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AROUND TflE ARCTIC CIRCLE OWvationa of an Omaha Man in Northern Alaska, WURNEY TO THE GREAT YUKON RIVER ClrflfHitlf1 tk. Cewwtry, the asul Settlers, leaas tries tllaaate aad It Possibilities RAMPART CITT. Alaska, Jan. lg. To the Editor of Tbe Bee: I am sure tome of Bar Omaha citizens would wish to hear the true facia concerning thla country of the Midnight Sun. I left Omaha oa the 18th of July. 1901, arrived In Seattle after four flays' ride. After I had rested a few day there I boarded the steamship Roanoke on the 27th of August, was well provided with abln passage and well treated daring tbe Thole voyage. After eight days' sail oa the FaclDe ocean, we called at Dutch Harbor, or tba Aleutian Islanda. Here we remained tor twenty-four hours, therefore I can ear something about these islands. There are three trading posts there. One mils westward Is Unalaska Island, There stands the .famous Greek church, ITnlted Bute customs office. United States gommlsstoner's office and a few general tores, making it ths supply station for whalers and sealers of the Bering sea. A grander country I never saw, with Its fer lis and very rich land. The population, 125, are Russian and half-breeds between Indian and Russian. Trapping, fishing and fowling give them their mode of living. l"he climate Is good, so I am Informed. As we passed Into the Bering sea we Sighted many of the Aleutian Islands, vls.t Bhumagta, Unaga, Unlraak. The other Islands In the Bering sea are called ths rtbiloff Islands, 8L George's and St. Paul's. Ths two latter are leased by the United States to parties who follow the breeding of seals, and they are used for this pur pose. Still mors Islands are situated In the Bering sea, vis.: Ths Nunlvae, St. Hathew and St. Lawrence. la Sight of Cup Kent. Russia la also sighted as we pull Into Caps Nome. It Is a little rough, and we cannot land on account of the poor harbor. Prom htm It is said the distance across ths straits to Russia Is thlrty-flvs miles. We left Cape Nome to effect a landing at Bt. Michaels, a distance of 125 miles, and found a fine landing and right at the mouth of the Tukon river. Hers is where all trading posts on ths Tnkon have their headquarters, and Uncle Sam has estab lished a military post, with General Randal In command. Hers ars to be had ths curios of ths Eskimos; strangely carved Ivories, models of boats, bows, arrows and Implements of stone. The Russian influ ence Is still represented by a Greek church and testified to by the Greek crosses over tba graves on ths Tundra. I have Visited tba different graveyards of both Eskimos Md Indians. They die "standing up,'.' and are buried on top of the ground with a platform-llks erection, whereon is placed aUl the warriors' bows, arrows, etc. I am now going to board Sarah, a mall ateamboat, to go up ths Tukon. This la not a very wide river. In parts not wider than ths Missouri. Of the several Indiana or mixed breed settlements along this river, those most notable ars Pastallk. Kutlik, Andreatska and Auvlk- Hera- ths Episcopalians have a mission or school. The Beit of any nots Is ths Russian mission. Ths church In ths dlstahcs appear to ba steely decorated. The next, and. Indeed . most notable, is the Holy Cross mission, presided over by the Jesuit order. They have several buildings as. schools for boys. while the good .sisters have also a largo cbool for 5 stolai Thea ' school are" aV-f 'tended by' Indians, and as ths settlement ts large they have 175 pupils. Why I say this Is of ths most note Is because ths farm la ao we)l cultivated and every vegetable I . remember , seeing grows her cauliflower. radishes; cabbage, potatoes, etc., all looking Cine. The next place la Tanana, with several trading posts, also a detachment of Uncle Barn's fores. The Koyukuk river empties Into the' Yukon here; also the Tanana river, Beveral Indian camps are found along on the banks. Between here and Rampart the country looks well and there is very heavy timber through this section. I am now at Rampart. It took me eight days to go up the Yukon from the time I left St. Michaels, almost 1,000 miles. . Aroaad Rupart City. Rampart City is situated In a graceful tend of the Yukon, which rolls down in a majestic stream between the mountains. It la a beautiful location for a city. Thla towa was once known aa Manook. . The Yukon la ths principal gold-bearing stream and was worked for two or three years until tbe Tanana country baa now taken the lead. It Is Just about thirty miles from hers and thla district has yet an Immense area to prospect. We have today, according to one of the old miners, seen one of the rich est camps tn Alaska, and as soon aa there can be machinery and a little capital brought in we will have one of ths best Cold camps in the world. In some places man can pan out 1100 per day; that is, where there is a good strike. One strike. at least, that I know of produces this amount. v Ths agricultural possibilities of Alaska , Is an attribute of manhood udvermlly desired, few people understand that the only source of physical strength is food, and that every one who has sufficient txraruhing food should be strong. But there are thousands of puny people who have plenty of good food. Iiow is that explain ear xtie explanation Is simple. Food doe not nour ish the body tin 1 e digested and assimilat ed. Diseases of the stomach and other or-1 gans of diges tion ana nutri tion hinder the proper diges. tion and aaaimi lation of the nutrition con tained in the food eat en. Thus the strength of food ia lost, wasted. . Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery enires diaeases of the stomach and its al- lied organ, It causes tbe perfect diges tion aoa asetmuauon of food ana thus it snakes men and women strong. I bad brew sufleriBg from iadigcetioa so badly that 1 eoutd not work more laaa half the time, awt bow c. work everv (lav and eat aa. thins I want write Mr. Victor kiackstoa. Nottowar Co.. Va. Why r 'av t fit ran I toot Dr. a. V. fmw'i Cotdra Medical Ihkov cry. It aaa cut new life aad eaergy la re stored mf aealta aad made a man of ma oece smote. I aosd to wetge 170 but Bad gotiea dowa to U4. an am back to 160 and will too ba back 4 mf old vrutat If writhing sappeaa. Vow Baeduane has dun It all. crept no substitute for " Golden Med ical Discovery." The- People's Medical Adviser, 1008 pages, free on receipt of tamps to pay expense of wailing only, bend 31 oee ceot stun pa for the paper-covered edi tion, or 31 atanlpa for tbo cloth-bound .TvUubo, to Dr. KV. rksoa, BuSais, K.V. Mutations of Twenty Years McKinley (Editorial Correspondence of Ths Bee.) WASHINGTON, March 7. Twenty years go to the dsy I looked down from tbe press gallery of the house of represen tatives upon the closing act of a great po litical drama, the memorial exercises In honor of James A. Garfield. Oa Thursday, February 37, I occupied almost the earns aeat In ths press gallery and -viewed much the earns sad and solemn scene com memorative of the deeds and virtues of our late president, William' McKinley. In all essential particulars the exercises of Thursday were a replica of those of twenty years ago. The settlna- waa iiwtiruiir r.mmA together on the floor of the hJatorlo cham ber were ths representative of h lon-la. latlve. Judicial and executive departments or ins government, tbe diplomatic corps in their multi-colored apparel, the heads of the army and nary In reenlendent uniform. Then, as now, the galleries were crowded with tbo leaders of political and aoclal life. But ths actors In this national drama were not ths same. Twenty years ago ths orator of the ! was James G. Blaine and by a most pathetle coincidence tbe exercises of commemora tion were under the direction of William McKinley on the part of the house and John Sherman on behalf of the senate. To institute comparisons between ths orator of James O. Blaine and John Hay would by no means detract from the merits of the polished address of Secretarr Hit. vhnu scholarly attainments are of the highest oraer, nut Blaine's masterly and forceful presentation could not have been equalled by any American of his time. Mr., Hay's manner of delivery was pleasing and the tumultuous anolauae at the rlnu r hi. oration attested ths appreciation of his finished effort by ths distinguished audi ence. In reviewing the life and services of Wil liam McKinley and his achievements as chief executive, Mr. Hay had great ad vantages over Mr. Blaine. Garfield's career before he bad entered the White House afforded a wider scope for review than that of McKinley, but hla presidential term waa Home Cookery vs. The Club Kate Masterson in Collier's Weekly. - Men . are always boasting of the good things to eat which they are able to get at their clubs. The growing generation boasts not of mother's cooking, but of ths club chef. Many women affect to dis believe in the perfections of the club cuisine until they have the good fortune to lunch or dine at one of these masculine retreats, where they speedily become aware of tbe fact that, while feminine touches may be missing in ths way of rose candle shades and violets atrewn upon the cloth,' the service la unimpeachable. . Club' service is rarely showy; there are no .bowknoH'fen the French chops or lace paper frills' under the "potatoes, but there Is a solid excellence about -It that makes Itself eItVuJWhee that" are supposed' to be coldrflly ' are .'" and ' hot " one are' hot" likewise , The 'good 'ircalUJ: of the1 bread, the butter! the soup at once Impress them selves, unmistakably upon ths diner and tbe unthinking might -wonder at the un usual charm of It all. la. reality the reason, for all this lies mainly ia tbe fact that the steward, a man. eaters for men. and the chef, who is also a man. cooks for them. But above all they know that the dlahea must meet with the approval of him who orders them. At hla club a man la never afraid of the cook. Men are many times more particular as to what they eat than women, for women are not particular at all in this direction. They are impressionistic in their culinary tastes as a rule and know very little about the aesthetlo aide of gastronomy. Oddly enough the beat women cooks are not epi cures, although they are proud of their achlevementa and of tbe appreciation of those who enjoy their triumphs. But cooks' taste as they proceed with their work and then dine on bread and tea. In reality the much-talked-of club flavor that men declare they can never find else where consists of extra seasoning. But it must be borne in mind that clubs really get the very beat foods that come to mar ket. The hotels come next, and after them tbe chefa of private individuals are served. But the club stewards are keen en the sub ject of excellence In quality and are the first on hand at the markets, besides having contracta with the dealera that they will have the first choice. It seems somewhat aad that these strictly masculine establishments should excel In their (astronomic endeavors, conducted as they are entirely by men and for men. Epicureanism la ' confounded" by many omen with the gourmand and they class it among the masculine vices. In reality re unbounded. Millions of acres of land in this great unknown possession of ours re susceptible of cultivation, upon which varloua cropa may be raised Inland val leys of rich alluvial soil upon which wild grasses grow higher than a horae's back miles upon miles of level prairies, upon which cattle may graxe the year around. These facts, which are Just becoming known, might be still discredited by the majority of people, but are destined to revo lutionise the present mode ot living In Alaska and create a new empire for Uncle 8am, peopled by hundreds. of thousands. If not millions. ' The forests of Alaaka are among the most extensive in the new world as to area and among the finest ia any country as to quality, though the varieties are not many spruce, pines whit, red and yellow cedar; hemlock, fir, elm, poplar, beech, tamarack and birch. The trees range la diameter from one to eight feet. On the Yukon river there la abundant wood tor all purposes, la eluding fuel, to lsit for many years to come. . Gaaae ava Flab. Ths fish of Alaska, since It became an Industry, have yielded more than tS.OOO.OOO and the supply is only limited by the mar. ket for tbe product, Tbe only fresh meat you caa have any seasoa of- ths year is moose, earlbou-deer. Rocky mountain sheep, bear, wild goats and rabblta. Tbe game are grouse, partridge, patarnalgaa, pheaaaats, awaaa, prairie chicken, ducks, gseae, aalpe, eagle, hawk and plover. The grasaes oa the Tanana valley are fine. They grow luxuriantly and la great variety la pralrle-llke meadows. Several varistlea of berries grew ia the woods aad uplands, aaaoag them are wild currants, cranberries, aalmoa berries, mass berries and blus berries. A great portion ot this country gives promise of an agricultural value little short, it Is believed, of many of our pros perous stales. The blus stem grows pro fusely. There are rich meadows of native hay. The soil la ths valley is rich ta loans aad decayed vegetable matter, extending la depths ot tram tour to tea feat. The THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, Memorial Services Recall Those brief and comparatively uneventful, while McKinley bad successfully grappled with great problems and left a most enviable record as a statesman. -Barring the presence of Prince Henry of Prussia and his suite, ths view from ths press gallery was less brilliant and less impressive than twenty years ago. The change was especially marked in the per sonnel of the army and navy, the supreme court and makeup of the national legls- ' lature. Those who were in attendance upon the memorial exercises to James A. Gar Held will recall the stalwart and dignified figure of General Sherman, commanding the .army, and the loss stalwart but more dash ing General Phil Sheridan, the superb figure of Hancock, with a dosen officers of high rank who have since passed with them over to the majority or have been retired for age' or disability, while Admiral Porter of the navy, with a retinue of naval officers, made an equally spectacular showing. The diplo matic corps of 1882. while perhaps not more renowned, waa more numerous and mora conspicuous by reason of their dress. Thla refers more especially to the oriental rep resentatives, who have since that day, for tbe most part, laid aside their operatlo costumes for ths common placs garb of the European. Looking backward at the assemblage of twenty years ago ons is almost startled by the inroads Tims baa made in the ranks of' public men within the laat two decades. To the men who dominate the politics today it will be startling to know that out of the 449 men who occupy Beats in the present congress only twenty-three occupied seats in the national legislature that participated in the Garfield memorial exercises Just twenty years ago. Of that number eleven occupied seats in the senate at that time and four, who occupied seats In the house, have alnca been transferred to the upper branch. The eleven surviving senators who .occupied seats twenty years ago are Aldrlch, Allison, Cockrell, Frye, Hale, Hawley, Hoar, Jones of Nevada, Morgan. Piatt of Con necticut and Vest. The four member who have passed from the south to the north side of the nation's capltol are Blackburn, Burrows, Jones of Arkansas and Money. The epicureanism comes very close to being a virtue. Most homes cater to children as well as to adults, which would preclude the ad vocating of club cookery for the family table. But there is no reason why the task' of catering to a family should not be con sidered as important, or at least as inter esting as it is evidently regarded in the clubs. The club will always rival the home until some woman of influence begins to make a fad of housekeeping aesthetics. The trouble is that In nine homes out ef ten thai branch of work ts left to domes tics who are hired to perform manual, not mental, work and are paid accordingly. A cook 'may be perfectly able to proceed with the technical task of preparing a roast, "an entree or a sauce, but she can hardly be expected to plan the assorting of a week's menus, the proper combination of dishes for breakfasts, dinners and luncheons, and, above all. the avoidance of repstltion that deadly fault in the routine of the dining room. ..- .. .. It has, of courts, become quite' clever nowadays to affect a disdain for' the de talki of housekeeping, and women who can not afford housekeepers or chefs to look out for thla branch of ths homo manage ment usually let It go by the board, and when confronted by the ever recurring question. "What shall we have to eetT" dispense with it many hundred times In a year by ordering steak and chops, which appear on the American table with deadly regularity and have come to be regarded as our national foods. Until women begin to make a serious en joyment of this branch of home making, as they have of many far more laborious pleasures, they will always fall to succeed in ousting the dub cuisine from Its placs in masculine estimation. It will ever loom upon their horlxon as a haven to which men of the family may betake themselves with haughty Joy In case of any small domestic Jar. Ths troubls seems to be that, despite our cooking classes and most excellent cook ing teachers and lecturers, there ia too much attention given to ,the chem kUry and the hygiene of gastronomy as well as the practical carrying out of methods to the exclusion of the aesthetic side of the subject, which is Its spirit. Ones women become Impressed with thla idea thers will be a' mammoth revival in the lost art. One reads of college teachers who have recently put in practice the admirable idea of taking their olaases Into the woods In the summer and autumn to study the trees, tbe birds and the grasses.' When the domes growing time. May to September. Is ample to get a good crop; moreover, the rapidity of growth ia remarkable. This country is prsctlcally . uninhabited, except southeast Alaska, and some settle ments along Its shores, aa ia the case along the Yukon, In the interior occasional settle ments ot Indians, Eskimos, balf-breeds and Laplanders. Tbe rreat drawback to settle ment Is thst we have no established sur vey, which leavea those One valleys wiui- out civilization, 'or cultivation, except an odd aquatter here and there. Featatea mt the Climate. Tbe climate Is not as It is painted in the states. Our winter up here to January B, 1902, was ss mild a-i I ever ssw In Ne braska, but winter did set In then and lasted for four or five days, the thermom eter ranging from 10 to Tl degrees below. Yet I felt it ss cold In Omaha at ZS below. This Is January 18. and as nice weather as could be expected In the states. Our camp, I think, will hold out la sup plies. We are. short of nothing so far ex cept oil. which Is a scarce commodity aad worth fl.23 a quart. Our days will sooa commence to get longer. Indeed, they are very short for the last elx weeks, daylight at 19 a. m.. night at 3:30 p. m., but they make up for It ia summer, for when June comes tbe sua never sets from June 14 to the 22d I think our provisions will hold out if no strangers come in. I have 4 pieces of bacon, 60 pounds; 400 pounds flour; 11 pounds tea and 25 pounds coffee; sugar sack ia low down; 00 poands chipped pota toes; one-quarter caribou; 42 pounds moose; one-half Rocky mountain sheep; 1 dosea rabbit. S dosea different kin da of fowl; 1 soup bone; 1 dosea caa tomatoes; 2 dosea cans core ; I dosea cane poaches; T cans pears; t cans asparagus. 80 I think my self and Mrs. Mullea caa get along oa this upply until navigation opens in June. I cannot think of any more, oaly I wlaa I had soms good Omaha. Msta or Krug, la a pinch. P. M. MULLEX. P. 8.: The ink la frosen, so excuse blot. for Garfield eight members of tbe house who have weathered tbe political storms of twenty years and who are aetive forces la na tional legislation are Bingham of Pennsyl vania, Cannon and Hltt of Illinois, Hepbura of Iowa, Ketcham and Wadsworth of New York, Steele of Indiana and Hooker of Mis sissippi. No lees startling has been ths change wrought in the last twenty years in ths only life-tenure branch of the government, the supreme court. Twenty years ago Mor rison R. Watte waa chief Justice, while the following associate Justices donned their silken gowns with him: Miller, Field. Bradley, Stanley Matthews, Swain, Woods. Gray and Karlan, and of that number only Harlan and Gray survlvs ths mutation of time. What of the men who were most conspic uous figures in the national political arena of twenty years ago? Has tbe country gained or lost by their transition T Is the standard of today higher or lower than it was twenty years agoT Scanning the roll of congress the comparison does not strike one to the advantage of our time. Among the leaders ef both parties of ths Forty-seventh congress one readily recalls the late Presi dent William McKinley, ex-Preeldent ' Ben jamin Harrison. Samuel J. Randall, Gen erals Rosecrans and Bragg, "Pig Iron" Kelley, Roger Q. Mills. J. Warren Kelfer, Ben Bntterworth, George F. Edmunds, Jus tin 8, Morrill. Isham O. Harris. Henry B. Anthony. John J. Ingalla, A. H. Garland, N. P. Hill, Thomas F. Bayard. David Davis, J. XI. Carlisle, Thomas Brackett Reed, Wil liam M. Springer, W. R. Morrison, W. 8. Holman, John A. Kaeson, Proctor Knott, John Sherman, John A. Logan, Henry L. Dawes, Matt W. Ransom, "Sunset" Cox, George H. Pendleton. Thomas W. Ferry, D. W. Voorhees, James B. Beck of Kentucky, L. Q. C Lamar, Richard Coke of Texas, John H. Reagan and Arthur Pue Gorman. While but a year prevloua there had passed out from tbe halls of congress Roscoe Conkllng, Allen O. Thurman and Oliver P. Morton, each almost peerless in the galaxy of American statesman and law-makers. E. R. tic science advances a bit girls' classes will bs taken through ths markets mornings be fore the stands ars despoiled of their produce. It Is in the market that the first prlncl pies of aesthetlo gastronomy may be In stilled and acquired. Here the actual beauty of the common foods that come to our tables ts in full evidence. The early morning visiter cannot fall to be im pressed with the wealth of color, the trop ical glow about the stands of fruits and vegetables where tender greens mingle with all the rainbow hoes In exquisite freshness and beauty. Great artiste have chosen the markets of Paris for their canvases and have aeen bcacty erough to perpetuate In rows of ducks and chickens, partridges and quail, .ths glow of beef and mutton, the scaly brightness of the fish, and it is all there for eyes that can see to feast upon. Many of ths up-to-date dealers now dis play their wares allve--sllver-backed trout wj naming about their glasa-walled tanks, "spring lambs gamboling tn little and - chickens and mall birds In netted coops, When one takes a child with her to market he begins to learn what a wonderful place It la. There is an Interest and education to be found there. Each day in a market there are marvellous happenings such as the ar rival of a consignment of strawberries la mid-winter, big as plums; the first coming of venison, of the soft-ahelled crab, the oysters in their seasons and with the knowledge of this new world the homely task of menu-making ia filled with new in tereet and new ideas. There will always be those who will say that this subject of what to eat la not of sufficient importance or dignity to oe ranked with those that women are taking up in these modern and progressive days. This la an old argument, Just as the servant girl question ia aa old problem. But women are getting further away from reality in their advancement, while they relegate these Important matters to their domestics. their grocers and their butchers. We have grown from a hideously lnartls tie era In our house furnishing to 4a time when we can laugh at the parlor stove, the horsehair sofa and wax flowers under a glass ease. Once the aesthetic side of gas tronomy is brought before the eyes of women ao that they may see Its vital rela tion to the Important happenings of lndl vlduals, families and nations, then only will we pass into a promised land where woman will actually reign as queen, with man Irrevocably her subject. PRATTLE OV TUB YOIHGITERS. "Oh. mammal" exclaimed little Fred, aa he caught sight of a sebra at a menagerie, "come here quick and see the poor little convict pony!" Teacher Willie, you may spell "felt." Willie F-e-l-t. Teacher That' right. Now, Johnnie, what la felt? ' Johnnie Mamma's clipper. Teacher (severely) Tommy, there are three words wrongly spelled In this excuse. Tommy (unbluahlngly) Well, ma'am, you mua' remember my folks didn't bare the educational advantagea I have. Sabbath School Teacher When very angry what should you doT Johnny Thlckneek Knock the other fel low down it on hi, held and then roiint test that's the onAy sate way, ma'am. r , - v - v 1 v - . peanie and your little brother asked you for half of them, how many would you have leftr Tommy (promptly) Ten! Little Dottle and Clarence quarreled. Dottle la 4, Clarence S. "Yoa ain't a good girl." said Clarence. "Tou ain't going to heaven." "I is a dood dlrl," replied Dottle, "an' I la a-doln' ta hebbea. An' when I ia a' angel I la a-tummla dowa an' 'en" (with energy) "I'll pull 00' hair." It had been impreaaed upon little Mary, rslatea Judge, that aba must receive offer ings graciously, and nsver fall to show her approclatloa of evea the smallest pres ent A friend having given her a "chance" at the church grab-bag. ahe drew a very large aad induatrlous looking fine-tooth comb. "On, thank you, thank you." aald tba well-trained child eagerly, "that's Just what I want. I need it ths most la the world." Mary couldn't understand why everybody mlled except her mother. MARCH 9, 1002. DUPED THROUCIl RELIGION Farmer Who Toiled for Tears for a False Prophet STRANGE STORY OF AN IOWA COLONY waders of the Jehovah Presbytery f Eloa aad Their Fiaal Re. ' welt A sal at aw la. Brlaclpled Leader. SIOUX CITT. Ia.. March . (Special.) The settlement In favor of the widow of the estate of Guy C. Barnum of Columbus, Neb., recalls aa almost forgotten page of Iowa history. In southern Monona county, Iowa, where the picturesque Soldier river sweeps proudly about a high, wooded hill, are nestled a half dozen venerable houses, a diminutive store and a depot One train stops there each day. The brakeman calls Preparation." Here, In thla memory of a town, waa set up the Arst printing press In western Iowa: here was printed the first publication west of Des Moines; here wss established that wild, fanatical dream, the Jehovah Presbytery of Zlon. Guy C. Bar num was one of tbe two men who named thla town "Preparation" for it waa here that men were to be groomed for trans mission to heaven; It was to be the earthly preparation for the life beyond. Beslsmlaa; of tba Cw.lt. When Joseph Smith, father ot the Mor mons, was shot In the Carthage (111.) Jail that June night in 1844 the Mormon faith waa more or 'ess demoralized. Numerous candidates for the mantle of Smith sprang up. Living in St. Louis was a man named Charles B. Thompson. Little more than an adventurer, he was attracted to the Mor mon church as a glorious opportunity for a rare escspade. He became a teacher In the faith. He gathered about him In St. Louis a constantly Increasing flock and finally enlisted aa assistant the services of Guy C. Barnum, than a young man. One night Thompson had a vision. Next morning he announced to his flock that God had ap peared to him the night before. "My chil dren," he aald, "it Is the Divine will that we hall Journey to the tar west and there set up an earthly kingdom to prepare for the better life beyond." A few months later some hundred prairie schooner that had lumbered alowly all the way from St. Louie, carrying aome 400 per sons, halted at a bend In the Soldier river, where gross and trees grsw verdant In fer tile solL Wagons were unloaded, men fell to work hewing logs and a few weeks later appeared a branch community of the Mor mon church that lived and died without winning a place on history's pageC This wss in 1855. Thompson now had another vision. To his credulous following he an. nounced the Deity had -again appeared to him. . "The Divine spirit ha appointed me his steward," he said. "I am the steward ot God. You are my stewards. Aa your stew ard. I must, under the Divine will, possess all you possess. Go, then, buy lands and deed them to your steward." Thosapsoa'a Little G The community, now grown to full 2.200 men. obeyed. They pre-empted two whole townships. They established stores and blacksmith shops ' and livery barna and hotels. Every dollar ef profit was re ligiously turned over to tbe steward of God. The community prospered. The men, honest tollers, reaped bountiful crops, and. Incidentally, Thompson enjoyed a yearly lnoome of $76,000. The men were little .short of alavea to the unbending! will of Thompson. Men and women were aent on the most absurd mis sions by ths steward. One man had gone on a several days' Journey to bring back a load of lumber. He waa met by a mes senger of the steward. "Yon must stop where yon are; you must Journey to Virginia; you must enter the halls of the legislature at Richmond; yon must pronounce the curse of the steward ot God upon the legislature, because it has said things and done things that reflect upon the steward of God and his Divine Master." Thla was ths command The lumberman obeyed. The messenger took the seat on the wagon and drove back to Preparation. The lumberman, after weeks ot laborious toll ing, reached ths Richmond legislature, pro nounced the curse,- and Journeyed back again to his Iowa home. Dasiea erasable mt Rapacity. . By the time the Jehovah Presbytery of Zlon had reached its third anniversary the faithful at last began to grumble. The steward waa insatiable in his demand for the profits. When the people demanded a share he would have another vision and play upon their superstition to make way with the money. His absences from the community became more and more frequent. In reality, he went back to St. Louis and Indulged in the most violent debauchee, leaving the community in charge ot Bar num. When he returned he would resort to th visional exercise to replete hla finan ces. But his followers found at last the nature of his mysterious pilgrimages. Visions became more and more necessary and constantly less lmpresalv. One night la 18(0. when the steward and Barnum were gone, the people held an Indignation meeting. It was solemnly de cided to hang both Thompson and Bar num. The entire community set out for Onawa to carry out their purpose. Thomp son and Barnum had Just left Onawa for Preparation. They came near driving straight Into the mob. When but a quar ter of a mile away from the avengera they J were met by a girl who had worked In 1 nompson a nousenoia a mere sup of a tiling. "Run, run for your lives." she shouted. "Th?y are going to hang you." Flight of the Twala. The two men needed no second warning. Horses were lashed to a run. The mob caught sight of the fugitives and gave hot chaae. When In the shelter of a high hill tbe horses were loosed from the wagoa and. each man mounting a horse, they rode like wild men to Onawa, still pursued by the Infuriated mob. "No. I don't believe any one knew where Thompson hid himself," say Judge Addt soa Oliver of Onawa. still living. "I know he was kept In my attie for near three weeks. The men from Preparation searched the whole towa for him, but could not find him." One dark night Thompson slunk from the Oliver home. A horse and wagoa were ready. He took hla wife, a peck or two ot caah and Jewelry aad made quick flight to Fort Dodge. From there he made hla way back to St. Louis. He tried to start another colony aad failed. Finally he died la Philadelphia peanUese. Barnum went to Nebraska, where he later became a rich and prominent cltlsen. Tbe under stewards of God at Preparation took their t&OO.OOO ot property Into the courts. There aa apportionment waa made, .but many of the suits went to the Iqwa auprema court for final extermination. Today there is no one In the decrepit little village, atlll bearing the brand of the wild adventure, who knows aught of the Jehovah Presbytery of Zlon, savs by tradition. Not a ateward Uvea today la Monona county. They have scattered to the ends of the country. UNHAPPY MARRIAGES. By MARGARET L BRIGGS. , (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.) Although It does not seem possible, some women never find out the likes and dislikes of their husbands. Men for the most part bare decided opin ion about dress and the furnishings of the bouse, although they are usually bashful about them and rarely acknowledge them. Women Ignore these things, yet expect their basbanla to lire np to the love of the courtship days, a. time when a woman carries out even the slightest suggestion from tbe man she loves. There ts one wife I know whose husband would like to see the house filled with friends, entertained by his wife, dressed In ber prettiest way. Yet rarely are visitors welcomed to that bouse and often when they do come the husband ts mortified at his wife's appearance. Not that she Is unclean or anything" of that kind. But she does not bother to keep up with new little wrinkles of fashion, and more often than not she Is dowdy and even shabby In appearance. Borne men would not care about these things ber busband does and It seems a pity she should not take the little trouble necessary to please him. Then there Is tbe woman who is always sick. Of course, her busband la sorry about it and sympathizes with ber and loves ber all the more. But If that woman has some nerTons or female trouble that makes her unhappy and Irritable all the time, and she Is continually complaining and never doing anything to get well, by and by ber husband gets tired of It lie stays away from home one evening thla week, perhaps more In a few weeks, always mora and more until the wife wakes up with a start some day to find that the com panionship between herself and ber husband is gone. She braces up and tries to get well. 8he fixes her gowna up prettily, she drops the fretful conversation at the t able, she gets up little parties and ex curslohs that she thinks her husband will enjoy, but nothing brings htm back. What a man has tired of will never attract him again. ' .' ' When a woman Is continually sick, this day with a headache, the next perhaps with a pain In ber aide when there Is always some ailment that un fits her for ber duties, when ahe Is Irritated and nervous and blue when a woman gets In this condition she may be sure that there Is something wrong with her generative organs, that she has some one of those feminine troubles which seemingly amount to so little, but eventually make life almost un bearable. It Is useless and foolish for a woman to wait until these troubles bring constant pain, until nervousness and Irritability have estranged all her friends. The time to take them in hand is when they begin, when the only signs are a few mutterings of pain at the monthly period, and nervousness and weari ness. If she does this she will bring happiness to herself and ail those about ber, and she will not tire her husband with her continual complaints, many of which seem to him visionary. If any woman, as soon as she feels like complaining, as soon as she feels stck she hardly knows from what, will take Lydia E. Flnkham's Vegetable Compound, she can be sure she will be cured. The mysterious aches and pains that women have so often are always the re sult of some uterine tsouble. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound gets at the root of these troubles and cures them. Ail the backache and head aches, all the feeling of exhaustion that make the day'a work seem unbear able, are overcome by thla medicine. When a woman feels as though she simply cannot dress, when the daily bath becomes a hardship, when it ts an effort to be pleasant and to exercise those little arts to please that our sex understands so well, let the woman take warning. It Is the natural thing for a woman to make herself attractive and charming. When she Is strong and healthy she does that as Involuntarily as she breathes; when she doesn't do It she Is sick. Let her then write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for advice, and take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. BEST PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURIvST EXCURSIONS -TO (Cauforni Three Excursions . Weekly - VIA Scenic Line Daily First-class SleeperThrough to San Francisco via Colorado, passing the Grandest Scenery of the Rockies aad Sierra Nevada by Daylight. Direct Connections to Los Angeles. City Ticket Office, 1323 Don't Wait. 1 There will be a big demand for offices In April and May, If you want a good selection look over our rooms now. Eemember that the rental price includes light, heat, water and Janitor service you might say, insurance, too, for it's a fire proof building. List of vacant rooms in The Bee Ground Floor. Rental. baam mm. - - Per Month. tt ls4' , f Faces Seventeenth street an has windows alone tba alley. Thla la a large, light room, acd the rental price Includes hat, i.'?.J.w,S.r ,nd Janltop service. It has an entrance both on The Bm HiUldlns Court and Seventeenth etrwet .'....Price COS First Floor. Sl'lTE lOli There la no finer office suite In Omaha than this one. It is located lust on the right hand of tbe great marbla stairway, and haa unusually large window looking upon the front entrance way of the buildtna- It fronta on Farnam alreet. One room la 17xl and tbe other xlt. It has a ' burglar-proof vault, marble mantel-piece, hardwood floors, and will be frescoed to suit tenant 7..........".Vrloe I7&.0S Second Floor. St'ITE S2Gi This suite consists of three rooms; a waiting loom ttxtl and two small room a sxlO. It haa an entrance In the broad corridor facing the magnificent court, and haa hardwood doora and a large burglar-proof vault. It faces north. It is well adapted for the uae ot two doctors or two Uw- ' yers , , Price 140. OS ROOM Z4Ji lsxlO feet. Feces east and Is located close to the elevators A sign on window can be readily seen by any one passing up Farnam tre1 v lrts Third Floor. ROOM 318i 0xU feet This Is a light, pleasant room. It has been n.wlv decorated, and like all rooma In The Bee Building, the price lndudaa Ujht. heat, water and Janitor service "....7...... . Pricee.0S Sl'ITB kiai This room la 17x33 feet, and will be divided to suit the tenant. It has alao emitter room adjoining which is luxlj. Thla room la partlcu larly adapted for aome concern needing large floor spa.ee, and is a decid edly handsome office. It haa an entrance facing tbe court and wlndnara looking out on Seventeenth alreet. wood floora. With the .mailer room For the largtr room alone ............... Fourth ROOM soil 15x11 feet. This room is next to tbe elevator and faces court. T has a large burglar-proof vault and la well ventilated. Has good lirhi " and for the price furnlahee Orst-class accommodations "... prfii eivsa nSkAM JitTl Thla r.m lVrlUI Wmrm IK. -tt- -' . v. . . ,41.0V ' . - -- that is cool in summer and warm la tilated ROOM 4l& 15x17. Divided Into reception room and private office. Mas ourgiax-piwi euui, tm w.u muiN Fifth ROOM ftSOi This room Is 17x20. Faces north and would be specially well adapted for aa architect, or any one who required a good light for drafting j,.. m U1TK 6l4i This Is a very large room, 17xU feet. It faces west, but Is very light and well ventilated. It la very seldom that apace of this slse la of fered in Tbe Bee Building. It could be used to advantage by some Arm employing a large number of clerka, or requiring large floor apace a wholesale jeweier, or manuiacturer s nre-pruoi uuwung, or u wiu ne oivlded to suit tn Sixth ROOM eiSiThla Is a loeg narrow room 11x14. The location la not desirable, but for the amount of floor space and the accommodations which are In cluded In the rental price of The Bee Building, the price la very low.. Price fU.es R. C. PETERS & CO., Rental Agents. 19 0 LEAVE OMAHA Wednesday Friday and Saturday Farnam St., Omaha. Buildie It haa a burglar-proof vault and hard! Price f.M Price fcu.Ce Floor. " iu. toun ana is a room winter; is well lighted and well ven .Prica Situ , , Price fiaot Floor. agent, who would like to be in the tenant.. .Price itt-M. Floor. Ground Floor. Bee BuHdinf.