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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25
SHAPED HIS DESTINY
Career of Senator Nelson an Inspir-
alton to Young Men.
Poor Norwegian Boy who Rose from
Deepest Obscurity and Now IL
One of the Great Statesmen
of the Hour.

The life of Senator Knute Nelson, Of
Minnesota, has in IL the clements of a
purpose novel of twofold intent. The
themes, which are closely interviewer,
are the powerful influence which the
early inspiring of definite ambition
has in shaping a life, and how success
is gained despite the most untoward
conditions. These points are clearly
brought out in a clever little sketch,
contributed by Antoinette Van Hoesen
to the Cosmopolitan.
A foreign-born American, Knute
Nelson came TO this country from Nor
way with his widowed mother when he
was less than five years old, and earned
his first money selling newspapers
upon the streets of Chicago. Later,
when he and his mother were settled
on little sandy farm outin Wisconsin,
bis life was given definite direction
by one Mary Dillon, who taught the
district school. Miss Dillon was a cul-
tivated woman who came with her fam
lily to this country from Belfast, Ire
land. to mend their broken fortunes.
She became interested in the little,
virile, eager-minded Norwegian boy,
and, at stated intervals, invited him to
her home. There, for the first time he
saw the table-napery in use and a tea
table ornamented with flowers. On
one Of these occasions, in talking with
him of the famous personages of his
tory, Miss Dillon said:
"Tou, too, may become a distin-
guished man, Knute. You've good
mind, and all you have to do is to be in
dustrious and persevering. You can't
be president. for you were not born in
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

nifcant sum of Auraouoh ithe Midway.
S1,SOO, leaving behind it a list of cred
tors with claims aggregating somc-
thing like 100000. The wheel was
bought by a firm of junk dealers, ana
at the end of the present summer it is
to come down and go into che scrap
pile.
1t cost $780,, 600 to erect the Ferris
wheel in the Worlds Fair grounds,
where it stood as the star attraction
of the Midway. After the fair several
efforts were made to dispose of ii prof
itably. At one time ii was expected
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company
would purchase it to add to the at
Gov. Flower was interested in this
scheme, but died before it was car
rled to completion and the whole thing
was dropped.
When the court sale occurred few
days ago it was expected that both j.
ID. Rockefeller and Joseph Letter
would bid for it. The former, it was
said, wished to remove it to Coney
Island. while the latter was supposed
to desire to take it to ST. Louis as p
features of the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position. If either had contemplated
bidding for it both repented before ii
was too late.
Chicagoans have never taken TO the
wheel, In its last location on the
North side it has been visited each
summer by a number of people visit
ing the city, but not in sufficient num-
bers to make its operation profitable,
and it did but little except to pile new
debts onto old ones.
The cost of dismantling the NAM
moth structure will be in the neigh
borhood of 100000, but it is expected
that the boilers and engines and the
immense quantity of steel which it
contains will more than recompense
its purchasers for this expense.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

this country, but you can be United
States senator" This was long before
there was New Education" but one
of its foundation methods was used by
Miss Dillon in thus relating young Nell
sons life to the vital facts in the lives
of men of success. From this time on
he studied them with keen personal in
terest, seeking to find just how they
had achieved. He realized that the first
step was to learn more than country
district school taught.
Senator Nelson tells that he jour
ton, the wheels of which were sections
of big log, to the little village acad-
emy from which he graduated. On this
cart was large wooden chest which
contained, in addition to his scanty
wardrobe, sufficient provision from
the farm to last him half the term.
He did his own cooking living as sim
ply as did Daniel when he was in train
ing to stand before Babylon's triumph
ant king. AT this time he bore, with
out the slightest thought of relinquish-
ing his object, the constant Sights and
ridicule of his fellow students.
Senator Nelson's personality an
nounces the staying qualities which
enabled him to realize the ambition
inspired by his first teacher. He walks
short, sits tall, and has the sturdiness
of those not easily overthrown. His
wide, firm mouth closes evenly; his
iron-gray hair and beard are cropped
to coordinate with the square-turned
lines of his head and face; and his ear,
which, according to de Maupassant, in
dicates ones origin far more accurate
ly than any certificate of birth, is siz-
able, with elaborate, well-defined con-
volutions.
In small way he entered the arena
of politics shortly after he had fin
iShed his academic course. and has
filed almost every Office in the Gift of
the people, once or more, up TO the one
he now occupies. Meanwhile. he found
time to serve as a soldier during the
civil war, and to become an able law
yer.
The woman who opened the world of
books to the senator, and the scarcely
less important world of the amenities
Of life, was guest at his home while
he was a congressman. After her
death, among her effects was found
carefully dated and arranged, almost
every thing that had been published,
up to that time, about him. 1t is one
Of the regrets Of his life that Miss Dill
lon, the inspirer of his attainments,
did not live TO see him a senator.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25
Why Sunday Schools Fail.
Chicago Professors Say Their Methods are
Behind the Times.

That the majority of the Sunday
schools OF the present day are ineffect-
i've educauonally, are tagging far be-
hind the public schools in pedagogic
methods and are standing almost on
the level of the old district school, so
far as scientific teaching is concerned,
are the charges made by Professor
Ernest Dewitt Burton and Professor
Smaller Mathews of Chicago.
These statements are made in
volume just published from the Uni
versity of Chicago press on "Principles
and Ideals for the Sunday School,"
The book is the result of years OF
study and experience on the part of
both the authors IN Sunday school
work.
The Sunday school, it is asserted,
is essentially an educational institution
not a place for direct exhortation to
certain lines of action. Faulty methods
of the teaching and illogical selection
of the subjects taught are blamed for
the decline in interest and final dropp-
ing out OF pupils as they grow beyond
the years of childhood. Professors
Burton and Mathews advocate making
the Sunday school in many respects
exactly like a public graded school,
where the children of the different
grades are taught different subjects,
according to their capacity.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

hves. dust ridden city.
Where the walls, floors and ceilings
meet they are rounded so there may be
no possible place for dust to accumu-
late. Every room is somewhat like the
inside of sphere. Every room has an
outside window that extends from cell
Ing to floor, and the building is so sit
uated that the sun shines into every
room each day. More than this, it sets
ir ten-acre lot, so that other build
ings cannot encroach near enough
TO shut out the sunlight and air 1t is
heated in winter and cooled in summer
by means of fans which keep the air
constantly circulating. All around it
nj every floor are wide verandas
where patients will be kept as much as
possible.
1t is a Catholic institution. built
by popular subscription, and is ur-
der the direction % one of the Cath
olic sisterhoods.
Before the completion Of this hospi-
tai, which will accommodate 25O pa
tients, there were but five hospitals in
the city which would receive a con-
sumptive patient, though city health
authorities estimate that so per cent.
of the people of the city or afflicted
with tuberculosis, and 12 per cent die
of this disease.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

ness center he has worse streets than
are to be found in other large cities,
and above all the city gives him no
legal right to the right of way.
The fire engine, the hook and lad
der or the stand pipe truck, the hose
wagon, that go changing down the
streets in wild race to "A fire, have no
more legal rights on the streets than
has the horse and wagon of the ped
dler. Should the peddler drive like
mad through the streets and run over
some pedestrian the law would hold
him responsible. So, too, the law would
hold the fire department driver. There
is no law upon the statute books of
the city which says to the citizen,
"keep out of the way of the fire en-
gine."
Another danger which threatens
the department drivers are the swing
bridges over the river. On dark, fog
gy nights it is practically impossible
for the drivers to tell whether or not
the bridges they have to cross and re-
cross are open or closed, yet the rules
of the department say the ponderous
machines must go rushing onward
and the driver must take his chances
of going over or into the water.
The Chicago fire department has the
best drivers in the world, and it needs
them.
WRIGHT \. PATTERSON.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

CATARRH AND HAY FEvER.-Liquid
Cream Balm is becoming quite as popular in
many localities as Ely's Cream Balm solid
1t is prepared for use in atomizers, and is
highly priced by those who have been ac.
customed to call upon physicians for such a
treatment. Many physicians are using and
Prescribing it. All the medicinal properties
of the celebrated Cream Balm are contained
in the liquid form, which is 75cts. including
a spraying tube. All druggists or by mail.
Ely Brothers, So Warren ST., New York.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25
walks Paved with Corncoh,

A man who has been travelling in Iowa
has hit upon an odd use of corncobs
He says: 81 made a trip through big
part of Iowa recently, and found sew
eral grain shipping towns that had
corncob sidewalks. In spite Of what
one would think about it, cobs make
a pretty good walk. They are lit
tie rough at first but when the cobs
become trampled down the walk is
smooth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

for consumptlves
erected In the
city. In several
ways it is a pecu-
liar building.
Its most peculiar
feature is its lack
of corners. There
is not a square
corner in the en-
tire building, and
for this reason il
is as nearly dust
proof as it is pos
sible to make n
building in this
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

end is not yet.
The fair was not a
money maker for
any body. In fact it
brought financial
disaster to many,
and another chap
ter to the long
drawn out story
of losses was add
ed when a few
days ago the Fer
ris wheel was sold
under the ham
mer for the insig-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25
Starting Right.

In every great race much depends upun the
is half the battle. In the race of life the start
each day is at the breakfast table. A dish OF
"It", the new cereal, served with milk, in
vigorates the body and refreshes the brain:
str makes the start right vt" is cooked
and ready to eat Young and old like ST.
You can eat vt" at any time. AT grocer'
everywhere. 2-IeI
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

q + ] V G +. In the
d o w n t own dis
trict he encoun-
ters a greater con-
gestion of traffic
than any other
city of the coun-
try knows; within
this district he
has more obstruc-
tions to look out
for in the way of
street car tracks
and elevated road
structures; out
side of the bust
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

NV lib w d
greater II Il III Der
of lives. + very
few IN o II { h S q
III oral eak
strikes the police
d e p a rtment and
the worst of the
dives are closed,
only to reappear
again in a new sec
ton.
a dozen years
a g o Twenty-sec-
ond street, east
r -
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

without becoming
tainted-the Sal
walton Army las
sic.
The amount Of
good the women
workers Of the ar
my accomplish in
this city is ines
TINA BILE. No place
is too vile for
them to enter if
by so doing they
can accomplish II
work of rescue;
none are so vile
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

that the taint of them ever clings to
their skirts.
The army in Chicago has leased new
and larger quarters than any they
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25
The Ferris wheel Going.

For 10 years the Worlds Columbian
exposition has been passing and the
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

The dives of Chicago are like the
proverbial cat, only more so-that
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25
THE GOSSIP
OF CHICAGO
4 Digest of What Is Doing in the
Western Metropolis.
Salvation Army Lnssics Try to Coun-
teract the Work OF the Dives.-
The Ferris wheel Sold
for a Song.

Chicago.-There was recently dedi-
Gated in Chicago the first sanitarium
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25
Going to n Fire.

Chicago is classed as the worst city
In the world for the fire department
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25
Work Of ,he sa1vationists.

There is one class of girls who enter
these dens and emerge from them
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

The number of harvest hands that
i'll he needed this year in Kansas is
500.
Steamship companies may place de-
ectives on board big liners to catch
ard sharps
The body of A. G.. Spiegel, well
.nown restaurant man of Boston, was
ound in the Charles river,
Otto Thornert, an electrical expert
rom Germany, was killed while in
rpecting a switchboard in Philadelphia.
American riflemen who are to COM
Yete for the Palma trophy have arrived
Il London and proceeded direct to Bis
.ey.
William Rodewald has been found
:uilty OF murder in the first degree.
Judge Kruse sentenced the prisoner 10
Heath.
Ten persons were burned to death in
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-06-25

James r. Metcalf, for many years
superintendent of the money order sys-
TEN of the post Office department at
Washington, has been removed from
office by the postmaster general as the
result of an alleged indiscretion.
The unbeaten yacht Reliance has
met with her first mishap. Two min.
utes after the start for thirty mile
race the topmast of the latest HERE,
shOff boat was carried away about ten
feet from the masthead, practically
putting her out of the race.
The kaiser prize at the Baltimore
saengerfest was won by the Jungef
Maennerchor of Philadelphia. The
Arions of Brooklyn, the present holder
of the prize were q close second, the
Columbia of Philadelphia was third
and the Brooklyn Saengerbund fourth.
The joint board of the hotel strikers
union at Chicago has voted TO recede
from its former position and to recog-
nize the Restaurant Keepers associa,
! ton and ask for arbitration. 1t Is
generally believed that their action
will be acceptable to the employers
and that the end of the strike IL in
sight.
The nigh court of Scotland has con-
firmed judgment in favor of Spain
for 1897 800 against the Clydebank En-
gineerlng and Shipbuildlng company
for failure to deliver torpedo boat de-
stroyers on contract time in 1897 The
attorney for Spain claimed this was
| the cause of her defeat in the Spanish
American war.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-12

Monday morning will this sale with fresh lots
and will offer the about half-Dr
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
Tsxa. labor Federation.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 49,
The sixth annual convention OF the
State Federation OF Labor began In
this city today with a good attendance
ganiIed labor bodies throughout Texas
President MAX Andrew presided over
the morning session which was do
voted TO addresses Of welcome and re
sponsos and other formal proceedings
incident to the opening Of the gather.
Ing. Several days will be devoted TO
tho business Of the convention and
numerous questions Of paramount 10
tcrcst TO the labor organizations VIII
come up for consideration. The fed
GRAFTON is In excellent shape, as Il
evidenced BY the reports 81 the vari
Gus onicers. and the convention vii
discuss steps to further increase thu
membership and strength Of the state
and local bodies.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16

forts to have o stricter game laws
passed In the various states and TO
see that these laws are rigidly en-.
forced. The cooperation or women's
clubs Is sought and 1t Is also proposed
TO interest school teachers through
out the country In the movement. The
union cites the figures to show that
hundreds of thousands Of birds are
killed annually for their plumage
alone and that this wanton iestruc-
tion, unless measures are taken to
check 1t, use necessarily result in
the determination Of many species of
feathercd warblers within q short
time.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16

first hearing Of the case, has sworn
himself or the bench AMI named
Judge Joshua w. Alexander OF Gal
latin to try the case.
Mrs. Kennedy shot and killed her
husband, Philip II. Kennedy. contract
Ing agent Of the Merchants Dispatch
company. in this city January 10. 1903,
Tho shooting was the elimination 81
q sensational wedding. which Ken,
needy had brought suit TO set aside,
asserting 1t had been forced. The
couple had been married the proceed
Ing month. on which occasion ths
father and brother accompanied tn,
bride. and Kennedy's actions indicates
he was not q willing party TO the con
tract. In his suit 10 have the marriage
set aside Kennedy asserted that hi
life hal been threatened II he refuset
to marry tho woman. After the wed
ding he refused to live with his wifi
and the result wal that Mrs. Ken
ncdy visited him at his once and ate
q heated argument shot and kille'
him al his desk. The father an
brothers Of the girl were indicte'
as accomplices In the murder. At he
first trial Mrs. Kennedy was ser
fenced ID ten years In the peniter
tIary.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
Saves TWO From Death.

Our little daughter had an almost
fatal attack VI whooping cough and
bronchitis" writes Mrs. w. X. Vavi-
land OF Armoik. N. X, but, when all
other remedies failed, we saved her life
with DR.. Kings New Discovery. Our
niece, who had Consumption In an ad.
vanced stage, also used this wonder.
full medicine and today h Is perfectly
well" Desperate throat and lung
diseases yield to DR.. Kings New Dis
covery as to no other medicine on
earth. Infallible for Coughs and Colds
soc and $500 bottles guaranteed by
all druggists. Trial bottles free.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
Field Trial. For pointers.

NEW YORK, Nov, l6--Holmiel,
N. J., thirty.nvc miles from this city,
was today the rsilyins place Of the
field dog fanciers from many states
The occasion was the opening Of the
fourth annual field trials under ths
auspices OF the Pointer club Of Ameri
ca. The entry list this year Is large
and Of a high class and rs the pre-
serves are reported well stocked will
quail the trials are expected 60 h,
very successful.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
To pro.ee. Birds.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Nov t6 AS
a result Of action 10 be taken nj the
convention OF the American ornitho-
logist' Union. which began in this
city today. Il strenuous crusade II 10
be undertaken TO protect the birds OF
North Amefica Working in con.
juncting with the various Audubon
societies throughout the country the
union purposes to make organized e..
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
Mrs. Kennedy to be Tried Again.

WIZ fNNtAtf<Ny ~ 49,
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Nov. 16t--Thc
case OF Mrs. Lulu Prince Kennedy,
charged with the murder o. her
husband, was called IN court today
and II Is expected that the second trial
OF the famous case will begin shortly,
Believing that he would not be able
TO be impartial In the trial, Judge
John w. Woford, who presided at the
Want sabbath Preserved.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. ia
more rigid observance Of the sabbath
and the abolition Of oil public amuse
ments and entertainments on that day
Ia the common desire Of the several
hundred churchmen and others who
gathered In this city today for the
State Sabbath convention. Ways and
means for promoting the desired 70
forms will be exclusively discussed
during The two days the gathering
will be In session.
Following the close Of the Sabbath
convention the annual meeting OF The
Pennsylvania National Reform asao
citation will begin and many visitors
will attend both meetings.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
Meeting 81 California Miners.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Nov To-
Members Of the California Miners
association are here from many parts
Of the state for their annual meeting,
which viii be in session during the
next two days. The reading Of a large
number 81 technical papers, con
tributed by members Of The associ!
alton, will occupy the most Of tht
time Of the convention.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

one size smaller after using Aliens
Foot.Ease. . powder to be shaken In.
to the shoes. It makes tight or new
shoes feel easy: gives instant relief
to corns and bunions. les the great
est comfort discovery Of the age.
Cures and prevents swollen feet,
blisters. callous and sore spots. A l
lens Foot-Ease IL Z certain cure Tor
sweating. hot aching feet. Al al
druggists and shoe stores. &c. Trial
package Frce BY mail. Address
Allen 8. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
The Great Cattle Exhibit

at Union stock yards, November 2Sth
to December 9TH. is an event thai
should not be missed.
Attend the international BY all
means.
Low rates via the Santa Fe. Ask
w. ]. LUCAS. Agent.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
TO Retry Miller and Johns.

CINCINNATI, O, NOV. 1.-THE case
OF d. v. Miller and D M Johns, in
dicted for conspiracy III the postal
scandal and whose first trial resulted
In a disagreement Of the jury. was
called for re.trial today before Judge
Thompson Of the United States Cir
cult Court,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
swatch the Kidneys"

when they are affected, life Is In
danger" says Or. Abernethy. tho great
English physician. Foley's Kidney
Cure makes sound kidneys. For sale
by Depot Drug store.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16

than ever before. Hunters and jump
ers are Is well represented AS ever,
and some Of the classes are altogether
TOO well filled, as the process OF selec.
ton will have 10 BIO In lots.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
A Love Letter

Would not interest you II you're
looking for a guaranteed Salve for
Sores, Burns or Piles. Otto Dodd. Of
Ponder, Mo. writes: Il suffered with
nm ugly sore for a year, but q box OF
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me. Its
the best Salye on earth. csc at all
druggists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16

Andy Hern Of Springer last Satur-
day went to Kansas City where he
will remain two or three weeks at
least under the care OF physicians.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16

Bud Jones Of Springerville. passed
through Holbrook with $50 head Of
steers which he has sold to James
Johnson Of Flagstaff.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16

~ L.N& "N L"=
veritable torment at
times, especially ut
night or when over.
heated.
The cause Of l:czc.
ma Is a too acid and
general unhealthy con
dition Of tile blood
The terrifying itching
and burning is pro.
duced BY the overflow
through the glands and
pores Of the skin Of Ia,