erv.
ror instance, ties, owing to distance from
tho base of supplies, are more expensive
than In a region abounding in forests,
Placing their value nt Jl each, on u double
trnnk from New Vork to Washington, a
distance of 221 mllfs. the ties alono
releasing him and turning to tho frantic worth $773,000. whllo along the sides of the
Dradd, "you hear that. Now, look hero, you
listen to me, Either you'vo beon drinking
or else your 'end's gone a llttlo bit off,
You go down and turn In and, If you don't
glvo mo any moro ot your nonsense, I'll
overlook It for this once,"
Ho ordered tho crew forward again, and,
being desirous of leaving somo permanent
mark of his command on tho ship, had the
trock nro piles of tlea seasoning, paMly
worm nnir mm num. i ncrernre, in a
rond onrratlnc LCOI miles nf tracks Its tlcu
alono represent nn expenditure of 17,000.000.
uacii no is currmii iiiniiirieu ny men,
who mako that their business, who lcolt
for splits, ilecnved nlnccs, woim-eaten
spots and other Imperfections. Each piece
of wood selected must 1 up to the stan
dard hlze In length, width and tlilcknetii,
If tho Inspector passes a tie hp daub a
round splash of red jmlnt on tho end. which
nallev freah nalnterl In red and Lluo nnd a shows plainly on III' freshly Iiown or
. . J . i.r, t.. i. i ...i i. pi wed wood, nml inni s wnnt nil of those
lot of old storcB, which ho had vainly con- mtln red eves meant on that nllo nr new
domned when mate, thrown overboard. Tho ties we Just passed nnd of which you askcj
.i.i .. . i i... .t ..i i .,.v, ii , i, ..... mo mcnninc.
Bn.,.Hc. u u u "Tlio nverarro llfo of n tie about llvs
done, and then went below of his own year!,, ,iopnrtlng upon ellmatlc Influence,
accord and turned In, as being tho only way and the character of the roadbed. Tleu
to reta n his sanity, or. nt nnv rate, tho n so i. imuxi r"" . ui course, rot
- - " - - nutntar innn T noun mrpi in rnnlf luillnnl
clearness of head which he felt to bo In
dispensable at this Juncture,
Time, lustcad of restoring tho mato to
his senses, only appeared to confirm him
In his folly, and tho skipper, after nnother
attempt to convince him, let things drift,
resolving to havo him put under restraint
as soon as they got to port.
They reached Tldescroft In tho early
afternoon, hut beforo they entered tho har
bor the mate, as though he had had some
subtle Intuition that this would bo his last
command, called the crew to him and read
them a touching little homily upon their
behavior when they should land. He
warned them of public houses, nnd other
dangen
their d
which Is now the iierepte.l roadbed of nil
of tho crent llni.'S. The various Rnerleu c.t
oak aro inalnlv used, though chestnut nnd
ono or two nuicr varieties oi wood, which
nro lough nnd of firm, round grain, are
lined.
"We don't hear so much about spreading
rails and ensuing accidents n n ilec.vlo
or two ngn. Ono reason for this Is the
eloer Inspection now given to lies and
their renewing nnd the great Improvements
mode recently In roadbeds nnd the-lr caie
nml maintenance.
"Iron ties have beon need on some of
the roads In Europe, hut If they havo
proved a success mere mey nave not been
adopted In this country and I doubt If
they will ever be. Down tn Central nmr.
lea. In tho troplrnl forests, thov use ties
of solid mahogany, ns It Is about the only
wonu which win wunsmno tno climate
, and reminded them affectlngly of S"'1 tho ravages of tropical Iniccts I'p
.ties as husbands and father.. "Al- fiSSrSr' Ar"oKu'?dtliie a V"nCer f
A Fortune in
Cash Prizes
First Prize ....
Second Prize
Five Prizes of $100 each
Five Prizes of $50 each
$1,000
, $500
.$500
. $250
Ten Prizes of $25 each . . $250
The Twentieth
Century Farmer
is an ideal agricultural and family weekly published by The
Bee Publishing Company of Omaha, Neb., In mngnzine form, containing twenty
four pages or more.
It contains departments particularly interesting to the farmer,
devoted to livestock, farm crops, the dairy, poultry yard, orchard and garden, farm
machinery, veterinary topics and irrigation. The market page is one which is both
complete and can be relied upon. Besides this there are a number of special arti
cles each week by the most competent specialists in every branch of agriculture.
The farmer's wife too has her share of space with receipts
and suggestions on cookery, dressmaking, fancy work, care of flowers, and matters
particularly pleasing to her; while the children have a department edited for their
exclusive benefit. Pour or five pages are devoted to a complete review of the news
of the week, covering both the happenings at home and abroad, and news in partic
ular interesting to the great farming west.
Everybody in the household will be eager for the stones and
Frank Carpenter's letters, and all the good things that one likes to read after tke
lamps are lighted and the day's work is done.
How the Prizes
will be Awarded,
These prizes will be awarded in a contest which any one may
enter in securing subscriptions for The Twentieth Century Farmer. The contest will
begin January 1st, 1901, and will end as soon as 10,000 orders have been turned in
to the publisher by the contestants.
The person sending in the largest number of orders before
the close of the contest will receive the first cash priee of f 1,000.00. The person
sending is the next highest number will receive the second cash prize of f 500.00. The
next five persons having the highest number will each receive a prize of $100.00 each.
In regular order the next five will each receive $50.00 each and the following ten
will each receive a cash prize of $35.00.
At least 1,000 persons ought to enter this contest. But say
only 400 should enter. It would take only an average of 25 orders for each agent
to make up the number and the one sending in the higkest number will get the first
prize, and so on. For this reason send in your orders early.
Good Pay for Your Work
Whether Yott Win
or Lose
You get a large commission, besides, for every order you
turn in so that you will be well paid for the work you do in the contest whether you
win or lose. Write to us for particulars nnd for sample copies, and also state that
you wish to have your name entered in the contest, so that orders will be credited
to you when you send them in.
The price of the Twentieth Century Farmer is one dollar
per yoar. Every farmer everywhere wants it.
The Twentieth
Century Farmer
The Bee Publishing Co., Props.
OMAHA, NEB.
SI
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