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About The Wealth makers of the world. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1894-1896 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1894)
6 December G, 1894 THE WEALTH MAKERS A MODERN MAItTH A BY MATE MAITI-ANIt. CHAPTER Ir. Oluev is a'cit.v situated in the southern portion of Michigan. Beuutiful elm and maple trees line it streets, the walks of which are constantly thronged with stu dents from some of the various depart. menta of the college; for it is a college town, with it merry, cynical, but withal warm-hearted and generous population. The influence of the college in felt in every home in the city. Thorn inclined to culture receive an impetus to study, as each department sends out a spirit of improvement which is disseminated in many homes; indeed, if one were but a passive listener he would learn many helpful and interesting facts as the busy students discuss their lessons over again and comment npon them. On the hillside in the western part of the city are many comfortable, if not beautiful homes; conspicuous among these is a large, two-story brick house, surrounded by spacious grounds, shaded by forest trees in which multitudes of squirrels whisk in and out among the branches unmolested either by the owner or passer-br. The well-kept lawns, the tastefully-arranged flower beds, the foun tains that play in the front yard, all at test that the house is occupied by a per sou of culture and some means. All the trees, even in this yard, are not orna mental, as the large back yard is well filled with fruit trees of all kinds that flourish in that delightful climate. t The interior of the house is comfort ably furnished. There are numberless books and magasines to be found, not only in the large study, but also in the other portions of the bouse. Martha Potter, the owner, is seated in her favorite chair, a large, willow rocker in the study, examining the morning mail, and as she looks at the postmark on the many letters she singles out one from Camden, and says: "A letter from cousin John," in a tone in which there is a note of surprise; ''I hope there are none of them sick; I fear," she continues, "there is trouble of some kind." Camden, Jn n u n ry 20, 1 894. Dkak Cousin Maktha: There is a com plication of troubles about which 1 want to tell you. I think that I wrote to you tolling you about the failure and of the Iosb of the money with which lwas to pay the mort gage upon our home, but I don't think I. told you that we had lost our home through the failure. At first I thought that I should be allowed to at least deduct the sum of money which I should receive as my share of the assets of the bunk from the mortgage; but in that I have utterly failed; the settlement is delayed from time to time; first one excuse and then another is given to the depositors by lawyers and judges who have the mat ter in charge. Some of the depositors are ruined, while others are even suffering the most abject poverty as the consequence. . Some ot the losers are old, unable to work, even if it could be procured. True, Mosely, the leader in the rob bery, is confined in prison; but he has, I understand, the best food that money can buy and his cell is luxuriously fur nished, while the saviiigs of our temper ate and frugal lives is expended in buy ing his tobaccos and liquors; but what is more galling thnn all to me is that his confederates, Cyrus Benharn and Dan Dorden, not only have all that money chii buy; but they are allowed to go on with their business using my money and that of other poor, hard-working men and women to invest and spend as they desire, and to accumulate for their chil dren, while ours, whose money it really is, may beg or starve or steal to procure all the necessities of life for all they care. A brother of Cyrus Benham claimed that our mortgage was given to him by Cyrus before the failure, but 1 think that I have obtained a clue that convinces me that from the proceeds of the sale, which will soon ttike pluce, he intends to buy jewels for his wife. Cousin Martha, there is something wrong somewhere, I can't quite under stand how, but when a poor man tries to defend himself against a rich corporation the poor man is invariably put off with Borne encouragement and then the judges often postpone or neglect to attend to the matter, and finally it is either out--tawed or the resources of the poor man are exhausted and ho fails to secure justice becuuse of his poverty. But it is not only true of banks but of the other corporations with which the people have to contend. The farmer who works hard from the time the first streak of light appears in the horizon iu the morning until late in to the night, often obtains for all his bard, iucessant toil bounteous harvests; but there is either no sale at home for his products, or the price is so low that he thinks he will ship to some better market and by the time the freight is taken out by the railroad corporations there is not enough left to pay the interest on the mortgage; and he is compelled to put a second mortgage on the farm to procure the remainder of the interest and for the small living expenses. Thus matters go on from year to year until he awakes to the fact that the home that his faithful wife and he have worked so hard to ob tain is his no longer, for the mortgage is foreclosed and they are again homeless with t he alternative of becoming a tenant tsMjucviaf-fsatw 'west; aiia oere the j poor, tired bodies find a resting place two by six and, the spirit a home in heaven, where they roust rejoice that no corporation can drive them therefrom in search of a cheaper home. I verily believe if there is no change for the better, a few individuals will own all the land; and money controlled by its few dictators will be a sterner, more cruel despot than ever ruled Greece or Rome iu their worst governed periods. There are other corporations to be feared; but it seems to me that the nation al banking system is the greatest enemy to the prosperity of the country that confronts the people, iu that no man can live without being affected by it. Through the manipulation of money the prices of labor aud of all other products are forced up or down to the advantage of the manipulators and to the disadvantage of the people, and to the injury of the general welfare. In no other way and by no other means could adictator get such complete control of the destinies of a na tion. In times of panic th banks refiiMo to loan the money nn deposit at the legal rnt; but they usually have an attache with Hn office mar the bank carrying on their chattel loan bnsine for them charging as high us ten per cent jwr month for their money. I had never uiven then questions miii li thought until of late; bull am convinced that the system is wrong. I am out of work. Although e have need of money, we will not suffer for the present. Is there any wotk that "1 can securest Olney? When I asked Cyrus Benhnin for work he had the impudence to tell me to seek help from the charity organizations of which his wife is preni dent. I don't suppose it is any disgrace to accept charity under some conditions; but to have him of all persons tooffernie charity in his most patronizing lone was more than I could bear. You may think that I have entirely for gotten that yon might be numbered among the wealthy members of society. I have allowed myself to write thus com- dainingly because I know that your nrt and sympathies are with those who toil. Maria joins me in sending best wishes to cousin Martha. Yours, John Austin. P. 8. Have you read the rpport on the Chicago strike by the United States Strike Commission? Of course you will read it. What impressed me most was the following, which I copied therefrom: "United states deputy marshalls. to the number of 81600, were selected by and appointed at request of the General Managers' Association, and of its rail roads. They were armed and paid by the railroads, and acted in the double capacity of railroad employees, and United States officers. While operating therailroads they assumed and exercised unrestricted United States authority when so ordered by their employers, or whenever .they regarded it as necessary. They were not under the direct control i of any government official while exercis-1 ing authority. 1 his is placing officers of the government under control of a com bination of railroads. It is a bad prec edent, that might well lead to serious consequences." Ihus you see, cousin, how railroad cor porations manage and the banks can get as much power whenever they deem it necessary. J. A. After reading the above Martha Potter sat looking out of the east window in the direction of the lake which might.be seen miles away glistening in the sunshine. Her dark gray eyes look troubled as she takes up one letter after another and reads it. The letters are ior the most part from members of the Modern Wom en's Society of which Martha Potter is president. . Martha Potter was left motherless when she was sixteen with her father and lour brothers for whom she must cook, sew, mend, and do general housekeeping. The brot hers were all her sen iocs except Herbert, the youngest one. who contrib uted all the help which Martha had iu her household duties. She was not very strong; her strength was taxed to its utmost to make the home cheerful and neat as her mother bad done, and her patience seemed to be of a decreasing, while the force of her temper was con stantly of an increasing, ratio as the years passed. Her elder brothers constantly reminded her that she was like Martha of old, "troubled about many things," but it never seemed to occur to them that they could lessen the burden on the young shoulders which were becoming stooped before their time. One by one the elder brothers left home and life became easier for Murtha, and although much behind othf r girls of her age, some of whom had even completed their school course, she studied and tried to improve her time between the care of the household duties for her father, Herbert, and herself. The father suddenly died and Herbert was married soon after. About this time her Aunt Martha died and left, her some five or six hundred 1 thousand dollars. She had intended to make her home with Herbert and his wife; but she spent some of her fortune in ouying him a small home and in wtablishing him in business, and then oyfnlly, although then twenty-five, she s-gnii to take up the work that she should have completed at eighteen. She completed her general : education and then took up special lines of study as her inclination and reading seemed to dic tate. Her fortune she had invested in United States bonds, the interest of which more than sufficed for all her wants, her hab its of scolding and complaining she had given up, yet she possessed far from the peaceful quiet spirit that she consid ered a woman of her position, means, education and above all her faith in God ought to have, and she began to fear that she would always be a Martha of the first century, although living in the nineteenth. It constantly occurred to her that she had not disposed of her fortune accord ing to the provision of her aunt's will. The largest part of the fortune had been accumulated by Aunt Martha's bachelor brother Jason by foreclosing chattel mortgages, taking advantage of every person in need of a few dollars by which he could more than double his money. Aunt Martha didn't approve of usury herself, that is her conscience would have forbidden her to have loaned the money under the same conditious that her brother Jason invested it, yet she never protested with her brother, but seemed to think that she was free from blame; but when Jason died and she had the vast 'sum in her own hands it one day oc curred to her that she must soon give an account to the All-wise Judge she was very much troubled, After studying aud planning how to dispose of it and thus escapeall responsibility, she decided that she would leave it to her niece, Martha, with the understanding that she should take the interest and educate herself enough to think and talk and study about the needs of humanity, and attsr due deliberation to spend it as she thought would do the most good,retain ing enough for own future needs if she disposed of it before her death, if not she should invest it so as to provide homes for the worthy podr. It was well that Aunt Martha had made this pro vision, for she died soon after. In a few days John Austin received an answer from his cousin, who -expressed her heartfelt sympathies in his trouble and enclosed him a check for a sufficient sum to take him to Olney, She told him that she didn't know of any work that he could secure at present, but to come and they would talk matters over in re sard to a plan which might be the meuns of not only securing employment ior him, but also for some of his unemployed friends. to be continued. Every woman needs Dr. Miles' Pain Pills. FA KM AND HOUSEHOLD. MOST MONEY FOR THE OUT LAY IN POULTRY. Profit In Fowls Fanners' Vs. Hunter flights trrpnriiic; ntraw fur Ct tle Mifep Shearings and Household Uinta. ProOt In Fowl. We have noticed for years the inex plicable apathy that is current all over the countiy among our farmers re garding the proper cultivation of good poultry. When it can so easily be demonstrated, says the "Poultry World," that this branch of rural in dustry, rightly managed, either on a large scale, or la a moderate way, may be made to yield a ma.'k gre iter per centage of cash profit for the outlay required than can be got out of any other namable kind of live stosk on the farm, it see ins to oar view a bla in able oversight among farmers that they so generally ignore or neglect to avail themselves of the advantage de rivable from attending to this simple work. It is quite time, in our humble judgment, that these Rip Van Winkles wake up. It is true that here and there we may nowadays meet with a few of the more enterprising and progressive sort of agriculturists, who havv' latter ly turned their attention to raising improved breeds of poultry. And we know of no instance, when this change from the old routine has been attemp ted, where the operator has not proved the correctness of our assertion that an immense .y proportionate ben efit has accrued thereby. Why should not this course prove generally profit able, then, if in a hundred Or a thous and instances in this country the fact has been verified that "it pays" the farmer to raise fine poultry? At the present time the tram; in eggs and dead poultry in this country is enormous. And this special interest has become really one of the very largest if not, in fast, the most im portant single home product of the land. It is much greater than it is popularly supposed to be. And as a source of gain and solid wealth the production of both fowls and egs is now one of the most valuable in the Un.ted States, as statistics clearly show. The convention of tae Butter, Cheese and Egg association, held some time ago in Chicago, and before it re liable statistical records from which the fact was gathered that the value of the egg product of the United States last year reached $203,000,000, and the value of poultry about $100,- 000,000, a grand total of $300,000,000 value in a single year. Now is not this vast and immensely valuable industry of more consequence than it is ordinarily or generally be lieved to be? Is it not worth while, farmers, that you, who can so wall manage this kind of stojk upon your farms, should take a deeper interest in this work? It so seems to our view. This product large as it may seem, may be doubled or quadrupled by you if you choose thus to increase it And there will never ba too much of either fresh eggs or poultry to till the ready demand for it at remunerative prices. It costs bat little on the farm to hatch and raise to killing time a fewhandred fowls. All the esrgs you can produce will sell at any season at paying rates. You cannot invest a few dozen or a few hundred dollars in any kind of live stock that will give you so ' little trouble to put into market, or which will pay you so well, in proportion to the outlay, as will this. Why not arouse yourselves, then, to the importance and real value of poultry-raising upon the farm? We say again it will remunerate you am ply if judiciously cared for and prop- erlv attended to. Thousands of small poulterers, who have only restricted limits within which to keep and raise fowls, make money out of this busi ness. Other thousands are continually smbarking in this enterprise who sue- seed, in the main, as their predecess ors have done and are still doing. You have plenty of land, ample pas tures, and, as a rule, know how to cultivate poultry. Why not wake up. and so share in the certain profit that may be availed of through this simple work so manifestly appropriate to your general vocation. To Prepare Straw for Cattle. A correspondent of Land and Water, an English paper, describes a method of preparing straw for fodder, which Is extensively practiced by the farmers of Cambridgeshire, by which its value is greatly increased. The straw is cut by a machine as soon after it is thrashed as possible, and the imper fectly cut portion is sifted out by a screen constructed for the purposa The chopped straw is then spread on the floor of a capacious room say some part of the barn to the depth, of about one foot Then lay on the straw in twe or three heaps six or eight bushels in each chopped tares clover, grass or any succulent vegetable that will ferment On these pour a few gallons of boil ing water, and cover them immediately with the cut straw, which must be well trodden down as the process ot filling proceeds, during which salt, in the proportion of a quarter of a hundred to a ton of chaff, may be sprinkled in. The consolidation must be strictly attended to, and it is best to have a number of boys with a man constantly and slowly traversing the mass as it rises, so that the chaff may, if pos sible, be compressed as tightly as hops in a packet In the course of a few days fermentation will set in, and probably continue for three or four weeks; the degree of heat can be as certained by thrusting an iron rod to the centre of the mass; after it has subsided, the chaff will have acquired the scent of hay, and will keep any lmrfh nf lima I In cases where clover, or grass, or green vegetables are not ava lab's only salt is added, and some persons use half a hundred weight of salt to a ton of chaff. In treading the mass, a board fifteen inches Ion and six or seven in width is la;ed on the foot Farmers' rs. Hunters' Rights. There seems to be some misuuuer standing as to what honesty is among a good many persons. The farmer does not seem to have any rights that other people are bound to respect His melons are stolen, and the vines want only damaged; his apples and pears are taken from the trees openly, and as if the thief had an undoubted right to take them. His fields are invaded, and persons acting as huntsmen, with almost incomprehensible folly, follow ing the scent of the bag of anise seed, jump the fences and gallop over the fields and damage the crops. The sportsmen trespass on the land in spite of the legal notice posted, and even at times go upon the farmer's lawn in pursuit of game under the shrubbery in plain view of the dwel ling, and it has been known that the scattering shot has entered the open windows and wounded some of the in mates of the house. Th? fish in Hhe streams, put there at the expense of the farmer for his own pleasure, are caught and carried off, and remon strance often brings abuse, which sug gests to the Pioneer Press to ask: "Is there any real property in the soil, which has been originally pur chased by the farmer from the state, under conditions open to any person? Is the land the property of the owner or the public? Is the fruit or the veg etable grown on farms the sole proper ty of the farmer, and what about the game, birds and fish?" All these questions need to be set tled for the comfort of the farmer, as well as that of the seeming claimants of a share of what the farmer consid ered his own. The evil is growing. Recently a person riding after dogs following the trail of anise seed was killed by being thrown on a wire fence, and, strange to say the farmer was blamed for having a fence that any trespasser could not safely ride a horse over. And anywhere in the neighborhood of cities or summer re sorts the continuous annoyance to the farmer goes on without intermission from day to day. The law is quite sufficient for the protection of the farmer from lawless acts, but it is an aggravation that he should be com pelled to resort to it with all the costs and inconveniences by the acts of law less persons, supported to some extent by public sympathy in the trespass." Sli Slimtriujc. A given amount of grain will give more meat when fed to sheep than to cattle. The sheep breeder needs only to sell well, but the f aeder must buy well and then sell well. On a small farm it is impossible to have a great number of any one grade of sheep at an one time. . When roughness alone is depended upon, more must be given than if some grain is fed with it. ' It is' only in exceptional cases that any money can be made in purchasing grain and hay to feed sheep. With a breeding flock, a certain num ber of young sheep must be kept to take the place of the older ones. Following the careful selection in buying and breeding comes the' next important factors, care and feed. Sheep that are kept on low, wet land are more liable to the- disease of foot rot than those on high ground. Feeding shelled corn on a floor liber ally covered with air-slauked lime is recommended as a cure for grub in the head. ' A sheep that has yellow gum on his wool can't stand anything, but one that has white oil will come through all right. The old sh?ep, with full mouths and comfortable quarters and le?s strain on their systems, will get along on hay and fodder. Household Hints. A custard should never quite reach the boiling point or it will curdle. One of the best household remedies for bruises, where the skin has not been broken, is arnica aud sweet oil. The fumes of a brimstone math will remove berry stains from the flayers. If an artery is cut compress it be tween the wound and the heart; If a vein is cut, compress beyond the wound. No apple pie baked with the sugar in it is so delicious as one sweetened afterwar i by removing the crust and adding sugar, a very little butter, and nutmeg or cinnamon as you wish. French and German cooks use cinna mon, but the New England apple pie is usually flavored with nutmeg. Greasy pans should be wiped with soft paper as soon as done with, then filled with cold water in which is put a teaspoonf ul of ammonia or a piece of washing soda t he size of a bean. You will find it easier to wash tliem when the time comes, and they will not be rough'ea'ed "aa Vi-lien "Ajrajsetl v-tlVa.... knife. . No fruit loses flavor from being" carelessly handled more quickly than apples. Apple wtiidi have been well stored retain their flavor throughout the winter, but those which have been allowed to lie about with decaying specimens, or are loosely stored in barrels, either lose their flavor or ac quire a rank taste from the conditions around them. Washday is a good time to attend to the 'manicuring" we are all exhorted to do in these days. While the hands are well soaked, with a little ivory im plement that comes for the purpose (price, 10 cents), loosen and push back the skin that grows over the nail at the root and with circular scissors trim the nails in good shape. It takes but a minute or two, then with a touch occasionally through the week, they keep in creditable order. SIM. THE WONDERFUL HASH ATI V OP A PATIENT SUFFERER How a Young Woman Was Cured of a Terrible Malady Wben Sbs Was Near the Brink of the Grave. From the Detroit Sim. The large, pretentious brick residence i at 86 Miami avenue, in this city, is the home of the heroine of this interesting s ory. She is Miss Margaret Stenbaugh, and her interesting experiences during the past four years are published here for the first time. Miss Stenbaugh is a pretty girl of about 20 years and is today the true picture of the ideal, healthy, robust and jovial American girl. She was not always so, as is proven by the acconv panying statement made by her. four years ago," she said, "1 was a sufferer in all that the term implies, and never thought of being as healthy as I am today, w ny, at mat time, 1 was such a scrawny, puny little midget, pale emaciated by an ailment peculiar to us women, that my father and mother gave me up to die. The local practitioner, whose name was Dr. Glassford, (I was at that time living at Scotland, Out.,) said it was only a matter of days when 1 would be laid away in the churchyard. 1 was so informed, and as I was such a sufferer, I cared nothing whatever whether I lived or died; in fact, think I would have preferred the latter. "I could not walk. I became so weak, and regularly every night my father used to carry me up stairs to my room. I can distinctly remember my telling him that he wouldn't have to carry me about much lrfnger, and how he said, as the tears glistened in his eyes, that he would be willing to do it always, if he could onlv have me with him. "It was evidently foreordained that I should not die at that particular time, as a miraculous transformation in my condition was the talk of the neighbor hood. "I read, or was told by somebody, of the wonderful cures that were being wrought by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and my father went to Brant ford, where he purchased a couple of boxes from W. Wallace. I commenced taking them, and I thought for a time that they did me no good, as they made me sick at first, but very shortly I noticed a great change. Thpy began to act on my trouble, and in the short space of six weeks I was able to walk. I continued taking the pills, and in six months lwas in the condition you see me now. I fully believe that they saved me from the grave, and you will always find myself and balance of our family ready to talk about the good Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills did for me. "A short time ago I was feeling un well. Just a slight derangement, and I at once bought a box of Pink Pills, and began taking them. I could nctually feel the good results after three pills, and I will recommend them to anybody who is afflicted as I was." Sworn and subscribed to before me this 15th day of December, 1893. D. A. Delaney, Notary Public, Wayne Co., Michigan. Druggists say that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have an enormous sale, and that from all quarters eome in glowing re ports of the excellent results following their Use. An analysis proves that they contain in a condensed form all the ele ments necessary to give new life and rich. ness to the blood and restore shattered uerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciati- a, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous head ache, the after effects of la grippe, palpi tation of the heart, pale and sallow com plexions, that tired feeling resulting from nervous prostration;: all diseases result ing from vitiated humors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc. lhev are also a suecific for troubles pecu liar to females, such as suppressions, ir regularities, and all forms of weakness. In men they effect a radical cure in ail jases arising from mental worry, over work, or excesses of whatever nature. Dr. V ilhams' Fink fills were first com pounded as a prescription, and used as mcli in general practice oy an eminent ph.vsician. They are now manufactured by the Dr. Williams'' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., and Brockville, On tario, and are sold in boxes, (never in oose form by the dozen or humdred, and the public are cautioned against numer aus imitations sold in this shape) at 50 ;ents a box, or six boxes for $2. 50, and may be had of all druggists, or direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Com pany from either address. Tennessee Governorship Contest. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 3. Secre tary of State Morgan says the official returns of tha , election for governor will be given out in a day or two. The face of the returns give Evans a plurality over Turney of something near 1,000 votes. This much is al ready known positively. The Demo crats still insist that sufficient evi dences of fraud have been unearthed in East Tennessee to invalidate Ev ans' plurality and give the election to Turney. There is sure to be a long and bitter contest of the election before the legislature. College Boys Too Unruly. San Francisco, Dec 3. Saloon keepers of this city have addressed letters to the presidents f the uni versities of California and Stanford likptei,wM'' dents after the football match. They ' pTtrofeut us-ctty-tii-lrnmrreds,- smash ing glasses in beer halls and saloons and terrorizing the residents of the "tenderloin district" In their efforts to emulate the practices of eastern undergraduates they exceeded their models in recklessness and daring. The police were powerless to control them. Three More Election Arrests. Kansas City, Mo., Doc, 3. Ralph I Krueger, brother of Justice 0. W. Krueger, Isaiah II. Bradbury, presi dent of the Colored Democratic league, and Grant Lewis, Bradbury's partner and intimate friend, were ar rested this afternoon on warrants is sued by Justice Withrow at the in stance of the committee of safety. All are charge! with voting in pre cincts in which they do not live and did not live at the time of the election. A WOMAN'S TO OUR FRIENDS! If you are in arrears on subscrip tion to The Wealth Makers, you will receive a letter soon, teiiing you how much you owe, and earnestly re questing you to pay up and send in a dollar for your renewal for another year. The love you have for the prin ciples of the Populist party may be measured by the response yon make to this appeal. We do not wish to be compelled to discontinue the paper to a single subscriber, but shall have to do so if you don't pay for it. If yon are a Populist you ought not to wait till we ask you for money which yon should have sent as a year ago. We know it is hard to get, bat in many cases the perrons who are in most need of it are more prompt in renewing their subscription than others who can well afford to pay. It has been a wonder to ns that many of our subscribers who are holding good positions, county offices in some instances, have paid no attention to our notices of expiration, while many others who could ill afford the money have paid a year in advance and given as kind and helpful words of appreciation. We have done the best we could, and have placed The Wealth Makers on a sound financial foundation; but to you who are owing as on back subscription, we must say that, in justice to ourselves, we can no longer send the paper to you. If yon have not already, you soon will receive a statement of the amount you owe us, and if we do not hear from you immediately your name will be stricken from our list. To those of dor friends who have stood by us through sunshiue and shadow we express our hearty thanks, und assure them that we shall spare no time and expense to give them the best paper possible. WEALTH MAKERS PUB. CO., J. S. Hyatt, Business Manager. Incendiaries' at riastafT, Arts. Flagstaff, Ariz. , Dec. 3. An incen- ' diary fire which started last night in a vacant house destroyed five houses and two saloons. In one of -the dwellings destroyed, A. C Potter f and his sister, recently from Bes semer, N. Y., were sleeping. Potter was burned to a crisp and the sister was badly burned. The Burling, on'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 classeii 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: lhe New Short Line saves 2)4 miles between Lincoln, Omaha and Helena, . T24: miles between Lincoln. Omaha and Butte, 871 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 to any new track ever built in the western states. .,The t,raiu-P'?rvice will consist of PnlU man 1 iPatace ' bleeping 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 Bettled 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 wonderful 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 vationall these are seen from the car window. Full information relative to the train service, rates or other features of tbs New Short Line will be gladly furnished upon application to J. Francis, G. P. A., Burlington Route, Omaha, Neb., or Q. W. Bunnell, C. P. AT. A., Lincoln, Neb,
