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4 TItE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 26, 1909. 4 PITS Tl College Is the fl 0 rMMllQ "Ldfflpilffl i i West 1 1 U ifTv flf On IMJlCjTO the H sL4T 2 E For the Following Reasons REASON NUMBER 1 Because we teach Mosher Shorthand, the system that Is getting results unheard of by other method. Think of it t students still In their teens going directly from the school room to positions as court reporters after less than one year's study. That Is exactly what students have done who were taught Mosher Hhorthand by Mosher-Lampman teachers In the Mosher-Lampman College. A. system and a school that can do this can naturally graduate the very best office steno graphers. The simplicity, speed and legibility of Kosher Shorthand are not combined In any other system. Kesults tell. We can show results that will convince the moet skeptical. Students of our Shorthand department receive the personal instruction of tho author of the most widely used method of v. . i iwnuui in America. . ,m to 1earn f ytsm of shorthand and type writing that will make a first-class stenographer of you In the shortest possible time, attend the Mosher-Lampmah Col lege. Mosher Shorthand writers are occupying the best steno graphic positions in the business offices of Omaha today r.yniU,".!.,-e" .Wr,t" an,d wl"n to 'ncrease your speed and prepare to earn a larger salary attend our night school and learn the Mosher Improvements on Gregg Shorthand" ' REASON NUMBER 2 BBOAvn Tn KOitu-UMntur aviorrss ooluoi Ml TXB ZXOI.T7BrTB KIOKT TO VM THE "aOTX OXVTTTBT aCETsTOD" Or TXAOX. nro Booiiuraii nr txa oitt or omaxa. This modern, up-to-date method is superior to any other used In the West tor three reasons: Km I It gives the students a practical grasp of 'the sub ject, 'because It requires him to handle all the cash and draw i.p and use every check, note, draft, and every other com mercial papea called for In the transactions he records. So-ond ft saes the student's lime, because It does not require him to drag through weary weeks of dull theoretical work. This practical method of Instruction turns on the current of anagnetla lata rest from the vary start, and the Student does not go to sleep over his work, but masters the subject with a relish and Interest that Is the keynote of suc cess In school work. Third This saving of time means a saving of tuition, and a large) salary, for the practical mastery of the subject gamed by the student of bookkeeping who studies the aoth Oemtarr Method" makes a more skillful and therefore a more valuable bookkeeper of him. REASON NUMBER 3 Because the X OBKX-X.AXneLe.T College makes goo writers of Us students by following the sensible plan of giving them the riXSOHaL XsTBTBVOTIOir of an expert penman one of the best In the worla. Do not Imagine that writing Is a gift and that but few san learn It; It is no more difficult to learn Penmanship than It Is to learn Arithmetic, English ,or anything else, provided you have a competent teacher, s The work executed by our students and published In our catalogue proves that our teacher of penmanship has the ability to Impart his wonderful skill to his students. Nothing will help you more In securing and holding a first class position than the ability to write a magnificent hand. Write us, .mentioning this ad and we will send you some work by students that will astonish you. REASON NUMBER 4 . Because the. Moaner-X.ampmaa Business College Is the best place in the West to learn Business English, and the only place tn the West where you can get the Cody System of bua ness correspondence. Because the Mosher-Lampman College has the exclusive right to teach this system in Omaha for the next three years. What is the Cody System T It Is a book compiled by one of the most skilled business writers In the world for the use of business men In the live business correpondonco encountered every day In the best modern offices. "Salesmanship on Paper." "Collections," "Ad Writing," "Circular Writing," and scores of other Important toplcea are handled In a masterful way. No Kindergarten work about the Cody System. It teaches "Mow to write letters that pull," and that Is what eivery busi ness man and every business student wants to know. Once IPipcDoif The best proof of the superiority of the Mosher-Lampman teachers and courses of study, is the superior quality of Mosher-Lampman graduates, and the fact that we are not able to fill half the positions offered us. Another very striking proof is the marvelous and unprecedented growth of the Mosher-Lampman College. Although this school opened its doors for business only a little over two years ago, it has forged ahead until it has overtaken and passed other schools that are twenty-five years old. It was larger at two years of age han the largest business college in Nebraska was at five years of age. ' , ' Another proof of its superiority is the fact that probably seventy-five per cent of its students have come to it either directly from other colleges or have been sent by their brothers, sisters or friends who have attended other colleges. Such facts as these, and facts they are, need no comment. If you wish to attend a live, progressive, up-to-date school that can give you the very best courses of instruction, the most able teachers, and fit you in every way to make the biggest success of yourself, attend the Mosher-Lampman College. Our catalogue is the spiciest, most interesting exponent of business education published in the West, and every word of it is guaranteed. Send for a free copy. Address MOSHER LAMPMAN, Seventeenth and Farnam Streets. Omaha, Neb. TO AK-SAR-BEN VISITORS; Our building la located on the direct line of the great Ak-Sar-Ben parades, and windows that might rent at $5.00 apiece are offered FREE to out-of-town visitors. While In Omaha, make our College your headquarters. We will give you the serv ices of a first-class stenographer FREE Don't fail to visit this school. N I JOHN BROWN AT NORTH ELBA Reminiscences of Him on His Adiron dack Farm. STORIES OF HIS HOME LIFE Benjamin R. Brewster of Lake Placid Wu a Member of Mis Family at the Time of the Harper's " Ferry Raid. " NEW YORK, Sept. 25. Benjamin R. Brewster, a retired lumber man of Lake Placid, remembers John Brown as he was fifty years ago on the eve of the -Harper's Ferry raid, the semi-centennial of which desperate adventure falls upon October It, next. Mr. Brewster's memory of the man and of the event that so moved the people of this country half a century ago Is the more lively because the Harper's Ferry raid widowed his sister, Martha, who had recently married John Brown's son, Oliver, one of the little croup who marched with old Osawattomle to free the slaves and perished In the attempt. Mr. Brewster, hale and stocky, and look ins' nearly a decade less than his 63 years, sat In his comfortable house overlooking the valley of the wild little stream that flows between his hill porch and the Lake Placid railway station and talked of Jbhn Brown, his family find his companions. Few men now living know so many of the Harper's Ferry raiders, for not only his brother-ln-'law followed John Brown In that adentur, but so. did two of the neighboring Thompson boys, whose sisters were married to two of Brown's sons. The strong, active boy of IS went to live with the Browns on their high, rocky fnrm, still about the highest cultivated land In the state, ' In the most restless year of John Brown's restless life, namely, the winter of 1868-to, when Brown,, after having been forced to postpone, his undertaking by the treachery of his drill master, was again preparing for it. this time with greater secrecy than ever. "Of course," said Mr. Brewster, "I as a mere boy was not taken Into the secret, but I remember John Brown and all his family well, for I went to school with the younger children before I became a mem ber of the family. The Browns had been settled on the farm for a good many years and were kaown pretty well to their few neighbors, though nobody saw much of John Brown. ' "He came and went about his secret business of running off slaves and prepar ing for hie work in Kansas and for the Harper's Ferry raid I walked to school with the Brown children.. You can almost sea from here the little' school house down there tn the valley. "We were poor, as almost everybody else was up here and aa the Browns certainly were. a4id I had to work for board, lodging and a little wages. I lived In t! family for two falls and winters and V never knew better or kinder people. Mrs. Brown was Ilka a mother to me. I remember that she gave me the very first money I ever earned. When I had been, at the place a little while she came to me one day, say ing that she'd been matching and found that I did my werk faithfully, anil then she put a gold dollar into my hand, the first coined gold I'd ever seen." It'll a curious fact that, vivid aa was the Impression that John Brown made upon those with whom he came In contact, there is a difference of recollection as to ths a r peart ace of the man. This Is partly VUxf to the (act that lata In life he ex- changed his smooth shaven face for a bearded one, but there Is even a difference of tradition as to the height and figure of the man, "What did he look like?" said Mr. Brew ster in answer to a question, and then he crossed to the wall of his library and showed an unusually well executed crayon portrait of Brown, with head and bust con siderably less than life size, but extreme! clear and characteristic. The picture was copied from a photo graph, which in turn may have been taken from life or from the full length, life size portrait In oils which hangs In the Boston Athenaeum. It shows the great, spade like white beard and heavy white mus tache which John Brown grew to disguise his countenance when he decided on post poning the Harper's' Ferry raid to return to Kansas after the Doyle murders. "That," said Mr. Brewster, "Is exactly the man as I remember him. I gave a better copy to be hung In the capitol at Albany. He was rfearly six feet tall, but spare, though broadshouldered. As I re call him he was erect and although then 63 years old, strong and active. "His sons were much like him in height and shape. My brother-in-law, Oliver Brown, was one of the best made young men I ever saw. John Brown never stayed long at the farm when I was there, but I saw him often and heard him speak in his everyday life with the family. He sel dom worked much about the place, but I remember working half a day with him smoothing up a piece of rough ground that had been cleared of timber. "He was not like most bosses, or at least not like those who boss public Jobs," said Mr. Brewster, with a reminiscent smile, evidently born of his experience as president of the village, "for he worked along harder than everybody else, stopping only now and then to give orders and hardly speaking a word at any other time. He seemed deep In thought." "John Brown struck me, boy aa I was, as the firmest kind of believer in his re ligious faith. He had family prayers morn ing and evening and said grace before meals. His eye was keen, but one bf the kindest I ever looked into. I "Sometimes of an evening he'd stand up ! and talk to the family. Ills voice was deep, I clear and pleasant. One night I remember he sutd very solemnly to his wife and children that, although the times seemed discouraging, they should know that the darkest hour came before dawn, the black est clouds often before clearing weather." Possibly this speech of John Brown's, -a mere commonplace of traditional human wisdom, was apropos of the hard fortunes of the family or In prospect of the de liverance he was expecting to bear to the slaves. At any rate. In the summer after Mr. Brewster went to live with the Browus the family was reduced In number by the departure of several for the mountain farm In Maryland three or four miles from the Virginia line and within easy striking dis tance of Harper's Ferry. , "My sister. Martha, went with her hua band to keep house at the farm In Mary land, w hlte John Brown got together his ammunition and implements of war," said Mr. Brewster. "She waa gone all summer and until some time In October. I think I she started north so aa to reach home about the time the attack on Harper's Ftrry was made. "I remember well the night of the at tack, though I did not then guesa what it was that made the family at the farm so uneasy. My ' sister had been back from Maryland only a few days; the men of the family and ths Thompson boys were still absent. It was a fine October night, sharp but Lot Void; Just ths kind of good weather we usually have up here about the middle of October. I think the family must have sat up all night. At any rate we were In and out until a late hour, sometimes under the siars, sometimes Indoors beside the lamp. The grown folks knew what was going on four or five hundred miles south and the women realized that their husbands and brothers were risking their lives In a des perate undertaking, but they were quiet and self-controlled. '"News traveled slowly up here In those days and It was some time after the raid that we learned, by way of Ellxabethtawn, then the gateway of the Adlrondacks, how terribly the undertaking had failed, at least for the time being. Even then the widowed women showed no great feeling because they had been schooled by John Brown and his wife In patience. "I don't remember the details of the trial except as I have read them since, but I r. member well when John Brown's body was brought home early in December, a few days after the hanging. The upper part of the house was unfinished, because the Browns were not well enough off to do more than keep a shelter over their heads, and the stairway ended opposite a room that had not been walled off. "The coffin was carried up the stairs and placed on the floor of that open room, so that looking up one could see one end of it. Next day waa the funeral. There were a good many of our scattered neighbors up at the farm. Most of them must have been surprised to learn that the John Brown who had come and gone mysteri ously among them for eight or ten .years and hud exhibited at the Essex county fair the first Devon'battle ever seen In North Elba township was the same with the man who had made such a stir In his warfare on slavery. "We burled him with his feet toward the big boulder upon which he had not long bo fore carved the Initials J. B.' and where it was understood that he had wished to lie. His widow visited the spot fifteen or twenty years ago. She is dead now and burled out In California, though I think the ought to lie here beside her husband. None of the family came back alive at that lime to North Elba, and my sister Martha died the next March In child birth." Kate Field some years ago raised money for the purchase of the John Brown house and the grave site. The place waa pre sented to the state of New York, and the state- now maintulns- a caretaker -In the house. The boulder and the grave have been enclosed in an iron fence and the marble stone at the head of the giave has been framed In wood to protect it fiom reiio hunters, who had begun to chip it to bits. Through the sheet of glass that covers the stone, which is a memorial not only to John Brown but to his father and his son Oliver, one may read that John Brown was born May t, 1H00, and that be died at Charlestown, Va., Iecember I, lSTA. The boulder at the foot of the grave Is marked in large deep cut letters "John Brown." Above the grave there waves from a tall flag pole the Stars snd Stripes. PLANTING THE PHLOX BED Perennial Varieties Easy to Start and to Grow. SELECTION MATTER OF TASTE Idaho's I.onsr Brldsje. "In my stste we are building the long est wagon bridge in the world, said J. A. McCurdy of Boise, Idaho. "This tramenu-ou.-ly long bridge, located at Sanripoini, Idaho, la a county bridge and is 10.3) leet long, or nearly two miles The structure w III cross the Petid d'Orville river and the lower end of a big lake. It will be com pleted by the end of this month, and will be open for traffic by October 15. More than 4') I'lles were driven, riiendinz 1 500 fret. When I saw it the bridge was Com pleted almost into the bed of the river chan nel. The draw across the middle of the river will be eighty-five feet long, one of the longest In the world. It will have a rise of seventy-five feet above low water murk, Wal""tun PuW How to Get I.arsre, Finely Colored Tmeses' of Blooms This Is the Best Time of Year for Set V tin Ont Phlox. "From now until the middle of November is the best time to plant perennial garden phlox," declared a woman who has done much with the flowers. "There are few plants easier to start and raise to perfec tion than the perennial phlox. I have more than 100 varieties, and all of them produce beautiful trusses of flowers In abundance, with .comparatively little care. "I plant them everywhere, but find them most satisfactory on my rose beds. This Isn't because they grow or flower best there, but because so many persons are de ceived by their blooms and say 'that my roses bloom the whole summer long. Of course, the truth Is that the roses are over and done with before the phlox begins to open, and In the early spring and summer the foliage of the phlox adds to the beauty of the rose bed. , "Phlox will grow in sun or shade, but it appears to best advantage In partial shade. When protected from the hot rays of the sun the blooms give a better color and last longer. This Is especially true of the lighter shades, the lilacs and violets, in particular. The brilliant reds and crim son are also much more effective when seen In diffused light, though their colors are not so readily affected by the sun. "In preparing for planting phlox, the land should be spaded deep, two feet Is not too much, and where the land Is new I always have it trenched. Phlox does best In rich sandy loutn and where fertilizer Is necessary, as . it usually is, well rotted horse manure Is the best. The plants should be set so that the crown is about two inches below the surface, and the soli should be pressed firmly about It. "After the planting and before the ground freezes I cover my beds with a litter of leaves and stable manure to a dopth of from three to five Inches. I am careful to have this mulch extend well beyond the edge of the bed. Wiirn possible I top this Covering of loaes villi Just enough lanme to prevent the leaves from being blown off. In the pring 1 rake off the manure and later fork It in, white 1 add the laves to the cohipo-it heap. "Young plants front cuttings aie far more vigorous than old plants divided. I usually grow my plants from cuttings and sell them when they Trave from three to five eyes. These are as good as any to be had and when properly, planted give the best results. In planting phlox It Is well to remember that If a quantity of bloom Is wanted large clumps should be used and w here you wish to maintain such groups several years you need only fork ! Into the ground an inch or two of manure every spring. "Phlox, If In a congenial soil can stand a wonderful amount of water, but let a plant begin to need water and at once the character of the blooms change, both as to slse and color. Plenty of water Is nec essary if you are trying f to get large trusses of flowers and the correct colors. The effect of dry weather can be done away with in a measure by keeping the soil about the plants well stirred. I have also used low growing and trailing plants to advantage with phlox on thirsty soil. "When cold weather begins to make Itself felt the flowers often lose their Individ uality. I have gone through my garden after a few chilly nights and found varie ties of phlox that I had never seen before, that is, of course, when Judged . by the color of the freshly opened flowers. Cut ting the trusses and allowing them to open In water and shade will also give unknown shades. There Is a deep magenta variety, the Lord Kaleigh, which If cut and allowed to open in the shade will produce a blue blossom. "Where large trusses with large Indi vidual blossoms are desired I use young plants and pinch back the outer sterna This allows the central stems to bloom and perfect themselves before the outer stems have regained themselves. This will not only Increase the size of the truss and the flowers, but it will give a succession of blooms. "Another way is to wait until the truss is completely In bloom, then pinch out the side shoots that have started along the stem. This will start the new growth simultaneously and will bring the blooms to perfection at about the same time, and In that way the effect of large clusters. "When doing this pinching back It Is well to remember that these side shoots are as good cuttings as can be had. They should be planted in sandy loam in a sheltered location out of doors or In clean sand in a frame or a greenhouse. These will root easily and quickly and with ordi nary care be ready for setting in place In the autumn in plenty of time to become strong before cold weather. "If you want to keep your varieties true you must take care to keep the seeds from ripening and being scattered on the beds, to come up and form a tangled mass in which It Is impossible to tell the old plants from the seedlings. Either the tops should be cut off before the seeds mature or the seedlings pulled up before they grow too large to bo distinguished from the parent plant. "Phlox la seldom troubled by insects; this Is one of its niayy advantages. In par ticularly dry seasons a red spider may become numerous enough lo make the leaves look discolored and rugged and oc casionally lo btunl tlu: growth. Spraying with Hie hose will remedy this. The only other trouble conies from llio dcpridotions of lliu cutworms when the shoots are len- I rter. A good sprinkling of coal or wood ashes is all that Is necessary to stop this. "I am often asked to live the ten best audits, of course It is largely a question of ta?le in color, at most varietiis of phlox ! grow ciiially wc!l. For the pure w lilts. ' with lale fiowerr and lall stems I always' iuunie tin- Kruulrin (J. von Laessburg; Hie! i Ecla.ii eur is a bright puiple and tall; the I ! Crepu.-cul has a grayish white ground j iwlth a bright inauie eye, tall and a very 1 fine Liooiner; the Evemiuciu Is a dwarf, , variety, Willi iarge raliuoii pink flowers; the Pantheon is half duarl'. witli lare rose pink flowers with a lighter haio; trie lnspektor Elpel is lall, with blight viulet llowers with crimson eyes; the Ber anger is tall, with large white flowers streaked with bright rose; the Ksyonnant Is white with an eye of pale rose; the Malador Is tall, with an unusually hand some truss of large flowers of light car dinal with carmine eyes, and the Coque llcot is a light vermilion red with a deeper eye. They are all good varieties where these particular colors are preferred." Jetter's Oold Top Beer delivered to any part of the city. Telephone No. a. HUMAN FOOT ON GRAVESTONE Remarkable Story of the Prophecy and Cars of m Coaaemnea j Witch. Close beside the road on the outskirts of the old seaport town of Bucksport, Me., Is a small family cemetery In which sleep the Bucks, who first settled the town and be queathed to it their name and a legend. Conspicuously prominent, the largest mon ument in the cemetery, is a tall granite shaft, which plainly may be seen from the road. This monument on one Bide bears the inscription: "Colonel Jonathan Buck, the founder of Bucksport, A. D. 1762. Born In Haverhill, Mass., 1718. Died March 18, 1796." On the other side is the single word, "Buck," and something not cut by the skilled hand, of the marble worker. On tho smooth surface of the pedestal Is a curious tracing, which easily can be Imagined to be the outline of a human foot of normal size. Peoptfe who pronounce the outline to be that of a foot give credence to the legend which Is one of the many strange and curious stories often told in the old town. The story is that Colonel Jonathan Buck was a very stern man. upright In char acter and actions, and the leading spirit In his day and generation. He. was the high est in civil authority, his word being law In the community. x IV was to honor this founder that the town was named, the original name being Buckstown, under which name It was In corporated. In 1S17. when Maine was still 4 part of Massachusetts, the name was changed to Bucksport. Colonel Buck was an out-and-out Puritan, witchcraft being to him the Incarnation of blasphemy and the manifestation of the evil' one. In accordance with this belief, when a certain woman was accused of witchcraft, at the first clamoring of a frightened poP"'ce Colonel Buck, as the story goes, ordered that she be Imprisoned. Later the woman was sentenced to be ex ecuted as a witch. The execution day came, all gathering from far and near to witness the last of this menace to the town's peace. The woman, protesting her innocence, went lo the gallows cursing her Judge with words so terrible and frightful that the people shud dered -and clung close together, as if io gain protection one from the other. Meanw hile Colonel Hue k stood giim n'l umnovrd, the magistral" first, last and al ways. All wa now ieady; Hie hangman stepped forward with Hie fatal noose, when the woman suddenly turned to Colonel Buck and raising Hie hand to heaven, said: ".lohatharuJtuek. listen to these words, the vrrv last myloiiK''" '" ul1"' " lH ll spirit of the only living Hod which bids me apeak to you. You ill s .on die, and over your grave tlu will erect a s.one ma-, know the spol V here your hones lay and crumble to dust. Vpon that stone the Imprint of my foot shell appear. " for " time after your race has vanished from th, face of the earth will the people know that you murdered a woman." Calmlv and with firm tread she turned to her executioner, and one more martyr was added to the long list due to Ignorance and superstition. Time went on and the "witrh s curse had been forgotten by nearly everyone, until a monument was erected to the founder of Bucksport. The shaft had been In position barely a .k -h.n a faint outline was discovered on It. It grew more and more distinct un til some person made out the outline of a foot. This was enough; the old. almost for gotten legend was revived. Several attempts have been made to re- move the stain from the stone, but every ef fort only tends to make it plainer. Mammoth old trees stand sentinels In the silent grounds, for visitors are no longer permitted within the lnclosure, the entrance gate being locked. Hardly a day passes that people may not be seen looking In through the tall, old-fashioned Iron fence at this mystery of time. Boston Herald If you have anything to sell or trade and want quick action, advertise it In The Be 'nt Ad columns. Train Wrecked at Tabor, S. D. YANKTON, 8. P., 8ept. 25. (Special Tele gram.) One tramp was Injured, thirty-flva head of cattle were killed and eleven cars were ditched In a Milwaukee wreck at Tabor Friday afternoon. Five hundred feet of track was torn up and train service is at a standstill. Talks on Teeth FALSE PLATES Alveolar Dentists ' Teeth Troubles? Are you having trou ble with a partial plate? You can't eat properly with It, can you? Ever heard of the Alveolar Method? Do you know it is possible to put teeth la the mouth without plates? We are doing that work" dally. A New nan This discovery Is one of the greatest achievements ever known In the science of dentistry. No Plates Heretofore the dentist has demanded an anchorage in the shape of a suction plate or a "Bridge" before he could supply sny teeth. We only ask for two or more teeth In either Jew, no mat ter whether they are tight or loose ones. If they are loose we cure the cause of the looseness. With these to work with we give vou the teeth you have lost, upper and lower. Mg. solid, ratural looking teeth, that will enable you to eat any thing In comfort, practically the same comfort a you used lo have when you hnd all your own teeth. Not ImplanlatWin - Tl-N work 1 not done hy Implajil lug toeth In the laws, nor does It rail for anv cutting or pain. Mass of Proofs Ucadv If you will rotne to our offices In Sift N. Y. L. Bldg., Omabs we ill he siad io submit eueh a ma mm of proof from hih-J patients fist you will want us to get to work on your mouth at ones. Examination Free w make a careful examination nf your rate flrt nf all, and H'N service is entirely free and puts the lsltor under no obligation to have ANY work done. V.'e are general practitioners snd do the very 'highest rm of dental work. Don't confound us with the so called "Dental Parlors" Just because we believe In advertising. We are doing a marvelous work, and must tell the world about it. If you cannot come to one of our office write for our book. "Alveolar Pnt1try." which tells about us and our great work. The book Is free for the asking It will be a valuable book for you if you have teeth troubles. ALVKOLAll DKNTIHTS Dr. W. A Thomas. Dr. L. K. Hcouten, Dr. E. It. I Ml lirHV Formerly examining dentist Wit'bfJt Gordon Martin, Inc. VTT