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that country. nearly. and consrso would
move that State OF my property % that
could get at it, I would Be- wealthy yet. But
no. there she squats-and here am !. Failing
health persuades me to sail. II you know OF any
one desiring q permanent investment can fur.
nish him one that will have the virtue OF being
eternal.
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till I tapped the Arctic Ocean, and I sank
shafts till 1 broke through the roof OF perdi-
ton. but those extensions turned up missing sv-
cry time.
am willing to sell all that property and
throw in the Improvements. Perhaps you Te-
member the celebrated North Ophir? bought
that mine. 1t was very rich in pure silver.
You could take It out In Jumps big a. . Ill
bert. But when It was discovered that those
Jumps were melted half dollars. and hardly
melted at that. painful case OF ''saltln' - was
apparent and the undersigned adjourned to the
Poorhouse again.
paid assessments on Hale and Norcross till
they sold mo out, and had to take in washing
for . nving-and the next month that infamous
stock went up to 5000 = foot. I own millions
and millions Of feet of affuent silver leads in
NsvadA-in fact own ths entire undercrust Of
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Finally I walked hon,e-some 200 miles-partly
for exercise and partly because stage fares were
expensive.
Next entered upon an affiuent career in vir-
Einia City. And by q judieious Investment Of
labor and the capital OF friends became the own
Of about all tho worthless wildcat mines there
were In that part Of the country.
ASSESSMENTS RUINED HIN
Assessments did the business for me there.
There were III assessments to one dividend and
the proportion Of income to outlay was . little
against me. Ny nnancial- thermometer went
down to - degrees FAhrenheit. and the subscrib-
q was frozen out. I took up extensions on the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that reached to British
America In one direction and to the Isthmus Of
Panama in the other-and verify BELIEVE I
would have been 4 rich man II I ever found those
internal extensions. But didn't ran tunnels
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, welcomed and that It will have every ad.
vantage possessed by the natives.
WORKING FOR
TWO CENTS AN HOUR.
The wages In the Russian factories are 2
cents an hour and upward.
There are thousands who work for cent
an hour and tens of thousands who do not
receive 80 cents day for ten. eleven and
mors hours work.
/ have before me some figures given by
the order OF Mr.. Witte. the Russian Minis
ter OF Finance. They state that in the two
great Industrial provinces OF Vladimir and
Moscow the men on the average earn from
$3.50 to IS a month. This would be Sc a
week or SO cents a day. Women get S5.25 a
month. or about $3.50 per week. and boys of
16 "a month. or less than 10 cents day.
while children are paid as low as & month.
or 80 cents a week-nbOut cents day.
In general 1t Is reckoned that the wages
OF a woman should be two-thirds. those of 4
girl or boy Of l6 or II one-half and those OF
q child one-third the wages Of a man.
This is in Central Russia.
The wages are little higher in ST. Peters
burg ard in the West and South. but they
are lower in the East and especially alcng
TIE volgA.
! ~ hish0e vasss are SaiA IN the en-
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that country, nearly. and II congrso would
move that State OF my property % that
could get at it. I would b wealthy yet. But
no. there she sauats-and here am ]. Failing
health persuades me to sell. II you Know OF any
one desiring q permanent investment can fur.
nish him one that will have the virtue Of being
eternal.
MARK rwAINs NIN1No.
I have been through the California mill. with
all its dips spurs and angles. variations and
ainuosities." have worked there At all the
different trades and professions known to the
catalogue. have been everything. from news-
paper editor down to Q cowcAtchaY On Q loco
motive.
But you perceive that although am not .
pioneer. have bad . sufficiently varieeatsd
native. and feel like Q yorty-NinR.
Thsrefora cordially Welcome yuu 70 yoa1
eld-rvmembered homes and your I0ng-6OGted
hope that your visit here WIN BE- . hsppy enc
and unembittsred By the sosrowful surprises that
absence and lapse Of years are won't - prepare
for wanderers: SURPRISES which wouA come IN
silence where familiar voices should b: the
young grown old: change and decay sverywhefe,
home delusion and disappointment: strangsrS
At the hearthstone: sorrow where gladness was;
tears for laughter: the melancholy pomp q
death where the grace OF life has been!
With all good wishes for the Returned Prodf-
gals. and regrets that cannot partake Of .
small piece Of the fatted calf (rars and no
gravy. am. yours. cordially.
MARK TWAIN.
GREELEY APPLAUDS THE IRISH.
Following the reading Of Mark Tvain's
letter and others from General Grant, Cen
eral Mcdowell. General Sherman and
statesmen Of the day, Horace Greeley re-
spondcd to the toast New York and CALI
fornfa- the two States whose positions, re-
sources and energies have destined them
to be the great centers OF commerce and
finance OF the Western world
Among other things. Mr.. Greeley said: II
place higher emphasis on the energies OF
the people than on their positions or their
resources. The positions Of the two States
were the same centuries ago and their nat
ural resources the same as now.
But 1t Is the energy Of the race now
inhabitfng them that has given them %
great and rapid an advance to domination
in the present and to hopes Of still greater
glory In the future.
In vain would have been the gold OF
California. in vain the commercial advan-
tages and central position Of New York
had there not been providentialiy directed
to these shores and these resources races
OF men with intelligence and resolution "a
Wre4t from obstruction and obstacle and
every kind Of DISADVANTAGE victory where
to inferior and sluggish races would have
been defeat.
California might have snttered with
gold, might have boosted the climate Of
Italy and tbs fertility Of Western pF1irSe
for thousands Of years or more a she
has done for thousands In the past had Il
not been for the new infusion Of the Anglo
Saxon and Irish hood which Give her hel
Dr0ent proud pcntaeA
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They came by one of those first Grand
Pacific palace car trains, with pianos and
organs on board. reading lamps in every
compartment, panels for poker games and
trained walters. who served daily banquets
from the hotel car accompanying the o.s-
tinguished travelefA
The newspapers announced their arrival in
New York and the preparations for the big
dinner at Delmonico's in their honor.
Among their invited guests were Presi-
dent Grant. Generals Sherman and Nc
Doweu and other heroes OF the big war.
with leading statesmen Of the day. Generals
Grant and Sherman. detained by business.
sent letters in sympathy with the move
ment.
THE FoRrY-NINERa
Il = related as somewhat singular fa0t
that the worlds outpouring into America
was 20 great because OF the gold disccv-
cries that the population Of the United
States was doubled every year for ten
yeara.
Yet the wealthy Captain Suffer. On whose
property the gold was discovered, ana NJ.
Marshall. the man who FIRST found the gold,
became exiles and paupers because Of It.
Captain Suffer lost all his property, which
was stolen and destroyed by the early
honest miners" and Marshall finally
hadn't dollar. Later. an appropriation was
made BY the State for their support.
H.
wfthstandinK the vastness of the gold pro-
duction OF the Pacific Coast, the value of
the wheat raised there equals II. while tho
FRUIT yield doubles the entire mining outpu.
In those early days OF madness for gold,
when San Francisco was saved from an
archy by vigilance committees farmers
were considered Of no account, and fruit
growers ranked with laundrymen and bar
bars.
Z California was the magnet that attracted
millions. draining Europe OF its gamblers
and criminals who. with the good and the
honest. became solid citizens and valuable
material for building up q new country
after they had learned to obey the laws.
MARK TwAIN'S LETTER.
Later came the literary epoch, with meal
Of genius singing the praise OF the Golden
6tate-Bret Harte. Charles Dudley Warner
and scores OF other gifted men.
| Mr.. Clemens at one time worked on John
Mackay's paper, the Virginia City Enter.
l prise He also tried mining. and his re-
variable letter. read at the California
| Pioneers' banquet. throws new light on his
| early California and Nevada daya It rum
| - Follows:
El,nira. Oct II. lses.-ro the California Pho
neefs: Observation-Disclosures render Il out
ton extended to me through Mr.. Simonton and
/ be present at your dinner in New York. I re
| gret this very much. for there are several amous
sou whom 1 would have right to Join handa
with the score OF old friendship. and I sup
i pose would have . sublime general right t.
shake hands with the rest OF you on the scors
q kinship In California ups and downs in thu
i search OF fortune. 100.
Il / were 70 tell some Of ny expef3ences yuu
would rsco<nise California blood IN ma. 4 rsaex'
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The old. old story would sound familiar. no doubt
have the usual stock Of "reminiscences. Fur
instance. went to Esmeralda early.
purchased largely in the Wide West the
winnemucca and other hne claims and was very
wealthy. Jared sumptuously on bread when
dour was 500 . barrel and had beans every day
such grandeur. But finished by feeding bat
teries to . quartz mill II SIS q week and wish
ine I was battery myself and had somebody
to feed me. Ny claims in Esmeralda are there
yet.
suppose I could be persuaded 20 sell. went
to the Humboldt district when It was new.
became largely interested in the Aba Nueva
and other claims with EorEeous names. and was
rich again-fn prospect. owned vast mining
property there. would MOT have sold out for
lsas than 100000 At that ums-but viii nov.
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2 GIFTS HN HeL16 -

I bell when you turn them. Men engaged In
lockmaking average less than Sc week.
and II one can net $50 In a winter he does
extraordinarily WELL
Sadd.ers make about the same and weav-
ers much. less.
Along the Volga there are thousands of
women who weave fishing nets using a
million pounds Of hemp and other raw ma
terial every year. They labor on the farms
In the summer and do this work in the VIM
ter.
Their average earnings are about 10 cents
per day. while the children who help them
are glad to get 5, or cents.
ST. PETERSBURG NOW
A MANUFACTURING CENTER.
Within the last generation a great num-
Der of big factories have been established
in Russia.
The millions who are working in their
homes are to large extent skilled laborers,
and 1t takes but little time to teach them to
handle machinery.
The result Is there Is an abundance Of
cheap labor and all the industrial centers
are growing
St. Petersburg has become a manufactur-
Ing city. and 1t has iron works OF all kinds.
Warsaw has now about three-quarters of
million people who are largely engaged In
textile industries. and LODI, a great cotton
town Of Western Russia, is now growing
faster than any town In the United States.
1t was a village only q few years ago.
1t had about 10000 population in 1880. and
now it has moro than three times that
many.
1t makes goods for shipment to all parts
of Russia and to Siberia. China. Turkestan
and Persia.
Russia has now great linen and wooden
mills It has In its textile factories all to-
gether more than 6.0O0000 spindles. and
something like 10000 looms. employing more
than 10000 hands.
There are $1,000 engaged in dyeing, bleach
ing and printing. ard almost three-Quarters
of a million employed on textiles alone.
There are half a million Russians en-
ployed in mining and smelling and fully
that number in making foodstuffs.
There are 10000 men in the iron works
and thousands at work in. the oil fields
Within the past few years the English,
French. Germans and Americans have been
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Special corr.snona.,,.
Mini Novgorod. An.
the Russians vim =. ..er Ut iaeer
in the mart..- :. = o11 Siieh competitors
Th.v VI europe and Asia.
nave greater material resources
s...l my other country outside the United
o.ates and by far the larees, number ~
iney are naturally skillful End will work
- 49, ,oss snan any people except the Chinese,
Auese ana East Indians
Lnefe are now 10000 eco Of Than, ,n 81.
usstan Empire and Of thass 49, IN .s sne
COCOON beIopo - 81 " siese nofe thah
.n Inc factory hands are steadily increasing.
.hs,. .n I are tens of millions who work at
not0es.
an enormous amount of house tndustrv
done here. 'e ,''uu''s
hundreds OF articles now so,a q. tho Ne,
M Novgorod fair were made in matched
nuts.
Many OF The .,.,,.
oue oy the farmers. who Till the lan1 in ia
summer. and devote themselves 10 their
trades in the winter.
our farmers lie idle six months of the
year.
More than 100000 farmers aaro.. ,,.
cold weather To o,,siaa ue'ote the
things to SELL which Ssne , WORK :, making
nual profit Of no cor. GA ,ri.ho,, an az an
'n Ts homes or neglecting their farms
inese figures were gwen me h. AC nus
eminent onlcials and may he rs,, .ne , wos,
as correct. ieAeu upon
Inns work has been going on IN,
ana It has resulted In buildinp mn La
n OF skilled laborers who car f,,-, ~, 10.
yer product for the same money th.r 80,
iotner people in Europe "A'
Iney can compete with and hoo, 49,,
can machinery. Tuke our shoes .or ~
stance. iot Az
IN some districts here ca,fskin shoes .-s
soe % cheaply that they can he ,oId az
wnotesaie Tor Is cents q pair a f,pnr. NH,
STo~os out forever our s. article
s. me Work done in the houses is of every
description.
An some districts they mako r.,or,
knives locks and all kjpds - ha.s'
Each cabin has its little blacksrnith shor
eno tne man works away manufacturinr
small product each day. ''' '''s
Here In Mimi Novgorod thousand, of nea.
ants are making wooden SPOONS which ors
sold In Europe and in different narts Of
Asa
Ihey enamel the spoons, and also carva
ana paint them from designs Furnished nv
'ne RUSSIAN Government.
- aieosetnSr. tney make more than 100 COO
wv spoons year, and $1,000. 900 of these are
exported to China and tosSouth and West
~.
~ "EAM. LACE ON
i7s1L1. oaAaI FRONTS.
sA p.vsIncs1 Oh european Russia there
sone.ninG IKE U.OU lacemakers. who
erer., o e eAAn 0V.oV'o~ yards OF lace
kinds e,ne.d;na lace y very nne and other
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cheaply that LOCO can be solo at wholesale
for so and still leave the manufacturers
profit Of about s..
In the same villages more expensive wares
are produced, including costly pier and man
tel glasses.
But might fill this paper with the differ
ent articles made in these home associa
TONS
They embrace everything used in Russia,
from textiles to machinery, and the cheap
ness Of manufacture must be taken into
consideration by the Americans who are
pushing the commercial invasion.
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establishing factories in Russia to avoid tho
tariff and take advantage of Russian cheap
labor.
The country is open to foreign capital.
and many Of the foreign establishments
are making money. 1 have spoken of the
Westinghouse air brakes works and those
Of the New York Air Brakes Company.
The Westinghouse Company has electric
al works in South Russia. and others Of
our manufacturers will likely establish
plants on account OF the present d:scrimina-
ton against the United States. which can be
avoided by making the goods here.
am told that American capital will be
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.,,..-,,v and machine shops. where the
1880 IA H25o q month for ten-hour
day In the textile Industries men got le0
than s per month and women about =, tne
WOODEN hands receiving moro than those
working in cotton.
In the silk mills women receive about ~
a week and men on the average not nor
laborers on yelvets and brocades have -
much as $ week.
There are 1900 hands in tho sugar mills
and their wages average g month.
Underground coal miners get about y Q
week and iron miners little lesA
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bcompo o eevench one whom
ton 12pesons emoeh e
Mrs O. e. 0 o q
o J.
Of Buak, Kas Of
. reunion e Is tenworh
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Goods are sold so low that the profits ar,

Goods are sold so low that the profits are
small.
1t is chiefly question Of raw material,
the labor cost being little. In some Of the
associations men. women and children work
from daylight to dark and II each makes
few cents a day he is satisfied.
Take the lockmakers. r-.--
There are thousands of them. and in Tula
alone the locks sold bring in "a, 100000 year.
Some are so cheap that they sell for Is
cents dozen. and others so dear that they
are each worth $3.50.
The latter are door locks which ring
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WANTED:-Young men to prepare
for government positions. Fine open
ings in all departments. Good Salar-
les. Rapid promotions. Examination
soon. Particulars free.-Inter-State
Cor. Inst, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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DIR. WALLETS LUNG BALsAM.

Cures coughs, colds, Group, hOarse-
ness, Whooping cough, Bronchitis, in
iiamatiOn OF the lungs, sore throat,
splitting of blood, loss OF voice, asthma,
Quinsy, influenza, tickling sensation
In the throat, dry hacking cough,
pains and soreness OF the chest, diff
cult breathing, and consumption,
where the dreaded disease has not
already advanced beyond medca.
aid. Olergymen and speakers will find
this medicine valuable, as IL acts d.
tect upon the throat and bronchial
rubeS, removing the phlegm, and
renders the voice clear and distinct.
1t gives instant relief, IL matters not
how severe your cough may be II is
soothing and healing tn the threat
and lungs. IL Is perfectly harmless,
and pleasant TO the taste, and gives
almost instant relief. 1t Is acknUw.
edged TO be one Of the most reliable
medicines made for the throat and
lungs 1t throws OF all the offended
matter, clears the lungs Of all i'm
purlties and leaves them in a healthy
condition and leaving the air passages
free besides inyigOrating and strength
ming the general system. 1t saves
life. Prepared only nv Dr. !. +
Mallett. Phillipsburg, Kansas. Price
80 cents.
For sale by druggists.
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Arthur Clark,

Our Band goes to Logan to play for
the Jubilee.
Mrs. Flora Clark is a new subscriber
to the Herald this week.
Arthur Underwood went down to
Kansas City with stock this week.
Mr.. Chas. Turner and family de-
parted for Idaho last Saturday eve
ming.
Mrs. Arnold of Smith Center spent
Sunday with her daughter Mrs. Jas
Guering.
Do you want an OIL Stove? II so,
buy the best. They are found at T..
E. Tipton's.
Champion binders, mowers and
rakes: come and see them at L. W.
Underwood's.
Mr.. Weatheral and wife Of Kenslng-
ton spent Sunday evening with Jess
Morril and wife.
NJ. NJ. Thompson and wife are the
proud parents Of an heir at their
home this week.
have good rebuilt II horse trac-
tion Engine and a 80 inch IAultman &
Taylor, Dixie Separator for sale cheap
Easy terms.-L. w. Underwood, Agra
Kansas.
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Bert Roberts OF Lincoln Nebraska
was visiting friends in Agra Sunday.
We learn that Bert Pathway and
wife are the proud parents Of girl at
their house this week.
Mrs. Grace Morrill, Is enjoying VS.
it from her cousins Misses Emma and
Maymie and Luke Myers, of Stanwood
Iowa.
We have had occasion to notice quite
a nervy item In the Agra Department
Of the last weeks issue of the Post con-
corning some young men whom 1t
placed before the public as profession
al dudes and at the same time rebuked
them sharply because they had other
business as we'll as reasons for not
working In the harvest field. Now we
would advise this nervy gentleman
that while he Is looking after other
peoples business, to go to the parties
and get better insight into their az
fairs before publishing any more such
items; and furthermore we can safely
state that this audaclouS person has
not worked day in the harvest since
the season commenced. This item is
written by persons having business Of
their own, and with growing hope
that others will try and do likewise.
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DELINQUENT TAX LIST,
TAEAsuBER's 0FFIoH,

PHILLIPsBURs, KANSAS, JULY 30 1903.
Notice is her, by given that will sell at pnblic
ction At my office at the court house In the ci'
tV OF Phlllipsburg, Kansas on the day OF Sep
TENDER 1908, sud the next succeeding days there.
after Sundays excepted, the following described
lands and town lots situated in Phillips county,
Kansas; or as much Of each thereof % may be
for the year 1902, viz
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DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK 2
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers Is sure to know OF the wonderful
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cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Roo,,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
II is the great medI-
caltrIumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
Or. Kilmer, the emil
nent kidney and blad-
der snecialiqt and ie
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wonderfully successful In promptly curing
lame back, kidney. bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Brlght's Disease, which Is the worst
form OF kidney trouble. 81
Or. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is not rec
ommendedfor everything but II you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble Il will be found
Just the remedyyou need. lthas been tested
In so many ways, In hospital work, In private
practice. among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful In
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers OF this paper
who have not already tried II, may have
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how 10
find out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer In this paper and ER
send your address TO AsiiSdk1 As.ssass.:A
Or. Kilmer & Co., Blng- u !, N,
hamton, N. Y. The u Essss " ~
regular fifty cent and Home Of svanp-ROOA
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp-Root, Or. Kilmer's
EwAmp-Rooi, and the address, Binghamlon,
N.Y., on every bottle.
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BLAKEsLEYs ADD.

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