THE OMAHA DAILY TUESDAY , .TATtfUAltY 18 , 1898.
HOWtOBEIIAPPnilOUGIIFAT
New Gospel for Women Confined to Their
Homes During Winter.
GLIMPSES OF A WOMAN'S GYMNAS.UM
Some of flip McMnulM nnil .IptitlnitccN
I/NCI / ! llmlrnln Corpulency
tiiil ( ilii- Tomnnil rilnuur
In ( lie
"How to be happy , thougn fit. " That Is
the now gospel of the women who , because
of Btiow , rain and cold winds , are exiled
during the winter months from the golf
"Tlnkn , and In consequence have been taking
on flcflh aI , a rate that causes distinct alarm.
rVrjthls reason at the beginning of the non-
golfing reason a happy thought crjstalllzed
at once Inlo one of the most Influential of
the winterclubs for women.
The happy ( thought was the proposition to
lilrc nn adequate hall and spend a certain
Amount of time every day In taking pure
golf gymnastics. Now , there Is nothing In the
world that so promptly tires a golfer , both
mentally and physically , as the mere sight
of thu average woman's gymnasium. "We
have found , " said an active member , "that
in thu majority of cases flesh Is like blue
cjt'd or red hair , constitutional , but we have
also discovered the antidote for flesh Is mus
cular gracelodl y supp'cncss , phjslcal agility.
Aek the average distinctly fat woman you
kn6w to try and scratch her left shoulder
blade with her right hand , to punh her own
dress nlcovo tops Into her coat sleeves , to
bend back and klew the wall behind her , or
stand on her left leg , draw her right Knee
apioss Uie front of It and set her right foot
flat against the wall.
"You will only have to ask , for she
won't be able to do any one of those things ,
and yet up nt our club but here I antici
pate.
' The cfub Is housed , just as you know , |
In a vnst bare hall and beginning In Novem
ber with ono dozen membeis. we now have
, an Inatrtictrem before them , or A
etout woman will nlmply trot Into the cxer-
cl e room , neleel an. unoccupied corner aad
seriously net about swinging or any other
exercise for fcilf an hour , turn right about ,
get Into her m rt govm once moro and
drive off on a round of calls with only
pinker cheeks ami brighter eje to show the
profitable pastime and has been about.
"If hc does not drop In for leg or arm
movements then ehc may mount on one of
what looks like ft serltv ? of huge carpet-cov
ered foot stools In the middle of the room
and without a word of warning begin taking
a aeries of hops from stool to stool. They
arc not placed far apart , and under their
carpet coverings are act a series of powerful
coiled springs that when she hops from one
to the other rend her bound'ag up and out
Into the air In the meat as'toalshlng and refreshing
freshing rr-inncr ,
"Or , If none of lhe.se exercises are followed
she runs In her suit down to an end of tne
long room to where an lach wide Btnlht
line Is painted white or. the floor , > ind , with
the gravity of a judge rcnder.ng a virdlcl.
she begins tocry , very carelully step back
ward on tills narrow white path.
"From th A Veculi-ir. motion she may go
down the hall lo a square of carpet and
speid an hour'trying to put a golf bill Into
a little pocket , or give her distinguished at
tention to a group ot women , who are standIng -
Ing ttlil , their-cjfS flxeJ on vacancy , ther
lips tightly shut , busy Inflating nnd con
tracting the lo\ver puts of their bodies with
an odd gesture. They are exercising their
iblomlnil mupcle and getting an amount of
health and comfprt out of the proccFs that
used to belong tp the human race In the elajs
when they lyed ( In the open air , pitched hay ,
hoed carni fccd/never knew bad livers and
evil dlgeattpVS
( sossipjipUT Mirnn I'noiM.n.
Cnc day a mother Who had been to a
country house near Marseilles was returning
at twilight ] to the. city with her son , a child
of S jears , who l.-Ad been put In a peach
tcskct borne by a donkey , and the mothei
fearing the child might catch cold ( It w < : s
In November ) , l.ad covered him with a th'ck
brown ohav\l. Tired with runn'ng around
the country oil day , cosey and wrm under
the thick sh.awlj the child was soon asleep
and hidden -by the sides of the Lcu'ict.
There is a local custom hoii'c at the gates
of Maiscllles , an.l when the Inspector sur
mises tint any package contains crntraband
article. ? ho thrusls u slurp steel pick through
MATING OF AGE AND YOUTH
Sonio Observations on May ancl"Dec mv.or
Marriages.
DOES THE HEART EVER &ROW OLD
iKiinlhiN nnnnolljV Tenili-r Tribute
The Stlinu-
to HI" llrlilc-lo-lle
lant of You I It " Hciul-
ncliitor A no.
.Mitrlmonlal matlngs of May and Decem
ber have become so numerous of late ns to j i
siiggoot Hie presence of a microbe of the j I
heart which has hitherto escaped the nolle * (
of medical InNcstlgatots. The somewhat an-
no.vliiR experience of Casslus M. Clay with a
girl wife has not chilled the ardor of the
aged loncEomcs. Doubtlcu-s thwc who admire
his ner\o conclude that ho made a mistake
In selecting a mate under 20. Uc > on < l that
age they see no danger In linking the wis
dom and conservatism of three-score or moro
joaw with the vigor and enthusiasm of
.blooming > outh.
The recent marriages of General Long-
street , Alexander M. Hell and J. B. Haggln
jiro\o conclusl\cly that the wrinkles of years
furnUh no piotectlon against cuplJ s arrow.
Heart failure- may continue a useful designa
tion for uncertain medics , but the heart
never grows old. "Neither wh\te \ hairs nor
> ears make men old , " remarked Prof. Hell
( agtd 78) ) en the e\e of his wedding. "At
17 I wta net mrc ardently In love than I
am now. The age at which one ccar.es to
fall In lo\e never cornea. "
IJlcsjed bo the prophet of the new faith !
Tike heart , > e that have "fallen Into the
scro and jcllow leaf" and brace upl Who Is
there so heartless ns to mock the solid \vls-
do.n of Bccond chlldhcol ? Ignatius Don-
nelly ? Not he. The "sjgo of Nlnlnger" Is
c-e of the old-joung-boy ? hlnvelf , and has
tossed aside cryptograms plutocrats , political
crimes unl things to lirton to merry bel'o
announcing his coming wedding.
nearly 200. The beginners got together
under the guidance of a clever man golf In
structor. Ho took u buck to first principles
In golf and after carrjlng us \\lillo through
o com so of exercises , we found ourselves
Kronlng as light-footed as girls , as pllua'.u as
snaKcs nnd as strong ns horeis.
A CUJU KOIl HARD WORK.
"Wo still have the gaunt old hall and It
len't even wanned , Jts floor Is bare and the
ono concession to comfort Is a cozy dressing
room , where the women keep their uniforms
in lockers and ret rid of tight conventional
garments , In favor of flat rubber holed shoes ,
Jacul lilish stout stockings , knlckei Dockets ,
slightly fulloJ to the Knee , broad belts and
flannel nhlrt waists Some of the very plump
and lotucntlonal members wear klltel tunicate
to the knee , but no fanciful or costl ) LOS-
tumes are a lowed , and most of the women
use hciivy but boncltua waists under their
ehlrta.
' In HIP big room , where the exercises are
taken ill day , no mat er ul.at the thcrmomc-
ter in do'ng ' , the w Indent ; are wide open , and
nil -"ay the members are coining ard going ,
practicing little exercising fctun a alone , or In
clasfieu before an li Htructorhn takes u
now Demur end llrht puta her thr-ugh an
examination. He eie/s jtiot how far nho can
bond backwards , forwaids and slilewlse ;
t .en ho tries her standing three mlrutcs
cci one leg and three -n he other and n licit
be 1ms pro\id , to a matron of CO cdd > rais
und \ \ cliht near 170 , that she has all ICio
grace and Ilexlbllltj of a lamp post , he next
refuses to guarantee- make her a whit less
weighty than she is.
"Ho docs KM mo her , though , that lie will
crabiu her , in spite of her white hairs und
nvolrilup.ls , to stoop ai.l pick up a pin IB
easily ns a 10-jear-olJ gill , trip at a run
acrcvs her drawing room HOT and never jar
itho most drlleato brlc-.i-brac , waltz like u
fairy and put a genulno girlish blush In her
check.
DRIVUIl SWINGING.
"Talk like this will Inspire the oldest woman ,
and thi'u ho gives her a long handle driver
nnd bln ( ! her begin anl swing It gently back
und forth before a row of b ! > ick spots en the
wall , LOiiiineiielng fr m 4 lielght ubut on the
le > 'oi of her head , nliceel Hireo Inches apart
nnd graded down ho wall tc the Hoar. Thcso
rpctfl then inn along the floor towaid her ,
to ecu ! In a big uiUflclil tee , on which a
captive bill Is pMcoJ.
" 'Klist i > .0 la undo to use the arm length i
swing. ntanc.li'.g llrmly balanceil , I'ier feet
6 < iuately sot and rather far apirt , letting the
lio'd of her ill Ivor at each pusa awing op.
p .il o ono notch lower on the wall. Oonii ,
and down It swings until every notch on the )
floor 1 marked , and flrally a twent-lfth (
fcu'l { bends tltu bill flying from the tee.
" \Vhon she can fanltltvsly swing past the
twenty-four SPO'B , and Invariably on the
iwcnt } . fifth btroke set the ball going , then
elm In taught to swing- her elub on 01 rlolng
ioj. wltii a whole half-suing of her entire
body , doing the two dozen strokes In the
exact form In which an expert golfer drives
off. You may think that sounds easy , but
Just pa through the urm's-longth or rltlng
too swlnn' twenty.four ( linen , and you will
feel a a If jou had run a mile race. It pumps
the lungs like bellows , wlilps up en'ery caest
und L vk muscle. anJ If jou lilt the ball at
< lu > end of the cxerdfc-u you ft'el foolishly
SWINGING TIIKIR LEGS.
/'Morning and < if ternoon the t lasses at driver
- ewloglng are full , and while the women are
- learning grace and golf at ono end of the
Jl Ipll , a dozen fat women , ttandlng In a row ,
are solemnly drawn up In formal array tak
ing the hip and leg movement. Standing first
on the right leg , hands on hipg , they graxcly
awing the left leg bark and forth , pendulum.
vise in front of the right , Degltciera are
only required to awing ono leg elx times ,
then change and wlng the other six times ,
and so on , until seine of them are ablu to
ttand and swing one leg twcnt-lhe times
In slow , graceful iucce slon , every time , at
each end of the
soml-clrdo thus described ,
bringing the foot clear upon a lo\el with the
waist line.
"When much hag been achieved with the
Ms movement thus the etudent placed ono
foot on a small thrco.lnch high Mock ,
llxnl to the floor , and awlugi her other
foot far out before and then behind her ,
taking hold ol no support the while , but by
going slonly , learning In tlmo to balance
! i era elf perfectly , even while the foot U shot
up to the meat amazing height.
NO LOSS OP DIGNITr.
"Now plc-aio don't confound tbcio move-
inputs wlb ( high kicking or anything unbo >
comltiK ( a women of toclal position and great
personal dignity , because overmottou le
iakca slowly , the women either etandlng In
It. He was preparing to do th u with tte
basket when the mother , aonie distance be
hind , saw his intention and shrieked out that
her son was Ini the basket. It was AdolpZic
Thlere.
Alphonse Daudct Lacd to tell this anecdote
to Illustrate the Incivility of pome english
men : "I was on my wedding Journey , and
an Englishman was with my wife and mjself
In the comtartment In the train. The air
In the car nis , clcee , and I wanted the
window lowered. Out he Insisted It should
be kept closed. I to'.d him tl.at I wanted
some frcc h air , tint my wlfo needed It , but
ho persisted In keeping the window shut.
At hlii Incivility I thrust my elbow through
the pane , at the same time- exclaiming
j 'Keep the air away from iw now , if jou
] i can , ' and the fellow glowered like a bull. "
i
I Hums was standing one day upon the
quaj at Grcenock , when a wealthy merchant
belonging to the town bad the misfortune to
fall Into the harbor. He was no swimmer
and hU death would have been inevitable
bad not a tailor , who happened to be passing
at the time , rescued him. The merchant ,
upon recovering a little from his fright , put
his hand Into his pocket and generously
'presented ' the sailor with a shilling. The
, crowd which had collected loudly protested
against the contemptible Insignificance of the
sum ; but 'Rums ' , with a smile of ineffable
corn , entreated them to restrain their
clamor , "for , " said he "the gentleman Is of
course the best judge of the value of his own
life. "
j Not long ago President Diaz of Mexico re
ceived a letter from a little girl of Pueblo ,
1 In which she said ; " .Mamma locked up my
i doll , and I wasn't naughty. Please make
her let me have It again. " A day or two
later the child got by post from the genial
p res Id rut a handsome doll , with a note stat
ing his bullet should she remain gocd , her
I mother would never have occasion to lock
It away. Ily that time the girl's parents had
i got wind of the message to Diaz , and they
! wrote to him , ex-pressing regret that their
wilful child had taken It Into her head to
communicate with him. A note was received
i In reply from the president's secretary as-
i hiirlng the worthy people that his exalted
i gupeiior had eiulte cnjoxod the experience ,
and was pleased to have the worry of holding
olllco relieved occasionally by such a quaint
episode , /
The death of Mrs. Mary Illalno
recalls the tragic jet heroic death
of her liubLand , Major M. C.
Illalno of the United States army , at Tort
Rlnggold , Tex , on Thanksgiving day , 18U6.
On Hint night the Bhoutw of the people
arouseii Major Blalnc , who saw at oneo that
hla house was on fire , the flames at that time
wtapplng the steps of the only exit. Seizing
his wll'o and vvraroing her In a blanket ho
dashed t'.irough the flro and gained safety
Dettilto protects from his brother oillcers , ho
again made bis wa > through the flames ,
wrapped his little daughter In a blanket acid
mailo a dash' for liberty. Four steps down
theio was a crash and father and daughter
dUappearcd In the furnace. When found
they wcro still clasping eath ether , although
charred to cinders.
Hon. Clifford Slfton , Canadian minister of
the Interior , Is very youthful looking , a fact
which gave ripe recently to the following
amusing story : When the government gaily
to visit the Yukon embarked at Vancouver
on the steamer Qundru Mr. Slfton appeared
at dinner In a Yukon traveling suit , the
prominent features of which the described as
"a blue flannel shirt and croper-rlvoteel over
alls. " The captain , who did not know t'.ie
minister of the Interior by sight , appeared
at dinner drested In his full uniform , and ,
after waiting noino little while , began fidget-
leig and glancing continually to the entrance
of the saloon. When the soup was getting
cold the captain heard one of thu party ad-
dtess the young-looking gentleman is Mr.
Slfton , and , turning to him , tald : "I beg
joui pardon , Mr , Slfton , but do jou know If
the minister , your father , IB coming In to
dinner ? " Explanations ensued and the dinner
( irogressed , but the captain thinks that when
members of the cabinet take passage In futuio
they should be preceded by their pbotogrtphs.
!
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by KuhQ tt C ,
A TRIBUTE TO A URIDE.
The noted Minnesota scholar , -publisher ,
author , lecturer nnd populist lo 67 and lus
rtarexl a family. His 'brldc-'io-bo la 21. Her
name is Marl < n Olive Hanson and she is a
typewriter. "A6out three years ago , " says
Mr. Donnelly , "sho began to work for me In
. the ollleo of the newspaper of which I am
j publisher aud editor. She subsequently en
\ tcred my hourehold and as lstej mo for a
I year In nn editorial and literary work I
[ ! found her hanlsame , gentle , amiable , hlgh-
I toncd , honorable. Intelligent and ofthe hlgh-
| I cst moial character. She was born In Nor-
j way twenty-one joars ngo of a family one
i very wealthy , but reduced by the good na-
i tuio of Its hod through Indorsing for
i ' friends to poverty , which drove the cull-
ilrrn and grandchildren to America , where
they have had for yearn a hard struggle with
adverse fate. TSio joung lady's poveity waste
to mo net a disqualification It n ther en
deared her to me AiiJ I have alwaje felt
moro regard for those- women who had to
support themselves than for ( hcoe who were
dandled in the Idle lip of luxury.
"Furthermore , while proud of my Irlnh
blooj , I regard the great Scandinavian race
t aa the purcbt representative of the great
original Aryan stock , to which all the people
ple of Europe belong. They are the mother
race of the fair-haired and blue-eyed In
habitants of the world by whatever local
i name they may bo called.
i i "I amvorj proud or the fact that after
[ I had passed middle life a young lady of
prominent goodness and many accomplish
ments could see enough In me to Induce
her to link her destiny with me. "
Could a jouthful Apollo pay a handsomer
compliment to his Venus ? '
The bride to bo Is a eongralal spirit. Kic
j ' I Is quoted as saying ; "I have alwa > s had a
great desire to study , and Shakespeare wan
i n particular favorite of mine. Hut it never
I occurred to mo that Shakespeare did not
j wilte Shakespeare. Of course not. But now- ,
I why I am sure of It. " What a darling she
l must bo ! Of course she told Ignatius of
her conviction and that settled It
THE WHYS AND WHCRCFORES.
It Is not for the average mortal to philos
ophize on dho vagaries of Cupid or to .it-
tempt an nnaljsL of caiibe and effect , nila
Wheeler Wllcox , the "Poete.3s of Passion , "
esaajs the task , and her observations anJ
conclusions are Interesting
"Man1 a man's first love , " she writes , "U
old enough to bo his mother and his Inut
love joung enought to bo his daughter
Cupid Is no respecter of ages and ho often
plays moU fartastle tricks Just to amuse
himself , it would scorn.
"There Is a monotony In shooting arrows
Into the heart of 21 and 18. Ho flmls little
variety In such toll and must needs erek
Eomcthlng now and diverting to render his
eternal labor * Interesting Ask almost any
man to tell you the absolute truth about
his flnst experience with the god of love ,
and bo will confess that In his teens he
was enamored of a woman In her thirties.
"To the Immature maturity Is fascinating
and thcro Is a certain shyness In the early
romantic emotions of a young man's heait
which , like the mist of morning , disappears
only In the ardent rajs of the sun ,
"Tho undeveloped youth thinks the wcll-
soaHoncd coquette or the alluring widow or
the fllrtlsh married woman far moro attract
ive than the girls of his own age. Tnls Is
bcoaiiEO they explain him to himself. We
are meh wonderful and fascinating puzrlra
to ourselves la the beginning of life !
"Hut after a man ha a been explained tit
himself he ceases to care for women wise
In lovo's lore and prefers to bcomo an In *
structor to the Ignorant , This proves to bo
such alluring pastime that many men keep
It up after ono decrepit foot U In the gravo.
As a man's years Increase so his admiration
for jouth Increases.
NATURE'S COCKTAIL.
"Blessings brighten as they take their
flight , and to all ol us n * wo face the sober
realities of life jouth seems the one perfect
gift of the gods ,
"Youth Is nature's exhilarating''cocktail , '
with the cherry of happiness at the bottom
of the glass.
"It Is not strange that when an ojd ( nan
seeks a companion for hla declining'years he
should want her to be you UK. It U not
strange , but , as a rule , It Is most unwise.
"When an old man takes tUs sort of a
stimulant bo Is liable to wake up with a
head and heartache afterward ,
"I have known a girl of 20 to really love
In the most romantic manner a man almost
forty jeers her senior. He was handsome ,
glftoj and In affluent circumstances. Whether
the Mould have consented to bo hU twifa
i had ho been pcor , AS women Accept life with
poor young mon whom they love , Is n ques
tion. Youth can be picturesque In poverty ,
but ARC needs All the refining embellish *
mcnts nd the dignity of wealth to render It
attractive , or even supportable in the eyes
of the young.
"I have seen youth so radiant and beauti
ful that It made one forget tattered and
even tolled garments. But an untidy old
person Js A shock to every sense.
"Yet with all that wealth can do to render
ne agreeable , nature his placed well-nigh
Insurmountable obstacles In the way of hap
piness for an old nmn and A joung bride.
"Age wants repose ; jotith wants distrac
tion. Age grov.s sloepr after dinner ; jouth ,
like a bird of prey , lenis ; to fly forth and
devour pleasure through the night hours.
Age loves reverie ; jouth loves discovery.
AKP Is Inclined to economy : jouth to ox-
pcrdlturc. One favors seclusion ; the other
likes to be seen rind to see.
"Age has bcentthrbugh evcrj thing and says
there Is nothing InIt ; jouth wants to find
out for Itself If Me holds the correct vlovv.
ELEMENTS OF.HAPPY . MARHIAGE.
"Marriage , to be' really happy , needo to
unite people of similar tastes , however ddi-
similar In temperament they imy be. It U
net ncccesary tb.it all the tastes ehould be
similar ; Lut unless iso.no of their Ideas ot
pleasure and of duty co-respond , they will
find the marli'il jpartjfrshlp a u.id failure
And It Is not Inilthe nature of things tail
jouth acd ago should tike the same view
of life. Though we hear verj- often of the
mating of an old i man and a young woman.
It U oa'.y now antl then we hear of > > joing
man taking an old tvlfe to his boiom. When
wo do hear of such cases , wo lltigh , for It
seems grotesque. If wo stopped to think
about It , perhaps we should realize that It H
pithetlc , and give tens Instead of laughter
"Tho old man knows ho Is old , but be
lieves the joung woman loves' him as he U ,
but the old woman believes she Is young ,
cad there Is where the pathon comes l.i.
"Strangelj enough , old men's lives BCCIII
to be prolosgej by marrying with joung
wives ; but , 03 the contrary , mature women
who vred joung husbands ae dam live manj
jearn afterward.
"A bright woman argued with mo the other
day In favor of rich old widows chooj ng
joung husbtnds.
" 'Why should n wealthy old woman no
purchase a joung husband , If It pleezrjcs
her to do eo and him to be bought ? " she
asked me. 'Nobody crltlcses her when she
pij's $300 for a poodle or maiy thouc-inds
fsr a fine horse. No.v , If her ta-to and fancj
lead tcv.iird a joing man Instead , no one
should comment or criticise. '
"But we are all pro-ie to make comments
upon our neighbors' affairs and to criticise
others' actions. And , after all , If nobolj
i'aid anj thing about anjbo.ly , what a dull
time there would be In socletj- . "
When by December , stnld nnd sober ,
S.j- Cupid with his bowstring walks ,
It Is not inatronlj- October ,
Who form'i the subject of their talks.
Not even luscious , ripe September
Gin Intelost gay old December. ,
Instead of dry leaves , scar nnd yellow.
They tnlk of fair leuvfs , fre"li and green ;
Tor Cupid , r.iecallj' j'ountf fellow ,
Knows all the tricks of trade , I ween.
He talks of spring In surh n fns.ilon ,
It lires December's he.irt with inslon.
< vu.\ivp Kuvrimus OK
The Indians , of Guiana have a querr system
of mime-ration. Thev count by the hand and
Its four flngero Thus , when they reach
five , Inbtead of saying so , they call It a
"hand. " Six Is , therefore , a "hand and first
flnge.- . " Ten Is "two hands ; " but twenty ,
Inbtead of being "four hands , " Is "a man "
Forty Is "two men , " and thus they go on by
twenties. Fortj'-slx Is expressed as "two
men , hand and flrst linger. "
Woman Is frequently accused of not knowIng -
Ing her own mind , and man la usually the
accuser. He Is fond of asserting that she Is
as shifting arid changeable as a piece of
temperate ? ono weather. And jet a case io
reported fiom New Hampshire In which n
man had his wlfo arrested and lodged In
Jail on a charge of Infldelily and then suc
ceeded In getting himself arrested for trjlng
to smugg'e candy and love letters to her
when the jailers were not looking.
George W. Arbcrry , a mdtormaif of ! Mont-
gomerj' , Ala. , fell 111 of the yellow fever ,
and , It was thousht , died. The body was put
Into n box which two negroes undertook to
cart away and bury on a bill. The mule
team ran away and the box was overturned
and broken. When the negroes tried to fix
things up Arbcrrv came back to consc'ous-
ncss and yo"oJ to know what was being-
done to him , nhlr-h caused the negroes to
flco as fast as tbclr legs would carry them.
Arbcrry managed to crawl to the nearest
house , and , although neirly dead from ex
posure , ho rccovelcj eventually.
A correspondent writes to the Paducah
( Ky ) Sun "In reading the Sun 1 saw a
pleco about a family having four Johns I
think I cau beat that. I know a widow
named Maj field , living In Paducah. She Is
the mother of four girls , and three of them
married Johns and the fourth was engaged
to bo married on Sunday to n John and
broke the engagement and ran away with a
man bv a different name Two grand
daughters also married Johns , nnd another
giapddauphtcr was keeping company with a
gent'eman named John ; the old lady has a
son named John , and he has a son named
John , and three other grandsons also named
John , and one great-grandson named John.
In all , she has cloven Johna In the famllj- . "
Wes Hall Is the > name ft n Smith county
( Kin. ) farmer whose 17jeirII daugiter dlol
recently. Ho went to town after a coffin , and
found cue. It Is culd , that had been badly
eMinigcd In a flro that flip o-uld buy for $3.
Loading the coffin Into > SH wrgon , so the
et ry goes , ' .ic drove arou'.id to the different
carpenters oT the town In search of one who
would repair It Knowing that Hall was well
off , the earpen ers Indignantly refused to do
the work , and 'he was compelled to take the
entket home and rep Ir It In tie kitchen of
the hcuso whore his dead daughter lay , The
local papers took up the affair , anl It Is
believed that tiio country will bo made too
warm for Hall by h-w scumli .li ed neighbors.
An account old ciKiigi'i tovo'o was set
tled In Tomccsco a little while ago A man
who la now a , police Justice of Henderson ,
Ky , , borrowed $225 from a friend 'twenty- '
one years ago to pay for a stock purchase In
western Tcnncv&ee , there beng ns b'nk In
the town where the transaction was carried
en. Ho promised to return the sum on Hio
following day , planning to go to the town
where Ills money was banked In the mean
time Ho came back with the money , but
his friend was awaj , so ho gave It to hn !
frlenl's p itner , then circuit clerk cf the
countj' . Eighteen months later his friend
wrotoi'ilm , asking for the money and expressIng -
Ing bin HUrprlHe at the apparent neglect. The
borrower wroo Immediately of the transac
tion with the partner , but the partner de
nied all knowledge of the money , The bor
rower paid hU fHcnd. Recently iio heard
Uat In the olllco of the circuit clerk > .n old
envelope with $225 In It had been found , nnd
ho went to got It. It Is supposed the partner-
clerk put It away and altogether forget It.
Knlr KHliiliot So I.nrwc.
SAN FllANOISCO , Jan. 17. The Chron
icle eaj's : A popular Illusion will be rudely
dispelled today when the appraisement nnd
Inventory of the estate of the late Sena
tor James O Fair IB tiled with the superior
court. Instead of $ aofXX.000 ) , at which It
had been estimated , Its value will he shown
by ItemUed figures to be $12,223-
S9S07 The figures are the re
sult of eleven months of examination and
research on the part of Appraisers It , V.
DejG. . L. Uresse and n. II Leigh , all
men acquainted with realty values and moro
or less familiar with the many enterprises
In which Fair wan engaged at the time of
his demise ,
icm I : | MII It'll Jloiid.
CHICAGO. Jan. 17. Judge Grout-cup In
the United States circuit couit today over
ruled temporarily a motion to dismiss the
foreclosure proceeding In the F.irmerH"
Loan and Trust company of New York
uMilnst the Lake Street Elevated Hallway
company The rullroad company will be
given an opportunity to renew the motion
as soon ns the rjurt has had nn oppor
tunity to review th3 evidence In the XleKler
bond caoo which U now beinglieaid before
Mastcr-ln-Chancery Sherman In the mean
time , Judge aroewup stated , the foreclo
sure pioc'i-dinga will be carried on further ,
J. A. Perkins of Antiquity , 0. . was for
thirty years needlessly tortured by physi
cians for the cure of eczema He was
quickly cured by using DeWltt's Witch Hazel
Salvo , the famous healing salvo for piles nud
sUlo discuses.
PASSING OF ll\YA ) \ FORESTS
Demand for , Land for Farming is Proving
, Bad for Forests.
PRAIRIE FIRES NOT NOW KNOWN
TiltSiTOinl ( iron til Timber of llu
StiiUPI iiu < JriM 'N Aon Cotor
the I'liliinilH Kutiirc ot
KorrHtf ) In IIMMI.
As Is well known , Iowa was , when flrst
settled , essentially a prairie state. There
were wooded are-is , but these were gen
erally disconnected nnd limited to particu
lar regions , such as the banks of the per
ennial otreama , clay hills , sandy and rockj
ilJgcs The spread of timber was prevented
by prairie flrcs Where the grass was heavy
these were excessively hot , to that treea
could ma.nUn themselves only where the
rss wv seanty ; that Is. where the soil
was thin or barren. Moreover , the trees
were for the most part scattered. As far
cs trees were concerned , ono could drive or
ride anywhere through the primeval woods
of Iowa except , perhaps , Immediately along
the borders of streams. The groiter num
ber ot the trees were old ; they were low ,
often scrubby , storm-tOBacd , often scarred
ne. of little value. In fact , sajo Prof.
Thomas H. 'Macbrldo ' of the Iowa State uni
versity , In an address delivered In Nash
ville , It Is believed by isomo that prior lo
I860 the forevst In Iowa , such ns It was , was
actually retreating , djlng out before the
sticss qf flro and storm.
However this may be. It Is certain that
thu coming of civ Illzatlon by checking pral-
rlp fit-as was for Iowa woodland Immcdl-
atclj' and greatly advantageous. True there
win Immediate demand for lumber nnd fuel
The earlier laws compelled the settler to
fcnco against all the cattle of the pralrlu
and the primeval trees furnished his only
material , llut In those dajs water power
furnished the only energy for driving the
saw ; mill sites were far apart and lumber
nuking was slow. .Moreover , In a very few
jcnrs , Mississippi rafts Drought to the
shores of Iowa quantities of Minnesota pine
so cheap that It did not pay to cut the na-
tlvo timber and the primeval oaks obtained
unlooked-for lesplte a new loiso c > : life
Those that remained availed to furnish seed
T r the ne.v rmdltlons the forest be
gan to spread , and In the twenty-five jc-aro
succeeding 18.10 became totally changed
What called "second "
was growth" sprang up
everywhere. The old trees were soon com
pletely lost in the crowrtc-d tanks of P-clr
descendants which. tinvcMl by fire and mu-
illv n"litint. grw with amazing rnpii'-
Ity , so that It was a common and -true re-
> i. itnong men lom ? resident In 'he
htato that there wcio In IOWA more trees
than ever before
FORESTS BECOMING BEAUTIFUL.
The fact before mentioned that the trees
wcro confined to Inferior soil tended In the
sumo direction , and the woodlands of Iowa ,
undisturbed , and reckoned worthless , became
more beautiful and valuable every year.
Such was the fortunate condition of affairs
until a few jears ago. From about 1S73
on , the rise In the value of agricultural lands ,
the increased demand for fuel , and , above
all , the Invention of barbed wire as n cheap
and convenient fencing mateilal all com
bined to the destruction of all hopes which
any may have Indu ged respecting Iowa for
ests. The woodlands could be fenced for
pasture fleldn ; when the trees were cut off
herds of cattle prevented fore&t renewal.
About the same time the rapidly rlcsing price
o ! Minnesota pine reached a point where It
once more became profitable to saw nitlve
lumber , especially by aid of the portable
atcamsaw mill ; so that all the old trees have
at last bon cut off and sawed up Into bridge
lumber and railroad tics ; and the prospects
now nro that within n few jears every
vestige of Iowa woodland will bo converted
to agricultural use. Much as we deplore the
loss of our forest , with ai : Its beneficent
Influence , with all that It contributes to
human v.eal , the case would not bo so
utterly bad wcro It true that the removal
of the forciit gave place to other valuable
harvest. This Is , Indeed , tiuo In some
p'accs.
FORESTS AND PASTURES.
The rich bottom lands when cleared make
In some localities fine farms , and the gentler
elopes among the hills of sand nnd loess
mike flno blue grass pastures , but In the vast
majority of cases neither of these conditions
obtains. The woods cover rocky knol's ' sand
hills , steep hillsides of jellow clay ; In fact ,
land that Is otherwise worthless. The thin
depcslt of rich soil caused by the decay ol
'
'eaves through long preceding years snon
washes off , once the trees are > removed , anil
the land from which the farmer hoped al
least grass for his cattle washes after a
j'ear or two In gullies , whitens to bare rocker
or at meat grows up In thlstleo and weeds
that can thrive In the most Inhospltab e
localities. Added to these unfortunate con
dltlons , wo must record the fact that the
'ast few jears In Iowa have been seasons o
rcmarkablo drouth a diouth so ce-
voro ns to dfatroy , not tillage -
ago crops only , but In some places
Indigenous vegetation of every dr crlptlon
Even arboreous pljnts did not escape Our
i alive forcn trees raks. hickories , ashe < i
have boon killed In midsummer hundreds of
them , particularly the "s com ] growth , " by
the geocral dt-flc'ency of mo'stuie. Taken
altogether , the prospect for cur Iowa wools
Is discouraging In the extreme. The onlj
hope of preserving any of our primitive
forest area lien In the possibility of Birring
the Intelligent sentiment of our people. Thlc
Is the moro difficult from the fact trat
lowans arc accustomed to bca t that every
aero of Iowa land may bo made subject to
tillage. Thia , of course Irj not true. There
are thousaids of acres tlut should cover be
tilled at all. Nevertheless there nro many
men ready to try the- experiment , as If to
make good the suppo'edlv patriotic boast
If the woojs are all swept away , the time
will probably soon come when much of the
land they cover will Lo reforested , but by
herculean labor.
TUB GROVES OF IOWA.
As an offset to this somewhat hopcleai ,
or , at least , despondent side of the picture , It
may be Eald that there- are toJay In Iowa
thousands upon thousands of groves planted
by farmers for the protection end shelter of
their homesteads The groves are generally
of comparatively worthless species of trect > ,
but nevertheless , they keep ever before the
mlndd of our people the necessity and value
of trees Men who have labored hard to
eradicate every native oak , hickory , walnut
and maple from their promises have after
ward gene to the Double to set out about
their hollow soft maples ncd box elders !
" SOLI U. not liquid ! '
A Screw Loose !
The queer mental attitudes we lake ara
simply mild insanity nervousness.
Dr.
Charcot's
remedy for unhealthy fancies
They renew and strengthen
the nerves and impel them
to vigorous action. They
tighten "loose screws. "
Dr. Charcot's Kola Nervine
Tablets h.ive no "after efTecls"
they produce permanent
good.Wtite
Wtite for i > reel ol curci Me nd
a package Gel them ol your < Iruxiit , or
EurekaChemlcal and Manufacturing-Co.
La '
The people mcME well , but ttiey < ro deplorably
In need of eouml Information. U mu t be
s ld also th t tliereIs among Intelligent
citizens a growing Intercut In our problem.
Mm are dlsciisslDR woodland rr er\atlona ,
rural forks , water courses nnd problems of
water supply as ne\er before , ted there ! no
doubt that If the Intercut can be maintained
the next decade will show- great Improvement
In public sentiment Ic Iowa la all that per-
tnlns to forest malnUrjance and preservation.
Hnoo for llli'U MlnliiK Clnlin.
TACOMA , Jan. 17. With the thermome
ter 30 dcKrees below zero n midnight rnco
ON or thirty-live miles or rough mountain
country In the henrt of the Klondike hn <
earned for Goarge Orahnm. n Shclton log
ger , the first prize of Mnklnc off o\iTlookjtl
nnd unregistered placOr claims \alued nt
MVO.tvO. Ornhnm was nt the Pminillrin reg
ister's ofllco on tnc Afternoon of November
15vhen a man ru hcd In and filed n claim
on French I'ete creek , xOileh adjoins the
richest part of Kldorndo. Ho hnd dis
covered that In the ru h to stnkc the
Klondlko district five clMm * on Kronen Pete
creek had been o\erlooked. Graham
to locnto the oilier * , having given thojtlp
to three of hi * friend * . They were followed
In a wild race by JOO other miners , but
succeeded In getting on the coveted ground
first.
For rheumatism and neuralgia 3011 cannot
get A better lemedy than Salvation Oil.
Ml * * riNiirrim' 1'ntlirr
Nn\V YOllK. Jan 17. Among the pn en-
gcrshonrrlved tcdiy on board the Ktenmcr
Saratoga , from Hmnii.i. s AugiiHtln Coi-
nlo , the father of Angelina C'o-'slo y Cli-
ncro * . co lo wan released by Gcni\ral
Ulanco on Sumlnj , January 9.
GOLD DUST.
Grimy finger timrks
seem to grow on the woodwork
nbont the house. They come ensily nnd
they stick , too unless you get rid of them with
\ il j rf.
r sJ = \
eZS\
Powder ,
It mates all cleaning easy.
. . . ,
THE N. 1C. KAIHIIANIC CO.MPAXY
Clilcneo. BU Louis. Now . York ,
.
lloston. VbUiulclphln.
IS LIKE A GOOD TEMPER , "IT SHEDS A
BRIGHTNESS EVERYWHERE.
ALL HAIL THE
A
We're off for the skating ! We're
down the toboggan slide ! Gee ! But
isn't it fun !
The Ice Carnival is on at the Ex
position grounds. They charge 10 cents
to get into the grounds , 10 cents admis
sion to the ice and 5 cents for each ride
down the toboggan slide.
IF you will bring in two new sub
scribers for the Daily and Sunday Bee
for two weeks each , you can get a ticket
to the grounds , an admission to the ice
and four trip tickets for the toboggan
slide , or eight tobggan tickets or four ice
admissions.
IF you bring in one new subscriber
to the Daily and Sunday Bee for three
weeks , you can get a ticket to the
grounds , an admission to the ice and two
trip tickets for the toboggan slide ; or
three ice admissions , or six toboggan
tickets ,
IP you bring in more subscribers , or I
for a longer time , you can get tickets at
the same rate for each bona fide new
subscriber Hiat is , an admission to the
grounds , or an admission to the ice , or
two trip tickets for the toboggan slide ,
for each week paid in advance by the
new subscribers you bring in. The
more subscribers , the more tickets. A
whole lot of fun for just a little work ,
fr IN one but bona fide new subscribers
Jc count , No subscription taken for less J
than two weeks. 5
fi Bring your subscriptions to the %
Circulation Department , J ?
> , Bee Publishing Co ,
Dec Building ,
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AND BROUGHT TO PERFECT
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.
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and jou can rclron vclttngr well. W . * l u
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