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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 0, 1002. 10 HISTORICAL STATUARY HALL Tunou! Old Clamber OTeihaoled tod Re stored to Iu Pristine Ootdition. IMPRESSIVE IN BEAUTY AND DIGNITY Esteat and Character of tbe Improve. mral-TnfalrStTra Staters There Conlribated ty "lateral States. Tha American people will doubtless be pleased to know that the blatorlc old cham ber formerly used as the house of repre sentatives, and now known as Statuary fcall, baa been overhauled, architecturally and artistically, and restored to Its pris tine condition. Competent critics who bare viewed the restored chamber, relates tha Washington Star, unite In declaring that In beauty, dignity and Impresslveness It offers attractions exceeding those pos eased by any other chamber In the capltol. This la tha famous chamber with the unaccountable acoustic properties, the chamber where Madison was Inaugurated president In 1809 and again in 1813, where Monroe wa.s Inaugurated for hla second term In 1821 and where Fillmore took the oatk of office aa president on July 10, 1850, following the death of President Taylor. Thla Is the ball In which Henry Clay pre sided with such distinction as speaker of tha bouse In the old days. Hera occurred tha stormy debates Incident to the war of 1811 and the war with Mexico, and the pre Hminary atrugglea over the vexed question f slavery. Here Daniel Webster, and later Abraham Lincoln, eat In turn aa obscure representatives, each before the day of hla meridian fame. Here John Quincy Adams was choaen president over Andrew Jackson In 1825, when the election was thrown Into the house of representatives, and here aa an aged and veteran member In harnesa he waa stricken with hla mortal illness in 1848. A HI lioaae Cleaaln. The present restoration of tha hall Is in cidental to tha radical house cleaning begun In the capltol under the supervision of Su perintendent EUlott Woods last year, when the greater portion of the venerable build ing waa overhauled. During the last five years, visitors to Washington who have gone through tbo capltol sightseeing after having first Inspected the magnificent in terior of the new library of congress have been unfavorably Impressed with the capl tol, which In comparison with the library lias aeemed dingy and unattractive. But the architecture of the capltol possesses in destructible merits that will always com mand admiration and that need only a trifling matter of surface painting or other superficial decoration to be brought out and accentuated. To do this and to remedy the defect Superintendent Wooda has had the present ball of representatives and all the corridors and passageways leading to It re Hewed as to paint In lighter and more cheerful tints., and haa ornamented the side surfaces and ceilings afresh, in ac cordance with the requirements and pecu liar style of the building and at the same time In conformity with the demands of modern artistic taste. The work on Statuary ball was begun immediately after tba adjournment of con gress In July last and has progressed with out Interruption until now, employing the skill of flfty'artlsts, under the direction of Joseph Rakemann of Washington, who forty years ago assisted the famous Italian painter, Constantine Brumldl, In tha deco ration of the rotunda and the senate corri dors and committee rooms. Following similar work done last year In the supreme court chamber, an entire - new fireproof steel celling was constructed, the contour of the old ornamental plaster ceiling being exactly duplicated, except that real ribs In relief and indented panels were substituted for painted ribs and panels on smooth surface. In addition the plaster relief work, set against a mauve ground, ' has been splendidly enriched with pyre gold leaf or namentation, which serves to emphasize the lines of the massive rlba, panels and rosetted coders. 'The Interior walla also are renewed In soft tones of Sienna marble, handcome new skylight takes tha place of the old at the apex of the concave cell ing and the apparent size of the chamber Is materially increased by the removal of vast accumulations of old books from the galleries. The hall will be lighted at night by (00 incandeacent electric lambs, placed above tha white cornices, augmented by an enormous chandelier bung from the lan tern at the center of the celling and by lesser chandeliers hung from brackets pro jecting from the corner piers. New Oraanaeatatloa, The prevailing color tone of the celling Is mauve. That of the corridors leading from the hall to the present house of representa tives Is bull, with various delicste mauves, manilas, old golds and kindred pea greens as contrasting tints. The paneling re colored mostly In ollvs and maroon, richly loaded with gold, in line accent, fretwork nd filagree embroidery, while the mural borders aie generally of Pompellan red, and the panel borders, of classical designs lu laurel and Ivy leaves, are chiefly of olive green. Gold without stint Is the unfailing (Lnal -touch on ceilings, cornices, groined arches and panels. At frequent Intervals along the main cor I The powder puff may help to bide tbo ravages of time but it avails little to hide the ravages of disease. When the face) is disfigured by eruptions, the treatment i must go below the surface to the blood, which is corrupt and impure. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures disfiguring eruptions which are caused by impure blood. It cures scro fulous sores, erysipelas, boils, pimples, eczema, salt-rheum and other eruptive diseases which impure blood breeds and feeds. I was troubled with khm from the crow r my head to tha aolce ol mr fect. writes Mrs. Klla Quick, of Caaa City, Tuscola Co., Hie a. Could not walk at tiruca nor wear my short, ? sought there waa aa h,;p for zo at leaat the uctur Mid thrra mm nose. I wcut to aee rienda at Chriatma time and there heard of the good that Dr. Heme Gulden Medical Dis covery had done for them, and waa advised to try it at one. r"ot fear that I might neglect at anv friend aent to the village and got a bottle and made me promts that I would take it. I bad men getting wont all tha time. I took tmrteen bottles ol the ' Oolden Medical Diacow cry' and tea Tula of Dr. Pwrce'a Fleaaanl Pel lets, and uaed ' All-Healing halve. which made a complete car. It waa alow, but mr. I waa taking the medicine about tight months. I would aav to all- who tend thla: try Dr. fierce Golden Medical liiacovcry before waet ing time and luouey." , The sole motive for substitution is to permit the dealer to make the little more profit paid by the sale of less meritorious medicines, lie gains; you lose. There fore accept no substitute for "Golden Medical Discovery. i Dr. Pierce's Pellets cleanse the clogged arsun own ftCCUUUAtc yppurmca. rtdors tha artists bsve painted admirable little color sketches, portraits and sym bolical designs In medallions and vignettes suggestive of patriotic memories snd Inter esting events of American history. Among hese are sketches of Mount Vernon, Wanfa ngton's tomb, Arlington house snd the Washington monument; portraits of Colum bus and Vespucci and Indian heads, weap ons snd armorial bearings. All the decora tions are of a permanent character, calcu lated to last for the next fifty years at east. They all harmonize wich the distinc tive style of the building, which belongs to the period represented by the beginning of the last century, and the decorative scheme follows faithfully th.3 Ideas that dwelt In the minds of the original arclhtects. In authorizing the work congress assumed that the country takes a pride In the na tional capltol and does not begrudge the expense necessary to Its proper adornment. Oar Paatheoa. Of lata years Ststuary hall has been re garded In the light of a national Pantheon, where the. people have placed on view sculp tured effigies of admired heroes, pioneers. warriors, statesmen, inventors and public benefactors. From the year 1807, when It was first finished, until 1814, when It was burned and defaced by the British In an at tempt to destroy it. It was occupied as the hall of representatives, and again from 1819, when It was restored, until 1857. On September 16 of that year the lower branch of congress took possession of the present hall of representatives in tha new south marble wing of the capltol, and since that date the old hall bas served principally as one of the show places of the venerable edifice. By the terms of an act of congress, ap proved by President Lincoln on July 2, 1864, the chamber was officially designated as national statuary hall, and an Invita tion was .extended to all the states to con tribute statues to be sot up therein. The Set reads: "The president Is hereby authorized-to Invite each and all the states to provide and furnish statues. In marble or bronze, not exceeding two In number for each state, of deceased persons who have been citizens thereof, and Illustrious for their historic renown or from distinguished civic or military services, such as each state shall deem worthy of this national commemoration, and when so furnUhed the same shall be placed In the old hall of the house of representatives. In the capltol of the United States, which Is hereby set apart, or so much thereof as may be neces sary, as a national statuary ball, tor the purposes herein Indicated." Up to the present time only twenty-seven statues have been contributed by sixteen states, and the contributions, though inter esting and valuable, all of them are not In every case as representative as mlgbt be desired. This Is the natural result of the method of selection, exercised at different times, where each state, through Its legis lature, chooses whom It pleases at the time to Immortalize In this manner. Among the twenty-seven statues now grouped within the ball there are quite a number that may Justly be pronounced masterpieces of the sculptor's art. Most of them bear on the pedestal the 'coat-of-arms of the donating state. New York has contributed two In bronze. Robert R. Livingston, by B. D. Palmer, and George. Clinton, by H. K. Brown. New Jer sey baa sent up two, Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, In marble, and Philip Kearney, a major general, In the civil war, in bronze, both by H. K.' Brown. Pennsylvania has furnished two. In marble,' Robert Tulton, the Inventor ACAT10N V im.mmA hw tr) (Tf AWtltl' TMmul&rltT J, m liuui (ddvv mt f aj- ". D rr of outing travel among people of the merely Wbll'-to-do classes. To the ordinary man on business errands bent, car travel would be a burden were It not for the good humor vacation spirit of his fellow travelers. Ia their relaxation there Is an infectious cheer that speaks of the wholesome eneci oi riiin and of. the added seat with which the day's work will be taken up again when the outing is ended. Th. hahit nf snendinr some small part ot each year In looking about Is a good one. The tension of modern American mo uo mands that both mind and body have perl lods of relaxation must have them or in time suffer the nervous breakdown which is the curse of our age. it.. hi fart la arolns to be widely rec ognized Is shown by the variety of peoplo h iKiku ii n. the eoodly company of sum mer travelers. The minister leaves his ser mons and bis wife her missionary meetings .m anriKtlea. The lawyer, under the excuse of land hunting, seems able to de sert his clients for a time, me oanarr a hi. ku.inAaa mask and talks eagerly and with enthusiasm of good fishing re sorts. The leader or men meeny iuuuw vi. .ir..kirtt dauahters and wife. The UV A w a a ea a a w teacher lores her worried frown, the book keeper his stoop, and the newspaper man well the newspaper man is there, but he i one who can never lay aside his profes sional mantle! He carriee win mm m notebook and bis politics. n..t .hirt la the farmer? The great n.n.,oin ae-ent. the man without whom these other classes would cease to exist. the men whose work bas given its vaiue 10 the land which Is viewed from the car win dows is seldom found among the vacation pilgrims. uk, ia thfaT We know that a farmers life is aa monotonous snd wearying as any. There are certain short seasons wnen. nis work is extremely heavy and rusning. nrina the hiving, harvesting, stacking and threshing periods In spite of the beat and stress the farmer must work from day light until dark without daring to loae a day or an hour. Weather conditions often demand night labor. This period lasts ror something like two months. At the end no one on tha farm can fall to be exhausted. Farmers' wives and daughters bear heavy burdens of housework and theirs are lives of comparative isolation. They, would keenly appreciate periods ot communion with the outside world. Why Is It that farmers' families so rarely enjoy these ad vantages? The few who do change their Uvea now and then are usually the best farmers. They are the ones with the most progressive ldess and methods, the farm ers who are most highly regarded in ths community. But why are they so few? Surely not because farmers cannot afford the expense of outing trips. I Instance to you an average farming section in Ne braska: Within a radius of two miles there are probably ten or twelve men worth $4,000 to $ 25.000 each. Yet many of them live la the manner of city laborers earning $1 a day. They acorn vacations as they scorn ths pretjy comforts and pleasures ot their city relatives, who, perhaps, are worth much less money simple comforts snd pleasures which from Ignorance as to the eaae ot obtaining . tbem are regarded by the farmer as wild and foolish extravagances. I am Inclined te believe that It Is mainly this false Idea mm of the steamboat, by Howard Roberts, and John P. Muhlenberg of revolutionary fame, by Blanche Nevln. Massachusetts Is likewise represented by two In marble, John Wlnthrop, first colonial governor, by Richard S. Greenougb, and Samuel Adams, the revolutionary organizer, by Anne Whitney. Rhode Island bas also supplied two beau tiful works In marble, Roger Williams, by Franklin Simmons, and Nathaniel Greene, by H. K. Brown. Connecticut has sent two, Jonathan Trumbull, tba first governor, Washington's "Brother Jonathan," and Roger Sherman, both by C. B. Ives. Ver mont has also supplied two In marble, Ethan Allen, by Larkin C. Mead, and Jacob CoIIamer, an early senator, by Preston Powers. New Hampshire, In nowise be hindhand, has contributed two In marble, among the most notable of all, Daniel Web ster, born In the granite state, and John Stark of Bennington fame. They were modeled by Carl Conrads after statues In bronze In the state house park at Concord. The original Webster statue was by Ball; that of the Stark figure was by Conrads himself. Maine, the remaining New Eng land state, bas presented a marble statue of Its first governor, William King, by Franklin Simmons. Mea of the Middle West. Ohio bas also furnished two In marble, James A. Garfield and William Allen, a Buckeye governor, both the work of Niehaus. Missouri has also furnished two In marble, representing Its worthiest sons, Thomas H. Benton snd Francis P. Blair, both by Alexander Doyle. Indiana has con tributed one, representing Its famous war governor and senator. Oliver P. Morton, In marble; Illinois one, James Shields, senator and soldier, In bronze, by Leonard W. Volk; Michigan one, Lewis Cass, in marble, by D. C. French; Wisconsin one, Pere James Marquette, pioneer and missionary, by G. Trentenove; Virginia one, a plaster statue of George Washington, supposed to have been modeled from life, by the celebrated French sculptor, Jeane Antolne Houdon, and West Virginia one, John E. McKenna. a senator. Except these two latter. It will be noticed that there are none from south ern states, and It Is to be boped'that with returning prosperity they will not much longer delay to contribute memorials of their favorite sons. Certain other art objects In the hall are noteworthy. The Inner doorway of the northern entrance Is surmounted by sn or namental clock, by Franzonl, the Italian scluptor, carved In solid parlan marble, with a female figure representing Clio, the muse of history, standing in a winged char lot with tablet and stylus in hand. A colos sal figure of Liberty, In plaster, the work of Causlcl, another Italian sculptor, sur mounts the white marble entablature above the pillars at the southern entrance. The hall now presents an appearance that has long been desired, and when the country once awakes to a realization of its beauty the belated states may be expected to send statuea to aid In Its further enrichment. Nothing; so Good tor Conajha' and Colda. Mr. J. N. Perkins, druggist of Lawton, Okl., wbo has been In- business eleven yesrs, says of Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy that during all this time he haa never had a bottle of this remedy returned as not having given satisfaction, proving con clusively that this preparation will do all that is claimed for it. There Is' nothing so good as this remedy for coughs, colds and croup. It Is pleasant to take and, aa It contains no Injurious substance, may be given to a child with perfect confidence. U3z mEr In The Twentieth Century Farmer. touching the cost of the thing which keeps many farmers from enjoying periods of leisure 'and change. But again, many a farmer gets lnts a rut of such long standing that its walls be come almost like stone. That rut is the fallacy ot the ultimate long vacation. It Is the hope of moving to town and living in ease after twenty or thirty years ot farm life. Usually It Is a mistaken idea, bad management. Every year our towns and cities witness the tragedy ot town-moving by farmers. They occupy their city homes, expecting to realize at least their long dreams of delight, only to find that they have made the change too late. The com plete breakup ot habit after years spent in one single line or mode ot life could hardly tall to be tragic. Perhaps there is not much discontent the first year. It partakes the virtues of a short vacation. Your Interests are taken up with the bulging and furnishing of a new home and in sharing with tha children the Joy which they find in their altered life. But, like a widower, the new habitant of the city finds it bard to get through his sec ond summer. The signs of planting time and of cultivating time awaken the slumbering propensities ot a lite and call for aatlefactlon with a relentlesiness that Is death to contentment. The "town farmer" soon finds his one comfort In seek ing out others of the same dolorous class with whom he may discuss farm topics and crep prospects. He is apt to lose bis Jolly good nature and grow Irritable. He gets but scant sympathy from his wife and children, for children are impression- able and change easily and the wife has still ber housewifely tasks, which ars changed only by being lightened, while her hunger for social Interests Jeads her quickly to form new friends and to take a vigorous hand In church and lodge affairs. In these Interests it is hard for the husband to follow her. Man's nature la less adaptable. I have yet to find the retired farmer who has been able to culti vate a taste for receptions snd dinner partlea. All thla tends to mar the harmony of the family. When, usually, by the third year, the man decides to move back to his old farm, there Is spt to be an unpleasant sit uation. Of course tbs wife la willing to go tor her husband's sake, even though it be against her inclination, but you may ex pect open rebellion on the part of the chil dren. It is a rars thing for a family to pass through this crisis without being in some degree broken up. Of course tnere arc exceptions to this state of affairs. The farmer may find In town congenial work of some sort allied to hia old habits, but the reaults sketched are common enough to be a warning. It ia my belief that a small amount ot money expended In yearly or semi-yearly outings tor the farmer and his fsmily would so Improve the enjoyment of country life as to remove from both parenta and chil dren all destre for permanently leaving tha farm. Should they after all ever go west or need to reside In town which It Is greatly to be hoped will in the majority of Instancea never be the case they will have the preparation necessary tor entering upon the new life "with Joy and not with grief." It Is certainly desirable that farmers should become better and better off, but It Is not desirable that as their circumstances Im Qt AIIT FE ATI RE 9 OF I.IFK. A few days ago a Miss Death waa brought to the German hospital In Philadelphia to be operated on for appendicitis. She was a daughter, she ssld, of sn undertaker. The surgeon's nsme who wss chosen to perform the operstlon was Dye Dr. Frank Harkett Dye. When the operation was over Miss Desth was placed In charge of two nurses. Miss Payne Is the day nurse; Miss Grone Is the night nurse. Tha patient is recovering rapidly, snd In a week or so Miss Death will bid good by to Dr. Dye, Miss Payne and Miss Grone. A good story Is told of the Russian po lice, who are very careful lest any liter ature of an atheistlo character shall fall Into the hands of the pessants. A peasant In the province of Minsk went to a publisher's shop and asked for a bible. Unwittingly the shopman gave him an algebra primer. On opening the book when he reached home the peasant was surprised to find it full of mystic signs and hieroglyphics. Tha peasant showed It to a policeman, who felt convinced that tns signs were of an "extremely free thinking character," and so arrested the owner. At the trial tha peasant was discharged and tha policeman Instead of being re warded for his religious zeal, was repri manded. The little orthodox Friends' meeting house at Woodstown, N. J., bas only one surviving worshiper. Miss Prlscllla Llppln cott, sn old woman, who twice a week, carefully arrayed in the garb of that sect, goes alone to tha building and frequently sits an hour on "first day" In the cush ioned pew which she bas occupied for fifty years. Sometimes she sits in silence; at others, when the spirit moves, she speaks, with the long since emptied benches as her only earthly audience. The orthodox Quakers, once so numerous, built the meet ing house, but all save Miss Llppincott have died, Joined other meetings or united with the Hlcksltes. If Miss Llppincott should fall to hold services In tha little meeting bouse It would revert to the heirs of the original owner of the land, but so ! 1 l . J . . - . I- - L .1 J Ik... ' loaf am BerriccB i'uuuuuo lu ire ueiu luero It cannot be disturbed, and therefore she never falls to be at tba door with the big brass key at tha hour for service on "first" and "fifth" days. The waiters of Paris are up In arms against tips. They held the other night a meeting whose battle cry was "A bas la pourbolre!" and are shortly to Issue hand bills setting forth the evils of the tipping system familiar topic, though never be fore presented from the waiters' viewpoint. Tipping is a complicated system in Paris. Each "pourbolre," as It is collected. Is put into a general box, and at the end of the day the total Is divided equally among the waiters. They receive no wages, but, on the contrary, have to advance to the cafe keeper at tha beginning of each day a sum estimated at one-half of the day's pour bolre. Whether or not the gratuities reach the estimated total, the fixed sum is paid to the owner for "expenses." One garcon recently brought suit against bis employer for these expenses and recovered. Tha 2,000 waiters at the meeting determined on similar action. Indiana is now noted for a large crop of Hoosler poets and novelists, and for the fact that, for every seven marriages in the state, there is one divorce. - why not? prove they should quit their old homes where their money has been made and throng Into towns. Parents and older people need outings much more than children. MoBt ot the youth will seek education away from home and their travel will come then. It will soon be the regular thing for young people to have some education away from home. The narrow Idea that the country school course is all that a farm boy or girl needs In preparation for life Is psssing away. And how much more that country school course itself will mean when passed amid the new community which I am predicting? This bettered country community will not come while farmers postpone all pleas ure for a long term ot years In order that It may be a more welcome guest when the work Is done. Work is never done, and it Is better so. Work Is the greatest blessing of life and la the medium of all enjoyment. It Is the continual contrast of pleasurable relaxation and strenuous effort that gives spice and snap to life. To put aside pleas ure until a distant season Is to rob oneself of it entirely, then as well as now. We runt educate ourselves to enjoyment as to labor and unless we begin that education early we lose the faculty; so that, afte.r years ot toll we find ourselves hopelessly warped and unable to fit the moulds of nor mal life. Of course there are periods In all lives when, for the performing of some special task or tha mastering of some crisis all else must be set aside for a short time, but we must never forget to resume the proper balance when these periods are past. There are no lives whose powers will not. In the long run, be strengthened by making pleasure and labor partners. I urge the vacation plan for farmers first of all as the best way to broaden and en rich farm Ufa by teaching it to mingle the Joys of life with tha labor; to learn by travel and observation progressive ideas of comfort and beauty In the home. But there la another side of this question that Is quite as important. I refer to sug gestions the farmer will gain by an outing now and then as to Improved methods in his vocation. A life time spent in reading agricultural papers may eaaily fail to give the farmer the practical help that one sum mer trip would bring. For years I had read of irrigation. I supposed that I knew a great deal about it. But when I aaw farm ing actually carried on by that method it was as though I had never read a word upon it, so different was the reality from my book conception. I returned borne blessing as never before the country that waa watered from the sky! The averagd weatern farmer has little idea of working with fertilizers. The east ern fsrmer has so little idea of working without them that it- is a common thing for him, upon hearing ot some large yield upon cur western farma, to write and In quire as to the sort of mixture used tor producing such results! Ths farmer who gets about knows and understands the agricultural conditions In various parts of the country because he has seen for himself. He is quicker at finding new Ideas which he can adopt to improve his own methods. These new ideas have a money value and the man who discovers them most plentifully is spt to bsve the best psylng farm. It may be objected that although there Getting the Home Ready for Thanksgiving With everything In trim, snug shape, will be your pleasure tor the next few weeks. You'll want tha dining room furnishings to be particularly pleasing ycu'll want what Is newest the stylish, modern kind. Were resdy here with what Is best In tables, sideboards, dining chairs, and all tha necessary fittings, but there's a 'low swing to prices that will make It easy for tha Thanksgiving buyers that will clinch your faith in the economy of this stock. "From the cheapest that's good to the best that's made.' ehina closets Dining Tables We show a great variety of CHINA CLOSETS, In all finishes and designs. We atart tbem for a china closet made of aelect quarter sawed golden oak, 10 band polished, at !, O CHINA CLOSET With bent glass ends, made of quar ter sawed golden oak and band polished, 4 f "7C very pretty design, each 1J sJ A great variety of other patterns at $21.00, $23.00, $25.00, $30.00, $33.00 and up. Dining We bsve them Some very pretty designs In cane seat, substantially made and finished, at Other patterns in cane and wood seat, solid golden oak, polished finish, $1.50, $1.80, $2.00 and $2 25. Dining chair. OUR PRIDE. Very fine box frame, cane seat chair, made of best select quarter-sawed oak, handsomely polish ed, special while they -J rf last, each JiwU Sideboards SOLID OAK SIDEBOARDS Rich, pretty designs, neatly carved.speciat 4 good value at l"wO SIDEBOARD Made of the best select quarter sawed golden oak, very large and massive, richly band-carved and pol ished, lined drawer for silver. Extra large pattern French bevel mirror. Top is "7 CC 25x48 Inches. Very special, at...., lUU A VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SIDEBOARDS Ranging at $15.75, $17.25, $20.50, $23.75, $27, $30, $36 and up for tha more massive and finer grade goods. Make your Thanksgiving selection now. We will bold goods for later delivery It desired. Carpets Carpets Carpets We continue for one week longer our special sale of Carpets, on which we are making the lowest prices yet named for new goods. Come while tba assortment is still good and select a carpet at about halt what you would pay for It regularly. rchard & Wilhelm arpet ean be no questioning the value of vaca tion trips the average farmer haa no time to spare for them, at least in the summer, the season tor excursion rates on the rail roads. There are certainly two periods of heavy pressure in farm work in our sec tion of the country during which it would be hard for the head ot the establishment to leave. The first lasts from the begin ning of spring work to the end ot the corn planting season, about May 20. From then until about the middle of June there Is usually a lax spell which would give time for a brief trip at a profitable season, a good time to visit the northern country, the prairie sections ot the Dakotss and Minnesota or even the vast tracts of land recently opened in Canada. From the middle ot June to the middle ot August comes the rush season which I have mentioned, but when this is ended the farmer la surely In condition to enjoy a vacation. That is the time when he should tske his wife and go with ber to the mountains, the lakes or the sea for com plete change. It the west does not attract fclm, there are numerous excursions to the east. He caii take advantage ot convention or exposition rates to visit the borne of his ancestors, view .pots of natural or his torlcal interest and study tbs modes of living used by sn older civilization. The results of these trips will, as a rule, show the next summer In Increased Income from the farm. Better still, they will show In the happier faces of mother and children and In the new enjoyment which all will take in life. And that, after all. is the main thing. We are on earth to live. To find true and noble pleasures In life is more important than to find vast profits of the financial sort. But remember that Joy is a duty which awaiu no man's leisure It must be taken early, often and more or less regularly, or it is never to be bad at all. Wright wrongs no man..' Wright's old' fashioned buckwheat flour is pure. Ta .'-eu .-. 1 1 ' l I I I S iDi;),WMm'.777?77l ' , SELECT SOLID OAK DINING TABLE Golden pol ished finish, has turned and fluted logs, C square top, each 0JJ SELECT QUARTER SAWED TOP GOLDEN OAK PIN ING TABLE Highly hand polished, very O r( neat design, each OAAJ PRETTY FRENCH DESIGN DINING TABLE Made specially for our trade, handsomely hand polished, con structed of best select quarter sawed golden oak. richly ornamented with band carving, special O value, each lJt-JJ OTHER TABLES in great variety at $14.00. $15.00, $16.50. $17.60, $18.00 and $20.00 every one of which are specttl good values. . ROUND TOP TABLES Pretty designs in golden oak, quarter sawed, hand polished, at $15.50, $17.00 and $20.00. HANDSOME PEDESTAL TABLES at $21.00, $24.00, $27.00, $28.00, $30.00, $33.00 and up. hairs In endless variety. ...1.25 These pretty and dainty pieces that are ao very popular for the dining room we show in all woods snd finishes. Fifty-eight patterns to select from. Some very choice pieces st $25, $33, $37, $38 up to the most artistlo and very elaborate ones, at )lvw "ca! a large assortment of about fifty-five styles, ranging from So. ""sssssr emana PIANO PRICES SKINNED TO DEATH New Uprights, mahogany finish, this week $118.00 New Upright, genuine mahogany, this week $138.00 Vew Upright, cheap at $275, we are selling this week for $185.00 20 Pianos, actual value $350 to $400 take your choice.... $275.00 The Hamilton Pianos are always $350.00 The Baldwin Pianos are $500.00 D. H. Baldwin & Co., J. J. Huston, Manager. PRATTLE OF TUB YOISGSTERS. Sunday School Teacher Why did the peo ple throw stones at Stephen? Small Pupil Please, ma'am, I reckon they wanted to hit him. "My father's tbe switchman," said the little girl In the depot, proudly. "Huh!" remarked the small boy, "mine ain't; he makes ma punish us when we're naughty." Little Frances I don't see bow they tell a horse's age by his teeth. Little Jack Huh, that's easy! If be bas false teeth he's old. Grandma Your book seems to be very interesting, Nellie. Will you lend It to me when you finish reading It? Little Nellie No, grandma. It isn't a proper book for you to read. It's a story for girls. "Now, then, children," said the teacher, who had been commenting upon polar ex peditions, "wbo can tell me what fierce animals Inhabit tbe regions of the north pole?" "Polecats," shouted the boy at the foot ot the class. Little Johnny bad spent his first day at school and when he returned home bis mother asked what he had learned. "Didn't learn anything," answered Johnny. "Well, what did you do?" she Inquired. "Nothing much," replied the little fel low, "only a woman didn't know bow to spell cat, and I told her." Little 4-year-old Edith and ber mother were going to the country and when near the station started to run in order to catch the train, only to find it pulling out aa they arrived. Edith began to cry, but ber mother said: "Don't cry, darling. We can go on the next train." "Y-yes," sobbed the little miss, "but I'm c-crylng 'cause all our r-runnlng's wasted." OCT Or" TUE ORDINARY. Bteuhen Maxwell, said to be the oldeat engineer in thla country, celebrated hia Slat birthday recently by taking a trip on a modern locomotive near nis noma, uesver Meadows, fa. ' Dr. Joseph H. Raymond, sanitary super intendent of Brooklyn, bas Issued an order pvttlng a stop to tne practice ot taking to the police station persona found either partially or wnony unconscious. The vital statistics for 1901, Just issued by the Board of Health, show that during tbe year the deaths of fourteen centenari ans were reported to the Health department of New York City. John Morrla, a generation ago bead of the Ijouislana lottery, was blackballed by the New Orleans Jockey club. "I will make a graveyard of your track." he said, firmly, and hla vengeance Is sardonically embalmed In the peaceful Met axle cemetery. Charles Hawtrey. the Knell. h actor, waa recently playing in a town in the north of mmJ TTi M. II snmmsiM.JT tf Buffets f 11.25 to $223.00. 1408 Douglas Street, Omaha. England. Certain rain-making effects were Intrusted to an old Scotchman known as "Mac," who produced the Illusion by rat tling some peas in a tin box. On the first night the peas were not rattled with suffi cient vigor and Hawtrey rushed over to tha stage hand, exclaiming: "Here, Mac, It's a rainstorm we want, not a Scotch mist. Louder, confound you, louder." Former Governor Oeorge 8. Boutwell of Massachusetts la at his office each morning by o'clock. He was a prominent figure In the nation more than fifty years ago. He is a splendid type of that sturdy old school and although he Is feeble of body, his mind la ss clear as a bell today. Thnt was proven at the United Irish convention In Faneuil hall, when he delivered an im promptu speech that aroused the delegates to a high pitch ot enthusiasm. It Is said on excellent authority that Ruasell Sage's street loans are rarely less than $20,00U,0D0 and that a few weeks ago when ho was taken HI, he had 127,000,000 out on call and time loans. This Is actual cash which he has on the market all the time, ao that his Income from this source) alone must be somewhere about $1,250 W1 a year. His collateral loans are probably twice as much. Seitaro Takeda Is the only Japanese whr has ever been admitted to the York rite and Scottish rite degrees in Freemasonry. He Is a member of Genesee Falls Blue lodge No. 607 of Rochester, N. 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