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THE OMAHA DALLY BEE : SUNDAY , JULY 21 , 1S92-SIXTEEN PAGES. 13
TUB FAMINE IN RUSSI&
"What Government and People Have Done to
Alleviate the Distress.
MUNIFICENCE OF THE CZAR AND NOBILITY
Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Given to
Soften the Suffering.
HOPES ARE HAD FOR A HEAVY HARVEST
"Whsn Garnered , the Backbone of the
Hunger-Fiend will Bo Broken.
"CAR ? " DESCRIBES THE SITUATION
Ilf 1'raUe * tlm IltiftMnn I'oojiio for Their
HornlAiu In n Dlro Hxtroinlty Prln-
arsons Nurse IJUiinno-ltrlckon l'rn -
iiiitn Tlio Hliiviuicl Illl Future.
ST. 1'F.TRitsimito , July 8. fSpeclnl corres
pondence ol THE llr.B.J The peasants have
own Ibuir crops and the prospect Is thut
Russia will liavo a line yield this year. The
reports , which nro received dally here from
thofatnlno districts , are very encouraging ,
and tbouith ttio fatnluo It still raRlau ; the
baakbona of the demon of Kusstan starvation
will , It Is believed , bo broken by the 1st of
Boptotnbor , whoa the harvest will have boon
jjathor6J. Great want and much suffering ,
toowovor , must contlnuo to oxlst for the next
year or so m many of the provtnoos , and a
drouth this summer may proolpltato a second
famine equally as torrlblo as the present ouo.
Notwithstanding ail that ha boon pub-
llshcd concerning the fimlno , ve In the
United States liavo but little Idea of its lor-
, Hblo extent ana of the wonderful manner In
Which the Russians have handled It. No
country In the world , with perhaps the ox-
, "i caption of tna United Status , could wltli-
\ Dtond such a strain us Uussla is now under
going and there U no natiou in the world ,
except perhaps ono , that would rlso to the
emergency and do so much for the poopto as
KussU is doing. The contributions Amor-
lea has mailo have bain of uroat good , and
thn.v nro most thankfully , and , I might ulso
nay , tcarfully.rccolvod , but they are only a
drop in the bucket to what Hussia herself Is
dolnt ; . Our and other outstdo gifts amount ,
nil told , to $7.10,000. The donations of the
government and the people represent In the
neighborhood of S3olOUOOOU , and thn czar
Himself has given about $10,000,000 out of his
private fund. Tbo government loans to the
lamlne villages amount to mora lhan IOO,000-
000 , and these loans no ono expects that the
pODsimts will repay. It Is a physical impos-
Blbltily for thom to do so , and , as ouo of thn
chief ofllctals of the government said to mo ,
tbo czar does not expect repayment. Ho
Blwavs gives a present to the people apon
certain occasions , such as the corona
tion of a grand dulcn , and at the next
uch event ono of bis presents will
probably bo the forgiving of this debt. This
9100,000,000 was given almost outright by the
government , but In addition to it numerous
* * pchcmos have been favored and authorized by
, ' tbo czar to got raonoy for iho sufferers , and
the bulk of the gifts linvo come from the poj-
plo. Ono of these schemes was by a lottery
under the Treasury department , the prizes of
trbicb were guaranteed by the Imperial
Hank and the protlts of which wont to the
famine. Russia has no lottorics as the rule ,
nd such things are ordinarily against the
law. This lottery brought in about $75,000-
000 and all classes patronized it , many of Iho
iwoaltby buying thousands of tlcKots. I
know ono man here who bought $10,000
worth of tickets , choosing scattering num
bers , ann he did not get a slnglo prize. Ho
VMS twitted on his bad luclc and replied : "I
don't care. I have the satisfaction of knowIng -
Ing that my twenty thousand roubles have
none lo hell ) the fuu.Ine. " St. Petersburg is
a city of many rich people , nnd many of the
nobles hero took from ono to five thousand
dollars' worth of these lottery tickets , but
( the great majority were sold to people of
mall means , nnd the Buying of thom was , so
to sneaktbo fad.
rrlruto I'ooplo Who ( l.ivo * JH70OOO,000.
Consul General Crawford estimates that
( ho gilts of private citizens of Russia to ibis
famine have not been less than : )50,000,009 )
roubles or iho enormous sum of $175,000,000.
JTho gifts almost surpass comorohonsion and ,
pll told , notwithstanding the vast population
Of Russia , they amount , including tboso of
the government , to $3 for ouch man , woman
nd child in the whole Russian empire , or to
in per family. When you remember that
Df the twenty odd million * of families that
pinko up the Russian people not core than
1,000,000 has over had S15 rt onetime In 1U
possession you got some idea of the mighty
plraln this tins boon on these who could give
pnd hbvo given , The nobility bavo in all
pases led the list , and bundrods of well edu
cated girls and women of tbo best families of
this und other Russian cities are now In the
famine districts fighting tbo demons of star
vation , typhus fever and the small
pox > ln behalf of the peasants. A
toumborof those ladles have caught the dis
eases of the pousunts , and a Russian countess
tvho wont from St. ijotersbunr was among
these who took Iho smallpox. Almost all of
tbo great landed proprietors In the famlno
districts nro doing what they can to help
their pooplo. t hear of men who have boon
feeding and caring for r ,000. 10,000 and in
porno cases oven ' . ' 0,000 and ! 25WX , ) iiuasants ,
and Count liobrlnsky , who Is at the bead at
the transportation of famlno relief , is , in
connection with his family , supporting nearly
00,000 people out of his own means , and at
the satno Unto aiding in the distribution of
the foreign and government roller fund
imong the people oulsldo of his estates.
This relief work is not done spasmodlcallv
fcor without system. There is a thorough
organization and us good bruins as you will
find any wbero in the world nro managing it.
'JL'uo peasants themselves are Ilka children ,
nd they require tbo ml vice and the care of
children , Tboso people of Russia of the
highest classes go nnd stay with thorn. They
Visit them In their huts , take care of tbo
lok for there are bat few doctors and
Buroa thom. With them ts the Russian Rod
Cross , which has raised about 15,000,000 for
the sufferers , nnd which works , us do all out-
Idn Institutions , directly undur the govoru-
tncnt.
The government of Russia is planning
treat workto prevent the recurrence of
uch 11 rnndllion ns now exists. A fund of
110,000,000 has been sot aside to build oiova-
tors und places for the storage of grain In all
of the various districts , and through our
consul general. Dr. John l. Crawford the
t Interior department bus investigated our
ystrm of crop reports and has just now do-
. cldcd to adopt this svstom for Russia. Sec-
I rotary Ru k forwarded full information and
from now on tha sumo organised ay Horn that
Vvo have constructed will bo In force bore.
* MllllUtlllllg Allllllt till ! I'llOplU.
_ " " iiorotoforu Russia lias hud no agricultural
. T itatlatlu'H anil tbo peasants have llvod from
band to mouth. They uro not economical or
1 thrifty nor accumulative in our sense of tbo
% vord und It requires a study of their char-
octnr and their condition to understand the
! situation. Thirty years ago they were in the
t condition to u creat extent of our slaves at
I the south and If today the negro and the
planter bad boon loft to work out tholr
salvation at the close of iho war without
the old of the money unit push of the
north they would probably bo of somewhat
the sauio churaotor an thua people an * here
today. This slatou'ont inny , bowevor , bo
misleading , The two raros are far different
In chnr.'otor. und alter tny Journey through
the bock districts and along rouioiiB of the
yolifa 1 will give a loiter iip orlblng the cur
ious features ofthoir life mid uliurautor ,
which BIO Itlio those of no other people in
the world. My uii-8 is not to wrlto ao much
of the Kusflan famine as of the Russian people
ple , und the great tiliwln race U ono of the
Btrangest and most peculiar on Clou's groan
arlh , They are the baby vaco umong the
pro.it IT.COS of thu world. They are not yet
Out of tholrswaddllut ; clothes und into oven
the knee pants of tbo boyhood of civilization.
| Jut for all that their lliuhs nro muscular ,
Hiclr features are stroutr uud tboy ti vo the
lungs and staying power of the bull of
liashan.
You see the evidences of the happy-go-
lucky character of the people everywhere
you go. Their condition has been such that
thay have never como to understand tbo
value of money , and this has been the case
with both rich and poor. The rich have boon
so rich that thov had nil they could want ,
Tbo poor have bcon so poor that tbero was
no chance for thom to got moro than enough
for moro existence , nnd so with no ambition
but for the dny both classes have been ruth-
ing inadlv along until they are now at iho
end. of tholr rope and n turn-will have to
como very soon. Said a Russian bureau
oftloer to mo this afternoon : "Tho trouble
with us li wo never think of the morrow. If
wo have much today wo spend it , nnd if wo
have little tomorrow wo mono the host of it.
If1 should clvo my drosky driver 100
roubios today it would nil bo gonn tomorrow ,
nnd our people have not yet the least idon of
accumulation and thrift. For this reason
many of tbo best business establishments of
the country nro managed by the Germans
and the English , nnd most of the factories
here are owned by foreigners. "
"But how about tbo futurol" I naked.
"I think \vo nro gradually learning , " was
the reply. "This famlno has taught us
much , and there is a steady though very
slow movement toward tbo bailer business
method ! and bailer ideas of life. Tbo Rus
sian peasant is , however , hard to change ,
and tlio great trouble is that ha seems to
have an-ontlro lack of ambll'on. Ho is sat
isfied with his hut nnd his povcrtv. When
you can got our people to want jocks tnstoad
of rags about tholr toot , und when iho ;
think tboy need drawers under their calico
pants , you will have uiado the first great
stop toward the Russia of the future. The
spark of umbillon once kindled I believe wo
have the foundation elements of ono of the
greatest peoples of the world. "
llo\r tlio IliKKliinx Look.
No ono who .visits Russia can bo unim
pressed with the strength of character scon
In the faces of the ponplo. I tlrst saw these
Russian peasants at Jerusalem about four
years ago. It was at Easter tltno , and they
had como by the thousands on a pilgrimage
to Iho holy sepulcher , and of the polyglot
humanity which was gathered there from
the four Quarters ot iho world tboro were
none so stroup in feature and in frame as
Iheso Slavs. I see here every day walking
the streets of St. Petersburg with bundles
on tholr backs , driving cabs or drosklos and
working on the streets , men whoso nobility
and strength of toaturcs would create re
mark in any American crowd , and at ovary
corner you meet men whoso faces
are such that you would bo
proud to acknowledge thom if vou
found Ihom nmung your ancestral por-
traits. Tholr torohonds are high and broad ,
their ayes straight , honest and kindly. Their
noses are largo and clean-cut , and tholr cheek
bones often rather prominent. Nearly nil
are boarded and many nro long-haired and
part their hair In the middle. Their frames
uro ns slrong as their faces. They are u big-
boned , well-jointeiTraoo. and iboy look ns
though they were mode to stay. The women
are of the satno character ns the men. They
are not handsome nor pretty , but they look
kind nnd motherly and what wo would call
line looking. They lack taste in dtoss , have
no ideas of the harmony of colors nnd wear
I moan the peasants bandKorchlofs of all
the brightest color * of the rainbow upon
Ihelr bauds. Their dresses are of rod. blue or
other gay colors , and they are gathered in at
the neck and waist , and fall to the foot in un-
trrauaful folds , They have no idea of corsets
and many of them wear long aprons tied
over tbo bust , gathered in at the waist and
falling almost lo Ihe fnot ever their gowns.
They are sturdy of frame and rather dull and
quiet in manner. Tboy do as much work as
too man and the men. and women work
In the fields side by sldo. The
men of the lovvor classes , as
1 see thom bore , are moro picturesque
in their dross than tbo women. Russia is
the land of the cap , the long coat and lop
oools , and Ibo peasants wear coats of home
spun , with loni < frocks , and oven such as
dress in sheepskins , with tbo fur turned In ,
h vo their coats reaching below the knees.
Hero in St. Petersburg 1 see few without
overcoatsbut farther smith the peasant man's
dross is of red calico , shirt and pantaloons ,
the shirt coming outsldo the pants und belted
nt iho waist , and his feet are covered with u
sort of coarsoly-wovon siraw shoo , and his
anklc.s are swaddled in rags. The boiler
class of poor people , or tbn ordinarily well-
to-do men here , wear long coats , with top
boolr , nnd the national cap is worn by nonrlv
everyone. 'IhU is to n largo extent Iho cos-
lumo of Iho rich , Ihough Iho wealthy all ever
the clvilUod world aross much iho same as
wo do. The difference hero is largely in Ibo
quality of the goods worn , and bu Polcrs-
ourir may bo said lo bo u city whore the people
plo wear ulsters , caps nnd high boots the
year round , no mutter whether it bo as bat as
Tophot or as cold as Alaska.
Tlio Apparel tluit Proelulmn tlio HUBS.
Those Russian boots are worlh looking at
They are about Ito only cheap thing In Rus
sia , and you can gol'a pair made to order for
$5 , The same leather und Ibo satno work In
the United Stales would cost you 835 , and
the linish of tbo host leather Is as flno ai
that of n portfolio or pocketbooic. These
boois roach to the knees and tbo best of
thom shine like patent loaibor. The panta
loons are alwavs tucked Inside of them and
tboro is a fancy section about six inches
wide above tbo ankle of every boot , in which
Iho leather lies in wrinkles with Ibe regu
larity of a washboard. It takes at least
twice as much leather lo make u pair of Rus
sian boots as It dots an American pair , and
'tho same may bo said of the Russian ovor-
coai. The drosky drivers wear morn cloih
than any other cabmen iho world over. It
lakes moro of good clolh for Iho hiuo zoods
ihoy wear seems lo bo of excellent material
to make a drosky drivnr's coat than lo
make a lady's trained ball dross , and this
coat bus to be padded and quilted. This coat
has lonk skirls , and it Is mauo very largo so
thut iho cubby can stuff his body out , nnd
especially his back , to give himself the ap
pearance of prosperous fatness. Nino-tenths
of these drivora are padded in this way , nnd
no well-to-do man would own a loan coach
man. Lieutenant Allen , the military at
tache of our legation hero , told mn yesterday
Ibat his coachman appanrod to bo of dime-
museum famous when ho engaged him and
thai ha supposed his greal frame was lhat of
nature , uiitH ono day bo mot him before ho
had put in bis pads and bo was us thin as a
rail und looked so different that It was some
time before he know him.
Speaking of Russian caps , thn oDicers
whom you see hero by the thousands all wear
them , und tbo most of tbo noldinrs have caps
as apart of tholr uniform. Every servant
or messenger wears u cup and the boys from
tbo ago of four wcur lotig-vlsored cups nnd
little overcoats Just like their fathers. Evan
tbo little girls wear caps , and iho favorite
head covering of the little maidens ot from
two lo six or seven yours , whom 1 see run
ning about with their nurses in tbo parus , Is
u Jockey cap of the Brightest rod , blue , ynl-
low or green silk. Tbo colors of the caps of
the men are usually dark , though they are
trimmed with all shades of borders and
bands , nud each color denotes something.
The policemen , as n rule , have rod bauds
about their caps. Some of iho private .sol
diers wear naps of white. Other ) wuurnaps
llko Turn O'Shantcrs , and the cavalry have
ns many different kinds of headerar as the
infantry. Some onicois bavo green bands
about tholr caps and othoiu blue , and In snort
thcro U every possible cap combination from
tbo dbagfv fur of the peasant from the wilds
of north Rusblit to the brlmloss Astrakhan ,
which , with its red silk crown covers the
bead of iho cartridge-breasted Caucasian sol
dier. Tbo overcoats of tbo people from the
different parts of tbo country are also differ
ent , and the olllcurs wear coats of dilToronl
colors uud of different grades of lengthranc-
ing from the foot to the top of the boots in
size. All in all , the dress of iho men Is iho
most picturesque ono liKuropa , and the
crowds which throng the streets of St.
Peteriburg nro ilkelnosoof uooihorcnplinlof
tbo world. The men are naturally largo and
Him looking , These long ulsters make them
look bigger , and the onoral oiled pioduced
is that of u nation of giants.
Ahplmnllilljr I.xtrnruguiit Church ,
Tbo church is perhaps the richest of all
Russian institutions , and tbo thousands upon
thousands of priests who are supported by
iho people nro , ns a class , the finest looking
men In the world. Tboy never shiwo nor cut
tholr hair und their looks nro as silky ai
these of a baby , anil they stream down thotr
bacus. reaching pfton almost to the waist.
Their faces arc rosy and plump , and allowing
out undur the high black caps wuloh they
wear on the streets and ever tholr long black
gowus they look wonderfully hundsomo olid
noDlo. During the servlcus in iho churches
thov take off tboir saps and their hair Hews
back from tholr blah foreheads , making you
think of the patriarchs of old , and during
many of the nurvlcos tboy appear in gowns
of silver unit gold and wear grout tiara-llko
bats which sparkle with gold and lowels.
The Rusilati a rook churches are fur more
gorgeous la their appointments than
ujr otherin the world , and there
Is enough gold loaf cl a stored over
the churches of this country to pay
the Rutslnn national debt and to relieve
the starving people of the famlno districts.
From all parts of St. Petersburg you see Ino
great domes ot Iheso Russian c.tlhodruls , and
Ihelr gold-platPd surfaces catch the rays of
the sun and tholr golden spires plorco the
sky everywhere you look. Their Interiors
are gorgeous beyond the dreams of Monte
Chrlsto , in gold and silver carvings and doo-
oratlont , and the treasuries ot the churches
contain jewels and treasures equal lo these
of the cave ot Aladdin. Take iho dome of
St. Isaac's cathedral. It U of copper and It
is nearly the size ot the dome of the capital
at Waihlnglon. It took SOO pounds of gold
to Plato it , and there ts not a gold bracelet In
Tiffany's which is botlor plated or polished
than it is. The gold loaf which is spread
ever iho interior was hammered out ot moro
than 100 pounds ot gold. There are solid sil
ver fences about the altar ot that cathedral ,
nndthero nro u hundred nnd moro candol-
bras in it ns high as your head and made ot
wonderfully worked silver. About it *
holy of hollas , into which women can never
go , nro Corinthian pillars ot malachite
facing' , worth $100,000. and each square
inch of tbeso pillar * , which ox ton d upward as
high os the root of your house , is ot flno
enough slouo lo make a brooch and to sot in
gold. There are two columns here instdo the
malnchlio ones ot lapis lasuli , which are no
bigger around than your sweetheart's waist ,
but which cost $15,000 aploco , and I might
1111 this paeo with descriptions of the cold
bases of the ransiivo granite columns , the
golden clothos-of the gorgeous ikons and of
the gilt and Kllttor.of this cathedral alono. It
Is wonderful in itssyaimelry nnd beauty nnd
scmUavago oriental splendor , but it has been
softened by the hand of art till it ranks with
SU Potor's nt Homo as ono of the two finest
cathedrals of the world. Its cost all told has
bcon nearly 20,000,001) ) , nud it took a solid
million to make it foundations ,
Litld l ) ] > Treasures uu Karth.
Still li Is only ono cathedral of a number
In St. Petersburg , and it Is but n typo of the
gorgeous splendor and extravagance of a re
ligion which has porhups stronger hold
upon Us followers than any other religion in
tli3 world. All Us churches are Oiled with
precious metals , and without nolnu Into a de
scription of these of St. Petersburg I will
mention a few of tholr wonders which I saw
in a half nay's drlvo. In Iho Karen cathedral ,
which cost 83,000,000 In 1811 , I found a silver
balustrade in front ot the golden altar which
weighed half a ton and which was mailo
of the Russian plato which Napoleon
Bouaparto selzod when bo took Mos
cow , but which ho haa to ihrow
away on hU famous relroat. The Cossacks -
sacks gathered It up and gave It to the cathe
dral. On the door or screen of the altar of
this church the name of tbo Almighty is engraved -
graved in precious slonos , and ibero is a
palntlnp of iho Virgin sot with Jewels wnrlh
§ 75,000. The calhcdral of St. Peter and St.
Paul , on the ether sldo of Iho Nova , Las a
great solro plated with pure gold , nnd Us in
terior is gorgeous in gold nnd stiver. I wan
dered into a monastery yesterday , where the
golden doors of the chap'el were open and the
black-gowned monks were nt prayers. The
golden book of tbo reader was on n silver
stand , and iho wall or screen In front was
ono mass of gold and painting. At ono side
was a shrlno of solid silver , which my guide
told mo contained more than 3,000 pounds of
iho pure metal , nnd In the treasury of the
monastery there is a fortune of jewels , gold
and gorgeous cowns , some of which sparkle
with diamonds. The vast amount of money ,
however , which Russia spends upon her re
ligion Is on the thousands of little chapels
which you find in almost every block and in
nuarlv every bouso. Tbo sacred golden ikon ,
or hall picture half imago of some saint , the
Savior or the Virgin , is fouud In nearly
every room , and there Is no store or business
bouso which has not its gold shrine before
which a light perpetually burns. Before
those shrines tholr owners , customers and
gucsis bow , cross themselves and utter
prayers many times dally , and of all the im
pressions I have received slnco entering
Russia there are none so deep as these I have
felt in the churches and in watching Iho re
ligious evidences of the peoplo. Their re
ligion may not bo the best one ; its priosls
may bo and probably are lo a largo extant
Ignorant , but the people believe what they
profess , and their creed is ono of Iho strong
est forces of Iheir civilization and must have
an effect on their future.
FIUNK O. CAIIPCXTEIU
UUIIMNOTON- . , April 4,1891. .
Dr. J. B. Moore Dour Sir : Huvo boaa
troubled with catarrh In my head and face
for Ihrco years at tlmos \ as unable to hoar
had a constant ringing in my oars and lor
two years w.s almost deaf. Have tried sav
oral so-called remedies and been troatcd oy
regular physicians and noted specialists , but
failed to ge ) . any relief. I tried ono bolllo of
Mooro's Tree of Lifo Calarrh Cure. It gave
immediate relief und offoutod a permanent
cure. 1 heartily recommend it to all suffer
ers of this disease and will choarfully give
uuy further Information on being addressed
at my homo , No.3 Swounay avo. , Burllng-
on , la. For sale by all druggisls.
Rospeolfullly ,
R. L. UEID.
For sale by all druggists.
1311'IEMK * .
'Tboro was a time when I taught my
children the doctrine of hell , " said a mother
to n writer In Kato Field's Washington , "but
I was led to douot the wisdom of 11. Ono
day I found my two sons , aged respectively
10 and 12 , In a ilorcc hand-to-hand combat.
The younger , badly whipped and livid with
rape , shrieked : 'Novor mind , Tom 1 I'll get
oven with you some day see if I don'tl'
'Hush , hush ! ' I cried , after administering a
severe reproof 10 Tom.Vlml an expres
sion , IJlck ! Got oven with To-n I I'm
ashamed of you1 ! When Dick's wrath had
somewhat cooled i said to him : -Nuvor lot
mo hoar you say such n thing again. Is that
showing Christ's spirit ? Did he ever say to
any ono who had injured him : 'I'll got oven
with you ) ' 'Not'said Dick humbly. A moment -
mont later his face lit up xvlth a sudden
gleam of thought as he added : 'No , ho never
said bo would , but bo's going to ) ' "
*
V #
The author of Yorkshire Folk Talk tolls an
amusing story of an Kncllsh bishop's strug
gles to mauler the Welsh toncuo. Ho bad
bcon appointed to the Welsh see of St.
David , and. on taking up his abode In Wales ,
engaged a native Welsh scholar to give him
Instruction in tbo language. The pronuncia
tion , and ( -specially the 11 , bothered the
bishop , and the Welshman was almoit at his
wit's end to explain tbo lingual process by
which the formidable sound was to bo ut
tered.At last n bright thought struck him ,
and , being very obsequious in manner , ho
thus addressed iho bishop : "Your lordship
musl please put your episcopal tongue to iho
roof of your apostolic mouth and ihon hiss
llko a gooso. "
* *
The paslor was calling at the bouso ot
Brother Billings and the small boy was en
tertaining him unlit the parents came down ,
say * tb < i Detroit Free Press.
Do you overgo llshln1 ? " Inquired the
youncstor , who had inherited hU father's
fondness for tbo sport.
"I am a Usher of men , " responded the good
man.
"Do you carry your bait In a Jug , llko pana
does ! " was thu next question , and Just at
thut moment Brother Billings appeared with
a seraphic t > mlle of itiuocaiico llghlthg up his
genial countenance.
Indianapolis Journal : "Tho largest coin I
llnd in the collontlon basket this morning , "
suid Uov. Mr. Wllgus , "is a 10-cout place.
If the members of this congrogratlon are ex
porting to pay tholr way into a botlor land
on Ibo installment plan it seems to mo that
they uro calculating on n much longer mun-
Uano lifo ihun has bcon allotted to man Muco
tbo days of Methuselah. "
Truth ; Bridges What has led to the recent -
cent surprising increase in tbo membership
of your church !
Brooks Our p.istor is organizing com
mittees for the personal investigation of the
city's vlco.
Jinks What's the reason your minister
failed to answer tils now call I
Filkius I believe it lacked iho true
metallic ring.
Tdlio Uonit Uuru of tlio Children.
If you have children , you will be Interested
in the experience of Mr. John Cook of Pilot ,
VorinlllUm Co. , III. Ho soysi "Two years
ago two of my feuilly , a young man and a
girl , had very severe and dangerous attacks
of blood ; llux , Tbo doctor here was uuablo ,
after a week's time , to chock or relieve either
caso. I throw the doctor overboard and be
gan using Chamberlain's Colto , Cholera and
Uiurrhcua Remedy. Improvement rvas seen
very soon , nnd my children arosa In a few
days \vhatlfoarod would be their death *
bed. It li a grand , good medicine. "
REV. & II. GARDNER'S LETTER
From Hin Lodge on thftXrlnge of a Wiscon
sin Wilderness ,
WITH "BOUNDl ESS CONTIGUITY OF SHADE"
"
Iloniitlcs ot Ilnj-flolcl nhit Its Advantages
for an Online Old-Time ThoiUer orile-
llgtouft nnct Commorclul Ktitorprlio
Where Trout nu5fjoer Abound.
fi 'ft .
, * & '
BATFIRLU , WIs. , July 80. [ Correspondence
of TUB Den. | At no place in this country
can ono tind n combination so unique ashore
here , in this great resting place on the south
ern sboro of the great Inland sea. Back of
the town , for a hundred miles nnd moro , is
the unbroken pine forest ot north Wisconsin ,
with thousands of acres never yet trodden by
the foot ot any whlto man. In front of us ,
across the bay , aboutfour ) miles distant , is
Madeline island , encoding twelve miles
along the shore , which wax settled mora.
than 333 years ago. In 1013 , Jesuit mission
aries , followed closely by fur traders , came
to the mainland near the present site of Bay-
Hold , attracted by the fact that several
tribes of Indians camn to this spot to catch
and dry tboir fish. The Jesuits built a bark
chapel and the traders established a tempo
rary posl at which they rocolvod fura uud
dispensed various wares in payment. Within
n short time after this snitlomont a war
broke out between tbo Indians nnd wblto
people looking for refuge soon discovered
the strategic value of a point of land on Mad
eline island. After u short conferences they
decided on "La Polnto , La Points 1" Iho
present narnoot the pnsionlco ana n scatter
ing village of half breeds.
La Polntc and Us neighborhood have since
thilt time boon almost continuously the seat
of religious and commercial ontorpriso. Two
or ibrco Roman Catholic churches have been
built thcro ; a part of the present building is
said to boJOO years old. A flourishing Pres
byterian mission was started nt La Pointe
fifty years ago and the ruins of an old church
still remain , The worx of these Protestant
missionaries has boon long abandoned.
Where at ono time there wus a population of
400 or 500 there are now only a tow scattered
families. But "iho city of iho doad" is pop
ulous. Hundreds of rpsllng places are
marked by quaint oldfasntoi.od tombstones
making the plnco of g at Interest to Iho an
tiquary and seeker after what is odd and pic
turesque. Several Indian chiefs who had
embraced the religion of Christ sloop there
under the shadow of the Christian onslgn.
At different times during iho past two cen
turies the great furtradlng companies have
had establishments at Lu Polnto wilb ull Iho
accompaniments of warehouses and fortifica
tions. But these marks of civilization are
almost obliterated. The paths once trodden
by mcdilnllvo monk and half con varied chil
dren of the forest , the streets once busy
with Iho coming and going ot iho traders and
tholr patrons are now overgrown nnd well-
nigh dosortcd. Fruit Iroes and dowering
bushes have relapsed Into nanvo wlldness.
This island , extending for twelve miles
along Iho shore , now servos another ana not
loss Important purpose. In the enormous increase -
crease of lakn commerce of recent years its
sheltering arm forms n harbor whom the
shipping of Iho world could llnd refuge from
Ibo outsldo storms
A legend still treasured among the neigh
boring tribes of Indians tells of several great
naval bailies fought in Chequamegon bay by
the ancient rivals for supremacy. As I sit
writing tills letter and loon out over the
rippling water , nnllvonod by rannv whllo-
wlngod vessels of peace , profit and pleasure ,
or furrowed by the great steamers speeding
between Duluth and thjb Atlantio coast , the
contrast overwhelms mo. The lakocommerce
Is now enormous and 3110' ono can estimate
how greatly il will boinorcusod wbon , In Iho
near future , Ihe now ranal Ht Sault Sto.
Marie shall give passagcfor nhips drawing
iwentv foot of water , carrying grain direct
to nil Eurqpean per s. * f
Bayllold ; was so "named by. Hon. H. M.
Rice , aftcr-Admlral > LJayfleld of iho British
navy , who was sent out by his government
in Ib34 to m.lko n surver ot iho great lakes.
In 1851 Mr. Rico , who bad served many
limes In congress a'senator from Minnesota ,
was Indian commissioner under the United
Stales government. It has bcon no small
part of iho pleasure of an outing hero lo
moot Mr. Rico and Ustun to bis accounls of
adventure and exploration in the northwest ,
nnd of intercourse with Indian tribes. Mr.
Rico sent to England for thn Bayllold charts ,
and finding thom so wonderfully correct ho
was inspired to call this vlllago which bo
founded after Ibo British ofllccr.
Buyllold enjoys peculiar advantages
of climate , and has iho nnost
water in the world. Living here
these who are prone to acquire hay fever
have absolute Immunity from that distress
ing malady. The air , filtering through the
nramalto ptnos and olhor evergreens , it
charged with roitfulnoss and health. Tbo
shores of tbo lake nro for the most part rocky
and abrupt , and no malaria llnds a lurking
place In this region. Ono of tbo larsojt sta
tions of the Booth Packing company in lo
cated bore , and several ions of whlto fish and
lake trout are shipped daily from here to all
points in the porlhwost. A larro saw mill
owned by Captain R. D. Pike and running
day and night employs a large force of men.
A very excellent hotel offers superior accom
modations for visitors. In the Immediate
viclnily of Bayllold are numerous brown
slono quatnoj. AI ono ot these , owned und
operated by Mr. Prentice , a monolith several
feet larger than the Cleopatra Nooulo , is be
ing quarried for exhibition nt the World's
fair. Places of interest within easy roach
from Bayllold nro Dulutb , IsloRoyulo , points
on the north sboro of Iho lake , Ashland with
us enormous output of Iron , and the Calumet
and Hccla copper mines , the largest In the
world. For iho ploasura-soekor and lourlst
tbo Apostle islands so called by the early
missionaries bocuuso they tboucbt thorn lo
bo twelve in number twenty-two beautiful
emerald gams clustered within a space twen
ty by tlvo miles , furnish a sailing
ground of unsurpassed beauty. Near by ,
among Iho forosl-covorod hills that skirt the
luke , are streams that furnish the skillful
angler with abundance of spnckled trout ,
while numerous buys yield lake trout to
those who prefer trolling.
A few duvs ago wbtlo fishing in a neigh
boring stream ono of our party saw two lull-
grown door quietly feeding a faw rods dis
tant in a small clearing , and oniv the fact of
having no cun prevented tbo dingraco of bis
misslnc both. A few rods furibor upstream
the same fisherman , in climbing down a
stoop embankment , put his band on a fawn
which bo might have caught if ho
( iho fisherman ) had not boon nearly scared
to death. So you see wo are very near to
tbo boart of naiuro. And what can ho On tier
than this for tired humanity } If others'
slghi for a lodge In 89/110 / vast wilderness
could meet with such u'graclous aod satis
factory unswor as mino'havo found here in
Baytiold , then moro outings would yield
M bat all outings ought to give recuperation ,
recreation and renewed ambition for the
sterner duties of llfo. ' C. H. G.
"Lato to boa mm eari'yuo rise will shorten
the roail to your bomdiiln the skies. But
early to bed and "Ltttlo'Early ' Riser. " the
pill that raaitus Ufa loagni- and bottora nd
wiser. i i > *
A BOARDING SCHOOL
von ;
Young Indies -apil Cliilfa
Conduotod by the r fktprs of Mercy.
O'CONNOR , GUEEfry CO. , NEB.
This lloariltnic School U situated a abort ills-
tnuco from Orooly Center , a Ilimrlnliliik' town
on the II , & M. railroad. The Convent is on a
delightful Hlto nmong the O'Connor hills. The
usual IhixlUb bninclicH ! music , voonl und In
strumental ) uud a special oourso of llteruturu
are ictvon.
Term * In advance. 1150 a year MO months ) ,
washing Included. Tlio soliool will open the
lint of Hoplouibor :
Tor further particular * address ,
MOTHEKBlU'EUIOit OONVKNT OF MKHOY
15th and OimtollarBt. ,
OMAHA , NEIl.
g Wim IHSTITMTt
lUUUIt UPPER ALTON , ILL.
WESTERN MILITARY ACADEMY.
A thorough school. Prepares for College or
Dullness. Within 20 mlleaufbt Ioul . Auilreif
_ _ COL. WILLIS DnOWN , SuperlnUndcnU
I
JUST THIS WEEK.
Next Saturday Night at 10 O'clock The
Hellman Administrator's Sale Closest
No matter how many teoods are left
it closes sure , as the good will , lease ,
fixtures and whatever is left of the
stock is then transferred to the
Columbia Clothing ; Company ,
who reopen Monday morning ,
August 1st , with a brand new
line of every kind of
CLOTHING
For Men and Boys.
*
In the meantime this week
only , the same outrageously
low prices will prevail. You
will be sure to find something
you want and prices will in
duce you to buy. .
WINDING ur IULLMAN'B K&TATE.
Hellman'sWINDING
Administrator's Closing Sale ,
Corner 13th and Farnam Streets.
INDUSTRIES
By Purchasing Goods Made at the Following1 Nebraska Factories. If you
cannot find what you want , communicate with the mannfacturers as
to what dealers handle their goods.
AWNINGS. BASKETS
OMAHA TKNT AND OMAHA BASKET
AWNINO Co. FACTORY ,
Floirf , hammocks , ollnnrt Cnpncltr 8,030 per rtnr
rubborolothlnit. fond for 1'ncKlng boxes to order
Catalogue. 11U Knrnum Ultlcu 601 Cnp.Av. To 1.177.
BREWEBS.
FnuoKituo BIIKW- OMAHA BREWING
INO CO. ASSOCIATION.
Our bottled cabinet boor Ounrnntoej touqtialrmt-
dollTorod to anjr part ildo brand * Vienna
of the city , Kxuort bottled bear ,
HOT jBCkBoo Stroot. dollvorol to famllloi.
BOXES.
OMAHA Box FAC
TORY.
Nailed and dovetailed
boxes. Capacity J..OOO
day. ICnst Omahn To I.
13. I' . O. box 855 ,
BOILERS. CARRIAGE 3.
WILSON & DRAKK. TllK OSTUIUIOUDT.
Spring Wagon Mf Co.
Tubular lluoa , oil and . ,
wntor tunki ) , breechlnir. Incorporated.
ibuet Iron xork. oto. UcpalrliK on short no-
.
1UCU aud I'lurcu. tlco. Cnrrlttxa palntlntr.
ISJI-lBOJCass. Tul. 10J7
CIGARS.
SMOKK BLUB SEAL H. BESBUN.
C'IOAR. Special tin nils made to
Nebraska Manurncturo. order.
Jacob Jaikalok. Factory ,24'rJl'alrlok ' Ave
Htoro 820 North IMh.
CURB
Anew > nl Cotnptoto Treatment , conilitlnz of
8upnosltorl < , Olntmont In Capiulei , alia In llox
anttl'IIU ! n 1'oiltlro Cure for Internal , Internal
bllndor Ulendlnit Itching , Chronic , Itooont or Heredi
tary IMIos , Tnli Iteniody lias never boon known to
fall. II per box. U forll ; sent by mall. Why suffer from
tuts terrlblu dltoaito wliun u wrlttan ifuirnntoo If
positively Klrpn wltho tioxoi orrufund tlio money I
not curud tjond stamp for free riainplo. ( Juaratlta
ssuod by Kuhn iCe , Druxtliti , Solo Azonticorni
Ithandlou7la ) < streets , Omaha , Nob.
SRA1U
D It. K.C. WBST'S NKUVKAND IlllAINTUKAT
MKNT , a specific for llystorla. IHitlneji , I'lti , Nou
ralgla , Headache , Nervous I'rouraton cituiul by
alcohol or tobacco. Wakofuluois , Mental Duuras-
don , Sottncssof the Drain , cauilng Inianlty , misery ,
tieciy , death , I'rumaturo Old Ave , llarroiimi. l.uu
of Power In either set , Impotunoy , loucurrtioj mil
all female \Voaknusos. Involuntary l.osioi , Hjior-
mutorrlina caused by over-exortlon of thi bruin
belf-ubusuovor-lndulKonce. A month's trjiitmont
II , U for 13 , by mall. Woiiuarantooslx boxus to curl
Kachordor foriiboxoi , wlltt I ) will cond written
Kuarantoeto refund If not cured. Uuarantee Issued
only by Tbeodoro , P. Lewis druggist , sole agent ,
southeast corner IDtu and Karnam sts. , Ounha
Healthful
Out Doors
if men and woman of all agoa know
how onsy it is to biuyclo how safe
houlthful1 joyful economical all
the world would oyolo Aa oycllnp
loads oxorclsos of all out-doors , uq the
Columbia loads the cycles of the
world
Iloolc about Oolumblai free at Col
umbia aKouulin , or aunt for two two-
contstampa-ropoMfi ; . Co.1 Col
umbus Avo. , lloston.
AT
Bateton , Texas ,
THE SEA PORT OF THE SOUTH I
For Sale or Lease at Bargain and on
Easy Terms.
A good chance especially for parties In dol-
IDiito lionlili doalrliiK'ii Clmujio to a congenial
and salubrious ollmiito. mild In wlntor and
tsool In Hummer , owlns to the rofruHhln uaa
breezes of the Kiilf.
A Corn Mill Plant
built by the T. J. Noylo MTir. Co. . uupucltv 200
bHrrolM pur tiny , with olovutor nillro.ul
HWltohoH. warehouses , stonm power and
cround , uluiated In eloso proximity to the
olimnol , eminently fitted for the export , as
well UK homo t.-.nao , with ample np-ieo for on-
lurxliiK the HIIIIIO or adding out mllllnc ,
Tlie roiison for disposing of this properly Is
qurdoilro to pay undivided munition to our
Hour mill buslnoRS , und thooxport of Hour and
grain from thlHpoit.
Wo Invlto corio-mondonco and will bo much
pleased to furnish ull Information In our
ppsaestloii rogurdlnj com milling , our port ,
ullmuto , etc.
Texas Star Flour Mills ,
GrALVESTON , TEXAS.
1HHH.
largest and best manufaitory west of thu Minis-
nlppl river. Impairing neatly executed ,
A. xl. SIMPSON
llOUnnUIIll itoiiulnii St.
HIGH 6RADE CARRIAGES.
MATTKESSE3.
I Tin : OJUIIA MAT-
DR.J. K Me { JUS W
THE SPECIALIST.
und ( lolillltlert of youth uud m.inliuoJ. 17 yours1
oxporlaiiro. HU resources und r.iullitloj iiro
liniotloiillymillmltoi ) . The Uuulor l < raroiii-
inoiidod by tlio iire < i , and endorsed | the
Btrongoit lormH by tlio people for fulr trtnt"
iiiont mid liunojt iirofOHtionm udvluu. Tlio
most powerful roinodloo known to mnduni
trt"tinoiit "f | " 1
o
aONORHIIOBA-trnmodliUo relief. A coin.
plotooitro without tlio loss of uu Hour's tliua
from IniHliio.Hi.
QLEErOnoof tlio most comiilcto un I ntio.
oussful truutmoiilH fur Kluot ami all umioy.nz
dlvoliur oa. vol. known to tlio ino.lloal nrofoj !
MOM. 'I lie rn.t nils uro truly wondorf ul.
STRICTURE ( Jioatost known ruinoJy for
tlio treatment of utrlcturu , without p tin , out-
L'iVkP/r'i'l'Jf'i'f' ' ' ' ' A m ° irniiiitrkttlilo nvnodv.
BYPHILIS-No trmitniont for this torrlnlo
blood dUouso lias over boon moro uiKOomful.
nor hud DtroiiKorondortfoniunla , in tlio Unlit
of niuilorii Buloiico tins ( llau.iso U positively
ourulilu nnd every truce of tlm poison untlroly
removed from tlio hlooJ.
LOUT MANHOOD , und ambition , iiorvoili-
ncm , tlmliiuv , doipundoticy and ull wu.ilcntHi
und ( llsqrclora of youth or manhood , Rollui
olitiilni'd ut once.
SKIN DISEASES , and all < llaou o ot the
itamavti , blood , liver , kMnoyn unj bluddor
nro treated u cvo fully wait the itroatui
known romodloj for the < ll u utu
Write forolrauUri und uuouloulUt. frj ] ,
IJtlt ( mil j'uriKim our , omii/ttf . % o >