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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1907)
, . . . ' ' , . . ' , - . SCRIPTURES READ IN EVERY TONGUE . TRANSLATIONS OF HOL 1IVRIT No Labor or Peril Too Great for Those Engagel in Sowing the Bible. From China t ' Peru an Army of Trained Explorers Are Needed to Reach the Readers of the , Nations--Many a Romance Might Be Written onthe W,9rk of Circulating the World's ' "Best Seller. ' " - lIEN all Is said It Is the I Dlblo that Is the world's "best selling book"-and that by n tremendous mar. gin , It taltCs n tremen. dously Fluccessful novel to sell 40,000 or 60,000 copies in n year , whereas this record Is easily beaten by the mble in n. slnglo day the world over ! Last year 16,000,000 copies , translated In. to n vast babel of nearl ' 600 tongues , were scattered broadcast ovel' the c.\rth. The AmerIcan and 13rltlsh Dible so- cletlos led the way with nearly DOOO- 000 between thorn. It Is hard to realize the magnltudo of vast n work. John Williams was 20 long years among the snvages of Tahiti In the Pa. cific before ho could Iroduce even the N.ew Testament In the Islanders' own tongue , And old Dlshop Scher schew , sley spent one.thlrd of his long lIfo do. 'Ing ' the Dible Into the "Easy Wen.Il , " , n dialect of Chlncse , that opened up . Christian truths to 70,000,000 of the Celestial people. Then there was the romance of HI- . 1'Um Dlngham , This man went out to , the Gilbert group In mid-Pacific , and cast himself among South Sea cannl. I bals as a Dlblo translat01' , with no written language at all , and no ono to teach him. Day by day , this ploneor gathered words of common usuge from the natives' lips and spent years com. paring and verlf 'lng his written notes , Translating for C 1nnlbals. At last ho was able to put the Lord's Prayer and a simple Psalm Into the Gilbert tongue. Later on came the Gospels - pels , and so on. Dut the first edition of such n Dible Is necessarll ' full of errors. 1\101'0 than , $16,000 was recently - ly spent In correcting the Llfu Dlblo for the Loyalty islands , and it was found necessary to maIm the enol" mous number of 52,310 corrections , Dut , after all , perhaps the most stirring - ring tales of all are those recording the adventures of the vast army of pioneers that dlotrlbute the Dlbles after - er they are translated and shipped to the local depots , In all the continents of the world. Dible cargoes go crash. ing on elephants through the jungles of Africa and Slam ; or on queer lIttle \ - - turo ranging from lIghtning to tem. pestuous f:1eaB , The American Bible society alone emplo 's foul' 01' l1vo hun. dred white men In savage or remote lands , lItct'all ' . from Chitta to Peru , 'I'hese In tUl'll employ great numbers of native collQrteurs who travel In. lund upon waterwa 's , over mountains , and through forests , with their paelcs on tholr bacles or with strnn o eara' vans of laden men 01' beasts , Brave All DanDers. The experIences of the Uevs. near and 'I'mner In the Phllltlllines would alone nll a volume of vl1rled adventure - ture , Night and da ' on one tour they traveled through almost Impassable SWamlS In clumsy ox carts , nnd bare- ly' escaped drowning mal'O than once whllo descemllng swift rallids on a rudely built raft. In South AmerIca , from the Equator to Cape Horn , the DIble carriers are on the march , and the political revo. lutlons , wars , storms , 1I0isonolls rell' tiles , and a thollsand other obstaclcs only Inereaso theil' enthusiasm , 'I'he Blblo Is carried Into the eamel.halr tents of the wandel'ing Dedouln Arabs of S ; rla , and If these men are not able : to read classical Arabic then they 1m vo Bibles In their own dialect for which they pay-coined mone ' being unlmown to them-in bittter , eggs , mill" horns , and brass ornaments , Steamship and train are but the first step In transportation , Then come little sailing vessels among the coral Islands of the Pacific ; canoes and houseboats for Inclo-Chlna and the west coast of Africa ; bullocles and ox carts In South AfrIca ; dogs and sledges with fur-clothed drivers above the arctic clrclo ; lIatlent asses ; long- neeled supercilious camels ; smartly steplllng llamas for rough mountain passcs ; pack horses , hard.headed negro - ' gro porters , and a hundred other' ' methods of transport , according to the region. The worl , of a colporteur is ono of terrible rlsl , to life and 11mb. His DI- ble.laden boat may be man-hauled through the rapids and gorges of the giant Yang.tse , only to come to grief on the rocls ; whereupon he must unload - load and Caml ) UIOn the desol tte hanle , getting what shelter he may W1-r"c : ' ' " " ' : - ' - : " " : _ ' --1 L , . .1 , . . - - . .P..1rEH"LAIJOlM.W - CUoSZ $ QT ZU21lE $ .l'H" .7m Ot/.s' .zvAzi'cm I OF' CH/.HA .sr.AR7'LHC ; .FoR .7'JI" JiV7' RJO.R . .l6'.tb' , ' , . \ . . , . . . . . . . . . . " _ . . . " . , . frr : : ; , , " " , 'I"I' t' , .t . , . . . , . till , I _ ! y. " , , ' II/ ; / , ' . ) . .t. . , ' . . , , , . . . .f , " ' L . . r , - y..J. , , 7RAH'.5l.ATOR : AHz ff ' J 'C1. ? .z : ' y mW : Wt7 Q7Jl7 fI 1 WPK AN /.N7.2J.aIC .M-17/V.4 ! J zjr. . . " - 'I " llamas ever the great passes of the , Andes between Bolivia I1nd Peru ; or again on the heads or cannibal coolies around the base of tha Mountains of the Moon , near the source of old r'l1th. cr Nile ; on camel-back across the burning deserts of Nubia and Arabia the Stony ; or In fiat-hottomed boats b - man-huuled bambuo towed - cables , through the stupendous gorges of the Yang.tse , 'rho men who do this worle 111'0 . . : Y ' trained explorers who often fall b ' the I way vlcthllH to wild beasts , disease , hostlll1 Hl\'VC'S ! , and tIll' fOl''CI ) or na'i t' . , " . . I , , - from a. few tarpaulins , until help ar- 1'1'es from Il'hang or some other con. slderablo town , Robbery Is Frequent. In Asiatic Turlwy the patient lble man with his pacle on his bacl , Is ort- on attacl\Cd by 1\11l'(1I8h brIgands , or robbed In overcrowded IdHItl ! ! , where ho haR IICrhnps stll ' ( : d a night 01' two , dela 'ed b ) ' the torrlblo roads and IJrol- en brldles. : In Slam and the Laos states at this 1I10ment the nev. , John Currington Is traveling on elephants and through devious \\'aterwars \ h ' boat. circulating the Scrlltul'c's ( In 1'0- , . .1 I , , , J' ' , ' motl nt\rlC'ts : : In "wats" or tt'mlll's , wht'ro the sliver bt'lIs tlnldo from on hiGh ; In (111111nt dens RlIII gambling houses. too , ntHI remolo vl\1aSt'B \ , whoso inhahHants lIve in plie-bllilt house's , or In h'et's In case of nUncl , r hostllo tribes , 'l'lIrnlng for a moment t the far- stretchll1g I'hllllllllno g1"01I1I , wo finll th ( ' Ul'llr. . Mi1\o \ ' almost hewing his wn ' throllgh In1\assnblo \ h'oll-jal gl'OWtl , hlu'nnglling nmazel1 crowds In III1'nt ' 1'ogalog at nestns nnd cocl , lIghts , nnd selling them the SCI'llItures In their own tonglle. In the Illtorior of Cllba travels Senor Torres , nn old nnd tried Blblo Ilorter whose adventllres wOllld fill nnother bool" Once , on coming baclc from Mo. ron nfter hnvlng visited 68 towns , vII. lagos , /Ind hamlets , Senol' ' 1'orres' sail. boat was cnpslzed , nnd lashing him. self to the mast fOl' four dars ho mill his little crew oscl\1atod \ hetwecn lIfo and death , Another agent , rellOl'tlng rrom the Inlm'lor of Bolivia , where there are no rends nt 1\11 nnd wheeled con vo 'ances are Impossible. carried his Bibles 1,000 miles on mulebacl" whllo nnother covered 22,000 miles In fourteen months , selling 8.673 booles for $2:53. : : Pa'lng fOl' Bible In Eggs. Ono of the 1110St Interesting work. ers Is l\h' , Archllmld li'Ol'dct. , who from his headqunrters In Jerusalem , cnr. rles 13Ihles to the Arab tribes east of the , Jordan , and In the Arabian des. ert. 'l'hey pay for the book in eggs , From Danglcol" In Slam , we heal' from the Rev. , Jolm Carrington , who worls the whole of this remote omplre. It mllst have een awlnval'l when one of his buffaloes , hltchod to a cart containing - taining ' 1'estaments In Siamese and Laos , sUddenly bolted and scattered boxes and beds along the swampy track for half a mile. 01' , again , we find Mr. Carrington using tlgor sldns for the binding of his 13Ibles , and holding weird auction sales of his haoles Imder the tamarind trees of Samoi Island , 300 miles down the west coast of tlio Gulf of Slam , sars a writer In the -r\ow Yorlc 'rimes. I can bllt brlelly touch on the adven. tureo of William Laughton In his beaten on the Yang.tse , which ho rented for 330 taels and then loaded lip with m- bles , enl ' to run on some rocls and become a. total wrecle , Indeed , wore it not for the skill of the natlvo track. ers and "towers" In handling the bam. hoe IHlmps It Is 1I0sslhlo that Mr. Laughton would have lost his Bibles , If 1I0t his life. In many Instances the book Is thought to possess magical attributes. Among the'Mbundu peolllo , In Central Afl'lca , an old man bought a Blhlo and said : "Would It be safe for me to lccep this boole In the house , ' or must I build a. Illaco for It out-doors 1" -r\0l' are dark tragedies unknown among the Blblo lloneers ) , The nev. II. .J. , Johnson once drOIlled down the great Yang.tso In a houseboat laden with Testaments. Ho was aCCOmlanl- cd only by a trusted Chlneso colII01'- tour. For nlnoteen years nothing moro was hear of either. 'l'hen < tlO tragic story came to light. , Johnson and his man had lanrled at an Inland town to sell tholr Bibles , But the nrst night a ( ] ro brolw out mHI burned down man ' houses with much loss of life , Next .dllY natlvo mlschlcf-malccrs attributed - tributed the dlsastcr to the 0\11 In- Ihwnco of the "Foreign Do\'II ! " And before the while man and his asslHt. lIut could get hacl. to their houseboat they , were tet UIIOII h ' a moh anrl mill' . dered with e\'ery circumstance of cru- elty. 'l'urnlng to bleak Siberia , wo t1nd un unobtrnslvo hero and his wlfo sailIng - Ing on IIn opell raft wllh half IL ton of Scrll1tll1'es down the great 1.ona rlvor. "Great vlgllanco was necessar ' , " ho ila 's , "r01' mllny mlll'dors had been committed br the wild trIhes. 1 woulrl fleoll from 11 II , m. to 2 a. m. , whllo m ' wlfo watched , 'l'hen as 600n as It was 11'1\\11 she la ' down and slCIl1. " . . r' , . D . . . I . . . LasUy WI ) hn1 nd\'t'iol.nu Ii' , A. I.arson , n Blbl" sllb.agent In the Mon : [ : olla1dt'serts. . 110 tl'l'ls t'aslwurll b ' cuml.'l ' curu\'an frol1lashgar , tnldng with him nil nect'sslllrovllJlons , he. sillos cooldng IItl'nslll1 aUlI harrt'ls for carr 'lng wllte1' over the nrld stelll l ! . Wolves Ate packhorse. On 0110 oc'aslon a natlvo assistant of Lnrson's wus set ullOn br robbers , who he'at him nnd toole U\\'uy his horse a 1111 slHltllo as well us his Imcle oC booles. La\'son boughl nnothOl' unlmnl In Urga ror 28 tuels-nbollt $ ID , "But this ono the wolves ate where ho was tetherell ontllllio : our enmol.hah' tent , " Hero , then , Is 101'ld labot. of 1m. tlent scholarshlll ; of heroism far from the limelight ; of bnslness aCUl1\on ntHI organization , that mu ' well nwalwn the Interest of the most blaso. And vast SUI1\S uro sIlent u\1on \ the worle. 'rho last rovlslon of the l\taln asl BI. hlo fOI' the lhHlagnscanntlves cost $16,000 ; aiHI the Chlneso Blblo from nrst to Inst has Iu'obabh' cost $260,000 , 'l'alllIg the British and Ii'orolgn BI. blo soclot ' of London , with the Amer. Icnn Blblo soclet ' and similar bellies throughout NIII'ole , It Is safe to say that not less than $7,000,000 a ; yenr Is slHmt utlon the worle , and well over $120,000,000 durIng the last centllr ' . 'I'ho Imront noclet . In London l1\aln. talns nearlr 1,600 rOlu'esentatlvo lIn- gulots , missionaries nnd natlvo nsslst. . . . . . . . . . . . . v oo.P . .r.TN' 7'.H 'pA/y-lJ . . . ; r 7IJrUVtr- ' " w.Tiz.iio - - - / ARJ r .Az' : .LMY .A.H ; . .rH rH .PHfUPPhVt- . I ants , organized lute committees the world over , Their worl , Is sUllorvlsed and financed fl'om headquarters , where editorial sub.commlttees com. Ilosed of eminent philological eXllorts meet every month. In one 'ear such It comml tteo will have matters before It In 200 different languageR ! In fact the diversltr of the wOI'ld's speech Is a staggering thing when ono goes l to It. Last year the ScrIptures were sold In 20 different tongues In the Austrian loJmplre , and GO In Russia ! Our hundreds of thousnnds of Iloly. glot Immigrants are met on the very threshold of the Land of Liberty ami a Bible Is put Into tholr hands In tholr own tongue , whether It be Greole or Magyar , Polish or , Japanese , Gaelic or Croat , Arabic or Chinese. 'rhere are scores of languages Into which the BI- hlo has been done that yon never heard of. Asldo from the translatlol1s .Into Cherolcco and Choctaw , one ruus ono's e 'o In bewilderment down the list , talclng In such dlalecto as nuk and PonaTlo , Dllwlo John , Samoglt , Vis. ayam , 1.10cano , Blcol , Pangaslnan , Ta. galog , Arrawack and Sheetswa ! Forced to Change Phrases. In It great number of caseB an en. tlro lIterature has to bo formed and a language reduced to writIng before anything can ho done at nIl. And there are difficulties which you or I wOllld novel' BUSIJOct , 'l'hull when translating the New Testament Into IoJsltlmo the Ilhrase "Lamb of God" had to 1.10 rendered "I.Ittle Dog , " oth. erwlso It would ha vo been entirely meaningless to the little fnr-clad men who have nevel' seen It sheep ! AllIl of conrso there Is no thought of III'ofit. Our Blhle socloty solIs 1l well. l1Iado Gosllel In his own tongue to a Congo cannllllll fur the eqllivalent. oC , 2 cents ; a Now Testament for Ii , and a cOI1lIleto ) Ulblo for 15 cents. All kinds : of "monoy" are tal\Cn In exchange , l'IIuglnr ; from Ivory tuslea to IL baslwt of hread-fl"llt , u few leopard skIm : , or ev'n It baby cllmel. Long berore 'I'lhet wus opened by tlJP Brithh , the New Testament wus I he'lng Ilrlntod In Tlhetan at Ghoom , , high UII In' ' the Himalayas , anll carried Imcl , and forth to Lhassa by Hindu au II Buddhist traders. Onh' Abyssinia Hnd NOllnl uro now closed to the Blblo army ; but It Is tholl ht that the old loJl1IlJel'OI' : 'II en elile ut least will Boon capltulute , At 1111 events , ho recently sent n magnlflcent Jlall' ot olophant's tuslal to the nritlsh Blblo houllo In Luudon , wIth u flowel'Y letter In Am. harlc from " 'rhe Conquorlng Lion of , J1)rluh , l\Iene1ll , the Sccl1d ) , loJmlCrOr c'f Ethiopia by the Will of God. " . , . . - ' " " " HELPING THE TOWN - - - HINTS AS TO MAI < ING THE HOME MARKET DETTER. HANDLING OF FARM PRODUCE How Merchants and Farmerll Cnn Co. Operata to Their Mutual Advan. taDe In it Du lnells Way. - Man ' n l'lclllturn.l town cOllld be TnIIl1 ' hnpro\'ec1 b ' nrrorcllnr. farmer" belter marleets for the I)1'OllllcO that thc ' have to c1lsIIOH ! ! ot. In the 1'1\ ' dlus ot oyery country ylll11l : . there Is 8utIlciont buttur nnd iKII and olhor I'roductil to bo Ularkutad , thQ hand. ling oC which wOllld maleo n prolttnblo u8lness , 'rho custom thot has Ilro\'ulled for mnn ) ' 'oars oC storokoeperil ludlscrlm. inntely hulI.lUul : : vroduco docs not up. llcar to bo to thu best IntGI'ests of towns or It lnll ' bg IIllld , to th\l U1gr. chants or thg fll1'lUOrll , In thQ I1rlt plllcQ thg nVOr11 [ O otorol.I ; ! pr ! hUll 110 fncllltieB tor the 1)1'01181' Imndllur : ot lwrlBhnble Ilroducts. 11" , mn ' not rec lvo Bu 1clent to enuble him to dh ; . p08 oC the Ilrollllct to the Ireatcst ndvnlltal o , 'l'hcroforo InBtcact of muk. In nny llrol1t upon " , 'hnt hit l1olndles , mnny tlmoB ho 18 the loser und looks for hlB comllCnantion In the trndo t1l1\t ma ' ho jlven him b ' the fnrmerB who brln In the tU'ol1l1co , It Is ImlJOrtaut to n town whether It Is rOllutcd to bo a good producQ marlcct or otherwh.1ll. Where the fnrmor can recl"o ! a cent or two morll for his butter and elID be 111 lIle ! ) ' to tlll'l1 his attention. In ( ; 01110 town ! ! therll 1011'0 r"rular bu 'crB oC prolhlc , but of ton these ml.'tllOdg are Buch R to be unnll.tlsfactory Ilnd re. lIull In 1015" at trade to ttlt ! lllace , Morchnntll tenernlly cxcbll.n ( l ! 10011" ; tor wbatcver prodllcQ mnr be brollht ; (0 tlll m , In nJ1U1 ' placel1 they will not pa ' cnsh , und It bas been known where casb bl1l1 bc n paid thnt It 1m. medlatel ; ) ' fouud Itl w y to gOWQ otber town where loodl1 wus IJ\1rch llld , Each town that lias uny con01der. aLlc TJUtronOie from the fnrwlnl ; com. numlt ; ) ' Burroundlni : it , Ihonld hllVg n lo1111all cold ttornlu : Illnnt. OUtl I'lim that IJB \ lIeon tound Jlrll.ctlcabl In many townn III tue oranlzntlon of a Ilroduco COmlH1l1Y' 111 which merclulllts of the town 11.15 well nil tb. farnlcrs nro stockholders. 'I'hose cOllcerns PI'O. ville every facility for the > > proper packlnr : ami lito rate of eC,1I and but. tel' nnd othcr IIerl1511nbl8 Ilrollucc , nnd sometimes Include a lIutt\1r rOllout. In Illnnt. Whorg luch COWlanln nre ollorntcd the 1110I'cl11I1t. : rlltullO to handle Ilrodllce , referring nIl who have snch to sell to the produce company. The compan ' IIllY the hlihost m I' . ket prlcu tor what It bu 's , Instead of IJI'IIl ( ; cash , duo bl1l arc Isoued which nre accellted the SUU1e as cush at all the storcs In town , Jach ! : wee-k the merchants who receive these due bills In exchange f r goods Il11vo thol11 cashed , nt the ol1lco of the llroduce company. Dy pa 'lng from a cent to two cents 11 dozen maI'O for eggs or per pound tOl' butter these Ilroduce con1lanle8 bavo been wonderful factors In brlllg-- Ing trade to the place. Not nlone do they benefit the t wn by brlnglnr ; ad. dltlonnl patronage to the merchants , but the business call be high ! ) ' \lrollt. \ nblo If managed rightly , It requlrc ! ! but little capital to 0110 rate such 1111 establishment. It Is well when organ Izntlon Is talwn up to limit the amount of stacie that each shareholder receives to ono or two shares of u par value of liO or $100 , An effort nhould bo made to have as many Iller. chonts as possible shareholdet's. Also to secma as man ; ) ' shal'el\Olders \ amonc the farmers as an be had. It should be understood that Instead , or lJaylnc cash , farmct's pay for their shnreE of stock In II\'o,1uco at prevailing mar. kot prices , With 1111 the merch.:1Ilts : In the town Intet'ested In the 8UC , cess of the comllany. and the farmers throughout the country I1lso Hhare , 1101ders and IlaI'tlcllJants In profits that may be marIe , It will bo soon found that the produce compan ) ' will he handling nIl the produce business that originates In the community. In many localities where this plan bas been IHlt in operation the tarmers I1l1vo discovered that they could re , celve better prices for their butter and cream nnd eggs than under Ihe old B 'stom , BeIlIJ ; associated In a way with the business Interests of the place they become more Interested In nIl affairs or the town aud are more Inclined to work In harmony with the merchants towards anything that hits the Imllrovement of the homo town In view , One of the desirable things about this plan Is Its tendency to lessen the prr.ctlce of residents of rural communities trading with mall order houses and department stores In the largo cities. Another admh' , nblo feature ts the uddlng of an additional lahor-savlng Industry to the town nnd the Icceplng of the earn. Ings of th13 Ileoplo In circulation In the community. , Rlllable Sign of De 1th. A Frenchman has received lL prize fa I' discovering a rellahlo sign or death. 'rho test consists ot the subcutaneous - cutaneous , injection or n solution of flourescelne , which , If the bJood Is stili clrculntlng , In the course ot a rew ho rs causes the skin to turn yel. low , , Wise Parson. . ( larsQn , somebody darcII'us to el mL.l'rled. and wo never take n dure , II 'o wo are , " . "Well , my ; ) 'oung trlenlls , I dare YCIU to SO home and endeavor to cultl- \'atc somt common 6elle\ " 1. WHERIZ THE MERCHANT FAilS , An low" , Fnrmcr Tello Him He Should Advertise , and How , - An lawn formlr contrlhuteD to tllo Dcs Molnl's Cnpltol the followln ; ; very pertinent 8ucrostlon : 1111 to why the mall ardor houses lIucc60(1 In 1oltlng ; the buslne1ls of the rural communities ' nwu ' from local merchant ; : " "If the u1ull order boul : I ; I : l $1,000 out of this cnunt ) ' oacu month that boo IODKO to the 110mo ulerchll.nts Ule fl\\llt Is with the merchl\ntll themlleh I , The mall orderl house ! ! Adertl1 ! ud 11'0 us priccil 011 everythlntt they orrer tor Foale. "hey tc : , nil whl\l they have nnd whnt the'Y 1\'l\nl tor Il. Of course we get 150aked once In awhllo nnd if We do W6 cnn tl'y lIom other hoUtte. MOilt of the home merchants who ad. vertlso at All dou't quat" Ilrlc l. ThoT neclect to tell UII w.lal ! WQ waul to Imow-tllQ price. or coursg w" can go to the 8tore aud t.llllc th. vricli of thlll nrtlclo , and thllt , but you kuow bO\T It Is-one doesn't lenow 1:0Yoll oxt.lcl. I ) ' whut ho Wt.lutil to buy whou ho IO lI Iu Ii Gtoro 1.111 whQn luIII at bomll , .AmI tbere III. whera thg wall .rtlur ho lC > a l11ukIa their hit. Tboy Icn4 UI lholr d\l'tl61111 : matter Into 1.Io1 . iell and "lit rel1d It when WI. ! lJO"tm't asytbltll elllQ to do nIHI over ' member ot HICI tamily who rends theIr sturt IIImnlly stnds lIomethlng that ho or 150111C olher memo bor of the tnmlly wantl5 nnll manyor. deI's are made UII nml fwnt ont Just nt Buch tlmeB , . "m ht hero Is where the home mer. chnnt fllllll down. If be talked up Ills lIuolne98 to UB In our llOmcB the I1I1111Q as UlO mnl1 O1'dor hOlllJen 110 tbCl lIooplfJ wOllld be In to Bee him the Rut lIm8 they can10 to town and Iu 111n11Y CUIIOII extm trl118 wOllld 110 111ad to IIgt tue thln s nt onCe tuat we hln't kuow wo wanted until they werg brouIOht to 0111' attention , "ThI' ' ! homo mcrclumt eRn flItTe the C1penrc : ; oC rcttlnl : up n. cntnlou. , W. Ileoillo rN1.c1 thf1 home pnperl' ! ' mar. carerully thl1u we 110 thtJ cntnlo . , and If the mcrchnnt 1\'nnts tft tl\lk lJllnlncf1I ; with us let him vut 1\lrI talk III the hOUlQ lJallorR , ami lIut It In I. tlJut we know he mCl/.n bUllnelll , T. . h01l10 mercllllJ1t lIkdylIlu Umlll nt of ton , l elll : ! .llo oodi IU& cheap' . . t1&o 'mull ordl.'r h01l80W , nut ! I beliu. e. many tl1lullI thuy nru wuch ca.allu. but how ure we to now IC 11. doen't tell 1111 allout It , "A merlllU1t must not think that eve. hl bCllt Cltlltomerll know .Is "oodl ! 110 WfJl1 thnt they caN tell w1lat h hftll 1\'lthout bclnfl : I5hown. "It Is none oC my huslnes'l : ' hflw tbe hom. . ll1crchl.l\t runfl his bl11lne : ' s , but I don't lI1e to l5ee thelle 1'0l\stll I. U , . IJaTlcrfl 1111 thfl tlm. aboul UII tflllo" . 1\'ho tet a lIttl. IItul IIhlpped In ORe. In Qwbll. and .enr anythlnr .aId . . thc other Iide. 'l'ker. an al"AYI t"ft side , ; ot a Ql1eotlon , and I ban Ihea 'ou mine. H It In worth Any thin : ; to you you can tnkQ It , " . BANI < ERS GETTING WISE. They See Danger In th. Mall.Order System of Business. 1t Is only lately that Imnlcors oC the west have C01l10 to renlir.ntlon that the mall.orIICl' s 'fjtem of bUrllnesl has heen a BerlouH Injury to tlulln , kllllnit off the buslne5B or tholr towns , taldnl : out of circulation mono ) ' that IIhould help swell the local bank doposlts and othorwlse Interfcl'ing with town Vfo , gress , The t1'ouhle has been with many banlwrs thut they failed to conllider the buYlng.goods.a wfi.from.home ; evil as IIn 'thlug of particular can corn to them. When Farmer Smith would buy a draft for $50 01' $100 to send to Chicago , the bnnlccl' got his ton cenls exchange nnd the ght ho was that much ahead , whllo the facts 1'1' malncd Ihat If ho could keep the money from helnE- ; sent trom homg that $ liO of the farmer tor the banker . mhht maleo n dollnr or two of Jlrofil. It was only when the catalogue houses started In to solicit fleposlts flC the people of country townB and farm. 1t1E- ; communities that the bankers took a lumhle. Then lignin some hankers have such IIn ex ailed Idea of their position In the town that the goods to be had from the local merchants are not rooll enough for themselves nnd ( amlllco , ' IInd set n ha.d example before tl1g peo- 1)le by sending away themselves for what they deslro In the way of I'Itupler. ' and luxurls. Bankers are consorva. tlvo ; and are not forward In maleln , ; suggestlono to their patrons as to what they should do with theIr money , but In this matter It nppears sufficient. Iy Important to justify the exerclso or what Influence the banker clln com. mand In behalf of home patronnge , It Is the business of the town IInd sur. rounding country that affords II. profit to the bailie The greater this volume or business can be made the belter for the hallker and ever ) ' Intere'st of the town , and Ihe farmel's and other laborers as well , D. M , CARR , What , Indeed ? A duchess requiring II lady's maid had nn Intervlow with one , to 'whom. after having examined her appearance. he said : "Of course , ) 'ou Will be able to Ilrl'ss my hall' for me ? " "Oh , yes. " rcpllell the gll'l , "It never tnlccs mo more than halC an hour to dress a larJ "s } : alr , " "Half an hour , my child ! " exclalmod the duchess , In' ac. cents of terror , "and whnt on eartlJ , then , should I be able to do with my. self all the remainder oC the morn. Ing ? " The Reason , "In thla sottlement. " sl\ld \ lho mil , vllle farmer , "wo cnll all the IItcrnrv fellers we kin ketch 'lea(1In" nuthors. , he'cause ns a rule they're 110werrll1 handy at ICRdln' mules \"later.M. . I\Qt" ! CoualltutlOIl