I AT THE 3 END OF THE RIVER.
“At the bend of the river,” a spot
to charm equally the angler and the
seeker after rest, is a gem of photo
graphic art. The picture was made
by Nanna Louise Brown of South
Haven, Mich., and is certainly a strik
ing bit of scenery—a veritable para
dise in which to while away a hot
summer afternoon. Cares would
weigh heavily on the mind which i
would not be soothed by a sojourn
in such a spot
WHY HE WAS SHOCKED.
Fact That He Had a Mortgage on the
Ccw Explained it.
For many years there has lived in
t South Dakota town a German who
is familiarly known to Ills fellow
citizens as “the Baron.” In his early
manhood the fcaron became estranged
from his titled relatives as a result
of his marriage to a daughter of a
London shopkeeper. He then came
to this country and by his thrift ac
quired considerable wealth. Though
a devoted husband and father, he has
long been known as the town Shylock,
and woe to the poor farmer who is
unable to meet in full on the date
agreed upon all claims upon him by
the inexorable baron!
One day while several men were
silting in a general store, the baron
entered and listened attentively to a
story that was being told by an ac
quaintance. The young man was de
neribirg how, while coming to town
that morning, he had seen several In
dian girls cutting up a cow that had
died of some bovine disease a day or
two before.
“Veil?” demanded the baron, when
the narrator finished. “Veil?”
“Web,” replied the young man, "the
heathens are actually going to use
the flesh as food. What do you thin?
of that, taron?”
An angry flush colored the Ger
man s face, almost purple, and his
whole figure seemed to dilate with
Indignation.
“Vot do I dink of it?” he cried. “It
disgusts me mit human r.adure. I
hadt a mortgage on dot gow!"
TEA GROWN IN AMERICA.
Japanese Government to Investigate
South Carolina Gardens.
According to a Charleston (S. C.)
special In the Atlanta Constitution,
Sinko Hatto, a wealthy Japanese now
residing in New York, has been ap
pointed by his government to make a
thorough study of the tea
growing conditions In South
Carolina. He will maSte a thor
ough inspection of the Pinehurst
tea gardens at Summerville and will
go from there to Rantowles, where
the American Tea company has
bought a big plantation. Mr. Hatto
said that his government had been
greatly Interested in the published re
ports from the tea plantations in
South Carolina and for business rea
sons it was desired to get facts as
gathered by a personal representative.
The gardens at Summerville, which
were planted more as an experiment
than anything else, have since become
a splendid paying investment and Dr.
Shepard, the proprietor, has disposed
of the home-grown teas at good prof
its. So impressed were eastern capi
talists with the enterprise that a com
pany was formed and 5,000 acres of
laud were purchased betweei#Charles
ton and Savannah. On this plantation
the plants have been set out and in
the course of time- the fields will have
an enormous yield of fine teas.
WORKING ON POTATO PATCHES.
On City's Vacant Lots a Big Source
of Income to Philadelphia.
One is accustomed to think of the
vacant-lot potato patch as something
belonging exclusively to Detroit, the
home of the late Gov. Pingree, the or
iginator of the idea. It appears, how
ever, that the plan has been used with
effect in other cities, notably in Phil
adelphia. Of the results there a com
petent observer says: "Kaeh year
we have saved the city of Philadel
phia more than we have spent. Wo
have saved it in the expenses of the
police courts and jails. A man who
has a garden for which to care has
less time to hang about saloons. He
has an objed around which his
thoughts and plans may center. An
example of this is the case of a col
ored man, who askeu for a plot when
the land was being apportioned the
first year. He was old, partially para
lyzen and very drunk. It is the pol
icy of the associatlton to give land
to any one who applies; whether a
man keeps his garden or not depends
upon himself. The superintendent ex
plained the conditions and assigned a
plot to the man, who made many
wordy and incoherent promises. The
next day he appeared in a compara
tively sober condition, but his right
arm was almost useless, and he
worked slowly and awkwardly. The
next day he was too drunk to work
at all. So it went on, almost constant
drunkenness varied by occasional
spasms of industry. Nevertheless, he
managed to keep the garden. Grad
ually It became the intoxication which
was intermittent, while the habit of
working grew upon him, and exercise
brought strength to the useless arm.
He still has his garden and each year
he finds progressive respectability
more delightful."
The Infection of Insanity.
A Berlin newspaper has published
an article in which the claim is made
that insanity is Infectious. Whether
it is so in the same sense that other
diseases are may well be doubted, but
no student of social conditions can
doubt that there are classes of people
who are susceptible to the infection
of unsound ideas.
Nothing is too absurd for belief, to
these people, and fads of all kinds, in
religious thought, political reform and
social customs result. We presume
that no anti toxin for either physical
or mental liability to the germs of
erratic opinions will be discovered.
Salvation from a good deal of this ten
dency to go wrong is found in an ef
fort to be natural and go quietly about
the work at hand. General good health
and good nature are excellent as a
means of resistance to disease germs
of any kind.
Cupid never bothers about the re
sults.
TACT OF A GENTLEMAN.
How Frank Stockton Relieved Feel
ings of a Friend.
Last winter, while Will N. Harben
was writing Abner Daniel (Harpers),
he often met Frank R. Stockton at
the Author's club. One afternoon
Harben told Mr. Stockton of his new
book, and added that he had been
trying to get up his courage to ask
to be allowed to send it to him when
it was published. Stockton assured
Mr. Harben that he would be glad to
see it, but just then another novelist
sauntered across the room and said:
“Frank D- has just sent me a
copy of his last book and wants me
to review it. I suppose you are often
bored with similar requests?”
It was an awkward moment tor
Stockton and Harben, but the former
was equal to the emergency.
“Well,” he said, carelessly, “It is
rather hard to write reviews of books
for friends when one is busy writing
novels, but I do certainly like to read
books written by men I know."
The conversation took a turn, and
Harben walked away. He thought the
matter had passed out of the mind of
the genial humorist, but a few min
utes later Stockton came to him and
said:
“I don’t want you to forget to send
me that book. 1 am greatly interested
in it” But Mr. Stockton never lived
to receive the promised “first copy.”
He died while Mr. Harben was reading
the proofs of the novel.
Handle Much Gold.
About 45,000 sovereigns pass over
the Bank of England counters every
day.
New Way to Aid Temperance.
Williamsport clergymen are utilizing
street car ads to fight the liquor evil.
“MOONLIGHT ON THE LAKE/*
SERVING THE PUBLIC
IMMENSE SUMS EXPENDED TO
SECURE NEWS.
’ubllahers of American Newapapera
Spare No Expense in Gathering In
formation—Intereating Pacts in Re
cent Census Bulletin.
People who believe newspapers to
lay are making money hand over fist
ind raking in unlimited numbers of
ihekels from their advertising can
•efer to the recent census bulletin on
‘Printing and Publishing" and get
nuch valuable Information.
It is asserted by Mr. W. S. Rosslter,
he expert agent of the bureau, that
ihe newspaper managers have made
ind are making daily large sacrifices
or the public benefit, and the last
.en years have been a period of Im
portant gain to the public at the ex
pense of the publishers.
“At the close of the decade,’* says
Mr. Rosslter. ‘‘the dai'iy newspaper
vas more of a public institution than
;ver before, because It sacrificed an
ncreased share of its revenue for
ihe public benefit, obtaining no com
pensating financial return from either
purchaser or advertiser."
To the uninitiated this phase of the
lewspaper business comes as a puz
zling proposition. They see that a
lewspaper increases in size, gets a
wider circulation and carries more
idvertising, and they naturally arrive
»t the conclusion that the paper is
making excessive profits. It rarely
occurs to them to take into account
that an enormous increase in expense
ls always incurred in this develop
ment.
The progressive newspaper of our
Jay gives its readers the news regard
less of cost, with the result that the
public is always the beneficiary in
the transaction. The telegraph news
service of a first class paper is most
elaborate, and is obtainable only
through heavy expenditures on ac
count of telegraph tolls and the pay
if correspondents.
The bill for the white paper used
:s a heavy and ever increasing ex
pense, and each additional page
means additional outlay. As the cir
culation grows, so does the bill for
the white paper. To print all the
lews and give space to advertisements
it the same time becomes to publish
ers a serious problem.
In giving some interesting facts
ilong this line, Mr. Rossiter says that
m a certain New York paper, whose
circulation is much over 300,000, the
advertising entails a cost of 21 cents
t line for the white paper alono, and
ae adds:
“The publisher who secures a cir
culation of huge proportions confronts
ihe necessity of securing from his ad
/ertising patrons a return of the cost
if his paper space they occupy, with
i margin of profit.”
There are a number of American
aewspapers, according to this author
.ty, whose expenses In the actual
cost of white paper threaten to ex
ceed the returns from advertising.
In the decade on which Mr. Rossi
:er based his statistics advertising
ias showed no remarkable rate of
.ncrease, while the expenses of the
lapers have grown enormously. A
letter instance where papers spared
30 expense in securing news cannot
ae cited than the Mont Pelee afTair.
rhe American public was kept thor
lughly posted in every detail of the
great catastrophe, and to do this
thousands of words were cabled to
Ihe press at a cost of from $2 to J4
a word.
So far, then, as benefits are count
ed, the public has been the gainer in
:he newspaper business, and in many
mstances at the expense of the pub
.isher.
WHERE OEMS CAME FROM.
Mystery Surrounds Original Reposi
tories of Many Precious Stones.
The natives of India, up to the be
ginning of the eighteenth century, re
ferred to rock crystal as “ an unripe
diamond.” At that time India was
thought to be the only land which
produced that precious stone. It was
not, therefore, until the discovery of
India that the diamond was known to
us. Yet as far back as 500 B. C. a
"ditactic history” of precious stones
was written, and in Pliny's time the
supply must have been plentiful, as
he wrote. “We drink out of a mass of
gems, and our drinking vessels are
formed of emeralds.” We are also
told that Nero aided his weak sight
by spectacles made of emeralds.
But it is very difficult to determine
whence all the gems came, as discov
erers took care to leave no record.
The nations who traded in them were
afraid of their whereabouts being
known, and even the most ancient
merchants would not disclose any def
inite locale. All sorts of myths have
accordingly sprung up concerning the
origin of gems. “Diamond” was the
name given to a youth who was
turned into the hardest and most
brilliant of substances to preserve him
from “the ills that flesh is heir to.”
Amethyst was a beautiful nymph be
loved by Bacchus, blit saved from him
by Diana, who changed Amethyst in
to a gem. whereupon Bacchus turned
the gem into wine color and endowed
the wearer with the gift of preserra
tion from Intoxication.
The pearl was thought to be a dew
drop the shell had opened to receive
Amber was said to be honey melted
by the sun, dropped Into the sea and
congealed. According to the Talmud
Noah had no light In the ark but that
which came from precious stones.
DON'T GIVE UP.
Don’t be discouraged by past ef
forts to find relief aud cure from the
myrlad'j of ills that come from sick
kidneys. You may pass nights of
sleepless tosslng.annoyed by frequent
urination. Your back may ache like a
toothache or sudden twitches and
t.vlnges of backache pain make life a
misery. Perhaps yon have nervous
spells, are weak, tired-out, depressed.
There is a cure for all of this and for
every trouble of the bladder and kid
neys. Read this case and note It
tells how well the cnre was tested:
Charles Lindgren, sealer of freight
cars on the L. S. &. M. S. R. R., La
Porte, Ind., says: “I have greater
faith in Doan’s Kidney Pills to-day
than I had in the fall of 1897 when I
began taking them and made a pub
lic statement of the result. At that
time I had suffered with lameness
and soreness of the baca, which was
so excruciating that I could scarcely
turn in bod, and Doan’s Kidney Pills
completely cured this trouble. I am
always ready to endorse Doan’s Kid
ney Pills personally to anyone requir
ing a kidney remedy. After a lapse of
three years I make this statement,
which shows my undoubted faith in
the preparation.”
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine, which cured B^r. Lind
gren, will bo mailed on application
to any part of the United States.
Address Foster-Mllbum Co., Buffalo,
N. Y. For sale by all druggists, 50
cents per box.
Old Maids’ Insurance.
Women Insure against being old
maids In Denmurk. If they marrry be
fore they are 40 what they have paid
in goes to the less fortunate, and these
last are pensioned for the remainder
of their lives.
One of nature's remedies; cannot harm
the weakest constitution ; never fails to cure
summer complaints of young or old. L)r.
Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry.
A proud heart and a lofty mountain
are never fruitful.—George Eliot.
RUPTURK permanently cured In 30 to
60 days; send for circular. O. S. Wood. M.
X>-, bh New York Life bldg.. Omaha. Neh.
Deserved His Fate.
There are several ways of killing
eats, and even a moderately ingenious
person might be expected to discover
some means of putting an objection
able dog to death without bringing
himself into serious clanger. But the
Pennsylvania miner who tried to end
the existence of a mongrel cur by
fastening a slow fuse dynamite
cartridge to his tall, only to be pur
sued by the affectionate creature and
overcome by a dual disaster, deserves
little sympathy. He was simply too
stupid for ordinary tolerance.
Low Rates to the Northwest.
Commencing September 1 and con
tinuing until October 31, 1902, sec
ond-class one-way colonist tickets
will be sold by the Chicago, Milwau
kee ft St. Paul R’y from Chicago to
all points in Montana, Idaho, Utah,
California, Washington, Oregon, Brit
ish Columbia and Intermediate points
at greatly reduced rates. Choice of
routes via St. Paul or via Omaha.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul R'y Is the route of the United
States Government fast mall trains
between Chicago, St. Paul and Minne
apolis, and of the Pioneer Limited,
the famous train of the world.
All coupon ticket agents sell tickets
via Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
R’y, or address F. A. Miller, General
Passenger Agent, Chicago.
Facts form the soil from which fan
cies are grown.
PHONOGRAPHS
I machines. Prices ft*n UOO up. I.argcat
•too* of records fn the west. Write for
Prices and Catalogues.
NEBRASKA CYCLE CO.
Cor. 15tH and Harney, Omaha.
IUTFUTO SUES A CO.,Omaha. Nobr.
t-'ii I rN I u No Eve Itileo. Nuicunral.
* n i’ateuta sold. Advice free.
s tys Water
Flowers In graveyards are the kind
thoughts of those who He burled.
abb Torn clothes fadedf
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them
white again. Large 2 of. pttokR^ ® ^ A
The subtle mind is on*y submissive
when submission subserves Its Inter
est.
Takes the burn out: heals the wound;
cures the pain. I)r. Thomas' Eclectric Oil,
the household remedy.
The coal miner kicks because he i3
kept down in the world.
GREATLY REDUCED RATES
VIA
WABASH RAILROAD.
HALF RATES, mund trip (plus I2.00> to
Sandusky, Columbus, Toledo, Cin
cinnati. Indianapolis, Louisville and
many points In INDIANA, OHIO
AND KENTUCKY. Tickets sold
Sept cm tier 2. 9, 16, 22.
LESS than half rates to Washington, D.
C., and return. Tickets sold Octo
b<*r 2 3 4 &
HALF RATES,' round trip, to Buffalo.
Toronto, Niagara Fulls, Pittsburg,
Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus and
many points in MICHIGAN,
INDIANA. OHIO. PENNSYL
VANIA. WEST VIRGINIA AND
KENTUCKY. TICKETS sold Oc
tober 2, 3, 4, 6.
HALF RATES. Boston. Mars,, and re
turn. Sold October 6, 7, 8. 9 and 1®
LONG LIMITS and STOPOVERS AI
LOWED at Nlagura Kails and Detroit
on above tickets.
For rates and all Information call nt
Wabash New City Ticket office, 1601 Far
nutn St.. Omaha, or write Ilarrv E.
Moores, Uen'l Aer. Pass. Dept., Omaha,
Neb._
Even the panhandler can become
strenuous long enough to raise tho
price of a drink.
Pino's Cur* Is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of the throat and tunes — Wit
O. K.idsljey, Vanburen, lud.. Feb. 10, 190a
There Is a way out of every diffi
culty without dying, and It pays to
find it
Try One Package.
If "Defiance Starcn" does not please
you, return It to your dealer. If it
does, you get one-third more for the
same money. It will give you satis
faction and will not stick to the iron.
Always is borne in on us the fact
that the seat of reason is the stomach.
When doctors fail, try Burdock Blood
Bitters. Cure* dyspeiwia, constipation;
invigorates the whole system.
Prayer is only efficacious when
backed with good credentials.
SAWYER’S
Mj&fXCELSIOR BRAND
Pommel
Slickers
Keep (be rider perfectly dry. No
f 1 water can leak ro on lh« a&ddJ*.
cal extra wide and long in (be
yj *%irt. Kaira (Election al ahoul
iV dor eeeote. Wnrronted wa.
irN ter proof. Ifyvur 1
yAA dealer duoan I
Am hare them write
1^1 for catalodna w>
/ pCn. ■. BA WISH
* SO*, Sol. If ro.'
I».l l’«»brK«.. «
all how
some
dealers
will im
n«e on
loir
customers by offering them, when Ala
bastine is nailed for, cheap kalsomlues
that will spoil their walls. Such action
is certainly prompted by
and
such
nieth
o d s
will
not
commend themselves to honest dealers.
Aik hast! no. a durable cement base nail
coating, not a kalsomiue. costs no more
to apjAy than cheap dope that spoils
your walls and injures the health of
your family. Alabastine is a dry pow
der, comer In packages, mixes with cold
water, in white and fourteen beautiful
tints, for use on plastered walla wood
ceiling, brick or canvas, superior to
paint or pa|ier. Full directions on every
package. Ask druggist or paint dealer
rot* -.sample card of tints or write to
ALABASTINE COMPANY
GRAND RAPIDS, • MICH.
FVFRY P'Hil F) Born into the World with an
L V LIN. I v_l 11LL/ inherited tendency to distress
ing, disfiguring humours of the skin, scalp, and blood,
becomes an object of the most tender solicitude, not only
because of its suffering but because of the dreadful fear
that the disfiguration is to he lifelong and mar its future
happiness and prosperity. Hence it becomes the duty of
mothers of such afilicted children to acquaint themselves
with the best, the purest, and most effective treatment
available, viz., THE CUTICURA TREATMENT.
Warm baths with CtJTlCCRA Soap, to clonnso tho skin of crusts and scales
and soften the thickened cuticle, gentle anointings with Ccticura Oint
ment, to instantly allay itching, irritation, nnd Inflammation, and Boothe and
heal, are all that can be desired for the alleviation of the suffering of skIn
tortured infauts and children and the comfort of worn-out, worried mothers.
A single set Is often sufficient to cure when tho best physicians fail.
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hli, rut*. Auiiraliiu Dopoti 1L Town* k Co., Sydory. fortin Ditto ahu Cain. Coir., Solo Prop*.