Nebraska Newspapers

    10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , FEB1UTAKY 21 , 1802-SIXTEEN PAfltiP.
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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.
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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.
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"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"
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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.