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Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
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pastor OF a Congregational church in DAN
pury, Conn.,. got as far, as crowding the
church with spectators to witness the rite
before 1t was decided that the candidates
views were not sufficiently orthodox. Mr..
Evans. VINO Is a graduate OF the Yale
Divinity school, has preached several times
IN the church he was to have taken charge
OF and Is quite popular with it's co~ngrega-
ton.
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church,
who have been holding their semi-annuai
conference at Springfield, Mass, voted to
call FOR a twentieth century thank ofYef-
ing OF SIC, 1000 900 from the members of the
Methodist church. The funds will be COL
iected at intervals before January /, 1901,
ana the sum wanted Is expected to be re-
ceivd by that dat. 1t was voted to devote
the money to the Improvement of educational
ana charitable institutions now maintained
Dy the Methodist Episcopal church. None of
~ VIII be used for the establishment of new
institutions.
a memorable incident OF the German
kalser's last week in Jerusalem was the
presentation to him by the sultan of a~small
lot or ground reputed to be the site of the
virgin Mary's home in that city. The kaiser
promptly turned the lot over to the pope. to
be held In trust for the Catholics of Ger
many. This lot Is not, as som of the papers
nave asserted, a vacant one. A two-story
establishment devoted to business purposes
has stood there for the last two centuries.
Thi will probably be torn down and a chanel
or church will be erected upon IT.. The at
tendant excavations NAV reveal something to
confrm or DENY the tradition that here the
virgin Mary lived with her son during the
last three years of his life, when he an
peared to the world as prophet and Messiah.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
GREEN GOODS AS GOOD As GOLD.
Genuine Money Sent Out as Bait b
IL the Up.tO.Date S~Nindlers

Genuine Money Sent Out az Batt Inv
the Up-tO-Date SyvindIers.
Chief Wilkie OF the secret service says the
country is being flooded with circulars of
green goods operators, reports the Washing
ton Star. Many people send the circulars
10. the secret service. thinking they have
discovered a nest OF counterfeiters. Twenty
or thirty OF these circulars are sent daily
to the office of the secret service by people
VINO have received them. The Office has
nothing to do with green goods people, but
generally sends a formal answer to each
person, warning them of the nature of the
scheme intended to be worked.
THE green goods men have new plans
this year" said Chief Wilkie. Formerly
they sent out a circular inclosing an alleged
clipping speaking of the splendid counter
felt money being made. They claimed that
this counterfeit was so fine as to deceive
government officials. This scheme was so
often exposed in the newspapers as to en-
tighten the public. Now the green goods
man makes the following statement in his
latest circulars: Now, my dear sir, ! am
fully aware OF the suspicion and prejudice
that you naturally will entertain for nv
proposition, as you will on first thought
class it as coming from a green goods or
sawdust swindler; but if you will lay aside
that prejudice, apply common sense and
look at my proposition from a business
standpoint, compare 1t with the methods of
these petty swindlers and you will credit
me with not being fool enough to waste my
time addressing a man OF your intelligence
and standing in the community. The meth
DDS Of the so-called green goods swindlers
have been exposed from time to time in
the daily press. They send out seductive
circular letters to ignorant farmers with a
newspaper clipping in regard to counterfeit
money, etc, falsely pretending that they
are the parties spoken of in the article and
Offering to sell that which they have not,
inducing them to send on their hard earned
money and seding them a valise of saw
dust or a brick or some such In return.
The reason these rascals find 1t profitable
to work this game Is because they know,
and they take it for granted that the peo-
Pile in general know, that there are hun
dreds of thousands Of dollars, counterfeit,
in circulation, and as men nave no moral
| scrupies against increasing the money cir
~culation Tin fact, the majority of people
are in favor of doing it by law, as witness
| silver agitation), they are induced to send
on their money on the very liberal terms
held out to them-5 cents buying 81, or
some such absurd price. No intelligent man
would do it, for their very proposition is
ridiculous
Chief Wilkie says that the circulars now
sent out by the swindlers are so artfully
worded as to deceive many people. II the
swindfer begins a correspondence with a
probable victim ne sends him a new 81 bill
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
RELIGIOUS.

The Boston Transcript asserts that the re-
ligious press of the country Is almost ursni-
nous against taking the Philippines.
While the circulation of the bible has been
much increased in Russia, no preaching by
the colporters is allowed.
Bishop Doane, the Episcopal churchman
who leads the party opposed 20 divorce. is
probably the only American who always
wears knee breeches after the manner OF the
English country clergy.
Bishop Potter, in his convention sermon at
Washington, said: Let me entreat my
young brethren of the clergy to write one
sermon each week and to ge. ready for lis
delivery on their knees and with the Greek
testament in their hands,
pull out all the stops OF the organ says
Zion's Herald, land let all the people sing
Praise God. from whom all blessings fow.'
The debt of $lS6, 900 Of the Methodist Mis-
sionary society is paid. with 81, 900 over the
amount"
The appeal Of the American Baptist MS
sionary union to the Baptist churches for
increased funds for the work of the union
states that the appropriations for the pres
ent year amount to Si0S, $50, which Is $50. 900
less than is needed, S17, 900 less than last
years schedule. The work Of the union is
seriously embarrassed in common with nearly
all missionary organizations.
A new spirit is evidently spreading In
China. In 1877 there were only $4,000 Pro-
testant communicates. In 1890 the number
had trebled. but that gain, IL Is said, was
slight compared with the prodigiOus ad"
vance made since. The native contributions
at Foochow average 81 in gold for each
church member yearly-equal at least. It is
claimed. to $50 here.
The of ordaining Edward r
Evans. a cousin of Fighting Bob" as the
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
NEW SWEDEN DOWN IN MAINE
Glimpses Of tho Most Famous Colony Ever
Planted in This Country.
REMARKABLE GROWTH IN rs YEARS
Grand Vista Of Farms Owned by
Thrifty P~eopIe-The ColOny's
One Tragedy-scenes in n
Days Drive.

CARIBOU, Me-, Nov. 11.-"From here on
lts all Sweden"
The driver indicated by q sweep Of his
arm all the farms to be seen ahead Of us.
from Caribou 1t was eight miles over q
road as smooth and hard as asphalt, and
now we were on the edge of New Sweden,
the most fourishing colony ever planted on
American soil. A king fostered II. Be-
cause of it, its protector was subsequently
made minister to Sweden by our government
and its remarkable success is recognized by
the social economists of two hemispheres.
From the lower waters Of the Penobscot
It is a weary climb Of 200 miles on the
Bangor G. Aroostook railroad, through the
great pine woods of central and northern
Maine to the uplands Of Aroostook county.
The train carries you through the home Of
the deer, past the runaways of the Moose
and Caribou, by lakes and trout streams,
always up hill; by the doors Of hunting
camps, sportsmen's hotels, bare and most
attractively d~esolate, and around the foot
hills Of hoary old Katahdin, whose peak
may be seen in shadowy outline through
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13

tidiest farmhouse on the road. II Is painted
red, and even the mammoth burns are warm
with color, 1t is the summer home OF j. b.
Hallgrin, a well known caterer of the
metropolis. His story reads like 3 romance.
Here It Is: He came to New York from
Sweden a poor boy, and began life as a ca
terer. After he had become weIl-to-do he
met and married a young girl from New
Sweden, who was living in New York. Tor
awhile they spent their summers near New
York, but the heart of the New Sweden
girl yearned for the hills and valleys OF her
home, and at last she persuaded her hus-
band to come up here and buy a farm.
He has been here about twelve years, and
has made almost as much money out OF his
farm as his business. His wife and the
younger children live here all the year, but
he and the eldest son, who is a rising young
dentist In New York, make the metropolis
their winter home.
At the foot OF the hill there Is a sawmill,
deserted now while the mill hands help har-
vest, which is set In a heavy hardwood
thicket. A short ten feet away there is a
row of dead trees a quarter of a mile wide
and ten miles long. 1t is the line of the
forest fire that nearly burned the mill and
threatened the best part Of the settlement.
1t came three years ago. and the c~olonists
worked for three days to save the mill.
There were 100 OF them, and they divided
themselves into squads and worked un-
ceasingly, drenching the lumber piles with
water from the springs. ,
A Colony Tragedy.
lover yonder is the tree where little
| Christine Svensson was found" said Ole.
Little Christine Svensson?"
Then the driver related the loss Of a
| child from her fathers home the third year
Of the colony. She was in the swamp after
water when a bear and her cub frightened
the child, who left the path and was lost.
For three days she was sought, and when
she was found she was insane through fright.
The story was told by Founder Thomas
at the quarter centennial. 1t is the only
| tragedy this peaceful colony has ever
known. and Ole. the driver, stops his horses
| for tourists before the historic tree. From
| the Svensson tree the road back to Carl
| bou takes in about all there is left to be
seen. There are half a dozen white school
houses with their patriotic fiagstaffs, and
] a dozen or more saw mills and starch factor
les. The latter Is the greatest Of all manu-
featuring industries In this region, which
turns out Is 900 tons of starch annually.
New mills are going UP yearly. stopped
at one OF these mills-a simple affair, with
| many old makeshifts in a mechanical line,
such as a homemade pump and an electric
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
Free to Millions.

II you are one Of the millions who suffer
from consumption, coughs. colds, lung
troubles, and any wasting disease, you ara
entitled to the three free bottles Of medi-
cine which DR.. Slocum has offered to send
to those who write him OF thar trouble.
The Doctor makes no exceptions.
III you are sick, write.
II your relations, friends, neighbors, are
sick, get them to write.
No money Is needed, only a letter.
Write your name. postofhce and express
address and mail 1t to DR.. T.. A. Slocum, %
Pine street, New York, and you will get
the three bottles by return absolutely with
out charge.
The Doctors famous treatment for con-
sumption, which has turned SO many thou
sands of living skeletons into hearty flesh
and blood men and women, is thus made
obtainable by everybody.
The modern. scientific method of CURING
disease is applied by the Doctor to his treat
ment. His researches on and
his discovery Of the durability of this dread
disorder have alone made his name famous.
His actual cures have made him still more
so.
This offer puts into your hand the greatest
weapon that modern science has forged
against disease.
II costs you nothing TO try II.
Write and see IL 1t will not help you a II
has helped others. Address as above, stat
ing that you saw this offer in The Omaha
Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13

side with northern pine and hardwood. en-
towering IL in latticed framework, through
which the Landgrin farm, with its busy
family Of %toiiers, the old church and the
pastors home could be seen in glimpses.
Enormous Potato Crops.
On every side we're neat farm houses, some
OF them tidy and warmly built, with barns
three and four times their size. Around
them were pasture lands and groves, or
chards and meadows and vast potato felds.
Aroostook county raises more pjtatoes than
the entire balance of the state. IL is one
OF the great potato raising regions OF the
world. One farmer has raised as many as
TAB bushels to the acre and the average
yield is more than 100 bushels.
Among these farmers we drove.
This is Gabriel C1br,elson's farm ey-
planned Ole. the driver. as we stopped be-
fore a field that reached from the roadside
to the hills, q full quarter OF a mile be-
yond.
"Good day, Gabriel" he called In Svensk.
GOOD day, Ole!" and a tail faxeDhalred
man came up to the wagon.
How are your potatoes coming on?"
Zine" answered the farmer in fair Eng
lish; "abou. 300 to the acre"
Hard work."
The farmer shrugged his broad shoulders
! At the lower end Of the field, drawn by two
horses, rolled the potato digging machine,
which looks like a harrow, and left a double
row Of pink tubers In Its wake which were
! being literally shoveled into baskets by the
farm hands. The farm hands consisted Of
Mrs. Gabrielson and q string Of little Ga
brielsons Of all sizes. 1t pays to raise large
families in New Sweden. There would be
very little profit In farming, especially al
! this busy season, IL there were not plenty
Of children to load the baskets in the pc
tato fields. A youngster can pick up as many
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13

ing their crop, the same as the rest OF the
people do. The preachers OF New Sweden
all combine farming will their ministerial
labors. Money goes a long way in this far
away nook. but even here $500 a year is not
enough to rear and educate a family unless
1t Is pieced out with some kind OF labor.
The feature OF the Lutheran as OF all the
churches hereabouts IL the horse shed large
enough to shelter a regiment of cavalry
and In which the worshipers leave their
teams during services. The Swede is a mer-
ciful man to his beasts.
A Colony sorrow.
W stop here said Ole, and he turned
the team off to the side OF the road.
Around the bend there came a procession.
First there was a spring wagon, in which
lay a coffin, a plain pine coffin, whose single
coat Of white paint only emphasized its
plainness. 1t was q homemade coffin. On
the front seat sat two Swedes, both of
whom bowed politely to Ole, while one
raised his hat to me.
when ar det?" asked Ole.
Carl Martenson." whispered one OF the
men on the front seat.
SIS that so?"
Ole's informant nodded his head gravely.
The dead man was a farmers son. The
parents and family mourners came after
the hearse in buggies and buckboards. The
men wore black, but for that matter, so
did most every one else, as black Is the
Sunday color In New Sweden clothing. The
only exception was the handsome Lutheran
parson, who looked like a Siegfrled, 50 yell
low and bearded was he. He wore a fash
ionable top coat. light brown and velvet
collared. After the family came the friends.
It was a very long procession and 1t took
fully a quarter OF an hour to pass. though
the horses trotted briskiy. 1t kept Ole
busy holding his own frisky horses. who
disliked standing still. and keeping his hat
raised In reply to the greetings Of his
friends. The men Of New Sweden all know
one another, but not 30 we'll that they ever
forget to be polite. This kind OF ac-
quaintanceship is confined to older and more
civilized communities.
"a New York man owns that farm
3-N-E-W- 4 &
4 Business Romance.
Ole pointed out by far tina p~rettiest and
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
SOME LATE INVENTIONS.

To ascerttin the size Of finger rings a new
measuring device has a fiat base on which
the finger is placed, with graduated bars to
surround the finger and indicate the size of
ring needed.
In an improved ~footrest for bootblackine
stands clamps are provided for the sole and
heel portions, which can be adjusted to fl
any foot and clamped In place by a lever al
the side OF the base.
A handy cup for drinking purposes has g
weighted section formed under the fange II
the bottom, so that the cup can be dropped
into the spring when not in use, the weight
keeping it in an upright position as 1t floats
To prevent a pipe damper from accident
ally turning In the pipe and changing the
draught an attachment has been designed
which consists Of a yoke to be slipped over
the handle of the damper and clamp 1t in
place.
Lumber can be quickly piled by a Michigan
nan device, consisting of a frame held In
place by extensions entering the pile of lum-
Der, an adjustable roller being attached To
the top Of the frame to roll the boards in
stead OF sliding them.
scoping shank, one Of the member having
an Interior projection which engages a groove
cut in the surface Of the other shank to pre-
vent removal until a half turn is given to
either part Of the button.
A Massachusetts, woman has designed a
tag attachment for packages. consisting of q
wood or metal frame In which a card fits, a
string being fastened to one edge by which
1t can be pulled out and reversed to show
the printed return address on the back.
Trousers are prevented from bagging al
the knees by a newly patented attachment
formed Of two metallic strips hinged to turn
In any direction and sewed to the seams or
either side OF the knee to stiffen the cloth
and draw it up from the bottom as the leg
Is bent.
A New Yorker has patented an apparatus
for drying the hair after washing or sham
pooling. a metallic casing having a heating
| stove at the bottom with air inlet holes. the
air being drawn to the top of the casing and
blown through a funnel by means of a re-
volyinK fan.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13

potatoes as a grown-up. and this is the
great harvest among the Aroostock Swedes.
But 1t is hard work, and there Is plenty Of
1t. They get up at 1 in the morning; at .
they are at work. and they keep at 1t until
1t is too dark to distinguish a potato from
an earth ball. They only stop for meals. Of
which they have four; breakfast at 4:3O,
lunch at II, dinner at 8 and supper at 6.
At 2 lights are out and the tired laborers
are enjoying a rest that the city man reads
about, but never experiences.
Preachers Who Farm.
The First Lutheran church is built on
the Landgrin farm. 1t is a plain, white
structure. bare and simple, quite different
from the rather gaudy Baptist meeting
house down the road, where we saw the
parson and his pretty wife in the family
potato patch with their little ones, harvest
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13

plant, designed and made by two youngsters
who never saw a dynamo, except the one
at Caribou, and never saw that until their
own was set W. They built 1t from de-
scriptions in a book. The machinery clanked
and clamored noisily as the potatoes bounded
down the chutes into the bins wherein they
become pulp. then paste, and at last starch.
The latter transformation, however, takes
place In a great drying house, which smells
as sweet as new mown clover.
The twilight brought out the vivid colors
Of the autumn foliage in startling contrast
to the greens, which deepened in the dark
ness to almost black. A cool wave arose
from the earth as We dipped into a valley.
The setting sun had left a golden haze in
the west that gilded the hilltops with such
gold as no palette ever held. Up the road,
toward the horizon, there fared a rose
flame cloud like Pharoah's pillar Of fire
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Will Soon Be Here-What Are you
Going to Give Mother, Brother
and Sister,
Henry COpley, Jewtler, 215 S. 18th St.,
Can Help YOu in This Matter-Come
in Now, Select Any Article, Have
1t Engraved and Call for 1t At
Christmas. Note the Follow.
Ing Prices.

Ladies' fine hard engraved enameled
Watch, different c%olors, pin to match, for
$14.00. Tiny chat. gold filled watch, pin to
match, $3.50. Jet black gun metal chat.
watch, for $3.50. These are beautiful and
very popular. A gents handsome gold
filled watch from $1,000 to $500. The nm
est watch made. a Howard movement, in
solid 14kt gold case, for SIS. 90 to 10000.
In silver you can get a set Of tea spoons
for $2.75. A butter knife or sugar spoon
for S1.50. A handsome berry spoon, pie
knife or cold meat fork for 800, and hun
dreds Of other beautiful useful articles that
Copley will take pleasure in showing you.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13

along with n second circular as a sample OF
his work. The bill is genuine, however.
Sometimes the would be victim encloses this
dollar to the secret service without saying
where he got it and asking IL it Is genuine.
The secret service officials write him that
it is the best made, but they manage to
inclose him a circular that opens his eyes
and makes him see how the green goods
man is working on him.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13

A Texan has patented a billiard cue which
Is chambered at the end and filled with
chalk, TO be discharged through q small
opening to the face of the cue as each Mot
Is made.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
You probably find

when In the midst Of house cleaning that
some of your carpets are sadly worm
much nearer total uselessness than you
supposed. Replace them with new
handsome - fashionable - long-wearing
carpets from our fresh stock. 1t won't
cost too m~uch-really good carpets can
be bought here for very little money.
We invite you to call and inspect the
new carpets we are now showing.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13

by night" which covered the trees on either
side with crimson.
Gorgeous"
Dust" said Ole, land a ray Of the sun
through Landgrin's grove. G'lang, Betsy!
we're almost home.'
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13

greater part Of his work is for Harper's'
His treatment Of animals is delightful and
unique and most expressive.
American SamnlRa.
The evening times., 1898-01-24
DEPEw'S OPERA HOUSE.
He Built II to Please PeekskiiI and
Earns Ingratitude.

New York, Jan. 24-Peekskin. upon
which Chauncey NJ. Depew has tackled
/ so many stories, some years ago deci-
ded that it had no building in the place
adequate to accommodate political,
/ social or business gathering of any
| note, and after some deliberate de-
! clded To build an opera house, in which
! entertainments could be given and pc
( litical meetings and all sorts of gath
/ erings could lind ample room. So the
work of building the opera house was
| undertaken. An estimate was made of
! the probable cost, and the sum sub
/ scribed. The local bank advanced a
| certain sum upon a first mortgage.
| The work OF building went along nicely
until the sum estimated and provided
| had been exhausted. Then ii was found
| that the building was about half COM
| pleted.
Work was stopped and a council of
war held. A delegation headed by the
| most influential citizens of the place
called upon Chauncey VI. Depew.
( They explained 10 him that as il stood
the affair was a total loss: that the
bank would lose its money advanced
on the mortgage, and the whole thing
would be deplora BILE. Then il was sug-
gested that as a matter of civic pride
Mr.. Depew, who had done so much TO
make the place Famous, ShOuid ADVANCE
enough money TO complete the work
and take a second mortgage. He ask
ed how much would be needed. and up
on being told that $4,000 would be
enough he advanced the money, and
the work was completed
At the end of the first year the un-
dertaking had not been a great sue
cess, and, importuned by friends. MIR.
Depew paid The taxes and insurance
and other incidentals. The next year
this was repeated. Then the leaders in
the movement came to Mr. Depew and
suggested that as the first mortgage
was due he take it up and acquire a
clear title to- the property. and with
his influence and a little work he could
make il good paying investment Mr..
Depew didn't want the thing. and only
to oblige the delegation he consented
and became full owner of the property.
He did not expect to make anything
out OF it. but reflected with some sat
isfactiOn that his native town would
have a good meeting place and that
he could jog along and pay the short
ages, such as taxes and insurance. and
glory. So to speak
Recently the Board of Assessors Of
Pekskill met and after considering the
case doubled the assessment A Tri-
bune reporter happened TO be in Mr..
Depew's office when the notice of the
increased assessment came in. The re-
porter was familiar with all the facts
in the case, and thoroughly appreciated
Mr.. Depew's low whistle as he handed
the paper over and calculated:
Talk a hnl1f atitn6ef'f