CHAPTER VIII.
HE conclusion was
in her mind often
jJhL enough every day
of her life to be
come hackneyed,
yet it always
brought with it a
etrange, sweet
thrill. Truly sis
terly affection was
a holy and a beau
tiful thing! She
*«h read as much in moral phnosopny,
and likewise in poetry. Few feelings
could compare with it In unselfish fer
vor and constancy. And, as she had
■aid, Edward was one brother in ten '
thousand—and not to be compared with
coassaon men.
She began the preparations for the
Arise at half-past two, pursuant to her
husband's directions. Not that ohe
expected to leave the house that after
asea, Edward's judgment being, in her
estimation, but one remove from infal
libility; aho could not believe that the
trial of the borses would result aff Mr.
'Withers bad predicted, but that they
would ba remanded to the stablejuid
custody of the unreliable jockey TOth
oot approaching her door, or gladden
ing Harriet’s eyes. Nevertheless, the
order had gone forth that she should
don her cloak, furs, hat and gloves be
toro three o'clock, and Mr. Withers
would be displeased were he to return
at five and find her in her homo dress.
Harriet tapped at her door before she
was half ready.
“Just to remind you, my dear na
tam,'' she said, sweetly, “of what n y
cousin eald about keeping the horsca
standing." Sho was equipped cap-a
pie tor thwezcurslon, and Constance re
aectd her silent accusation of lmpcr
ttaeat forwardness as she saw her trip
basra stairs to take her station at a
treat window, that “my cousin" might
aee, at the first glance, that she was
peady and eager for the promised—and
because promised by him—certain
pleasure of the jaunt
Osnrtance was surprised, five minuses
befcrt the hour designated, to hear a
bustle and men's voices in the lower
ball. They had really come, then, in
aplta of her prognostications. Draw
tag on her gloves that she might not
be accused of dtlatoriness, sho walked
*u the door of her chamber, whan it
‘ was thrown wide against her by her
'■laid.
- *tlb. ma’am!" the blubbered, her
eteehs like ashea and her eyes bulking
from their sockets. “May all the blQaa
ed ealota have mercy upon ye! Thero's
keen tho dreadfullest accident! Them
hratec of horses haa run away, and Mr.
Witherses and Mr. Edward Is both
hilled dead! They’re a bringing them
*P-*talrs thla blessed mtnlt, and"—
catching her mistress’s skirt ns she
daahed past her—"you're not to bo
frightened,'ma’am, the doctor says! He
aewt mo up for to tell you careful!”
Unhearipf and unheeding. Constance
arrested her, dress from the girl's hold,
aatfmet upon the upper landing of the
■ctairrase four men bearing a senseless
term. The head was sunk upon the
frreaet, and the face hidden by the
whoulders of those who carried him, but
her eyea Tell Instantly upon the right
tesad, which hung loosely by hla side.
•She recognized the fur gauntlet that
• •sewed It as one of a pair of ridlng
frteves she had given Edward Withers
at Christmas, and which he had worn
dace whenever he drove or rode. She
ted seen him pocket them that morn
tog before going out.
**Mm. Withers! my dear lady! you
mally must not touch him yet!” said
the attendant physician, preventing her
when aho would have thrown her arms
abont the Injured man. He pulled her
hock by main force, that the body
might be carried into the chamber she
had just quitted.
w me goi Let me go! Do you
'.tomr me?*' her voice rising into a
atom scream that chilled the veins and
.Valued the hearts of all who heard It
‘“Dead or alive, he belongs to me, and
to no one else! Man! how dare you
h°M me? You do not know how much
• loved him—my darling! Oh, my dar
Tto doctor was a muscular man, but,
to her agony of despair, she was
mj ouger than he, bade fair to master
Mm, as she wrestled to undo his grasp
■poa her arms. .
” *11 there no one in this place who
persuade her to be calm?” he
asked. Imploringly, looking back down
the stairs.
Ttorn was a movement at the foot
at the steps, then the crowd parted in
toantly and silently, unnoticed by the
.ftaatle woman. She was still strug
Miss, threatening and praying to be
•avleaaed; fwhen a pallid face, streaked
£ milk blood, confronted her—a tender
head touched her arm. “Constance,
■■y dear sister, my poor girl, come
%lth me! Will you not?" aald com
passionate tones.
“She has fainted. That la the best
. thing that could have happened,” said
the doctor, sustaining the dead weight
, mt the Blnklng figure with more easo
1 than he had held the writhing one.
Ttoy- tore her across the hall to Bd
5> tsartPa room as the most convenient tc
f: tort for her In her Insensible state, and
wUh the maid-servant loosened her
rtreea and applied restoratives, a more
> amzions group was gathered In her
ppartment about her husband. His vis
ible injuries were severe. If uot danger
nap. His collar bone and right arm
"•too broken, but it was feared that
, thpre was internal and mors serious
hanrt. Just as a gasp ami a hollow
£ groan attested the return of conscious
peas, rmcasage was brought to Edward
i'mm the opppsite bedroom. *r
;* w v A*- - >■:, v1 * 1»*.-■
duo no can tor you tne ume,
sir, or I would not have made so bold
as to disturb ye,” said the girl who
had beckoned him to the entrance.
“She is a bit out of her head, poor
lady!”
“Where is Miss Field? Why does
she not attend to Mrs. Withers?” asked
Edward, glancing reluctantly at his
brother’s bed.
In after days he could smile at tho
recollection of the reply, uttered with
contemptuous indifference: “Oh, ,he’o
a-going into high strikes on the back
parlor sofy."
At the time, he was only conscious of
impatience at the call of pity that
obliged him to leave his perhaps dying
relative in the hands of comparative
strangers. He ceased to regret his com
pliance when the tears that burst from
Constance's eyes at sight of him were
not attended by the ravings which had
terrified her attendants. He sat down
upon the edge of the bed, and leaned
over to kiss the sobbing lips. "My
dear sister, precious child!” he said, aB
a mother might soothe an affrighted
daughter, and she dropped her head
upon his shoulder, to weep herself Into
silence, if not composure.
When she could listen, he gave her
the history of the misadventure in a
few words. Mr. Withers had Insisted
upon handling the reins himself. This
accounted to the auditor for his use of
Edward’s gloves aB being thicker than
his, although their owner made no men*
tlon of having lent them to him. The
horses had behaved tolerably well un
til they were within three blocks of
home, when they had shied violently
at a passing omnibus, Jerked the reins
from the driver’s hands, and dashed
down the street, the sleigh upset at the
first corner, and both the occupants
were thrown out, Mr. Withers striking
forcibly agalnBt a lamp-post, while Ed
ward was partially stunned againBt the
curb-stone, They had been brought to
their own door in a carriage, tho
younger brother reviving in time to
alight, with a little assistance from
a friendly bystander, and to superin
tend the other’s removal to the house
and up the stairs.
uonBiance neara mm tnrough with
out Interruption or comment, volun
tnrlly raised her head from Its resting
place, and lay back upon her pillows,
covering her face with her hands. One
or two quiet toars made their way be
tween her fingers ere she removed
them, but her hysterical sobbing had
ceased. "I am thankful for your safe
ty,” she said so composedly that It
Bounded coldly unfeeling. "Now go
back to your brother. He needs you,
and I do not. I shall be better soon,
and then I must bear my part In nurs
ing him. If he should ask for me, let
me know without delay.” She sent
her servants out when he had gone,
and locked her door on the inside.
"Who’d have thought that she and
Mr. Edward would take It so hard?”
said the cook, as exponent of the views
of the kitchen cabinet. “If so be the
masther shouldn't get over this, it will
go nigh to killing her. I neter knowed
she were that fond of him. Ah, well,
she ought to be, for It’s her he’ll leave
well provided for, I’ll .be bound! Them
as has heaps to l'ave has plenty to
mourn for them.”
An hour elapsed before Mr. Withers
understood aright where he was and
what had happened, and then his wife’s
face was the first object he recognized.
It was almost as bloodless as his, yet
she was collected and helpful, a mors
efficient coadjutor to the surgeons than
was fidgety Harriet, whose buzzings
and hoverlngs over the wounded man
reminded Edward of a noisy and per
sistent gad fly.
Tbe moved gentleness of Constance’s
tone in answering the pattern’s In
quiries was mistaken by the attendants
for fondest commiseration, and the
family physician’s unspoken thought
would have chimed In well with the
servant's verdict. Mr. and Mrs. With
ers were not reputed to be a loving
couple, but In moments of distress and
danger, the truth generally came to
light. No husband, however Idolised,
could be nursed more faithfully or have
excited greater anguish of solicitude
than spoke in her dry eyes and rigid
features, even it her wild outbreak
at trst seeing him had not betrayed
her real sentiments.
In her calmer review of the scene,
Constance could feel grateful for the
spectators’ misconception which had
shielded her from the consequences of
her madness; could shudder at the
thought of the ignominy she had nar
rowly escaped. But this was not the
gulf from which shq now recalled with
horror and self-loathing that led her
to avoid meeting the eyes bent curious
ly or sympathetically upon her, and to
cling to the nerveless hand of him
whose trust she had betrayed. To
him, her husband, she had not given
a thought when the dread tidings of
disaster and death were brought to
her. What to her was an empty mar
riage vow, what the world’s reproba
tion, when she believed that Edward
lay lifeless before her? “Man! you do
not know how I loved him?” Bhe had
said. She might have added, "I never
knew it myself until now.’* And what
was this love—coming when, and as it
did—but a crime, a sin to be frowned
upon by Heaven and denounced by
man? A blemish, which, if set upon
hsr brow, as it was upon her scul, wo»ld
condemn her to be ranked with the out
cast of her sex, the creatures whom
austere matronhood blasts with light
nings of indignant scorn, and pure vir
gins blush to name.
CHAPTER IX.
HALL you 'fie ioo
much engaged at
the office today,
Edward, to drive
out with Constance
at noon?” questiuC,
ed Mr. Withers one
morning when his
brother came to his
room to inquire
after his health,
and to receive his
commands ror the business aay.
‘ Certainly not! Nothing would give
me more pleasure!” As he said It, the
respondent turned with a pleasant smile
to his sister-in-law, who was pouring
out her husband’s chocolate at a stand
set in front of fals lounge.
She started perceptibly at the prop
osition and her hand shook In replacing
the silver pot upon the tray. “I could
not think of it!” she said hastily. “It
is kind and thoughtful In you to sug
gest it, Elnathan, but, Indeed, I greatly
prefer to remain at home.”
“It is my preference that you should
go!” The invalid spoke decidedly, but
less Irascibly than he would have done
to anyone else who resisted his author
ity. “It is now four weeks since my
accident, and you have scarcely left the
house in all that time. You are grow
ing thin and pale from want of sleep
and exercise."
“I practice calisthenics every day,
as you and Dr. Weldon advised," re
joined Constance, timidly. |
“But within doors. You need the
fresh out-door air, child. You have
taken such good care of me, that I
should be very remiss In my duty, were
I to allow you to neglect your own
health.”
Me nad grown very fond of her with
in the period he had mentioned, and
showed it, in his weakness, more open
ly than dignity would have permitted,
had he been well. He put his hand up
on her shoulder as she sat upon a stool
beside him, the cup of chocolate in her
hand. “Recollect! I must get an
other nurse should your health, fail.
You see how selfish I am?”
A Jest from him was noteworthy,
for its rarity; but Constance could not
form her lips into a smile. They
trembled instead in replying. “I see
how good and generous you are! I will
drive, if you insist upon it, but there
is not the slightest necessity for your
brother’s escort. John is very careful
and attentive. Or, if you wish me to
have company, I will call for Mrs. Mel
lon. She has no carriage, you know?”
“Send yours for her whenever you
like, by all means. But, until I am able
to accompany you, it is my desire that
Edward shall be with you in your
drives whenever this Is praticable. My
late adventure has made me fearful,
I suppose. Call this a sick man’s fancy,
if you will, my dear; but indulge it.
At twelve, then, Edward, the carriage
will bo ready. Ascertain for yourself
before you set out that the harness is all
right, and have an eye to the coach*
man’s management of the horses.”
(TO BS COXTIXLTMU.)
FEATHERED LOVERS.
Th« Halo Song Bird Studies HU Lady's
Wants*
A class of lovers that may well be
considered is that of which the blue
bird is one conspicuous example and
the goldfinch another—the claes in
which the females do all the work of
nest-building, while the males devote
themselves to singing, says the Chau
tauquan. At first thought these males
are so very much like some men that
we all know—men who are pretty and
are given to compliments and who aro
enabled to dress well through the wis
dom and labor of their wives—that
they are slightingly spoken of by near
ly all students of bird habits. Even
the gorgeous Baltimore oriole is but
half complimented, for he only occa
sionally helps at the nest-making. But
let the observer consider the cases of
these birds a little further and it ap
pears that the oriole, at least, is de
serving of sympathy rather than faint
praise. No one can watch the oriole
lady at her knitting for any length of
time without seeing her good man try
to help. He will bring something and
offer to weave it in, but the chances
are that the madam will first order
him off and then, it he persists, make
a dash at him with her bill that sends
aim mourning to anotner tree. He
really mourns, too, though in silence.
I have known of a case where a male
oriole sat watching his wife for a half
hour without singing a single note. The
bluebird, too, is often treated very
brusquely by his little better half. The
truth is the poor fellows who U»ve
been derided for Singing in idle de
light while their wives tolled are not
a little henpecked. The goldfinch can
not be called henpecked but he certain
ly does not deserve censure. Madam
builds her nest because she can do it
better than he can. That he would
like to help is perfectly plain to one
who watches, for he goes with her as
she files away for material, sltB by her
as she picks it up and files back with
her as she returns to the nest to weave
it in. And wherever he goes he bub
bles over with song. People who blame
the males for not helping to build do
not understand, I think, the difference
between work as we see It and work
as birds see it. To us labor is drudg
ery; to the birds it 1b delightful play.
How It Happened.
Aunt Mary—"But tell me, how did
you happen to marry him?” “Bertha—
“Why, you see, everything was ready.
He had asked me to have him and I
had consented; he had procured the
license and engaged the clergyman, and
I had sent out cards and ordered the
cake; so, you see, we thought that we
might as well go through with it.
There, aunt, that is th* reason, as neat
as I can remember it * - -Boston Tran
script
| SETTING THE RIVER ON FIRE.
[ Origin of This Popular and Expressive
Phrase.
Sometimes when a person wants to
make an unpleasant remark in a pleas
ant sort of way about a dull boy he
will say: “That boy will never set the
river on fire,” says St. Nicholas. Now.
that is all very true, for even the smart
est man in the world cduld never set
a stream of water on fire, and so per
haps many of you who have heard this
expression have wondered what is
meant by setting the river on fire. In
England, many, many years ago, be
fore the millers had machinery for sift
ing flour, each family was obliged to
sift its own flour. For doing this it
Was necessary to use a sieve, called a
temse, which was so fixed that it could
be turned round and round in the top
of a barrel. If it wa3 turned too fast
the friction would sometimes cause it
to catch fire; and as it was only the
smart, hard-working boys who could
make it go so fast as that, people got
into the way of pointing out a lazy
boy by saying that he would never set
the temse on fire. After awhile these
sieves went out of use, but as there
were still plenty of stupid boys In the
world people kept on saying that they
would never set the temse on fire. Now,
the name of the river Thames Is pro
nounced exactly like the word “temse;’’
and so, after many years, those persona
who had never seen or heard of the
old-fashioned sieve thought that "set
ting the temse on fire’’ meant setting
the river Thames on fire. This expres
sion became very popular and traveled
far and wide, until the people living
near other streams did not see why it
was any harder for a slothful boy to
set the Thames on fire than any other
river, and so the name of the river
was dropped and everbody after that
simply said “the river,” meaning the
riyer of his particular city or town.
And that is how it i3 people today talk
of setting the river on fire.
EARLY MINING LAWS.
In Former Years the Gold Diggings
Were Public Property.
"The earliest mining laws were en
acted not by congress, but by the min
ers themselves In the mining districts,"
writes ex-President Harrison in the
Ladles’ Home Journal. “It is a curious
fact that from 1849 to 1866, the period
of the greatest development in the
mining of gold, there was no law of
the United States regulating the sub
ject. The prospectors roamed over the
public lands, located placer or quartz
mines and took out a fabulous store
of wealth. A policy to reserve min
eral lands from sale under the general
land laws prevailed for many years and
had been expressed in suitable laws,
but no provision had been made for
the sale of such lands. In the land
grants to the Pacific railroad companies
it was provided that mineral lands
should not pass under the grants.' The
river beds, gulches and mountain sides
were prospected by men who carried
picks and basins in their hands and a
brace of pistols in their belts. They
were aflame with the lust of gold and
among them were many desperate men,
but they had the Anglo-Saxon’s In
stincts for organizing civil institutions
and his love for fair play. There were
no mining laws and in many places
none of any sort. They met the emer
ency by a public meeting, which re
solved itself into a legislative body with
full powers to make a code that did
not cover a wide field, but covered their
case. The limits of a claim and the
! distribution of the water supply were
, prescribed and established and every
man became a warranter of every oth
er man’s title. These camp legislators
had this advantage of congress and
of other legislative bodies that I know
of—they had a good practical knowl
edge of the subjects they dealt with.
They Do Not Throw Their Qulllo.
The spines of the porcupine are very
loosely attached to the'body and they
are very sharp—as sharp as a needle
at the outer end. At almost the slight
est touch they penetrate the nose of a
, dog or the clothing or flesh of a per
: Bon touching the porcupine, and they
; stick there? coming away from the anl
, mal without any pull required. The
! facility in catching hold with one end
and letting go with the other has some
times caused people to think that the
spines had been thrown at them. The
outer end of the spines, for some dis
tance down, is covered with small
I barbs. These barbs cause a spine once
Imbedded in a living animal to keep
working further in with every move
ment of the muscles, so that it is not
a pleasant thing to get stuck full of
them.—Portland Oregonian.
Aluminum tor War Materia la.
After an exhaustive series of tests,
the minister of war in France has de
cided that aluminum is the best materi
I al for army utensils. All the camp
equipments in the French army will
be replaced by those made of alumi
num. The cost will be enormous, and
the change would U3e up all the alum
inum in sight were it made at once.
For this reason the new material will
be used in the equipment of only two
' army corps at first. Gradually one
corps after another will be supplied,
until the whole army will be equipped.
Aluminum equipments were used in
the Madagascar campaign, and stood
the test splendidly. Besides being very
light, they showed no signs of wear,
I and are easily cleaned.
Nmam Know Some.
James Newsum, of Evansville, Ind..
is the defendant for the seventh time
in a divorce case, and has survived
ten other wives, making a total of see*
enteen. The latest Mrs. Newsum knew
the record of her husband, but declares
he was ao fascinating she couldn’t re
i fuse him.
Creole Girls* Charming English.
“The creole gentlewoman will charm
your ear with an inimitable accent,but
her enunciation will be clear and line,”
writes Buth McEnerv Stuart in the De*
cember Ladies’ Home Journal. “Her
English, acquired at the convent of
the Ursuline nuns, will have a certain
stilted form and a bookish flavor,which
you will quickly confess to be an added
charm when you get it from her own
pretty lips, and in the sonorous voice
of the south. And it will have, too,
the flavor of delicacy and refinement.
Even though she may occasionally give
you a literal translation of a French
idiom, she will give it to yon with a
naivete at once so piquant and so dig
nified, and in so fine a setting of fin
ished English, that you, if you are a
man, will be ready to crawl at her
feet. _
How to Keep Wrinkles Away.
A simple preventive against the
appearance of wrinkles is this: Satu
rate a soft towel in very hot water,
wring it and apply it to the face, keep
ing it there for at least twenty min
utes. Then dry the face very gently.
This must be done just before going to
bed. When traveling, if the skin is
very sensitive, do not bathe the face
except at night and in the morning,
and then throw a few drops of tincture
of benzoin into the water, so that it
may be made soft and agreeable to the
skin.—Ladies’ Home Journal.
False Witnesses.
There are knaves how and then met with
who represent certain local hitters and poi
sonous stimuli ns Identical with or possess
ing properties akin to Hostetler's Stomach
Hitters. These scamps only succeed in
foisting their trashy compounds upon peo
ple unacqnalnted with the genuine article,
which Is as much their opposite as day Is to
nlglit. Ask and take no substitute for tho
grand remedy for malaria, dyspepsia, con
stipation, rheumatism and kidney trouble.
-'
rower or tne camera.
A Manchester photographer relates
that he recently took a photograph of
a child who was apparently in good
health and bad a clear skin. The neg
ative showed the face to he thickly
t covered with an eruption. Three days
afterward the child was covered with
spots due to prickly heat The camera
had seen and photographed the erup
tion three days before it appeared. It
is said that another case of a similar
kind is recorded, where a child showed
spots on his portrait, that were invisi
ble on his face a fortnight previous to
an attack of small-pox.
Causes of Death.
Prof. Snellison says that not only 900
persons in 1,000,000, according to medi
cal authority, die from old age, while
1,200 succumb to gout,18,400 to measles.
9,700 to apoplexy, 7,000 to erysipelas.
7,500 to consumption, 48,000 to scarlet
fever, 25,000 to whooping cough, 30,000
to typhoid and typhus, and 7,000 to
rheumatism. The averages vary ac
cording to locality, but these are con
sidered accurate as regards the popula
tion of the globe as a whole.
Catarrh Cannot bn Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
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blood and mucous surfaces Hall's Ca
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was prescribed by one of the best phy
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a regular prescription. It is composed of
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duces such wonderful results in curing
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Hall s Family Pills are the best.
Disquieting Suggestion.
“Why, sir,” said the gold standard
man, who was letting the leak in his
cellar go at full tilt while he talked
finance with the plumber, “it is a most
unreasonable proposition. We might
just as well take that lead pipe of yours
and coin it.”
“Hold on, mister,” the plumber ex
claimed. “Don’t say the rest of it.
Don’t let such an idea get started. The
thought of taking anything
as valuable as that lead pipe an’ turn
ing it into plain ordinary money, makes
me shiver with horror.”—Washington
Star.
FITS stopped free and permanently cured. No flt*
after drat day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Kei*ve
Restorer. Free $2 trial bottle and treatise.
beud to Da. Klims, 1)31 Arch ht., Philadelphia, Pa.
Jumping at Conclusions.
The Minister—“Brother Brown, I
hear you attended the theatre this
week. I cannot tell you how deeply
pained I am to hear thia”
Brown—“But I thought you didn’t
object to the theatre on principle—that
you merely condemned the objection
able showr.?”
The Minister—“That, alas, is just it!
This must have been a particularly dis
reputable performance. Why, I am
told that they had the ‘Standing Room
Only’ sign out every night!”
’ Very Likely.
She—Yon may say what you will, I
think yon will find that women are
less wicked than men. I expect that
heaven will be inhabited principally by
women.
He—Very likely. The men,of course,
, .will be found in the smoking room be
| low.—Boston Transcript.
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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund tbe money If it fails to cure. 2So
The native home of wheat is supposed to
be the mountain regifin of Armenia.
Hope
Returns to the heart of tho victim bound In the
chains of rheumatism, dyspepsia, scrofula. Ca
tarrh, when the blood U enriched and purified by
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
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HnnH'e Dille ore the beet after-dinner
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Stupidity Personified.
Old Jackson—What you ride back*
•ward to?
Cuffee—So I won’t have to turn „
round when I cum back.
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts—
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 tne pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of 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 on 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 genuine arti
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
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
Used and gives most general satisfaction.
WOMANHOOD MS
suffering women bow to guard against danger
ous surgical operations and quack treatment
the American Association of Physicians
passed a resolution to distribute a little
book on female diseases. “Womanhood” ex
plains all diseases and irregularities peculiar
to woman and givts the best methods or home
treatment. Sent free for stamp to pay postage.
Address Kleanor Kendall.
8It! North 25th St.. South Omaha. Neb.
Having been In the product
business 26 years, am well ac.
qualnted with the wants of ths
trade ; conhcquently can obtain
the highest prices. Am prompt
In making returns, and respon*
slble. References: Any bank
in the state.
ROOT PURVIS
Commission Met
chant. Omaha.
WAXTKD!
Butter. Eggs, Poul
try, Game, Veal,
Hides Etc.
P
ENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS.
'JOHN W. MORRIS,WASHIN6T0N,D.G.
l*ata Principal Examiner 0. 8. Pension Bureau.
Syr*, in last war, 15 adjudicating claims, atty. siace.
Dr. Kay’s Lung Balm SkSlsMSSS
W. N. U., OMAHA-51-1896
When writing to advertisers, kindly
mention this paper, j
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CONSUMPTION
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That's
it and promptly feel the cure,
all, but that is something sure.
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WAS it your own baby or your neighbor's
that drove sweet sleep away? It's all un
necessary. Cascarets Candy Cathartic,
sweet to the taste, mild but effective, stop sour
stomach and colic in babies, and make papa’s
kver lfrelft tone his intestines and purify his
STERLING REMEDY COMPANY, CHICAGO oil MEW YORK.