p. j ; * 4IPlrWs
r- " ' • a orl 'Spslfr'ioN
* i TM v jgipi HE man's name
I" WaS Matt and il
I ; Ti = \fez $ jin % suited him. Great
i ; ( ' ' ' ' is the conjuring
B : ImZ 1 Z ? ? - ' power of names.
m J 5 After knowing dozens of
I' flat-
' li x men "whose characters
< Tj 'y ' contradict the idea we
I V3 associate with the names
J&gSZ > given them by undlscern-
ing sponsors In baptism ,
we still cling to those ideas ,
H and to us Tom is awaver -
H ing , weak-kneed individual , Joe
II suggests a reckless , pranksome
IE follow whose heart Is in the right
H place and his tongue hung loose at both
H ends , and John suggests the picture of
H a steady , solid , sober personage , who
B seems a bit of a prig until we think of
B Henry , who creates about him an ab-
H solutely Intolerable atmosphere of
H moral and spiritual snobbishness.
B He whose name of Matt fitted him
H better than the shabby , shoddy gar-
H ments which hung about him in dispir-
H ited folds was short and square set and
H stooping.
Wk Yet he was not so old as age goes
H Yet he was not so old as age goes
H only 35 , and as he told the man who
V occupied the same bench , he had only
I been on the road for ten years.
H "I've been trampin' it for nigh on to
H fifteen , " said his companion , a man'of
H about his own age , but .whoso dreus
BE and person presented an appearance of
BE even more acute forlornity. Surely , no
Mj two more unsightly human blots ever
Kg disfigured a landscape than these , who
[ H lounged untidily on the benches of
HE Washington square , blind to the blue
Kg and gold brightness of the early morn-
M ing of one of the first Memorial Days
W | this city ever celebrated. Now and
W ; then smart blue coated soldiers , with
Kj pinks in their button holes , either sing-
Uj ly or in groups of two or three , stepped
Bi rapidly through the square , too intent
H xm reaching the rendezvous where they
H were to assemble for the grand parade
fl to waste a glance on the two vagabonds
B who had met.fraternized and exchanged
Bj experiences and confidences within the
Hi space of the last half hour.
B "Fifteen years at trampin' is as good
B as a hundred , " continued the first
B speaker , meditatively. "Seems as if a
B man gits it inter his bones by then ,
B an' it wouldn't be any good fer his own
B self to want ter stop it , let alone other
B folks. Now , I'd been on the road fer
B I five years when this war business broke
B out. Directly it came I went to Cana-
dy. I wasn't goin' ter take no chances.
I didn't see nothin' of it , nor care noth-
5n' fer it , an' wen it was over I come
back and bummed about the country
ever sence , without find in' things much
changed anyways from what they was
before. That's why I don't take no in
terest in this here racket over Decora
tion Day. "
At that moment' the thrilling music
of the fife and drum , as a small de
tachment of soldiers wended their way
down Walnut street , flashing the Stars
j and Stripes in the eyes ofthe specta
tors who instantly collected at doors
and windows , sounded in vivid contrast
I to his speech , and in Matt Barlow's
dull face there flickered a faint sparkle
i , of surprise. "I don't feel that way , "
he said , hesitatingly ; "I'm kinder glad
there's braver men than you. an' me"
something had gotten into his voice
and made it almost inaudible "to fight
for the country we're bummin' round
in ; an' I'm goin' out to the cemeteries j
to do honor to the soldiers , dead an'j i
Hvin' , who did it if there's any honor i
to anybody in a feller like me bein'
round anywheres. You see , it's differ
ent with me ; I used to be in in ther
army myself. " He hurried out ihe
words half in fear , half bravado , as
though flinging a challenge , and then ,
I fiflllllllp
"WAS IN THE ARMY MYSELF. "
with a sharp indrawing of his breath ,
t narrowly watched his companion as
though dreading their effect.
t But his hearer was a man without
curiosity. "Thasso ? " he asked , indif
ferently , and returned , as though he
had no interruption to the subject of
his former monologue : "Yes , it's as
I say , be throwin' about the country
for a few years an' you ain't good fer
nothin' else an' you don't ask fer noth
in' else. Man looked like a minister
come along this here square just yes-
t'dy 'n jawed me 'bout 'bracin' up an'
bein' some use in ther communerty an'
all that. 'Here , ' he says , 'I'll give you
the address of a burer of charity in this
I city where they're anxious to put able-
bodied fellers like you on farms in the
, west. ' . Laws , he might as well saved
] his breath to cool his puddin * . I've get
j ther card , but ther burer'll never git
me. Goin' a'ready ? Well , s'long ; we
may meet ternight on this bench agin.- ;
I don't expect ter go nowhere else if
ther cops leaves me alone. "
"Maybe we will and maybe not I've
I - * * * ' • ' * _ rr * v. - • , ; * * • * , . MQg *
got folks here in Philadelphia , an' it's
hulf likely I may look 'em up. " An
unaccountable trembling had come in
to Barlow's voice as he answered and
into Ills feet as he shuffled off with an
air remotely imitating energy , and in
to his fingers as he ran them down in
to his coat pocket and drew out a dingy
pocketbook , besides as flat as a pressed
autumn leaf. He took out an equally
dingy piece .of newspaper and studied
the words printed on it as thoughtfully
as though he had not known them by
heart for a month or more :
"If John Barlow , of Northumberland
county , Pa. , sometime a resident of
Philadelphia , will communicate wU'i
the undersigned he will hear something
to his advantage. The name and ad
dress of the American representative
of a well known English law firm fol
lowed.
"It means some o' them English re
lations o' course , " mused Matt Barlow
as he had . ? ed a dozen times before.
"I uster hear Grandfather Barlow talk
of money that had oughtcr come to us
from the other side by rights , but never
expected nothin' to come of it. Won
der if Lucy seen it ? Wonder if " and
then the thoughts which gathered
round that name became of a character
not to be uttered aloud to a drink-
sodden , frowsy tramp , even if he hap
pened to be oneself. As ho waited on
the corner for the crawling horse-car
which amply met Philadelphia's de
mand for rapid transit in 1874 , he did
mutter a few words audibly :
"She'll act queer at first if she ain't
married again yes , there ain't no
doubt but she'll act queer. But I kin
make her understand that at first It
was as much as my life was worth to
turn up anywheres , and the"h , when the
war was over , 'twas too late ; she
wouldn't have had me , Lucy wouldn't !
But now that I kin bring something to
her an' the children , as well as myself ,
by comin' back , it ain't so much of a
prodigal son business. "
"A deserter ! A deserter ! "
The vagabond woke from an uneasy
dream in which all the people in the
car seemed pointing scornful fingers at
him and hissing that title of reproach
in his ear. He started as the blue-
"fix • W.rA/yk/ / / / / / i&fcfi&pi'
"DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY. "
uniformed conductor laid a hand on
his shoulder , to say sternly : "Wake up ,
you , or I'll put you off the car. You
disturb everybody with your multcr-
ings. "
It had been a good many years fcince
Matt Barlow had allowed himself to re
call exactly why it was that he was
wandering homeless about the country
indifferent to the fact that his family
must mourn him as dead , or why it was
that he half hoped that they did so
mourn him. But to-day it was all wak
ing , waking within him under the influ
ence of the day , together with the new
desire he had vaguely formed to take a
fresh start in life. When , a half hour
later , he stood in the densely packed
crowd in the cemetery and waited for
the ceremonies of Decoration day to be
gin , he strained his eye to see the in
scription on the huge obelisk , half bur
ied in floral tokens , around which the
guard of honor stood , but the sun was
in his eves. Of course it was the
sun.
sun."What
"What soldiers is that monument
raised to , sissy ? " he asked , huskily , of
a tall girl of 12 or 13 , who stood beside -
side him , holding a smaller boy by the
hand.
" 'To the imperishable memory of the
heroes of the th Pennsylvania Volun
teers/who fell in defense of their coun
try , this shaft is erected , ' " read the
in clear voice. " '
girl a "Them's the sur
vivors , " she added in kindly explana
tion , as the sound of the band and the
flutter of the red , white and blue ban
ner was dimly discerned in the dis
tance , "coming to lay flowers on it and
make speeches. "
Matt Barlow shook so that he was
forced to steady himself by graspnig
the shoulder of the small boy , who
gazed up at him with a wondering
face which struck some faint chord of
recognition within him. "They won't
know me , " he muttered to himself in
quavering accents. "Lucy herself , nor
my own mother wouldn't know me as
I look now. An' , anyhow , they could
n't do nothin' to me.
The tune played was , to him , not
"Marching Through Georgia , " but
"Honor gone , all's gone ; I
Better never have been born. "
over and over. The tattered battle flags
carried with reverent hands above the
heads of the marching ranks , almost as
the host is carried in Old World relig
ious processions , made his heart first
burn within him , then sicken at the
thought that his place should not have
been here among those who watched it
from , afar off.
"Either with them or them ! " he
thought fiercely , first glancing at the
ranks of battle-scarred soldiers , then
at the tall gray shaft , which seemed a
finger to write on the skies its witness
to the glory of the fallen members of
the th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Some distraction from the thoughts
of the moment was absolutely neces
sary. He picked up the 10-year-old
boy , saying to his sister , "Bub here
can't see , way down on the ground , "
mjamtmm mmessmsmmmmiimim
• >
,
and swung him to his shoulder. The
boy smiled friendly wice into the rough
face and remarked with a wavering
sweep of his forefinger :
"That's my father's monument. "
"Your father's , , hey ? "
"Yes. He was the bravest man in
the th Pennsylvania. My mother
tells us so often. lie died for his country
try- "
try"Who
"Who was your father ? " Struck
again by that dim resemblance to
someone he had known , he asked the
question , half shrinking from the rePly -
Ply , yet never dreaming what it would
be.
"Matthew Barlow , an' ray name's
Matthew Barlow , but hers " indicat
ing the girl "ain't. She's Dora Ma
tilda , after her aunt. "
Well , and wherein lay the horror of
it ? Had he not wished and Intended
to hunt up his family and be reunited
to the children who had been babies
when he saw them last ? And here he
had stumbled across them without the
least trouble. Across them and
across his own monument !
"Where's your mother ? " he asked in
a wjiisper , not daring to look behind
him.
"Out working. She cleans offices ,
mother does , an' she couldn't afford to" *
take to-day off , 'cause it's desperate
.hard to get along anyhow , she says ,
and "
"Matty ! " In the girl's tone of gen
tle rebuke there was a familiar cadence
he wondered at himself for not no
ticing before. Rousing himself , he
said to her tentatively :
"How do you know your father's
dead ? Maybe he'll come back someday
;
day with a lot of money and make you
all rich. "
Dora Matilda shook her head. "He'd
have come back to us before this , " she
said confidently. "He was reported
missing after the battle of Bull Run
and mother says she's sure he's dead.
She says , too , that she'd rather he'd
left us what he did an example of
being brave and willing to die for the
Union than hundreds of gold and sil
ver dollars. "
"Your mother ain't married again ,
then-
Surely it was Lucy's own self in the
haughty flinging back of the head and
the answer which rung proudly out ,
"Certainly not ! "
The deserter suddenly set the boy
clown. Something bore too heavily on
his shoulders. It was that great shaft
of stone , his monument. The band
kept on pretending to play patriotic
songs , but really beating the air with
the refrain , "Honor gone , all's gone ! "
Had-he dreamed of something he waste
to bring to these children , by answer '
ing the advertisement which was to
!
lead him , perhaps , to unlimited wealth
and comfort ? What wealth , what com
fort could replace to them or to him
the heroic image which his return
would blot out from their young mind ?
The ten years of poverty which had
been bitter to him had been sweet to
them with a sweetness he could never
know again. Let them work and toil
on , and even if they tasted the bitter
ness of starvation or death , it would
be better than anything he could give
them , who , as the martial music kept
reminding him , had better never have
been born !
"Sister works too , " the boy prattled
on , "in a factory , and she saves money
through the year to buy flowers lor ;
Decoration Day. Then when all the
folks have gone away we put them on
father's monument. "
Matt Barlow reached out his hands
toward the bunch of limp roses and
fading mignopette which the girl held ,
then as suddenly withdrew it. "Keep
'em , " he said gruffly , almost violentlj- .
"I though't I wanted one , but I don't. "
That evening , as the stars and the
gas lamps began to" twinkle in unequal
rivalry over Washington square , the
man who had been sleeping heavily on
one of its benches opened his eyes in
response to a slight shake. Instinc-
, "l AM DEAD. "
tively he felt in his pocket for his pipe
while he inquired laconically :
"Back ? "
"Yes , " said Barlow , closing his Iip3
tightly. But as has been said the oth-
er was a man without curiosity , and he
asked no other question than :
"Haven't got a bit of paper I could
light my pipe with , have you ? "
"Yes , I have. " A crumpled news
paper slip was taken from his pocketbook -
book , twisted up and tossed to the man
on the bench , and then Matt asked :
"Say , if you ain't going to use that
card , could I have it ? "
"What card ? Oh , the charity burer
thing' Ye ain't goin' out west on a
farm , are you ? Might as well be dead
as workin' , an' buried as on a farm. "
"I am dead an' buried , " said Matt
Barlow , slowly. "An' got a monument
raised over me. "
Philadelphia Press. i
The heaviest bell in the world is that
at i Moscow , Russia , which weighs 432 , -
OCO < pounds. That in the city hall. New
Ycrk , weighs 22,300.
WOMAN IN TX SHOW
i
GOV. HOLCOMB A"KEO rQ GIVE
RECOGNITION.
'
KtTorta Uolnp Marie to ocnro ii "Vorann as
Ono of tlio Imposition Stit Comma- !
• loners Invltntlnn to Voreljjn
lioret-nmpnts to I'arllclpate.
Want a "Woman Commissioner.
Mrs. Frances For/1 , secretary of the
board of lady managers of the exposi
tion , was in Lincoln where she and
Mrs. Sawyer , president of the board ,
were in conference with Gov. Holcomb.
They arc seeking to secure the ap
pointment of a woman as one of the
exposition state commissioners.
This question was brought up when
the board met f.or organization , and
the sentiment of lhe members was
unanimous that , especially as the im
portant bureau of education had been
put in charge of the women , one of
the commissioners should be a woman.
It was at this meeting that the presi
dent and secretary were instructed to
solicit this favor from the governor.
President Wattles has mailed to the
.state department at Washington invi
tations to foreign governments to par
ticipate in the exposition. By the
state department they will be for
warded with a note to the diplomatic
representatives in the countries to
which they arc addressed , and by
them delivered. It was at first hoped
that the invitation would be an official
one by this government and signed by
the president of the United States , but
the exposition management has been
informed that in the view of the state
department the connection of the gov
ernment is not so intimate as to justify
Ibis form of invitation , and the management -
agement must therefore be content
with the semi-official form suggested.
The management has had coaching
voni the department of state as to how
to address the heads of governments
with proper ctiquet * a consideration
that needed careful attention and the
form necessary is in some instancses
quite pompous. For example , the ruler
of Austria is addressed , "His Imperial
Majesty Franz Josef. Emperor of Aus
tria , King of Bohemia and Apostolic
King of Hungary ; " another letter goes
to ' "Ilis Imperial Majesty Nicholas II ,
Emperor and Autocrat of all the
Russias ; " ' another to "His Imperial
Magesty Muzzaffer-en-Din , Shah of
Persia. ' ' The letters were written
with considerable art and their gen
eral form is as follows :
1-r.TTEit to Tim EVPnROrt.
His Imperial Majesty ' , tlic Emperor of
Chinn. Peking : I have the honor to call the
attention of your imperial majesty to the
following :
The Trans-Mississippi and Informational
exposition , reeosni/ed by the congress of the
United States of America , will be held at
Omaha , Nebraska , U. S. A. , from Juno 1st un
til November 1st in the j-car lf > 9S. This expo
sition will paiti'-ularly reorc-ent the pro
ducts of soil and mine , arts an 1 manufac
tures of the states and territories west of the
Mississippi river , an area comprising twentv-
four states ami territories , of great fertility
and immense resources , with a surface of
2.720.34" square miles and a population of 10. -
000,00ft inhabitants , but will bo patronized by
all the states in the union and by the general
government of lha United States Xiv : ut of
the congress of the United .States , articles
imported from foreign countries for exhibi
tion will be admitted duty free , under rules
and regulations of tiie secretary of the treas
ury , copy of which L beg to Hclosc herewith ,
and 1 also inclose a copy of the a t. of con
gress , showing the participation In the expo
sition of the government of the United
States.
All nations will be invited to participate in
this exposition to the end that , by friendly
rivalry and mutual intercourse , "the com
mercial relations and general prosperity of
all may be increased.
In the name of the Trans-Mississippi and
International Exposition corporation l have
the honor to extend to the empire of China a
cordial invitation to participate. May I in
dulge the iiopc that this invitation will bo
brought to the attention of your subjects at
an early date , and that the products and
wares of your great and powerful empire
may be exhibited. I have the honor to be
your imperial majesty's most obedient ser-
vant. Gunnox WWattles. .
President of the Trans-Mississippi and Inter
national Exposition. *
That Supreme Court Decision.
Around the Nebraska state house
there is little interest taken in the
rumors which the dispatches from
Washington contain about the decision
of the United States supreme court on
the maximum rate case. This is not
because the state officers are not- inter
ested in the matter of lower railroad
rates , but because they do not believe
that the chance of getting these rates
depends upon the decision of this case.
AVhen house roll 2so. 42S was passed
and became a law it was believed that
There was sufficient authoritv lodo-ud
in that board to regulate rates without
additional legislation. Not only does
the act give to the board of transporta
tion the power to fix and regulate the
rates , but it puts into its hands the
power to compel obedience to its
orders.
The fight over the bill was one of the
hardest of the session. Friends of the
bill say they are confident results will
prove that all that has been claimed
for it can be accomplished. The feel
ing of security which the passage of
this act gave them made the board of
transportation lose all anxiety over
the maximum rate case. They say the
new law may have to go through the
courts before there will be a peaceful
submission to its provisions. The bill
was drawn by a good lawyer , and sev
eral of the best and most careful
judges and attorneys in the state were
consulted with and their suggestions
followed. It is believed that there is
to question but that the law will
stand the test of the closest scrutiny.
Glemvoocl C ! ontract Let.
The contract for the erection of the
unfinished portion of the administra
tion building in the group belonging
to the state for the care of the feeble
minded , which building was destroyed
bj' fire last August , was let last week
to the Northern building company of
Minneapolis , the amount of their bid
being $ :50G00. : The structure is to be
four stories and an attic high , and is
to be built of brick with stone trim
mings.
A Russell Editor Assaulted.
Russell dispatch : Laurence Hassel-
quist assaulted Harry V. Brown , editor
of the Itussell Recorder , son of J. Lee
Brown of Chariton. Brown's paper
had printed an article reflecting on the
truthfulness and honesty of Hassel-
quist's father , a merchant and
respected citizen of this city. The en
counter took place in a hardware store ,
where Hassclquist got in several tell-
ing blows. Brown called for help and
the3' were separated. Hassclquist im !
mediately appeared before Justice Mc '
Coy , who fined him S3 and costs. Citi
zens hearing of this promptly took up
a collection and paid the tine.
NEBRASKA A. O. U. vT.
Tbe Seventh Itlcnnlal ScSflnn JFHh EI c-
tlon of 0. Snf fEtc.
" " " SrficTsevcnth biennial session of the
Nebraska state grand lodge of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen , in
session in Omaha four days , adjourned
after what is generally regarded as
the most successful convention of the
order ever held in the state. The elec
tion of officers , trustees and important
committees took up the time of the
convention on the last day. The light
for the state headquarters , in which
contest Grand Island proved victorious
over Lincoln , the installation of officers
and the aboption of a large number of
committee reports occupied the time of
the delegates. The next biennial con
vention will be held in 1899 in Lincoln.
Election of officers resulted as
follows : Grand Master Workman , M.
E. Schultz , Beatrice ; Grand Master
Foreman , R. P. R. Millar. Lincoln ;
Grand Overseer , II. M. Stockwell ,
Clearwater ; Grand Recorder , Geo. H.
Barber , Grand Island ; Grand Receiver ,
F. .T. iMorgan , Plattsmouth ; Grand
Guide , J. II. Morehead , Falls City ;
Grand Inside Watchman , T. D. Bray-
ton , Bassett ; Inside Watchman , .1. 1) .
Jasalek , Omaha , and Jacob Wooster ,
Hastings. .T. S. Johnson holding over
in the position of the third trustee ;
Supreme Representatives , George II.
Barber , Grand Island , George F. lil-
bourne , Minden , and F. E. While ,
Plattsmouth.
The following were elected the com
mittee on law : IT. W. Waring of
Omaha , W. P. Hall of lloldrege and
George H. Burchard of Omaha.
It was voted to continue state head
quarters at Grand Island , Lincoln
being a competitor.
The committee on the good of the
order favorably reported a resolution
requesting- supreme lodge to erect
an adequate and suitable building for
the A. O. U. W. upon the grounds of
the Trans-Mississippi exposition for
next year.
It was decided to make the tax for
the grand lodge Sl SO per capita per
year for the coming two years. Here
tofore this tax has been SI per year ,
but the expenses have so increased as
to demand an additional revenue from
taxation. The amount of this tax is
determined at each session of the
grand lodge for the succeeding two
years.
Discussion took place concerning
the publication of the official organ of
the grand lodge , The Golden Rod
Workman. jorm orly known jis tlic
Nebraska Workman. The paper is
now published at Grand Island. Sev
eral offers were received "for the publi
cation of it elsewhere. All bids were
referred to the trustees of the grand
lodge , who were given power to award
the contract for-printing the official
organ.
Lincoln was selected as the place for
holding the next grand lodge in 1899.
There was no contest made for this
honor , it being regarded as a consola
tion prize for the city that had lost its
fight for the state headquarters.
The installation of newly elected
officers was conducted bv Sum-erne
Master Workman Tate. After being
duly obligated all the newly elected
officers entered upon the duties of their
respective offices.
Went Against Omaha.
Washington special to the Omaha
Bee : The senate amendment increas
ing the amount of the appropriation !
by the government for its participa
tion in the Trans-Mississippi exposition
was knocked about today in the house
of representatives. Chairman Cannon
of the appropriations committee presented - j
sented the amendment proposed by
the senate increasing the appropria
te § 275.000 , with a little speech an
tagonistic to the measure. Savers of
Texas' said that the Nashville had been
voted § 130,000 and he understood that
a very creditable exhibit was being
made at that place. Bartlctt of New
York made a number of statements
that called out earnest protest on the
part of Mercer , who was looking after
the interests of the measure in the
lawcr house. Among other tilings
Bartlett said that a private corporation
had charge of the exhibition , and that
he thought § 200,000 on the part of the
government was amply sufficent to
warrant a general exhibit. lie further
said that the former bill had passed the
senate by unanimous consent , and then
addressed himself to the main ouestion.
lie placed himself upon record
against all expositions , and thought
the government could well afford to
go out of the show business entirely.
Mercer succeded in getting recognition
and asked Bartlett whether he had at
tended the Atlanta exposition and
especially the Chicago exposition. The
answer being in the affirmative. Mer
cer wanted to know if the gentleman
from New York had any compunctions
of conscience on either occasion.
Mr. Dingley. chairman of the ways
and means committee , made the direct
statement that it was his understand
ing that the representatives of the
Omaha exposition would be perfectlv
satisfied with S200,000. and that had _
an amount above that figure been i
asked for and pressed , he would not
have reported to favorably report the
bill. All sorts of combines were invented - '
vented to save the amendment , but the
house refused to concur. When the
ouestion on the senate amendment to
make immediately available the sum
named came up. Representative Can
non moved to non-concur , and it was
carried without any attempt to exaet a
division. The action of the house was
not unexpected , but an effort will he
made on the part of the senate confer
ence to retain the amount appropriated
for the exposition in the sundrv civil
bill.
Potato growers in the section about
Beatrice are complaining about the
backwardness of this year ' s plantin"
and of the irregular way in which the
plants are coming up.
An Outlook fer Litigation.
It is reported that some • 'squatters * '
have pitched their tents on the land
known as "the island. * ' across the Mis
souri river from Hooker township ,
Dixon county , and some interesting
litigation promises to follow. The I
land is the old river bed and the squat
ters claim that it
belongs to the gov
ernment and that they have a right to
occupy and possess it Owners of ad
jacent lands , however , claim that it is I
accretion and propose that the squatters -
tors shall be ejected. Hence a lively
time may be expected. " j t I
The Bradshaw bank l \o reopen !
with a capital oi § 10,000 * !
I yigorand Vitality | fl
I Arc quickly given to every part of the body by i l
I Hood's Sarsaparilla. That tired feeling Is over * i H
come. The blood Is purified , enriched and H
vitalized and carries health to every organ. H
The appetite is restored and the stomach toned , |
and strengthened. The nerves are fed upon t l
proper nourishment and are therefore strong ; I H
the brain is cleared and the mind refreshed by y H
Hood's Sarsaparilla yaH
The Ono True Hlood Purifier. $1 ; six for 35. i H
OOOtl S flilb wklillood'sSarsaparilla. H
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An authority on Fhvsiognomy , says - |
that , of all the features common to human - , - |
man beings , none Is moro clmnictoris- H
tic than the car. "In families where H
it is impossible to trace the slightest H
likeness between different members in H
other respects , the oar has betrayed * H
relationship and established u doubtful H
identity. Health , refinement and torn- H
pcraniont are clearly defined in the H
size , color and shape of the ear , and it < |
is certainly worth remarking the nmia- • \ H
bility of porsonj whoso lobes nro f ' | H
straight and grow into the chcok without - ' H
out the ordinary upward curve of di- . H
vision. " |
A Sure Deliverance. H
Not instantaneously , it is true , but in a s l
short spneo of time , persons of a bilious liable 4H |
nro saved from the tortures which a dl.sor- H
dercd liver is capable of lnlliclin by Hostel- i H
tors Stomach Bitters , an anti-bilious medicine - / M
cine and aperient of tbollrst rank. Tlio paln.H H
in the right side und tlfronirh the right H
shoulder blade , the sic ! : headache , nausea. < H
constipation and saiTron hue of the skin , are H
entirely removed by this cstimablo rcstor.ij _ H
tive of tone to the organs ot secretion und /r |
digestion. " -j l
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"I don't want to spare any expense. jr/ k
Mr. Architect. " said Noocash. "I J * H
want a palace and nothin' loss. Have ' H
two staircases. Ono to go up and the H
other to go down , and have the coal H
cellar frescoed. I'm goin' to show ' H
people how to spend money. " Epoclu H
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away. H
To quit tobacco easily and forever , bo mag- H
nctic , full of life , ncrvcand vigor.takeNo-To- / * H
Bac , the wonder-worker , that makes wealt B
men strong. All druggists , 10c or $1. Guru , |
guaranteed. Booklet and sample free. Address M
Sterling Remedy Co. , Chicago or New York. H
Wanted Information. J
"How is your bronchitis getting M
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"How do 1 know ? I haven't asked H
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Texas Siftings. f M
An Agreeiiblc Addition to Coffee. B
By using the Flag Brand Chicory , maim- M
factored by the American Chicory Company - M
pany , of Omaha , Nebraska , you can cut , H
down your coffee bill 2"iper cent , besides H
improving the drink. You will Und it H
economical , wholesome and agreeable. k
Ask your grocer for Flag Brand Chicory H
put up in pound packages. If he does not H
keep it , write the factory. Samples mailed H
free on application. df H
If you would prophesy set your dates f s ' H
at least 100 years hence. k
Itl s a Very Cheap Trip. M
Chicago to Nashville via. Big Four Route |
to Lom svillo and a stop at Mammoth Cave. H
For full particulars address .T. C Tucker , H
G. N. A. , or H. W. Smirks , T. P. A. , Big , M
Four Route , 234 , Clark St. , Chicago.
If you would avoid criticism you f\9 \
must get either above or below it. |
To Cure Constipation Forever. H
Take Cascarets Candv Cathartic. 10c or 25a. * H
If C. C. C. fail to cure , druzcists refund money. H
Do good to your enemy that he ma\ H
become your friend. " M
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l fil Hires Rootbccr is health' ' SS ' M
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| soothed , the stomachllSH ' |
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