1 BO.S GO?. 75 via I.G20-7 via ;:02fl.7S via -022.26 via Detroit, Niagara Fai Tickets may be made via steamer between 'Detroit and Buffalo.. Long limit and many stop-overs allowed. The Wabash is the route you from Chicago and back to St. Louis over its own rails, Wabash' trains leave Chicago daily at 1:00 a. m., 3:00 p. mM G. A. R. train leaves Chicago for Boston via Detroit and Niagara Falls 1:00 p. ' m, August 14. Insist; )n your tickets reading via Wabash, the only line at main entrapoe World's Fair. All agents can route you via Wabash. City Office, 1601. Farnam Street, or address HARRY E. MO ORES, G. A.; Loss af Cynthia's Illusion ' , By John Adair. "I cannot ace what all the fuss U about," said Cynthia. v ' ' "You are perfectly Insane," retorted her mother wRh asperity, "It's a horrible affair." t "Because he happens to be a groom and I the daughter of a peer, you say we are unsutted. Why was I then brought up to admire the very things he excels In?" ."Your are incorrigible, Cynthia," sold lady Pomeroy. "I can do nothing with you. I shall ask Sir Peter, as your trustee, to speak to you. Meantime, Slaney" her ladyship pronounced the name with dis gust "has been dismissed With a month's wages In lieu of notice." "Very well, mother," replied Cynthia lm pcrturbnbly, "X have plenty of money for the pair 6f us. As for Sir Peter, he la a modern FaUtait, and It won't make the slightest difference to me wnat he chooses to think or say," , . Lady pomeroy felt It was hopeless to argue further with her misguided young daughter. . Sba fired, however, one final Parthian shot. "The man la a common groom. Hand some, I do not deny, but ha Is not a gen- tieman, and never can be." "What constitutes, a ' gentleman?" snld Cynthia loftily. . "A gentleman?" Her ladyship rose from v (ho chair .and made her way to the door. ' "A gentleman," she repeated, pausing at the threshold, "Is everything the groom Is not!" . Cynthia watched her mother's departure with on amused smile. "Everything he Is not! Yet he la manly, courageous and gentle, lie has no airs and a (reflations, and does not pretontl to be other than he is. If a gentleman is the reverse of this, I'd rather not marry a gentlemtn." . ' Cynthia's brother, now a noble lord, who Is related to half the peerage, and rejoices in holding a minor position In the ministry, was ; r.eit sent to convert her from the error of her ways. "It you really mean to marry the man," he sum, ' "of course we can't stop you. You're of age, and all that. But it's per fectly scandalous." "My dear Louis," said Cynthia, "lot's i talk about something else, for I've quite ntude up my mind to marry Fred Slaney. - You aren't .looking- well I suppose Fanny is leading yon a dog's life as usual." "I should ,le obliged if you would not make unladylike allusions to my wife," re torted liOrd Pomeroy furiously. "I have not come here to discuss my domestic un'airs with you." "liul if you've come to discuss my dymes tlo arrangements, it's quite fair I should alea discuss yours. I've heard" i "I do not care what you have heard," in terrupted liis lordship, with obvious annoy ance. "I came as your brother, to Inform you that, of couise, if you Inslei on marry ing this groom, you cannot expect my wife to know you.'V "That would be a Ions," agreed Cynthia, "especially since we hit It off so well to gether. Yes I must, think over that point." ' ' You Mill be ostracized from all decent society," continued her brothsr, "though I have no doubt you'll be a shining light In the refined companionship of coachmen and pus i tj s' wives." "Jt la iinrfi.il to know that," retorted C a, "oi. after ull. I cannot conceive i: ifieir miltiy tan ro utterly bore one ;. ..i people miJ their unull tulk 1 have In. J to litest hitherto." i 1 .i 1 4 iv.i.eioy ski n! (! his should- rs and tj t . o ) .1 r, Vir.1 S Si. J U I '.. , .,tJid. , 'f"Tf? I ! TO N etroit, Niagara Fails, e.roft, TOiagara Fails, Detroit, Niagara Falls, As one older and more experienced I say you will live to regret it. You are ruining your life and bringing a scandsl to the family. I know you are wilful and obsti nate, but I did not think, In spite of the fact that you are known to be eccentric, you would marry a man" he paused to think how the sentence could be well rounded off, "a man ahem who la not merely beneath you by birth and education, but who Is not even remotely approaching to a gentleman." "What Is a gentleman?" Cynthia put In promptly. "A gentleman? A gentle" - "Yes. Are you a gentleman?" Lord Pomeroy faced his sister with a frown of indignation. "People would, I presume, consider me to answer to the term," he said coldly, "though I dare say I compare Unfavorably with your groom." I Cynthia laughed Vutrlght. "It Is the most sensible remark you have made yet, Louis," she said, "though It was Intended for a sneer. You do compare un favorably with Fred Slaney. He Is a sports man; you are not. He Is gentle, and yet most manly. You are neither. You might be a small tradesman, or anything Insig nificant, to look at you. My man la de bonair, tall, handsome and honorable. He is one of Nature's gentlemen." But Cynthia stopped; It was useless to proceed. Lord Fometoy, rendered speech less by disgust for what disgust can equal that of wounded pride? had taken his de parture. ' Cynthia picked up the volume of Byron she had laid down when her brother ap peared. "I hope Fred Slaney will appre ciate what I am undergoing for him," she thought.' You cannot defy tha conventionalities, however, with Impunity, and, before long, Cynthia began to feel the strain of It. Her Interview with Blr Peter Cran bourne was a somewhat nervous undertaking. Sir Peter Is renowned on the bench as one of the sharpest and most subtle wits, and Cyntbla wondered If she would prove a match for him. "My dear Lady Pomeroy," he said to Cynthia's mother, "I. don't look forward to the task you set me. I've set right truculent boys before this, who have wanted to niake fools of themselves In matrimonial experiments, but it is my first experience with a girl In the principal part. You never know where to have 'em. Now a boy always has some Idea of logic, and you therefore have groundwork to commence on, but a girl's mind has no foundations that I can see." "But you wllj -try, Blr Peter?" "Certainly I II try," said the old cynic, and donning his bent war paint for the occasion he set forth, Cynthia's description ' of Blr Peter was decidedly a libellous one. Stout he Is to be sure, but he has not that Bacchanalian appearance one associates with Fslstaff. Ills cheeks are red and pimply, hut he Is not gouty, and. Instead of a shining bald pate, he boasts his honorable gray hairs. "My dear Ml Cynthia," he ejaculated, bowing as low as his waistband would permit, "what a, delightful boudoir! Ex cellent taste In ail matters. WhatT" "I'm glad you think so, Blr Peter," said Cynthia, in her most simple manner. "After all. It dotmn't matter much what I think, eh?" resumed the famous Judge, fixing his monocle In his eye, and regard ing the d. flant young beauty with a ro gul.h air. "it's the young ruffians whooo compliments please, eh? I'm not too old to remember my young days yet. What a Don Juan I was to the girls, egad! Penned tonnets to my nursemaid, and had secret rend, iv on with the coachman's U.w!ill, HWll I tuvtvtl W blUlli ilWKl l-UuuUI 'kit SMCut, Ut" THE 'OMAHA "FOLEJSO ON FROM CHICAGO-GOLD AUGUST LOUES WORLD'S Is, rT don't know. Sir Peter.' I don't 'Indulge In them. But may I ask," proceeded Cyn thia, with sweet Ingeniousness, "why you want to tell me how bad you were aa a boy? It's very Interesting, but I don't see what It has to do with me." "Your blushing youth recalls my early days, that Is all," replied Sir Peter, una-, bashed, "and when I think of you, so fair a dream of beauty, with a solid Income to boot, egad! I can't think what the young men of the day are up to not to lay siege to you. If only I were forty years younger" "The young men have laid siege to ma, but they are so tiresome. I've never met a young man yet who didn't either want to marry me for my money, or was n per fect dolt all except the man I do Intend to become the wife of." Sir Peter bowed and preserved a dis creet silence as Cynthia uttered the words with quiet determination. "The young men of the present day are effeminate, or if they are -not effeminate they are coarse," pursued the girl. "I see," remarked the Judge; "there Is no media via, so to speak." ' "No,' continued Cynthia, gravely, "and because I adore horses and animals, and because I love poetry and and philosophy, they find me a bore. I cry ditto. That's the whole history."' "That Is why you Intend to marry Mr. er Blaney. then?" said Sir Peter artlessly; "Just to show your male acquaintances your contempt for them?" "Not at all," exclaimed Cynthia Indig nantly. "I shouldn't marry a man to show my contempt for others. That would be Quixotic! I love Mr. Slaney." . "Just so, just so. And he? Does1 he love you?" ' . "Of course he does!" '" "He Is very handsome I understand." "Sir Peter," said Cynthia solemnly, "he Is a perfect Apollo." The Judge preserved the gravity of his features; he even sighed sympathetically, only the effect wag a trifle lost, for Sir Peter Is. as the world knows, somewhat asthmatic. "Well, my dear young lady, for my part I say marry tho man you love If ha loves you, even if he be a chimney sweep." Cynthia's expression underwent a marvel ous change. Her war manner if one may so term the frigid attitude she assumed when being baited for standing by her choice was at once discarded. In other words, her guard .was broken, "Sir Peter, you are the first person who has shown me an ounce of sympathy she cried excitedly, "you seetft t understand. And you mean It, too, don't you? - "Of course I do. I say let young people marry who they like If they have set their minds on It. I was best man to Buckhurst, the K. C, when he insisted on marrying his oook. Every one abused me naturally. 'Why did you let him? they cried. 'It was his affair, not' mine,' I explained. ''But you encouraged him by being his beat man,' they persisted. 'Do you think a man who has the courage to marry his cook would be dissuaded because he couldn't get a friend to be his best man?' That was what I told them." "It wes heroic of him!" exclaimed Cyn thia, "and was he happy? But I need not ask When two people marry absolutely for love they are bound to be." "That is just the pussier." said Blr Peter, "the marriage was happy In a wsy, Buck hurst shows every outward Indication of having Indulged his epicurean tastes, but they say he only married his oook so as not to lose her servlcea I don't see what she gained." "If she was fond of him" "KoruJT I believe she thought it meant she would be able to stop cooking. It was a great mistake. She had so hard a time, and not even wag. that she ran away from him at last. However, that la neither here nor there." 11. ...I. k...-.-. .,...14 . . V i . Uten," sold CilUhla, diurpolutedIy, "I b-j DAILY HEK: TUESDAY, AttorST 0, 100 C THE TT AMD Toronto, Montreal own Hudson River (d. roronto, Qontreal, Portland Toronto, own St. Lawrence River, Ject to these barrtetrln love. "Why' should a girl only be sup'pos'ed lo marry in her own sphere? Love is not an artificial growth; it is natural." ; " ' "Exactly,' I - quits' agree with all you say. Now, as regards this Slaney. ' He Is young, very handsome, a man I have no doubt, of great charm. - I can understand you may lost your heart to' htm, when you compare him with "the noodles you have had the fortune to meet. But why does he love you?" Cynthia was clearly embarrassed. "I suppose," sht said, "be finds me" "Well?" said Sir Peter encouragingly. "I don't really know," confessed Cyn thia. "Nor do I. For your beauty alone? In tellectually you must soar miles above his head, and no man likes that. ' I suppose your conversation generally has been about horses." "Yes.generally." ' "Well, no one can continually discuss even horses. If so, what an appalling prospect for you. Horses, mares, foals horses again ad nauseura. My dear Miss Cynthia, what a life of purgatory! Take my advica and before you decide your fate try Mr. Slaney with some some other subject. Er by the way if the marriage does come off, I'll willingly give you away as your trustee but try ray little Idea first:' Sir Peter Crsnborne left his young pro tege somewhat abashed and descended the broad etuircase with almost youthful agil ity. The footman who helped him Into his overcoat heard him mumbling and thought he was addressing s6me remarks to him. ' "Did you speak, sir? he asked. "A han som 7" uniy a few lines from Swain," Blr Peter replied, absent mltidedly. and then recovering hlmeelf. added shamlv. "Nn. i u waiK. ' He toddled airily down Belgrave square. nai perauy on one side, a merry old Judge. And the lines he recalled wre these: In her heart forever flowing, Like the stream of inner life Corning without thought and going, I here were pictures ever rife. Palntinrs of Imagination.' In which earth could take ho part. All the soaring, aspiration Of a spiritual heart. - wnen next Cynthia" behold the man of ner choice he was sitting disconsolately In the i harness room,' 'dressed In mufti, his corded box alongsido him. A wrinkle on his clear brow betokened not unalloyed thoughts of pleasure. Ho had a handsome face, and blue eyes with a frank expres sion, and he was chewing the and of a piece of straw. On seeing Cynthia he stood up; his manner was respectful, though he was obviously 111 at ease in hef presence. "I .have good news for you, Fred." cried Cynthia. "Sir Peter Cranborne, unlike the members of my prejudiced family, quite approves of my marrying you." "Does he?" said 6lan,ey wonderlngly. "Yes; h offers to give me awsy, what's more.' . "Sir Peter Cranborne, the jedge?" Cynthia winced at the word; somehow her talk with Sir Peter had mad her more critical. She noticed lines on her Apollo's countenance that led her to think of htm some ten years herrce. His clothes, too, were Ill-fitting, and his collar and tie al most made her shudder. But she threw aalde her doubts valiantly. "Yea, Sir Peter. He says. If there Is love on both sides, marry, no matter one's situ ation in the world. He says If you love me and I love you, that's all that Is wanted." Slaney scratched his head in a puzxled manner. . ' "I wonder what he's a-drivln' at," he said sloaly. "Look at the people in history," continued Cynthia loftily, "who have married others In different situations snd been Idea'ly happy. A king of Sweden married a girl who kept an apple stall. Peter the Orrat chime the dau&hter of a peasant Lots of 1 ' - ' - -4 1 - m i- .-...! n lit- A,...V I eople and tn bavpy. I" I FLA Dp 12, 13, 14-AND - ''You don't know any young lady what was., an honorable marryin' her groom, do you? Interrupted Slaney. "I am sure, there must have been soma. If. I don't know about them," replied Cyn thia desperately. "You said just now if I loVed you and you loved me It was bound to turn out happily," pursued Slaney relentlessly. "Yes" . . "Suppose I was to say as how I'd made a mistake and found I didn't love you?" Cynthia began to tremble. "No, miss, I'm very sorry for what has happened. It's cost me my place, and I own I richly deserve it shoujd. My mates, even, won't hold no converse with me. thlnkin' I've aspired to be too big for my shoes" "But it's preposterous!" exclaimed Cyn thla; "there's no law lh heaven or on earth to force a man or a woman to remain in the position they were born In, You are a groom, but you are far more of a gentle man In your Ideas than many who sup pose themselves to ba gentlemen. Why, she added, indignantly and beginning to weep, "no one can even tell me what a gentleman Is!" - Slaney waited patiently till Cynthia had finished. "If they can't tell you what a gentleman Is," he said, "I can tell you of one what Isn't. I ain't, and I don't pretend to be, I've had no achoolin' or upbrtngln' exeepl In the stable yard. The fact is, miss, I got beyond myself, and It serves me right I've got the sack." Cynthia was weeping copiously now. . "I was flattered," proceeded Slaney, "at a young lady of your looks and position takln' notice of her groom. As for you, I don't blame you, If I may be so bold as to say so, at all. You're a generous heart and a romantic disposition, and I ought not to have taken any notice." "Some one has put you up to this," gobbed Cynthia. "Not a soul, miss, pardon me. I've been thlnkin' It over seriously, and in any case I'd made up my mind to tell you straight. I couldn't be no mora happy with you than you could ba with me. We don't think along the same lines, and that's the simple truth. Why with your poems and your books, which you're always apouttn', you'd drive me crasy Inside of a week. Goodbye, miss, and I'm humbly sorry for the trouble I've brought you Into." For some time Cynthia, her face burled in her handkerchief, remained there sob bing. When she looked up she was alone. Even the corded box was gone. Cynthia realises now that Illusions are very charming In their way, but they can not be brought to a practical conclusion. The Bystander. DEATH RECORD. Mrs. Jsse Ueaii. Mrs. Jans House died Sunday evening at Florence. She waa 69 years of age, lived for thirty years in Florence, and Is survived by a husband, son and daughter. The funeral service will be held Tuesday after noon at I o'clock. The Interment will be at Forest Lawn cemetery. Mortality statistics. The following births and deaths hava ten reported to the board of Health dur. lug tne xorty-eignt nours ending at noon Monday: blnha Harry Hammond, HIS Corby, boyj Benlnmln F. Worrell. Hull Bancroft, boy; L. Krnest Coy, iem Ohio boy. ethi Mallnrta Wood. tL'l South Seven teenth, ft: J. btntlte, died In Hi. Joaeph's hospital, home at Insey, Neb. in; Oertruds W. Barber. 7' fxiuth Twenty-ninth. 2; Nancy HulHt, 1123 Bouth Tlilrt y-aecond, M. Walter Moil. Via. DalieyS Sunday alter noon at tvrug mrk by tiwi o - i'j i- X.i.tvi ih: t ai l. on aad KUe, W. Frabkfurt and WaJdrui, li e C a -4-. -a- FAIR New York WILL. OBJECT TO FULL BILL Git Engineer Say Asphalt Eepairs Are Checked Up Too High. WANTS THOUSAND DOLLARS CUT OFF Proposes to Chow Why This Amonat Should Ba Deducted Because Ma terial Was Nat I'd to , Contract. The Nebraska Bltullthlo company - has completed the repairing of asphalt pav ing, but final settlement for the work has not been made by the city. When tho ttma comes for adjustment, City EnRlneer Rone water says he will present figures to show why at least 11,000 of the contract price should not be paid. Less bitumen was used la the aaphaltic and he proposes to have the exact cost of the missing ma terial deducted from the amount paid the contracting company During the repairing the engineer's of fice had tests of the asphalt put down made by the experts. "In not a single Instance was the bitu men found up to the standard required," said City Engineer Rosewater. "In place of 10 per cent, the mlnlmifm amount, It ranged from 7.W to 9.8 per cent. This was on the wearing surface. A single test of a cush ion coat, very little of which was put down revealed the fact that the percentage of bitumen amounted only to 1.12 per cent, whereas, the specifications called for 812 per cent. The testa were made In the I laboratory of Professor A. W. Dow, chief of the bureau of asphalt and cement tests for the district of Columbia. Some of the analyses were made by Professor Dow per sonally. Grant la Notified. "The samples used In the tests were taken from various parts of the work at different times. In June tests of four sam ples showed the percentage of bitumen to be 8.8, 8.8, t.l and . 8.2. The attention of General Manager John Grant was called to the figures and he promised to make the asphalt richer. In the middle of July, however, ten tests were made In Washington with the follow ing results: 8.17, 8.76, 8.3V, 8.53, 8 92, 8.78, 7.81, 8.60, 8.14, 8.29. "This is the first time asphalt work has been subjected to such rigorous inspection In Omaha. Samples have been taken from the material put down every day and pre served. Tho bill for the score or so tests that hava been made will abount to about 1100 and will be presented to tho city for payment. 'I should have stopped the work had It been paving. As It wss merely repairing I conslderod It best to let It go forward and deduct the value due the city from the bill. About 816,000 has been allowed, leaving a reserve of from 84.000 to 86,000. Before this ia a paid a settlement will hava to be made on the basis I have indicated." Aaaouaeemeata af the Theaters. This Is the closing week of the summer engagement of the Forrts Stock company at the Boyd theater, and still Its popularity has not diminished. The play being given for the first half of the week Is the old favorite, "Ten Nights In a Barroom." It will be on until after Wednesday night and will be succeeded by "Kathleen Mavour neon." Next week the Woodward Stock company from Kansas City will be at the Boyd. Funeral if Floyd I. fttryker. The funeral of Flovd I. BtryWer wss held Monday afternoon from hi. hue re.tdenra. itr: Houth bov.nteeiith slrett. )U v, 'n. tr H Ierrioll. n.ur of the ( aatrlliur Presbyterian church, conducted th fervlce. The rletri of Mr. Btry'ar 1. particularly Md In view of the stun'-iil lroumt m es. Ho waa e yew. oi aae. kuikbu iiiin.etr uy to a i ti'ondlblo pjrltlon st 11. e B. & STATION ity TJIlontreal only line that can 11:00 p. m. Special All information at M. local freight house, took unto hlmaelf a wife about a year ago and just before his sudden death was snugly ensconsed In a comfortable home at the above number. He waa at his duties last Tuesday, when he was taken ill. Appendicitis manifested itxelt ind the young man was taken to the Wl( Memorial hospital Sunday morning. William 8. Stryker, a brother of the de ceased, is with the Drexel Shoe company, and George B. Stryker of the police de partment is the father of the young man. ST1CKNEY AND HAWLEY UNION Merging; of Great "Western and Iowa Central Interests Gossip la Hntl road Circles. Some railroad men profess to believe tt will be but a short time until the Edwin Hawley and A. B. Stlckney Interests tie up. It is believed the Hawley lines, which con sist of the Iowa Central and Minneapolis & St. Louis, will be merged with the Great Western, the entire system to be operated under that name, with PreMdent Stlckney of the Great .Western at tha head. "This consolidation would . greatly en large the Influence of the Great Western, especially In Iowa, and would practically make It master of tha situation so far sg agricultural business Is concerned In that state," said a railroad official. It Is thought that Mr. Btlckney's recent visit to Europe waa for the purpose of flnanolng tha en terprise, but It ia not believed the mis sion waa successful. However, Mr. Stlck ney Is known to be a man of many re sources, and the fact that he has applied to the New York Stock exchange for per mission to .list 26,60p,000 mora stock of the Great Western during tha. last week Is taken by some to mean that he Intends raising the cash with which to control tha Hawley lines In this country through the sale of stock In the Great Western. , It is said to be probable that , the regular dividend. wllj not be declared on tha pre ferred "A'. bonds of tha . Great Western on September 8, aa tha money with, which to, pay, it has not been earned. . ' , In a conversation in Chicago since his return from Europe President Stlckney Is quoted as having paid his trip abroad waa mainly for tha purpose of recreation and had no special significance. CHANGE IN THE COAL RATES Northwestern Announces i Tariff that Hay Help Omaha. Hew It begins to look very much as If Omaha was going to win In its coal light against the railroads. The Chicago A Northwestern Railway company has Usued a new tariff, going Into effect on the 15th Inst., In which tha rate on all Iowa coal to Lincoln will be II. IS a ton. while the Omaha rats at this time is U K. , According to thj unwritten law there must always be a differential of 16 cents a ton In favor of Omaha as against Lincoln, and unless tbs Burlington people csn in duce the Northwestern to sdvance tha Lin coln rata It will hava to cut down the tariff and restore the old rates on soft cral. Baa Want Ads ITotluco Besults. ''hcariM-'' Stomach Trcvili Cured With ff Botl- ' J' Mrs n W Broiih. MsloT, Iowa ssys: Three doae.of Drake s Palmetto Wlneve wethenrtt reliel from two yei.rs of eon.uuil stemwen ! IreM. Five 76 oeut bottles hae cured Uie. 'lb be', doctor, and largely advertised moilclnea utterly f.lled lo give me any relief. 1 ran now eat auy utiolMoine fool and hkve gained tuenty pouniis weight in three uioi ih. Our rtrimmk told Dine hollies of I ike r-uliueiio Wine one ur to Biy friends lio know vil.nl ill:., dona for n o. i am roronijurnOintf It to all uo .uner. The Drake r'o-uiui 1 4!iuiny. Iit.fce building. ( i,li fo, 11.. will aenj a l. ml liotue oi limbo S t-klmnito V lue free aud prr(.d uj any one who sujcia wlta iuu.b-u Imul.io or eontiiil Inio ssuAil tKe a uy gtvos wu.. S Cult u SUkl t-uttU. -" . w