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"alTF 7Tu , iy- '"V-vyc1! T ' CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26, i8ji From the Gold Mines of Montana v in WwwBwBf C'HAUI.r.S .lAOHrt. "Dr. DcniiN Curcil mu of t'lilnrrli of tlio Throat In One Month." C1IA. JACl'rt, i: Htrcot, between ailli iiml 27lli, IillK'lllll) Noli. MHH. VM. IC. tlAY, of (.'iistlo, Montiiiift. Ilnvlim hi'iinl thioiiKh friend II vlrne In Lite coin of Dr. llentils' mioci'oi In earing eittiirrh. Mtm. (Iny whoso lunlminl N Interested Inn K0I1I mlno In Cntlo, Montiinu, entile nil thti way to Lincoln for treatment, 70 inllri of the distance, liultie traveled liy slime. shoiis: I lind cnturrh for yenr. my health Itecuino poor and I i'oiiM Ret no rollof. My breath was very oirvnxlvo anil a constant illchariru came from my no and throat. After tn-atlni; mo two weeks tliu doctor removed a Inrito (ileco of dead bono from my novo which had lioen cailKvd by the disem.0. I have been treated kI weeks and feel no much Improved that I Khali return next monday to my family and continue hid treatment by correspondence. My breath iIoch not Miuell any more and ills chnrKC NnlmoHt entirely Htopped "and I feel llkoa different person." Dr. C. Warren Dennis Eyo, Ear, Noso and Throat Burgeon and Hpec Inilstln Catarrh, itraduatu of thico medical tolleRcs; 10 years' experlenco. Hundreds of cases successfully treated. Chaws reason able. Consultat Ion tree. Correspondence so licited. I'atlonts nt a distance treated by correspondence. Ucfercncus, many or the best pcoplo In Lincoln, who have, been cured. Olllce.over First National Hank, Kith ir il O. Hours, 11 to 12, i to n, and 7:3U to S:30; Sundays S to 5 p. m. EXPENSIVE LIVING ! No matter what others do or say, wo still give you tho Newest and C TT f C C Best Grades of O il J JD O At LOWER PRICES than others. You can save money by buying your Boots and Shoes of WEBSTER & ROGERS, 1043 O Street. C. L. RICHARDS, lUCIIAimS lll.OCK LINCOLN, NEBRASKA REMOVAL Lincoln Shirt Factory To 1402 O Street. In lis new location this establishment will have, better facilities than over for turuliiK out llrst'clask work, and nu lucieaneil lino of Gents Kurnlshlm; Ooods will always bo on tale. To our business has been added a LADIES' TAILORING DEPARTMENT In which varments of all kinds will bo made to order and nuythlni; from tho smallest mi dergnrinunt to tho finest Ihess or Cloak will bo skillfully executed and made on short notice. In this department wu condor one ofthobest cutlers and titters in the country and satisfaction Is truaraiiteed In every par ticular. Our factory will licit After be known as tho Lincoln Shirt Mfg. Co. A. Katzenstelu, Sir., Manager Call and seo us. Cor. llihaud O SI' U SUPERIOR WORK -OO TO- gggfrggg SMALL'S Steam Laundry 2014-16 O Street, Office 138 N. nth St. Tele. 579. Leading PHOTOGRAPHER ! Fine Ilust CablnctH $.1 mr dozen, special rates to wtutlent1. Call mul koo our work. Open fiotn 10 (i. in. to 1 p. in. hiimlny. Studio, 1214 O Street. irMMt,nO a )tr it ttlnirmtiXy John XI. do dwln,lr ) S ,ni ik ft u Itiider, u nmy n I inakr nm It Lu iri tfivh juikiyMv 1 n fr in fit; 10 a ty at Ui tun. 11 il in 1 at )cu f j nn II lh It It I. ft I Bffi I i ID I ait (,1 liirru ' y umit iiiiinti rut hwiiif . fc'iv nki v urtlmt iiarm liitntt enlvlo the w ik All li iii-m (mat a M III fr ttm wuktr tt nan u iWiiiihlnir rvtivtMnt: I Abll ) , 1 1 1 1IU Itartml. I AlUKlLAIt IM - lldftaitteiirf, MIAMI it 10., IvUlLMN JUIU U" "1 llll ithii) lain; ' t riiKttiiM Tk 1 1 1 1 I f , Im iii rn m I uiir ti J wlio, II II II Mltr liniruttloii.wm . ik in lbth uiy, jWJ w 0 wimw t i ftru Ihrtr IhtUkiiiMl P ltr Yrirliiltilr-nt Hftliilrt Mlnrtwrtlity Ihr I ulll n'.oruriiUh tht hutllpn erf iiil vtituii.fttwM li j in .in n t.iit ui.t Nonwiifv fir nivuutoitti rftftfUl l' n I ill) nn i n tkiv Irarnf'l I Jri'rw tmi mu w irkrr fiuiu m ImIUhi. i r unit I liaif already iiuylit an I (i.-tUtd nlm u I. u ml a t u tiuml'tr, ttlt-i irv mftkiuir otrr "hi dm til. li,V " NOM U. lull pitlcilar llflU AUtlioi at uiirf, C, AIM:.N, llik IttO, Aliv UU, M II I lit-, THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT. WALTER WELLMAN WRITE9 FROM NEBRASKA, Hit 8jr thf Otithiuk U Very llniieful. Ilonr "Tho Orrnt American llr.nrt" Mil. Ureu Mtl tn lllitMiiiii n the Itutu. C'mii Karmrr lk MiitinyT IHpcclnl Corropoudeneo.l YoitK, Ncli., Sept. 17. Juet twenty yearD ago 1 emtio Into tills part of tho etato of Nebraska In n covered wagon A few days ago I enmo again, on a free pasH, and I Iiml tho country so Interent lug that I think I'll tell you something about it. Twenty years ago tho pralrio hero had a house about every live milett it was as bleak and bare a prairie as you could picture in your mind's eye. Not a tree, nor even a shrub, was in sight as far as the virion could reach nothing but a stretch of level country, on tho turface of which a thick crop of gras grow They were a pretty poor lot of people who enmo here then and later to make homes for themselves. If thoy hud been well to do they would not have left tho east to come out to tho "Ureat Amori Vy(ra J A Will? fiiHLf) fjKrfll jr. WU' Hjp JlS y I "" CtTij' aB'iBaif( V 1 c& LB' B tt&p&&&&?z: UKCIX JEHIIY'8 NKDKASKA COIIN. can Desert" to coax a livelihood out of tho virgin soil. They wero tho peoplo who had not been able to get a good foothold in the east Many of them wero soldiers in tho Federal army, who had been distanced in the raco for wealth while at tho front fighting tho battles of their country. Hero they found a rich soil, a healthful climato and nothing elso. At fint thoy lived In sod houses, with roofs of branches and firm turf and iloors of clay, or in "dugouts," bur rowed out of tho sides of littlo canyons. Tho soil, you seo, was overything. Not only was it tho only source of rovenue, present or prospective, but it grow their building material in the shapo of a closely knit turf, and tho hard clay sub soil served as a tloor for their dwellings. With lumber at sixty dollars a thousand and brick and stono and other materials at higher prices, ho was a comparatively rich tuiui who could build even tho smallest and most modest of frame houses Coal was twenty dollars a ton, clothing and all tho necessaries of lifo as dear us liijh freights and mercantile greed could make them, und tho markets far, far away (n telling you that these men have won their fight hero 1 am telling you nothing that you do not already know; but you may be interested in tho details of this modern conquest, in which the desert has literally been made to bios EOtn as the rose. First, tho prairie was turned over by tho plow This was a simple though laborious operation Threo horses and a heavy plow, with a knifo to cut tho thick turf, could "break" two acres a day. Tho first year a scant crop of sod corn was raised, good only for feed Out tho second year a full crop grew Not much caro is taken in returning to the soil that which it gives, nor in con serving tho fertility of tho laud by change of crops or conversion of tilled fields into pastures. Year after year this magnificent soil of what was once known as the "Great American Desert,' has met every demand made upon it. It has more than fulfilled every expecta tion Nor has there ever been a com plete failure of crops in this section In twenty years there have been tour short crops, due once to grasshoppers, and on other occasions to thoughts and early frosts Notwithstanding their ditauce from market, these people have prospered. I suppose they growl as much about hard times as any other farmers, and with about as mrtch cause Not many of them are rich, and some aro still in debt, hard pushed, discontented. Debt is tho curse of this as it 1b of any other country. "What is tho matter with so many of your fanners here?" I asked a successful business man, who had himself mado money at farming "Why are thoy still poor and pushed?" "It is easy enough to explain," ho re plied. "They came out here from tho older and richer farming country of tho east Hero they became, many of theni for tho first tune in their lives, farmers on their own account Human nature is pretty much the same the world over, and as soon as these men began to feel tho pride of proprietorship they wanted buggies to drive to town in, riding plows and riding cultivators, good horses and cows oud all sorts of modern but expen sive farming machinery To get all these things they weio compelled to run In debt, to discount tho tutuie. They weie not ready to deny themselves at fit st, and having once euteied upon a policy of this kind they Hud it impossible to stop. They are always pressed for money, and tho result is tliat just as soon its they harvest a crop they must rush it oil to market.to keep the shei iff f lorn the door. Welti they able to hold their piodiut a few mouths they could gft much better pi ices for it. Tho fanner who lemaius poor in this country Is tho fanner vhog( ro in debt and keeps his noso on tho grindctono. Everything ho buys ho must buy at tho highest prices, beeaujo ho buys on time, and pays interest besides; overything ho sells ho must sell at tho lowest prices, becauso ho must sell immediately." "Then you think money can bo made nt farming in this country?" "I know It can I havo uindo It my-et-'lf Ten or twelvo years ago I had a farm of 100 acres. I tilled it myself my wife and I. Our first year wo lived in a sodhotiso. and our living expenses wero llfty-thto dollars. My nearest neighbor had just as good a farm ai mlno, but he went In debt for a frame houoo Ho rode to church and town in a top buggy bought on tlmo. Ho plowed am cultivated on riding plows. That man looked down on mo becauso I plod ded along in tho old way with tho old fashioned uiachlticry and Implements. When ho Htid Ills wife drove to church in their tileo buggy, passing my wife and mo in our old wagon ho scarcely deigned to speak to us When tho crops wero harvested lie had to rush his off to market to meet his notes and his Interest I hold mine till whiter and got 40 per cent, tnoro than ho did Next year it was tho same, and when his buggy and his riding plowsand tilings wero about worn out, though not paid for, I bought now ones for one-third less than ho had paid for his, becauso I bought for cash. To make a long story short, ho is still struggling ttirder a load of debt, with mortgages hanging over him Tho mortgage on Ills farm I own, and ho pays mo 10 per cent, a year in terest on it. "Aro interest rates high out here?" 'Yes, but tho fault is tho borrower's and not tho lender's. Men of doubtful solvency men who havo always been discounting the future, and who had but n narrow margin between payment and bankruptcy havo had to pay aa high as 2 per cent, a month for money. There is no business iu the wot Id that can stand bucIi a rato of interest Certainly farming can't stand it Hundreds and thousands of men in this county havo for years been paying that rato on chat tel mortgages and from 12 to 10 per cent a year on real estate security. Theso aro tho men who growl, who say tho fanner is oppressed', that fanning can't bo mado to pay." "Is the futuro brighter?" "For tho fanning community as a whole it certainly is. Tho agricultural interests of tho west aro just emerging from tho tieriod of debt Fanners who plunged into debt ten or twelvo years ago, expecting to work out In two or threo years, aro uow recovering, but bet ter late than never. Interest rates aro coming down, and it is no longer possi bio to get the ruinous rates of 2 per cent and 1J per cent, a month paid a few years ago Many fanners aro now ablo to hold all or a part of their crops for better prices Wo aro now selling corn at forty cents which wo grow in lbSO and cribtietl rather than sell then at fifteen or sixteen cents. This year the west has magnificent crops and a pros pect of good prices. If corn matures as it promises, wo shall have tho greatest yield of the last twenty years, and tho short crops abroad ought to givo us such an era of prosperity as wo never hail 1 iforo. This red Tetter year of 1801 shou I lift thousands upon thousands of west, in farmers out of tho clutches of the u&i ,-crs and into that state of inde pendence in which thoy can hereafter buy tho cheapest for cash and sell the highest, becauso they can sell when they want to, not when they must." Certainly this fertile section of tho 'Great American Deseit" has been made to blossom as tho toso. Whero twenty years ago was a bare, bleak prairie, with heio and thero a sotlhotiio or a "dug out," now aro pretty farmsteads by tho thousand Tho houses aro of frame, painted, surrounded by lawns, llowers aud fruits. Every farm has an acte or more of timber, cottouwoods and elms, planted by the settlers fifteen or twenty years ago. I stood yesterday under tho shade of a magnificent elm, its trunk a foot thick, which 1 planted iu tiio year 1873. Nearly all of this country is un der cultivation. In a farm of 1G0 acres 1 10 in tho average will bo under plow. Ouo man, with a helper and two teams, will cultivate theso 140 acres, raising in a year liko this thre or four thousand dollars worth of wheat, corn, oats and barley. At the state fair in Lincoln, tho capi tal of tho stato, a few days ago, I saw something which I must tell Jerry Rusk about when 1 return to Washington 'It ! srucuiKN aitowTii iriiioatcu conn While on lfts western trip with President Harrison tho secretary of agriculture told a Nebraska audience that In Cali fornia ho had seen cornstalks thiity feel high, with a bushel of ears on each stalk. "Uut here in Nebraka." said the jovial secietary, giving hixiniaginatioii full play iu a deiro to please In hearers, "I ex pect to hear of your raising corn as big as trees, every stalk tilled with shelled corn." The farmers of Nebraska have taken Mr Utiskat his woid and at the stato lair have fulfilled his prophecy by erect ing a little grove of artificial cornstalks, fioui the hollow of which they draw shelkd corn through spouts, in addition to this they havo a derrick lifting a brob digim,riau ear of corn from the top of a sixteen story stalk, and several other piettj conceits which 1 am sine Uncle Je:i) will be glad to hear about. I Wai.tkii Wi:i.i..man. To my Brother, JOHN 0. HODGES, Waihlngton, D. 0. LIFE IN WASHINGTON WALTZES. Used by permission of Hitchcock it1 MoCiryo Publishing Co,t Ncio York'. By A. D. I. SEte5 1. mt mimiimm 9 - m !5J!3jiEl to VJ ,-, lsf :-rT?grEt 19- 1. , r r-Ti e --"' m - EfPj PgEl eittiyNfllT mmfiMimM J ' - nT FINK. lg7rllrTfrF3frr3ffrr 1 SsiDJgag J" M-r-, ft -J I. i g -g- ..ft . . th K. ft . I . 4 , J, 'V. . . . . ,,v j- r' leEBfeagfeifegB u P f- m-y. 5 1 1 1 jJIEpPpS a .- . ' -J' "W f.va. CoprrlKtit, 1S91, by Ullcticock tad McCargo Pub. Co. (Uniltnl), Now York. 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