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10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , FEB1UTAKY 21 , 1802-SIXTEEN PAfltiP. ii AIWA mm AND OTHER STORIES. BY "M.tQUAD" . Special attention U called to the fnct that TUB BCB has exclusive use in Its territory of "AI. Quad's" current writing * . iev > i > i/rfiMtti ( s57i/7/ie ! / / r.w's. . ] Kxri.AVAToiir As wo wore ready to go to j-pross with our liisldo pnR on Wednesday 'uflornoon , wo discovered that wo had no 'Ink. ' A nalf-brccd known nround town ns "Strawberry Joe , " who ocrnsslon ally chores nround The Kicker office , had stolen the key the night before nud Konoolf to the hills with It to bnvo n spree. Ho hnd tailed printer's 'Inknnd tlkoditnnd probably thouzhtlt would bring ' 'bit ; drunk" thicker nnd last longer than whiiky. OTPWITH Tim INK. As wo couldn't llnd Joe , nnd ns our esteemed - . teemed contemporary down the street never ruses real Ink , wo had to miuufncUiro some thine out of lampblack and cnotus Juice. "Wo can't say It was a success , but under the clrcumstunccs wo hope onr subscribers will 'boar with us. Wo have fourteen men out on mules looking for the half breed , nnd 1mvo 'jno doubt , ho will soon ho located and a portion tion of the Ink recovered. LVTEII. Str.wborry Joseph was located , the day after the above was written , nnd nbout ton pounds of the ink was brought 'J back to us. The boys burled him where ho 'foil ' , which Is on a lovely lltllo mound nbout , tliiilecn miles duo northwest of tbo town. j Wo boar him no 111 will. Having got through with this inky llfo wo trust that ho will < sloop peacefully and well. No OUTJIUH I'onTur. An nvcrago of thirty 0 poems , Idyls , refrains and so forth reach this offtco every week from parties living nl a distance. While Tbo Kioltor publishes a , great deal of poetry , it u poJtry written at rt homo by local poets. Wo waut uo outsldo contributions In this lino. This apparently unjust discrimination is entirely governed by circumstances. When a local poet dashes off something good ho or she at once canton down to this oftlco nud hands it In for publi cation. Wo must either publish it or bo shot nt. For a year or so wo preferred the shoot log , but finding that the noise and excite ment unstrung the nerves ot the compositor. } nnd Interfered with getting out Job work on tlmo wo finally ncceplod tbo poetry. It Is no bettor than outsldo poetry , but outsiders can't shoot at us. I THE LAST TERROR. I vras the only newspaper man In Cuitor 'City when the last tarror of the west curao 'in and surrendered himself and went out of the terror business forever. Ho had hoard Ithat Grizzly-Joe , Wildcat iilll , Rittlestmko Jllank , Awful Sara and the rest of thd tor- ) ron had either boon keeled over or quit the trade , and ho came in to make terms. I was talking with mo sheriff when tbo last living- 'terror ' , who answered to the name of Doad- ishot Steve , wnluod up. Ho was armed with ( two revolvers In his bolt and a bulldog pistol in his pants pocket. Down along bis spinal column was u bowlo Knife , and in his vest porUet tbo left car of thu last man who had refused to drink poison with him. i . "Well ? " he queried In a voice which had f.made a hundred men chill in other days. I. "It's played , " quietly replied the sheriff. "All out of the uuslupssj" "Every one. Tbo man across the road I will Rivoyou $15 for your outfit. Como In , J out of the wot. " IIH.V OUT UT A CHIN'AMtX. . "It's tough , " said the Terror , ns his thoughts wont back to other day * ; "cut this yero civilization walks over everything. I cavo. " I met him later on , when bo bad had his balr cut and boon washed up and oxchaugcd liis buckskin , and I asked bun how bo felt. "Queer , but I'll ' probably ( jet used to It. " ho replied. ' 'When a man's bin n-llvln holy terror for twelve years no's sort o' rooted to it. Got to change , though. The Terror bus iness Is played. " ' "Two days later , as I was ready to depart , uncountorcd bim as he was wielding an nxo on a uood nllo in frout of a saloon. When npaln asked how he fult ho looked really cheerful ns ho replied : "I'm a-clttln thar , stranger , and you kin put mo down as cured. When a feller culls mo n liar both hands go back fur my guns bofbre 1 klu stop "em , but that's habit , you know , and I'll icon itit over It. " "And you have gene to work ? " _ "Hud to dn it or go up fur a va r. Civiliza tion Is a rollm right in yero , nnd everybody's got to knuckle or take to the bllli. I've knuckled. Sand's all SOMO. " I went to the postofilro to taka the stage , and II f teen minutes later the vehicle and Its load passed the wood pllo. Dead shot Steve was no longer thore. Looking out across the pUin we saw him speeding us If for bis Ufa , ana thirty fcot behind him , and haraly hold- liiir his own , was a chunky Chinaman armed .with a broken broom handle. The Terror was belli ) ; run out of town by a washea man. WIN YOUNG MEN DO KOI SUCCEED. ( Could I be put back to the ago of 30 , know ing men as I know them now , I should work out the problem of life on an altogether differ- pat plan. I can look back over the pathway I have traveled and ten were I nindo many owl serious mistakes , and uono of thcso \Vpuld happen again. i The other day I met a man who bad Just drawn his cheek for a oouplo of hundred thousand dollars yrltbout winking an eye. Thirty years air I ha aoa I started the mad career of llfo to- getter lu a r al estate ofllco nt JKI a week piece. The real estate man was as bald * beaded as the first puu ever printed lu a no\vpaper , but ho labored under the impres sion that nobody know it but himself. My ypuuir friend tumbled to the proper caper , and giatlfled our employer by presenting him with an onice hair brush and prctoudluK to brush hairs off his coat collar , I wasn't bulU tl at way. Instead of a hair brush J pro- eutea him with a patent preparation war- riiutad to force a growth of balr on the bottom tom of a cast Iron kettle , and twenty socouds later was flung outdoors without the balaucu f niy taiurjr. Ou that aiup dawjr > ouu friend bad hi * wapet raised to $10 per week , and ho had noUilnp to do but stay thoto nnd succeed to the business and b scorn a a rich man , Once upon n tlrao , wbllo the chains of cldil.v youth still bound mo fast , I secured n pla < 5o In the odloo of nn Insurance npont. There nnq nUo another boy there , bnt ho was not llkn mo. Ho had horse sense about things. Our employer was a coed man n very peed man , who loved hN wife nndrhlldron denrlv. Ono day vhen ho wai out his wlfo catno down uihl wanted to nlminatro hN dcik. The other hey the boy with horse scnsa Mod to her and said the keys were potio anil every drawer filled with dynamite. She loolioJ so disappointed that I foil norrv for her and found a KPV which would fit. Hho took nwny a package of lotterj , nud within n wcok hud applied fora divorce"Iho boy \vlth horse sense staid riirht there nnd piled up wealth , while I took a skip with a boot trying to ovcrtauo mo. As time drnggcd atone ; and I cot to know more , or at least suspected that I did , I cot n place with n man who , llKo the tlrst ono natnoJ , had peculiar ideas nbout the top of bM hoau. While ho had plenty ot hnlr , ho didn't fnncv the color , and therefore used a dye. The fnct that ho dlud was nlnln to ovorv living soul who snw him by day or by night , oxcnpt the other bov employed in the olllco. Ho couldn't ' and wouldn't sco it. Even when our employer stood before the glass 111 the washroom nnd touched up the rod spots here and there which persisted in showing up , iho other boy called the stuff boar's oil and dandruff crndlcator , t > nd mourned because ho wasn't rich enough to buy some. Ono day our omplorcr , norhnpn wishing to ton our character for truth nnd veracity , called ui up nnd aikod if wo know the contents of the boll In. "Yes , sir , I do , " ronllod the other boy ni ho folded his arms and cait hU eyes upon the floor. "Whan your brain U wonry nnd your head throbs you apply that modlclno In the botllo nnd llnd roliof. I can always see a bnppy clmnpo in you hi nbout three minutes. " Our employer smiled blandly nnd turned to mo. I could not toll a Uo on fo per week , with otllca hours from 8 a. in. to 0 p. in. , nnd I firmly answered ; "Yes , sir , I do. It is a balr dye , and this wbolo towu U onto you bigger than a house I" That boy , who had the horse sense to ho , remained right there until iho man died , nnd was then romoraborcd In his will. I luft the ofllco by three different dooM uoCoro the words of sacred truth xvoro yet cold on my lips. Even after I bad grown old ououphto weir No. 9 boots mid demand 00 cents a cord for sawing beech and maple wood I hadn't learned the lesson of life. J accidentally secured a beautiful Job In the ofllce of n rail road superintendent. He wns n cultivated nnd benign gentleman , who sometimes in dulged In tbo flowing bowl that Is , ( thought ho did. but no ono else in the oftlco could sco It or would admit it. They ascribed his queer condition to the cloctrlo state of the atmosphere , overwork , worry about cattle trains , and so forth and so on. On three or four occasions , when tbo superintendent wns evidently nil broke up about the Rravol trains , I kept him away from the public until ho could .soak his head in cold water nnd ease thu wild throbhmgs which reddouod his eves and nose nnd thickened his spooch. For this ho-patted mo on thu back and predicted lhat I was boriv to bo president of the Michi gan Central railroad. Ono day consclenco suddenly upbraided mo for n liar und u horse thief. It hiipponod to bo a , clay on wtilch ttio superintendent was ' unusually'worried. . Ho was so broken up that ho was lying on the floor. A couple of directors called to see him and Instead of duplicity and falsehood I came out boldly and elimbeu the pedestal of truth and honor and showed them In. J never knew what happened there. Whnt happened outside the door an hour Inter interested mo fur moro. Tbero was a small balance duo mo. but I never returned for it. Llfo Is worth raoro than Oo cents to any man , even it ho doesn't ttuow much. As I said lu the bostnnlng , if I could bo put back to live my lifo over again , I should do things differently. Trutb. is mighty , but policy boats it all hollow. Candor is to be admired only when a llttlo lying won't do twice as much good. Honesty is held up as a shining star , but the miin who has made three failures in business and settled for 15 cants on the dollar gels another stock of goods on just the same terms as the man who has pegged along for thirty years pay ing 100 cents on the dollar. , In my now departure 1C a man had a rod nose I would take my affidavit that it was whiter thun snow ; if ho was bumnbackod I'd swear that ho was strulgbter than a fence pIcKet ; it ho had a homely wiio _ t'd ' writa poetry praising her beautv. Every man has his weakness. I'd find the touchy point and tumble to it. An old man once asked mo to guess his ago. Ho was a benevolent old man with money to leave some ono. Ho was al most 70 years old , taut ho cantered around llko n giddy colt nnd tried to make folks bc- liovo ho was yet under fifty. I candidly told him that ho looked elder than my grandfa ther , who was T.'i , and ho never spoke to mo again. Ho left $ . ' 0,000 in cold cash to a young man wno had the sense to guess that he was only 4'.l. I can look buck over the hlsrhway of llfo and see where I ought to have lied where i told the solemn truth , where I should Lave used iliplomacv Instead of admitting that the goods \vuro half cotton and would shrink , whcio I could bavo adulterated the coffee and watered tbo molasses and been uboad of the game "without hurting anyone's feelings. Even tbo man to whom I sold my spavined horse and pointed out the spavins in advance was disgusted with my honesty , and the wo man who thoughthor husbanddoadat the bottom tom of the well until I told her I had mot him and tbo hired girl eloping together doxvn , ncrosa the cow pasture never forgave mo for the truthful statement. BY A HAIR'S BREADTII. lc was a February day , with a warm sun and a Chinook wind from the Pacific ocean molting the snow. All uloni ; the trail , as wo woundup the mountain sldo , great masses of snow suomcd to overhang us , and more than once I noticed how anxious the grUzly lialrod old auido suomod to bo. Only a narrow path had been cloirod through the snow , and the twenty tnulos followed oaca other In stnglo llio. Half way up wo came to four cabins occupied by minors. Thrno brawn/ men in red shirts stood at the door of ono of the cabins talking us wo tilud post. Salutes wora * given nnd returned , but wo had no oocaalob to halt. Wo had gene about .799 foot and wora about to make a turn In tbo trail when I halted to look bark. Thu guido was ahead I carne second. The line of mules was strung1 out for a quarter of a mile , and on foot among thorn were ftvo packers , all half breads. I heard no signal of danger no crv of alarm. With the snlftno < s of thought tbo snow 500 feet up the mountain began to move. The width of the ava lanche was rbout half a mlle , and it moved Ilka a flash. I was looking full nt It , but its speud confused the oyo. There word thous ands of tons of snow , hundreds of trees , hun dreds of grout bowlders. Tnero was no rumbling , no crashing. The rush was almost noiseless simply a sound ItkonsroDtlo wind blowing among tbo pines , In fifteen nocouds it was nil ever , and a cloud of what seemed smoke hunv ever tbo spot. It drove off down the mountain after two or three minutes , and I looked for our pack train. Not a man nor a mule had escaped. I looked for the cablui. They bad disappeared. Ayolthevory trail had boon swept dovvn into tbo valley a mlle below and nlmost across It. For a spaoa half a mile wide there wua neither tree nor shrub not a yard of oartb. Tno avalanche bad ground Us way down to tbo rooks heaved up in the convulsion of 10,000 years ago. I turned and looked at th'o guide , wouUorlni : if It was nil u droam. 'Purty clus call thatl" lie whispered as ho pointed to the well defined od e of tbo avulancho , not a yard from my horse's beoU. "Come ou , All the man la Montana oould not dig them out I" AN AMERICAN FABLE. The Jury having returned a verdict of. "Uullty" UKiilns.t a Man on Tri < a for stoallug Sheep , bis i-uwycr nrose und said to iho Court : "May It pfease Your Honor , I otic to quash all Proceedings on tbo ground of Dofootlvu luformAtlon. Wh'llo my Client ndrilU ( stealIng - Ing- twelve ambs , be has been charged with and convicted of stealing twelve Snoop. A Lamb U not Legalty'n , Sheep , Your Honor. " "Your point Is well taken. " ' replied the Judge , after Reflection , "uud I will BVQ the Prisoner tUs bousflt of th Teohuicallty. 1 xvns tntorullnc to sentence Him to Iho I'cnl- tentlarv for two Yean , but will tshjuisft It teState State Prison for the same term.V hllo n trtmb Is not n bhcop. neither 1a n Stnto Prison n Pcintonllary. " The Lw.vor got the Shonp , of couno. EVERYnODYlVAS " UIITiy. " There xviw n louo woman in the soul behind - hind me In the unisongor coach , a'ld bv nnd bv n man pot on nt n smnll station nnd took the seat nheail ot tno. They Imaiadiatclv recognized ouch other ns acquaintances , nnd hos tldi "Why , Mrs. firlggs , nnd whnr'boyou n- Clttlu to ! " "I'm n-ptttln to PotorUown/ ' she re plied , "nn whar' bo yo' n-ROUlti to fo' the Lawd I" "I'm a-glttln to.Inmostown , nnd how bo all yo'r folks a-gltttnt" "Purty well , thiuik yo' , and I duti hoard that yo'r orothor Sam was a-gluln fur Alii- bamn fur to tnlta land ! " "Yes , Sam's ' n-gittlu uml Jim ho reckons to bo n-glttln in the fall , nnd tf things go right I reckon I may bo a-gUttti nftor- wnrd. Was yo'r man a-tlilnltln ot n-glttln anywhnr'I" ' "Sorter , but can't sav. I'd n-gltt but he's slow. " "A glttln bettors ono , I think. " "It's according to whnr' ho n-glts , I take It , but I'm fur a-gltlln to soniowhar' ' or sum- thin. If wo'tl n-got flvo years ago to Texas we'd n-bcon rich now , but Tom won't bo fur n-ilttln so long ns ho kin git co'n bread nn coon meat. Everybody who's a-got out of our county is now n-glttin bolter nor nnvor nforo , nud I'm gwino to Uoop pustorln Tom till bo will n-glt hlssL-lf. " TIIOH1 ! .IWITL I'OUAttSTHRS. Philadelphia Press : "Papn , where wns the pardon of EdonV" "Well , flluud , it is supnosod to have boon somewhere in Asia. " "I know it couldn't huvo boon in Orofjon. " "Why so ? " "Well , you know Ihov say it rains out there tnirtcon months in the voar'i" ' "Yos. " "Well , Adam was made out of dust , wnsn't hoi1" "Yes. " ' 'Then if ho hud boon made in Oregon his name wouldn't have boon Adam. " "Why not ? " "Because it would have boon 'mud. ' " "OhI" # Children' * idons of uaofultioss in this world , toys the Boston Record , nro primitive , to say tlio least. A Boston editor hus n five-year-old boy who has pronounced views on this subject. Ho said the other day nt t'.ia table : "Ptvp.i , I wish you worn a baUeshop man ! " "Why , my boy ? " "Because then you could bring homo cakes and things , an' wo could go in and got cookies when wo wauled to. Or if you wore a meat man , or a grocery man , or a carpenter and rnmlo niuo things , era a blaoiwmith shop man that would bo awful line. Say , pupa , is it any good what you do ? " Ilarpo r's Bazar : "I'm going to have a party on mamma's birthday , " ro- mnrketf Ethel , "and I'vo invited twenty- five boys and girlfa. " "What a nice mamma < you must havol" suld the visitor. "Oh doesn't know , mamma anything about it , " answered Et'uol ; "it'a'golng to bo a surprise party for her. " Washington Star : "Hello , Johnny , " said the man who always has time to talk to children. "You are in n hurrv , ' " " ain't you ? "Yes , sir. " "I know your father , Hn'a always in a hurry. You take after him , don't you ? " "No , sir. I gassed him and -ho just took after me. That's why I'm ' in such a hurry. " Indianapolis Journal * "Paw , " said lit tle Tommy Figg , ' ! hoard Mr. Watts say that great men's sons never did any good. I ain't a great nttin'a son , am IV" Up to a late hour Mr. Pigg's mind had not found a butlleiantly diplomatic an swer. * * * Bertha Grandma , is oor toof good'/ Grandma No , darling ; I'vo got none now , unfortunately. Bertha Then I'll give oo my nuts to , , mind till I como back. * * * * "O mamma , " said a little Boston girl who was taken the other day to a Padorowski "function , " "how I should like to have scon his head when it was n budV" # 4t it Little Ethel had never soon'a toad before fore , and having by chance discovered ono in her llovvor garden , came running to the house , nor face flushed with excitement - citomont , crying : "Mamma , mamma , como quick ! There's n pocketbook hopping around out here with four logs oti it. " P. trnnizo Iloni Industry , and specify in your purchase : that you want goods made In Nebraska factories nnd pro duced by Nebraska soil. All wniskics and spltits ot any kind manufactured by Her & Co. und tbo Willow Springs distillery are miulo in the state and from Nebraska grain , consuming3,000 bushels per day. Insist uoon your dealer furnishing homo made goods ; they are equal to thu b < : st and cant uo more. Assist homo Industries. Doody'H I'OKth unions Juke , "Patsy" Doody , the boxer and mimic , who died the other day , was better known in the Fourth ward than "Mickoy" Pnddon liimsalf , Bays the Now York Trlbuuo. Doody was a natural wit , 4f ono ever lived , and ho was re- gnrd'jd as a diplomat by his constituents because ho novo'rdid a day'H work in his lifo. "Patsy" was "tough , " but a Vad cold caught at Now Orlonns about a year ago settled into consumption , which carried liim away last week. On the day of his aeath "Patsy" turned to the doctor and priest in attendance and said : "How is it with 'Patsy , ' fathorV" "You low " enid the "and are very , good man , you will bo with uaonlynfow hours. " "That's too bad , " said "Patsy , " but hia eyoa twinkled merrily ns ho said : "I wanted to llvo ever tomorrow , for I had some thlnpti I wanted to do before I died. Call my wife , " When the little woman catno in "Patsy" asked the doctor to ro- tlro , and then said : "Don't crV , ' Uttlo woman for 'Patsy' will bo all rigut. Just go down to the store nnd got a half pound of gunpowder. " When she eamo buck with the explosive "Patsy" took the package and requested her to hand him the big tin tobacco box which stood on themantel. It was 1mf ) full of to bacco. Mixing the powder and tobacco togothpr , "Patsy haudod the box UHils wife uud told her to put it back on the mantel. "You are wondering what that's for , little girl , " said "Patsy , " ' "and I will toll you. Thal0 | for ray blooming friends to 81119110 at 'mo wake tomorrow night" Florida unit Southeast ; Dixie Flyer Sloonors Nashville to Jacksonville , Flo.without change , ever Nashville , Chattanooga & St. Louts railway , via Chattanooga , Atlanta , ilacon. Berths onuagod through from St. Louis ever the Lookout Mountain route. Apply to or address J. H. Bull- mor , western passenger agent , DO La- Clede building , St , Louli. FARM HOffiftAGES ANDSILVER Tendencies of IJT/ / tarn States" Toward Bl- FARMERS 'WARDS ' OF THE NATION 5 ,8S _ ,0f All Immrdlntn uml Violent ( 'nntrartlnti of tlio Ciirrrni-lfi Would I'rrrrdo u iiililnii Upon IMIicr , lin la. VI Victor Ilnwrattr In rnluwMrt IMW Tlmtt for JiitwAiil , fan. "I nm in favor of ti sorvlco pension bill because tlio purcentnKO of ox-soldiers to the population in tlio won Is groatcr tlmn that In tlio cnst : for n similar reason I favor tlio frco colnngo of silver , because tbo farmers of tlio \vost n ro In debt to the capitalists of tlio oast. " llils U the reply Riven by n member of cotiRross representing n certain western dis trict when Interrogated concerning the motives for nls support of * paneling losUln- tlvo monsuros. It Is n well known fact that the chief demand for tbo free coinage of silver omaiwtoj from tlio people of the western states , and tvhathor or not the frank explanation Just quoted Is typical for representatives In coueross , It certainly forms the foundation for tbo reasoning us ually Indulged In td Justify such n law. From this naturally arises the question : Are mortgage debts usually burdensome to farm ers ; nnd if so , to what extent would a law enacting free coinage of silver remedy thalr con d III out The fact of tbo prevalence of farm mort- in the west , though the reports bavo probably boon considerably exaggerated , may bo accepted as tbo real basis for the present wldespic.id monetary complaints. But the more existence of farm mortgages does not necessarily Justify complaint. The causes and circumstances which lend to their Incurrence must bo examined before wo can | udpo whether tlioro exists tin aggravating burden. Viewed from tno standpoint of tbolr creation , farm mortgages fall into at least three classes. First , wo have mortgages which nriso when tbo purchaser makes only a partial payment for his luiul and binds the whole property us security for * the ulti mata extinction of the debt. Agriculture under inouorn conditions requires a much gtoater command of capital tmm In former years ; n farm of too small dimensions pre vents economies necessary for successful competition in the markets of today. If this capital is secured by purchasing land subject to mortflaco , the. creditor must in all fairness h < j rcganled in the role of a silent partner in the enterprise , to whom tlio debtor guaran tees u llxod rate of income" In the contidonco that ho himself Will cotno out with n still greater prollt. The debtor lalier upon him self the rislt of pevylng the stipulated interest in thu llrm expectation of gaining by the transaction ; if bo- fails through his own mis takes , ho lias only himself to blame. Tno snmo necessity of tbo nineteenth cen tury farmer foVJconslderablo capital occa sions thu second elflss of mortgages. In this case , however , Uiosoullgation ropresentsnot so much a partiab.owncrstup of the land , as rather a debt oritorod into in order to make desirable imurpipjoonts. I'homunov may bo Invested in now buildings , improved ma chlnory , additional stock , permanent drain age ; in caeb instance the transaction resem bles every ordinary commercial out&rprlso 1 ' where n merchants borrows capital in order to begin an Underletting that promises great i returns. Tbo responsibility of u bad Invest I ment rests upon himself alone. 1 -Mart gases may nriso in still a third man- | I nor. They mayj DO necessitated by causes entirely boyonoM- the control of the fnrmor. Among Mhoso causes are lire , storm , , grassHmipcrs nnd1drouth , re i sulting la dosfctrpu of , canital or in crop /ailuro.vr' fwi''btirdons ot'"dqbt. when < ! ' thus incurred are felt , most intensely. Not withstanding laws against usury , tlio bor rower is exposed to rho utmost exactions of the money lenders. If'outcry ' against the burdens of debt Is at all Justifiable , it can only bb acunowlodgort for tbis one class of debtors. On the other bund , mortgages given to renew or. to pay off other debts are to ba classified according- the causes which have pruvontod the dtlO'rnpaymciit of the preceding Indebtedness ; they .may , under certain circumstances , como undo ? our third classltication. - . _ , , j. What ratio tbo last group of mortgage debts oeare to the whole number of farm mortcagcs is not statistically known , but it may bo assumed that of tbo three it U not the most numerous. . Now , oven if the farm ers be unduly burdened , should the federal government undertake to relieve thomi Does the problem not resolve it self into n demand that the government in sure the farmers against misfortune , or lack of fortune , however occasioned ) The most oppressive forms of indebtedness are often forced upon tbo dobtois by reason of their own want of foresight when they could easily have fortitied themselves against loss. There nre not , only lire , , tornado , nnd accident In surance companies , but also corporations for tbo insurance of horses and cattle ; and while 1 have yet to hoar of any crop insurance com pany , It Is not Improbable that , tbo near future will bring form such an assdciation. A person may , upon economic grounds , favor * the compulsory Insurance of workingmen with tbo expense berne In part by the gov ernment without seeing tbo Justice of any olio class calling upon the whole people to bear burdens of indebtedness which they bavo ci'lled down upon thomselvos. The present agitation for free coinage of silver , us far as it is supported by the farm ers of the west , Is little iiun-o than tbo repe tition of the old greenback clamor that the farmer is the special ward of the nation and that the government should relieve him in whole or in nirt of bis self-incurroa Indebt edness , Only tbo'most rampant iiatlsts go to thu extreme of demanding tbo direct dist trlbutiou of money , or what is equivalent to the same thine : , loans by tbo government a 2 per.cont Interest upon security of agricul tural land , mid products. Tbo general view Is that -free colnago would bring into circula tion through natural channels A largo amount of silver , thus increasing tbo quantity of money outstanding nnd thereby raising prices , decreasing tbo interest burden and loworlnir the real value of existing debts , Are those expectations of _ tho. result of the enactment of u free-coinage law reasonable or well grounded ) It Is not necessary lioro to trace again the successive slops which' would , In all prob ability , follow Such an event. It is likely that an Immediate and violent contraction of the currency .WjQUlil i precede a gradual ex pansion , upou'nuiLvor basis. How long the process would laH&is u matter of speculation. We mny maUoJf ! | 6r mere argument , an as sumption tbutic'mll take pluco and that In a comparatively ijli'prt period of tlmo ; and wo may then ask wuwt will bo the resulting con dition of thaJiRBer of a mortgaged farm. The doprocintloifof tbo currency would un doubtedly lightetfthe existing Interest bur den , but woujd , * lv , , bring tbo debtor much nearer to the rqiM&ment of the dotnf While currency inllalbn raises the prices of bis products it wlllfiUv time , also raise tbo prices of what 110 repurchases , thus leav ing tbo rMil'jpn for savings out ( lightly dUtqWed. The only fund which would ( , fj8lncroa od and at the same time bo a'vallbblo for paying off tbo mortgage woulhl-bo that secured trom the ' il'l snlo of product * which had bean hold over during thu r.iiso In prices. 1'bat many of tbo ownen of mortcftsfod farms hold on hand for any period of tlmo products at nil approxi mating tholr debt In vnliiP , is unreasonable to suppoic. Southern planters sell their cot ton before It Is planted , while western farm er * are often compelled to dlsposo of tlu'lr crops bofovo harvesting. Then , " too , the aiti of ovory- crop snccooJIng the siato of com pleted inllatlon would bo Increased In about thosa.no ratio at the miirisot prlcoof tbo pioduct , mid leave tlio prlncloiil of tbo mort gage debt almost ns far from extinction as boforo. If free colnago of silver rai ps the prices otall permanent capital thirolll bo butnno suiowayof cnncollng ths mirunjo. The property itself uny bo sold nt its In creased pi ice. tbo debt | > nld , and the differ ence Docketed. Hut that wo'ild ' nvnll tbn farmer llttto ; in purchasing another pluco of land ho would lo onil that ho hnd gnliu'd. If ho bourUt again on credit , the now credi tor would olthar stlputnto for repayment In gold or cover his risk by requiring a higher rnto of Interest. This is by no moans wtiat the fnrmor wishes. Ho do3i not desire to dlsposo of his landed property ; wh.it ho wants Is to keep his farm ulillo capcsintr the burden of debt. Tbo extent to which the free colnago of silver would assist him in accomplishing his purpose , if It would ntslit him nt nil , has been'greatly exaggerated. The onlv legitimate way for n farmer to relieve hlmsolf of a mortgage debt , without giving lip his farm , Is to secure tno money for repayment by disposing of either bis laborer the products of his labor and capital. Mr. C. C. Campbell of Campbell Cotton Compress Co. , city oi Cincinnati , Ohio , writes : "Everybody finds relief shortly after using Hradycrotlno for headache. " i/o.v/r roll rnt : rt/ms. The newest walking coals do not have hip scams , but tlio majority have largo hip pockets. .Jewelled coronets have In some cases , sup planted the fragrance of the orange blossom wreath. Cloth nnd bongnlino , nnd India cashmere nnd wntorod silk , are very fashionable In combination. Deads will bo worked on the slippers very profusely , and In some instances imitation Jewelry will DO used. Qold slippers In fanciful designs are the newest shade , they combine t > o beautifully with every shade of ball gown. In Oxford ties or low-cut shoes , Sucdn patent leather , bright dongola and patent leather nro the fnvorllo materials. Dresses for little girls nro made nf tor mod ified models of older maid's gowns , but always much looser In tit than the originals , Tbn house slipper has undergone the inevitable revolution. The colors nro varied wi'b perhaps wino and light blue as the pre vailing shaucs. Tbo old-fashioned comfortable , seamless saequo ol our grandmothers is the latest nnd most approved London importation. It is ugly in length , It hasn't any lit. Plain shawl-shaped tnbllors , or these with shorter points nt cither side , have been niado by two or three of tbo PnrU dressmakers - makers and may find favor for dressy spring toilets. Suspenders and brotollos will bo usoa upon now toilets designed both for young ladies and slender youthful matrons. Some of these are made of the dross goods when of a rich quality. Do not bo too sure about causa and effect. The most heavenly complexion wo over saxv belonged to n woman of 8J who had oaten un limited piecrust and buckwheat cakes for twonty-tlvo years. Very pretty traveling cloaks como now in rough giay-bluo cloth with a yoke linish of passementerie in black , brightened with n little irold and a girdle of the same , the ends of which overlap in front. The Oxford , known as C.irmcncita , is a pretty nnd novel shoo in ties. Tuts shoo will bid for the popular favor , nnd Its Jhupely , tasteful appearance will clvo it tbo front rank among low cut shoes. A special fancy this spring will bo the use of pale green shades for accessories on dresses of light tun , and darker croons In pibe , sago and moss ; also , the use of palest yollo.v with gray and fawn frowns. , The French swallow-tall coat of the winter mode will reappear during tbo spiing with tbo coat , tails considcranly elongated and pointed , It Is paiticularly becoming to slender women , as aio all the modes now popular. Surah ribbon several inches \vido is striped with eighth-inch stripes of satin in gay colors. Sash ribbons aio shown having a tnoioo stripe on each side of a brocade , and also of white surah barred with wide stripes of satin in high coloring. In the now changeable or chameleon China sillts nnd twills , black nnd old rose Is one of the most effective combinations. A black silk of this kind , brocaded with roso-tinicd carnations , is made up with a petticoat of rose colo'-ud taffeta silk. Street heliotrope is exceedingly piotty in nil its shades , , but it is as trying to the com plexion as it is pretty. A chamois-colored vest , collar and'deep cuffs , striped with helio trope gimp , are an excellent relief for an un- patwrned holiolropo'gown. Velvet ribbon Is lavishly used on simple spring costumes , but not always In rows or points. The more original thu plan of ad justment , the more fashionable. Jet and coloreu gimps nnd ornaments are sometimes intermixed with these ribbon do vices , The wearers of patent leather shoos should never leave them in uioom where the frost can get at llipm , as frost cracks the enamel and renders the shoos worthless , it is best also to slightly warm patent leather before wearing , as the warmth renders it less brit tle. Lao berthas , fichus , nnd Stuart and Rubens collars appear on now and beautiful nrt toilets , also belts and sashes of handsome silk and satin ribbons , both plain and richly llgurod. The Hecamior frill is extensively used on evening bodices that arc cut in half- low rounaing fashion. The young man of promise who is seen with live or six rings on his third linger is following a fashion for which the German emperor is responsible. A man who can croud six rings upon his linger and still bo ublo to hbut his'hand is looked upon in aristocratic circles as one of the nobility , for it is said that such a length of lower Joint indicates high birth. Hound waists promise to bo worn in all kinds of material. They are bolted In closely or curve with the taper of the waist , nnd have .plastrons or vests , whichever nro most bo- coming. Felix million handsome camel's hair gowns with bogallno gathered into the front of the waist , which opens In n narrow oval shape over the him , and is drawn together nt the neolcand waist. The chuncoable surahs are among tbo no west - est silks. More accurately they are double- faced surahs. They nro figured in designs that show nn attempt at novelty. One has toll wicker peach baskets overflowing wltu flowers ; nnothor looks ns though itvasnp - pliqued in the moat delicate point laco. An odd design in a brown silk Is n broken link through which Is hung n spiral spring. In looking over a rare old book of Illustra tions of fashions 1-0 years ago , it is noted that uony modes of the present day are al most identical In feature with tboioof long ago ; for Instance , the bll skirt , with oor- dors , ruchesand other horizontal trimmings , bodices with round wasu finished with clasps , girdles and chatelaine ornaments , the log-o'-mutton alcove buttoned half way up tbo arm , etc. These fashion prints alsoshow tbo coiffure corresponding In several styles 'to the present method of nrranglnir tbo hair. VAN HOUTEN'S COCOA : PLEASE READ THIS. Cents ( i pound for VAN HOUTEN'S OOCOA ( "Best & Goes Farthest" ) seems to be high. Let us corrtpare jt with the price of Coffee : 1 lb. of good coffee costs at least 30c. , < makes 31 half-pint cups. 3 < " therefore OOc. , ' 03 ' " " 1 < V.II.COCOA" also OOfc. , " 160 " " " Which if the Cheaper Drink ? j OS cups of Coffee , ( I BO " "V.H.Coooa ! SoM by every Grocer. ' * ; ! 11 OWES ITS REPUTATION SUCCESS TO ITS OWN IT IS PURE , UNADULTERATED.AND FOR RAPID CLEANSING POWER HAS NOEQUAU JIT IS INVALUABLE IN KITCHEN & LAUNDRY. SOLD BY ALL GROCERS. CHICAGO. CAN you shavt yourself ? or DO yon want to learn ? JJ so , we have shaving novelties that WILL in terest you. 1511 Dodge St. GENUINE "SWEDISH" RAZORS and tHORSE TAIL" STROPS. \Vo ennJ tin * marvelous French Uflmcrty CALTHOS trw. unit \ lc al guarantee that UALTIIOS will UTOI' niirhnrcc * . EmlMton > . CUnC Nft rmntorrhni.Viirieo and UKhTOUK IxKt > Icor. l/'if it anil far if satisfied. AMr.ii , VON MOHL CO. , Hole im.rlfin itmU , Hotlo.jll , flhln. nil 75. C. WK3TS NKHVI ! AND IIHAI.V THBAT- MK.NT , aspcclllofor llyuurli , IHczlnosi , Ht , Xeu- rnlKln , Headache , NITTOIM I'ruitrntlon cntl"uJ by ill- rohol ortotiicco , Wnkefulnei ! . Mental Doiiroiitiin , Softonlni ; ol tlii ) llruln. cnnllu Inninlty. misery , ( lecnyUeitlu I'reniatilru Old Aze , IJorroiiiian , l.un of 1'ower In cither BOY , laipotency , Loutorrlioai ai I nil Fcmalu Wo-lknesios , Involuntnry l.imei , Sujr- inatorrhno i uiiisuJ by orjr.excrtlOTi of tlia brain , Helf-tliiiH ! , ovor-lniluUono } A mun'h's trontmanl ll.lilur fi. by milt. Wo Uunrintna tlx Iwnai tj cure. Kncli order for I ! boxen , withy\Tlll en I writ ten Kiiarantoe to refund If not curoJ , UimrAiit'mf issued only by A. Mchruior , Dru.'L-lst. xolo ngonta , S. E. cor. llitb nnii Fsrnamnti. , Dinah * . Neb. Iluxvaap > nitiraremedyfor the nlxiro disease ; by ill USD tliouaands of cawn of the worst kind nn J of long BtandmR have been ctirctl. Indeed fto strong Is my faith in Its oOlaio. tlut I will asad TWO llOTTI.va IIIKK , with aVALUAULi : TIlUATISIi onthjiiIlsoaMtuanrsuf. forcrwhoxtill send metboir Kiprcsinm ! I' . O. addroui. T. A. SIocuiu. .11. C. . 133 Pciirl St. . N. V. When U accompanies n recant cold-Takr : equal parts cacli of lliii-turo or blood-root , syitip of Ipecac and Hqullli. tincture or iml-am of lolu , and pareuoric , uml take of tlie compound Imlf u te.npounfulvlionuver ilia couuli U novel e. From "Kimw Tliimcif. " li . IMl * & IMt * ' ( Inn. tratnt IMP tmolc nf Ko naaet , ir/ur/t / trill lie sent rreetnanu address an rcctifit vf i cent * ta pay pontage. Tlio book contains tliousinili of Hems of In- Jornutlon of uven greater Importance than ilio above , not Ilio lean nf wlilcli Is Iliomelliod nt deiermlnlRgMion one is ullllcttU IUi any furia ol Nervous , Chronic or Private Diseases With rules for guarding against tholr attacks. Aud , boiler Uiiin nil HiH , tl nllnrili cmicliisivo and abundaul prouf ut llio Kirutnblllty. tm ! wonderful nklll , the rcmarlcubluacleQcuauu I ho valuable oxperlonco o ( DRS. BEITS & BETTS The roost dried * peclalliti In America in tbo careful treatment und successful euro ot Consultation free. .Call upou , or addreu with Ill ) South MtU St. , N. K. Cinci14ih and Douglas Sta , Omaha , Neb. ; WEBML. iTHE ( SUCCESSFUL OBESITY SPZCMLIST. M" Alice Mnplp , Oregon Mo , Itpiltiroil .0 iiumiili In a months by Jr. Snjilcr. IT HAS DONE WONDERS FOB HER. . - - . - ; 01'ln. AUK 4. IKU. lit. SNVDKH-llonr fin With pious-tiro I Ic.tlfylo tliu uri-ut lirnotlt to your troilim > nl lorobealtj lu in ) uimi I Inn o now taken trnntmt nt tour nml 0110 half montln atnl f.P | tlmt I tun cured 1 wi In n dreadful conilltliin wlion 1 liPitan. llmdhrnrt trouble , rJioiiii-atlu pilm , abort brent i. wan hlnntud nuil lo y. nml took oa tliisi | go rupldly Hint 1 could caiccly cot aleut , nud fait nilioiiililu I" un-rjr wn\ . Alter tiiklnu trtnlmunl onuwcckl felt lUonillireicntponoii , ana now nil mjpnlna unit nclics uml my b'lnlon of tlcnh nro uone Sly wclKbt nml mo.innronioiit before anil affor trciitmcnl nro HS folloivn : Ik-forp After. Jan. \\elghtS5 , ) pounila 172 potinjs S | ponniH jllp M InrbCH. . . as UK In f ) Inches Hint. S3 Incliei. . . . 41 Inches. , 8 Inches Wnltl 18 Inchoi. . . S7 Inelim II Incbps I rnn honoslly rcviimmciiil your treatment to all siiflorors fiom obc tr. It linn done wondurs for mo and I l > h y < ni ilin crcnt iiccp 9 yuu so richly do- i-rvo. I will Kindly corrosponrt with ill wno lire In doubt If stnmp la on < Moi > d for roply. MHS .IKXNIK IIBNNKl'T. Slfi Pine St. PATIENTS TREATED BY MAIL. riOHtarrltiK. uo InconTunlouco. ) iamiloiu&nd no baa , * , btrlctly conlldenttHL I'or circulars sad U UmoDinlBii.UreM with 6c. In f- DR. O. W. F.SNYDER. McVicker's Theatre Bldg. , Chicaoo , III. PENETRATES STOPS PAIN ENETRATINC FAR W ADVANCE OF ORDINARY POROUS AND OTHER PLASTERS Solil by Brut-gists Evcrj where New York Depot ! 52 M Illiaia Street Baby's check Is 111:8 a peach , IB it Madame Kupport's bleach ? No ! but baby's , mama's check * Volumes to its praise doth bpeak ! Call for .Mine. Ituppert'.i book "Hnw to lie Honutl- ful" of Mrt J lii-nion. 210 P. 10th tit , Cin lin-Nob. , Dll T , FKM.V fiOUItAHD'S OIIIKNTAI. CHKAM , ( IK J1AO1CA1 , IIIIAUIHHU Jtcmovoi Tnn , le , Mot'ilMlch- ui. U..DII ana nkln Illaonca , nniluvory blum. I ill on beauty , nnililrllos iletec- tlon , U lint Mood thutoitof iUyuarti , nnit la po hirnilent ( we tfi te. to bujitiro It la priipurly ) ii ode. Accept nn oiiuniurfult ofeliiill irnuniu , J > r. ItA. . fcnyrr lil to n lady nf the IHIII I ton ( it im-.lciill : "As you liullia ulll n oth3n I rrogninionit 'liuurniid'a t reiun'n * tliu leant Iiuriufnl of all thn i > kn ! pri'parBllunn " Kormloby ( ill Druirttliti und Kuncv ( loml * lleiilort In llio Unlloil btatui , Cimiulaa and Kuropo , FIIUUT.HOI'KINH.l'roi/r,37Gri.'atJonoj6t. , N. V. CURE YOURSELF ! ' , Aek your Drurclst lor a , . bottle ol lll ; 1 ho only ' ioi pofjonuut remedy for all I J the luinulnral dliclmrgrs mid I | irl\ulc < IUerif oincnunJ tha I debilitating wculnm peculiar Uo onien. It cures In u few I days without the old or \nuhllell/ ol a dnrlnr. LTA 1'ntitnnl Awtricnn Cure , Mnnnfuclunil by I kTu Evatu Chmical 0) . ' CINCINNATI , O. u , a. A. WEAK KD UNDEVELOPED Condlt'.bniof tbohuiuan form urovmlully trtxtHi toCdTClop. utronvthuu , cnlHrt-o all WO.IK.uluntud. undiiTKlopod.fccbloorKauianil purl * of tlie UoJy ' ' : h liuvo lott or never nllaliiod a proper and natural tire , duo to III heallli , iituiB , cxceuetcr unkuottn cautui. Iliero u ouo niulbou nun only our , by wulcli tula muy ba accoinplUliod. Incrtativlllow of blood to nnr part , prndiieei ! by ilmpleapparatus uctlnu KUtaiuatu.allr.crcat inew X tlnuo. lonoand rigor bj llio juiniu nuturnl lam BI \ . tuulnrrrmoof tliuaiid trcnulh of lutucln. Don't X bo prejudiced l > ccau > o HU o quark * t > rep > I'T jlllr iro.n. to do the istno. INVI'.HTItJATK. 'i'heru'n no Iruu back of our oiler * . Our pay Mill cnmo wti < * n tlio publlo knowi clearlr iclfnn * from fraud. Write ui lor Initiurtloin , full deicrlp * tlou.proof .relVreuccj.uio. Allaantyup to pUlu ectnloil letter wliliuulcott of unr kind. EP.IE HELICAL GO , , BUFFALO , K. 7.