Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: ATRIL 5. 1903.
"I have sent about two hundred of my employes, from
butcher to foreman, and all have been permanently cured. (From
a personal letter to Dr. Keeley) I do not think there is any one
thins or any one man wio everdid the good to humanity that
you are doing with your cure!1 P. D. ARMO UR, cmcAod ill.
Late Head of the Armour Packing Co.
TUE LATE P. D. ARM0U2.
COW DOES THE KEELEY CURE AFFECT TOE GENERAL HEALTH?
There can be but one truthful answer, and that is that it is beneficial in every
sense of the word. There is no nausea or other sickness during treatment. The rem
edies build up the nervous system, and it follow from this that the general health
must be improved. Ask our patients; they know and will tell you truthfully. Do not
ask a saloonkeeper or other person whose interests are against our work. Informa
tion upon any subject should be asked of those who know, not of those who guess.
The Keeley Cure is now more than twenty-nine years of age time enough, the most cap
tions will admit, to test its merits and the permanency of its effects. Could we re
main in business' over twenty-nine years and still be prosperous if we injured the
health of our patients t .
The alove letter shows you the faith the founder of the great
Armour Packing company interest had in the Keeley Cure. Dr.
Keeley 'a most enthusiastic supjwrters were among our very best
business men and professional men, men who, not requiring treat
ment themselves, have observed the wemderful good that has been
accomplished by the Keeley Cure and have advised their friends
of it. And hundreds of business houses have, like Armour, sent
us their employes for treatment.
None other than the late Joseph Medill, publisher of the
Chicago Tribune, after a thorough test, wrote:
"I sent Doctor. Keeley five of the worst drinkers and opium
eaters I could find. After a month they were sent back cured.
The poison had been expelled from their systems. They looked as
if a miracle had been performed upon them."
now Long Does II Take?
The cure of drunkenness Is usually ef
fected In four week. All patients receive
thorough physical examination, and the
treatment Is adapted to the needs of each
Individual case. Alcoholic stimulants are
supplied to patients undergoing treatment
for drunkenness during the first few days,
after which the desire disappears, and
hence there l no struggle to "quit." no
craving and no delirium. If. upon arrival.
patient la unable to care for himself, ho
Is placed under supervision of an attend
ant until sober. There la no sickness at-
Twenty-nlne years of uninterrupted suc
cess, the Indorsement of the friends of
humanity, and the applause of more than
three hundred and fifty thousand gradu
ates. Is the record of tin Keeley!"ure for
liquor and drug addictions. In 1880, when
Doctor Keeley declared that drunkenness
was a disease, and that he had discovered
a remedy for It. the declaration was re
ceived much as the news of Ualllleo's dis
covery that the earth was round, or
Harvey's discovery of the circulation of
the blond. Abuse and ridicule were heaped
upon the bold scientist. Even so great
philosopher as Bacon did not believe In
blood circulation. But truth Is ever tri
umphant, and time and investigation nave
confirmed all that Doctor Keeley claimed
for his twin discoveries disease and the
remedy. What Doctor Keeley said then,
and what the pioneer institute at Dwight,
111., and its many branches throughout the
United States and elsewhere say today Is,
namely, that If the drink habit be con
tinued long enough, the victim becomes a
drunkard. This Indicates a diseased con
dition wherein the nerve cells have become
ao accustomed to performing their func
tions under the Influence of alcohol that
they are dependent upon It, and will no
longer perform their functions properly
and painlessly except when under alcoholic
Influence. This condition prove that a
craving exists. The craving proves a dls
eased condition of the nerve cells. As the
physician diagnoses a cough as the symp
torn of diseased condition, the Keeley phy
sician diagnoses the liquor desire as a
symptom of diseased nerve cells. The
general practitioner alms to remove the
cause, when this Is done the symptoms
disappear. The Keeley treatment restores
the cells to a normal condition and the
craving for drinX disappears.
Who Takes the Keeley Core?
We have cured thousands of veterans of
the War of the Rebellion In the National
Soldier Homes of the country, whose ages
range from fifty to eighty years.
We have cured children under five years
of age who were addicted to morphine and
opium, such addiction having been ac
quired through the mother's own addle
tlon or direct administration. No consti
tution Is too delicate for the Keeley treat
ment, as the remediea are perfectly harm
less.
We have cured hundreds of soldiers in
the regular army of the United States, and
have letters from officers of all rank, from
Major-Generals to Lieutenants, commend
Ing the Keeley Cure in the highest terms.
We have cured senators, congressman
lawyers, clergymen, business men, merch
ants, laborers, men of all occupations and
of no occupation, to the number of over
350,000. Among them are 19,000 physicians
tendsnt upon the treatment, and the physi
cal condition Improves at the stitrt.
At the end of four weeks the patient Is
vastly Improved mentally, physically, and
morally. His head Is clear, mind active,
and thoURht consecutive, appetite and in
gestion good, eyes bright, and complexion
clear; morally changed because of Ills dfff
gust for his former life and his determi
nation to live properly In the future. It
la a common thing to hear A Keeley pa
tient say. "I feel ton yenrs younger."
Write for free booklet, "Facts About The
Keeley Cure." Address Keeley Institute,
corner of Twenty-fifth and Cass Mrecfs.
Omaha, Neb.
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The above la a picture of the Keeley institute building, the home of the Keeley
Cure in Omaha. Tt Is one of the best equipped of all the Institutes In the country.
It haa been fitted up especially for Keeley Institute purposes by Mr. Burns, the
manager, after years of Observation and experience as to what Is desirable In sucli
an establishment. It contains elegant sleeping rooms, perfectly heated and lighted
by the most modern appliances, a spacious club room, numerous hath and toilet
rooma. with abundant supply of hot water, etc., supplying aa It does all the com
forta and privacy of one's home. All patients are cared for In this perfectly tip
polnted building. The only Keeley Institute In the state of Nebraska. The only jilnce
In the state where the Keeley remedies are used or administered.
THE KEELEY INSTITUTE
Cor. 25th and Cass Sts.. Omaha. Neb.
BAD TASTE IN WALL PAPER
Women Unwilling to Take Advice,
' Says a Dealer.
StJGQESTlOSS A3 TO. THE NEWEST
FVteaes that An ropular and Silk
' Floss Pae la n Expensive
NT-Hr for Drawini
Rooma. .
NEW YORK, April 4. Asked what are
some f tha newest design In wall papers
a dealer replied: .
"Mora stripes, mora varieties of color,
more elaborate frlesea-acenlc, heraldic,
landscape and floral more grades of paper
to bs used In connection with a wooden
frlesa or a cornice."
Asked why It Is, with such a profusion of
really beautiful, artistio wall papers as are
shown here and elsewhere, one sees so
many commonplace Inartistic examples on
the walls of New York houses and apartments,-
the dealer merely shrugged his
shoulders.
"Are salesmen to blame, or is It true, as
a portrait painter charged recently, that
the average New York woman la not at alt
artistic?" Here Is the dealer's answer,
which may intereat Intending buyers:
"Buying wall papers is about as difficult
a proposition aa any woman can tackle. It
Is the only proposition about which she
'does not crave advice." When selecting
wall papers most women turn a cold shoul
der even to advice from a aalesman. Often
when by 'special requeat I have given per
sonal attention to a customer she has as
sumed an air aa one who would say: 'My
gdod man. It's all very, well for you to buy
and sell wall papers, but when it comes to
a question of refined taste and critical
Judgment I fancy I know a lot more than
you do.'
What Baleamea Do.
"And as the main object of any dealer
Is. to sell his goods, I nover resent this
manner and with the best grace I can
muster consent to color schemes and com
binations of paper far below the artistic
standard we try to maintain here. It U
true that salesmen often seem indifferent.
. But whyT Because they have learned that
In the majority of cases to show the goods
and let a customer make her own selection
Is the easiest and in the end the most
satisfactory thing to do. I' ulcus atiked to
do ao some salesmen never trot out the
newest deslgna and combinations, for the
reason that If a customer starts in by an
nouncing with decision that she wants a
certain sort of frlese or a particular kind
ot paper there la not much use In showing
her. anything else. The salesman may sus
pect that the room the customer Is buy
ing paper for would look better with quite
another sort of wall hanging, or 'he may
be aware that the selection Is a year or
two behind the fashions, but Is he going
to upset the woman by Interfering with
her choice? Not on your life.
"In the long run the woman who eomes
In and says she doesn't know Just what to
chouse for this, that and the other room
and lets the salesman make suggestions
fares much the better in artistic results.
In that case he asks the slxe of the room,
the height of the celling, the style and
color of the furniture and carpets before
going to work. He is on his mettle, as It
were. He haa an Incentive tn do his best.
And ten chancea to one the customer gets
something artistic and up to date. I am
speaking, of course, of the average well-to-do
buyer, not of the wealthy, who, as
a rule, put a Job into the hands of deco
rators witli few provisos and leave it thore
till dona
rieatr ( ratteras.
"The output ef wall paper every year is
now ao treiueoiloua that is ao reason
why even for a comparatively small sum
one need have anything inartistic, ugly
or old-fashioned. As for hanging the paper,
cheaper varieties can be treated with as
much style as more expensive ones. In the
ordinary class of house," he went on, "the
paper frieze Is now a feature for the reason
that the new spring designs are so beauti
ful and so reasonable in price. .
"At first the scenic and the landscape
frleses we got were somewhat crude. Now
they are made after designs done by noted
artists and In a sufficient number of sec
tions to relieve monotony.
"For a living room, a sitting room, a
sleeping room, there Is nothing newer than
a frieze of this sort matched with suitable
wall paper."
The dealer, tn Illustration, mounted some
of the new designs on a tall easel.
One very noticeable scenic frieae about
eighteen lnchfa deep Included a small
structure nesfllng under trees, a glint of
water, a sky line, all dqne In soft browns
and ecrus, end Instead of the same view be
ing repeated every yard or so the frieze
included several views which, according
to taste, could he matched at regular or
Irregular Intervals. Because of their sub
dued treatment none of the scenes Jumped
at one, so to speak. The wall paper to
match this frlexe was a one-tone, soft
brown eltonbury covered with a mottled
or slightly watered pattern. There was
alao a golden brown, plain Ingram paper,
the latter the cheaper of the two.
The scenic friezes are not confined to
browns. There are greens of all shades
and many others which Introduce contrast
ing touches of color.
Effecta la Krlesrs.
This is the case also in tha landscape
friezes, which include only drawings from
nature. It is In the heraldic friezes per
haps that the most surprising and pleasing
effects are seen both in drawjpg and colors,
the tatter for the most part dull grays,
greens snd browns mixed. For instance,
one remarkable example representing the
Crusaders shows battalions of armed
men mounted and unmounted; and massed
so closely that the effect is Inconspicuous
rather than Intrusive. The soldiers' tall
shields and their armor are done In steel
gray, the rest of the picture showing sev
eral shades of brown, 1ind touches of light
green. The best wall paper to match this
frieze is an imitation of burlap, the warp
of green, the woof of brown, giving a
bronzed result. In fact, thla paper Is called
Japanese burlap.
Many of the best of the floral friezes are
of French design, and all of the new de
signs are cut out Irregularly cn the lower
fxitfe. This frtyle, to be sure, was Intro
duced some time ago, but the earlier exam
ples were commonplace beside those shown
today, a variety of which may be compared
for lack of a bettor simile to delicate open
work passementerie. Take, for Instance,
the Cupid frieze. Cupid, representing the
daintiest pastel shades of White and blue,
touched with rosy pink, is suspended from
chains of Inch-wide pale blue ribbon, a gar
land of pale pink roses drooping from his
fingers. The interstices between the cupids
and garlands are of course filled In with
the wall paper which In places continues
up to the ribbon chain ajid of course har
monises perfectly with thVfrtese.
The particular paper displayed (or this
purpose had a white ground decorated with
quarter-Inch pale blue vertical, atrlpea
placed three-quarters of an inch apart. Be
tween these mere two hair linea of blue.
An alternative wall paper even daintier had
a white ground covered with vertical rows
of quarter-Inch long leavea done in fine
hair lines of blue.
t'osublaatlvas Not dood.
In the dealer's opinion a solid" toned
paper or a flowered or wide striped wall
paper would spoil this frlese, and he em
phasized the point that to match moat
of the new floral frlezea nothing was so
artistio aa a narrow satin striped wall
paper. Exceptions, be said, were the
darker toned oriental effect floral designs,
which would be the better for a plain
underneath. In this class was a foliage
frlese, a study in rich browns and greens,
touched wtlh red, which, when mounted
over a dull green wall paper was exquisite.
Clusters of small roses almost hidden by
green and brown leaves, a cluster drooping
alluringly' every now and then over the
edge, or what would be the edge were the
frieze finished in a straight line, sur
mounted by a wall paper of white crossed
vertically with quarter-Inch yellow stripes,
alternating with hair lines of yellow.
One remarkable design resembles an old
fashioned valance as much as anything,
the draper caught up every nine Inches or
so with a bunch of flowers. In one of
these the colors are brown and yellow
principally; In another soft, old red, deep
almost as port wine, mixed with gray,
and matched" respectively with an Inch
wide satin striped yellow paper and an
Inch wide striped paper of warm gray.
A frieze in which old pink the very
shade one sometimes sees in old tapestries
was combined with paler pink In narrow
ribbon patterns, enclosing fine wreaths of
variegated, very email wild flowers, had
a striped wall paper to match the old pink,
and a delft blue frlese, which included
gray and white tones, was matched with
French gray striped paper.
These are only a few examples of the
many dozens of frleses now shown by
manufacturers for the spring trade and
which are suitable for almost any room
of a country house or a city apartment,
except perhaps the dining room.
For the last named, among many other
examples of paper more or less new is a
variety, comparatively ' Inexpensive, which
Is an excellent Imitation of band-tooled
leather, even to the coloring, the metal ef
fect being produced by a mixture of green
and gold and gray. This paper Is finished
at the celling simply with a four-Inch wood
moulding or a wood cornice, or the paper
may cover two-thirds ot the wall, only the
upper third being ef a plain, raetal-flnlshed
paper, a narrow moulding connecting the
two. Better still, have the upper third en
tirely of wood, but then, aa the dealer
suggested, with that style of moulding a
more costly style of wall covering would
be used.
Topping a Library.
A certain style of wood cornice or a
wide wood moulding put on close to the
ceiling is not by any means expensive, and
for the time being It is one of the newest
and most stylish ways of topping a library,
a dining room or a drawing room wall
paper. Particularly Is this the case when
Japanese grass cloth is used in the parlor
or drawing room.
"The grass cloth now in the market,"
the dealer explained, "Is finer, handsomer
and the coloring more beautiful than any
thing we have had previously. For this
reason there Is an unusually brisk demand
for It, red and green In particular being
much used for wall hangings in the dining
room or the drawing room of houses which
give a good bit of space to such an apart
ment. Even In the small city apartment
decorated by the tenant Japanese grass
cloth Is a leader Just now for the parlor,
finished with a wood cornice from, eeven
to ten lnchea wide. No other style of
frieze will give such good results with this
paper."
The Japanese grass cloth papers shown
on the easel were one yard wide and the
texture finer, and more even than the ex
amples seen a few years ago. In the yel
lows and browns, as well as in the reds
and greens, there are also many more
shades than formerly.
A more pretentloua drawing room paper
is called silk floss paper, for the reason
that the raised pattern on the surface Is
actually done with silk floss Included In
the paper pulp. Champagne color Is a fa
vorite In this paper and one of the best
designs Is called Florentine and Includes
conventionalised standards of flowers' en
closed in diamond-shaped sections defined
with wide raised bands, flowers and bands
and groundwork being soft-toned.
PAINTED FURNITURE AGAIN
Eerival Following the Vogue of the
Adam Period.
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THB.EE points about furniture
Mack Like the Old Tlsae Cottage Far
altare, Oaly Better It Permits
Greater Harmony of Fit
ting's la Bedrooms.
The demand for furniture of the style
designed by the Adam brothers continues
as great as It was twelve months ago and
preposterous prices are still patd for furni
ture of that period imported from England.
That little of thla furniture is really the
work of either of the two better known
Adams or of their disciples Is well known
apparently to all but the purchasers.
Three facts about the Adam period In
English decoration should be tolerably fa
miliar to all by thia time. One la that the
name of these decorators does not end In
an "a." Vet half the purchasers of this
high-priced furniture refer to the style as
"Adams." Fact No. X is that the period
was a very debased one In interior decora
tion, although In architecture it achieved
better results. Fact No. t is the absolute
falsity of nearly all the so-called Adam
pieces. Most self-respecting dealers who
offer a piece aa of Adam will on a repeti
tion of the question as to Its sou roe say
"Period of Adam" If they are not anxious
to mislead the purchaser.
It seems, however, that very few collec
tors with money enough to buy furniture
of this fashionable period care whether or
not it Is genuine. So soon aa they, see
blrdseye maple painted with figures or
conventional decorative designs they mur
mur "Adam" ecstatically and let it go at
that. Thus the dealer la able to save his
conscience and be merely paaaively a party
to the great Adam Invasion.
Follow Adasa Deelsae.
The great majority of the stuff that
passes now for furniture done under the
direction of the two great brothers Is In
deed In their manner. It follows in detail
many of their own designs. It is not, of
course, painted by such artists aa Angelica,
Kaufman and others who gave to thla
furniture moat of the artistic dignity that
It possessed.
Its decoration came from the painters
employed by the English furniture-manufacturers
that have continued without In
terruption to turn out so-called Adam fur
niture as a standard pattern. Some of
thla output la naturally older than other
specimens. That produced half a century
ago has clalma to antiquity In comparison
with a piece finished last week. But It
Is ssld to be doubtful If there Is In the
market single specimen that carne under
the eye of either of the two deooratora
who have auddenly acquired a vogue.
"Once a fas. 'on not founded on the high
est Ideals of taste," said a salesman In
one of the ahopa on Fifth avenue, "gets a
hold on people who are able to indulge It
there la no telling what It may lead lo.
"Of course my business la merely to sell
our customers what they want. I'm not
here to try to educate taste. Already I
can note the bad effects of this so-called
Adam revival on the taste of our custom
ers. "Do you observe how fashionable paint d
furniture la again becoming? And do you
remember how ahorl a time ago It was that
people arose In their wrath and threw out
all they had of the old cottage furniture?
Old Ideas la Palatiag.
"Until twenty yeara ago cottage furniture
was accounted one of the most artistic
blossoms of mid-Victorian household art.
You must hare seen It tn the spare room
of some country house to which it has
been relegated.
. "It was usually In some damp and rather
musty stiade of (ray. with (lowers or small
landscapes as a decorative scheme at the
top of the bed, on the doors of the wash
stand and wardrobe and on the top rung
of the chair backs. It was made of in
expensive wood and the cost of cottage
furniture was not great.-
"That made it popular with young mar
ried couples going to housekeeping. They
gradually moved it along until It passed
from their own to the guests' rooms, If they
bad any. Otherwise It went to the nursery.
"It wasn't bad. Of course the highest
standards of art were not met by it, but it
had some beauty and It waa more appro
priate to Its use than any kind of Adam Is
In nine cases out of ten. But what hap
pened? "The aeathetlo craze brought tn the taste
for antlquea and then came the rebellion
against black walnut by persons who
talked a great deal about It without know
ing that some of the most beautiful furni
ture In the world was made In that wood.
So cottage furniture waa declared hope
lessly against good taste and It went. So
decided waa the revulsion against It that
some of it even went to the fireplace.
"Now painted furniture is rapidly be
coming the rage. It Is more costly than It
uaed to be, largely because everything
costs more. Perhaps It is more carefully
done than the old painted furniture and I
have no doubt It la made up In more grace
ful shapes in some cases.
"But tt Is not in Its general character
very different from the cottage furniture
that was put out of sight with the ex
pressed wonder that one could have stood
anything so tasteless for such a long time."
The painted furniture, which is likely to
be much In demand before a few months
have passed, comes In various forms. Some
of the seta have ornaments of flowers on a
white ground. Others have porcelain pat
terns, and a favorite style copies the colors
and designs of the Delft porechtins.
Other manufactures of chinaa are not
missing. Dresden 'in its flowered patterns
and the reddish brown of the royal Berlin
factory with Its accompanying landscapes
or cupids are to be had and there are exqui
site Japanese effects.
This painted furniture need not be made
of the finest woods, but the enamel Is so
thick and firm and the painting of ao much
more elaborate character than that on the
so-called cottage furniture that It Is not
bought, as that style used to be, for the
sake of economy,
."One .charm of the painted furniture te
many women," aaid the Fifth avenue au
thority, "la that It may be had to match
exactly the color of the other decoratlona
In the bedroom or boudoir, and you mutt
understand painted furniture has not as
yet traveled to any other apartments.
"If there Is a pink wall, for Instance, and
It is intended to have hangings of the same
color, the funlture may be of that tender
ahade ao far aa Its background Is concerned.
The same is true of pale blue and yellow.
Some Beaatlfal Desla-as.
"I have seen beautiful pate pink furniture
for a boudoir and bedroom, painted with an
exquialte pattern of pale green, dark browa
and gold and peacock blue butterflies play
ing about great blossoms of hydrangea. A
beautiful yellow act had the bronse, red
dish tones of tne Berlin porcelains and the
figures were cupids and butterflies.
"The only dlbing room set of this painted
furniture that we ever had waa Intended
for a breakfast room and there were the
regular Delft scenes of water life painted
In Delft blue on Ivory. A bedroom set
which bad a background of very pale cafe
au lalt was painted only In deep toned
fleurs de lys of purple and blua One pale
green background has bunches of vivid
crimson geraniums as the only ornament
for the various pieces of furniture.
"Of course this is -all much more artistic
than the simple old-fashioned cottage fur
niture used to be. But It la of the same
school, and all, of Its bad qualities are the
bad qualities of the Adam school, which
would have disappeared forever from house
hold decoration bad not thla period been
revived to take the thought of people away
from the use of the old models that our
furniture makers are now using, to their
own glory and the Improvement of their
customers' taste."
Persons who are anxious to' have uni
formity between the furniture and the deco
rations of their rooms have been known to
paint the woodwork the same shade as
the background of their furniture and orna
ment 't with the painted patterns. In sucli
cases the hangings should be of the same
shade as the backgrounds, but without
patterns; or if there be a pattern. It follows
the design of the furniture and the wood
work. In some cases there are cretonnes and
chintzes which match exactly. In these
rather overdone Instances the lamp shades
are made of the same material.
NAKED ARMY PLAN A MARCH
Caaadlaa Faaatlra, Clad In Rdenle
Issseeaee, Threaten to Move
oath. y
Lady Uodlva will be cast into the Umbo
of insignificance whim the big nude trek
of 10,000 Doukhobors of Manitoba, sched
uled for warmer weather, begins next sum
mer. Without a stitch or even a fig leaf,
thia spectacle of living statues, both stal
wart and fair, will move out of Canada,
acroas the border and down the Missis
sippi valley in search of a Land qf Prom
iseunless Anthony Comstock Interferes
and gets out an Injunction.
This army, uniformed in innocence, will be
composed of those Doukhobors, or Russian
fanatics, who were settled in the Canadian
Northwest by the dominion government a
few years ago at the solicitation of Phlla
delphlan, Parisian and London Quakers.
Their leaders have announced that the
Premised Land lies to the south of here,
in the valley of the Mississippi, and al
ready preparations are being made for this
great trek. . Owing to the proclivities of
the Doukhobors to cast off their clothing,
always scant, whenever the climate will
allow, and to depend for sustenance upon
God and the good people whose territory
they pass through, the American authori
ties will likely have much trouble In In
ducing these people to comply with the
laws of the lapd and common decency.
For some weeks past the Doukhobors
have been silently and surely preparing for
this great exodus, and it Is quite on the
cards that their leader, Peter Veregln, will
head the band, directing them to the Land
Of Promise. Last fall they disposed of all
their cattle, sheep and horses; their look
ing glasses and. clocks have been collected
and disposed of, while a recent edict of
Peter Veregln forbid them to have more
than the clothes upon their backs. Once
prosperous, these Doukhobors are now poverty-stricken
In every way, with the ex
ception of bsrd cash, a large sum being
held In the common fund, and will doubt
leos be uaed by the commune after the
Promised Land has been located.
In one way the pilgrimage will be a good
thing, for It will rid Canada of thia most
troublesome sect. Those who left the
Doukhobor villages last spring are now
squatted at Fort William, Ontario, having
been stopped by the authorities from con
tinuing their eastern tramp owing to the
approach of winter, and consequently the
little lake city has been burdened with
them ever since. The small shack In which
they live shows deplorable conditions, all
the pilgrims being stark naked, many of
them not having worn clothes since their
arrival. In this small shack are some seventy-six
Doukhobors of all ages, huddled
together for warmth, being devoid of any
clothing or aense of decency. The govern
ment at Ottawa la being appealed to In
order that an end may be put to these
treks, snd the mounted police have been
instructed to be on the watch for the first
signs of the trek toward I'ncle Sam's do
mains. Philadelphia Record.
GREAT MEN'S LETTERS SOLC
Two Written by Colonel Roosevelt,
Three by Mnrk Twain, and
Many Others.
Two letters of President Roosevelt, writ
ten during the Spanish war, were among
the lutereottng autographs sold by the An
derson company In New York City last
week.. Both are addressed to Job,n Brl.i
ben Walker, then editor of The Cosmopoli
tan Magazine. They are typewritten, but
signed by Mr. Roosevelt. One, diited
"First Reg., IT. S. Vol. Cav.. In ramp at
Montauk Point, Aug. 3, lsns, is as follows:
My Dear Mr. Walker: I should like
very much to accept, but upon my word
I do not know how I can, for 1 Iihvij had
infinite requests to write, and It is going
to be difficult to meet H tenth of them,
and they offer me. prices which 1 really
should not have dreamed of asking my
self. Very sincerely yours,
T. ROOSKVKLT.
This fetched $2.26.
The other letter is dated Camp Wikoff,
Montauk, L. I., Sept. 7, IpH, ami Is na
follows:
My Dear Mr. Walker: In a little while I
think , I shall be at leisure to have the
writer of whom you sKk call on me, I
only wish I were able to write, for vna
myself, but I am engaged to tne hilt. Sin
cerely yours. T. ROOSEVELT.
This letter sold for $2.50.
There were also three Interesting and
characteristic letters written by Mark
Twain to Mr. Walker, the earliest of
these Is a four-page 12mo, dated "Kal
tunbentgeben bel Wlen, Sept. 19, 1NHS," and
reading as follows:
Dear Mr. Walker: Sure It s the llllgant
(sli conscience you've got and few there
be that can afford such an expensive one.
Yes, the second check astonished nnil
gratified me. I didn't know what It whs
for. 1 merely uttered my little prayer of
humble thanks and went and caillied'il.
Many would have thought Hod sent It, hut
I knew, by the signature. It wss you. In
deed and Indeed, I sjii hoping I shall vet
appear again In The Cosmopolitan. '
This letter brought $13.26.
Another of the letters is two pages and
ia dated London, March S, inno. The . let
ter paper bears a mourning border. It re
fers to a request for permission to repub
lish one of his articles. This letter' sold
for M.60.
The third letter Is dated Wallls Hill,
London, Sept. S7, 1300, and is of similar
Import to tne previous letter to Mr.
Walker. It sold for 4.M.
William Jennings Bryan was also rep
resented In the sale by a two-pago letter
to Mr. Walker. It was written In Lincoln,
Neb., but bears no date. It Is entirely In
Bryan's handwriting. Such letters. It is
said, are rare. It la as follows:
My Dear Mr. .Walker: I do not know to
what extent It Is considered proper for a
publisher to tell others of his rates, but to
the extent that It Is proper I would like
to know about what rates are charged per
l,(i circulation. I have not taken adver
tisements, but shall aoon. I prefer tho
class of advertisements found in the maga
zine. You will be interested to know that
The Commoner has about 41.0U0 now, and
has been increasing at over l.imo per day
for two weeka. Regards to the family.
Yours truly. W. J. BRYAN.
This fetched $3.26.
Other Interesting Items sold as follows:
Oeneral U. 8. Grant's order to General
Thomas. December I, 1864, to advance on
the confederate General Hood at Nash
ville, $76; a letter of John Hay, Washing
ton. D. C, November 1. 1890, "I have
never written a word of gossip about the
White House and never shall," $4.60; a let
ter of Oliver Wendell Holmes, January 7,
1891, about his Introduction to the "History
of Woodstock," $12.60; a letter of Rudyard
Kipling. March 16. IStf. In regard to writing
articles from India, $11; the signatures of
President Uncoln and his cabinet on one
sheet of paper, $1$; a letter ot President
McKlnley. New York, November 30, 1904,
$19.26; and a typewritten letter of Andrew
Carnegie to John Brisbcn Walker, declin
ing to write his autobiography; 40 cents.
New York Tlmts.