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A STORY OF THE PLAINS
BY K HOl'Oll, At'THOR OK TIIH STORY Ol' TUB COWltOY
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CHAPTER XIV.
Another Hour.
"But It Bcoms as though I hnd al
ways known you." said Frankllu, turn
ing again toward the tall figure at the
window. There was no reply to this,
neither was there wavorlng In the at
titude of the head whose glossy back
was turned to him at that moment.
"It was llko sonio forgotten strain
or nuifclc!" he blundered on, feeling
how hopeless, how distinctly absurd
Avas all his speech. "I surely must
always havo known you, somewhere!"
Mary Ellen still gazed out of tho
window. In her mind there was a
scene strangely different from this
which she beheld. She recalled tho
green forests and the yellow farms of
Loulsburg, tho droning bees, tho
broken flowers and all the details of
that sodden, stricken field. With a
shudder there came over her a swift
resentment at meeting here, near at
hand, ono who had had a share in
that scene of desolation.
She turned toward him slowly at
length, and so far from seeming se
rious, her features bore tho traces of
a smile. "Do you know," said she,
"I think I heard of a stage-driver
wasn't it somewhere out west who
was taking a schoolteacher fiom tho
railroad to tho schoolhouse and he
well, ho said things, you know. Now,
lie had never seen the schoolteacher
1efore."
"Yes, I have heard of that story,"
said Franklin. "I don't just recollect
all about it."
"It seems to mo that the stage
driver said something er, like may
lie ho said It was 'like forgotten mu
sic' to him."
Franklin colored. "The story was
an absurdity, like many others about
the west," he said. "Hut," ho bright
ened, "tho stage-driver had never
seen the schoolteacher before."
"I don't qulto understand," said
jSIary Ellen coldly. "In my country It
"You blame me as thou
was not customary for gentlemen to
tell ladles when they met for tho first
time thnt it was 'like a strain of for
gotten music' not tho first time."
"Music never forgotten, then!" said
Franklin Impetuously. "This Is nt
least not the first time we have met."
In any'ordlnary duel of small talk this
had not been so bad an attack, yet
now the results were something which
neither could have foreseen. To the
mind of the girl the words were shock
ing, rude, brutal. They brought up
again tho whole nceno of the battle
field. She shuddered, and upon her
face there fell the shadow of an ha
bitual sadness.
"You havo spoken of this before.
Captain Franklin," said she, "and U
what you say Is true, and If Indeed
you did fco me there at that place
I can see no significance in that, ex
cept the lesson that the world is a
very small one. I have no recollec
tion of meeting you. But. Captain
Franklin, had we eer roally met. and
If you really cared to bring up tome
pleasant thought about tho meeting,
you surely would never recall the fact
that you met me .upon that day!"
Franklin felt his heart stop. He
looked aside, his faco paling as tho
oven tones went on:
"That was the day of all my life
the saddest, tho most terrible. 1 have
been trying ever since then to forget
It. I dare not think of it. It was
the day when whon my life ended
when 1 lost everything, everything on
earth I had. Because of loulsburg
why, this Eilisvllle! This is the re-,
suit of that day! And you refer to It
with eagerness."
Poor Franklin groaned at this. "I
know I could have known," ho blun
dered "I should not be so rude as to
suppose that ah. it was only you
that I remembered! The war is past
and gone. The world, as you say. is
very small. It was only that 1 was
glad "
"Ah, kI." said Mary Ellen, nnd her
voice now held a plajntivonesg which
was the stronger from the droop of
tho tenderly curving lips "ah, air,
but yon must remember! To lose your
rolathes. even In a war for right and
principle and tho South was right!"
(this with a flash of the eyo late pen
sive) "that is hard enough. But for
mj It wns not ono thing or another;
It wns the sum of a thousand mis
fQrtitnoB. I wonner that 1 am -alive.
It is no wonder that thoso or us left
alive went away, anywhere, as Jar as
ye could, that we gave up our coun
trythat w oamo oven Here!"
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Hk a jt& jsi
"You blame me ns though It were
personal 1" broke In Franklin; but she
Ignored him.
"My father, my mother, my two
brothers, nearly every relative I had,
killed In tho war or by tho war our
home destroyed our property taken
by first one army and then the other
you should not wonder If I am blttcrl
It was tho ileld of Loulsburg which
cost mo everything. I lost all ail
on that day which you wish me to re
member. Why. sir, If you wished mo
to hate you, you could do no better
and I do not wish to hato any one.
I wish to have as many friends as we
may, hero In this new country; but for
remembering why, I can remember
nothing else, day or night, but Louls
burg!" "You stood so," said Franklin, dog
gedly and fatuously, "Just as you did
last night. You were leaning on the
arm of your mother "
Mary Ellen's eyes dilated. "It
was not' my mother," she said. "We
were seeking for my friend, her son.
I Captain Franklin, I know of no rea
son why we should speak of such
things at all, but It was my I was to
have been married to the man for
whom we were seeking, and whom wo
found! That Is what Loulsburg means
to me."
Franklin bowed his head between
his hands and half groaned over tho
pain which ho had cost. Then slow
ly and crushlngly his own hurt camo
home to him. In his brain he could
feel the parting one by one of the
strings which but now sang In
unison. Discord, darkness, dismay,'
sat on all the world.
The leisurely foot of Buford sound
ed on tho stair, and he knocked gaily
on the door jam as ho entered.
"Well, niece." said he, "Mrs. Huford
thinks we ought to be starting back
for homo right soon now."
Mary Ellen rose and bowed to
Franklin as she passed to leavo the
room; but perhaps neither she nor
gh It ware perconal."
Franklin was fully conscious of the
leave-taking. Buford saw nothing out
of the way, but turned and held out
hla hand. "By the way, Captain
Franklin," said he, "I'm mighty glad
to meet you, sir mighty glad. Wo
shall want you to come down and sec
us often. It Isn't very far only about
twenty-live miles south. They call our
place the Halfway Ranch, and It's not
a bad name, for it's only about half
way as good a place as you and I hnvo
always been used to; but it's ours,
and you will bo welcomo there. Wo
shall depend on seeing you now and
then."
"I trust we shall bo friends," mum
bled Franklin.
"Friends?" said Buford cheerily, the
smiling wrinkles or his own thin
face signifying his sincerity; "why,
man, here is a place where ono needs
friends, and where he can havo
friends. There Is time enough and
room enough, and well, you'll come,
won't you?" And Franklin, dnzed and
missing all the light which had recent
ly made glatl tho earth, was vaguely
conscious that ho had promised to
visit the homo of tho girl who had
certainly given him no invitation to
come furthor Into her life, but for
whose word of welcome he knew that
no should always long.
BOOK III.
The Day of the Cattle.
CHAPTER XV.
Eilisvllle the Red.
Gourdlikc, Eilisvllle grew up In a
night. It wns not, and lo! it was.
Silently, steadily, the people came to
this rallying place, dropping In from
evory corner of (ho stars. The long
streot spun out still longer Its string
of toylike woodon houses. The Cot
tage Hotel had long since lost Its key,
and day and night there went on vast
revelry among tho men of the wild,
wide West, then seeing for tho first
time what seemed to them tho joy
and glory of life.
Laud and cattle, cattle and land.
Thoso themes wero upon the lips of
all, and iu those days wero topics of
peace and harmony. Tho cattleman
still stood for tho nomadic and un
trammeled West, tho SVont of wild
and glorious tradition.' The man -who
sought for land was not yet recog
nised as the IigmeetQQder, tho man of
Mtchorotl craft, of settled conviction,
of advmMiros ended. For oue brief,
plcrioua soaaon the n-imad and tho
home dweller shook lundu In amity,
not pausing to consider whoroln thotr
Interest might dlffor. For both, tills
was tho West, tho free, unbounded,
Illimitable, oxhaustless Wont Homer
ic, Titanic, scornful of niotos and
bounds, having no scale of little
things. The horlison of llfo was wide.
There was no time for small exact
ness. A newspaper, so called, cost a
quarter of a dollar. The postmaster
gave ho chnnge when ono bought a
postage stamp. A shave was worth a
qunrtor of a dollnr, or a half, or a
dollar, as that might be. Tho price
of n single drink was nover estab
lished, sine that was something never
called for. By day and by night,
ceaseless, crude, barbnric, there went
on a continuous carousal, which would
have been Joyless backed by a vitality
less superb, an experience less young.
Money and life these two things wo
guard most sacrodly In the older
societies, the first most Jealously, the
latter with n lesser care.
Tho transient population of Ellis
vllle, tho cattle sellers and cnttle buy
ers and land seekers, outnumbered
three to ono the resident or perma
nent population, which catered to this
floating trade, and which supplied, Its
commercial or professional wants.
The resident one-third was the nu
cleus of the real Elllsvlllo that was
to be. The social compact was still
In embryo. Life was very simple. It
was the day of the Individual, the
day before tho law.
With this rude setting there wns to
be enacted a rapid drama of material
progress such ns the world has never
elsewhere seen; but first thoro must
be played the wild prologue of tho
West, never at any time to have a
more lurid scene than here at tho
Halfway House of a continent, at tho
Intersection of the grand transconti
nental trails, the bloody angle of tho
plains. Eight men In a day, a Bcoro
in a week-, mot death by violence.
The street In tho cemetery doubled
before that of the town. There wore
more graves than houses. This Bit
.perbly wasteful day, bow could it
presage that which was to come? In
this riotous army of Invasion, who
could have foreseen tho iwpulatlon
which was to follow, adventurous yet
tenacious, resolved first upon Inde
pendence, and next upon knowledge,
and then upon the fruits of knowl
edge? Nay, perhaps, after all, tho
prescience of this coming tlmo lay
over Eilisvllle the Red, so thnt it
roared tho more tempestuously en
through its brief, brazen day.
(To be continued.)
Czar Arrested For a Minute.
Motorists will bo amused to hear of
an adventure which befell tho czar
when he was staying at Darmstadt a
short time ago. Tho czar was driving
In a motor car with Prince and Prin
cess Henry of Prussia and tho Grand
Duke of Hesse, nnd, when passing
through Bockonhclm, n suburb of
Frankfort, tho car slipped on the
greasy cobble-stones anil camo In con
tact with tho wall of a house. Happily
no harm was done, but the enr had
hardly been backed Into the road again
when a" policeman stopped it and de
manded the name of tho owner. Tho
czar replied "I am tho Emperor of
Russia," and the policeman was so
taken aback that ho let the car go on
without taking any further stops. Tho
czarina was much amused at tho In
cldent, and It Is said that she has
made tho momentary arrest of tho
czar the subject of one of her carlca
lures. London Sketch.
Steel Dolls.
A factory In Now Jersey has gone
to making steel dolls. A steel doll Is
an Indestructible doll that some par
ents may fancy Is the right doll to buy.
o can't yank the leg from n steel
doll, nor dislocate Its arms, nor twist
Its neck, nor dent Its nose. You can
hnve very little fun with a steel doll.
1. may do to batter the piano legs,
or i also lumps on tho head of your in
fant companion, but It can't be com
pared with u rag dollio for genulno
comfort. Every normal child wants a
doll that can bo punctured and that
-will lose Its stuffing through tho punc
ture. A steel doll, bah! What healthy
li fant outside of New Jersey would
care to coddle a steel doll, or put It to
sleep, or dress It, or give It sugar pel
lets? Not one. No, Indeed. Tho
man who Invented the steel doll was
in- friend of infantile humanity.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Dumas' Love for His Porthos.
Like Balzac, Dumas was fond of his
own creations. Among them all ho
loved Porthos best. The great, strong,
vain hero was n child after his own
heart. One afternoon, it is related, his
son found DitniuB careworn, wretched,
overwhelmed.
"What has happened to you? Aro
you sick?" asked Dumas flls.
"No," replied Dumas pore.
"Well, what is it, then?"
"I am miserable."
"Why?"
"This morning I killed Porthos.
Poor Porthos! Oh, what troublo I
havo hail to mako up my mind to do
it! But thore must bo nn end to all
things, Yot when I saw him sink
beneath tho ruina, crying "It is too
heavy for mi!' I swear to you that I
cried."
And ho wipad away a tear with tho
sleeve of his (vveaoing gown.
Blood of the Filipinos.
Ethnologists of the Smithsonian In
stitution havo Investigated tho Philip
pines, with romilts that are of rare
inUrent to cienco. They havo called
attention to the fact that In tbo'voins
pf tho tribe of thir archipalago fiqws
the blood of all tho raos and varle
Ue of mankind.
"I caught cold In my eye last week,"
snld the cigar dealer. "The general
eflect wan as if somebody had given
me a good belt and tho black and bluo
hadn't had tlmo to show. It wasn't
pnlnful merely uncomfortable and I
thought 1 could just as well attend to
business while It wore Itself out. It
began to be painful after 1 got down
to the store."
"Catch 'fresh cold?" Inquired tho
customer.
"No." replied the cigar dealer sadly.
"It was the Inevitable funny business
that hurt. Peoplo began to get Inter
ested In tho eye ns soon as they got
Inside the store. They thought it ono
of the richest Jokes thnt ever happen
ed, apparently. Say, can you toll me
what there Is funny about a black
eye?"
"It Isn't any funnier than twins,"
sold the customer. "The last addition
to my family was twins. I can sym
pathize with you. What did you do
about it?"
"Stood It as long ns I could," re
plied tho cigar dealer. "After that I
j His Trust
"Last winter when I went south for
my health," said Col. L. S. Brown of
the Southern Railway, "1 wan told they
were going to try a colored man for
stealing u quantity of raw cotton, nnd
when the hour arrived 1 went up to
the court house to henr tho ense. Tho
prisoner wns a mnn about 40 years of
age, and he had elected to plead his
own case. The prosocutlon proved
that the bag of cotton wnu found in
tho colored man's cabin, and tho prop
erty wns fully Identified as belonging
to the owner of a compress. Tho pris
oner naked no questions, but said he
wanted to mnke a statement nnd rest
hla case 'wld do l.awd.' After u while
ho was given an opportunity to speak
end said:
""I was gwlno by dnt compress nt
'leben o'clock last night when a voice
dun called out to me: "Hold on, dnr,
Abraham Jones. Yo' was a pore man,
nn' yo' Jest take 'long ills )ng o' cotton t
to buy yo' some shoos fur cold weath
er." Den do bag fell at my foot, nn' I
dun took It home.'
" 'Did you recognize tho voice?' said
tho judge,
" 'No. sab, but I reckon It was nn
angel who siHike.'
" 'Then why did you hldo tho bag
when you got home.''
" 'Well, sah, jest ns 1 got frow do
galo another voico dun told me dnt I'd
better hldo do cotton fur a fow days.'
'"Did you recognize that voice?'
StWI
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Battle with a Wolf
The skin of the only gray wolf killed
In Vermont In the last fifty years was
brought into tho vlllugo of Stalks
boro tho other day by David Dike, a
farmer, who killed the animal In a
patch of woods near his barn after a
severe fight, In which Mr. Dlko and a
dog wero badly used up.
Mr. Dike had just gouo into tho
house from tho barn, where ho had
been milking, when his attention was
attracted by his shepherd dog, which
was loudly barking In front of the hen
house. Taking n lantern, ho went out
to investigate and snw tho dog had
cornered a gray nnlmal about his own
size. Both wero bristling with 1'enr
and rage, but nolthor dared to attack
tho other. Tho farmer had no gun,
but he ran Into the woodshed and
prorured a broom with which ho
struck at tho marauder. Thereupon
the wolf, for such It turned out to be,
dashed for the woods, with the dog
after it, nnd camo to a stand near tho
foot of u maple tree.
By this tlmo tho wolf was frothing
at the mouth and snarling and snap
ping nt the shepherd every time he
I a g
enius
"I don't pretend to account for the
Inequalities in this world, but I do
know that thoro are a good many
numbskulls who are rich and a good
many very shrowd men who aro
poor," said a merchant who wnu tak
ing lunch with a party of friends
down town yesterday. "Hero is a
llttlo Incidont that will glvo you sbmo
Idea of what I moan. I'm kompthlug
of a crank In tho matter of shoots, and
always have from live to a dozen
pairs that are partly worn but fttill
uvallable for service. One morning
last week a 'hobo' cnllad at tho base
ment door of my houae and succeedod
in getting my wife there to hour hU
story. But the fact that his feet wero
on the ground pleaded more eloquent
ly than any words, and my big collec
tion of shoes was brought out for Uim
to ohooae lrom. Ho took a ooui;1j,
returned prol'uce thanks, and left.
"Toward evening my wlfu wae out
mil I at home. Along came a 'hobo'
trllh hair through his hat and feet
nent around to the printer nnd got
I these cards printed. Then when a
man came In and asked nui about it I
h muled hlin one of 'em."
The customer took a card tho cigar
dealer handed him and rend:
"I did not run against nn open door
In thu dark.
"It was not n stick of wood thnt
How up and hit me.
"I did not call the man a liar.
"I do not wnut to call your attention
to the condition of tho other man.
"I have not boon Interviewing Fltz
slmmons. "Nobody hit me.
"My wire and I have no differences
of opinion.
"I havo no wife.
"I did not threaten to report the
pollcemnn.
"N. B. I would llko to smile, but I
can't, even In tho Interest of trndc."
"Let mo keep this for a curiosity,"
said the customer.
"I'm sorry," said the cigar dealer,
"but I had only 1.000 of them struck
off nnd 1 used up nil the others."
Well Placed
"No, snh; but I dun reckon it was
n voice from lichen.'
'"And that's your defense, Is It?'
"'Yei, sah. I'zo wlllln' to rest tils
ease In tie Lawd'es hands. Do Lawd
he dun knows I nuubcr atolo dat cot
ton.'
" 'Hadn't you bettor have a lawyor?'
suggested the Judgo, with something
llko a smile on his face.
" 'I reckon not, sah. I'zo bcon gwlno
to church fur do Ins fo'ty y'ars, an'
I'zo restln' din cast right iu do hands
oh do Lawd.'
" 'Then I shall havo to glvo you four
months iu jail, Abraham."
"Huh, what fur?'
" 'For stealing that cotton.'
"The prisoner recolvod his Hontenco
without a word, fiuemlng to havo ex
pected It, and was presently led away.
Two weeks later I met him on tho
streets of a town fifty nillea away and
snid to htm:
" 'Abraham; I thought you wero In
jull at. Solnia?
"'Yes, snh, I wns, ho replied.
" 'And I remember you put your enso
In the hands or tho Lord?'
" "Deed, but I did, onh, an I cum
out nil right.'
" 'But you got four months.'
"'So I did, nuh so I did; but nrter
serving nine dnys ob do tlmo tie Lawd
showed mo how to dig outer dat jail,
tin' yer I am nn' doy won't nebber git
me agin. "-Washington Stan
IV
came within range. Once or twice ho
nipped the dog and drew blood. Mr,
Dlko encouraged tho dog and then
boldly worked around to the rear of
tho maple.
This was too much for tho wolf, and
In sheer desperation ho sprang at tho
farmer, who dealt him a telling blow
with tho broom. At the samo tlmo tho
dog tackled the animal In tho rear and
got a hold on his neck. The next in
stant a three-cornered fight wns on.
The wolf tackled tho farmer and dog
by turns, snapping and scratching at
first ono and then tho other. In tho
meantime tho dog and the broom got
In some lively work nnd at the end
of ten minutes honors were about
even.
Tho wolf could oaslly have escaped,
but ho evidently preferred to fight It
out, and It was nearly twenty minutes
before he was vanquished. When tho
wolf was dead Mr. Dlko found ho was
scratched iu several places and tho
dog wiib wounded In spots from the tip
of his noso to tho end of his tall. The
skin Is much the worse for wear, but
will be mounted.
in Rags
through his hhoes. He humbly asked
me If I couldn't help him In the mat
er of footwear and I was in tho midst
of a refubnl when ho snld my wife had
told him In the morning that 1 had a
pair of shoes that were not mates and
l would probably be willing he should
have thorn. More with the idea of
convicting the follow of lying thnn
nnyhlng else I brought out tho shoes.
Sure enough, there were two of them
for tho left foot, without any corre
sponding shoe for the right. I didn't
se how lie could utllxe them, but ho
said tlioy would serve Ids purpose, nnd
he departed itb them. Iu tho morn
In thut fellow had been sharp enough
to pick out the two shoot for the
right foot and then walled around till
he could work me for the other two.
1 -.ppoee one pair went to h pal.
"In'ow, there Is a fellow tramping it
that would simply raise N'ed if ho
hail a itfiance at wrecking railroads
or wintering wheat. There's not oue
wan in n thousNd would have
thought of turning the trick he did."
Stats or Oni Citt or Tot too, I ,,
T,x m ii.t tr f '
FflAKK . ' iirvrr make oath that he In nlor
jmrtner of the nrm or J. .1. I HKtrr ft .,, d..ln
lHiilnfM in (ho Ur of T'liMn. ' ninijr inn statu
afnrtmiltl, ami lint Mid nrm will pnv tho earn of
OSB HI SllltP.ll Dtil.LAim fur rich md every
ww at Cat Minit tint eantiot he cored br this urn of
1UM4 Catarrh ci'rk.
FIS ASK J. IJIIF.NTY
Surorn to hefnre ran ami iiWrllMtl m wjr pre
etico. tht Mti dar t Ueetmter. A. 1). inefi.
, , A. W. ULKASOK,
j " f Notary I'dhli".
Itaira Catarrh Cure In taken Internally anil aat
dlreetlytm the tlM anil murniia aurfacet ut tbs
rutefti. bmil far testimonial, free.
F. J. QIIKNKV & CO.,Toled.,0.
Bold hy ill l)rti(tttlt.7W.
Take flail's Kmnlljr l'llli fotcomttpatlon.
Examplo Is tho best argument.
Schemers got Into office when lion
ost men fall to do their duty.
A Rare Good Thing.
"Am using ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, and
rnn truly say I would not havo been without
It no long, hnd I known tho relief It would
give my aching feet. I think It a rare good
thing for anyone hnvlngsoro or tlrod feet
Mrs. Matilda Holtwort, Providence-. H I."
Sold by all Druggists, !Mo. Ask io-dtvj.
It's Impossible to defeat nn Ignorant
man In an argument.
Sir. IVInalovr'ft Hoothlnr
f"or children teething, foftrnn tho iruroi, reduce, to
Datamation, allays pila, cures wlod collu. 23ca butUa.
Blows from tho bellows of ridicule
leavo no bruises.
Smckers find Ixiwls' "Simile Binder"
straight flu cigar better quality than most
10c brnndo. iwls' Factory, Peoria, HI.
Common senso Is sometimes taken
In by uncommon shrewdness.
Try One Package.
If "Deflanco Starch" does not
plenso you, return It to your dealer.
If It doen you got ono-thlrd more for
tho saino money. It will glvo you
satisfaction, nnd will not stick to tho
Iron.
II Is tho llttlo tilings of llfo that
mako tho mighty wheels go round,
Piso's Cure cannot bo too highly spoken of m
n. cough euro. J. W. O'lltUKM, 32a Third Are.,
H Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 0, 1000.
Thoro nro two Bides to every Btory.
Tho victory you win means defeat for
tho other fellow.
Try mo Just onco anil I am suro
to cumo again. Deflanco Starch.
Human nnturo exhibits tho sanio
frailty In nil languages.
SHOT GUN
SHE LLS
are found on every American
farm whero there io a live
boy. New Club loaded with
black powder. Nltro Club
and Arrow loaded with sny
GmokcleBo powder, They are
"Duck Killcro."
Catalogue free.
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Agency ,'j.l Broadway, "
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German Coach,
Percherons,
fnlisH Stilre
& French Draft
end Belgians.
Tht LARGEST importcri of FIRST
CLASS UUio-u of any concern In alt the
Weiti OVER 50 HEAD TO SELECT
FROM. On arriving In L'ncotn take the
Slate Farm ttrcet car which runa direct! to
our bim. Come and ice ui or write.
Lg. Dut. Te!. ii0 A I. SullUan, Her
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KATY SAYS:
You cannot (elect a more delightful trip at
this aeasmi than the ttin lo OM Mcilco, A
reitf ill and invnwtatine rbanco of climate;
tcenery and sl. that vio with each other in rx
liiitite brauu : the out of door lifn and ilia
veculiar charm found only in the trouirs- all
rombiim to make thu a tuiietb Winter trip.
Old Mniico is quaintly foreign a country of
pirturostiiio tifhi and aitnei, a veritable
climpie of a new world
In hat) lUroi.th 1'ullman slaepers the trip
can be made fiom St Louis to MeticoCity
comfoitably and without chance tn route.
Ouraitrartie iMMlilrt. "To Old Meklco." Illuv
tratee place nt lcteret t be teen tn route and
ruterialiilngli docrltrt the ciitioma anjuburai
trrlMlc of the people. Don't think or vlallluK
Mexico without readmit li and "The Story of ban
Autoulo hee Kuty' AKvntor write
GEORGE MORTON. G. P. A.,
St. Loul3, Mo.
SICK WOMEN, MY CURE FREE.
1 wlllfndm- msrre:ou8 remedy wnica
tins cared thousands of womenor Lcucor
rhoea. Displacements, Fulling of Womb.
Hot nanhcii, L'lce rations, Tumors and all
Female Trouble I'rce to anv Lady re
quiring It. No money, no C. 0. D. AH I
nalc is to tell vour friends. Expectant
mothers, itbuncs about childbirth without up
parent pain or danger. Write to-day .
MRS. M. MERKLE, South Dead, lad.
PORTRAIT AGENTS
Dral Direct wito
Manulacturera
ac'dSate Montr
urg-uodtheuei. rrlvetheiri. 1'rouipnlup
mr)t. Jtellterr of ml Hrt'iltt;uai'anteed. i If out
tampion aotl roll free hrud fortatuuxru 0 r
ADAH J. KKOLL-CO., New En Buildinj, Chicago,
It afflicted with I
(Thompson's Eye Water
oro ert.1. UN
BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH
SYRUP cures coughs and colds.
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