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11K NOKKOI.K NKVVS : .11 N K lMWl \ THE DRINK HABIT AS FORMED AT EXCELSIOR SPRINGS , MO. BOTH HEALTH AND PLEASURE Great Number of Medicinal Springs Within a Small Ar a Town has Qualities of Both the North and the South. A News ninn returned n few days ngo from Excelsior Springs , Mo. , whore he lind been socking rest , roc- roallon nntl hcnlth. Ho fools Hint the time mid money Invested In the under taking wore well spent , because he got nil thnt he wont after , and more. At the close of the republican state convention In Lincoln , ho left for Kansas City and the next morning took a train for Excelsior Springs , a distance of thirty-throe miles north east of the city. Arriving there ho found a town of probably 2r > 00 people , constructed partly on northern and partly along southern lines of architecture. It Is built on a succession of plateaus of varying heights all within a winding viillpy originally heavily timbered , much of which Is still standing , sur rounded by high hills , with a creek two rods across nt the bottom. The town Is metropolitan In Its make up , with paved streets , electric lights which are on duty all of each twenty-four hours , water works , mid Tcomcnt sidewalks and stone curblngs all over town. In the business part of town the lots arc small , being only seventy foot deep. For this part of the town the broadest plateau was selected but It Is crowded closely by the hills on one side and the creek on the other , and It was necessary to use the ground economically. As n result not only are the lots small but the streets are narrow and the side walks correspond to the general con ditions. Over these sidewalks In much of the business district extend what are known In the south as "gal leries" but in the north they would bo called porches. It is a feature sel dom seen north of the Missouri line but quite prevalent throughout the south. It Is said that there are some eighty places where strangers can llnd room and board , at prices ranging from $1.00 to $3.00 a day. About a dozen of these are large two and three-story hotels with modern conveniences , while the others are for the most part private residences. The town Is not only a health resort - sort but it is a pleasure resort as well. People come here to brace up their kidneys , take the kinks out of their rheumatism , tone up their systems or brighten their complexions , and if they don't require treatment for any of those , then they come just tor the fun of being here. A more delightful h spot for recreation and rest would be difficult to find anywhere. Down the valley at the edge of town is a natur al park , carpeted by blue grass and shaded by magnificent native trees , which is much patronized by picnic parties. At the lower end of this park , reached by a suspension bridge over the creek , is the Regent spring , from which comes the strongest iron- manganese water , it is claimed , in the United States. During the sum mer season it is said that the town entertains an average of1,000 visit ors , while all the year around there are health and pleasure seekers pres ent. Many excursions are run from the surrounding towns to Excelsior Springs , the Sunday the writer was there bringing in two train loads , one from Kansas City and the other from St. .Too. It is a great place to go even If your disease doesn't happen to be anything more serious than pure laz iness , As becomes an up to date pleasure resort many forms of pastime are of > fered visitors. There are pretty drives , rustic bridges and cozy nooks , shooting galleries , bowling alleys , re volving swings , swimming pools , and an elegant club room , where the stiffest - fest kind of a game may be found. Not being particularly brilliant along that line the writer did not attend any of the festivities. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the whole prop osition Is that only two saloons are able to exist here. The reason is found in the fact that a person who is drinking the medicinal waters can not mix them with liquor without payIng - Ing the penalty in a manner that will over after bo bright In his memory. What little patronage the saloons do receive Is from the natives who do not drink water and from the country people. Golf links , tennis courts and li few out-door amusements could bo added to advantage. The Wnters. Concerning the springs n circular saya : "The great number of springs Issuing from the ground within n ra dius of one-half mile Is notable in It- xelf , but the most remarkable feature of this group Is the varied character of the valuable mineral constituents. They range , as shown by their analy ses , from the pure , sparkling Sotc- rlnu ( similar to the Waukesha ) to ( ho positive sulpho-saltnc and the I' ' rro-MniiKnnoHo waters , Regent and Siloain. " 1'lipno waters are all powerful and p" Ittvu In their operation. The sul- i > -Hullno ' In recommended for ca- uiiual condition * . dUeases of the liver and spleen , uout and diseases of 1,0 skin , Regent and Slloam , prac tically the some except that the for mer Is the stronger of the two , are recommended for rheumatism , kid ney troubles , otc. AH a matter of fact the various kinds of water are used together to very good effect , which may bo added to by taking the salt- sulphur baths that are offered at sev eral tlrst class hath houses. More people come here with rheu matism than anything else ami the treatment seems to bo very effective. As soon as a stranger arrives In the town he proceeds to get into the wa ter game , whether ho has come for In-allh or pleasure. The sulpho- saline spring Is up on a high hill , dlf- llcult to visit , so the water has boon piped to various parts of the town whore it Is drawn from faucets In artistic pavlllions. The young lady who presides at the spigot Is also ar tistic and the water Is only one cent a glass , so It is not dllllcult to accept this proposition , even though the wa ter It not particularly palatable. Hut you grow to like It better after awhile. You walk to the Regent and Slloam springs , one of which Is In the park before mentioned and the other Is at the sldo of the main business street of town. They are about half a mile apart. The water at these springs Is free , and at one an accommodating attendant servos you , while at the ither you help yourself. The visitor forms the drink habit very shortly after ho reaches the town. Ho gets Into the game early anil stays by It until the last moment before the train leaves which brings him away. There Is a fixed rule which one is supposed to follow and ho does to a certain extent , though ho soon develops a go-as-you-please gait. The usual morning salutation among friends Is : "Good morning. Have you taken your sulpho-salinc yet ? Two already ! Well , come and take another with mo. " And straight way the two are standing before the water bar waiting for the pink cheeked maiden to hand out the morn ing libation. This water Is laxative. After breakfast you join the proces sion to the Regent spring whore you till your tank as full as it will hold of a water which clears out your kid neys. Then the procession moves to the Slloam spring and by the time you have walked the half mile you are ready for more water. After a little while you cross the street and llnlsh up on Lithla water. This ends the first round. Then you are expect ed to take bath in a salt-sulphur wa ter. If sufllclcnt time remains before dinner you start in and make another round of visits to the springs. The afternoon is devoted to the same pur suit and before you know It the day Is gone and you have consumed 2.r > to : ; ( ) pounds < > f water. Some of the water Is very heavy and it is a fa vorite pastime to weigh before drink ing and again Immediately after seas as to see how much you have gained. An instance of the curative proper- tics of the waters came under the ob servation of the writer. A man came there from Denver who was so laden with rheumatism that It was neces sary to carry him from the train and to his room at the hotel. Ho drank the waters until ho was able to get up in about ten days and then com menced to take the baths In addition. At the end of three weeks ho was free from pain and left for his homo ; i few days after the writer arrived. After the place becomes better known It will be visited by thousands where hundreds go now. It is claimed by those in position to know that a euro for rheumatism is effected much quicker than it is at Hot Springs , Ark. What the place wants now is a good advertising manager to lot people know what they have down there. EXCITEMENT RUNS HIGH AT O'NEILL OVER DEED. LYNCHING FEARED FOR SWEET Inflicting upon a Tiny 5-Year-Old Girl the Most Loathsome of All Diseases , and the Little Girl Now Dead , He Cowers Behind the Bars , O'Neill , Neb. , May 31. Special to The News : Excitement ran high hereon on receipt of the news from Norfolk that Maude Stortz , the little 5-year- old girl upon whom was Indicted so terrible n disease , was dead In a hos pital there. Dell Sweet , who Is charged with the crime , Is behind the bars of the jail hero. Dell Sweet was a farm hand on the farm of the Stortz's. Through his Instardly deed , the tiny , Innocent baby girl , scarcely old enough to talk , was given the most loathsome of all diseases. A short time ago she was taken to Norfolk for treatment in a hospital there. Gradually she grew worse and last night she died. There were ugly threats in the air when Sweet was arrested. The feel Ing is intensely bitter now that the victim of his brutality has succumbed The parents are respected in Holi county. They have many warm friends. For them the greatest synv pnthy is expressed on all ildos. It is not known what charge cai bo filed against the fellow as yet. I may turn Into murder. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MAKES NOTABLE ADDRESS. REVIEWS THE GREAT CONFLICT. he Result was Not the Matter of One Great Battle or of a Short and Brilliant Campaign , but the Steady and Persistent Effort. Gettysburg , May HO. It wan a argo and notable gathering that as- oniblcd In the national cotnotory at his place to observe Memorial day ml listen to the address of President loose volt. The president sain : The place whore wo now are has von a double distinction , Here was ought one of the great bullion of II time , and bore wan spoken ono of ho few spocchos which shall last hrough the agt-H. As long an thin ( public cnduroH or tin history In ( iiown , so long shall the memory of he buttle of Gettysburg IIUcwlHo ndiire and ho known ; and as lung no he English longuo Is undprHlnod , HO eng shall Abraham Lincoln's Gcltyn- urg speech thrill the hearts of man- ilnd. The civil war was a great wir : for IghtouutuioHH ; a war waged tor the loblost ideals , but waged also In homiighgolng , practical fashion. II van ono of the few wars which moan , n their successful outcome , n lift to- vanl hotter things for the nulloim of nanklnd. Somowarfl have meant the triumph f order over anarchy and licentious- IOHH masquerading as liberty ; Homo , -ars have- meant the trlpniph of Iberty over tyranny masquerading s order ; but thin victorious war of iiirs meant the triumph of both lib- rly and order , the triumph of orderly Iberty , the bestowal of civil rights i pen the freed slaves and at ho same time the stern Insist- nice on the supremacy of the na- lonal law throughout the length and iroadth of the land. Moreover , this var was ono of these rare. contests n which it was to the imimviMirablo nterosls of the vanquished that they ihould lose while at the same time ho victors acquired the procloiw irlvilogo of transmitting to those vho came after thorn , as a heritage if honor forever , not only the mom- iry of their own valiant deeds , but he memory of the deeds of those vho , no loss valiantly and with equal ilncorlty ol purpose , fought against ho stars in their courses. The war eft to us all , as fellow-countrymen , ah it-others , the right to rejoice that ho union has boon restored in hide- itriictlblo shape In a country whore lavory no longer mocks the boast of reodom , and also thp right to ro- oico with exultant pride In the coiir- iitc. the self-sacrlllce , and the duvo- ion , alike of the men who wore the duo and the- men who wore the gray. He Is but a poor American who , ooldng at this Hold does not leol with- n himself a deeper reverence for the Hilton's past and a higher purpose to nake the nation's future rise level o her past. Hero fought the chosen ons of the north and the south , the east and the west. The armies which > n this Hold contended for the mas- ory wore veteran armies , hardened long campaigning and desperate Ighting into such Instruments of war is no other nation then possessed. The severity of the fighting is attest ed by the proportionate loss a loss mrivnlcd in any battle of similar size since the close of the Napoleonic Urugglos ; a loss which in certain regiments was from throe-fourths to our-flfths of the men engaged. Every spot on this Hold has its own assocla- lens of soldierly duty nobly done , > f supreme self-sacrlflco freely ren dered. The names of the chiefs who ervod in the two armies form a eng honor roll ; and the enlisted inon voro worthy , and oven more than vorthy , of these who led them. Cvory aero of this ground has Its iwn associations. Wo see where the ight thundered through and around he village of Gettysburg ; where the irtillory formed on the ridges ; whore ho cavalry fought ; whore the hills vere attacked and defended ; and vhoro linally the great charge surged up the slope only to break on he summit In the bloody spray of ; allant failure. But the soldiers who won nt Get- ysburg , the soldiers who fought to n finish the civil war and thereby made heir countrymen forever their debt- > rs , have loft us far more even than ho memories of the war Itself. They ought for four years in order that on his continent those who came after hem , their children and their children's children , might enjoy a astlng peace. They took arms not to lostroy , but to save liberty ; not to overthrow , but to establish the su premacy of the law. The crisis which they faced was to determine whether or not this people was fit for self government and therefore fit for liberty. Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those who show themselves worthy of It. In this world no privilege can bo permanently appropriated by men who have not the power and the will suc cessfully to assume the responsibility of using it right. In his recent ad mirable little volume on freedom and rcbponslblllty In democratic gov ernment , Piosldent Hadley of Yale has pointed out that the freedom which Is worth anything is the free dom which moans self-government and 1 not anarchy. freedom thus con ceived Is a constructive force , which i enables an intelligent and good man , to do better things than he could do ! without It ; which is in its essence the substitution of self-rest mint for ex ternal restraint the substitution of r a form of restraint which promotes j progress for the form , which retards ) It. This Is the right view of freedom ; but It can only bo taken if there is a fii'1 P'I" Mltloii of the cloMO con ned Ion iietwecu liberty and roHpotiHl- hlllty In every domain ( if human the if1 : ! It WIIH os.setitlally the view taken hy Abraham Lincoln , and by all I hone who , when the civil war broke out roall/ed that In a solfgox curing democracy these who desire to bo considered lit to enjoy liberty must show that they know how ( o IIHO It with moderation and Justice In peace , and how to light for It when It IH jeoparded by malice , domoHtlc or foreign levy. The It'HHotiH they taught UH are les sons as applicable In our everyday lives now as In the rare Union of great stress. The men who made this Hold forever memorable did HO because they combined the power of feally to a lofty Ideal with Iho power of showing ( hat fealty In hard , prac tical , common HOIIHO fashion. They stood for Iho llfo of effort , not Iho llfo of ease. They had that love of country , that love of justice , that lo\o of their fellow-man , without which power and resourceful elllcleni'.v hut make a mini a danger to hhi follows. Vet , In addition thereto , they likewise poHscHHcd Iho power and Iho clllclrn- cy ; for otherwise their high purpose would have been barren of lomil ! They know each how ( o nel for him self , and yet each how to act with his follows. They learned , an all Iho gonoratloiiH of Iho civil war learned , that rare Indeed IH Iho chance to do anything worth doing by one mid den and violent effort. The men who believed that the civil war would he ended In ninety days , the men who erlod loniloHt."ln ) to Richmond. " If they had Iho right stuff In them speedily learned their error ; and the war wan actually won by thoiio who nettled IhoniHolvon steadfastly down to light for three yearn , or for an much longer an Iho war might last , and who gradually grew to understand that the triumph would come , not hy a single brilliant victory , hill hy a hundred painful and todloim cam- palgnn. In the cam and Iho west Iho columns advanced and recoiled , swayed from side to side , and again idvaneed ; along Iho coantn the hhick ships stood endlessly off and on ho- fore the hontllo forln ; generals and ndnilral.s emerged Into the light , oaeli lo faro bin crowded hoar of HIICCOHH or failure ; the men In front , fought ; the men behind supplied and pushed forward these in front ; and the Una ! victory was due to the deodn of all who played their purls well and man fully , in UK ; SCOCOH of battles , In Iho ciimllosH nhlrmlHhoH , In march , In camp , or In reserve , an oominlHtdoned Ulcers , or In Iho ranks wherever and whenever duly called I hem. .lusl so it must be for UH In civil llfo.Vo can make and keep thin country wor thy of the men who gave their HVOH lo save II , only on condition ( lint Iho average man among us on Iho whole does bin duty bravely , loyally , and with common sense , In whatever posi tion llfo alloto to him. National greatness - ness IH of slow growth. It can not. ho forced and yet be stable and en during ; for It IH based fundamentally upon national character , and national character In stamped deep in a people ple by the lives of many genoratlonH. The men who wont Into the army had to submit to discipline , had to submit , lo restraint through Iho gov ernment of the loaders they had cho sen , as the price ol winning. So we , the people , can preserve our liberty and our greatness In time of peace only by ourselves exercising Iho vir tues of honesty , of self-restraint , and of fair dealing between man and man. In all the agon of the past men have neon countries lese their liberty , be cause their people could not restrain and order themselves , and therefore forfeited the right to what they were unable to use with wisdom. It was because you men of the civil war both know how to URO liberty temperately and how to defend It at need that wo and our children and our children's children shall hold you in honor forever. Here , on Memorial day , on this great battlefield , wo com memorate not only the chiefs who ac tually won this battle ; not only Meade , and his lieutenants , Hancock and Reynolds and Howard and Sick les , and the many others whoso names fhuno in our annals ; but also the chiefs who bad made the army of the Potomac what It was , and those who afterwards led It In the cam paigns which were crowned nt Appomattox - mattox ; and furthermore those who made and used Its sister armies ; Me- Clollan , with his extraordinary genius for organization ; Rosecrans ; Huell ; Thomas , the unyielding , the steadfast ; and that great trio , Sherman , Shcri- dan , and last and greatest of all , Grant himself , the silent soldier whoso hammer-like blows finally beat down even the prowess of the men who fought against him. Above nil wo moot here to pay homage to the ofll- cers and enlisted men who served and fought and died , without having , as their chiefs had , the chance to write tholr names on the tablets of fame ; to the men who marched and fought In the ranks , who were buried in long trenches on the field of battle , who died In cots marked only by num bers In the hospitals ; who , if they lived , when the war was over , wont back each to his task on the farm erin in the town , to do his duty In peace as ho had done it In war ; to take up the threads of his working life where no had dropped them when the trum- liets of the nation pealed to arms. Today , all over this land our people moot to pay reverent homage to the dead who died that the nation might live ; and we pay homage also to tholr comrades who are still with us. All are at one now , the SOUK of those who wore the blue and the sons of these who wore the gray , and all can unite In paying respect to the memory of those who fell , each ol them giving his life for his duty u * he saw It ; and all should bo nt om in learning from the deaths of those men how to live usefully while tin times call for the performance of the countless necessary duties of every day life , and how to hold ourselvei ready to die nobly should the na lion over again demand of her sum the ultimate proof of loyalty. WORLD'S ' FAIR * M . ! 4. ? ! M > | < * Icnvimj Omahn at 530 ; p. in. . * ! ! y Arrivmci at St. Louis at 8:30 : a.m. * * * 5 * ? * * * * M l''or ' descriptive MIII ! illtiHlratoil | nitnddcK | boolm on the dlllVrenl HtnloH , Ij ! J inniM ] , folders , etc , \ MHIthe putM-ngnr anil liol.H ni/i > nl nt Onmlm. M i a M TOM lU'tillKS , T I1. , \nciit T. K. < ; < > l > I''IKY ' ( , P .V T Ap.nt. ! j ! H S. ! ; ( Win-i Illlinnil DmiylnOM AHA , NKl ! M * ft YOU MUST NOT FORGET Thillciini rn'isliiiil ly rouitit , ' in Mm jirl of niiil"u' IMMC IMiolns. ml our | innlurls will al ways lie fouml | u I'nilh'iicc Mm and Novcsl Sly'tvs ' in C.inls ami l-'inisli We also ran-y a linn line oi' Moh'in ' s snilalilo for all kinds of framing. The Practice of Medicine Becoming Specialized The Physicians of the Large Cities the First to Adopt it and There are Now Many Throughout the Country. Kpoolnllflm In Iho Idea of Iho day. Not that , every physician can bo a specialist , nor would II ho jiiHllllahlo in every doctor becoming one , but I hero are ailvniilagen that can bo de rived only by a special praclle.o which IH applicable to eerlaln communities even though the physician himself Is not a Imna lido resident of thai lin- medllo vlolnlly. Small IOWIIH and Iho country are the principal oommunllloH In which a specialist could scarcely prosper , but OH pracllceil by some ; | icoliilbt8 ; , that of going from ono city to another , making his visits and seeing his patients at regular ap pointed intervals , one can derive advantages - vantages far superior to those re ceived In many Instances by a visit to the cities. \Ve cite , for liiKlanco , that of Dr. Paldwi'll , a specialist of Chicago , who Is and has boon making regular vis its to our community for the last two years. Dr. C'nldwoll came well roc- oniniendod and has succeeded In es tablishing a practice far beyond her expectations. Bho has made many cures and has succeeded in building up a reputation and practice among Ihosn whom slio has cured that would ho hard to got away from hor. Dr. CJaldwoll Is a lady from the now school. Her experience and training have been gained by many years of practice and the treatment of avast number of cases. Shn confines her self to the treatment of chronic , lin gering and ( loop seated ailments. She pretends to cure only such diseases as she has bad Hiilllclent experience In handling , and does not go Into that class of Incurable diseases which in many cases are useless to bother with. As a result of long experience , Dr. Oaldwcll Is thoroughly familiar with her specialties. In the treatment of cancer , consumption , heart disease , nervousness and female diseases , there are very few specialists hotter qualified than Dr. Oaldwoll. Some of her cures seem almost like miracles. People from far and near consult her as she makes these regular visits and she Is always busy from the tlmo she arrives until the tlmo of her depar ture. It Is claimed by Dr. Caldwell's friends that she can diagnose n dis ease without n question. This being FOllOW THE FLAG. " TAKE THE WABASH SAINUOUIS THE ONLY LINE TO THE WORLD'S FfiiB MAIN ENTRANCE. Iho eiiiie , Rhn In mil likely to doctor her patlenl for HID wrung ailment , which IH many I linen done by phynl- clans of Inexperience. Dr. Caldwell does not Iron ! typhoid fnvor , whoopIng - Ing rough , moaslcH , and HIOHO ucuto dlHonxcH which Iho local homo physi cian Is called upon to treat. It IB nether her dnslrn to nnlagonl/e nor to take from the home physician that part of the hiudnoHH which really belongs to him. Many Union Dr. Oaldwcll Is In roiiHiillallon with the homo phyHlclan and the Kindest of feelings should exist between them. Dr. Caldwell Is charitable. In many Instances where people are devoid of funds to pay for their services Bho charges In niich cases for the modi- fine only und no person , no mutter how humble , has she over turned away without seeking to glvo thorn relief. Ily permission wo nro pleased to publish u few of the euros she has made throughout the state of Nebras ka : Mrs. Oscar Lange , Tnknmnh , Nob. , cured of stomach trouble and female I rouble of long standing. Mrs. Mnlonoy , West Humphrey , Neb. , cured of nervous trouble , kid ney and liver trouble , and female weakness. Mrs. .John Connolly , Akron , Nob. , cured of cancer , had boon healed by n number of doctors , without any benefit , cured with five Injections. Mr. Pete Hlblp , Columbus , Nob. , cured of kidney and bowel trouble. Mrs. .John Swain , darks , Nob. , cured of female trouble , catarrh and nervous trouble. Mrs. Henry Hart , Kearney , Nob. , cured of tumor. .Mrs. Henry Cnskoll , Pozad. Nob. , cured of nervous and stomach trou ble. Mrs. H. Sloan , Akron , Nob. , cured of consumption. Mrs. .Jacob Puff , Cozad , Neb. , cured of nervous disease , feinnlo weakness and tumor. Miss 13va Cole , Sutherland , Neb. , cured of cntnrrh. Richard Underwood , Dancroft , Nob. , cured of stomach trouble and nervous trouble of long standing. I will bo In Ponder nt the Palace hotel , on Tuesday , May 17. FARM LOANS Lowest Rales. IW , J , COW & BRO , 1 | NORFOLK , NEBRASKA. Money on Hand ! FARM LOANS Sick Headache ? Food doesn't digest well ? i Appetite poor ? Bowels ! constipated ? Tongue coated ? It's your liver ! Aycr's Pills are liver pills ; they cure dys pepsia , biliousness. 25c. All Vt.uit > i'iir . iiiiiuoi.n-liitur biMtd a beautiful bruun t > r r.4'h ttlaclc ' 'llu-n u o BUCKINGHAM'S ' DYE . , , Co. N tHU h H