! MYSTERY OF THE ROSE
y* -
Lawrence hunt
er carried a big
bunch of pink roses
with him when he
called on Alma
Bentley with an
important mission
in his mind, and he
felt that he was
particularly fortu
nate in having
^ ' them, as they were
country-bred roses, grown properly in
the open air, and the last of the sea
son.
He had heard the young woman be
moan the fact that she never saw any
roses except those raised in hot-houses,
that she did not consider art superior
to nature, and should never forget the
dear roses that grew In the country,
In the garden of their old home--they
were filled with tender associations.
Therefore Lawrence Hunter was full
of a happy Importance, as he presented
her with the roses he had plucked him
self from the bushes in a friend's gar
den that same day.
iuu whi nna mem aengnuuuy mi
grant," he said, as she took the great
bunch of bloom in her fine, slim hands,
and looked at them with such loving
appreciation that the young man’s pulse
went up to fever heat.
She was dressed as became a rose
queen, in snowy white, and her golden
hair was bound with a filet of blue,
which color enhanced the fairness of
her complexion, as she probably meant
it should, in the artlessness of art. And
as she held her lovely face with its
delicate rose-color above the roses, the
young man, strengthened his resolve to
propose that- '
But there is an old adage about man
proposing. The queenly Alma knew
that she could not continue to hold the
roses without weariness, even flowers
become burdensome, under certain con
ditions, and she placed them tenderly
in a china vase, and when they were
arranged to suit her fastidious taste,
lingered to drink in their subtle beauty.
"They bring up the sweetest asso
ciations of a happy past,” she said,
romantically. "Petals of pink, and
hearts of gold, how I love yoiri I revel
in your adorable sweetness!”
And she buried her face in the mass
of roses, the better to inhale their
odor, and then Lawrence, who felt the
insanity of jealousy stealing over him,
noticed that her slender form was shak
en with sobs, and he sprung to her as
sistance. But she gave a wild shriek
and escaped from the room, leaving
the astonished lover gazing into space.
He heard cries and exclamations, the
hurry of flying feet, doors slamming,
and—silence. He waited, but no ono
/
“POISON TASTER TO MY QUEEN.”
came, and he went home with a pro
found conviction that he had just es
caped making a fool of himself—that
Alma Bentley was a woman with a
past, that he would call on her—or cul
tivate her society, no longer. And he
lay awake all night, thanking his
stars that he was not her accepted hus
band.
The next day he watched anxiously
for some word, a note, any explanation,
but none came. He wandered that way
In the evening, and finding the house
dark and closed, was so piqued and
furious that he rung the bell and in
'quired if the young woman was at
home.
"Yes,” the domestic said, “but not
able to see any one—quite ill, under
the doctor’s care.”
“The plot thickens,” said the young
man to himself, as he turned away,
more in love than ever, and determined
to probe the mystery to its depths.
Suppose she had a past—so had he, and
he laughed grimly as he thought of
some pages of his life that ho would
have been glad to tear out and burn.
Poor little girl! Some foolish romance
of her early teens that had roses in it—
and a lover! What then? How many
love affairs of his own had left memo
ries and associations—only he was a
man and could forget. Well, he would
teach her to forget if she would give
him her confidence and love!
He waited meekly but expectantly
a week—two weeks, and v/hen a third
had nearly passed, met Alma face to
face. Both were riding, but
she threw him a sweet smile
and a bow as they passed,
and he thought he had never seen her
looking so well, not excepting that fatal
evening of the roses.
After a decorous time he called, and
was as nervous as a woman as he wait
ed to hear the rustle of her silken
skirts, and learn from her lips the mys
tery of the incident of the rose3.
There was no hint of illness or pal
lor, but Just a slight shade of anxiety
on her face as she cordially welcomed
the young man.
“You must have thought me out of
my senses,” she said, as soon as they
were seated, "when I rushed out of the
room that night; but I could not help
ft, I lost all my self-control and cried
1
like a child. Mamma said I was very
silly.”
“Were you so much overcome?"
asked Lawrence kindly.
“Overcome? I was blind, frantic with
pain.”
“I have heard,” said the young man,
“of people to whom the odor of certain
flowers was painful on account of
memories. If I had only known that
my unfortunate roses had the power to
rouse slumbering recollections of hap
pier days, rather than revive such
memories, I would have left them with
er on their stems!”
"Memories,” repeated Alma vaguely,
"what had they to do with me? I don’t
understand you, Mr. Hunter.”
“Was it not an overpowering rush
of associations connected with the roses
that brought on your attack of ill
ness?”
Alma stared a moment, then laughed
merrily.
"No, indeed, it was the overpower
ing rush of a bee concealed in one of
the roses, and it stung my poor lip so
that I was a fright for weeks and suf
fered from the poison, too.”
“And it wasn’t a memory?” Law
rence’s tone was jubilant.
“No, but it is now, and a very dis
agreeable one. I am pledged hereafter
to artificial roses.”
“Let me have the life-long position
of poison-taster to my queen,” sug
gested Lawrence gallantly, and his
queen, being in the mood, accepted him
for the position.
THE SUN'S HEAT.
Would Melt a 200,000 Mile Icicle In a
Single Second.
We believe that we are speaking the
truth when we say that there is no
more than one person In ten who has
anything like a correct idea of what an
icicle forty-five n^iles in diameter and
200,000 in length would look like. It
is also true that there is no necessity
for one being provided with a mind
that would enable him to form a correct
conception of such a gigantic cylinder
of ice, for there Is no piobability that
any one will ever live to see an Icicle
even half so large, yet it is interesting
to know that Sir John Herschel, the
great astronomer, used an illustration
in one of his articles on the intensity
of the sun’s heat. After giving the
diameter of the great blazing orb, and
a calculation on the amount of heat
radiated by each square foot of its im
mense surface, he closed by saying that
if it were possible for an icicle forty
five miles in diameter and 200,000 miles
long to plunge into the sun’s great
burning sea of gas, It would be melted
away and utterly consumed, even to its
vapor, in less than one second of time!
Such an icicle would contain more cu
bic yards of ice than has formed on
the rivers and lakes of the Untied
States during the past 100 years: its
base would cover the average Missouri
county, and its length would be almost
sufficient to reach the moon.
Where tlio Money Went.
He was a very little fellow, but as
bright as a dollar, as pretty as a
Cupid, with more of a regard for per
sonal appearance than the god of love,
and lived in the suburbs. He had been
saving up his pennies, nickels and
dimes with the understanding that on
his birthday he should be permitted to
go to town and spend his money just
as he might see fit. The day came
and with his aunt he visited the city
and spent the entire day away from
iiome. When he returned in the even
ing hi3 father asked him if he had en
joyed himself.
His nonchalent reply was: "Yes, sir."
"Did you spend all your money?” was
asked suggestively.
“Yes, sir.”
"What did you buy?” queried tht
parent.
“B’nanas.”
“You don’t mean to tell me you spen.
all your money for bananas?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Good heavens, child; why did you
throw away all your money on
bananas? Surely you did not eat all
you bought with that $2.”
“No, sir. I dess boughted ’em all day
an’ I did eated two of ’em. Den I had
lots o’ fun skinnin’ th’ others an’ trow
in’ ’em at dogs.”—Indianapolis Senti
nel.
Where Sea Serpents Had Xo Show.
A Georgia drummer was talking to a
crowd of the famous “blue snake” of
Florida. The drummer said: “I was
workin’ in the field one day with a
nigger, and niggers are scared to death
of blue snakes, when he give a yell,
‘Blue snake!’ and went Ilyin’. I didn’t
know wc.cU way the durn snake was
cornin’, so I took after the nigger, and
we went out of that field like two
streaks of lightning, leavin’ our hoe?
standin’ up in the furrow. What Be
came of the snake I don’t know, and I
didn’t go back to see until the next
mornin’, and, by gum! what I found
there surprised me about as much as
anything I had met up with in Florida.
The snake had hit my hoe handle
plumb in the center, and it had swelled
up so that I got a thousand shingles,
10,000 feet of weather boardin’, four
cords of firewood, 100 fence rails,
enough floorin’ for the Baptist church
and 500 barrel staves out of it.’,’ The
listeners expressed their belief vigor
ously. "And,” concluded the drummer,
when he could be heard, "that hoe-han
dle was still swellin’ when we got it to
the sawmill.”
Irreverent.
“What do you know about gold and
silver?” asked the young farmer of the j
irreverent youth. "You are too young
to/understand anything about the coin- !
age question.” '
7"Oh, of course,” Jeered the youth, j
'n guess I am too young to be a safe !
(man to sell a gold brick to.” j
The allusion was painfully personal. '
—Indianapolis Journal. I
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OH INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Some Vp-to-Date Hints About Cultiva
tion ot the Soli and 1'leliU Thereof—
Horticulture. Viticulture and Flori
culture.
HE EARLIER IN
life a weed Is de
stroyed the easier,
and the smaller the
damage It will have
done. This is al
most self-evident.
A weed is a thief
In the cultivated
ground, intent on
making a vigorous
growth and robbing
the rightful plants of their nour
ishment, says Prof. B. D. Halstead,
who has made a study of weeds
and their treatment. This work
•does not begin until the young
plant establishes its roots in the soil
and has spread its leaves in the air and
sunshine. If the weed is killed before
this point is reached, a double work is
done, the theft has been prevented, and
the weed is killed. The germination of
the seed has provided the condition for
easy destruction tnat wouia not novc
obtained had the plantlet remained
snugly enveloped by the seed-coats.
One of the best methods of ridding a
soil of weeds is to arrange for rapid
wholesale germination of the weed
seeds, after which the young plants
should be promptly killed.
But all weeds are not annuals; and
If the soil is filled with those that live
from year to year, other methods of ex
termination must be follow’ed. Weeds
get their living in the same way as
other plants—they need to have room In
th,e soil for their roots, and space In
the air and sunlight for the stems and
leaves. Cut them off from these sources
of food/ and the means of performing
the vital functions, and death sooner
or later must follow. It is evident that
repeated removals of the portion above
ground will continually weaken the
plant, and if to this is added an occa
sional upturning of the roots, the weeds
must die. Some of them will stand a
great deal of torture, hut it is the only
general way.
There is no panacea for weeds, noth
ing that can be put on a field to kill
them, unless it be a full and proper ap
plication of that which, for the lack of
a better and neater name, is called “el
bow-grease.” This will not only kill
the weeds, but also improve the culti
vated cyops.
It is beyond reasonable expectation
that all annual weeds will be either
killed in the seed or soon after germi
nation; some dodge the hoe, while
others will be missed by the rake. The
next best thing is to keep them from
seeding. The perfection of a crop of
seeds is the end and aim of the whole
existence of a weed. If one, for ex
ample, removes the large cup-like
flower cluster of the carrot, there will
soon be a half dozen to take its place
and hurry matters, in seeming fear that
they may share the same fate before
the seeds are matured. If a weed gets
a late start, it spends very little time
on stem building, but blossoms almost
from the soil, and puts all its energies
into the perfection of its seeds and the
continuation of its species. A "pusley”
plant will, if left to itself for a few
days, ripen a million seeds, and do it
without ostentation.
Much depends upon the destruction of
the last weed. If 999 are killed and the
thousandth one left to enjoy the su
perior advantages which the destruc
tion of the others has given, it may be
worse than if all had lived and
struggled with each other through an
imperfect growth. One well-grown
and heavily-seeded weed will leave a
large legacy for evil in a rich field. It
is the few weeds that are left in the
cornfields that, having had the best, op
portunities, do the mischief and con
tinue the pests.
Weed seeds have, a remarkable way
of disseminating themselves. One
farmer, by every means in his power,
roots out the cursed Canada thistle,
while an adjoining field may be largely
devoted to the propagation of this
prickly pest. The thistle seeds are
provided with miniature balloons, by
means of which they are carried by
the lightest winds and will find a fa
vorable place to grow in the well-tilled
field of the thrifty farmer. Therefore,
in the extermination of these pests
there must be an earnest and concerted
action.
Pruning I'lowerlng Shrat>«.
One of the first requisites to success
ful pruning is to be able to correctly
distinguish between shrubs which
ought to be pruned in winter
and those which ought to be pruned in
summer. If a mistake be made in this
connection, effects diametrically the re
verse of those we wish to bring about
will be the inevitable result. Another
important requisite to insure complete
success is that the various kinds of
shrubs be pruned in the proper season.
Owing, no doubt, to the pressure of
work in the summer time, the pruning
of flowering shrubs is too often neg
lected, and when ultimately attended
to It is, as stated above, generally left
to persons who, from lack of knowledge
or through carelessness, cut away a
quantity of wood, which, if left to the
following spring, would produce a pro
fusion of blossom.
Let us take, for instance, such
shrubs as forsythias, viburnums, ex
ochorda grandiflora, prunuses, many
spiraeas, weigelas, etc., which flower in
the spring or early summer. The
proper time to prune such shrubs is im
mediately after they have done flower
ing. If the plant to be operated upon
be your l and expected to grow larger
in order) to fill its place in a bed or else
where, ail that will be found necessary
will be to cut away part of the previous
year’s growth. Special attention will,
of course, have to be paid to the bal
ance of the plant, and the operator
must, as far as circumstances will per
mit, strive to give It a natural and
graceful form. If the plant has at
tained the desired size, the old shoots
can be thinned out and cut back to
suit the situation and taste of the par
ties Immediately concerned, and It will
be found that young shoots will at
once develop and be In the proper con
dition to yield an abundance of flowers
the ensuing year. A specimen can thus
be kept In good shape and form for
many years without any apparent
change In its size. In a mixed shrub
bery this method Is of great advantage,
as It limits each plant to its allotted
space and prevents It from encroaching
on its neighbor, or obscuring from
view many of the finer but less robust
growing shrubs.
Many people are under the Impres
sion that such shrubs as hardy azaleas,
rhododendrons, etc., cannot be success
fully pruned, but such Is by no means
the case. I have myself found It quite
practicable, by Judicious and careful
pruning, to transform, in a few years,
tall, gaunt, unshapely plants of the
kinds Just named Into beautiful and de
sirable specimens. The pruning of this
class of shrubs should also be executed
Immediately after they have done flow
ering, and it will be found, as stated
above, that young shoots will at once
develop and be In the proper condition
to yield an abundance of flowers when
the appropriate time arrives.
uuier uuweriiig snruDS, sucn as ai
theas, hydrangeas, Roglnla hlspida,
clerodendron, serotinum, etc., should
be pruned In the winter time. Summer
pruning would indeed be highly Injuri
ous In this case, for the simple reason
that by cutting away any of the young
growths wo would, in most instances,
be mutilating that part of the shrub on
which the flowers are produced. Win
ter pruning is a comparatively more
simple operation than summer pruning,
from the fact that at this season plants
can be cut back to almost any part, and
In the spring young shoots will break
away and produce a profusion of blos
soms at the proper time.
For shrubs having an effect from
their fruit or foliage, such as berberry,
eunonymus, calllcarpa, mahonia, etc., 1
would recommend winter pruning. If
trimmed in the summer time it gives
them a stunted appearance, which
mars the beauty of their foliage at a
time when it shows to the best advan
tage and is most appreciated.
It will be observed that ini the fore
going remarks the pruning of flowering
shrubs is simply treated in a general
manner. Of course, it goes without
saying that it would be almost impossi
ble, and especially in a short article like
the present, to lay down a hard and
fast rule that would apply in all cases,
for the fact is that in order to obtain
the best results, each species requires
special treatment, a thorough knowl
edge of which can only bo acquired by
practice and training. If, however, the
hints given above be attended to, blun
dering in pruning, and the failure and
disappointment consequent thereon,
can, to a very great extent, be averted,
and many a shrubbery can be trans
formed from a chaotic mass into a
thing of beauty—at once pleasing to the
eye and an ornament in the landscape
—American Gardening.
Destroying the Hessian Fly.
W. C. Latta of Purdue University
gives the following advice: Owing to
the prevalence and destructiveness of
the Hessian fly this year, concerted ef
forts should bo put forth to prevent a
recurrence of its ravages upon the next
wheat crop. In order to prevent a se
rious attack of "the fly” tho following
measures should be adopted:
1. Thoroughly burn all fly-infested
wheat stubble in which there is not a
stand of young clover or grass.
2. Prepare very early a border, one
of two rods wide, around each field of
wheat, and sow the same to wheat In
August.
3. Turn this border under very late,
using a jointer, following with roll
and harrow, and then sow the entire
field.
By taking this course many of the'
insects which escape the fire will be
buried when the early-sown border Is
turned uuder, and the late sowing of
the general crop will avoid the earlier
attacks of any remaining “fly.”
If these precautions are carefully and
generally observed by the farmers the
Hessian fly will not seriously damage
the next wheat crop. United effort Is
necessary to bo effective.
Few Suggestions.—The long-suffer
ing mother will find this list of inesti
mable benefit during the whole trying
season: To remove fresh fruit stains
stretdh the stained portion of the goods
over a basin and pour boiling water
through it until the mark disappears.
To remove old fruit stains, wash the
stained portion of the goods in oxalic
acid until clear. Rinse thoroughly in
clear rain water, wet with ammonia,
rinse again and dry. Grass stains
should be rubbed In either molasses or
alcohol until they disappear, and shonlcf
be washed as usual. Pink stains should
be soaked in lemon juice, covered with
salt and bleached in the sun. If they
are on colored material they should be
treated with oxalic acid in the same
way as old fruit stains. A mixture of
one-third of powdered alum to two
thirds of tartar is also good for obsti
nate ink stains and others. Ink stains
on carpets are removed most easily
with lemon juice or oxalic acid. Wagon
grease, tar or pitch stains should be
rubbed well with lard and then washed
in the usual way. Colors which have
faded under the influence of acid may
be restored by treating them with am
monia and chloroform. Colors changed
by alkalies may be restored by acid
treatment.
The bicycle has destroyed the sale of
more horses than even the electric road
has done.
Wise Old King Cerrops.
Did I say that the people who lived
there (Athens) at that time were
simple-minded? Rather childlike they
were in some wavs, and not so worldly
wise as they might have been hud they
lived some thousand years later; but
they were neither simpletons nor
altogether savages. They were the
foremost people in Greece. It was all
owing to their king, wise old Cecrops,
that they had risen to a condition supe
rior to that of the halt barbarous tribes
around them, lie had shown them
how to sow barley and wheat and plant
vineyards; and he had taught them to
depend upon these and their docks and
herds for food, rather than the wild
beasts of the chase, lie had persuaded
them to lay aside many of their old
cruel customs, had set them in families
with each its own home, and had in
structed them in the worship of the
gods. On the top of the Acropolis they
had built a little city, and protected it
with walls and fortifications against
any attact from their wnrlike neigh
bors; and from this point as a center
they had, little by little, extended their
induence to the sea on one side and to
the mountains on the other, liut, '
strange to say, they had not yet given i
a name to their city, nor had they de
cided which of the gods should be its
protector.
l iso h Cure is the medicine to t reals up
children's Coughs and Colds.—Mm. M: (J.
Hlunt, Sprague, Wash., March 8, ’04.
An Antoinette Wrap.
If there is no new dress under the
sun, Aaron's linen coat being' worn to
day by women and pantaloons having
been found from the stone epoch, there
are at least designs that reappear like
comets at such long intervals that they
are new to some consecutive genera
tions. Thus it is with a certain Marie
Antoinette cloak, that lias appeared
and seems destined to a career. Not
so very old in its design it is so ex
tremely odd and its career was so short
in its day that it comes with all the
effect of surprise. This hood is ex
ceedingly wide und is hooped round the
opening, and when on the head stands
out like an inflated half balloon some
what flattened on top and leaving a
wide space on each side of the face,
that may be filled with hair or shad
ows The width of this hood reaches
out to that of the widest sleeves ever
made. Attached to a long cloak it is
bound to figure in evening wraps next
winter, but forstalling the time, they
are occasionally seen on hotel piazzas
at night, and made of taffeta beruched
or of satin lined with cloth; one or two
travelers have worn them coming from
l’aris to the beech. The effect is truly
marvelous
The Nickel Plate road has authorized
its agents to sell tickets at greatly re
duced rates to Albany, N. V., on occa
sion of the meeting of the German
Catholic Societies of the United States
in that city. Sept. 15th to 18th. For
particulars address J. Y. Calalian, Gen'l
Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicngu
Stock In Ohio.
The auditor of the state of Ohio has
completed his annual tabulation of the
returns of animals made by the various
counties
It shows a notable decrease in the
number of sheep in the state, there be
ing only 3,005,405 this year, against
3,555,185 in 1894. A decided reduction
in the number of horses is also shown.
In 1804 there were 854,840, aud this year
there are but 705,805, a decrease of 28,
045. There are 1,553,001 cattle in the
state, a decrease of 43.504 from last
year. An increase ’ is shown in the
number of hogs, there being 1,437,303
tliis year, against 1,331,100 in 1804, an
increase of 100,534.
"lutos't Maglo Corn
Warranted to cure or money refunded. Ask yoor
InijfKlst for it. Fiicv 16 cento.
The First Horse that Ever 'Lived*
There is a Greek legend tellling how
Athens came by its name, and there is
a noble horse who plays a prominent
part in the legend. If we are to be
lieve the story, he was the first real
fiesh-and-blood horse of which we have
any account. Some men say that he
was the first animal of the kind that
ever lived, but this is doubtful. Snowy
white, without spot or blemish from the
tips of his ears to the tips of his amber
hoofs, how he must have astonished
the simple-minded folk of Cecropln
when he leaped right out of the earth
at their feet! if you should evergoto
Athens and climb to the top of that
wonderful hill called the Acropolis look
around you. You may see the very
spot where it all is said to have hap
pened.
Ilonieseekert* Kxcursionfl*
On Aug. 20th, Sept. 10th and 24th, 18115,
the Union Pacific System will sell ticket
from Council bluffs and Omaha to point
south and west in Nelrnska and Kansas
a so to Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and
Idaho, east of Weiser and south of Heaver
Canon, a't exceedingly low rates. For fu l
information, as to rates and limits, apply
to A. C. Di-nx,
City Ticket Agent, 1802 Fainam St.,
Omaha. Net).
GREAT BOOK FREE;
When Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
published the first edition of his work. The
People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser,
he announced that after 680,000 copies had
been sold at the regular price, $1.50 per
copy, the profit on which would repay him
for the great amount of labor and money
expended in producing it, he would dis
tribute the next half million free. As this
number of copies has already'been sold, he
is now distributing, absolutely free, 500,000
copies of this -most com
plete, interest- COUPON ing and val
uable common No. 111 sense med
ical work ever - published—
the recipient only being required to mail
to him, at the above address, this little
coupon with twenty-one (31) cents in one
cent stamps to pay for postage and pack
ing only, and the book will be sent by mail.
It is a veritable medical library, complete
in one volume. It contains over 1000 pages
and more than ,joo illustrations. The Free
Edition is precisely the same as those sold
at $1.50 except only that the books are
bound in strong manilla paper covers in
stead of cloth. Send now before all are
given away. They are going off rapidly.
Th« Larfeit Elk cm Record.
The largest elk of which I have us
authentic record waa formerly owned
by Mr. O. R. McKenzie, of Sullivan
county, New York, and kept in bin
park until it had to be killed for <f
riotousness. It measured as follows:
Length of head and body, 7 feet 9
inches; tail, inches; height at tha
shoulders, S feet 4 inches. I am glad
to be able to add that its skin is now in
the possession of the American Muse
um of Natural History, and will soon
be mounted by Mr. Rowley—whicb
guarantees the quality of the finished
specimen. The weight of that animal
could scarcely have been less than 1,000
pounds, but the weight of a full-grown
cow elk sometimes is as little of 400
pounds.—St Nicholas.
The reviving power, of Parker's Ginger Told*
render It in' is otitable In everr home. Stomiieis
trouble, cold, and everr form or distress yield ton.
One consequence of the battle of tha
Yalu is the proposal made in Europe
of establishing a naval Red Cross so
ciety, whose vessels, painted In soma
distinctive color, shall accompany hos- -
tile fleets and pick up the crews of vea- '
s«2a sunk in action.
Opt If tndcrsorna and a«a It
If you witnt to retiUu the comfort of being without- I
curna. It lakes tliem out p.'rfeei-tf. 15c, sb ilruaxls a. .
A mustard plaster made according? tv
the following' directions will not blister
the most sensitive sldn: Two teaspoon
fuls mustard, two teaspoonfuls flour,
two teaspoonfuls ground ginger. Do
not mix too dre. Mace between two
pieces of old muslin and apply. If it
burns too much at first lay an extra
piece of muHltn between it and lbs
skin; as the skin becomes accustomed
to the heat take the extra piece of mus
lin away.
THE NEBRASKA STATE FAIR.
Special Rales and Trains via ths Bur
lington Boats.
Round trip tickets to Omaha at the on*
way rate, plus 60 cents (for admission cou
pon to the State Fair), will be on sale Sep
tember 10th to 20th, at Burlington Route
stations, in Nebraska, in Kansas on the
Concordia, Oberlin and St. Francis lines
and in Iowa and Missouri within 100 miles
of Omaha.
Nebraskans ore assured that the '95 Stats {
Fair will be a vast improvement on its ~
predecessors Larger—more brilliant—bet- |
ter worth seeing. Every one who can do
so should spend Stato Fair week, tbo whole
of it, in Omaha.
The outdoor celebrations will ba particu
larly attractive, surpassing anything of ths
kind ever before undertaken by any west
ern city. Every evening, Omaha will be
aflame with electric lights and glittering
pageants will parade the streets. The pro
gram for the evening ceremonies is:
Monday, Sept. 10th—Grand Bicycle Car
nival.
Tuesday, Sept. 17th—Nebraska's parodist
Wednesday, Sept. 18th—Military and
civic parade.
Thursday, Sept. 19th—Knights of Ak-Sar—
I cn Parade, to be followed by the ‘‘Feast;
of Mocdamiu" Boll.
Round trip tickets to Omaha at the ra
il need rates above mentioned, as well as
full information alout tbe Burlington
Conte’s train service at the time of ths
State Fair, can be had on application to
the nearest B. & M. R. R. agent.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, witia
less expenditure, by more promptly"
adapting the world’s best products t»
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation. •
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will nob
accept any substitute if offered.
WELL MAGKiNERY
Illustrated catalogue showing VKLI
AUGERS, ROCK DRILLS, HYDRAULIC ,
AND JETTING MACHINERY, etc.
Suit Fin. Have been tasted and
all warranted.
Sioux CUy Engine and Iron Works,
Successors to Pech Mfg. Co.
_ _ *lo«x City. Iowa. .
T1I2 ROWCLL A CHA8B MACHINERY CO .
i»ift west Eleventh street, K&bmh City Mu.
Omaha STOVE REPAIR Works;
*!«• repair* far 4 ©,«(!• dire real *tar*a
and ran(F>. 1900 Daiglai St.. Vaaha, \ik
IM DC
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