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CHAPTER I.
• T is always a
thankless office to
give advice in these
matters,” said Mrs.
Charles Romaine,
discreetly. "Your
brother and I have
decided not to at
tempt to influence
you in any way,
Constance; not to
bias your judgment
m favor of or against Mr. Withers. You,
as the one most nearly Interested In
the consequences of your acceptance
or refusal of his offer, should surely
be able to make up your mind how to
treat it and him.”
"I should be, as you say,” responded
the sister-in-law. “But I cannot.”
She was a handsome woman, In the
prime of early maturity, whoso face
seldom wore, in the presence of others,
the perturbed expression that now be
gloomed it.
“That docs not afreet the fact of your
duty,” answered Mrs. Romaine, with
considerable severity. "There are times
and circumstances In which vacillation
is folly—criminal weakness. You have
known Mr. Withers long enough to
form a correct estimate of his charac
ter. In means and In reputation he is
all that could be desired, your brother
says. Either you like him well enough
to marry him, or you do not. Your sit
uation in life will be bettered by an
alliance with him, or it will not. These
arc the questions for your considera
tion. And excuse mo for saying that a
wofnan of your age should not'be at a
loss in weighing these.”
• Again Constanco had nothing ready
except a weak phrase of reluctant ac
quiescence. "I feel the weight of your
reasoning, Margaret. You cannot de
spise me more than I do myself for my
childish hesitancy. Mr. Withers—any
sensiblo and honorable man deserves
different treatment. If I could see the
way, clear before me I would walk in
it. But, indeed, I am in a sore dilem
ma.” She turned away, as her voice
shook on the last sentence, and affect
ed to be busy with some papers upon a
stand.
Mrs. Romaine was just In all her
dealings with her husband's sl3ter, and
meant, in her way, to bo kind. Con
stance respected her for her excellent
sense, her honesty of purpose and ac
tion—but she was the last of her
friends whom she would have select
ed, of her free will, as the confidante
of such joys and sorrows as shrink
from the touch or hard natures—refuse
to be confessed to unsympathizing ear3.
Her heart and eyes were vbry full now,
but she would strangle sooner than
drop a tear while those cold, light orbs
were upon her. ,
In consideration of the weakness and
ridiculous sensitiveness of her compan
ion, Mrs. Romaine forbore to speak the
disdain she felt at the Irresolution and
distress she could not Comprehend. "I3
Mr. Withers personally disagreeable to
you?” she demanded, in her strong con
tralto voice. i
“I liked him tolerably well—very
well, in fact, until he told mo what
brought him here so regularly,” Con
stance stammered. “Now I am embar
rassed in his presence—so uneasy that
I wish sometimes I could never see or
hear of him again.”
"Mere stfiyness!” said Mrs. Romaine.
Such as would be pardonable in a
girl of seventeen. In a woman Of soveu
and-twenty it is absurd. Mr. Withers
is highly esteemed by all who know
bim|' Your disrelish of his society is
caprice, unless”—the marble gray eyes
mori> searching—“unless you have a
prior, attachment?”
Constance smiled drearily. “I havt
never been in love in my life,, that l
know of.” ,
"You are none the worse for having
escaped an infatuation that has wreck
ed more'women for time and for eter
nity than all other delusions combined.
A rational marriage—founded upon
tnutdal esteem and the belief that the
social and moral condition of the par
ties to the contract would be promot
ed thereby—is the only safe union. Tho
. young, inexperienced and headstrong,
repudiate this principle. The mature
in age know it to be true. But, as l
have staid, it is not my intention to di
rect your Judgment. This is a momen
tous era in your life. I can. only hope
apd pray that you may be guided
aright Jn your decision."
Left to herself to digest this niorsol
of pious eneouragement, Constance
drew a low seat to the hearth regis
ter, clasped her hands upon her knees,
ant^, tried, for the hundredth time that
day, tb weigh the facts of her position
fairjy and impartially.
Sue, had been an orphan for eight
yeajb, and a resident in the house of
heMslder brother. Her senior by more
than a dozen years, and in the excit
ing swing of successful mercantile life,
be had little leisure for the study of
bis sister's tastes and traits, when she
first* became his ward, and conceived
“the fask to be an unnecessary one, now
that she was to be a fixture in his fam
ily* and appeared to get on smoothly
wi^h his wife. In truth, it never oc
curred to him to lay a disturbing finger
upeff the tiniest wheel of the domestic
machinery. His respect for his spouse’s
executive and administrative abilities
was exceeded only by her confidence in
her own powers. She wa3 never irasci
ble, but he knew that she would have
borne down calmly and energticalij
any attempt at interference in her op
orations as minister of the interlor
the ruler of the establishment he, by ;
much-abused figure of speech, callei
his home. A snug and elegant abodi
she made of It, and, beholding Con
stance well dressed and well fed, habit
ually cheerful and never rebellious, hi
may be forgiven for not spending t
thought upon her for hours together
and when he did remember her, foi
dwelling the rather upon his disin
terested kindness to a helpless depend
ent than speculating upon her possible
and unappeased spiritual appetites.
For these, and for other whimsies
Mrs. Romaine had little thought and nc
charity. Life, with her, was a fabric
made up of duties, various and many,
but all double-twisted into hempen
strength and woven too closely for a
shine of fancy or romance to strike
through.
She had coincided readily in her hus
band's plan to take charge of his young
sister when her parents died. “Her
brother's house is the fittest asylum for
her,” she had said. “I shall do my
best to render her comfortable and con
tented.”
She kept her word. Constance’s ward
robe was ample and handsome, her
room elegantly furnished, and she en
tered society under the chaperonage of
her sister-in-law. The servants were
trained to respect her; the children to
regard her as their elder sister. What
more could a penniless orphan require?
Mrs. Romaine was not afraid to ask
the question of her conscience and of
heaven. Her “best” was no empty pro
fession. It was lucky for her self-com
placency that she never suspected what
years of barrenness and longing these
eight were to her protege.
Constance was not a genius—there
fore she never breathed even to her
self: “I feel like a seed in the cold
earth, quickening at heart, and longing
for the air.” Her temperament was
not melancholic, nor did her taste run
after poetry and martyrdom. She was
simply a young, pretty and moderately
well-educated woman, too sensible not
to perceive that her temporal needs
were conscientiously supplied, and too
affectionate to be satisfied with the
meager allowance of nourishment
dealt out for her heart and sympathies.
While the memory of her father’s proud
affection and her mother’s caresses
was fresh upon her she had long and
frequent spells of lonely weeping—was
wont to resign herself in the seclusion
of her chamber to passionate lamenta
tions over her orphanage and isola
tion of spirit. Routine was Mrs. Ro
maine’s watchword, and in bodily ex
ercise Constance conformed to her
quiet despotism—visited, studied,
worked and took recreation by rule.
The system wrought upon her benefi
cially go far as her physique was con
cerned. She grew from a slender, pale
girl, into ripe and healthy womanhood;
was more comely at twenty-seven than
at twenty-one.
CHAPTER II.
ikV ^T all this time she
was an hungered.
She ■ would cheer
fully have refund
ed to her brother
two-thirds of her
liberal allowance of
pocfcet money If he
hnd granted to her
with Its quarter^
payment a sentence
of fraternal fond
ness, a token, verbal or looked, that he
rememberod whose child she was, and
that the same toother love had guard
ed their Infancy. Her sister-in-law
would have been welcome to withhold
many of her gifts of wearing apparel
and Jewelry had she bethought herself
now and then how gratefuly kisses
fall upon young lips, and that youthful
heads are often sadly weary for the
lack of a friendly shoulder, or a loving
bosom, on which to rest. She did not
accuse her relatives of willful unkind
ness because these were withheld. They
Interchanged no such unremuneratlve
demonstrations among themselves.
Husband and wife were courteous in
their demeanor, the one to the other;
their children were demure models ol
filial duty at home and industry at
school; the training in both places be
ing severe enough to quench what fee
ble glimmer of individuality may have
been born with the offspring. of the
methodical and practical parents. Con
stance found them extremely uninter
esting, notwithstanding the natural
love tor children which led her to couri
their companionship during the earliei
weeks of her domestication in theii
house. It was next to a miracle thai
she did not stiffen in this atmosphere
into a ouckram image of feminine pro
priety—a prodigy of starch and virtue,
such as would have brought calm de
light to the well-regulated mind of her
exemplar, and effectually chased all
thoughts of matrimony from those of
masculine beholders. Had her discon
tent with her allotted sphere been less
active, the result would have been cer
tain and deplorable. She was, instead,
popular among her acquaintances of
both sexes, and had many friends, if
few lovers. This latter deficiency had
given her no concern until within two
years. At twenty-five she opened her
eyes in wide amaze upon the thinning
ranks of her virgin associates, and be
gan seriously to ponder the causes that
had left her unsought, save by two very
silly and utterly ineligible swains, whose
overtures were, in her esteem, pre
sumption that was only too ridiculous
to bo insulting. Her quick wit and
knowledge of the world helped her tc
a solution of the problem. “I am poor
and dependent upon my brother’s char
ity,” she concluded, with a new and
stifling uprising of dissatisfaction with
her condition. “Men rarely fall in love
with such—more rarely woo them."
She never spoke the thought aloud, but
it grew and strengthened until it re
ceived a startling blow from Mr. With
| ers’ proposal of marriage.
He was a wealthy banker from a
’ neighboring city, whom business rela
tions with Mr. Romalne drew to his
house and into his sister’s company.
! His courtship was all Mrs. Romaine
1 could desire. His visits were not too
; frequent, and were paid at stated inter
vals, as befitted his habits of order and
punctuality. His manner to the lady
honored by his preference was replete
with stately respect that was the an
tipodes of servile devotion, while his
partiality for her society, and admira
tion for her person, were unmistakable.
He paid his addresses through Mr. Ro
maine as his fair one’s guardian, offer
ing voluntarily to give his beloved
whatever time for deliberation upon the
proposal she desired.
“You had better think it over for a
week,” advised her brother, when he
had laid the case duly before Con
stance. “It is too serious a matter to
be settled out of hand.”
After that, neither he nor his wife
obtruded their counsel upon her until
the afternoon of the seventh day. Then
Mrs. Romaine, going to her sister’s
chamber to communicate the substance
of a telegram just received by her hus
band 'to the elTect that Mr. Withers
would call that evening at 8 o’clock,
was moved to grave remonstrance by
the discovery that she whom he came
to woo had no answer prepared for
him. Constance was no nearer ready
after the conversation before recorded.
“I cannot afford to be romantic,”
she had reminded herself several
times. “And who knows but this'irrak
tional repugnance may pass away -whan
I have once made up my mind to' ac
cept him? This may be—in all likeli
hood it is—my last chance of achiev
ing an independent position. It h,a»
been a long time coming, and my
charms will be on the wane soon. True,
a marriage with Elnathan Withers Is
not the destiny of which I Have dream
ed, but then dreams are but foolish va
garies after all. Life in real and ear
nest.”
ITO TIB COXTIXCSD.I
A ZOOLOGICAL DIVERSION.
Ah Elephant That Cied to Play a Clever
Trlelc on Visitor*. ' i
The elephant at the Jardin (lea
Plantes, at Paris, used to play his vis
itors a trick, which could not have
been thought of but by an animal of
much Intelligence. His house opened
upon an inclosure called the Elephant's
park, containing a pond, in which he
would lay himself under the water,
concealing every part of him except the
very end of his trunk—a mere speck
tluA would hardly be noticed by a
stranger to the animal's habits.
A crowd would assemble around the
inclosure, and, not seeing him in it,
would watch in expectation that he
would soon issue from the house. But,
while they were gazing about, a co
pious sprinkling of water would fall
upon them, and ladies and gentlemen,
with their fine bonnets and coats,
would run for shelter under the trees,
looking up at the clear sky and wonder
ing whence such a shower could come.
Immediately afterward, however,
they would see the elephant rising
from his bath, evincing, as it seemed,
an awkward joy at the trick that he
had played. In the course of time his
amusement became generally known,
and the moment the water began to
rise from his trunk the spectators
would take flight, at which he appeared
exceedingly delighted, getting up ns
fast as he could to see the bust.le he
had caused.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
USES OF ICE WATER.
tn Iletlth It Should Mot Be Used for
Krlnhlns Porposes.
In health no one ought to drink ice
vater, for it has occasioned fatal in
’ammalion of the stomach and bow
:1s, and sometimes sudden death. The
lemptation to drink it is very great in
the summer. To use it at all with
safety the person should take but a
jingle swallow at the time, take the
'lass from thf lips for half a minute,
ind then another swallow, and so on.
it will be found that in this way it be
comes disagreeable after a few mouth
fuls. On the other hand, ice itself may
be taken as freely as possible, not only
without injury, but with the most strik
ing advantage in dangerous forms of
disease. If broken in sizes or a* pea or
bean and swallowed as freely as prac
ticable, without much chewing or
crunching between the teeth, it wilj
often be efficient in checking various
kinds of diarrhea^ and has cured vlo-;
lent cases of Asiatic cholera. A kind
of cushion of powdered ice kept to the
entire scalp has allayed violent inflam
mation of the brain, and arrested tear
ful convulsions induced by too much
blood there. In croup, water as cold
as ice can make it, applied freely to the
throat, neck and chest with a sponge
or cloth, very often affords an almost
miraculous relief, and if this be fol
lowed by drinking copiously of the
same ice-cold element, the wetted parts
wiped dry, and the child wrapped up
well in the bed clothes, it falls into a
delightful and life-giving slumber.—
New York Ledger.
Bnttoulma Campaign*.
In Canada no campaign buttons, rib
bons or badges can be worn between
nomination and polling day. The carry
ing of l'.ag3 as a party badge is also for
bidden. The penalty is a line of $100
or three months in prison, or hotl.—
Boston Journal.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm—A Few
Uinta as to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
WISCONSIN ex
periment station
agricultural report
says:
An effort was
made at the close
of each of the per
iods of the experi
ment to ascertain
whether the cows,
of their own choice,
would takewater at
one temperature m prererence to tnatoi
another. The trial was made by tak
ing two pails of water, one at the tem
perature of 32 degrees F., and the other
at 70 degrees F„ and placing before
the cow, first the water, whose tem
perature was that which she had been
taking during the period just closed.
After allowing her to swallow two or
three times this pall was replaced by
the other and after she had tasted It
the two were placed side by side be
' fore her. The results were these:
Gov.’s Heifer, whether she had been
on warm water or on cold. Invariably
chose the Iced water in preference to
the warm, and so strong were her
preferences that she tried to get water
from the barnyard on one day when
the snow was melting. It must be
noted, however, that this cow gave
most milk and solids on the water
whose temperature she disliked. The
other cows always preferred the water
at 70 degrees to that at 32 degrees, but
if they were just going off a cold water
period they would usually drink in
differently from either pail until thirst
was partly slacked, after which they
would always refuse the iced water.
The cows going off water at 70 degrees
would always refuse the water at 32
degrees. The cows’ preferences for
water at the ordinary temperature of
water in the well, as compared with
that for water at 32 degrees and 70
degrees, were also tested with the re
sult that, except Gov. Heifer, the water
at 70 degrees was chosen by all the
cows at the close of the second period.
On the 26th of March, as the cows
were taken off the experiment and
when the temperature of the air was
48.7 degrees F., the cows were offered
their choice between water at 32 de
grees and 43 degrees and between 70
degrees and 95 degrees. On this trial
Rose drank indifferently of water at
95 and 70 degrees, Dollie showed a
slight preference for water at 70 de
grees over that at 95 degrees, and Jes
sie refused the 95 degrees and took
13 degrees in preference to 70 de
grees. These three cows had been
taking water at 32 degrees. Emma,
Queen, and Gov. Heifer, which had
been taking water at 70 degrees during
the last period disliked the water at
95 degrees. When water at 43 degrees
and 70 degrees were set before Emma
she drank first from the coldest but
returned to the warmest. Queen took
water at both 43 and 32 degrees, show
ing a preference for that at 43 degrees,
but when water at 70 degrees was of
fered her she took that at 32 degrees
instead. Gov. Heifer manifested a
slight preference for water at 43 de
grees instead of that at 32 degrees.
Using the cows’ preferences as a basis
for Judgment they appear to indicate
that, in the majority of cases during
cold weather, cows would prefer water
at 70 degrees to that at 32 or 43 degrees,
but some like it best at 32 degrees.
When the weather becomes warmer
and reaches 48 to 50 degrees F., their
preferences for water at 70 degrees
are less strong, and at such times only
exceptional cows, if any, would choose
water at 95 degrees F. The fact that
two of the cows which had been taking
cold water during the last period chose
warm water instead, and that the three
cows which had been taking warm
water either preferred cold to warm,
or showed but slight preference for it,
suggests that even should it be finally
settled that it pays to warm water for
cows in winter, it may also be .desira
ble to have cold water where the cows
can have it for a change.
There is another set of facts which
may be presented as indicating both
a preference on the part of the cows
for water at 70 degrees F. over that at
32 degrees and a possible advantage
to be derived from a change of tem
peratures. They are these: If we de
termine the average amount of water
drank daily by each cow during the
first five days of each period and com
pare these with the averages of the last
five days of each period we shsll find
that while the cows were on cold
water they took on the average nearly
five pounds more water each, daily,
during the first five days than they
did during the last five days; while
when on warm water the average for
both sets of days is sensibly the same,
suggesting that these cows tired sooner
of the water at 32 degrees than of that
at 70 degrees F.
Successful Feeders.
We have never been able to enume
rate all the qualities that are necessary
to make a successful feeder. At first
sight It would appear that to give cattle
sufficient food for a long time enough
to make them fat should be simple
enough, but as a matter of fact more
than this is required, and few men
make a steady and uniform success of
it, says Colman’s Rural World. There
are, however, men who almost always
make money at it. The reason Is that
few men are good judges of cattle,
which is the main point. During these
last few years It has been necessary
to make cattle very thoroughly ma
tured and finished to get anything like
a respectable price.
In fact, It is a hardship for feeder*
to be put to the expense of these finish
ing touches, for it' costs a great deal and
it seems to us that several dollars a
head are often wasted for the sake oi
looks. The appearance of the cattle
on the market, their uniformity of size
and condition, cuts a great figure. Ani
mals of fine quality showing plainly
the points of the great breeds sell eas
ily at the top, while what the sitock
yards people call old-fashioned cattle,
short of body and with upright horns.,
are habitually murdered on the mar
ket even when very fat. These old
fashioned cattle, the common natives,
do not dress well, and certainly are
not attractive to look at; and it is in
this that the westerns have an ad
vantage, for they kill exceedingly well
and yield a greater proportion of eat
able flesh.
Heavy Hones.
A Michigan correspondent of Coun
try Gentleman, and formerly an advo
cate for medium weight horses, writes
as follows: About fire years ago 1
bought a team of heavy horses, weight
about 1,500 pounds each, more because
I could not find what I wanted in light
er weights than from any good judg
ment of my own. I had not had the
team a week before their superiority
over the other teams on the farm was
proved. They moved off with a plow
with much less fatigue. They drew
heavy loads with far greater ease—in
fact, they were masters of the situation
wherever put at work. I found that it
took no more to keep them than the
lighter horses, unless it may be that
they consume a little more hay. for
they ‘ receive the same grain ration as
the others. And as for road work, we
do not need to put the farm horses be
fore a carriage, and when it comes to
taking loads to town they walk faster
than the others, besides hauling con
siderably more at a load. So great was
the change in my opinion on the sub
ject of heavy horses for farm work that
I have since bought another team of
the same kind. These two teams do
the hardest, heaviest work on the farm
at all times, all the heavy plowing,
which it would require three lighter
horses to manage. For certain kinds
of work the smaller horses are all
right. For cultivating, mowing, light
dragging and certain other things on
any farm they answer every purpose,
or to the small farmer who has not
work enough at any time of the year
to hurry him. He can take his time
and not rush things as they have to
be rushed on a large farm, but when
it comes to a big day’s work on disk
harrow or plow, -or where great
strength is required, give me the heavy
horses every time. A heavy horse is
not necessarily a slow one, nor need
he be an awkward one. A horse oi
heavy weight should not be so fat as
to be a burden to himself either, but
in good, fair condition, with no pro
truding bones. More grain and less
hay should be the rule on most farms.
Where the farming is extensive enough
to warrant keeping two teams let one
of them be heavy. They will take all
the heavier work off the smaller team,
and these may be used for light roatf
work when required.
Ekrb on Exhibition.
At the Illinois state fair last week
different breeds of fowls. They were '
of interest to all poultry scientists and
others engaged in the study of poul
try subjects. There were great dif
ferences apparent in the shape, size
and color of the eggs of different;
breeds. Probably we have not yet
reached the point where the form and ■
color of the egg cuts much of a figure j
in the eye of the public, but that such
a time is coming is apparent. Such ex
hibitions are commendable, as they
present an obj&ct lesson easy to under
stand. A close inspection of the eggs
showed that the biggest fowls did not j
lay the biggest eggs. This is import- j
ant. There is an impression that the
larger the hen the larger the egg. The
there were on exhibition eggs of the
idea is not correct. It is not the large
cow that gives the most milk, neither
is it the largest hen that lays the large
egg. It was noticeable that the eggs
of the White Leghorn were larger than
some of the eggs of the larger breeds. :
When we consider how many more eggs
a Leghorn hen will lay man the others ;
and how much less it costs to feed her,
the extra profit is apparent. The egg
producing hen is as much a special pur
pose creation as the special butter mak
ing cow.
It has been said upon good authority
that scarcely a commercial seed is en
tirely free from foreign admixture,
owing either to accident or design. The
practice of adulterating clover seed
with fine stones and sand is common
in Franco at the present time. In one
sample from that country examined
last year was found 9.69 per cent of
artificially colored yellow quartz stones,
and 13.26 per cent of uncolored brown
ish' sand. Similar instances have been
reported recently from two of our
American experiment stations. Some
years ago a firm was discovered in
Bohemia which was engaged in supply
ing seed dealers with both colored and
uncolored quartz sand for purposes of
adulteration, at prices ranging from $1
to $2 per hundredweight.
Good Butter.—Good butter will sell
itself at a good price and' will bo
sought after, while poor butter is slow
sale at any price and is avoided. Here
in lies the turning point between suc
cess and failure in the dairy business.
As the beautiful picture is the ideal
of the artist; as the powerful engine
is the crowning work of the machinist;
so, butter is the highest achievement
of the dairyman, and like all produc
tions of the skilled workman when it
goes into the hands of the user it
should be as near perfection as possi
ble.
It is estimated that 612,000 sheep
were killed bv does last year.
Texas.
In the agricultural line, Texas leads
all other states in the variety of its
products. Cotton, corn, and the cereals
grow and are raised in every section of
the state and in the central and south
ern portions sugar cane and sorghum
cane are profitably cultivated. On the
Gulf Coast two or three crops of veg
etables are raised each year. Berries
are shipped six weeks in advance of
the home crop in the north. Pears,
peaches, plums, oranges, figs, olives,
and nuts all grow abundantly aDd can
be marketed from two to three weeks
in advance of the California crops.
Large quantities of rice are now grown.
If the land seeker, the home seeker,
and the settler desires to secure a
farm larger than the one he occupies,
on vastly more reasonable terms; if he
wants more land to cultivate, a greater
variety of crops to harvest, with pro
portionately increased remuneration,
at a less outlay for cost of production;
if he wants an earlier season, with
correspondingly higher prices; if be
wants milder winter, all the year pas
turage for his stock, improved health,
increased bodily cpmforts and wealth
and prosperity he should go to Texas.
Send for pamphlet descriptive of the
resources of this great state (mailed
free). Low rate home seekers’ excur
sions via the Missouri. Kansas & Texas
railway on Tuesday, November 17th,
December 1st and 15th, 1896. H. A.
Cherrier Northern Passenger agent, 326
Marquette Building, Chicago, 111.
Honored by Name.
A little French woman. Mile. Cones
don, who recently won fame for her
self by her predictions regarding cy-'
clones, has had named after her a tiny
thing which women call a bonnet and
men dub a folly. It is a bit of tulle
gold ribbon and a cluster of diamond
butterflies, and would seem to be about
the size for theatre wear. Indeed,
these gold lace and spangled effects
look well only for such occasions.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT.
Tal;o Laxative Bromo Quinino Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money if it fails to caret 25c
No college graduate ever became old
enough to lorget all his college foo ishness.
Enrc, nose are more or le»s rfTectcd by catnrrlu
which is caused by impure blood, cure catarrh
by purifying the blood, I> omembe*
Sarsaparilla
ts tho hrs*—In fact the One Trno T’l-'Q’l Pnrlfler,
Hood’s Pills
Comfort to
California.
. Every Thursday morning,*
tourist sleeping cur for Len
▼er.Jsalt Lake*. ity.fcan Fran
cisco,and Los Angeles leaves
Omaha anti Lincoln via the
Burlington Koute.
It is carpeted, upholstered
in raitan, lias spring seats
and backs and is provided
with curtains, bedding, tow
els, soap, etc. An experienced
excursion conductor and s
uniformed ullman porter
accompany it through to the
Pacific Coast.
While neither as expen
sively finished nor as fine to
look lit as a palace sleeper.it
Is just as good to riue in. Sec
ond class tickets are honored
and the price of a berth, wide
enough and big enough for
two. is only S .
I or a folder giving fttU
particulars write to
J. Francis, Gen’l Pass’r Agent. Omaha,Neh.
SOUTH
WEST
The best fruit seeiion in the West. No
drouths A failure of crops never known.
Mild climate. Productive soil. Abundance of
good pure water.
For Maps and Circulars giving full descrip
tion of the Rich Mineral. Fruit and Agricultu
ral Lands in South West Missouri, write to
John M. PURDY. Manager of the Missouri
Land and Live Stock Company, Neosho, New
ton Co., Missouri.
BUCKET SHO
TRADE WITH A
RESPONSIBLE FIRM.
E. S. MURRAY & CO..
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
122,123 &nd 124 Riaito Euilding, Chicago, 111.
Members of the Chicago Board cf Trade in good
standing, who will furnish you with their Latest
Book on statistics and reliable information re
garding the markets Write for it and their Daily
Market Letter, both FREE. References: AM. Ex.
National. Bank, Chicago.
The Acme Lamp Stove
► Will warm your room at a cost
t of 3 cents per day and not affect
the light. Delivered on receipt of $1.
P ACME COnPANY
33 Wendell St. Boston, Mats.
Having been !n the prodaee
business 2<» vcars. nm well ac
Comniisston Mcr- quaintcd with the wantsof the
chant. Omaha. trndc; consequently t an obtain
IVAVmi)! the highest prices. Am prompt
Bntter. Eggs, Poul- in making returns, und respon
try, Game. Veal, slble. Inferences: Any bank
Hides Etc. in the state.
P| A|f CC’ BUSINESS AND SHORTHAND COLLEGE
ULFUaLO Actual Business From Thb
Start Teaches business by doing business.
Also thorough instruction in all branches
By mail. Life scholarship $4., six months
course $30. Corner Itith and Capitol Avenues.
Omaha, Nebraska.
PATENTSJRADEMAWB
Examination and,Advice ns t.-> T’atentftbi'ity of In
vention. Rend for “Inventors’ Guide, or How to Gets
Patent.’* C’FAlUtELL <fc SON, Washington, D. C.
OHAHASTOVE REPAIR WORKS
Store Repair* Tor a»r klfcil of ilon made.
1207 UOILLAA bT., OMAHA, R£B.
King Col© Antl-Moe
nopoly Oyster liouas
Omaha, Neb.
FBESH OYSTERS
D1TCUTC 20 years - exponent*Send sketch for ad.
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Pal.OiLce) Dean© A Weaver,McGillIilufi;.,\v ash.L>.U.
and WHISKY h*Mu eared. H««h seat
FREE. Hr. B. H. WOOLLEY, ATLANTA, CA.
OPIUM
'IXSwVSSiThompsea^sEye Water.
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mention this paper.
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