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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1899)
TALES Of YANKEE ENCHANTMENT. | FIFTY CAR LOADS OF CHKISTMAS SNOW. | IJy- Charles Hattcll I.ouiuis. X ( Copyright. 1W9 , liy Charlm Hattcll l > oomlB. ) Roderick UawBon lived In tlut part of the Unltcil States where the mercury never Rets lower than 00 find where snow is so entirely unknown that the very word has dropped out of the loenl dictionaries. Unln they have and plenty of It , hut they wouldn't know snow if they snw It. When Ilodcrlck WHS 11 years old ho wan Invited to visit hl cousin , Krank Parsons , of London Hill , Now , for clx months of the year they have snow every day nt London Hill. It comes In the shape of a busier of n ntorm on November 1 and stays until May 1 , when Iho Him melts It nml It ( ill ROCS oft In a freshet and does a lot of damage to people living hclow London Hill. Hut , as water haa never formed the pernicious habit of running Up hill , the 1-midon Hlllltcs arc always safe. It was Iho middle of November when Hodorlck was driven from the train up to the Parsons house nnd of course there was tnow everywhere and his delight at movln imoothly alone on runners was something to Diako a northern child wonder. "Didn't you ever sco this before ? " asked Trank. " \S'hy , no. Docs It really coino from the ky , tig you said ? " "Of course It doin. My , hut you're green ! Why , what do you do with your sleds down thcro ? " "Sleds ? What's that ? " asked Kodorlck , ! innocently , anil Frank conclude ! lliat ho was ' not quite bright. Uut he never made a greater mistake In his life , us ho soon found out , for Roderick was BH smart n.i nny hey of his ago ntid when ho had learned all this usca of snow ho wnsn't hchlltd nny of the boys In applying his knowledge. To bo hit In the cyo by a snow ball of his propelling hurt just [ is much ae If ho had known about mow all his life. nut as It happened , ho never connected snow with cold. Ho supposed that snow \\na a. peculiar kind of whtlo dust that came from the sky and 1C they didn't have It In Tarra- pooB.i parish why thcro were lots of other thlugrf that were peculiar to the north. So ho \ > accepted snow as a curious but none the IOKS delightful fact. Ho stood the told weather very "well for a fiouthern hey and Indeed sometimes went without an overcoat when his playmates were wearing both coats anil comforters. Roderick was a generous Httlo fellow and ho often thought what a source of delight It would bo to his old playmates of the south If they could have snow In which to play and build forts and caves and down which to coast , and In ono of his letters home to his brother ho told him that ho hail Just about decided If It did not cost too much to send down a train loud of snow as a. Christmas present to his native place. Ono day ho and Prank ami n half dozen other fellows were fashioning a gigantic anew woman. She was so 'tall ' that they had to use > a forty-foot ladder to finish her head nnd they < lrow the enow up In buckets and a boy straddled her head and slapped the enow on In the proper place. "Wo have a sculptor down homo and ho'd Junt about go crazy If ho had a. lot of snaw to make his statues out of , " eald Roderick. "How much snow do you suppose It would take If I shipped some homo ? How many cars full ? " i "Why , I guess It would itako a who'e train load say fifty cars , " answered Prank. Ho "was Just about to add -that It would all melt and turn to water long before It g't eouUi , but a mischievous thought stopped him. "Say , fellers , " said bewinking at Ills companions , "Rod wants to send some snow f TO IJI3 HIT IN THK EYE DY A SNOW HALL HURT. down south. How much would It take , fifty car loads ? " Rawson Mawsorj thought It would take all of fifty , but Will Bill thought forty.Cvo would do It. "Woll , If the governor nenili ! me enough ( next week , I'm going to ship tome , " said Roderick. Ho went Into the house Ju t then after Fomethlng and the boys exploded with m'.rth. ' The Idea of ueiidlng snow to the south and expecting It to stay put was delightful. _ . . . ' .lHls father has oceans of monty , " raid Will Dill. "Say , wo don't tell him that snow nioltH and then wait until hj ! folks \\r''o up and ask him what ho means by send I UK | n lot of damp cars down there xUih nothing I In 'cm. Of course the watcr'll all ran out. " ! This somewhat menu scheme npppnled to ! nil tun boya who did not see Its mean side , nnd to when Rod came out again they tcM him ho could count on their old. So he wrote to his brother : "Dear FredA - .n . IP , , t , l 1 I t / A Non-intoxicating S Malt Uxlract that is n espcc-aliy Recommended - I mended for Wi ale ; \ Nerws , Indigestion V nnd liiiomnia , Vi i BLATZ MALT-WINE ' ua r rf BUILDS UP A DEPLETED SYSTEM. f , I 1WK VOL' KVKK THIRD IT ? It ALL DRUGGISTS c Prspnrcd by VAL. BLATZ BREWING CO , t uii.w ti ic 1:1 : , i , s , \ . Gmana iarancii 1412 Douglas St. , Tel. 1081. crlclt. 1 have decided to send down to Tuscnpoosn , ( this was the name of the town In which ho lived ) .1 train load of the beau-1 tlful thing called snow cf which I wrote In my last , nt that you will receive It by Christmas. You hnvo no Idea hew nice It Is and you will find you never knew what fun was before. 1 enclose Instructions ! how to make a sled and I am sure that j Jefferson Calhoun will bo able to make them j ; ! easily. Fancy getting on one at the top of , a hill and Juat gliding by your own weight to ] the boUotn ! And you can have bully fights. Wo played civil war , using balls of the snow for bullets nnd cannon balls. I was captain of the confederates nnd Cousin Prank was captain of the union men. After my side won three days running. Undo Thaddcus said It would bo a good plan for mo to j change over to the union side or we'd be reversing - i versing history. HO'H no end of fun nnd 11 I like him Immensely. 1 haven't told him i about my Idea of shipping snow as I'm afraid ho'd think It was going to be too ex pensive. They have no idea how rich father Is. Next week I expect to get the BIIOW off. When you receive It have the men distribute It BB evenly as possible or else the sled runners sink Into It nnd you won't make as much speed. Ho careful not to throw the snow hallo too hard for they can hurt likesixty. . You can spread a little of the snow on the sidewalk and then run and slldo on It the way wo used to on our ball room lloor , only after It has becu smoothed down a llttlo you can go twenty or thirty feet. And 1 bet you'll tumble over when you first try It on. I did and I was nt the head of about ten of the fellows and the , way .they . nil piled en me was a caution. No more now until I write to tell you that I've shipped It. " I1. S. You'll have the merriest Christmas you ever heard of. " Frank Parsons and Will Dill managed the affair and they bribed the train hands not to tell Rod that the snow would melt. The day before he shipped it there was a big enow fall which mndo the work of loading much easier. Roderick nnd all the boys helped the workmen and by nightfall there j were fifty cars full of ulce , clean , packed down BHOW. j And then Rod decided to go with the train. ; "I want lo see the fun myself , " he said , "I'll como back In a week or two , after the Christmas holidays. " The boys were sorry to have him go and several felt like telling him of the trick at the last moment , but they knew the other boys would make It hot for f , them If they did , so they refrained. It was bitter cold when the train pulled out of Loudonvlllc , which is the name of the Loudon Hill station. Roderick , well bundled up , climbed into the cab with thi < | engineer nnd waved a farewell to the boys. "Thanks , awfully , boys , fo- your help , " said he. The engineer muttered something about Its being "really too bad. " "What's toe bad ? " asked Rod , but the engineer eatd ho was talking to the fireman. At the last moment Frank was seized with remorse nnd would have blurted out the secret to Roderick , but Will Dill stuffed his handkerchief Into his mouth and tumbled him over into a drift and when he picked himself , up the train was moving swiftly away. Now H happened that tne- terrible cold wave that spread all over the country and did so much damage was Just beginning. You remember that tho'cran , > o crop through out the south was ruined nnd people saw Ice who had never seen it before. So that Instead of losing all the pnow when the train entered the south not a hit of It had melted , even when the train pulled 0r 0u at the Tuscapcosa platform the day be fore Christmas. Fortune certainly favors the : brave. Rod had become a great favorite on the train through his manly nnd un affected ways and the men were glad to HJC that the trick had not succeeded. The snow was In patent dumping cars and as the tracks ran alongside of the place where Rod wanted It dumped It was an easy matter to distribute it , particularly as nil the t train hamis fell to with a will and gave their services to the boy. The train was met by the mayor and Rod's . father and most of the leading men of | Tuecapocsa , and Roderick was thanked in | nny number of long speeches. nh After the spc.'cliM had all been spun every body repaired to the coasting grounds , where j they found the enow ready lor them. SIciU j by the wholesale had been made by clever i Jeffcrron Calhoun. and eld and young , men j and women and children , united In the now ; sport of coasting and snow ball fighting , ! whllo the local sculptor made n beautiful 11 statue of summer out of the snow. It waa j nightfall before nny ono thought of going j home. And quite n number forgot to hang up their stockhiFs. they were so excited over I the fun they would have the next day. Roderick was the happiest boy that over gave pleasure to others. When ho left thcro was only the cue town policeman left to prc- ' vent any ono from taking away thu snow that wanted to do so. And while he might have ! coped with mere men he was hclplcas | when Jack Frost went h-me at 2 o'clo : ! ; In the morning. Jack Frost had been eouth ' three days and he was tired of the place. { Ai' eoon as he had taken his departure the ' snow ! began to melt and by sunrise- Christmas j morning the whole tov/a ras alloal , Hod rose with the sun anJ loo'xcvl cut of the window. Ho could not bclltvo hie eyre. Where was the aiatuo of summer ? Wh.-ro was any of the snow ? While he gazed in ; wonder , ho wai waited on by the mayor ami asked to explain thU new and unpltas- j. ant development , but he had no answer\ \ < ready. t The mayor said that whllo he waa gratJI ful to Roderick , for affording thu reop'e a I lot of amusement , still It was not pleis.nt i to fctl that half the cellars were floojed , r.nd on Christmas day , too. It could not luva 1 been worao In the ' rulny season which had j jiitt concluded the'month before. Roderick , much chagrined , went to the < engineer of the freight train and aukcJ h'm ' i to explain why the snow had gone , and that f , ' od nt.in did go In a few word' He said "Rod. you are the victim of as mean trick as ono boy ever plnyeJ. on another. Only you got the belter of thfrn for a time. Snow melts In warm weather nail I cxpec.eJ I to see It begin to flood the trucks before we left I'lttsburg. If It hadn't been for this unheard-of cold snap you would never have brought jcur snow hero In good order. As 1 It is you'-vc had your fun nnd every one | ! In the nlacu hns Keen and felt snow , and j you'd better cut an account of the who'e proceedings out of the local pappr and niall it to th , boys up at Loudon Hill. It'll make Ilium feel like thirty cents. " And lloderlck did to. nnd If Frank and Will Hill nnd all the other boys did not feel Ilko thirty cents ( whatever sensation that tuny be ) they deserved to. IllVfil , KMMV .IOII.VNY SMVP TIMMI. Trll.iitiAVIiltli n Tiny I , > nl Pnlil Vice 1'rcf.hlenl llotmrl. A friend of the family of the late Vice President Hobnrt , who has but recently re turned from the funeral of that distinguished gentleman , tells of n pathetic Incident that cEoie to her notice a short \vhlle \ before the funeral took place. "The < lay following the vice president's death , " she relates , "as 1 was entering the house of mourulngb 1 heard a low , walliiig moan. I looked to see whence It came. My eyes fell Upon the tenr-stnlncd , anguished face of a little boy about " years of age. Ho seemed startled when I looked down upon him , and whispered hastily : " 'I didn't mean to maken. . noise. I'll keep awful still If they'll jus1 let mo stay hero. You KCC , he was good to m"b nnd my mother when she wnn sick. Now he's dead and who'll die , too , for there's nobody to care for us now. " " 'Was ho very good to you , my boy1 I asked. The tearful lad's answer was : " 'Ho was good lo lots of boys , but to mo and mother In particular. You see , father's been dead a long time , and mother's too sick to work nnd hut for Mr. Ilobiut wo would SHE WAS SO TALL THEY HAD TO USE A FUKTY-FOOT LADDER TO FINISH HER. have been in the street. He used to pay the rent for xa : and send the doctor nnd things to eat , and with the little I earned we didn't etnrvc. But , you see , I'm only a little boy. If I was only a little bigger ' "And he sobbed as though his heart would break. I asked hloi where ho lived and as sured him that God would send some ono , to befriend him and his mother Jn place of the dead vice president. "Then the llttlo fellow lifted his eyes to mo aad unfolded from a newspaper two half- withered white rosebuds , hnndcd them to mo and begged 'that I place the-m In the hands of the dead Mr. Hobart 'jus' lor a moment. " Ho said ho would feel happy and wouldn't cry nny moro If the vlco president could hrld ( hose flowero Just a little n-hllc. 'He'll know Johnny sent them , ' he whispered. WHILE HE UAKI3D IN WONDKU , HE WAS WAITED ON DY THI3 MAYOR. "I weal several times lo see the faithful little ' mourner and his sick mother , who will BOCJI bo gone. " ii.v.v cM.ii.VTi : ci it io.sri'iis. The Yl'nyntlvoN I'luiil IVuct'N Mini SolllllTH IMllIlt TfllllfN. Some odd things happen | u Cuba. A man wishes n fence around hie yard or field ; ha doesn't ' build It , ho plants It nnd It grows , tco. First ho cuts a great bundle of plnon i j twigs , then ho scratches n little trench where he 1 wants his fence to run and finally he sticks la the twigs in a ro\v \ a few lushes apart , The soil of Cuba Is so rich and the weather so warm and moist that directly the twigs take root , threw out branches nnd leaves 1 uud presently there Is a dense hedge of plnon trees cnclislng the llclil. And there j are no n.il ! < i to drop cut here , uor beards to i fall 1 down and let In Uie cattle nnd tlu' fence I IH gcod for a hundred years. N'cr lj that the most eurlotm thing that ' ono may see in Cuba. What would you ; think t of a camp table that grew ? While the j American soldiers were camped hack of San- j tiago t they made great numbers of llttlo , tables t by driving forked sticks In the ground fsr f legs and using a top of baarda , Of course J the t IMS tcok root and eoniu of these tables | are now nicely ( .haded by leafy branches ) and | n two or .three years four nice trees i will be growing there mid no ono would ever dream that they once wore table lego. , Another curious thing : .U Quanlammo I once saw an .old tin can fastened arminJ ' the branch of a big Cuban laurel tree some , four I or five feet from Its leafy end. It was j packed full of earth and 1 wondered what j could ho the purpose of It. ' "Tint's simple enough. " uald the Cuban householder. "In n few wepte roots will grow In the earth Inside the tin can. Then we caa cut off the limb Just hack of the can , Ktlck It in Iho ground , Uku away the can and U will grow into a large tree. " i'luut a cauliflower plant In Cuba and in- ' stead of spreadlnc > mt m a VUR faf Jimd. Ilko a a cabbage. It spindles up for all the worn . like a sunflower , three or four feet high. . with big , rank lenvps and a little llnwer at I the top that you never could rccognlz * as i\ f cauliflower. , e .V YIM'.X : lllflMI. * foiirnKf of n Tlilrt i-Ycnr-Old on 11 ' Ullil)1rit ) StrnilliT. II Although hut in ycnrs of age. EddieJlttr - c ray , the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. 1 Murray of Ansonla. Potin. , Is us big a he o It t ! . WILL TUMBLED HIM INTO A DRIFT. In his small way as Admiral Dowey. Eddie , with his parents , was a passenger on the , 111- fated Nutmeg State the night It went down off the coast of Conni'ctlcut , relates Leslie's Weekly. When the alarm was given that the ship was on fire and sinking the boy was fast asleep In a stateroom , occupied also by Mr. and Mrs. Murray. Ilia wothcr helped him Into his clothes , and then nil thr. o hurrlod to the main deck. They were about the last to reach it , however , and. with the exception of ono small life boat , nil chance of escape was cut off. Hurrying to the ship's side , Mr. Murray helped his wife to descend to the email boat , already almost too full for safety. Then turning to his boy he said , "Hurry , Eddie ! " Dut the child fell back out of reach of his father , and with un expression on his face bo/n of real courage , said : "No , father ; you go first. Mother needs you moro than mo ! " Nor would ho take- one step toward safety until his father had lowered himself into the boit. The rope at the ship's side was ablaze as the noble little Yellow slid down Into the life boat and was folded In his mother's arms. At licrao he Is rc-gnrded ono of the brightest boys In his class at school , and has n tal nt for music that may before long bring him to the front in the musical world. H < > Is ambitious to make Ms own way fiuanla'ly , and after school hours runs n local pa-cr route that has Increased twofold in patron- ago since his heroism on the Nutmeg State , 1 1'HA.TTl.K OP TUB VOfNCSTKHS. I { "Freddy , didn't you hit Jimmy first ? " ' , "Yes , ma ; but ho p'vokcd me ; ho looked i 's'f ho wuz goln * t' hit me. " "Oh , ma , come * up here quick. " "What's the matter. Tommy ? " ! l " 'Bobby's playln' circus , an' he's trying' to make th' baby dive off th' mantel. " ! - - Llttlo Clara Dr. Ciibcbs Is often at our house , but I never see him at , yours. Little Bessie Of course not. We don't . ewe him anything. ' I "Your grandfather In rather hard of hear ing , isn't he ? " asked the visitor. "Yes , " replied llttlo Harry , "he's so deaf you can say things behind his back In front ' of his face and he wouldn't hear you. " "Tommy , " said n mother to her 4-ycar- old hopeful , "don't you think It rather extravagant - travagant to cat butter with your Jam ? " "Of course not , mamma , " icplicd the little diplcmnt. "You sco one piece of bread docs for both. " "I don't love you nny more , grandpa , " said 4-year-old Xcllle the other day. "Why not , Nellie ? " asked grandpa in sur prise. "Because , " replied the you'g diplomat , "I love you so much already that I haven't room for any more. Please give me G cents to buy candy with. " "Mabel , " said a father to his little daugh- . | I ter , who had just returned from a juvenile 1 j ' party , "did you have any attention paid you ? " "I don't know , " replied the small miss. "Why , " nekcd the father , -'didn't any | ono talk to you or nmuso you In any way ? " "Oh , yes , " answered Mabel , "one little boy made faces at me. " Story of n syi . To bo sound hand and foot for years by the chains o : disease Is the worst form of slavery. Oeorgo D. Williams of Man chester , Mich. , tolls how such n slave was made free. He says : "My ifo has been BO helpless for five years that she could not turn over In bed alnnr. After uslnc two i bottles of Electric Ditto's she Is wonderfully . Improved nnd able to do her own work. " This supreme remedy for female diseases I quickly cures nervousness , aleenlesshoss melancholy , headache , backache , fainting and dizzy spells. This mlrncle-worklnK medicine Is n godsend to weak , sickly , run-down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Sold by Kuhn & Co. . druggists. Minri.vniAMOK : : ; KM\V , Did \ot IlllVi' to lliiiilrr | the Slifril of tinI'rcHS. . Leo Ruble , the pressman of the Mcmph's Scimitar , tells this story about the late Ott- mar Mergontlialer : Ono day a stranger came. Into the pressrcom nnd aakul h nv many papers the press was running off. "About 20,000 an hour , " answorol Rube , $ Impatiently , anxious to got rid of the In- | ' trudur , and not particular about the truth of his statement. t The stranger stood watching the press J pump ] up and down for a mlniito or so anJ Mini s.ij.l . "She is runtime abmr i7"1i' minute " rn > ssmon are charncterlsllcally sensitive about gunrdlng the ferret o > f the number of papers run oft ami Ruble w on the point , of "bouncliiR" the visitor vheti he ( jiilelv wnlkeil out of the prwsrcom nml left the pressman wondering wlio he was. I I-ntcr , when Ruble o.inip into ( ha bnslnoss ofllco he found the straifer : ; In conversation with .1 member of the business oflle * force. When the stranger wnlk&l out Ruble nskod who ha was. "That jnnn Is Ottmnr Mcrgonthalcr , " was the reply. "Well , I didn't know him , " replied Ruble. "but ho figured out what 1ho old prose of f OUTS wAs doing lo a lce\ and didn't take but t ,1 minute to do It , cither. " When the edition hnd been run off the prcesinan compared the tlmo ho had teen ! running with the number of papers nnd' found that Iho stranger had missed It only ahout linlf a pnpcr a minute. OVT or Tin : OIIIM.NAHV. Americans pay $7.000.000 n year for Paris millinery. a real Britain cats her1 entire wheat crop in nbout thirteen weeks. The Indians of the Interior of Hollvla wear phlrt.i and lints made of the bark of n tree , which is Foakod In water to soften the tlber and then beaten tf > make It pliable. Iho night watchman of the Pennsylvania house of representative' ' cts } ; i u night from the state for his services , lie pays .another man { 1 a night to do the watching- , I while ho himself runs u saloon In Phlladcl- I ithln. I A now cure for rheumatism has been dla- [ covered In Xew South \Vale. . It Is culled the \vhnle biuh. The treatment consists In depositing the patient In the body of u dead wlmlo. Almost Invariably the- patient Is able . to ' climb right out unns lsted. Milton Stewart IH building an ark on the J top of West rock , near Now Haven , Conn. , In the bel.ef that the world IH to be visited by i , another deluge. Mr. Stewart makes no dollnliti prediction as to the dale of Its coin- Ins. ' ' Ins.Kvcn Kvcn though the velocity of light is 132- 000 miles a m-cond , the tUstnm-n of some of the Used stars of the twelfth magnitude lit so great that It takes l.OCO yonrs for their light lo reach us. If you don'i believe this go and measure. It yourself. Quito frequently mention Is made of the valuu of the shares of the Chemical Na tional bank of New 1'orli , showing how much above par some fnncy stocks are held. Hut there was a sale n few days ago of fame shares of the Mississippi HIver Logging J company which breaks tile record. The par value was Jl.OOO u share , yet a S'ltiKle share sold for UJy.SW. the six shares sold uRgregatlnK almost 4MO,000. It was sold to clos-'o up an estate and by public auction. The Xonvulk ( Ohio ) Chronicle claims that Jj was Mr. F. H. l.ooinln , Its editor , who llr-st applied in Its column * , on May 19 , 1SS1 , the term "Nickel Plate' " > o the railroad thus popularly known , and that In con sideration of hlR Ingenuity Henry .Monott , the general pafsonger agent , sent lo Mr. Loomls the llrst complimentary pass .ssued by the company. This para a subsequent general passenger agciu. nMted for that It might bo preserved In the general olllces of the company , and a duplicate was issued to Mr. Loomls. The Ohio Hotel association will ask the legislature ! ' to eliminate the requirement that n dead-beat law be ported In every room ; to allow hotels to sell baggage leH by KAicsts within reasonable time and ap ply the proceeds on the bill of the departed guest j ] ; to require presenters of checks to prove their Innocence of Intent to defraud ; to eliminate the provision that it thrs land- lord ' allows a guest to delay payment he is estopped from prosecuting for fraud , the hotel men desiring the privilege of allowing a guest ten days In which to settle a bill , with the right to prosecute upon failure 10 pay at that time. Tlio smallest farm In the United States , If not In the world , is to lie found in Molina , Ga It Is owned by a stock company of six men. and contains one foot of land. It Is known as the "doodle farm. " A few years nuo nn exciting local election was to be dc- i' ] cldeil by vote of the freeholders , and a politician deeded one foot of land to plx tnc-n j lolntly. thus ? giving c-ach of them u vole. Sis men onu vote by virtue of owning one foot of land between tlic.ni. 't ' > ut the woman possessing j In her own rli ht the largest landed i estate in Molina , hns no vote. This Is I one of the anomalies that the Georgia Equal 'Suffrage assoclntlon Is trying to rectify. . J As to whotihcr republics are ungrateful or not the case , of Jack , tin army mule , is in point. Jack was born thirty-live years- ago , saw IL uruat < loil : of active service nnd was llnally turned over to the engineers remov- inr the. ropltH In Hell Gate channel dn New York harbor. After -working throe ycnrs underground the job was finished and Jack was ncnl to Wlllet's Point. , I. . . 1. It was a long time , however , be.fore his eyes could Rot used to the light , but when they did he worUod faithfully until tnree years ago , when old < IRC made him Infirm. The govern ment stood the llnanclnl tniln of feeding Jack for UICMV three yurs. but last week g-ave orders that ho lie killed nnd Itwas done. Ths ! will helji to cut down the an nual delicti. l.AIJOR AXIJ [ .VDIISTIIV. Wisconsin's tobacco crop will yield $5,000- 000. 000.About About $30,000,000 worth of rubber was ex ported from Brazil last your. During the present year over $20,000,00 } hisi j been invested in the zinc and lead mines , of Missouri. It Is said that labor will bo represented In . the t next Ohio legislature by twpnty-'liree ; ' | fnrmeru I , a puddler. molder , engineer , metal polisher ' , miner and a carpenter. Co-operative factories in Great Britain last year niado profits iiEfrresating over $1OMIXH ) on a capital of n little over $11.- C < X .009. This 19 more than 10 per cent on t'he ' investment. Largo quantities of Alabama coal are still being shipped down the Mississippi river for points In Louisiana und lower Misxlrslppl , moro espec.ully to New Orleans. The traf- ilr bids fair to be maintained through the winter. The annual report of Factory Inspector James Campbell of I'ennsylvnnla ' for the fiscal ( year ended October SI , 1M)9 ) , shows that j there were IS',270 more persons em ployed I In the manufacturlnK establishments under the supervision of the factory In specter in UK ) than IMti. Mr. Campbell says hat If the demand for skilled workmen id : uuorers could bu supplied the Incrcuio would be greater. While one group of Inventors is at work on llcu'd | air us n motive power , with a temperature enormously below zero , an other makes : t clulm of remarkubln merits for puporluated water In light and heavy transportation. The water Is limited In up- lig-ht scl tubes to UO degrees above the temperature of steam In a locomotive- . When released Into an engine it expands nearly l.COO times und performs the nervlco requ'red of a storage power. Today the south hap UOrtflOO.OO ) < > Invested In manufacturing , with an annual outp-it valued at $1,500,000,000 and paylns 53iO,000CO ) In wnuea. Its co ton mills , with 5,000,010 , spindles , representing : jn Investment of ir > ,000iOO , already consume yearly 1,490OU'J bales of cotton , it is producing about 2,600- OUO tonsof pljf Iron n year , W.OOO.iwO tons of coal , from lO.OOti.OOrt to ll.lXW.UM balen of cit- ton , probably 10HXX ) ( , ( H0 feet of lumber anil ' "O.OuO.OOO bushels of grain , and Its rail roads , steadily Improving anil Increasing In , have already a 50.00 ! ) mileage. * SRsi& 4rfiik "Tell your mother wi-have no DAKUK'n 1'KLUiru Cui'vvc.liut this is just us Ilov : "No ; mamma tuld me to tic mire t" xct II.\KHK' > . I'ltKUiru L'ui'i'i.i : . und I 1.IH.VV the meant It 'cause pa wiu mud 'cuunc she changed last timeand it'sanfuluhcn jiu l.icki " Baker's Premium Coffee is Ihe BESTt why not use U ? Imported * nJ Routed by BAKER & COMPANYt Mmnt pol , Minn. ' aRBanaaran isunMMtdMnri mn rrta ran na ua When a woman's back aches , she is miserable all an ess over. Life is a drudgery and even ( ho lightest of ran Ka na daily tasks an intolerable burden. D9I i KH And it is all because oi' the kidneys. IBSn ran Poison in the blood means more Mian simple back- HB j ' na BH ache. The poisons are being carried into all parts of MB EH the system and will work untold harm if they are HB HB as not removed. BB KS J1 is the duty of the kidneys to take the poisons BH cm na out of the blood.Vhen tlioy are well they do this tOB an DBS when they are sick they can't do it , and it is then u * that backache and lame back comes. CDB QM an Well kidneys make well men and women - tax men ran nn BH CDB BH BBS BM R.H KM RSH make well kidneys BH EBB No matter what the Ufttt trouble is , if the kidneys HH BH neys are out of sorts , HH if they need help , D5H Doan's Kidney Pills ca KB twill rightjthedifficulty na EJ3I They are doing it QH every day right hero G3 raa in Omaha helping Ha men and women to do taa their work better , making BH na | ing them healthier und HH stronger and happier. naa tita of statements to prove it statements KB just like this one from an Omaha woman. EQ BQ nra Airs. R 13. Urown , of 601 William street , says : "Kor six ca ca or seven months I hml more or less trouble with my buck. B(5 EH il Jtold my husband that I BH tsa thought my kidneys were the 03 E3 cause , and when I saw Doan's Kidney Tills advertised t nn procured a box at Kuhn & CO'H drug store , corner Fifteenth EH and Douglas streets. They did the work for my cast1 and BC1 BBI the symptoms which hud bothered mo soaii disappeared. 'I ' rai ca can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills us a. valuable kidney E9 ? DH medicine. " caa C33 KB Doan's Kidney Pills ore for sole at all drug stores aa EH 5Cc a box Toster-Milburn Co , , Buffalo , Ni Y. tita PEJ ETJ raEnrannrawHjn a E a a u B n H n , m a a a a u u u a a H u si u B H ONE TRIAL BOTTLE This Offer Almost Surpasses Belief. An External Tonic Applied to the Skin Beautifies it as by Magic. S.THE . DISCOVERY OF THE AGE A Woman Was the Inventor. Tboucandn have tried from tlm& Imme their parlors one trial bottle of their Com morial to discover some efficacious remedy plexion .Tonic absolutely free , and in order for wrinkles and other imperfections of the that these who cnrmot call or llvo away complexion , but nrne had yet bucceedcd un from Now York may bo benefited they will til the Misses Ilolr. the now famous Com scud ono bottle to nny address , all charccs plexion Specialists , of 78 Fifth avenue , New prepaid , on receipt of 25 coats ( stamps or Vork City , offered the public their wonder silver ) to cover coat oi packing and dol'Ivcr- ful Complexion Tonic. The reason BO many Ing. The price of tlitu wonderful tonic II ( ailed to make thle discovery before Is plain , Jl.CO per bottle and this liberal elf or should because they have nnt followed the right be embraced by all. principle. Halms , Creams , Lotions , etc. The Aliases Dell liuve Jmt published their never hnvo n tonic effect upon the skin , VBW HOOK , "SECHUTS OK HfJAUTY. " bcnco the failure. ' This valuable work Is free to nil deslrlnc It. The MISSKS HELIX'S COMPLEXION The In ok treats exhaustively of the - Impiu-t- TONIC has a most oxhiUarntlng effect upon anco of a good complexion ; tolls how . * the cuticle , absorbing and carrying off nil woman may acquire beauty and keep it Impurities which thu blood by Its natural Special chapters on the care of the hair ictlcn Is constantly frrclnR to the surface of how to have ruxurlact Krowth ; the likln. It Is to the ekln what a vitaliz methods of making the hair : harmless ing tonic Is to the bltod and nerves , n kind natural beauty and colur , even preserve to advannud its > f now life thst Immediately exhilarates . and age. Alee Inatrucll , IIH how to ban ah itrcngthcns wherever applied. Ito tonic cf- - superfluous hair from the face , neck a.id loct Is felt almost ily banishes ImmrcllaUly and It speed arms without injury lo the .skin. Tills buulc foravor from the skin freckles , \vlll be mailed to any aildress on . pimples , blackhcaris. moth pntchc ? , urlnkles , FRKK Trial Dottles of Wonderful rciiucut. fora- liver apolE , roughness , olllnuss , oruptloiiH und plcxlon Tonic tree - at dlK.cnl.railonfi parlors or 26 cents f > . kind. < any ( coat of packing nnd mulling ) to those at u In order that all may be benefited by their distance. Orcat Discovery thu Misses Delf will , dur Correspondence cordially solicited. ing the present month , give to all callers at dress , Ad THE MISSES BELL , 7s nrtn AV . , New Yoru city. The Misses Bell's Toilet Preparations are for sale In this city by KUHN & COMPANY. The Reliable Prescription' Pharmacists , Pole Agents. i5th and Douglas Streets , Dr. Davis , Expert Specialist , Cuirt ' < lKoii3vfl of the Kindlier , Klilnoy * . lloarl b'loinuL'l ) nnd Liver. All prlviilu dlxtiisuH of lxlli M-M't. I'llcb ' , J'Utulii * IJJcur * , iiicumi- : : tUm. liliiod 1'olton tall iuji-s. , wiihuin t u iihc ' ut Injurious meillcliirs Vunrucutc , lly- i'--icU' ( . ummuiral uiulu < fiom wlintovnr irtnit'iirc/jupily cuicd. Uuarnuieo ; ; ivuii In nil cubi-succcjitcd. Cull uu ur g OH , DAVIS , , HDk DoOgo bt. , opp. 1 . O , . Cor. 10th St. ' / OMAHA , -NJll. ; All CorrcxpcnOfnr-ti - S-trjciiy CuafldentlaL Dll , 8. T , DAVIS. ' f O.YSl LT.iTIO.N | . 'IIJ3IC ,