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    THE OMAHA DATLY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 18 , 1898.
I NE\V \ SWEDEN DOWN IN MAINE
Glimpses of the Most Faming Colony Ever
Planted in This Country ,
REMARKABLE GROWfH IN 25 YEARS
Grand Vlala of Knrma Owned l y
Thrifty People The Colony' *
Ohe Trimeily Scencn In a
Vay'm Drive.
CAR1DOU , Me. , Nov. 11. "From hero on
It's all Sweden. "
The driver Indicated by a sweep of bit '
arm nil the farms to bo seen ahead of UK.
from Caribou It was eight miles over a
road as tmooth and hard as asphalt , and
now wo were on the edge of New Sweden ,
the most flourishing colony ever planted on
American soil. A king fostered It. DC-
cause of It , Ita projector was subsequently
made mlnlntcr to Sweden by our government
and Its remarkable EUCCCW Is recognized by
tlio eoclal economists of two hemispheres.
From be lower waters of the Pcnobscot
'
it Is weary climb of 200 miles on the
Bangor & Aroostook railroad , through the
great pi no woods of central and northern
Maine to the uplands of Arooatook county.
The train carries yoii through the home of I
the deer , pant the runaways of the Moose j
aud Caribou , by lakes and trout streams , |
always up hill ; by tbo doors of bunting j
camps , sportsmen's hotels , bare and most '
attractively desolate , and around the foot- '
bills of hoary old Katahdln , whose peak
may be eecn In shadowy outline through
rifts In tlio forest. Then w.hen least ex
pected the primeval woods glvo place to
man-made groves of nccond growth , or
chards and plowed fMd * . fnrtfttf at ] "tf
camps , farm bouses come into view. The
railway ciallou , utter VaiW aiii toUury
tavern develop In'.o vintages with Railroad ,
avenues and Main stcet , and at length tbo
tourist steps from the car at Caribou the
garden spot of the great northeast.
. Pniin llnK tlip Colony.
Hon. William Wlgerly Thomas , ex-mln-
letcr to Sweden , founded New Sweden In
1S70. He had been appointed a war consul
to that country In ISGU and then the Idea
of bringing the hardy and frugal Norse
man to Maine occurred to him. He aroused
the Interest of , both the Swedish and the
Malno state authorities and after some years
of delay ho secured a grant of 100 acres
of land In Aroostook county to the head
of each family and aid until his flret crop
could bo harvested. Mr. Thomas was also
appointed commissioner of Immigration by
the state of Maine and had personal charge
of the colony until , In 1873 , tbo settlers
voluntarily relinquished state aid.
On June 25. 1S70 , under his guidance , fifty-
one Swedes sailed from dothenberg to Amer
ica , The colony was composed of twenty-
two men , cloven women and eighteen chil
dren. All tbo men were farmers and many
of them were also skilled In other trades
and professions. Among them was a lay
pastor , a blacksmith , a civil engineer , two
carpenters , a basket maker , a wheelwright ,
a baker , a tailor and a maker of wooden
shoes. It was a sturdy , stalwart party of
picked applicants. There was not a physical
blemish on one of them , and no one bad
been accepted whose character had not been
properly vouched for. They canio from nearly
every province In Sweden and were provided
with money enough to pay their passages to
their new home. After an uneventful Jour
ney the Immigrants reached the borders of
Maine on July 22. As they crossed the line
from Now Brunswick the American flag was
unfurled and tbo party was greeted by a
Bolute o ( cannon by the citizens of Fort Fair-
field.
IteKuii Work the Ncit Dny.
Tbo day after reaching their destination
tbo Swedes began converting the .wilderness
Into homes. To put them In the way of
earning their Hvlng by their own labor Mr.
Thomas set them towork felling Jrees , cut
ting out roads' and building houses , , paying
them'jl a' day 'In' provisions and tools from
the state fund provided for that , purpose. At
the close of the year , through births and
additional Immigration , the colony had In
creased In numbers to 114 ; seven miles of
road had been cut , twenty-six dwellings
built and about 300 acres of land cleared and
partly sowed In grain. A number of tbe
dwellings were erected by the state and were
paid for In labor. These buildings were of
pcelod logs and .contained thre rooms each.
They wore also furnished with cooking
Btovcfl. The same year n public building ,
called to this day "Th Capitol , " was
erected , wherein all public functions not
glvonr In thevarious , churches are held.
It wan bard work but everyone aided ,
In the fields the men and women worked
side bv aide , and the potato field was the
playground of the youngsters. They rose
with the gun and went to bed at dusk ,
Founder Thomas Is fond of relating the
following Incident showing the Indefatiga
ble Industry of these pioneers.
"I mot once , " hn says , "a Swede woman
foot , carrying on her back a bulging sack. "
What have , you got In there ? ' I asked.
'Four nice pigs. '
Where did you get them ? '
'Two miles below Caribou. '
That made a twenty-mile walk , and the
good wife was smlllnc to herself to thlnli
what nice pigs they were. "
ItvxnttB of n. Yrnr'a Toll.
That Is the way-they worked and thai
la also the way they work oven to thli
day , So hard have tboy labored and s (
successful have they boon that today then
are more than 1,700 Swedes In the colony
which now extends over seven townships
They have more than 700 buildings am
eighty wiles of turnplko roads. They owt
about $90,000 worth of live stock , and li
1801 their farm products were valued a
Jl"3,730 , That same year the total value-
buildings , clearings , tools , stock , factories
mills and farm and mill products reache <
nearly fSOO.OOO , When out considers that i
quarter of a century ago this territory d ! <
not produce a dollar these figures are do
quent. Today there are upward of < ,00i
Swedes In Maine who are the direct resul
of this enterprise.
"This is all New Sweden , " continued thi
driver , checking his team to give time ti
observation. Wo were at the top of Lam )
crln'a bill , nnd from where we stood thi
land slored In every direction to the thlcl
undergrowth that betokened a water coursi
and rose agulp , und thus on as far as thi
eye could reach , rising and falling gently
peacefully. From the crest of the bill , dowi
100 feet runs tbe road , then up again to th
hortron. In winter the young Swedes slid
down this bill on their skis and a glorlou
It U. But now it IB shaded on elthe
side with northern ptno and hardwood , em
bowering It In a latticed framework , through
which the Landgrln farm , with Its bucy
family of toilers , the old church and the
pastor's home could bo seen In gllmpsei.
Unnrmoni Pntnln t'roiix.
On ovcry sldo were neat farm houses , some
of them tldv and warmly built , with barns
three and four times their size. Around
thorn were pasture lands and groves , or
chards nnd meadows and vast potato fields ,
Aroostook county raises more pitatocs than
the entire balance nf the slate. It Ib one
of the great potato raising legions of the
world. One farmer has raised as many as
743 buibcls to the aero nnd tbe avcrnco
yield Is more than -00 bushels.
Among these farrrien we drove.
"This Is Gabriel Oabnelson's farm , " er-
plained Ole. the driver , at we stopped before -
fore a field that re ache 1 from the roadside
to the hills , a full quattnr of a mile be
yond.
"Good day , Gabriel , " he called in Svensk.
"Good day , Olot" and a tall tUxenhalrcd
man came up to the wagon.
' 'How are your potatoes coming on ? "
"Fine , " answered the farmer In fair Eng
lish ; "about 300 to the acre. "
"Hard work ? "
The farmer shrugged his broad shoulders.
At the lower end of the field , drawn by two
horsci , rolled the potato digging machine ,
which looks like a barrow , and left a double
row of pink tubers In Us wako which were
being literally shoveled Into baskets by tbo
farm bands. The farm bands consisted of
Mrs. Gabrielson and a string of little Ga-
brtelsons of all sizes. It pays to raise large
families In New Sweden. There would bo
very little profit In farming , especially at
this busy season , If there were not plenty
of children to load the baskets In the potato
tate fields. A youngster can pick up as many
tidiest farmhouse on the road. It Li painted I
red , nnd even the mammoth bnriiB arc warm
with color. It la the summer homo o ! J , I ) .
Hallgrln , a well known raloitr of tbo
metropolis , ills story rends like a roinanc .
Here It Is : HP came to Nun Voile frun
Sweden a poor boy , and begun llfn as n ca
terer. After he had become U'lll-tn-do be
met and married a young girl from New-
Sweden , who was living In Now York. Tor
awhile they spent their summers near Now
York , but the heart of the New Sweden
girl ycaincd for the hills arm valleys of her
home , and at last she persuaded her hus
band to como up hero and buy a farm.
Ho has been hero about twclvp years , and
bos made almost as much money out of his
farm as his business. Ills wife and tbe
younger children live here all the year , but
bo and the eldest son , who Is a rising young
dentist in Now York , make the metropolis
their winter home.
At the foot of the hill there la a sawmill ,
deserted now while the mill hands help har
vest , which Is set In a heavy hardwood
thicket. A short ten feet nwny there la a
row"of dead trees a quarter of n mile wide
and ten miles .long. .H Is the line of the
forest fire thht nearly burned the mill and
threatened the best part of the settlement.
It came three years ago , and the colonists
worked for three days to a > e the mill.
There _ were 100 ot them , nnd they divided
themselves into iquads and worked un
ceasingly , drenching the lumber piles with
water from the springs.
A Colony Tragedy.
"Over yonder Is the tree where little
Christine Svcnsson was found , " said Ole.
"Little Christine Sveneson ? "
Then the driver related the loss of a
child from bar father's home the third year
of the colony. She was In the swamp after
water when a bear and her ebb frightened
tbe child , who left the path and was lost.
For three days she was sought , and when
she was found site was Insane through fright.
The story was told by Founder Thomas
at the quarter centennial. It Is the only
tragedy this peaceful colony has ever
known , and Ole , the driver , stops his horses
for tourists before the historic tree. From
the Svensson tree the road back to Carl
bou takes in ntiout all there Is left to be
seen. There are half a dozen white school
houseti with their patriotic llngstaffs , and
a dozen or more saw mills and starch factor
ies. The latter Is the greatest ot all manu
facturing Industries In this region , which
turns out 15,000 tons ot starch annually.
New mills are going up yearly. I stopped
at one of these mills a simple affair , with
.nany old makeshifts In a mechanical line ,
such as a homo-mado pump and an electric
LOG HUU&K FURNISHED BY TUB S'lAT fc fOK UHE FIRST COLONISTS THE
MODERN FARM HOUSE A CREATION OF NEW SWEDEN.
potatoes as a grown-up , and this Is the
great harvest among the Aroostock Swedes.
But it Is hard work , and there Is plenty of
It. They get up at 4 In the morning ; at 5
they are at work , and' ' they keep at It until
It Is too dark to distinguish a potato from
an earth ball. They "only stop for meals , of
which they have four ; breakfast at 4:30 : ,
lunch at 11 , dinner at 3 and supper at 6.
At 7 lights are out and the tired laborers
are enjoying a rest that the city man reads
about , hut never experiences.
Preacher * Who Farm.
The First Lutheran church Is built on
tbo Landgrlu farm. It Is a plain , white
structure , bare and simple , quite different
from the rather gaudy Baptist meeting
I house down the road , where we saw the
I parson and .his pretty wife In the family
potato patch with their llttlo ones , harvest-
plant , designed and mndo by two youngsters
who never saw a dynamo , except the one
at Caribou , and never naw. that until their
own was set up. They built It from de
scriptions In a book. The machinery clanked
and clamored noisily as the potatoes bounded
down the chutes into the bins wherein they
become pulp , then paste , and at last starch.
The latter transformation , > however , takes
place in a great drying house , which smells
as sweet as new mown clover.
The twilight brought out the vivid colors
of the autumn foliage In startling contrast
to the greens , which deepened In the dark
ness to almost black. A cool wave arose
from the earth as we dipped Into a valley.
The setting sun toad left a golden haze In
the west that glided the hilltops with such
gold as no palette ever held. Up the1 road ,
toward the horizon , tboro flared a rose-
flame cloud like Pharoah's "pillar of fire
A POTATO PARADISE.
Ing their crop , the same as the rest ot the
people do. The preachers ot New Sweden
all combine farming with their ministerial
labors. Money goes a long way In this far
away nook , but even here $500 a year Is not
enough to rear and educate a family unless
It U pieced out with some kind of labor.
The feature of the Lutheran as ot all tbo
churches hereabouts U the horse shed largo
enough to shelter a regiment of cavalry
und in which the worshipers leave their
teams during services. The Swede Is a mer
ciful man to bis beasts.
A Colony Sorrow.
"We stop here , * ' said Ole , and he turned
the team off to the sldo of the road.
Around the bend there came n procession.
First there was a spring wagon , In which
lay a coflln , a plain pine coffin , whoso Elnglo
coat ot white paint only emphasized Its
plainness. U was a homemadecoOin. . On
the front seat sat two Swedes , both ot
whom bowed politely to Ole , whllo one
raised his hat to me.
"Whem ar del ? " asked Ole.
"Carl Martenson , " whispered one of the
men on the front seat.
"Is that so ? "
Olo's Informant nodded bis head gravely.
The dead man was a farmer's son. Tbe
parenta and family mourners came after
tbe hearse In buggies and buckboards. The
men wore black , but for that matter , so
l
did most every one else , as brack Is the
Sunday color In New Sweden clothing. Tbe
only exception was the handsome Lutheran
parson , who looked like a Siegfried , so yel
low and bearded was he. Ho wore a fash
ionable top coat , light brown and velvet
collared. After the family came the friends.
It wa a very long procession and It took
fully a quarter of an hour to pass , though
the horses trotted briskly. It kept Ole
busy herding bis own frisky horses , who
disliked standing ( till , and keeping his hat
raised In reply to tie greetings ot his
friends. The men of New Sweden all know
one another , but not so well that they ever
forget to bo pollto , Thlo kind of ac
quaintanceship Is confined to older and more
civilized communities.
"A New York man owns that farm
: i _ > _ E-W * 4k. A A * *
A nt lne nprannee.
r Ole pointed out by far thn prettiest and
by night , " which covered the trees on either
side with crimson.
"Gorgeous ! "
"Dust , " said Ole , "and a ray of the sun
through Landgrtn's grove. G'larig , lietsy !
wo're almost home. "
SOMK LATH INVENTIONS.
To asccrtiln the size of finger rings a nev
measuring device has a flat base on whlcl
the finger Is placed , with graduated bars If
surround the finger and Indicate the size of
ring needed.
In an Improved footrest for bootblacklnr
stands clamps are prqvlded for the sole and
heel portions , which can be adjusted tn fl
any foot and clamped In place bj > a lever at
the side of the base.
A handy cup for drinking purposes has F
weighted section formed under thu flange li
the bottom , so that the cup can be dropped
into the spring when not In use , the weight
keeping It In an upright position us It floats
To prevent a pipe damper from accident'
ally turning In tbo pipe and changing the
draught an attachment has been designed
which consists of a yoke to be slipped over
the handle of the damper and clamp it in
place.
Lumber can bo quickly piled by a Michigan
man's device , consisting of a frame held In
place by extensions entering the pile of'lum
ber , an adjustable roller being attached tn
the top of the frame to roll the boards In
stead of sliding them.
i An Improved link cuff button has a tele
scoping shank , one of the members having
an' Interior projection which engages a groove
cut In the surface of the other shank to pre
vent removal until a half-turn lo given to
cither part of tbe button.
(
I A Massachusetts woman has designed a
tag attachment for packages , consisting of a
wood or metal frame In which a card ( Us , a
etrlng being fastened to ono edge by which
It can be pulled out and reversed to show
the printed return address nn the back.
Trousers are prevented from bagging at
the kneea by a newly patented attachment
formed ot two metallic strips hinged to turn
In any direction and sewed to the seams on
either side of the knee to stiffen the cloth
and draw it up from the bottom as the leg
is bent.
, A New Yorker has patented an apparatus
for drying the hair after washing or shampooing
peeing , a metallic casing having a heating
stove at the bottom with air inlet holes , the
air being drawn to the top of thn rasing nnd
blown through a funnel by means of a re
volving fan.
Tomorrow will be cold
but that oticht not keep yon away from
our Htorc the special attraction for the.
ladles tomorrow will be a new shoe by
Hanan & .Sou , made after their cele
brated man's last , thus making It abso-
lutelv man fashion the finest quality of
vlcl kid-In the extreme bull dog toe
genuine welt In solid sole leather , nole
Just like a man's shoe an awful easy
shoe on the foot and one that wou't
necessarily require rubbers.
Our now souvenirs have arrived nnd
those who have been walling should
come In at once do not try to select
souvenirs on Saturdays.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
Oranlin'i Up-to-dnta Shoe Hoai * .
119 FARNA.M STREET
Christmas goods
are beginning to be seen In our store-
some elegant razor sets Just received
we would like to show them to you and
at the same time show you the Genuine
Jewel heating stoves , the Imperial
Jewel throe sizes $30 ? 35 and $40
the duplex grate and solid rotating tire
pot will heat moro space with less fuel
thau any other stove made so con
structed as to take up the cold air from
the floor , thus Increasing Its raidlatlng
power 42 per cent a very handsome
stove as well.
A. C. Raymer ,
WE DELIVER YOUU PUROHASR
1514 Farnam Street.
ART IN MODERN POSTERS
Origin and Growth of the Movement at Home
and Abroad.
IS THE CRAZE A PASSING ONE ?
How the Art Poater Got It * Start to
Panic nnd Popularity Some
Notable Specimen * nnd
Their Authors. .
The origin and development of art in
modern posters and brief descriptive re
views of the moro notable specimens form
tbe groundwork of an Instructive sketch
by Virginia Dodge in a recent issue of the
Cedar Rapids ( la. ) Republican. Miss Dodge
ivrltes as follows :
To Paris la due the modern artistic poster
movement ; as early as 1836 wo find so dis
tinguished an artist as the French Lalanco
producing a poster , but it is at the present
time under Jules Cherct , easily the leader
In poster designs , that the poster has be
come an established fact and one so orlg- '
mal , daring and brilliant that It cannot be
Ignored.
Of Jules Cheret Picture Posters says : "It
may be that mon ot rarer or more fas
cinating talent have devoted themselves to
the poster ; but none can compare with
Cherct in the magnitude and curiosity of
his achievement ; many have produced
: harralng wall pictures ; nobody , save Cheret ,
has made an emphatic mark on the aspect
of a metropolis. Paris without its Cheret
would be Paris without one of its most pro
nounced characteristics ; Paris , moreover ,
.vlth Its gaiety of aspect materially 'dimin
ished. The great masses of variegated color
formed by Chord's pouters greet one Joy
ously as one passes every boarding , smile
at one from the walls of every cafe , arrest
ane before the windows of every klok.
Blazing reds , hard blues , glowing yellows ,
uncompromising greens , arc Hung together ,
apparently haphazard , but in reality after
the nicest calculations , with the result that
the great pictures , when on the boardings ,
insist positively on recognition. "
Another Frenchman of poster fame is Eu-
reno Orasset ; his mobt notable production
t the famous "Sun ot Austcrlltz" with Its i
PaderowskI horse" as It has been called ; j
.his represents Napoleon on a white horse i
standing on the verge of a preclolce , with !
the setting sun shining on the face of the
emperor. The 'idea of the poster is that
N'apoleon has led his army victorious to the
cuds ot the earth und there are no moro
lands to conquer. A writer In the New York
Tribune says , "Little bo > s begged their
father to take them to the Napoleon clr-
ius" and that Charles Dudley Warner ,
pending election day in Brooklyn , asked
.vho-t office Napoleon was running for In
that city. Grasset has .other Napoleon pos
ters ; In ail his work Is seen a passion for
decoration , a sense of beauty and a daring
In color effect which is marvelously suc-
: cssful. He Is a paragon of versatility , and
lias designed everything from "book covers
'o stained glass , and from piano cases to
, ) luklo Jars. "
Most notable among other French posters
'Is that of Steluletn's famous production ,
Latt pur Sterilise" ( pure sterilized milk ) ,
i red gowned child Is drinking milk from
i bowl and watched by thrco envious tab
bies. Unlettered copies of these bring from
13 to $10. Cherot's price for a potter Is
jl.OOO ; and so great Is the demand for pos
er collecting that linns sending out posters
or bill boards have them checked up by a
/aster Inspector , and If one Is missing the
Jill sticker is held responsible.
In England it is hard to find names as
worthy of place In poster fame as those
found in France and America. Aubrey
HearJsley Is well known on account of his
startling originality. HU most famous
posters are those designed for the Yellow
Hook and tbe Pseudonym Library ; and ho
has madea special feature of theatrical
posters.
Of the Beggarstaff Brothers ( Messrs. Pryde
and Simpson ) Mr. Ueorgo U. Sparks in a
paper on "Posters ; Their Origin , History
and Development , " says ; "Their admirable
art Is not Intrusive , but nevertheless at
tracts itself to the collector's attention.
The poster ot 'Deckel' and that of 'Hamlet'
Is beyond all pralso , simple and dignified. I
believe their work will help considerably In
revolutionizing the English pictorial poster.
Their work Is finished , striking and artistic. "
Of Mr. Dudley Hardy , another English
man of poster note , "Picture Posters" says ,
in criticising his Gaiety Girl : "There Is
something of Cheret , there Is even more ot
Jan Van Beers In the end-of-tho-century
girl , elegant as she is Impudent , whom Mr.
Hardy depicts with such amazing vervu aud
abandon. She Is too light-hearted , too Irre
sponsible , to be the daughter of this land of
gray and rainy skies ; she takes nothing seri
ously , save perchance a detail of her cos
tume. " His color and design arc excellent
and he Is especially careful In lettering.
Among American poster artists Edward
Pendcld has earned the right to a first place
by his ready wit , originality of design and
good color work. His posters arc always
pleasing , perhaps from their repose and quiet
dignity , thus placing him In tttrong contrast
with the French class or the English Hardy.
He , too , has the distinction of being the
most prolificof the American artists ; a
i greater part of his work is for Harper's
His treatment of animals is delightful and
unique and most expressive.
Anii-rloiiii Sample * .
In Mr. Louis Rhead , a follower of Gras
sett , we find an artist English by birth , bu
American from choice , for ho boa made this
country his home since 1883. In his work
the color scheme Is at , once artistic and
compelling. Ho. brings great enthusiasm
and ho has produced a aeries of Interesting
and curious designs. Some ot his most
notable work has been done for the Now
York Sun. Ho has also made posters for
Harper's , The Century and St. Nicholas , and
they are much prized by collectors.
A young Phlladelphlan ot note Is Mr.
Maxfleld Parrlsh , who has taken so .many
prizes that ho Is called the "American poster
competition winner. " Of him , the story Is
j related , that ho once made a poster and
sent it to a certain publishing house , which
returned' It as unworthy. This publishing
house offered prizes for posters and Mr.
I Parrlsh using the idea of his rejected pos-
j ter , < turned the figure , round , gave it a rosy
I rue in place of the sombre tone of the first
round , sent It tri the , same publishers and
was awarded the second prize. Emboldened
by this success ha sent-his rejected poster to
another publisher , who eagerly took it. In
the last year be has made many now friends
through an Irresistible poster announcing
Baum's "Mother Gooc. "
Mr. Aubrey Bcardsley's Influence has boon
felt in the work of Mr. Will Bradley , His
name recalls the Chap Book , which tie ad
vertised In many equally effective composi
tions. Of these the two dancers In red and
brown costumes are well known , as Is also
the beautiful blue and green peacock poster
designed for Scribncr'c.
\Veiitern Pouter Artlnta.
Among other artists of Chicago who have
distinguished themselves In poster products
Is Mr. Will Carquevllle. A few years agt
his work was identified with Llpplucotf *
Magazine. His color effects are unique , com
bining purple , yellow , blue and bronze.
Mr. J. C. Leyondccker , too , has been
doing good work in the city of "Splendid
Winds. " One very beautiful poster by him
Is known as- the Poppy poster a girl In the
midst of brilliant red popples holding her
skirt full of flowers ; this was awarded the
first prize In The Century poster competi
tion.
tion.Cedar
Cedar Rapids Is represented In poster art
by Mr. B. Martin Justice , who Is now In
Philadelphia , with the Saturday Evening
Post ; ono of his most familiar posters Is
that advertising "The Juckllns. " Ono can
almost hear the old man cry out , "Hike ,
there , Sam ; get him down Bob ; bike there"
and by Mr. Edward Chapman , which has
made us all wish to read "On tbe Red Stair
case. "
Of the women who have excelled In this
branch of art , Miss Ethel Reed stands pre
eminently In the front , her work being
1 placed by some critics with that ot Beards-
ley and Bradley. Her figures are often
brilliant with color , against a dark back
ground nnd relieved by artlscalfy scattered
flowers.
Miss Blanch McManun ot New York and
Miss Geraldlno Evans ot Philadelphia alee
desorva mention. In England posters ar
tistic and effective' have been produced by
Mrs. Dearmer.
After all , where shall wo pla e the poster
and where will the craze end ? Mr. Edward
Penfleld eays : "A poster has to play to the
public over the variety stage , so to pjieak '
j to come on with a personality of Its own and
to remain but a few mnutes. ( We are a bit
tired of the very serious nowadays and a
Tittle frivolity Is refreshing ; and yet frivol
ity to bo successful must be most thoroughly -
| oughly studied. "
At any rate the poster has become a de
cided phase of decorative art , thoroughly
flu do bleclo and pleasing In design and color
effect , whether or not lasting In form , its
influence must bo felt.
nr.Luiotis.
The Boston Transcript assorts that the re
ligious prees of the country Is almost uuenl-
mous against taking the Philippines.
While the circulation of the bible has been
much increased In Ilussln , no preaching bv
the colporters Is allowed.
Bishop Doane , the EpUiopnl churchman |
who leads the party opposed to 'llvorce , is '
probably the only American who always
wears knee breeches after the manner of the
English country clergy.
Bishop Potter , In his convention sernon at
Washington , said : "Let mo entreat my
young brethren of , the clergy to write ono
sermon each week and to get ready for its
delivery on their- knees and with the Greek
testament In their hands. "
"Pull out all the stops of the organ , " says
ZIon's Herald , "and let all the people sing
'Pralso God , from whom nil blessings flow/
The debt of $180,000 of the Methodist Mis
sionary society Is paid , with $1,000 over the
amount. "
The appeal of the American Baptist M's-
slouary union to the Baptist churches for
Increased funds for the work of the union
states thut the appropriations for the pres
ent year amount to $ J03. 'JO. ' which la $50.000
less than Is needed , $17,000 less than last
year's schedule. Tbe work of the union Is
seriously embarrassed In common with nearly
all missionary organizations ;
A new spirit Is evidently spreading In
China. In 1877 there were only 13.UOO Pro-
toatant communicants. In 1890 the number
had trebled , but that gain , it la said , wa.i
Blight compared with the prodigious ad
vance made since. The native contributions
at I'oocliow average $4 In gold for each
church member yearly equal ut least , U is
claimed , to $50 hero.
The ceremony of ordaining Edward R.
Evautf , a coublu ot "Fighting Bob , " as the
What about the Kimball Piano-
Everybody Hint wns ut tlio exposition
nv the Kimball exhibit the people 's
Veil ns jmlnes awarded first prlsio and
sold modal to the Klinbnll wo are
to place on sale this week these
exhibition pianos and all the pianos wo
had rented out to the different Midway
attractions this will Indeed be it oacrl-
lice piano sale and one that It will pay
you to patronize If yon are going lo
want n piano now or ten yearn from
now special low prices will be made to
move these quick.
A. HOSPE ,
Mnsic and Art. 1513 Douglas.
Right up to date
Is our camera and amateur photographic
supply department every new camera
every new device every new process Is
received by us promptly wu gladly give
our customers the benefit of our experi
ence nnd the free use of our dark rooms
and burnisher If do.slred we also do
developing and printing In a careful and
satisfactory manner satisfactory In
work and price nothing that you will
need but that we can sell you nnd sell
you right Just try us once.
TheAIoe&PenfoldCo
Lrndlncr * eten.tlfln OptlcUaa.
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You probably find
when In the midst of house cleaning that
some of your carpets are sadly worn-
much nearer total usel&ssness than you
supposed. Replace them with new-
handsome fashionable long-wearing
carpets from our fresh stock. It won't
cost too much really good carpets can
be bought here for very little money.
We Invite you to call and inspect the
new carpets wo are now showing.
Omaha Carpet Co
Omaha's Exclusive Cnrpet House ,
1515 Dodge St.
pastor of a Congregational church In Danbury -
bury , conn. , got ns faras crowding the
church with spectators to .vitness the rltt
before It was decided that the candidate's
views were not sufficiently orthodox. Mr.
Evans , who is a graduate of the Yaio
Divinity school , has preached several times
In the church he was to have taken charge
of nnd Is qulto popular with Its congrcga-
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church ,
who have been holdlm ? their semi-annual
conference at Sprlngfleld. Mass. , voted to
call for n "twentieth centurv thank oltt-
ing" of 120,009,000 from the members of the
Methodist church. The funds will be col
lected at Intervals before January 1 , 1901 ,
and the sum wanted is expected to bo re-
cotvd by that dat. It was voted to devote
the money to the Improvement of educational
and charltnblo institutions now maintained
by the'Methodst Episcopal church. None of
it will bo used for the establishment of new
Institutions.
A memorable Incident of the German
kaiser's last week In Jerusalem was the
presentation to him bv the sultan of a- mall
lot of ground reputed to be the site of the
Virgin Mary's home In that cltv. The kaiser
promptly turned .the lot over to the pope , to
bo held in trust for the Catholics of Ger
many. This lot is not. as some of the papers
have asserted , a vacant one. A two-story
establishment devoted to business purposes
has stood there for the last two centuries.
Thi will probably be torn down and u chapel
or church will be erected upon It. The at
tendant excavations mav reveal something to
confirm or denv the tradition that here the
Virgin Mary lived with her son during the
last three years of his life , when he ap
peared to the world as prophet and Messiah.
GHKIiX GOODS AS GOOD AS GOLD.
Genuine Money Sent Out UN Halt by
the Cii-to-Dtilf .Swindle .
Chief Wllklo of the secret service says the
country Is being flooded with circulars of
green goods operators , reports the Washing
ton Star. Many people send the circulars
to. the secret service , thinking they have
discovered a nest of counterfeiters. Twenty
or thirty of these circulars are sent dally
to the office of { ho secret service by people
who have received them. The ofllce hag
nothing to do with green goods people , but
generally sends a formal answer to each
person , warning them of the nature of the
scheme Intended to bo worked.
"The green goods men have new plans
this year , " said Chief Wllkle. "Formerly
they cent out a circular Inclosing nn alrVged
clipping speaking of the splendid counter
feit money being made. They claimed that
this counterfeit was so line as to deceive
government officials. This echemo was so
often exposed In the newspapers as to en
lighten the public. Now the green goods
man makes the following statement In hla
latest circulars : 'Now , my dear sir , I am
fully aware of the suspicion and prejudice
that you naturally wilt entertain for mv.
proposition , as you will on first thought
class It as coming from a grren Roods or
eawdust swindler ; but If you will lay aside
that prejudice- , apply common sense and
look at my proposition from a business
standpoint , compare It with the methods of
these petty swindlers and you will credit
me with not being fool enough to waste my
tlmo addressing a man of your Intelligence
and ( standing In the community. The incth-
oils of the so-called green goods swindlers
have been exposed from time to time In I
the dally press. They send out Eeductho I
circular letters to Ignorant farmers with a |
newspaper clipping In regard to counterfeit
money , etc. , falsely prctendlni ? that they
are tbo parties spoken ot In the artlcln and
ottering to sell that which they have not ,
Inducing them to send on their hard-earned
money and ceding them a vallae of uaw-
dust or a brick or some such In return.
The reason these rascals flnd It profitable
to work this game Is because they know ,
and they take It for granted that the people -
plo in general know , that there are hun
dreds of thousands of dbllurn , counterfeit.
In circulation , and as men have no moral
Ecrupfes against Increasing the money cir
culation ( In fact , the majority of people
are In favor of doing It by law , as witness
the late greenback crare and the present
ailver agitation ) , they are Induced to send
on their money on the very liberal terms
held out to them 5 cents buying $1 , or
some guch absurd price. No Intelligent man
would do It , for their very proposition la
ridiculous. ' "
Chief Wllkle says that the circulars now
wnt out by the swindlers are so artfully
worded as to deceive many people. If the
swindfer begin * a rorreapondenco with a
probable victim he tends him a new ? 1 bill
MERRY CHRISTMAS '
Will Soon Be HerF-What Are Yon
Going to Give Mother , Brother
and Sister ?
Henry Copley , lewder , 215 S , 16th St. ,
'
Can Help Yon in Tlil Mutter Coma _ ,
in Now , Select Any Article , Have r
It KiiRrnvcd and Cull for It mt
Chrlntmna. Note the Follow
ing ; Price * .
Ladles' fine hard engraved enameled
Watch , different colors , pin to match , for
$14.00. Tiny chat , gold filled watch , pin to
match , $13.50. Jet black gun metal chnt.
watch , for $7.00. These are beautiful nnd
very popular. A Kent's handsome gold
filled watch from $10.00 to $25.00. The fin
est watch made , a Howard movement. In
solid Mkt gold case , for $76.00 to $100.00.
In silver you can get a set ot tea spoon
for $2.73. A butter knife or sugar spoon
for $1.50. A handsome berry spoon , plo
knife or cold meat fork for $5.00 , and hun
dreds ot other beautiful useful articles thft
Copley will take pleasure In showing you.
PURITY-AGE-STRENGTH
Is the motto of
The
Omaha Brewing
Association
The company that received the
Highest Award on
Draught Bier
nnil the
Gold Medal on
Bottled Beer
If you desire a pure beer , tele *
phone us anil we will have u case
sent to your home.
OMAHA BREWING ASSOCIATION ,
along with a second circular as a sample of
his work. The bill Is genuine , however.
, Sometimes the would-be victim enclosed this
i dollar to the cecret service without saying
I \\licro bo got It and asking It It Is genuine.
The secret service officials write him that
It is the best made , but they manage to
Inclose him a circular that opens his eym
and makcj him see how the green good *
man Is working on him.
Free to Million * .
If you are onu of the millions who suffer
from consumption , coughs , colds , lunc
troubles , and any wasting discern , you ara
tntltled to the three frre bottles of medl-
rlne which IJr. Slocum ban oficrH * to scud
to rthoso who wrlto him of tlulr tioubr | .
I The Doctor makes no exceptions.
I If you are elck , write.
I If your relations , friends , neighbor * , art
| sick , get them to write.
No money li needed , only a lettor.
Wrlto your name , poatofflce aud expr n
address anil mall It to Dr. T. A. Slocum , 98
I'lnu street , Nuw York , and you will get
tlio tin cjo bottles by return absolutely with
out cbnrgo.
The Doctor's famous treatment for con
sumption , which has turned so many thou
sands of'living skeletons Into hearty fleib
and blood men and women , la thus made .
obtainable by everybody. \
The modern , scientific method of curing \
dUcaeo Is applied by the Doctor to bis treat-
ment. His researches on consumption , and
his discovery of the curability of this dread
disorder huvo alone made his name famous ) .
His actual cures have made him still mora
so.
so.This offer puts Into your bond the greateat
weapon that modern science boa forged
agalnrt disease.
It costs you nothing to try It.
Write and see if it will not help you u U
has helped others. Address as above , atat-
Ingthat you saw this offer In The Omaha
lice.
A Tnxnn has patented a billiard rue wblefe
Is chambered at the end and filled with
chalk , to bo discharged through a small
opening to the face of the cue as each tool
1s made.
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