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THE MARRIAGE QUESTION.
T'n.' trofcor who announced that "love
ntjd r: !".;.:..'(. the out with the fouuu of the
weihiiim- bclhi," was the first to start the
lull iv'ii.vj;. It won hi eeem a brave woman
v.-ht! -rri. with thi echo in her ears, yet
we have not heard that there were unver
niarri u-es tu.rinsr the year. There ;ire uti
hrrv 'married lives, but a larpre precentaprc
of 'tUi.se urihanpy homes are due. to the ill
ness of the wife, mother or daughter.
nuri-iir a louir period of practice, Doctor
reree found ihnt a presenptiou made up
'utin-ly of roots and herbs, without the use
of alcohol. Cured niuety-eiffht per cent, of
such cases. After usiirr this remedy for
many years in his private- practice he put
it up in a form that can be had at anr t-tore
where medicines are handled.
Backed up by over a third of a century of
remarka-dc' ..nd uniform cures, a record
such 'is ') other remedy for the diseases
and v.-ti'K .e-.-es peculiar to women ever
attained, the proprietors and makers of Dr.
Tierce's Favorite Prescription now feel
fullv v.anVted offering to pay $500 in
legal monev of the 1'nited States, for any
case of I.eu'corrhea, Female Weakness, Pro
lapsus, or railing of Womb which they can
not cure. Ail they ask is a fair and reason
able trial of their means of cure.
Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription curea
headache, backache, nervousness, sleep
lessness and other consequences of wom
anly disease. "Favorite Prescription"
makes weak women strong and sick wom
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medicine which works wonders for weak
women.
Pianos and Other Instruments Com
mon on Sailing Vessels.
nllora Glad of Diversion While on
LonK Voywjei-Popular Amer
ican Atra SnnK In South
t rn Sean.
"You are Invited to a musicale on the
r Mp Orinoco, in Erie Basin, Friday even
August 2S."
number of persons responded to this
!-vitation cheerfully, for they knew the
enpta'n very well, relates the New York
Vlmts. He had been In the South Amer
ic an trade to this port for a number of
vears, married a Brooklyn gin, ana
nade money for the owners of his ship
in spite of the number of steamers that
I ere down upon him. The mate received
the gtKsfs at the gangway, and the cheer
captain and his wite did duty below.
The cantain displayed with pride a new
piano presented by the owners, a beauti
lul pipes of polished mahogany, with
works of the best construction; a piano
t'nr.t he said would not move from its
bearings if the ship turned turtle.
The captain further explained that he
put aboard a cheaper piano at the request
( t his wife when they were married.
Sailors love music, and the good effects
; f it were so apparent on the crew that
the owmrs had decided to put them on
nil tbf-ir sailing vessels, beginning with
his. It i3 nothing surprising these days
to hear a piaro on a good sailing snip,
he said. "Why, only the other day I
heard the strains of a piano coming from
nn old canal boat over there."
When the musicale began the captain,
Ms wif'o accompanying. frg in a round
M-,d rk-asnnt voice Toss's "C.ood-by."
7 hn the m?ue. with the same accom-
.r.isl, plny-d m Us of South Amer
,,'a that seem'-'! to rr.ak" the ship roil and
rv to the w?' -- ! -'. r th fouthern
.-non. The -fuft f a combination like
ihat in a Fifth avenue crawirg room
' (,; b.- c-I'-ctric. . purser fron a South
..Tif r:r an sfamcT anchored in the basin
p'v.yed a horn solo. The captain's wife
sonfes of the Amazon women, as she
' a i pictured them in her voyages, and
- -.1 came a rousing glee by the crew.
't i. a rare thing now," said the cap-
"to find a rnilinsr ship without a
p:a - -.p-i;l!v if r-he belong? to aood
-f.f.T, I': ' rs ba r.'t p.ry monrpoly
- rh? 1 ui':: ?, by a good deal. How
.'- rh; 01: t'r.d a tramp or a freight lire
. t.-m-..-r -.-ith a j ::n! Women in
, r;rnfo r Nf -w Yc rk songs sooner than
,--:t,v : f -:r Amcrirrr towr.s do. They
ry o::ick to play by ear, and some
:! rhim copy from my wife's music and
' --rs that of 1 he wives of other captains.
SVl -n 1 got 'here on my last voyage I
kfurd everybody sinking: The Good
f.dd S'lruner Time.' They caught the
( ontaeion from a Liverpool vessel.
"I invite my men to come Into the
t-l.!n when off watch and make use of
!h.f? piano. All sailors on a long. voyage
t;avo much pare time that they don't
I:: ow what to do with. They loll in the
fo'c'sle and pi ay cards. They smoke
more than 1? good for them. Some of
my crew do that still, in spite of the
piano, but th most of them are in the
''abln whenever they can get there, sing
ing and playlnsr. They organized the
l ir-p club, I didn't. We have a man who
can play the concertina, and another
who can do wonders with an old flute
.hat he bought in a South itreet Junk
fhop 30 years ago.
"Another thing a sailor, like any
man, is more careful In his personal ap
pearance if he knowt he is to appear with
a lady. It Is a wholesome thing, in my
rlrifon, fT s captain to take his wife
toita."
FARMERS ARE RETIRING.
Km j- Wfitprn AMrieulturUt Ar En
joyiiiK the Krulli of Iteceut
l'ruiperous Year.
The Nebra;i'va towns are filling up
with farmers who have retired from
arkuluiral pursuits to take iile at ease
ana ti.ucT.te tus.r eiuiurtn, says a re
cent Lintviii ft port..
ProsiH ruj prevailed on the farms
for ii.e or's-i:; n&r, iu.d the ianr.crs
vl liit- ,csl are e.iov.mj, iixeirphnoKoph
icai itw ol lite by rttirint Ltitre they
irt-e too old to enjoy tne lruits of Uieir
toil.
None of them are rich in the metro
polian s-iiss of the urui. They uor. t
.en tuti..;tit rich. All they hae id
a u....c.ti.et, :tu tn.ir e-:.riy life uwa
iroi:i t:;o icinpiations cl the town h.s
latii-.iu mem iruiilitj ai.i. tiiey ha.ti.o
,i...uar i.-::'c io i-t.i - t-iyi-. Lsual
iy wliui they eo:;:e 10 i.,vn they so out
to fume mode-it suburb where the price
ct properly is low.
li;ey tpond $2,000 or ?3,000 for a
house and lul, hx things up comfortably
ELd iojjoy th,i:.hes. Tadr .ii.Ui art
easily satioried. They have not the
tlieatt-r-going habit nor the societj
habit; they h::re learned how to tet
what they thli.k is good out 01 iife with
out incmii g i.i many oi its frivolities,
.vlcasurui by their ambitions and their
w::uts tluy r.r: as wcii oS. as any mil
lionaire possihiy bttter. They have
enough and are satietied.
It is possible for a farmer to retire
on a much smaller amount than most
men who h: ,c investments in other
classes of property. A merchant may
g' t out of active life but leave his money
in his store without ieelir.g that it is
safe. Banks, too, may fail, and the
prk.3 of stocks is liable to fluctuate. It
is different with the farm. Nebraska
land has a very stable value, and even
in panicky days could be sold for fair
prices. To-day it is high, but a good
living is assured; and if the harvtct'ia
big and prices are good there is a large
addition to the surplus and money for
any little indulgences.
Those farmers who prefer to stick to
the farm for a little while longer are
demonftrating their possession of a
bank balance by improving the appear
ance of their farms. Lincoln con
tractors have sent 30 or 40 carpenters
out into the rural districts to build new
barns and houEes in the last six weeks.
Out in southwestern Nebraska, in the
new wheat section, there is a land bocm
on, an overlap from Kansas', where
sneculators are forcing up prices. The
short grass country wallowed in big
crops this year, and there is scarcely any
government land- left in that section ol
either Kansas or Nebraska. Real estate
agf-nts have been running harvest excur-
rdons into the country and syndicate
buying is now a feature of the business,
whole parties of emigrants from eastern
t.Ates bclne landed and settkd in the
s&rna neighborhood on newly purchased
land.
NATIONS IN THE MAKING.
War Jntr Tery L-lr Into the
Formation of a Nr ,
Country.
According to the astronomers, there
was fierce conilict of forces in chaos be
fore the worlds were thrown off from
the nebular mass; and then there were
many a mad liight through space
and freauc-nt collisions before the force
of gravity set the planets moving in
their respective orbits.
On a small scale, natural forces are
still at work bringing about a stable
political equilibrium on this planet.
Chance and war, chietly war, have
thrown together groups of people with
unlike inttrests, states the Youth's
Companion. Wherever the interests con
flict, their effort to get along together
succeeds but indifferently, or fails alto
gether. The most recent example cf failure
i3 the broak-up of the republic of Co
lombia, which occurred when the peor-ie
in the department of Panama d;.eirkd
that thy would submit no longer to neg
lect by the central government, a neglect
of which the rejection of the canal
treaty was only the culminating inci
dent. The struggle is still going on in Austria-Hungary,
where two nations, dif
fering in race, are trying to'live under
one government. The emperor-king Is
able to keep his empire together only
by making frequent ror cessions to the
Maaynr.s. His consent, in November,
to the larger use ef the Hungarian lan
guage in the army was forced from him
at the price of breaking the deadlrck
which had left Hungary without a min
istry for several months.
Germany has a similar problem, al
though the issue there is the proper re
lation tf the various stales to the cen
tral government. Bavaria has resent
ed the interference of the emperor in its
local affairs with so much vigor that
the imperial chancellor has thought it
wise tc announce that the kaiser does
not desire greater central ization of au
thority. The British empire is a vast nebular
mass, which is to be held together until
it solidifies in'o a homogeneous unit.
Mr. Chamberlain fears that It is in dan
ger of flying to pieces unless the force
of gravity, operating through self-interest,
ran be made to bind the colonies to
the mother country.
MINT IN THEIR COFFEE.
UWtAke of Society L.a4r TtUtan 1
for th Rival Tblnv by Awm
bltioua K mutators.
That the chIa i-, "Watch how others
do and th'-n rh; j; :.i v is-.'," is not always
pood to soiin! j !:; ...its, was illus
trated thp othv r evening1 nt a dinner
giei. oy a yoon;v matron
a giios'1 of ckii"w!t'dgi'.'
in honor of
. 1
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inir. relates thr Cl ii
When coiTit v:;.
the i'idiiH i'sn!.lo !
U IK'St S !1S S(.( ') 1 O
v. re t f end o v v : ' '
hT OOiV'.-f ( cp, : :
!oi at lb.- ti!h- t'i. 'i
:i ro
. i'.i J w i!h it
; w'w. is. the
i 'Me of the
-.o fully over
c ry wm
e. Kvdontly
on v.'f f : " 'i 1
1 i;ii iii o" w : i'-1
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o:
-v eve wti ioi t he
' - ; i OJ). 1 ' t t'VlIli ii-
ieru'r and gi e no
cot in the habit of
: i t U -1 1 to fedlow !
si JT. t h.'i t i hi-v 'm
doing- this new f ic k every dfiy -was
written on cverv !'; (
The
iii'..
caiin caused the s'lit to look up, and
as she Jii! so sh- i? r ("vi vtent :y dropped
her mint into the tiny cup. To her sur
prise a series of clinks ran around the
.:;!. It- a:- i :,'eh of the rural ones followed
her mistake?.
Appreoiai ing the situation, the" guest
hastily gulped down her colTee to hide
her mirth.
Later in the vening she heard one
woman remark to another:
"I don't care if it is swell, I don't like
mint in my coffee."
"Oh. dear," replied the other, loftily,
"it is reslly delicious. I neve r think of
taking1 my demitasse without it."
THE COUNTRY NEGRO.
Some of t4i Advnntnnre n Enjoy
Which ire Donied to Ilia
CAT Brother.
The average city negro grows np
in the shade. He is completely over
shadowed by his overt owering envi
ronment. As one walks along the
streets of our gnat cities and views
the massive build1 r.rs and sky-seeking
structures, he hods no status for
the negro above the cellar floor. The
city negro of education anil culture is
forced into rm-ninl employment be
cause higher form of occupation are
preempted by the more favored
class. There ar? a dzen competitors
for every dollar in i?ht, and in the
great majority cf cases, the negro is
handicapped by his color, says the
Southern Workman.
The country negro, on the con
trary, is on terms of equality with
his environment, ne is not con
fronted by suggestions of inequality
at every turn. Nature is a mother
who is equally kind and beneficent
to all of her children. An acre of
ground will yield as much for the
black as for the white tiller. Tho
markets are oolorhlind. No one in
quires into the color of the producer
of the best produce in the market,
except as n matter of idle curiosity.
No labor organization ha? yet placed
a boycott upon negro farm labor.
The farm offers for the negro the
only really unhampered field which
is open to him on an unlimited scale.
Solid Virtue.
Youth has its own criteria by which
to judge things which its elders assess
by other standards. Henry had just
come into hi3 mother's kitchen, where
she was roiling pie-crust.
"Making pies, mother?"
"Yes, dear."
"Say. mother, your pies taste all right,
' but why don't you make some like Mrs.
; Thompson gives me and Billy? You
i can take a piece in your hand and walk
all round the yard eating it and it won't
: break." Youth's Companion.
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