THE WEALTH MAKER&
November 15,1894.
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OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
HOW MUCH DO THEY KNOW
ABOUT OYSTERS.
Tkaj Am Weaderfat Little Animate
Tk Three Lteea Towels A Heroine
f tk Great rmt lire The Jimp
tag Merrychoaghfc
Oyster.
No shell fish is used more exten
sively upon our tables than the oyster,
and there ia no article of food about
which ao little is generally known.
I want every boy and girl to secure
an oyster and examine the wonderful
mechanism of the little animal. If
yon can obtain a microscope so much
the better; if, not, yon may readily
discern the different parts of the
oyster's anatomy with the naked eye.
Hare the shell carefully removed so
that the oyster will lie upon the left
valve. t ' : .
Now, you know that great scien
tists hare divided Mother Nature's
numerous children into ysrious fam
ilies, and the oyster belongs to the
Molluscs, or Mollusk, family, and is
classed as the acephalous, or headless,
variety of this family.
The Mollusks are distinguished by
having a soft body surrounded by
mantle, and all of the acephalous
Mollusks hare the sides of their bodies
protected by two shells united by a
hinge.; ?
The oyster can open his shell natur
ally about half an inch, wide enough
to admit the food and water necessary
for his growth, but when the shell ia
opened artificially it is necessary to
cut through a hard, tough substance
known as the adductor muscle.
The outer edge of the oyster, ruffled
nice the flounce on a lady's dress, is
the mantle; this secretes the lime
necessary for the formation of the
shell; the edges of the mantle are
fringed with cilia, which are moving
bodies resembling' hairs, and are
sometimes called the oyster's beard.
This cilia may be ' protruded beyond
the shell, and their use is to select
the animalcules and the portions of
sea-weed that the oyster requires for
food, - . i ;---
The heart lies near the center of
the oyster and is shaped like an old
fashioned purse or reticule. When
the shell is carefully removed the
beating of the heart may be distinctly
seen; it has an auricle and a ventricle
and circulates a limpid colorless fluid
which is the oyster's blood.
The dark liver is large and secretes
a yellowish bile. The mouth lies
near the hinge of the shell and has
on each side of it palps or feelers,
which grasp the food and carry it in
side. The eggs are protected in the
folds of the mantle and look like
thick yellow cream; when the proper
time arrives they are thrown out into
the water in a milky cloud. '
A single oyster may contain 2,000,
000 eggs, and when ejected into the
water each little oyster, though
scarcely larger than the point of a
pin, reveals, under a powerful micro
scope, a perfectly formed shell. This
Bhell is provided with a fleshy pad by
which the oyster attaches itself to
Borne smooth surface.
Only a few of the millions escape
from the small fish and other crea
tures of the sea that are always ready
to devour them, but when safely an
chored their growth is quite rapid
and they attain the size of a pea in
one month.
The oyster has to be three years
old before it is fit for use upon our
tables, and if you examine the shell
you will find it is formed of a suc
cession of layers overlapping each
other like the shingles of a roof.
Each of these layers represents a sea
son's growth, and by counting them
you may form some idea of an oyster's
age. Philadelphia Times.
Three Linen Towels.
"I think a great deal of these,"
said mamma, as she drew three linen
towels from the depths of the big,
red chest.
"Why? I don't think they're very
pretty!" said Rosy.
"Look as though they'd scrub a
fellow's face, though," remarked
Posy.
"Well, I suppose the reason I'm
proud of them is because I spun them
myself when I was just 6 years old,"
said mamma. "It was a year or two
after the war, and the people down
South were poor and had no slaves to
grow cotton, so we Northern folks
took to raising flax. Father planted
.some and I remember how pretty, the
Starry, blue flowers were.
"Grandma did the spinning and I
liked to watch the whirring little
wheel One day I coaxed her to let
me try to spin. I made sorry work at
first; it took quite a knack to keep the
treadle going, and draw out the
thread smooth and even. After
awhile, however, I could spin as well
as anybody and then I had a 'stent'
given me. Five 'knots' a day, and a
'knot' meant winding the thread
forty times around on a little "reel,
which gave a loud crack at the forti
eth turn.
'Mother promised me all the cloth
that should be made from my spin
ning, and so I had these three towels.
Aunt Jane thought they were good
enough to be taken to the county fair.
"When we went to the fair it
teemed as though everybody knew
about those towels. The ladies
crowded around and kissed me, and
aid that it seemed hardly possible
that 1 could spin. Mother laughed,
and told them to come up to our house
some day ana seel
"I felt very bashful at having bo
much notice taken of me, and when I
had a chance I crept under the table
on which was the floral display, and
mil the drooping vines hid me until a
lady one of the 'judges' on cookery
found me. She gave me a piece of
eustard-ple. It was some thai was
entered ia competition for a prize,
and it tasted so good that I'm sure ii
I'd been a judge I'd give it the first
premium.
"As for my towels, I hardly thought
that they'd get a prize, for there were
some other samples of spinning thers
that I was afraid were better than
mine. But when the county papei
came out the next wetik, there
among the lists was this notice:
" 'Linen towels, two dollars; first
premium, Miss Mary Elmer, a little
girl 0 years old."
"And that was you, mamma!" ex
claimed Rosy, clapping her hands. .
"Yes," , mamma replied, smiling,
"and these are the very towels."
Youths Com Dan ion.
. The Little Heroine.
The flames in or clones rolled on high ,
And (wept along tidal wave.
With bllndlnt smoKe dirk strew the sky
And erery whore wst heard the cry,
"On, Ood, la there no power to svet "
Deep horror seised the multitude
And on ther ruined, they knew not woe ret
The flame edranoiuf thro' the wood
And ourlln 4 Uke s e rpent-broo d
Hissed desih thW !l the nested sir.
The strontett fell ah, human power
However great, st times how rain;
A frosts lay low the fra He flower
Bo did thoie fires In one short hour
Leave awful rum la their train.
The strongest fell but there was one,
A little lrl of twelve sweet years,
Who with her baby brother won
A plaoe of safety, while the sun
All vainly struggled with Its fears
Saved! saved! ah, yes: but who oan tell
Juit how that little girl was saved?
Who guided her footsteps ao well?
Who gently raised her when she fellf :
Who shielded from the flames that raved! '
Ays. more, who gave In direst woe
To her the superhuman power
To carry darlln Baby Joe,
The little brother she loved so,
And from death's slokle save that flower I
Ah, love, you ssy: love, trluhty love:
Sweet love that fires cannot kill;
Twas love that moved the powers above
To once again In terror prove
That nouiht can thwart their sovereign will
And yet we read In God's good book,
(What sweetness In that golden oupl)
E'en when by parents fond forsook,
And when In vain for help we look,
'TU tatn the Lord will take us up.
Oh Freda Johnson, darllnt child, ,
Oh, Freda and sweet Baby Joel
Down through the aery tempest wild
Go i saw your ulleles hearts and smiled
And saved you for he loved you so.
G W. Croft. In the Chicago Inter Ooflan
Arithmetic and Criticism.
Poet I put all my . best thought!
Into that sonnet. ;:
Layman Indeed you did.
Poet I thought you hadn't read it
Layman I haven't only heard you
talk.
He Bought It Cheap.
Uncle (who is very close) Freddy,
here's a nice knife I bought for you to
day. Freddy Thank you. Who ia selling
out?
A Mistake. s
Male Passenger (standing in street
car) Madam, you are standing on mj
foot . . ' ,
Female Passenger (sweetly) Beg
pardon, sir. I thought it belonged tfl
the man sitting down.
His Choice.
Tramp Can I get a drink here?
Farmer Yes; there's the old oaken
bucket in the well.
Tramp Ye hain't got an old oaken
cask in the cellar, hev ye?
A Fair Decision.
Lady of the House I'm out of pa
tience Tramp "N' I'm out 'o wittles. Lest
club together ,n' whack up even.
Very Like.
Jack Did it ever strike you that a
marriage was very similar to a hous
on fire?
"No. Why?"
. Jaok Well, they both arise from a
spark, and the result is about as dan
gerous in both cases.
MONEY IN THESE THINGS.
Children now play with1 electrio
tops.
Ohio has nearly 12,000 drinking sa
loons. Umbrellas made of oiled paper are
used in Core a.
France imports one-third of the coal
she consumes.
The woolen factories of this country
employ 220,000 persons. .
London manufactures $2,500,000
worth ot umbrellas a year.
One pound of sheep's wool is capa
ble of producing a yard of cloth.
Ten thousand Americans are em
ployed by the telephone companies.
Many steamboats made in Pittsburg
are plying on South American rivers.
More than 10,000 tons of matches
were made in this country last year.
The United States uses nearly one-
half of the quinine produced in the
world.
Over ninety per cent of the business
of the United States is done by
checks.
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from the gnat
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EXPOSITIONS
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need In anr of their Dranaraliona.
Ttirtr delleloua BREAKFAST COCOA fa ahaolutal
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SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE.
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Wanted, A Christian Church.
Editor of the Cleveland Cltlsea !
Will you phase give place to the fol
lowing; advertisement:
WANTED A ehnreh that will acespt, and
adopt aa lie principle, the teachings ol
J ma of Hasaretn.
And lest some might think this adver
tisement absurd, supposing that there
are a hundred and more of such in this
city that anybody might find without
trouble, will you allow me from the rec
ord to present a brief synopsis of such
teachings? For, considering the fact
that they may be found in plain print in
nearly every bouse, the blindness of the
people as to what these teachings are is
to me one of the most surprising things
I know of.
It appears from the gospels that the
purpose of Jesus was to make mankind
righteous, and, and that he sought to do
this by abolishing the evils which foster
wickedness, through the establishment
of what he called the Kingdom of God,
the coming of which on earth he taught
was at hand, and for which he taught his
disciples to work and pray before all
things.
This world in Jesus' times seems to
have been busy, everybody for himself,
trying to get rich, very much as itis now,
and Jeans, perceiving that selfish covet
ousness was the fundamental evil from
which most of the others that go to
make mankind miserable and wicked and
degraded sprang, attacked that at the
outset.
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures
on earth;" "Ye cannot serve God and
Mammon. Therefore, take no thought
whatye shall eat, or what ye shall drink,
or wherewith ye shall be clothed; but
seek ye first the kingdom of God and his
righteousness and all these things shall
be given you."
Of course, with the world conducted as
it was when this was ottered, or as it is
now, people that should take no thought
for their future needs would soon find
themselves homeless, and would soon
starve to death; and, of course, the great
teacher would not talk nonsense nor
command suicide to his followers, hence
his followers since, including the revisers
of the New Testament, have felt it neces
sary to give a modified interpretation to
his words.
But other teachings of Jesus have
provided for the conduct of the world on
a different plan, which would make it
unnecessary for any one to occupy him
self with the slightest thought for the
satisfaction of his future needs; and
when he said, "J3ut seek first the king
dom of God and his righteousness and
these things shall be given you," Jesus
distinctly applied his teaching to the new
order which he sought to establish, and
which he taught was at hand. 1 .
If such social order prevailed as that.
for instance, which Edward Bellamy has
outlined in "Looking Backward," it
would be absurd for any one to take the
slightest thought lor the satisfaction of
his future needs, and there is no useful
work among men that could not be bet
ter and more effectively done if the
worker were thus freed 'from the need of
providing for them. '
"All things, therefore, whatsoever ye
would that men should do toyou, do you
even so to them." Having keptthecom
niandments, "go and sell what thou hast
and give it to the poor." "It is easier
for a camel to pass through a needle's
eye than for a rich man to enter the
kingdom of God."
Such are the teachings of Jesus in re
gard to riches and the pursuit of wealth,
but of course the church today whose
members are all striving as eagerly as
anybody to lay up treasures for them
selves ou earth and become rich, and who
put the value mark on a man according
to the size of his pile, of course it doesn't
believe in any such teaching.
Jeus sums up histeachingsin a double
commandment, "Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength. And another is like unto it.
"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
self." The first part of this constitutes
the spiritual side of Christianity; the sec- (
ond is the practical, and the spiritual
side is to be cultivated through the prac
tical, "by their fruits shall ye know
them."
But can any one love his neighbor as
himself and at the same time be willing
that his neighbor shall remain poorwhile
he is rich? Can he demaud for himself a
greater income than he is willing to allow
his neighbor? Can he be willing to lord
it over his neighbor and make a subordi
nate and servant out of him? Can he,
being learned, consept that his neighbor
shall be denied opportunity for educa
tion? Can he willingly permit that in
any way some shall be thrust into infe
riority and degradation while others are
lifted above them and supported in that
eminence by those who are thrust down?
Evidently Jesus thought not.
In Luke's gospel we are told that when
he said they could not serve God and
mammon, the Pharisees, who were lovers
of money, scoffed at him, and Jesus re
plied to them with the terrible lesson of
the rich man and Lazarus, in which, it is
to be remembered, no charge is made
against the rich man except that he was
rich and fared sumptuously every day.
But again, "Ye know that the rulers of
the Gentiles lord it over them, and their
great ones exercise authority over them,
not so shall it be among you, but whoso
tww&tltircw -S??at among you
shall be your minislEer.ffif Vfteiee
would be first among you shall be your
servant, even as the son of man came
not to be ministered unto but to minis
ter." And, lest any doubt should exist
as to whether this was to be the reward
of merit or the punishment of ambition,
in another place we are told that, "He
that is greatest among you shall be your
Bervant."
This rule of simple justice, that honor
shall be proportionate to service ren
dered, is utterly repudiated by our social
order in cur so-called christian civiliza
tion. He whose work is most laborious
and loathsome is precisely the one whose
wages are least of all, and who is re
spected least of all; while he whose work
is such that one would choose it for its
own sake, is usually remunerated for it
most highly, and he who is accounted
great proves his greatness by making
others serve him.
This is the necessary result of a com
petitive system based on selfishness, and
the so-cailed Christian church has recon
ciled itself to this system.
But again, "Jesns entered into the
temple of God and cast out ail them
that sold and bought in the temple, and
overthrew the tables of the moneychang
ers and the seats of them that sold doves
in the temple. And he saith unto them,
'It is written my house shall be called a
house of prayer, but ye make it a den of
robbers.'"
No mere desecration of the temple
could give occasion to a condemnation
like this. If those who bought and sold
and carried on banking in the temple
made it a den of robbers it conld only be
because the business in which they were
engaged was regarded as robbery. And
today, if we look closely into the nature
of trade for profit, we must see that fun
damentally it is robbery. Trade enriches
the trader at the expense of others; it
produces no needed thing nor seeks to
produce any; its object is to enrich the
trader by appropriating to himself the
product of others; the middle-man is a
parasite whose enrichment is the impov
erishment of the producer on one band
and the consumer on the other, and to
such Jesus said, "Ye make my father's
house a den of robbers." Matthew,
Mark, and Luke are agreed on this point.
John's gospel, which softens the den of
robbers into a house of merchandise,
also omits the commandment to love our
neighbor as ourself, the golden rule, the
command not to lay up treasures on
earth, all condemnation of the service of
mammon, and every intimation of or
aspiration for thecomingof the kingdom
of God. If Matthew, Mark, and Luke
teach Christianity, John's gospel omits
it and teaches something else. But it is
generally agreed that John's gospel
was written at a considerably later date
than the other three, and in light of the
facts here mentioned it looks as if it had
been made to fit the Roman market and
to teach something that would take bet
ter with the rich and powerful. Rome in
those days had about as many gods as
Romans, and, naturally, had no serious
objection to another, but was likely to
object very forcibly to the establishment
on earth of a kingdom of God, which
would supplant the Roman empire and
all other human governments.
In view, then, of the economic truth
that trade for profit is robbery in effect,
we must accept the testimony of Matthew,
Mark and Luke that Jesus called it rob
bery. Thus it appears that Jesus sought to
establish a system under which people
should be uuder no necessity to care for
their personal future needs; under which
the same degree of wealth and privilege
should be accorded to all; under which
honor should be given according to ser
vice rendered, and he that Bhould be
most a servant should be greatest, and
under which profit should be regarded aa
robbery and exclnded.
Of course this is socialism. If social
ism is rank this is the rankest kind of
socialism; but such is Christianity as
Jesus defined it, and thus those who were
with him understood it, for we are told in
the Acts of the Apostles that "the mul
titude of them that believed were of the
same heart and soul, and not one of them
said that aught of the things which he
possessed was his own,.but they had all
things in common. Neither was there
any among them that lacked, for as
many as were possessors of lands or
houses sold them and brought the prices
of the things which were sold and laid
them at the apostles' feet, and distribu
tion was made unto each according as
any had need."
Thus the evidence that such was the
teaching of Jesus is complete. But the
church at present, so far as I am ac
quainted with it, condemns all such
teachings and practices the service of
mammon in accordance with the Phari
sees, and the lordship and servitude of
the Gentiles, and the profit system which
Jesns called robbery.
Since the church is agreed that Jesus is
the Christ, how it can thus condemn
what he taught and practice what he
condemned and be Christian, I fail to
understand. I wish some of the able
preachers of this city would explain it to
me.
And, Mr. Editor, will you call the espe
cial attention of the preachers to my ad
vertisement, for if there is a church in
this city that aceepts the teachings of
Jesus and adopts them for its principles,
I want to join that church.
C. W. Wooldkige.
Funeral of the Golden Fustonists
Editor Wealth Makers:
I dreamed that it would come to pass
in the evening of the fifth day of the
eleventh month of the sixth year of Ahab
Cleveland's reign, that all the Totn-asses,
Dave-asses, John-asses, and all the gold
en-asses, both great and small, assem
bled themselves together in hog hollow
or cow run for a great feast of roast dog,
no waiting girls present. It was a stag
dance. When they had all assembled
Satan breathed on them. The meeting
was called to order : by Saint Mosher.
When the table was set Deacon Post
asked a blessing, saying, Father of all
our lies and steals, grant unto us and
all our tribe theconsolation of distilleries.
The blessing was here brought to an
abrupt close by the tremendous "Amen"
that ran around the table. The feast
progressed as per programme, each
morsel washed down with bonded
whisky. When the returns began to
come in Majors said, he was afraid it
would be ard. Howe said, keep a stiff
upper lip, then laughed in his sleeve.
About 12 m. when the revelry of deviltry
by night was at it height.it was whisper
ed around that the principles of the
Judean tramp had triumphed. Then
occurred the most indescribable babel of
voices. Each accused his neighbor of
being a liar, thief and traitor. Then
fet&'lMk&fefrbop v.tmoudnB& bltvw..
on his smeller. Just then an appalling
cat-asstrophe occurred, the cries of
natioual and individual cussedness, the
(rotten platform) floor gave way and
the entire howling, fighting, cussing
mass rolled down in the direction of T.
It did me a power of good to see them.
Old Crank.
Thr i more Catarrh In this section ot the
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antll the last few jear wa apposed to be Incur
able, For a great many year doctor pro
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remedies, and by constantly falling to core with
local treatment, pronounced It Incurable. Science
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A MODRKN MARTHA.
BY MATK MAITLANO.
CHAPTER I.
"There is no use of trying to stay here
any longer, Marai, we must go away. If
it were an individual that we had to deal
with instead of a corporation, there
might be some hope of reaching his sym
pathies; but a corporation has no heart,
especially when that corporation in ques
tion is a bank, i tried to talk to Mr.
Benham today, telling him how hard it
would be for you and the children to
move in the depths of winter, to where
the Lord only knows where; every house
isjoccupied in the whole city, unless it be
the old "Burton House," and that isn't
fit to live in.
I offered a small rent for this one, but
Mr. Benham had only this answer to all
my proposals and entreaties. 'You must
leave, and leave soon or we will be forced
to use the stroog arm of the law.' Law?
Are there no laws for the poor, the
forsaken, the horoeleas and the desolate
ones? It would seem that they are the
ones that need a 'strong arm of law.' "
"Did you talk to Mr. True, John?"
"Yes, I talked to him; he would help
us, or prevent them from stealing our
home, for it is nothing else but robbery,
if he could; but he is powerless; the
others have the controlling interest in
the bank."
Maria is a slight and dignified woman
of average height, with an abundant
wealth of wavy, brown hair, which makes
a fitting ornament for her shapely head.
Her beautiful brown eyes are as sympa
thetic as her sweet, low-toned voice, as
she encourages her strong and manly
husband not to be discouraged, as they
still have their two precious children,
Beth and baby Rob, also their health.
"For surely," says she, "this wide world
contains a home for us somewhere, if we
are but willing to work for it." "Work
for it," says John bitterly, while a mist
rises in his honest blue eyes; "Didn't we
work for this one? and haven't they
stolen it from us? I have tried to per
suade myself that perhaps it was right
that it should be thus; but I can't and
don't think the Lord approves of a law
that allows rich men to steal the homes
of poor, hard-working men and women,
and not require the rich men to pay the
honest debtor what is justly his."
"Well, supper is ready," said Maria.
That supper any one could have en
joyed, no matter how fastidious he might
have been. True, the spotless tablecloth
was course, and the dishes were of the
cheapest kind of stone china, and of the
plainest glassware, yet they shone as
much as soap and labor could make
them. The silver knives, forks and
spoons, the gift of a dear friend and the
pride of Maria's heart, the china and the
glassware were all carefuily arranged.
The biscuits were simply marvels, so
white, so puffy, and so delicately browned,
were they; the potatoes and chicken had
been prepared with equal care, while the
generous dishes of cherries looked as
tempting as any other part of the de
licious supper. True, there was no cake,
but it was not because cake-making was
not one of Maria's accomplishments, but
one of her economies since early in the
autumn when John's work had failed.
"True, it doesn't Dost but a trifle," rea
soned Maria, "with the butter and milk
that Jersey furnishes, and the eggs that
my biddies provide, I can make it almost
as cheaply an I can bread: but cake isn't
the 'staff of life,' and 1 must economize
all lean, for who knows how cold and
long and bitter the winter may be, and
perhaps John can't get work for a long,
long time.''
John and Maria Austin lived in a west
ern city, notwithstanding it is often des
ignated by another name, I shall call it
Camden. It is the capital of the state in
which it is situated, and of course con
tains such buildings as are found in other
capital cities,
The view from the state house dome re
veals an undulating prairie on every side.
The air is exhilarating and it is withal a
pleasant place in which to live.
In Camden are to be found people who
live in magnificent houses, surrounded
by every luxury that wealth can provide,
who live for pleanure; also the truly good
and religious people, honestlaborers, the
well-to-do merchaut, the retired farmer
and business man, the respectable poor,
while all sorts of vicious poor are to be
found down in Heathendom. But alas!
not all the vicious reside in that portion
of the city known as Heathendom.
There are colleges and schools of music
and art. Thereare the facilities to assist
one in all the highest enjoyments of life.
While Camden has many pretentious
residences, yet the majority of the dwell
ings are the abodes of those who toil for
their daily allowance of bread. Many of
these houses indicate present prosperity,
while many others show signs of a recent
prosperity, whose owners are not now
favorites of fortune's caprice.
But why has prosperity ceased to smile?
For various outside causes, but the chief
cause is an internal .one, in the shape of
bank failures.
When the Camden National bank failed,
if it did not take the home it took the
small fortuneof those men who had toiled
early and late from early manhood
through middle age onjoto oldjge..And
now, when' their steps are uneven and
their hands are shaking with age, they
must again ben in to battle with the
world. In some instances it was the sum
of money that the strong man in his
prime was saving to educate his chil
dren, or to raise the mortgage on his
home or farm, or the widow's small
savings that was lost.
In many instances the home itself was
lost, as in the case of Johu Austin, whose
mortgage on his home was uot due; but
he had the money with which to pay the
mortgage which the Camden National
held. Clyde Moseley, the cashier, refnsed
to receive the money until the next mid
summer, when the mortgage was due;
but he advised John Austin to put bis
money on deposit in the bank, and he
would allow John the same rate of inter
est that he allowed the other depositors.
Johu did as he was advised, but in the
course of a month the bank failed,
Clyde Mosley was charged with embezzle
ment and given a five year's sentence to
the penitentiary of a nsrhboring state
in which he was tried. While it was dis
covered that the property of Cyrus Hi
ram Benham, Clyde Mosley'1 chief con
federate and president of the bank, was
mortgaged for more than its value to his
brother, David Benham.
Not many months after the failure Da
vid Benham received a charter to organ
ize a new bank called the "Farmers'
Bank," of which he was appointed presi
dent, and Cyrus was appointed cashier.
John and Maria Austin still hoped that
when the final bank settlement was made
that they could pay their share of the
dividend on the mortgage, and that they
could obtain an "extension" of the bal
ance of the mortgage, and thus save
their home.
But the small depositors were very
much chagrined to learn by the bank
records that David Benham not only
held a mortgage on his brother's roagnft
cent house, but he was also the heaviest
loser in the failure. But the saddest of
all to John and Maria Austin was that
Cyrus Benham had signed over the mort
gage on their house and lot as collateral
security to his brother; and that David
would not consent to an extension of the
mortgage, and that he was .even now
taking the lawful steps to foreclose the
mortgage.
TO EE CONTINUED.
The Burling oa's New Short Line.
The Burlington Route is a notable ex
ception to the general run of western
railroads.
During a period when railroad build
ing in this country has been almost at a
standstill, it has been steadily pushing
forward its northwest extension and now
takes much pleasure in announcing its
completion to Billings, Mont.,.838 miles
from Lincoln.
At Billings connection is made with the
Northern Pacific Railroad and, under a
traffic agreement with that company,
business of all classes is exchanged there,
or, more properly speaking, routed
through that point to and from every
station on or reached via the Northern
Pacific and Burlington Systems.
This New Short Line for that is ex
actly what it is reduces the distance be
tween Lincoln, Kansas City, St. Louis
aud the territory south and southeast of
those cities, on the one hand, and Mon
tana, Northern Idaho and Puget Sound
points, on the other, all the way from 50
to 473 miles. It thus becomes an im
portant factor in bringing the vast
scope of country served by the Northern
Pacific into closer relationship with the
Missouri and Mississippi Valleys.
Just to illustrate things: The New
Short Line saves
294 miles between Lincoln Omaha
and Helena,
224 miles between Lincoln, Omaha and
Butte,
371 miles between Lincoln. Omaha and
Spokane,
54 miles between Lincoln, Omaha and
Tacoma,
49 miles between Lincoln, Omaha and
Seattle.
The New Line has been constructed in
a most substantial manner. Excellently
ballasted, laid with the heaviest steel
upon more than the usual numberof ties,
it equals the best aud oldest portions of
the Burlington System.
People whose opinion is worth having,
pronounce it superior td any new track
ever built in the western states.
The traiu-service will consist of Pull
man Palace Sleeping Cars, Reclining
Chair Cars (seats free), and Standard
Burlington Route Day Coaches, Omaha
and Lincoln to Billings daily.
As a Scenic Route the New Line takes
high rank. .
The rich farms of eastern and central
Nebraska; the more sparsely settled .
country that lies between Ravenna and
the boundary line separating Nebraska
and South Dakota; the canons, peaks
and swelling meadow-lands of the Black
Hills, the wonderrul ' Devil's Tower" the
irrigated districts of northern Wyoming;
Custer Battlefield; the picturesque wind
ings of the Little Big Horn; the glorious
valleys of the great Crow Indian Reser
vation all these are seen from the car
window. ,
Full information relative to the train
service, rates or other features of the
New Short Line will be gladly furnished
upon application to J. Francis, G. P. A.,
Burlington Route, Omnha.Neb., or G. W.
Bonuell, C. P. & T. A., Lincoln, Neb.
The North-Western K. B ft M. V. R. R.J
New Time Card A New Train
Faster Time, Better Service.
For the benefit of the traveling public
this line has made important changes
and improvement in its train service.
Note:
A VALUABLE ADDITION.
The 7:25 a. m, week day train is made
a Chicago connectiou. Besides taking
passengers for as far west as Norfolk, it
takes them for Blair and all Northeastern
Nebraska points; Sioux City and points on
diverging lines; Omaha, Mo. Valley, Ona
wa, Carroll, Boone, Ames, Des Moines,
and all Northwestern and Central Iowa
and III. points through to Chicago. The
Chicago Limited leaves daily at 1:25 p.
m. and takes passengers for Chicago and
East, and intermediate points; for Oma
ha, Sioux City, St. Paul, Duluth and all
points in the Northwest.
Faster Time Better Service,
The Black Hills passenger now leaves
daily at 1:25 p. m. and will land passen
gers at Hot Springs at 8:05 a. m., and
at Dead wood at 11 a. m. next day.
From Chicago two fast trains arrive
here week days, one Sundays.
For further information apply as be
low. A. S. Fielding, City Ticket Agt,
S. A. Mosheb, Gen'l Agt.,
il7So.10tb.Sfc.
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