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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-01
DAVIES COUNTY. MO.

To the Populists OF Davies County.
Move fervently desire you to meet
with us at the court room In the town
of Gailatin, Saturday. September 8, at
10 o'clock a. M. for the purpose of
nominating u county ticket and at
tending TO any other business that Ii
IN necessary 10 attend 10. Come out
and meet with MS aud let's build
again the waste places" for Ii seems
tho Lord bath spoken good concern
Ing his people" and let's 40 up and
possess tho land. We need you for
counsel. We need You because wo have
To petition 10 get on che uaiclal ballot
and We need you for announcement III
this work. The time IL ripe aud va
m'hst make the sacrifice 10 come our
II we give the two old pluto twins the
setback they deserve. They are iust
like they were when Cleveland aud
Harrison ran. They don't care which
~ elected, they control both. long
live tho principles II the neoplrsw
party. w. II. TRlnpEY.
Chairman.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-01

You so to SO per cent annually.
Rented, will pay you from 20 to 50
per cent annually.
A sure crop every year, and the
highest prospect OF doubling your In
vestment in two years or less. These
farms are located In the Box Elder
and South Platte Valleys Of Colorado.
There are six millions dollars In
vested In sugar beet factories In this
valley. Farms are paying enormously,
as they have a sure crop and q big
one every year, ample water supply,
10 reservoirs, and more than enough.
We are selling farms in this valley
at $50 and SOS per acre, several have
been rented during the past year at
$40 per acre, cash rent paying 20 per
cent on the investment Four miles
down the valley from where these
farms are located farms are selling
at $3.50 to 5000 per acre. Twenty
miles further south In the valley.
farms are selling at 5000 to $3.50 per
acre, paying on this valuation annual
ly 20 per cent. Rented land that we
are offering Is equally ais valuable
when fully developed ana improved al
the farms that are selling at $3.50 per
acre.
We have yet about 10000 acres az
this land to sell with perpetual water
rights and are Of the opinion that
anyone purchasing farm in thi3 val
ley will double his money within ono
year.
Wheat oats, barley, potatoes, sugar
beets, alfalfa, fruit, all vie with each
other in quantity and quality. The
result is. farming by irrigation Is ideal
and peace and plenty abound.
We have sold this week Two farms
in the Box Elder, Larimer county,
Colorado, to prominent gentleman
Of Lincoln. After purchasing them liz
leased them for three years At an an
nual rental Of Is per cent on his In
vestment to good and responsible par
ties.
We have sold several parties dur
ing the past year who have rented
their farms at equally as high percent
age.
AS an investment 1t Is OF the high
est character, combining remarkable
possibilities Of large pronts with an
exceptional degree of safety, relia-
bility and permanency. ~ Z s
Which is, the better investment-buy
eastern land at $50 an acre and rent
at at SO an acre or buy Colorado land
at $50 and rent it for s10-the eastern
farmer gets per cent and the Colora-
do man gets &c per cent on his invest
ment. Send for literature.
Excursions every week.
For excursion rates and further In
formation apply to
WOODS INVESTMENT co.
Offices Lincoln Hotel, Lincoln, Neb.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-01

For over sixty years Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup has been used by
mothers for their children while teeth
ing. Are you disturbed at night and
broken Of your rest by sick child
suffering and crying with pain OF cut
ting teeth? Ii so, send at once and
get a bottle Of Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup for Children Teething. Its
value is incalculable. 1t will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately.
Depend upon it, mothers, there is no
mistake about it. 1t cures diarrhoea,
regulates the stomach and bowels,
cures wind collie. softens the gums, re-
duces inflammation. and gives tone
and energy to the whole system. Mrs.
Winslows Soothing Syrup for chill
dren teething is pleasant to the taste
and is the prescription of one of the
Oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price. 25 cents a bottle. Be
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow,s
Soothing Syrup"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12
HON. NJ. c. BUTLER, !
Ex-United States Senator From South
& ~ Carolina. I

V
RX-U. s. Senator NJ. C. Butler from
- South Carolina, was Senator from
that state for two terms. In a recent
letter from Washington, ID. c., he says:
~ can recommend Pervna for dys.
pepsia and stomach trouble. have
been using your medicine for short
period and feel very much relieved.
II II indeed q wonderful medicine be-
sides q good tonic. IN. C. Butler.
Peruna is not simply a remedy for
dyspepsia. Peruna is catarrh remedy.
Peruna cures dyspepsia because it is
generally dependent upon catarrh of
the stomach.
If you donot derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dir. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12
The Microbe of Old Aae.

In lecture on "Old Age" deliv-
cred in Paris recently by DR.. Mench-
niEoff. the speaker expressed the
opinion that sensility was produced
by certain physiological states which
cause the beneficent species of mi
crobes called ''macrophages" to in.
crease too rapidly. Then in their turn
they become injurious.
These parasites flourish in the
large intestine, which mammals pos
sess. whereas in birds it is almost
entirely lacking. The result was
shown in the person of the doctors
own dog, which was decrepit at
eighteen, while the doctors parrot.
aged seventy, appeared to the audi
ence hale and lively.
1T stands proved" says the doctor,
chat senility is an infectious disease
and it should be possible to treat it
like other maladies-to cure it or pre-.
vent it,"
The hope was expressed by DR.
Menchnilloff that a serum would
should be discovered to counterfeit
the ''macrophages," and prolong hui
man life; meantime, he recommend
ed the consumption of curdled milk
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12

II 10 the Outcome OF 10 S1enSrate Ar
Craze Soon Died Out. e53

~ 39. -1TA@o 000H 0ieu WI s55.ssSs;
A few years ago, when Summer, fur
nishing or simple furnishing at any
season was to be ompiished, the;
first idea was to seek q Japanese shop.
The current idea was that the Japan
ese could hardly make any ugly thing.
We have had to relinquish that bliss
full theory, the fact at the present
time being that the Japanese make
more cheap, tawdry, ignoble stuff than
almost any other nation. Even the.
best of their art, is degenerate in. these
days; and the worst is simply afro
cious. Instead of cheap Japanese
china-the worst expression of their
industry artistic souls now buy the
so-called peasant china of Germany
and France. Some of it is extremely
attractive, the clear color of the
china and the ingenious nature of the
decorations making them delightful.
there, are any number of small shops
that carry these potteries. They are
not to be had in. sets. as a rule, al
though one pattern, English, without
doubt, of large roses on clear white
ground, may be purchased in almost
any quantity. The others must be
picked up, plates, cups and saucers,
bowls and pitcher, eparately.-Ncw
York Evening Post.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12
IN; "a PHILIPPINE JUN0L Z.
OF Such Stun 10 Made &hs Amazing
American Soldier. KIT 4

American Soldier.
The column was toiling along in
the sun up hillside. The grass was
over the head of man on horseback
and it was very hot down near the
ground, where no breeze could come.
The men were plodding along: with.
out light in their faces, doggedly fol
lowing the others in front. Here and
there sick man was hanging back
under his load.
1t was the sort of trail where
you are quite worn out, and you
make bets with yourself as to
whether you will keep on going to
the top of the hill, knowing very we'll
that you cannot help it.
Suddenly the boom of mountain
gun ahead came down through the
sitting air. The crash of rifle vol.
ley followed, and then more gums.
swiftly, steadily.
A shiver Of life ran down the col.
umn.
"Hit EN- said an old sergeant.
Heads lifted. The column closed.
The walk changed to half trot.
There was only one thought-to go
forward to get at 'em.
Don't you think you'd better stay
while longer?" hospital attendant
asked a private who had just fallen
out under the sun and was resting in
the shade of bush.
Hell. don't you hear them guns?"
was the unanswerable answer. Gin
me my rifle New York Sun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12
JUST AN IMMIGRANT.
Owns the costIicst Residence in New
York.

Owns the costIiest Residence in New
York.
Who owns the costliest residence in
all New York? A New Yorker? New
er! Just an immigrant from the West,
a one-time peddler Of clocks, Senator
William A. Clark; BILLY" Clark, the
copper king; Major" Clark, of the
Nez Perces campaign of 1878. whose
income is over $1,5OO,0O0 a !. month.
The mansard roof of the Clark resi-.
dence on the highlands of Fifth ave-
nue. is being sheathed in copper. from
the owners mines. The walls are con.
structed of marble from his own quar-
ries. In the basement are Russian and
Turkish baths, ETC., and on the Sec
ond floor are the art gallery and din.
ing room. The gallery will contain
many Of the celebrated paintings of
the world, and the house and it's con-
tents will represent an outlay of S..
100000. So much for copper.-New
York Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12
Manieuri.ts More Common.

The, great increase in the number Of
New York's 'manicures exhibits itself
on every side. They are not only to
be found nowadays in the large bar
Der shops, but they are tucked away
also in every large Office building.
Then there is small army of those
who go to the houses of their custom.
ers. The prices they receive nova
days for their services are not so high
as they once were, and in some places
only rs cents is charged, which is just
one-fourth the regular fee of ten years
ago. This is the cheapest rate de-
manded anywhere in the .city.-New
York Sun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12
Was Duly Introduced.

He was a native missionary who had
come to solicit funds for the relief of
the distress in Southern India.
The chairman, a well-meaning soul,
but somewhat ignorant and pompous,
was wont to finish up his speeches
with some quotation or other.
Having dwelt somewhat lengthily on
the beneficent objects of the meeting,
he at length concluded by saying:
And now, ladies and gentlemen, l
have pleasure in introducing to you
Mr.. - himself, who, as we all know,
comes from that land where every
prospect pleases and only man is
vile! "-Casselps Saturday Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12
Story From Way Back.

Private" John Allen tells the fol
lowing as illustrative of the partial
ity OF the southern darby for long
words Of whose meaning he is abso
lutely ignorant:
"A negro named Elijah Thomas
living in Tupelo, Miss. recently
CHANGED to meet friend who com
planned of feeling miserable. In fact
Thomas friend feared for his life
SO 'tuckered out was he.
What's de matter wifi yo'?' In
CURED Elijah. y.
Lie moaned the second darby
indicating the region where the pain
lay, Use got sech awful pains in mai
back heah!'
In dat case,' responded Elijah
solemnly, I knows what you oughtel
do! You oughter go over ter Jack
son. Dey says dat here's de finest
backterio!ogist over dere in de whole
Souf!"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12
A New Nose saa.. i.
thoughtful. expressman

3 a thoughtful expressman has de.
Eyised new kind Of feed bag, which
will be great relief to horses in Hot
weather. The bag consists OF q semi.
circular tin pan fitting over the
horses nose 70 90 to give him plenty
of air and yet holding enough oats
for q satisfactory mouth ul. The pan
IFS replenished from 8 loose sack
opening into one end and fastened ia
the horses neck below his Tvs: III
the oats do not run readily into the
pan, the horse has but To shake his
head to set them IN motion. This
particular expressman's horse has
quickly learned how to manage his
new nose-bag. Ss;s'
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12
"Touch" Was Queer.

Last week. said Job Hedges, 81
had the queerest touch to which ]
have even been subjected. A man
evidently in the last stages of con
sumption, came into my Office and
said:
You know -, mentioning a eli
ent OF mine who is in the undertaking
business.
II told him did.
well he said, he is holding an
insurance policy on my life for $50
It's a cinch that that policy will be
payable in a week CIR ten days at the
most. Meantime need $40. If you
will advance me $40 will give you
due bill against the policy. If you
can't collect in ten days you car
charge interest New York Times
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12

common, besides church, dozen or
more large and splendidly built brick
houses, great barns, dairy, a mill
and shops of various kinds. A thrift
tier or more Industrious class of peo-
pie never inhabited the earth. Nor
can this singular sect be surpassed in
exquisite cleanliness. The interior of
their homes. like the exterior, is Sc
verely plain, but clean and orderly to
the last degree.
The world of fashion gives them no
concern. for their dress is the same
year in and year out. In former years
they had a distinctive form of dress
for both men and women, and this
dress was very similar to that worn
by the old-time Quakers, and, while
this distinctive style of dress is no
longer adhered to rigidly the Shakers
always dress simply, and their Sunday
garb is Dlainest OF all.
Elder John Whitley, now an old
man of Sc, and paralyzed, has been
for great many years at the head
Of the community OF Shakers in Shir-
ley. He came from England many
years ago, and has been one of the
Shakers of Shirley about sixty years.
He is patriarchal looking old man.
with an unblemished record of char
acter. Father john" as they call
him now, can no longer direct the af-
: fairs of the community because of the
infirmity of years, but his faith is un-
shaken, and he still believes in al of
the claims of Mother" Ann Lee
The Shirley community has dwin-
died to little community of but ten
members, three men and seven WON
en-, and several of them have been
members of the community for more
than fifty years. There has been but
one addition to the community in the
past six years, and the youngest mem
Der must be nearly fifty years of age.
One of the most interesting build
ings at the Shaker settlement in Shir-
ley is the church, now more than 100
years old, and entirely unchanged in
all that time.
The main audience room is low-stud-
ded and entirely without ornamental
ton of any kind. There are the four
bare white walls with the woodwork
painted a dark green. Above are a
number of rooms in which the min
lister once lived, and the nearest
house is small brick structure which
was the minister's shop, for he worked
just as his, flock worked. Indeed.
every one works. in a Shaker com
munity. 81
In the year 1910 there, were as
| many as 5000 Shakers in the United
States, and it is doubtful if there are
one-fifth of that number now. One
of the largest communities is at Can.
terbury, n. III. where there are abou.
| 100 Shakers ~ sssi assss
The Shakers OF to-day are an hon.
est, Industrious and God fearingspeo-
pie, who regard purity Of character
and life Of usefulness and tsobriety
as of greater consequence thar any
worldly honor and glory. They are
extremely hospitable and charitable
and very gentle II spirit. They are
at peace with each other and with tile
world: They believe Al the sHfes ster
/ nal and. aS naeessit M Of ,ptspsriys TO,
that-lite sbsse hbslo n. VI tn Asdu Tue
and interesting sect, their numbers
are dwindling, but this does not &c
press them, for they seem ia 1--we Ii
an atmosphere into which none d
the cares and yexations Of this earthly
life can enter.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12

wonderful tale of how Christ had
appeared to her in the prison cell. and
that he had become one with her in
form and spirit. This went the
Wardleys one better, and Ann was
now regarded as the head or mother
OF the Shaker church. Ann main
tanned that it was made clear to her
in her vision that as there was neither
marrying nor giving in marriage in
heaven, so should there be none
among the true members of the house:
hold of faith on earth, and celibacy
became from that time very impor-
tant part of the. Shaker faith.
Finding that her claims as the
bride of the Lamb" were meeting
with a good deal of ridicule, Ann had
another revelation" in which it was
made plain to her that it was in
America that the foundations of the
church were to be laid. So it was
that in the year IVA Mother Ann and
seven Of her followers, five men and
two women, came to America. One of
the men was AIMS husband, but when
she insisted on introducing celibacy
into the church he rebelled and was
no longer one of the faithful. 1t is
said that he in time took unto himself
another wife.
Ann and her followers remained in
the vicinity of New York for some
time, and finally they purchased land
at Watervliet, N. Y, and settled upon
it, and there is TO this day in Water
vliet settlement OF the believers in
Mother Ann as the second Christ. Adj
ditions came slowly to the little com;
munity at Watervliet.
In 1879 a remarkable religious re-
vival began in the nearby town of
Lebanon and in other places. The
converts claimed to have had visions.
and they went into frances. Some of
them, notably Joseph Meacham and
Lucy Wright, went to confer with the
members of the little settlement of
Shakers regarding their visions. The
result was that Joseph and Lucy and
many others became firm believers in
/. Mother" Ann Lee, and society of
Shakers was established in New Leb-
anon, and this society also exists unto
this day.
| Within mile of the town Of Shir.
ley, in Massachusetts,, forty miles
from Boston. is little remnant of a
once fiourishing society of Shakers
| established in the year 1893 with a
membership of forty-four adults and
twenty-five youths and children.
Mother" Ann had visited this neigh
borhood several times before the
church was finally established. She
was the guest of a prosperous farmer
named Elijah Wildes, who eventually
donated hts farm as the nucleus of
the large possessions owned later by
the Shakers.
4 The Wildes house remained stand.
/ ing until two or three years ago. and
visitors to the Shaker settlement were
SHOWN the room in which Mother
I ann preached, and also the room in
which she was concealed one night
when q band Of men from the village
3 aRpearedS rat the farm bent on .mobbfne
! the heretical. Ann, whose doctrines
"A Mere regarded by some of the shir.
Klayites as little short of monstrous
II and evil to the last degree.
But Elijah Wildes -and his wife
chung to the new faith, and the shir
ley settlement finally grew into
prosDercu colony Of more than no
4 owning above $500 acres Of land n
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12
Worlds Production Of Cork.

According to bulletin issued by
the Chamber of Commerce of Cadiz,
the production of cork in Spain is
estimated at 2S,45O,716 pounds. That
of Portugal 32,515, 1o4 pounds. AL.
geria and other cork producing coun.
tries, together, about 2O.321 $40
pounds, making the worlds total an.
nual cork production 81,217,76
pounds. The export of cork in sheets
from Spain. in 1902 amounted to g..
$685. 400 pounds and in 1903 to $685..
082 pounds. The quantity of manu-.
featured corks for bottle stopping
purposes from Spain in 1902 amount
ed to 2,O32, 115,000, valued at 3O,347,.
900 pesetas, the figures for 1903 be.
ing 2,17s,456,0OO, valued at 32,677 900
pcsetas.
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1t was a woman who founded in
America that peculiar religious So
ciety known as Shakers, society
never very large in numbers, and now
SO steadily declining that some of the
Shaker communities in our country
have almost passed out of existence.
and there are but ten or twelve mem
hers left in some communities in
which there were once several hun
bred.
One cannot be long in a Shaker
community without hearing some
mention of Mother Ann" the long
ago departed high priestess of Shak-
erdom, who had special revelations
from heaven" and who was the head
OF the church in America until the
time of her death on the Sth of Sep
TENDER, in the year 1884. Ann Lee
was the daughter of blacksmith in
Manchester, Eng. She was born in
the year 1856. Her father was a poor
man with large family, and Ann
went to work in a cotton mill when
she was but child.
She grew to womanhood with al
most no education, but with liking
for power and authority. She had
ready tongue and plenty of native
ability. She claimed to have had
heavenly visions" and was in much
tribulation OF soul over the degener-
acy Of the world when she was but
IA years Of age. At this time James
and Jane Wardey, the latter having
received a CALI to go forth and tes-
tify for the TRUTH were creating con-
siderable interest in the religion Of
the Shakers. The Wardleys had been
Quakers before Jane Wardley be-
came prophecies, who had it re-
vealed to her that the second coming
of Christ was at hand and that his
second appearance would be in the
torn of woman.
Ann Lee was % years of age when
she joined the Shakers. She was at
this time married to man named
Abraham Stanley, blacksmith, and
had had three or four children, all of
whom had died. Even before her mar
riage Ann had been strongly inclined
toward belief in the necessity of
calibacy for those who would live a
truly spiritual life and receive the
highest divine blessing, and she it
was who finally made celibacy re.
quirement of membership in the Shak.
er Church. III Those who were already
married cDnld unite with the church
by living apart.
A woman Of greater force Of char
acter, and more powerful as preach
er. Ann Lee S0en exceeded the Ward
leys in power and authority, anu she
became the leader of the church. She
proclaimed the doctrines Of the Shak
ers boldly and loudly on the street:
of Manchester, and was finally ar
rested and sent to the Old Bailey pris
on for obstructing the highway II
Manchester She was thrust into
csll so small she could not lie dow
4 In it. Here she was kept without foo
\; for two weeks, and it was expected
that she would be dead When the doc
i was opened, but q young fellow 8
s. named James Whitaker, to whom
Annshad been kind for many years
\ III ssomg .W6y gaineds access ~
bailey, and supplied Ann With = mil
t.sre of wine and milk BY insertihl
the stem Of q tobacco pipe through
gs he keyhole of the door, SO sthat sil
y VA very much alive when released
q sWfien HE. came forth 1t was witt
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12

The divided spirit cannot do divine
service.
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Do Your Feat Aeha and Bump

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and
Bunions. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, CSC. Sample sent FREE. Adj
dress Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
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Jiggs-Oh. everybody has his ups
and downs.
Briggs-That's So. Just atxtpresent
I'm down pretty low because I'm hard
up.-Cassell's Saturday Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12

All that anybody needs to break into
society is gold drill with diamond
point.