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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1877)
I i i M BTOL I TRE VI.90K. BT LtZI CLCC IlAROr. la the primitive, days of oer jtrandfa hera time. When the fire-place, genial and orient, Ita cavernous rccestes glowing with flame. Filled the o)d-faliloned kitchen with Punt; Tney used orteu to gather at dote of the day, Ronnd the hearth stone, that altar of yore. But men of this modern and rlorlfltd age. Collect rouad-a bale In the floor. The grandfather tat in the chimney nook. i. In an old fashioned spllnt-lottomed chair. And aolemnly read from thr bleated old Hook, Then knelt with the household In prayer; Their altar the llme-honortd hearth-atone wi:b ajlearna Of the flre-Hnht flickering o'er. V modernt an worship 'n'ath fresco and gas. Our altar a bole In the floor. When from the old brartb-itone the children went forth To Join In the soul-thrllllng atrlfe And wlo therr.slves laurels or valiantly brave The buffeting urge t lite. Then with world-vtarled hearts yearning aadly for reat. They wonld seek the old hearth-Hone once more: But we. when aweary with toll and oppreased, Br turn to the hole In the floor. When the tumult of war overshadowed our land And oui forefather rushed to the fray. To repel the Invrders that threatened ihelrhomes. Leaving mothers arid daughters to pray The thoughts of their hearthstones gave strength to their arms And thrilled their brave hearts to the core. But our heroes when called on tbilr homes to de fend, Mast fight for a hole In the floor. Then let us rejoice that we live In an age When Instead of tho lieartli-gtone't. bright glow. Or the cavernous fife place cherry with flames, We have "modern Improvements," you know. And when we converse of those primitive times. And the Jolly old customs of )ore. We will laugh as you think of their oid-fathloned ways. As we alt round the hole In the floor. fcrl!ner for January (Url-a-ISrar.) SPECTRAL SHADOWS. Without, tho wind howled dismally and tho raiH beat upon the window frames; within, the fire burned cheer fully, and the flickering flames cast gaunt shadows upon the wall. Seated beside the glowing embers, a young man of twenty-two, with his face buried in liis hands, rocked softly to and fro. To him the firelight's warm glew was nothing, for tho howling wind witlimit wjis in accord with the heart beating in his br&ist. As Waiter Mehner sat thus to-night, he was thinking over his life. Or phaned at an early age, he had been thrown upon tho bounty of a stem uncle. So long as tho small amount left by his father lasted, ho was wel come beneath Hugh Gatheric's roof; but when the last penny had passed into the schoolmaster's hands, his uncle gave him to understand his welcome went with iL Thus he went out upon the world a youth of nineteen, and strove to woo the fickle goddess Fortune. Enter prising and bright, he had secured a position and occupied it for the space of three years. .But now he had lost it The firm was about to give up business, and so Walter found himself penniless and alone in the great city, amid win ter's chill, and with hundreds of able bodied men thrown out of work and idling away their time while their families staived. lis had written to his firm friend and former schoolmate, Frank Lyle, and implored him to se cure him a position among his father's many factories. When he left school Fiank had said: "When you are in trouble, Walter, come to me;" and so he had written. Four days had gone past and still no answer came. Night af ternight Walter had wrapped upon the landlady's door and inquired for letters; but none always that one cry. True, this night he had seen only the niece of the housekeeper, but she would know surely if there were any, and she shook her head when he asked. Some what sadly, he thought, as if she, child as she was, were sorry for him. During the idle time he had passed all his ready money flew, and now he could see before him only a grave in the snow-bank with the bleak Decem ber wind howling above him. Was it to be wondered, then, that his heart lay like lead in his bosom; that despair filled his soul, and a thousand horrible thoughts filled his mind? Every gust of wind, every drop of rain seemed to murmur in his ears--Kill! kill!" No, no! He could not do that; he would starve, die, rot in the streets ere his hand should shed the blood of a fellow creature, to keep life within him self. Then the ghostly shadows limned by the firelight upon the plaster seemed to take voice and murmur in turn, "Die! die!" Ah, but how? True, there was the river, beneath whose icy surface forget fulness and oblivion held sway. A dozen times had he turned toward the swollen stream, and a dozen times, as he-beheld the great blocks of ice hurled hither and thither by the raging tide, he had turned away again. No; he could not drown himself. Life was too sweet a morsel to cast aside, even then. Lower and lower sank the fire, and now only a forked tongue of flame, now and then shooting upward from between the blackened logs, showed that the wood still burned. "What shall I do?" he asked, as he raised his head. "Am I to die thus? Am I to starve in this great city ?" Over and over again he asked him self the question, until his brain was on flTP. With a sudden resolve, born of ex citement, he rose from his seat and glided towards the rickety wash-stand in the corner of the room. Pulling out the sliding drawer, he took out a mas ire, elegantly mounted revolver, and turned it over. God forgive me!" he ejaculated, 1 can no linger endure it" He had raised the deadly weapon to his head, when a knock upon the door apprized him of some one's approach. With pale face and gleaming eyes he hastily concealed the pistol, and an swered the summons by "Come in!" 3ie door swung open and the pon daroualorm of Mrs. Murphy, the land lady, stepped into the room. "Efjez plaze,sur" she began, "whin yet kirn in this blistid avening yez did ax little Mary Ellen, as is me sister's rist her sowl! own daughter, aaef there waz ony letther for yes; and the child bless her purty eyes says no says she. Av coorse she didn't know ony betther, seein' as she was out whin the postmon kim; and seein' as I was't in whin yez arrived yezel'. Here it is, plaze yez, sur; an'ef yezisgoin' terstay ony longer, yer rint must be paid to morry!" She banged the door after her and waddled down the carpetless stairway Hastily tearing open the envelope, Walter scanned the well-remembered writing. "Bless the dear old fellow ! he cried "I knew he wouldn't forget rne. What's this? another paper a money order for twenty-five dollars in advance! God bless his dear old heart!" Casting on the remaining log it soon caught fire, and by its genial light he read the fol lowing: "Clinton, December 28, 13. Dear Old Walt: Your letter received. Why did you not write sooner? Of course the governor can find a place for you. He's as jolly as a skylark for worse luck! he has married again a woman fairer than a lily and more lovely than a siren ; but a snake. Walter, a poison ous snake! I have little more to say, save that Andy White, our dear old chum, was found dead on his couch about a month ago at his home in Clair ville which, apropos, was the home of my stei-mamma. Accompanying this you will find a Post-oflice order for twenty-five dollars (825). which I trust will be sufficient to defray your ex penses to our home. Ever your friend, Fkank J. Lylk. "Hurrah! cried Walter, waving the letter above his head ; "Thank heaven, I'm saved from a suicide's fate. I'll start to-morrow for Clinton bless old Frank! The dark clonds have drifted asunder, and the saphire sky shows clear beyond." He was as good as his wcrd. The early train found him nestled amid the cushions and speeding along like the wind. All day long the train dashed along; now through a dark tunnel, under the leafless trees through whose sear boughs the winter wind howled dismally; un til, just as night was stealing over the earth, they shot into the depot and halt ed. The guard flung open the door of the car and bawled aloud : "Clinton!" and then sped away. Uttering a sigh of relief, Walter rose from his seat and emerged into the open air. Hardly had his feet touched the plat form than his hand was siezed in a hearty grasp, and a jolly voice cried out: "Hello, Walter, eld boy!" "Why, Frank!" "All his bundlos were dropped, and his friend's hand clenched in a hearty grip. "Home," said Frank ; "the carriage is waiting to conduct you to the house your home henceforth ; you are father's secretary now." A great lump rose in Walter's throat, and tho briny tears gathered in his eyes. "O, Frank!" was all he could murmur as he was hurried into tho carriage, and driven rapidly away. "And so poor Andy White is dead,' said Walter, when they were comfort ably seated. "Yes," returned Frank, "and died in such a mysterious manner. His body was found, as I wrote you, lying upon the couch close by the open window and on his breast a hundred stems of tube roses." "1 don't understand," said Walter, be wildered. "Surely the tuberoses did not kill him." Ah! but they did, though. Dr. Kay mond was called in, and testified to the fact He stated that half the number lying upon his breast was sufficient to produce suffocation when placed in such close proximity to the nostrils. It was never known where he got the flowers from, and for what; but it is quite evi dent he had fallen asleep with them on his breast and they had stolen his life But here we are home. Jump out!" Leaving the vehicle, they proceeded into the house, where Walter was duly introduced to all the members of the family, with the exception of the bride, who was complaining of a headache, and so, did not leave her room. Walter was up with the lark, and in wandering through the conservatory he saw hidden away in a warm, secluded corner a tuberose in full bloom. Pluck ing one of the blossoms he pinned it to the lapel of his coat and proceeded toward the breakfast room. As he entered the room, he beheld a woman beautiful as an angel bend ing over Mr. Lyle's stately form. It seemed to Walter that he had never before beheld such a vision of loveli ness. Rising from his seat, Mr. Lyle introduced the lady as "My wife, Mr. Melmer." She smiled exquisitely as she bowed her acknowledgement to the introduc tion, but ere the smile had framed itself upon those coral lips, it faded away in horror. Her face became pale as ashes and her witching dark eyes glared vacantly. With one bound she reached Walter's side, and wrenching the blossom from his coat, she hurled it upon the oaker floor and ground it beneath her satin shod foot "For heaven's .sake, Mr. Melmer never bring one of those blossoms into my presence! I loathe them, yet I know net why." Walter felt embarrassed, but the re turning smile to her lips soon set him at ease. The meal passed away without fur ther interruption, and Walter began his duty. All day long he pondered over that episode, and, at night, seated in his chamber, he could not drive it from his mind. Seated by his couch, he heard the clock toll the hour of midnight, and as the last clang of its iron tongue died away into silence, he was startled by footsteps in the ball, outside his door. The first thought flashing across his excited brain was "Roberts!" Walter wax no coward. Blowing out his light, he stepped softly to his door and swung it open noiselessly. Peering into the deep gloom, he be- held a sight that froze his blood with horror. Gliding like a ghost along the de serted hallway her snowy night-robe fluttering softly, while her glorious wealth of golden hair fell around hr like a shimmering veil he saw the form of Maud Lyle, his friend's step mamma. Close held in her jeweled fingers, she clutched a weight of tuberoses, whose deathly perfume filled the midnight air. Hovering above her head, with clasped hands and gleaming eyes, he be held the wraith of Andy White. Nearer and nearer drew the specter to the woman, until clasping her wrist in its airy grasp, it led her toward the roof. In a moment Walter's mind was made up. Quickly awaken iag Frank, the twain ascended the stairs leading to the house-top, and emerged into the air in time to see the specter ere it had faded into space. With a sigh the somnambulist re traced her steps, followed by the two men, until her chamber door hid her from their view. Pale as ashes, Frank looked at Wal ter, who met his glance with the in quiry: "How do you make it out?" "I have thought her bad, but never a murderess." "I do not understand." "Maud Lyle was once the betrothed wife of Andy White. Thy quarreled and parted over a simple girl. This is well known. Yet until this hour I did not suspect poor Andy died foully." "What reason have you for believing this?" asked Walter. Frank turned quickly. "His shadow following close upon her footsteps, and her abhorrence of the llowers by whose fatal perfume he died. Let us retire now. By this hour to morrow night ray father must be a wit ness to these shadows." At the breafast table they met again, and after the bride-wife had left the room Frank began his tale. Of course, Mr. Lyle pooh-poohed the idea as preposterous too outlandish for belief; but nevertheless, half an hour before midnight he passed into Walter's room, and waited the hour s approach which was to reward this strange sight. As tho great clock struck the first chime of midnight's witching hour his frame shook like one in a fit of ague. Eleven, twelve, the iron tongue pro claimed, and, as the sound died slowly away, again the footsteps pressed the carpeted hall. Swinging open the door, Frank pointed into the darkness where the ghostly form led the sleeping woman towards the roof. A great sob broke from the old man's lips as he followed the younger men into the wake of the vision. "Hist! ' cried Frank, as they emerged upon the roof, "she is speaking." "Soft, soft," cried the somnambulist Tie sleeps; she shall not tear him from me! thy perfume, rose, shall steal the life I love. So, so, they rest upon his breast Ha, ha, ha! no flower as sweet as tuberoses below!" Chuckling to herself, she stepped upon the stone coping circling the roof, and called softly: "Andy! Andy!" As he heard the cry, Mr. Lyle shook like a leaf, and grasped his son's arm for support Again the sleeper called upon the specter, and out ot the dark ness it stepped toward her, bearing in its bony fingers a hundred withered steins of the tuberose. As he beheld the decayed blossoms, Mr. Lyle uttered a shriek of horror and staggered back. The cry awoke the sleeping woman, and, with a piercing scream, she tottered and fell over into space. They heard the body crashing down through the leafless trees, and then with a dull thud, it struck the frozen earth, and even as Maud Lyle's dying shriek rent the midnight air, the wraith of Andy White faded away forever. Down in the old churchyard in a quiet, shady spot, the body of the beau tiful murderess lies in repose; no flower blossoms upon her grave, for, e'en as tho plants bud, they wither and decay. Long years have almost erased her face from the old man's memory, but hidden away he keeps a withered bunch of those fatal flowers, the sole remem brance of those terrible shadows. N T. Mercury. Morphia Disease. The Abuse of Narcotics la Modern So cietyTerrible Coaseqaeacee. The vast abuses of narcotics in mod ern society is becoming, the London Lancet remarks, a serious eviL There is no denying the fact that in countries where no administrative control of chemists' shops exists, as in England and America, the public have too easy access to such drug3. The report of the Medical Officer to the Privy Council on the use of laudanum in the industrial districts of England, for the purpose of keeping infants quiet, startled its readers some years ago. Itisnotlonf since a weekly political cotemporary boldiy contended that chloral was to be found in the work-boxes and baskets of nearly every lady in the "West End, "to calm her nerves." Chloral punch had become an "institution" in the drinking saloons of New York scarcely a year after its introduction to medical prac tice. Now we hear from sober, orderly and paternally ruled Germany, that there is such a thing as morphia dis ease spreading among its population. The easy application of subcutaneous injections, left to the patients them selves or their attendant by indulgent practitioners, has proved so tempting to persons afflicted with bodily or men tal pain that they have taken to habitu ally practicing them, and, of course, as J in the case of the continued nd un controlled internal ue of opium, nlco hoi or chloral, the effect soon K-comln weaker, the dot h. bttn Incrvswed. ' and, in some xus relat- I by the pby- j sician of the private tnarso de saa;e at I Berlin in the Klin. Wo civxhrift, J reached the amount of from weive to sixteen grains per diem. Th ajtot toms seemed to be very inu h like those of opium eatiag. One ladytook to morphia injectkms. after she had become acquainted with their effect in an attack of gallstoae colic during the French war, when the anxiety about ber male relations in the field weighed too heavily on her mind to stand the mental stress. After she bad practiced the soothing operation four years her face showed a grayish leaden hue; the pupils became the size of a pin's head. Violent shivering! after the type of tertian fever, hypedisthesia and neu ralgia, dislike for meat diet great weak ness, inability to pursue any continued occupation, existed, with unimpaired intellect and memory in the well-educated and clever patient She was cured in the space ot four weeks by gradual deprivation of the drug. If patients subject to this kind of disease become aware of their state they are apt to change it into alcoholism. The wife of a medical man who saw in a book on materia medica that alcohol was con sidered an antidote for morphia, be came a confirmed drunkard. The author observed four similar cases. In two other cases the patients committed suicide, and two died from marasmus. These last four had refused medical treatment The task of the physician seems to be always a very difficult one, as it is impossible to wean these patients from their habit unless they are treated like prisoners, searched before admis sion to the hospital or aick room, put under the guard of attendants inacces sible to bribery, and cut off froui all communication with the outer world before the critical time has passed. The most highly educated and otherwise respectable will tell any amount of lies and pet jure themselves to procure the accustomed poison. Like dipsomania and opium eating, the morphia dise;isc degrades the moral character. Remarkahle Coincidence. A Pennsylvania paper relates the fol lowing: "A week or two since, a gentleman who resides in this vicinity went to Philadelphia and put up at a hotel, and while resting after tea in the reception room, overheard two gentlemen con versing in regard to a trial then in pro gress hefore one of the courts in that city. Ourueighhor learned from this conversation that a man had obtained money on his wife's property, the wife giving a mortgage. The money was spent in dissipation, the wife became a raving maniac, and was confined in the asylum where she now is ; the husband died, and the children of this unfortu nate couple were furnished with a guar dian by the court, who was maintaining the suit, then being tried, against the holder of the mortgage, on the ground that the wife was not of legal age when the instrument was executed. The gen tleman knew that a niece of his, who left this vicinity when a child, had married a man of the same name 113 the one mentioned as having squandered his wife's patrimony, and concluded to investigate. He made his way to the court house the following morning, and to his intense surprise aud gratification was the very person needed to establish to a certainty the age of the unfortu nate woman, and to save to her worse than orphaned children property valued at.$2,500. Lutheran Observer. The Boy Who Didn't. The boy who didn't get a present in bis Christmas stocking was around the Postoffice yesterday. lie said he didn't care, but yet when the other boys were displaying their candy dogs, tin whis tles, and climbing jacks, one could see a shade of envy cross his face. "I'd have been all right, only 1 couldn't stand sass," he explained. a pair of skates for "I think dad had me, but when I went home that night he began to blow around and gave me sass about not splitting any wood. 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IWThe hnrse Is one of the noblett and most useful of animals, and his owner should guard his health as carefully as he woulu hl own Uncle Sam's Condition l'owder Is the beat mcd. cine for hor dlseasnsof alt kinds. "Homo sweet hom," is much swifter where Dobbins' Klertric Soap, (madcliy Oragin A Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.) i-5iisti. labor, clothes and temper are preserved by its use. Trial shows its merit. Have your grocer tret iL It la now admitted by Oortora. DnifffU's am' runture.1 people that IIOWK'S SIMtlVO I'M' I5KI.T TRUSS Is the heat and easle.t known. The Factory la atCo'indi "inrs, Iowa. nx jj'.il. Wormln horses c.r he cured bv thu use Uncle Sam Condition l'ow ter. of Are you fufterlnir with a cold, roua-h or an hronohlal complaint? ir so. jro to your drnjrirl.r and tret a bottle of Ellerfs Kxfrart or Tar and Wild Cherry It Is the best known remedy tar all such complaints. Sold bv all tlrtiggUu. in MCH1 Of'lOii'itMli lr l te rnerrt nn in an eaten of aehex and pains try RHerf. "ayllKht Llre-Ftt. Korernptlve illne-ft of tee mn. plmoles and othee. Vaett-ieit th trriattt rrneir, at jt re nttveii from the system th profuelnir cant. EAST AXnIBSOUTII TAKK TIIK HMEIVJ It iathuphnrtest. qnlckeat and only linn ran jlritr Through Coachea from Ilnrllnrton ami ICock lalttntl to lllooinlnartori. C'hampais;n, UaiiTillo. In(llarjH(Killa and Cincinnati. fltbont chanpetir additional charge, and honr jjkdvancfl or other routes. Tbeonlv direct route to Lonlarllle. NitaliTlIlr, ChattanoocM, Atlanta ami all point South. The .Shortest Line and Oulckeat Tlmn via Inillanapolle. to Columhua, Nirrk, Zaneavllle. Wbeelln, Italllmore, WmsIs Insrton. rittaburjr, Fhlladelphla,w York anil ltoaton. The bvet roate to ClereUnd. rtufTalo Nlacura Kalla, Albaar. and all w Knar land Cities.' Ifyoawantto make aqutrlctrip to Ttilona. Mattoon. Terre Ilante, KvunaTllIe. vin ceases, Lafafette, and all poiute la Soathen: Illinois and Ir.tllk.na. take the X. 13. cA3 7 . X-.TNJni 1ULLMAN SLKKFKRS are ran en rrmintr train from Uurllnptin and Poorla to Indlaaaiwlla. rARLOKCA IW with hute Itootn and Ko clpilnz Chain are run on evening train from Bock island and Peoria to Indianapolis aad Cin cinnati via 'Jaolltnn. yGet Toar Tickets by the X. :B. "7Tm Routo ! It belac the only line ruanlnr through vvlthoat chancea of care. GEO. B. WKK.HT, Kecelver. JNO. W. BROVv'.S. Uea'l pM9 .AT.j A, For rami era. sawmill Owner. et. Pnc irons ! -p. A boy can aTlnd and keep In order. Ada,iid to any kind of sniuble power. Mano factnred by .NpRDTKi; A MAlUtOX CO In alanapolta. Indiana. MVe Always Go to the A born Honse wnn DESMOFVES, IOWA, BBCACax IT TH Best xx tlxo Olty. PRICES REASONABLE.' Osaalbases Rca to au Trains, Ibe proprietor la G. B. BROWN. cnrrsAL isfikvakt. DBS. CULBERTSOX &ATOX For treatment or tne bTTK. RAK, and CA f TARRR. and dtaeases ofi tlea. IRTIviPiT. vieJ xne hkab and Defarral- iAKTu. reea ror references. WasT WASHivores 6tkxxt. Iadiaaan- ona. Indiana. J. B. BILLINGS, V anufaezsrer ar.d Wboleaale Dealer la COPPER IHD SHEET IRON WARE! Freased aad Jacacaed Ware. Rars and XetaU. Baalda. Iowa. Ware, aad Table Glaaa 34 Iowa A venae, cedar OPIUM HABIT CURED AT HOXP. N pabllcttr. Time short. Teras tsoderate. Le? teatneonials. Ierrlt eaae OR V. E. wTt On'eev wi-lran r-ULATtONertBe xw haaa wita 1 tef&eca tftvUetvaU eaaawafmatiiaa e H IsltB a fBBMH H paHBleW e9 BtaaiBBs!aKC Q3 sPKlPPiv L-r-. Wb-Hst1 SEXES' Wrejaaaeaam. aauaatsataa. caay.wsa . SBtswas CaaTOJtTOBTfcCi3 Caaveirt I rtrrw r r tit M, WITMOIT TAIC ?--- l v '- . " !. pstk. Xfr J K . 3- " n4 j J &?- rr frt ' K J. S (!" t ul wn t r . i . r k-twu tuniti i !- ! Vr: rr-r I tr'- rfr4 I r!lM tll rj'l ll'. J IkJ'ft.&i.wli, lvJ r4f fri ft. It, .a' 1)C MUIMA IT DODOKUaaKlUW Tratai NtA. , l.Ta. i 'a m, i ey. 1 - U t ! It l n t. A1IIT1 t H a. At ii n IaJla L-. Vtstra Ml i I R-va. at. t i 1MJ r rvrrr 1 t J J S IWJtWUM r : i a II a ra. z ! j is - at art lie Trl are r ClUew roTtaAt ! Ve. Oitca. K tiltnJ m -aae. at-J le Kia Jk tfclSei Kallrk4v AtOratut Ja&rtloawUa tke C&MM t3 writers Hallway At It. t0e wttb tfce !IHiel Cra "wa UKOKMC W wt!tVIK. Ore TWket aaU ; I We. 3loln A Minneitn. Narrow Gauajre. Three rtrt-C! Trln Ke VTy Illy Ixtareu IH MI1M nl Ar. roOBectta cloe 4 ftfj.e ' 1 f"ae- TTaini ot. Ihe t wi UoJ NirMTi It H. lattenrrr far IKA JOI.NK aaU all pwt Hoath ran Je ir Ttij.i. ninton. X a. ta IVIif Kapldk. a. m Karihallloon. I lap, m. Mo Val Jnsc $a.m. OranJ J one I p. 10. Arne. ISNta msmt rattss. riiMn, i aiv n llr Ka(u4. tv m MarnaliUn.U ak aa. Vu. at Jnae 3a, )ranl Jaar.. it U p, ca. AttM, I 'W C Arrtat Pet Molae arrive at ls Mel are )Np.m 4 u. a. m A met Aff(imiowll'nnlrtM a met at a m TtatBi leave te Maine Mail aoU rapf, '.: vj h to inn AceomeaodaUod, I . m. Ma-ht Klpres . lejon m lia aMT5 I!. It. Kat V Mutttea for l iH)ln's Noutn .-r fu. Vnitu.' It. I A r ixt and "oaiovnt Ke.k A t I .(iv. L a wtwa. kl taiila av luf ImI .V-ttbwrt I a suae - a. w- ' - " " mmm w " a J. J. NMAUT, 0.i ,,pi. PENSIONS AHE PAID KvtfT XU' ta .t. in I nc tl c II ?Mf A a ( client cr Ctheric WOIMI rfany l '1 tKs I tt I i I'lniferitTee.ni te' stcf ai I.,-, a Ul f. Tl Itself t at t tM. ce4 J tl n I'tcatetl l.tlllgw tr s nrlrotc elu inc i(-ir not . r. U t!iv:htrirj(r -,- i4,i.urir t or rjiitf, Ua'tt f;ipuua ly. rjvt. I a tuatpt tit i tyt( i'tnuxi 4 k.-aiy A-tt AJdmt all Irllrrt to p.arirsaEaULD. V S. C it.m Acnl. Indlansp. Cllj, Ind. a-tlu a I I'lt'ra rtark P0 1" 3.aei X ' I e- Rnoui with Heart. I without Uoar.i, tl Ul to taiirant In tho Wcti. tr ' a da life a ilay a oat Re 4'oraer of Liskte aai tlearaarn nit.' linxt Hotel In CIIICAOO. SEEDS. PErmnnn -m-.lv r--ir choice Book Free ni8Era'.ed DUlm ITuu Fieri Ittli, I BEST S CHEAPEST IN AMERICA. UK .mum:v KrKl'N'nKn. Warranted best In the nd for free hoot world lowest I'Meet K. II Mil M AV Korkford 111 Gii.i.rvi ARDEXQI nt tki WM Iiu lO DUIF not llI v HerTt e; r,i anil a lu) other Items ari'l -'.niij jetr I'o.t ptlU. to ny Mlilrets -e yonrrtu.e ac J aitirest ti a jxjtUl rar). en1 we wilt ti- ji.u a al'Kl ISIKN OI'V KIll.Kof eharre AMret. A. TKOTII. SlKUUnrvt'lk, MKMr-IIIM. MO IMPORTANT TO ALL. ncirni Irzu wnt ti nkt mki.m. send two i rent stars t. r. rAi.siK t .. 401 Ntrth Clark M , (.H Iras' wk rrns'isii our. patiions with LETTER HEADS, STATEMENTS, BILL HEA1S, Cap and Folio Post, PKINTIXG IXK, AT LOWKR KATKS THAK A.VY OTllIHi II OUSK CAN IX) IT. SVXlf IS YOl R OKTiKIl IOWA PIMNTING CO Mrs. Dr. Keek's Catarrh Remedy IvoTBpora. Nosyrlncee. o douches. 50 pain No snnff. No ezhort.itan: tr. Attention to al tbo tronblM witn Catarrn and Consomptloa an other special rtlteaaea, to call on Mra. (n Keck the celebrated Catarrh and Consntsptlon HpectaJ 1st. Her treatment la attracting treat attentlot wherever abeaoee. 5ae traa :Se woret vt eawe. Mbe cordially Invitee oae and aiL Treatment frw atouroSc. nrcnlarr alvic foil lafwrraailea sent. Addreaa all eesnircnieatlont to MILS. UK. KKCX. ill Rradj street Divuriiir. Iowa. MONEY leai la Isea, atoetera latrasae, staae XstrtlseresMera ateaweirv. Opon improved rains 'cassis of Mew sad er ward, for a tens tt I to S yean; tstereetac f ereeax. payaoiesrmni aaaany. Choice Iowa krics of tjOOO acd apwarrl. aade at 9 per cat.. lstl. CHOOt, BONDS WANTXD. Apply to MCKVTAX TCLLKTS) rvmaeti Kln7t tows A VICTIM'S WAbUTIXG! Core and Advtc to Toctur Wen and otters & soler fro a; Berveate alltltr. I.e ef aa- kesvslJ etc A copy mailed fer two etaaape. Ad- j res urn- j. js. vtssiu. at raiwa isw.ttv or k. V. O. Box . AND riirrCLA pweitlvsty eoret smS oat pain or use ot of knife, ttcatare mnnitlr a arrstsr CCKKllK wr JuU PAT. WItb sattente from a AUtaee we will co-tract to pay all traveflsa; aad oi&tr ex penses ir we fall te effect a radical rare. N ebarge for mascltadoa or cxasBlsatloa. WINFI A SHIT MW JCJaf SHosttrwt Oil XTED IlBSDIaTSLTf 1 raor vonnz aseg sad woeaefl tolearc V Taxi fee at; xaxEoaarKT fzeall salarr wblle US stamp. HXMy Ollkuv. owio. 3d-( EauaTaeea. lVf V .-. -, ,tUt m taaa CaCVr. aetr CUriA l'l4C.riai. V avtlKVtrarentTreata4E.rt. The Bryant A Stratton Ufcinje- 3aaa fcii-z: ni Kmra !nnn. No. foclb MerldUts ftreer TXIs old etaV lU&edcbeo! ass la its raealiy Ibe bes bojk keeper, tb- Lett peraaa. te isost arresFMsArd lelerrapb operator. acJ sort-alv tre rreatrtt of lr-isa-a&rt-ba-4 writer. ed for Ctrrstar and becosae accsal&ted wti as. Xi.a,V Av HJCXT. I kH Mr) Ail rlf 3 iHaTlHlaTM Mi . - lifeaaBE:li i CiMBl4wS9nHapl I VtaU.-waw Batl-2jaCtaH iVBB r mtra -e'-ejae.:4'"3My MfntfJn . ilr'tT' "' rt-.S3EiBBawt I T flo ri llfiM Notice to Plislers. mm a si iocs rssrsswtq. rr,, sy .At.'.i i. .. ..-.- luriibi prartlrSBa-. Ad4re I , fTeiTO C yOS 17 twatrkMtatij u. & MAIL! Alt rrHt ! lrrt4 fry all wit rrfft Stwtu Uf tetr jiftai. hj 4r4r!ft ft rltie 4 iirTtr rtekej5 jf ei ft aay e. DK. TOWXSEXJVS OXYGENATED AIR! CATARRH ! '? - lea;-; a ts in ar ?al t e A t a j f f 4 a . a'3 l a 4 e t tae k f t r ' ke IJraA t ' T & re- wfelsa cats ar tt4t. aoJ wr Hktx a nrsr I k ITT t t-a e p t i eta tv Ma k I r,;ar-4 .lselk ywnr ' U a : iar tt t a f i i"S Bronciaitis! vrtt) y t' tae nai -toiiMtiWit, Tae U.a tu-es are tapir aarf4ar t art ar t laa t.4i til riertMja THAT at ' !' a i t( read -.. are Invt.eJ t c -'t r w.. seat al e iJ fr oer are a a fee 4 . at 4 If y e 'kBttfatlr I itraiie. 1 f.. .t 4 fv rrr seal fre ! ar tleas. w ja a-te te brw t Z'ASTHMA!-- i'fcy beaut Attn -as a Meiivus er i& Itrettf atal X . aa r r I linnt.uo tn trrUaitu t I f wasas meenvraae Dal t ta ischial TMKea t'a ti uiittM Air ae fi d reek aa4 we wib oatraat a (ire. " WK OCAltkNTEETO 1 1 nit .oaB. t oil t) pin aria, rne- n a. uraila. aol aettty all olker severe stla ks wbau alt tar rtstIle tvAra ta4ln4! hm r4 eaae el JaWiiHMHHi BBBVHiBBfJSBBrJBPlBrJBrSBrJBMB I in he mtrtt way I e kut C4I4 lix'tff rtwt, aj-ne (t'.mV 'j 4 vac 1 e t1 aH -t'4t t -lhr s he. t ! bra CoDsnmpt'oa ! e Mr m- I a n t i r r r l a wr.iwii t n air rae. t lir I 7 a I K " Styrt afa.l 4 ! ner nuip a t e( t rj of te m afe r 'u v ton had b 11 t I aia'rtt Wa I)jet!a4 Alf f tl If fee 1 BLOOD ! DISEASES Ir Tewnen4eOi teena e5 Air sin part f r t e i 1 Is wee. 'h tj th" t mkal aay sr k rna4y jii niiii ktiiti i Uiki n e-ti-t Air CANCERS ;j.irf.Tj tir-t t tea r a 1 1 ea ttl w t I . I r ee . a i ael 'h ' A at It It f.if . e.l '.' elU'ftVv Ii biIim ef ta i.art. I It ! -t It, ir t Ins ret tit a. a it, tteait evert fttar a. In let if tbe tiwv4 li. 4 fr. & fin, I be 'art I', tke Im at, ta4 its i .re in.g-tt t .h la'ii lt 'i r n n yH (iv'ltt IV, ' 9.1 H h. . r r a wet ''( s-a t ' "Mm la ha ul i : - tki Itl rn i t TUMORS! M i nvu w c r tiiawi r very l.l - f !! IS xsl, W 1 1 1 rr ' e.1 - J te tt iv at t t f ., i trfrt ny pert n with lac e r inert II . f r tett . i Iron t " e e warrant i r. Im kel-t teat ( .V.M.Park.M.U.. -:v.';.vr;:?: ' ll. ulllll '' ItT i r in u T i I " 'iMifuN r m a ' a r v. 'a & V p 111 J ta VI I'i 'e!f"-i i la i-h'J hat beau to I H- J. it. ., i j ar I ait M-.vr Imfo. ( . S t ;t I a I -nd. til ft.ra t tt, a i Htw l. .'and l& .i M f 4 t . ! tariff '; sure of i -trots an T h' fl b intrv. tket earve 'hit Jpar'iaa af iaa itHle f anr li'.h remeilj a A44rtt alt IvHtrt aa aaralafara E. F. TOWNSEND.M. D., 122 Hub Mrrrt, froitwrncr, R. I. Khvslelans witMhf te Ideate in seana tewa ar eitr lit inn mi- 'tett. eaf rrktti aI .Itkttr rttory end our i i'tt httxi t-r atvrMslae the seas. tj aitdrcst U( at aixtta. Caution! TTiere are fiaprtc'lpled prstas Is fttaa ane eiiewherethat Hf flir up a HIHIt H UQCttl ant trytny to r a u t a a MT Tae trwaar ! OlfKtnt .J A r M( t'ml It t a l.ta b, ae ton- e-enu e jf.vvi lie r it Ilt TOItii iKMIt tiXTOl.NATKI' Alll" abb swws is ewTTLB tb roaraair on La a at. L.lk'ks t'LI-wkftA.N I iAl,1, OPr 'TgELr ' !-" I r rr r-ai. aa twfv'Jjlr-1 6Jt b5v4 ileeire ! ll. a-at ff ffta Irvapej. U. MplrtAl ta I'aralrtN, M n t at 1 Ilerar.r.e'rtent. Hn er-l Ileblltfr. . iinwirs k i- n i v u TAI tir.LT TltUtl I'-r ta tr4-M,i s .1 mm of -are -t he Bla, ptlxnU4 Mvtk l. t"C o"y a-tntin- trees vr lavaita Cvrtj phytllai cor t ii ov tv1ri!ltU aTltatstsbt It Is at eattir wm aa a pair or tnti n! ltBl)r fiUtitfit t wear alit asi ay Kerv4 tS.'"- 'or ssmpta trt eireniar. ar.dofthe ldlrr pTt'flaat In the P.tMed !Stataai ,.iri.iu-ni oi laiarjja wot aave t- rtt riooio ;n rin hviot awl tir wi irrB. Orenry M-tteal v.. All rnnnpai or 11 unit say It Is tbe n.i Tratt k a iar ructur n k smii nawn. It hu enrwl vfel'TTniprtr. r ft llejrv il ! Vfs? fr oaf a!ae is njjrtar1 unotti side Vj twt r-.aa bea tot 24 years, tot &'l3er f. t , timcjkT ewe. Ibt thi m mr BiTt 1 onir tct tt'waa s far & r-or toaji others yet paten:., taat it isr its as estjtM'thet rpTKr.i, t0 'trrj Jl'jae aa4 Ta ritory In tte f'n'oav W raake uim er Mess. Weaa.a,i'll'hlMrea who are dal.y Maatlsa Hr flow far ait wo.tOCRrrL inMTIO" Ifyoabave a frlejtd rptrej.da felt a laaftaa favor by eendlay n b.'i earn at . a44;isi IIOWF TKU.MH CO., tin 1 1 70, COUNCIL IILUKFS. IOWA. HOME COOK BOOK MO r VALUABLE A?sO ILCCAlTr tXTAhf IOOO"''5 a-e-. . yMmii t .i.t. 4 "v nf .;,-, tkKi i tv s " ' t -"-a. JC.m ta . no f. ,f 1 w a. t-toln) Pm Jt v M . , jM -M.. f at f -- " t' -- i e , vSi tt m ea w. FOB MOII.LM. PATTKKN.H, sp-tal wt r.zrrrw-'at Mfcrblaerv. a ail ! reacs.ee. add rt 1IIU 4 sKBriKf'SOV. irttr4. lit. AGENTS WANTED r.Yznrvrur.tt.ic I sail tiataraca'a raitat er.lr il Blr.l'h.rt Aad lrvala( Most perfert.dsrabte aid '? Irvsfaj tar-I U tbe cri4. Sui Iv evren f um. et. CRErtC 4 KfUt OSew t La ftai.e C IUxs t Calca-x. CATARRH.- i arid If ye r aartl w ta.s aotera .;rf w3 fc a v t rla-J ail ? o ca.et s4 ra ca ree" wi ii. st strassttt raU.r ei iot intriitar DK. we." .a Ki- BAii ir.f.Alr..-r c elara. r,cAa,aovrxca3'-T'.r'aica ii w c a ff tww Koo- t 7J- Xaatsoe sr-t CKICa'oo. lawa frlailai C. Oa-a tn. 44 Agents WamBi Toeacva-ta far atarxak rj larw. ar ji4 3 .cr w ?rx. j iibj t trrr ranety jf !. - lf A A e-e -La- . I rJB -J r'7A2. i&mr u Sues a m c -q1 b s s wr. ev i . i Asfati't ' i I Ml. trmm n. tr-tlW K V 1. 1. k-. a-u . u . . A trvtt TaLxoaara Co. I wvvrj wasij, m asao wn vzwT a-xtrvrtafcay tea. Call, er kiireaa trrra imar f. ... a --V .' jbt j.-r,-?- JrT rg"' -