l GREATEST SI6HT IN OMAHA. \ | 1 I I \ f f r v I I r A Single Store That 1< a City In ItselC THE BOSTON STOBE Sixteenth and Douglas, Omaha. 'Over a million Dollars Worth of Goods on * Antra Special Sale During Fair Week— Most Wonderful Bargains—Most Won derful Attractions—A Most Wonderful, Brilliant, Dazzling and Gorgeous Elec tric Illumination Display nt Night—Tills Electrical Dbplay Alone Is Worth Com ing Miles to See. The vdry flist place that Omaha poople take thoir friends to visit is the Boston Store; by all odds the greatest mercantile concern In the West. The immense crowds which throng the place ull day long are In themselves a most Interesting sight; but still more interesting, to those who come from out of town, are the Realty Wonderful Bargains Which dstonlsh everybody at every turn they make. Boston, Store, therefore, Invites you to visit the store early and of ton—In fact every day of yOur stay In Omaha. We liuve Utted up special reception, waiting, reading and toilet rooms in our store for the especial comfort of our out-of-town customers, all absolutely free and without charge of any kind to any body. You can write your, let ters, meet your friends, wash dp and make yourselves generally at home In our visi tors’ roosns, and we will take care of your, satchels and packages, give you a check for them, all without costing you a cent. Then When you are ready to do your shop ping, we will offer you ' A Chain of Bargains So great,.so astonishing, so really wonderful that you, will hardly be able to realize that ' you are buying goods; It will seem to you as though they are being given to you os a present. Never, so long as we have been doing business, have our buyers been able to secure so many snaps, so many good ■ values, as they have during tho | past sixty days. Our Immense build ing, with Its four storie% add basement, covering a block, is one mass of bargains. In justice to yourself you must visit Boston Store and do your trading and shopping f* there. Boston Store practically sells everything. We sell dry goods,, silks, satins, .velvets, cloaks, jackets, capes, wraps, millinery, boots, shoes, rubber boots, rubber shoes, laces, embroidery, corsets, linens, ribbons, hosiery, blankets, comforts, bed-spreads, tapestry, draperies, fancy goods, carpets, rugs, oil cloth, matting, muslin, sheeting, i trunks, valises, umbrellas, fans, men's fur nishing goods, women's underwear, drugs, hats and caps, notions, crockery, glassware, tinware, cutlery, jewolry, candles, teas, coffees and spices, stationery, books and toys and a fine restaurant In basement. boston stork, 16 th and Douglas. The Atlantic Monthly for September will' contain two important articles bearing on the political campaign—one on “The Election of the President” by the historian John B. McMaster, and the other a very striking paper on “The Problem of the West” by Professor Frederick J. Turner, of Wisconsin. He traces the apparent Eastern and West ern sectionalism and maintains that the true American is the man of the Middle West. The economic reasons for a divergence of opinion, on the cur f rency question for instance, are so i clearly indicated that the article is par I ticularly illuminating as a study of opinion as shown in the present cam paign. Iowa farms for sale on crop pay ments. 10 per cent cash, balance crop yearly until paid for. J. MUL HALL, Waukegan, I1L “What, no more tongue?” asked thd talkative matron of an old acquaint ance. “Why, you used to be very fond of it.” * j “Yes, I know, replied the absent minded man. “And I like it still.”— Washington Times. , If the Baby Is Cutting Teetn. So nr* and m that old and well-tried remedy, fu. Wuraujw’a Soothiaa Strut for Children Teething. A small piece of candle may be made to burn all night by putting,'finely powdered salt on if natta' b reaches thfij black'part of the wick. A small, even light may be kept In this way. _ PITS stopped tree and permanently cured. No ate after drat day's use of Dr. Kline's Orest Neovo Restorer.free $2 trial bottle and treatise. Bend to Da. Kums, *31 Arch 8L» Philadelphia, Fa. Old-fashiened brocade makes lovely waistcoats lor tailor gowns. Only 119 divorces have been granted it Canada in twenty years. There are altogether over 113,000,000 ■ women in India. Gladness Comes With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys ical ills, which vanish before proper ef forts—gentle efforts—pleasantefforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis ease, but simply to a constipated condi tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millionsof families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs 09 which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene ficial effects, to note when you pur chase, that you have the genaine^rti cle, which is manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one maybe commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, o^sl^u^ld^re^lhe best^and^ith the Figs stands highest and is most largely Used and gives most general satisfaction. 5Y, M.T.QA4.DQI?. INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION; CHAPTER IV.—(Continued.) •’Tom,” said Mr. Vertiiirf, lb athick, broken voice. “I’m not going to he a hypocrite, least of all with you. I have not looked Into AtACbfa(t jplnise f baa a young man. not lobe It.. Had you brought me a Shakespeare, I should have hailed It more gladly than a chest of gold; but a Bible—keep It, Toot,.I do not want a Bible.” Tom had dropped his hold of the chest ta , jClfusp* , the . little book, closely t/hil bMhft* jkm ^es klowed; his hotfeh *face * kttfdled *fhto en thusiasm. “What, sir, with all your learning and knowledge you don’t understand thb value of a Bible? Why I, that have such a hard time a-spelling out the words, knew its worth long ago. How are we going to live here all alone on this heathenish island? How are we going to bring up two immortal souls without a Bible? How are we going to die and ship for a cruise that has no return voyage? Oh, sir, I don’t be lieve my own ears—how could you have ' lived hll these years without a Bible?” A gloomy stare was his only answer. "Poor sour,: poor soul!” continued Tom, in a soothing, chiding voice, such as he would have used to a wayward child. No wonder you’ve been so sor rowful and bqpighted. ’Pears to me I see the Lord’s hand in this. He don’t mean to lose so useful a servant as you oughter be. He’s put you here'wbere, your fine false books sha’n’t hurt, and has left you only one to read. Mere it is; take it—oh, sir, take it, fob Ipoor Tom’s sake—for your boy’s rake.’'*^i r>' Here Tom’s voice failed, and fairly sobbing, he thrust the book into the unwilling hand and darted into the woods. Mr. Vernon’s face was fairly ghastly beneath his struggling emotions. Bid ding the children help Tom unload the raft, he turned and strode, not in Tom’s direction, but toward the hills, into whose verdurous depths his tall form Bpeedily disappeared. They did not see him again that day. Late in the evening, when perturbed and anxious, Tom was Just setting out to find him, he made his appearance. The intense brightness of tropic starlight showed Tom' his face. It was like a sea over which a storm had passed or a green valley where a hurricane had swept. There were traces of great struggles, of mighty forces battling fiercely, scat tered wrecks, uprooted growths of many years’ mistakes and sin,. the blackened mark of the lightning^ scathing, the exhaustion and weakness of Intense excitement—but his eye shone clear and bright, like the sun that has dispersed the clouds; the air was purified, the tempest over. “Tom,” said he, holding out his hand, "my brother, my best friend, your hand has smitten the hard rock, and the waters have gushed forth. Here is your Bible. I will, read it every night, and you Bhail teach us three children its divine meaning, its holy encourage ments, its beneficent forgiveness.” Even as he spoke he staggered and caught at a tree for support. , “You .are weak and overcome,,, sir,” skid Tom, anxiously. “YOU hare fasted all day, I fear. Let me help you to the house and give you a little of the brandy.” “Fasting and humiliation are for ■uch as me," answered he, “ but I be lieve through your blessed influence the light is breaking. Yes, let us go In. Tonight, Tom, for the first time these many years, I have prayed with my whole heart and'strength and soul." Nothing more was said, although; Tom laid awake half the night listen ing in sorrowful sympathy to the resj;* less tossings, the stifled sighs andguah ing tears that came from the baiahoQi eouch behind him. Toward morning he fell asleep, and when he awoke, there, at the head of the other bed sat Mr. Vernon,, his pale face no longer cynical and’ gloomy, but irradiated with peaceful joy, as he bent, utterly ab sorbed, over the sacred volume. "All right,” said Tom, Joyfully, as he Slipped away noiselessly to find the children busily following Mr.- Vernon’s bint, and preparing a breakfast for their slumbering friend. ■“We’ll have a little change shortly Jf* said he, devouring, to their infinite satisfaction, with much... relish, . thje nicely-peeled bananas. ’ “I saw some fine fish and lots o’ wild ducks yester day; and, alongside of Walter’s pig, 1 calculate we’ll be ready for foul 'Weather. Plenty of work will keep us . all busy and happy too, thank the ,Lord.” Which communication was reiterated when Mr. Vernon came out from their log retreat and joined them on the greed. “Ah, sir,” said Tom, "I feel more reconciled to this the more I think on’t. Jest this beautiful spot is right for a body to spend his last days in. We’ll not be hankering after worldly goods end forget to look to the Jiarbor we’re MtifljUg' to,’'* ’ i? sbou'dn’t mind seeing' old England again and my good sister Honor. You see, sir, she and I was all there was, and so we kinder sot more by- on* another than common folks. I’ll warrant the poor soul has cried her eyes red many a night for wanting to see me, and ’twill be a dreadful stroke thing; ’taint so long, anyhow, this ’ere life of ours. Besides, Honor's a mighty smart woman: Bhe’U take care of tier self and other folks too.] I wish jshe’d a-had all the wages the ship owed me, but, lawful heart, who kjiows—perhaps the good'‘Lori's rewarded her jwlth flreit thlrtg* bk this timg. I hope (he’ll get a kind, good husband to makh my place good. I ain’t giving to wtorry, anyhow—I’ll be happy here where the Lord’s put me.” i i “You’ve always done eg. I suspcc|, my brave-hearted Tom, and ja. useful lesson diavoyfcujtgnflht me; angl here ndw is tny hand to Jofh you nowin the bargain —to do the best and bd the best we can.” |. h , ' “Not most like for the sake o’ tliem,” ventured Tom, nodding' toward.| the children, "but for that?’—lifting] his eyes reverently upward. | | “Ay, for that,” answered Mr. Vernon, grasping the outstretched hand. ; And so the compact was sealed. |' • ■ Two months saw a great change In our island. A newly-paved walk led up from the water to tue] green; a com fortable, commodious, If ’not luxurious, dwelling peeped romantically from the embowering ' vines whose luxuriance bidthe roughnesqof the tog foundation. Carefully tended flowers had be:n trans planted to its little pldt, and within the house was tastefully arranged the pretty, ingenious bamboo furniture up on which Tom was never tveary of des canting, declaring that no one but Mr. Vernon could have produced anything ’|p good to use and pretty jto look at. I '’Everything that was saved from the ■•hip was used to deck the pretty parlor, which was sometime to; be given up entirely to Eleanor’s use; and there was a shelf filled with the treasures Tom had concealed until his quick per ception was satisfied that they would not be able to injure the preciousness of Mr. Vernoh’s Bible—a Shakespeare, a dictionary, an old history, and “Faulkner’s Shipwreck,” besides a quaint old-fashioned novel and ah al manac that Tom declared to be Worth all the rest. Outside, just far enough to suit Mr. Vernon’s fastidious taste—which Tom respected, though he could not under stand it—was the former’s especial pride and delight, where he whiled away in placid satisfaction maqy an idle half hour—the pig-pen, whose unruly in* habitant had been secured by strata gem of war that had delighted Walter hugely. Beyond that was set a targe coop with some half a ; dozen wild ducks, and in a pen built over a small pqpl foun^if jjb the sun three or four fat turtles. Here was. Tom’s field of congenial labor, although in no wise did he ne glect any other branch o£ the business, as Walter facetiously termed it. In deed most industriously and tenderly had he watched the few hills which he had planted with the corn found mat tered round the ship's hold—a forlorn and hopeless task, as hie was finally obliged to confess, for in that latitude of prodigal javishness the hope and comfort of sterile regions refused to grow. r Another useful task had the worthy sailor performed; he had nailed the flag caved from the sinking wreck—field reversed as a signal of distress—upon the top of the tallest tree on the hill behind them, saying as he did so: , “There! If only one of our British frigates get sight o’ the old flag calling for hejp, I’ll be bound' they'll tack and comfe many a knot out o’ the way to see what’s wanted." ( CHAPTER V, EN years have passed since the "Petrel” lay a broken wreck, dashing to and fro, on the coral reef of the little island. Still the patched and yet tattered flag floats off from the cocoa tree on the hill, and still the little log dwelling, now enlarged, and a perfect bower of glossy vine and gorgeous blossom, stands beneath the * grove of palm.and cocoanut. At the door of the “Retreat”—a name Mr. Ver flon hid given* it at first—sat that gen tleman himself. Time had added sad furrows to his forehead and scattered * silver threads plentifully in his dark hair, but the face itself was most essen tially changed. Could that benlgh, tranquil countenance belong to the cyn ical misanthrope who railed at the fate that saved him from a watery grave? Ah, the well-worn book clasped in his thin fingers betrays the secret of the change. Tom’s Bible has become a valued and abiding friend; the tempest tossed spirit la moored safely to the , Rock of Ages, has found the peace that , the world cannot give and cannot take away. Mr. Vernon’s eye was raised quietly from the book as a merry whis tle and measured tread broke the still ness, while Tom—our same rough, ( bright-faced Tom—came trudging : down the hill with a pole hung with bread-fruit on his back. “You are home early, Tom. Where •re the children*”———^ y "I didn’t have to go so fat. as I ex pected. Walter has got a nicq string of fleh, too—reg’lar beauties. I didn’t _ _ but reckon Oh, the children, they stopped at the rock Walter calls Nelly’s Throne, and MI com* Along I me—well, no matter, but I can’t help laughing to think we’re calling them children. I begin to think they're getting along to be young folks mighty fast.” Mr. Vernon started up and Bald hur riedly, while a shade crossed bis fore head: ' < "I will go and meet them.” “What’s the matter now, I wonder?” soliloquized Tom, removing the odd af fair, half hat, half turban, to wipe his moist forehead. “I’m sure there's nb need o' meddling with honest lofe maklng; it’s lawful for a magistrate:to marry a couple, and since we haln't a parson, why won’t Mr. Vernon do jest as well?” ’ v Meanwhile Mr. Vernon had takeq a path which led him up a Clift which; jutted over the water. He paused a moment in involuntary admiration of the scene before him. The huge white rock of coral forma tion rose out of the embowering green like a throne indeed, and. all around It, catching here at a tiny stalk, there at . a down-reaching branch, festooned vines, whose brilllant-hued flowers seemed like garlands flung at the feet of royalty. Overhead canopied the feathered spray of the inimitably graceful palm tree, and below, far be low, foamed the surf, dashing Its frothy columns against the coral piers that sup-' ported the rock, and above all spread out the intense blue of a tropic sky*, arching down afar off to meet the line of distant pea. Yet it was not upon in animate nature that Mr. Vernon's mild gmjr eye dwelt so fondly, but on the graceful living tableau —the crowning charm upon the coral rock—for there, sitting lightly As a bird upon its perch, was a slender, willowy form, not round enough for childhood and too aerlai for womanhood. A thin robe of thin muslin, gathered by a girdle at the lira let t dnnrn unnm tbn nnnir U ( il 1 *> >* with an Illusive veil such rose-tinted, naked feet—slipped clear from the awkward sandal—as Aphrodite hersell might have envied. The round white arm, resting carelessly on the rock, supported a head whose youthful gi ace and loveliness no naiad's mirror evet rivaled. The sunny ripples of curli overflowed with their ring of bronzed gold the vine that garlanded her head; the clear eyes shone with a deeper blue than the starry blossoms knotted In her breast; the sweet lips mocked saucily with their vivid carnation the pale rose of the cheek. And this was little Elite! The transformation was as marvelous as that which changes the hard, dull coll of green into the wonderful betuty of the newly-opened rose. No wonder there was a look of al most idolatrous affection In the dark eyes of the handsome youth who re clined carelessly at her feet. A sigh escaped Mr. Vernon aB with newly opened eyes he read aright the lan guage of his son’s face. For ten years had these children been his pupils; from his hand they had received the Invigorating draughts of knowledge; In his steps bad they followed to the out skirts of the- immortal fountain of Science; for them had he delineated the beautiful Bights his artist’s aoul drank in so eagerly; and, more than all, tremblingly, solemnly had he knelt with them before the Throne of Grace. All hjs acquired gifts and natural gen ius had been everted to the utmost to itone to them for the deprivations of their lot, and he, their- guide, their teacher, their closest friend, had been blind to their inner lives, and had needed the voice of sharp-eyed Tom to point it out to him. , He strode a step forward, and then paused again, for Eleanor was speak ing. : (TO US COXTINUBO.I •600 FOR A SAUCEPAN. Kept III* Money In ■ R*| Bk|, end 111* Wife S..14 It far R*(l> Fletcher Hlghley, a farmer living near Liberty, Ind., received several aundred dollars last week from the sale 3f some stock and placed the money In bis wife’s rag bag for safe keeping, Fearing that thieves might find it If It were known to be about the house. The repository seemed such a safe one that be added his gold watch and one be longing to his wife. Saturday he was iway from home, and, a peddlar call ng, Mrs. Hlghley sold the rags for half a cent a pound, and received a tin saucepan valued at 20 cents. When Mr. Hlghley returned in the eveaing and was about to deposit a few more lollarB in the rag bag he found it empty and his wife reported the sale of the rags, and showed the (gucepan w^jj .he expectation of having her shrewd ness complimented. Mrs. Hlghley was horrified to learn that the hag, centained $600 and’ her uisband's watches. Mr. Hlghley start ed after the peddlar yesterday and Found,hint nekr Richmond. He pro lessed to know nothing of the money ind the watch and said that the rags lad been shipped to an eastern rag firm. Ur. Hlghley has wired the firm. Ml. A- Condnuad 8tyl*s> v. Here is a composition from a progres sive schoolboy: “One day I was In the :ountry, I saw a cow and hit her with l rock, a dog bit me, a sow ebaaed me, [ felt out of a Wagon and a bee stung ne, and the old gobbler flapped me, and [ went down to the branch and fell In ind wet my pants.” Here is a whole lovel for you in seven lines.—Ex. i {/ '• > /1 i:' s ; if : Had » Hoat of Relative*. Ninety "blood relatives” followed to :lie grave the body of Samuel Cooper ti Pottawatomie county, Kansas, and >ne son, with twenty descendants, was ibseut. The surviving descendants lumber ISO. The did man died tinging i Methodist hymn._ No bird of prey has the gift of song. ’ H' * i'1 * * Inn Car* fur Woman. * ' v% IU “tun cure,” which is rather hero lo treatment in this kind of weather, ia what a prominent physician recom mends for women who spend most of their time indoora “A window sua bath is better than nothin?,” he says, “bat haring made up your mind to try the run cure, do it with a wiJL Walk the sunny side of the street, choose the sunny side of the street cars and trains and sit, stand, walk or lie in the sun at all possible times and seasons. If you can get only one hand or foot in the sunshine, do that much, and when ever possible let the sun rest on your hair. The hair is a wonderful conduct or of the health-giving currents, and when you take your sun bath let it hang loose in the brightest rays you can find. Do as the ancient Grecian .women did; Lie in the sunshine with your hair spread loosely over your -lace, and it will show you the- effects of this treatment directly. The un pleasant dryness whioh always follows winter weather and furnace or steam heat will disappear, and it will grow prtawy M»d strong again, | A N«tr Ilia ml natal A Lottden correspondent of the Man chester Courier publishes a remarkable account of a new illuminant, which, if all that is Baid of it is true, will push both gas and electric light very hard. For its production no machinery is' re quired save that contained in a pork able lamp neither larger nor heavier than is used with coal oil pr paraffin. This lamp, It is declared, generates Its own g*a. The substance employed is at present a secret, jealously guarded by some inventive Italians The cost is declared to be at most only one-fifth of that of ordinary gas, and the re sultant light Is nearly as bright as electric light and much whiter. A single lamp floods a large room with light The apparatus can be carried around nearly as easily, as a candle stick and seems both clean and odor less ' is vn'iitt»' j' ■' 1 ■—.1 . A Billion of, Coins To gain an idea of a billion of coins place a 95 gold piece upon the ground and pile upon it as many as will reach twenty feet in height Then place numbers of single columns in close con tact, forming a straight line and mak ing a sort of wall twenty feet high, showing only the thin edges of the coin. Imagine two such walls running Itarallel to each other and forming a ong street It would be necessary to )ceep on extending these walls for miles—nay, hundreds of miles—and still be far short of the required num ber, and not until we had extended our imaginative street to a distance of 2,286% miles that we shall have pre sented for inspection a billion of coins Tkttoit DMlt : 1 It to now asserted that Moody ui Sankey’s bjmu caused the persecution ot the Armenians by the Turks. "On- f' ward, Christian Soldiers,” read M lbs Turkish language, breaths a martial, spirit and to apt to be taken in tillttnl ' sense as an exhortation to fight tb» Turk, It la huggaaWd aa» poaslblo explanation of the charges agsinsk Prof. Tronmaian that what was sup posed to be his revolutionary lsnguagn was the quotation of some such hymn. The revivalists and the sweet singaw in Israel should be sent to Yildto Kiosk: to explain that they sing in a Pick wickian sense.—Literary Digest, How to Grow 40e Wheat , Sailer’s Fall Seed Catalogue tally you. It’s worth thousands to th» wideawake farmer. Send 4>eent stamp for catalogue and free samples at grains and grasses for fall sowing. John A Salser Seed- Ca, LaOrouasy McClure’s Magazine for September A2 will contain a. paper on Dr. W..T. a Morton, the dtocoverer of anastMpla by his wife. Dr. Morton’s discovery established painless surgery, and Mm Morton’s paper to the intimate person al history of n heroic battle for a new idea It haa special interest at thb time, because in October there is to bo a public Jubilee in honor of Dr. Morton’a priceless service to humanity. Tbo paper will be fully illustrated. & fi McClure, A Co., New York. Htgensu Gusspaer lee with ClwiHsa Constant thought will overflow In wortto unconsciously.—Byron. f Shtl juit "poll finotlK.* There’s no prettiness In puls,, except on the theory of "pretty is that pretty does.” In that case she’s right Ayer’s Pill* do cure biliousness, constipation., and all liver troubles. r The Governor of North Carotinajaid to the Governor of South Carolina Vf hnv /I I ■i-t "BATTLE AX” is the most tobacco, of the best quality, for the least money. Large quantities reduce the cost of manufacture* the result going to the con sumer in the shape of a larger piece, for less money, than was ever before possible. - ‘ ' ! ." _ . . . • i'$A j .iKV ? i ',•* c\ YTi’* ' You Know Columbias You think you’ll save a few dollars at the ,, start in cheaper bicycle buying—rperhaps > ■> you get what you pay for, but you don’t get a t’- - hundred dollars’ worth—the real value is in the cost at the end of the year—the best costs less, lasts longer, doesn’t bother you while it lasts—certainty is always worth its price. Columbia Catalogue, free at our agencie*—by mail lor two " cent stamps. Pope Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Conn.