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ij I a f y ii h f)a N. M. Ruddy, Practical Optician, A specialty made of oxporl P.je Gins nthvg. Glasses that icsl the eye, 3x i- kinds. 017 CMith IRh CIrant 611 oumu tutll Uliuuij Miss EtM Howe, Teacher of Singing Koom 131 Hurr lllock. Hours, 10 A. M. to 0 1'. M. Hiss Claire P. Link, TKACIir.ll OK- Drawing and Painting Orders taken la Pastel and Oil. Room 131, : Burr Block. A. L. GUILE & CO., Funeral Directors ASM) EMBALMERS. 302 South Eleventh Street. WESTERFIELD'S Palace Bath Shaving PARLORS. Ladles - and - Children's - Hair - Cutting v A SPECIALTY. COR 12 Si O STS., NBW HURR II1VK PEERLESS Steam Laundry, 33733i N. '-'! Street. C. J. Pratt, Prop'r. Q. L. Maktik, City Solicitor. Vine Laundry Work a Specialty "tklijimionem99. CAKTAt NATIOXAtillANK CiPlTiL Stock $500,000, aw Mother, rrwliWto. W.J' Walsh. V-Prs R. a OuicAlt, Csshler. "Reopened 1033 O Street. A'otwltli standing tlio flwl that Pho tographs lmvo I icon rallied to about luilf tlio former prlcowo lmvo c'Jiriigcil the services of one of tlio bent fin ishers In New York to take charge of that department of thestudtp. Our offortx shall bo imttrlHK to givo each cus tomer entire tutlsfnutlon nnd to produce superior work to nny ro lmvo done before. Cabinets, $3 per Dozen. flewlng. 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Now slates nro arranged Tor hhn uvcry day, nnd licforo theso nhlo nsslfltniitn shall Imvu finished their work nil tlio proinlnont Itopuhllcntin In tlio country will have (loured In the lists of momentary favorites. A good drnl of this cabinet gotslp h arrant nonsense. No ono seilotisly Imagines, for Instance, that tlio president-elect will put his law partner In t ho cabinet. Ho mllit niako hl.i son secretary of tlio treasury, but It In safe to predict ho will not. Nor In it any moro likely that hi largo, placid, courteous and dignified senior law as soclalo, John U. Khun, or Ida Rinall, tier veils, brainy nml dyspoptlo junior part ner, W. 11. Miller, will heeomo nttornoy general. I know those gentlemen, and am quite sure neither of thorn haa a thought of entering tlio Harrison eahl net. They will doubtless bo proud to re main in those rather gloomy law chain hern opposite tho Federal building, in In dlauajiollH, bohtud tho modest shingle, "H. Harrison, Lawyer," nml carry on what is now tho largest law practieo in Indiana, una one wiucii is euro to grow. dossil) about tlio personnel of tho com ing cabinet It nt this tlmo moro Interest Iitir than valuable. Hut if ono may not divliio tho hidden and unexpressed tliouglitH of tho president-elect, and thus know the imkiiownblo, ho can, if ho wishes, aualyr.e nnd roduco tOGomctlilng like n logical Rtatomeut tho conditions with which tlio new president is stir rounded In his Inborn now just begun. Tlio prime question la as to tho grounds Mr. Harrison Intends taking in Delecting Ids otllclal family. If holms political pledges outstanding of course these will tiave to bo redeemed, for Mr. Harrison is a man of honor. Hut ho may liavo political obligations which do not amount to promises debts of gratitudo which nro to be fairly paid. Much is duo to tho leaders of tho party, for no president has ever succeeded In building una great administration by gathering afoulurhim in olHclnl llfo a parcel of nobodies. That cxncrlmcut haa lieen tried and has al ways reSulted In disaster. Tho president who is nfraid of being overshadowed during his term generally finds himself overslaughed at tho end of It. Then there is tlio party weal to lo considered tho party as n wholo. Where-nml how can tuo president in his selection of n cabinet best satisfy nnd otrcngthon tho party? Thli must not bo lost Bight of liy tho conscientious chief, lint nbovo all, a nuw president has tho right to choose for his advisers men who nro likely to .bo congenial to him nnd to each oilier, men In whom ho lias 66n(Iderico, for whom ho has n liking, nml who nro in viow, temperament and ambition suit able nnd satisfactory to tho president himself. Mr. Harrison. I happen to know, was uomiuniciini uucago without giving nny pledges concerning cabinet concerning cnuinet npixnnt- meiits. Tho casual observer nnd nn i. mo casual observer anil ama tour politician Imagines that cabinet places are bartered nnd sold in theso na tional conventions llko fish nt a market place. Hut nothing could be further irom tho truth. The men who were in strumental In nominating Harrison did so liecauso that seemed to them tho best thing to do after their own plans had failed, and they acted without pledgo or promise from tho nominee. Gen. Harrison has debts to pay, but no contracts to keep. Asldo from "his pcr Bonal obligations to friends in Indiana, Mr. Harrison hasjust four debts of grati tudo to pay which nro great enough to command places In the cabinet. Tlirco of these wcro incurred in tho Chicago convention, nnd ono In tlio enmpigu. Tlio last named could bo satisfied by of fering tlio post master generalship to John "Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, tho rich merchant who ninassed n forhino by keeping n good general sloro nnu si)enn ins all Ills surplus for somo yeans in nowopapcr advertising. Wnnamaker was the Jicavlyst Individual contributor to the Keiuiuticah campaign fund, nnd of course uon. Harrison owes hhn some thing on that account, but moro on ac count of the services of Chairman Quay, who "wants nothing for himself, but is for John Wanninaker fornnythlng." At tho Chlcngo convention Quay was not for Harrison, nnd was one of tho hist to como in under tho victorious banner. The first groat obligation there put upon Harrison was when Miller, Hlscock, Piatt and Depow, tho big four delegates from Now York, agreed to support Har rison. That was tho entering wedgo which mado tho nomination of Harrison possible, mid for it Mr. Harrison should ho duly grateful. Hut nt tho samo tlmo ho very well knows that In pursuauco of n well defined plan of tho friends of Mr. mainc to mauo an appearanco or giving nil tho candidates n lair opportunity to wip, hoping that in tho end it would bo demonstrated uono could win nnd tho field bo thui cleared for tho leader of 1831, this wedge was no sooner driven in than preparations were made to withdraw It. When tho Harri son men filed Into tho convention hall that Monday morning they had small expectation of success. Tlioy had pleaded with tho Now York leaders far "another chance," and thb had been accorded them, but accompanied by tho unwcl- como assurance, publicly stated, that if after two ballots tho nomination could not bo brought to Harrison ho was to bo dropped nnd Senator Sherman taken up as lew York's favorite. At that oppor tuno moment Dlaino's telegrams of abso lute declination nrrived, mid Harrison was nominated beforo tho tlmo camo for Now York to carry out Ita programme Indeed, thero was not much Incentive for it to withdraw its support of Harri son, because Illaino, tho real objectivo point of ita managing leaders, was out of tho question nt last, M. M. Hut right here another 'obligation was incurred. Senator Allison and Harri son had been cIom) friends in tho tcnato. Tho Iowa scuator novcr had any great hopes of securing tho nomination for himself, and for an heir to lib strength hesltutod IxHwcou Sherman and ilnrrl un, both his personal friends. His tele gram to his lieutenant, Mr. Clarkson, was bo worded as to give tho latter authority to throw lowa'u veto forcithcr, or for tho ono wl o could lo nominated. Allison's decision to withdraw camo just at tlio moment when Harrison was on tho top wave and Iowa's plump for Har rison carried tho day. Hero wo liavo tlio second obligation, which must in honor Iw. n-itil liv llwi new nrcsldcilt. Tho third cleat ly belongs lo Wisconsin. There was n moment when Wisconsin could have swept the rocks fro'it under Han Icon's feet. In-tead. alio helped htm tide over thodlflleiilty. Tlio voters: nnd a great majority of tlio delegates from Wisconsin were at hcait for another In diana candidate .Judge Ureslmm. The aresliaui strength was feared by nil tho other candidates. If, early In tho ballot ing, Wisconsin had thrown her wholo vote toOreshain n considerable part of tho Indiana delegation would liavo left Harrison. That, probably, would have been tho end of Initli the Indiana candi dates. The Wisconsin delegation was held in hand by Senators awyer nnu un,.. il,,. lull,,,- luilmr In I'linrirn. ".Senatorial courtesy" took that etato to Han Ison and contributed Immensely to his success. Flint, then, New York should liavo ft cabinet portfolio, probably tho secretary ship of tho treasury. Hero Mr. Harrison meets one of Ids greatest difllcultlcs, nnd, race to faco with such n problem, no wonder ho Is anxious toconsult with Mr. Morton nnd other leaders. It is not likely this rt of tho cabinet programme will bo settled for months, and until It Is set tled not much else can bo arranged. Warner Miller made n valiant light for governor In Now York, and in one sonso sjicrlllced himself for tho good of tho national ticket. Naturally Mr. Harrison would llko to roward Mr. Miller. Hut thero la rivalry between Miller and ex Senator 1'latt. Senator Hlscock and Vice President Morton aro Plntt a menus. Depow is neutral ns between the two, but favors Plntt If either. HiBcock does not want nnythlng for himself. Neither does Depow, who Is said to bo slated for the Eonnlo, to succeed Kvnrtn. Hut Hvnrts and Harrison nro warm personal friends, nnd Mr. Kvarts may object to being re tired, old as ho Is. Ho may ask tho now president to shift things his way n little. Warner Miller has boon an nnti-Ulaitio man, and If Mr. Hlainu Is to go into tho cabinet, In a noiitlon whero there Is no imtronago, his friends und dependents will not wish to see n man llko Miller at the head of tho greatest of all portfolios from u iHilitleal view point. And if Hlalnodoes not go Into tho cabinet Mr. Harrison would probably find himself surrounded by a hornet's nest if ho gavo Warner Miller such n big place. tnrticu larly If Senator Sherman, leader of tho nntf-Dlaliio wing of tho party, wcro also to m uonprcu, Logically, tlio recognition of Now York should take tho form of a tender of tho secretaryship of btato, or possibly of the treasury, to Mr. Dejiew, dividing tho state natronago between Hlscock and his friend Piatt, tho' latter probably getting tho larger end, and smoothing Warner Millcr'a pathway tothesenato by prevail ing upon Senator l'7arts to go abroad, I find tho nubile men In Washington who habitually tako the analytical rather than tho Impressionist viow inclined to tho opinion that Mr. Harrison will not invite Mr. Hlaitio to the cabinet. If cer tain that Hlaluo would decllno, tlio president-elect would doubtless tender him tho premiership. Jlut tho rub is that lie Is nfraid Mr. Hlaluo would accept. I have tho best of reasons for saying that Harrison is actually afraid of Hluino. lie rccoKiilzw tho fact that Ills adn)lni"tra (on will navo enough of difficulties without incurring the risk of a strugglo for leadership within his ofliclnl family. Mr. Hlaiuu is not tlio man to look up to anybody, nnd nobody knows this better than Mr. Harrison. Tho president-elect is of tho opinion that hli best policy lies In tho direction of avoiding faction struggles by refusing to tako either Dlalno or Sherman into his cabinet, and In recognizing and satisfying theto ele ments, so long antagonistic, by taking up younger men irom eaelt wing, sena tor Sherman docs uc want to go into the cabinet, and will probably ret ho from nubile life nt the end of his present term. What Mr. Malne'u desires aro nobody seems to know, but It is foolish to talk of n Hlaluo war on the new administration because Hlaluo li not taken in if such Hlaluo lieutenants as Piatt and Depow nro at the ramo tlmo brought Into cloao relations with tho new president, s Beginning with (Juay, It is fair to as sume that his friend Wanamaker has ex cellent prospects for tho postmaster gen- Vi401ll' UWIIUIUI JUI1DVU, Ul lUtt il, could probably liavo tho secretaryship of tho treasury if ho wanted P, but ho pre fers staying In tho cennto. and close ob servers Iwllovo Iowa will bo recognized in the person of Kill tor Cbrkspu. It is idlo to talk of Clarkson for tho public printcrship. He is too big a man for that place, and probably would not ac cept It. Ho is much moro likely to 1k secretary of tho interior. , Wisconsin may not get a cabinet place, but instead tho commissioncrship of pensions for Henry C. Pnyno, of Milwnukce, or Oen. Foircliild. Forakcr, of Ohio, will not bo recognized becauso Sherman docs not likolilni. Mr. Harrison has but seven cabinet places to givo out. nnd if ho had moro Ills troubles would bo 60 mlich the greater. The logjc of tho present situa tion, ns viowed Irom Washington, runs Uko this: lor Mr. ouay iho t03tmaster gen- cralshlit fc for j "lr. Wi iranamnker. For fir. Hlaino Tlio secretaryship of tho navy for Mr. Houtclle, or somo other Maine lieutenant of Mr. Hlaino'o. For Iowa Tlio secretaryship of tho in terior for Mr. Clarkson. For Now York Tlio treasury depart ment for Warner Miller or ex-Senator Piatt, or tho state department for Clinuncey M. Depow. For Mr. .Shenunn Tlio treasury for Congressman McKiniey, or tho attorney genernlbhlp for Congressman Butter worth. For Mr. Alger of Michigan, or n Pa cific coast man to bo agreed upon by the Kcpuullcnn ructions or uiitionna-iiie secretaryship of war. For Wisconsin or n southern man Tlio portfolio left over after blx places havo been distributed along the lines laid out in tlio foregoing. According to tho vlewsof wclllnformed peoplo hero precious llttlo, if nnythlng, lias been decided on. It is uot oven cer tain that Wannninker wnnts to bo post master cencral. If nnvthiim has been 8CttLd up to this tlmo 1 bclluvo It is that Mr. Clarkson will bo secretary of tho in terior, that 110 Indiuna mall will go into tho cabinet, nnd that Warner Miller is to cj left out, but helped to tho senate. Waltcii Wsm-man. Tho Iwst way when hot grease has been spilled on tho lloor is to dash cold water over it, bona to harden it quickly und provtnt It striking into the boatds. TWO. LIVES. Hill N) Slums How Tmi ViU U- Ku WUla ANrt. I oneo know n boy quits well wlio. went to school with mo, and In othor ways hnil ovcry opportunity for refinement. Ho wnv n boy ultli good Intontlimn, and woro In iinimcr a olilp lint fiuvd wlthbluoghiKliiim. Ihcliof in Imil n stono briil-o on tlio -iiino foot, nnd our foot eiueliwl oH'ii on tlio back in tlio sitae tiiatuii'r, no tlintnt ulglit, when wo wcutout to tho well, and i-ohictnutly Imtlied tlivni in rnlu wntor, with -oft Mnp, and wIhxI tlioni ten dorly on tho gni-- lioforo wo went to Iteil, wc could bo heard wiilllu nttliosatuo inoiiiuiit by tlio priietieed e-ir. Hut lio dlil not n-plrons 1 did. Wlillo I nns grluillng -elswu-s during tlio summer inontln, Id onlertogo tocollogo lit winter, ho loltuitii iilHiut tliodoKt itnlelilns tho in COM1I113 nml outgoing trnlin, nnd carefully ob-ervlug tho braKcuiun ns tlioy coupled tho fi-olght ent-s together, hoping, too, tlintsoato day lio uillit see nn neeidout of soato kind. In tliit ttny ho obtnluod n croatdcnlof cnulo lufoi iiintlon nliout t'io tuovcuiontof trains, nnd how to mi-crow tbo lio.-o of an nlr brnk sons totu.iko It op. Ho did not enro very much for literature, rcloneoor tho arts. Hit preferred oxcreisoin tlio opounlr and fruit. Wlillo I wnsstrug Kilns with Xeiiopliou nnd H.illu-t, ho wns staiuling In with Shorty llugliltt on second sown, nml trading maverick watermelons with hhn for n rldo up to McCordsvillo nnd bnuk. Whoa 1 wns sent nbroad to complcto my studios at n largo and populnr foiunlo soail nnry hi Munich, Ja-icr L. Puintbottout ns niunliig extra over tho hill on second six, un der old Flntwhecl Ooorge, Every ono felt sorry for Jiiimi-, but oncli and nil pointed to mo nl tli prldo, nnd tho general Joy when I went nwuy to coiuploto my education under a mncstro, and it was adinllteil by ono and all that I might not como back, wns great and gratifying. I was nbscut for many years, travellnc through tho Ui lent nnd doing tlio continent on fo.t wherever tho fnro was too high, until ut last, sunburned and bilious, but haughty and relbiod, I cnuio back and nought to as tonish my old neighbors. 1 reached tho nil joining state, und there my money i;nvo out. Thli did not surpriso mo, becauso it had happened heforo. I grlavod over It for a llttlo tlmo, nnd thou, Instead of taking to drink, ns so umiiy others would lmvo done, I went to tho president of tlio road, who lived there. I found tho building that. You nlways havo to llrst find tho building in which a rail road president has his olllco. Do not attempt to look up a railroad presldont without hav ing first learned what building his oillco Is In. thu wentup thostalrs. It wnsn half holi day, mid so I could not rlilo in tlio elevator becauso tho elevator man was away acquiring much needed rest. Hut I heard that tlio president wns at work. First I went to a largo ofllco and waited a few weeks, thinking that was tho nuto-room to tho president's olllco, hut it turned out to bo tho room whero old claims ngnlust tho conitnuv -yore -tored away, n waiting tho day Mie:. the heavens 11 III roll 'C-l'le? uJ a scroll and eaeli bo n-qiiii-ed to givo an ao count of himself, from (ho agent at Hanging Hock up to tho receiver of tho road, for tho deeds drmo hi tho body. Then 1 wos shown to a small waiting room, or auto-room, with n haid, hot elmlr In it, nnd a small fenco around It. it was quiet, painfully quiet, savo tho short, crlip notos of a caligrnplt hi tho next room, and 11 fotv stenographic notes lying on a roll top doak. They told 1110 that tlio president wns busy, nUo that ho was a nay. I said 1 trusted tliom most Implicitly, nml hoped they would not mislead 1110, Unco a big, red need man, with sUh whiskers, brushed by 1110 nnd wont Into tho president's room, w hero ho remained till I was sure ho must ha tho prosldont him self, but afterward 1 learned that ho was Just down thero to loan sonio money to tho road, und which waito bo nted fur paying divi dends. Finally tho president's hour for going homo arrived, ami so ho went homo by another door. When tlio janitor swept out tlio build ing and locked up 1 dechkd to go away and call ugalii on tho following day. 1 was shown to tho samo room; I often wonder wtiata room thinks when a man is shown to It. For a few hours I tat nml listened to tho guinea lieu song of tho callgrnph, and then I wns told that tho president would mx 1:10. I camo In with that sinuous movement pe culiar to a man who desires u pass, and leaned my wot umbrella up ngnlii-t tho hot radiator. iJehlud tho desk sq,t it man with itsl hair. It was Jasper 1 Pulntbottom, as tho keen fur lighted reader has already guessed. I was ioor and pas&lcss. Hoiich, pampered, feted, sued, rcplovlued, toasted, enjoined nnd courted nil tho way from tho justlco of tho pcaco ofllco to tho court of last resort. Ho sat in nn cosy attitude, with hta feotiu thouppcrdrawerof hisescritolro. Hli head wns thrown kick In a half defiant man ner, and near him was a blank book of trip passes, void It uctacurii. 1 Know tnat tnoy had dark red conditions 011 tho back, holding tho company icrfectly blameless and pure in caso It bhould by nu oversight losomy baggage or lubricato its roadbed w ith my digestive economy. Hut I did not caro for that. I know.that tho road would not tako ndvautngo of mo if 1 signed the condition Mr. Paiuthottoiu recognized 1110 as soon as I told hhn who I was, uud told mo to draw my chair up closer, w hero 1 could seo out of tho window ami to down tho ilro cscapo. Hd wns real cordial. Ho w lulled his wifo was at homo so that 1 could como up to tho housa ami ditto with thorn. lint sho was away. Sho had gono to Tuxedo Park to stay n fow weeks with the Loilllaids. 17 wns sorry I could seo that hut how lonjr ns I going to bo in town) I said I hul nothing special to keep ta thero moro Unit a day or two, I had in tended to go rlfht ou that day, but had been detained by spate delay in my transporta tion, 0:i, that was it. What seems to be the matter! Well, I aatd, my passport had not orrlvcd, and I had called to seo hint about giving tho conductor covyithing in tho way of a noto o( lntroducth, so. that I would uo perfectly safe. Then bo took a blank paw und llllod it out, made it good for thirty days, marked it "Ibsued on account of charity," signed it with a manner that mado his old signature, whittled on tho back of our school house, look poiltively beautiful, told 1110 to receipt p lMtf ESP (or It Midi sfgiii tho QotuMtftxMS rakns tho twll Atul told bU olllco boy to show lit Mr. Think heivV who was wnjthig, wrung, my hand, a) he would havo toyci with a, felon ott his own baud, ami I passed gradually out. I dll uot blnino bitiv at nlL I blamed my self. Hut ns I looked at his signature nn the pa&t, I could not help contrasting It with hli old 0110, and fancying that U had changed Just as his maimer bad changed, and so I givo them bora to shov how naturally wo drift Into theso things, mid do what other peoplo da tutoonscloibly. Signature of Jasper U Pnlutbottoni wlillo braking extra on second six, under Flat wheel Ueorgo (taken from n tlmo check). Signature of Jasper K Pnlutbottoni nftor )ccomhig president of tho road (taken from bottom of paw). IIIU Nyo In Oneo 11 Week. A London Hotel. They liavo Aiiicrlcau jxmslons (pronounced K)ii-say-oiigs) In Paris, licrlln and Vienna, which htro many of my fellow countrymen nml women to destruction, and of which I hoio to bo ablo to toll you something Inter; but, with all their faults, I think tlioy have 10 mo claim upon tho consideration of tourists which lay over tho English hotel conducted on tho American plan. You nro driven up to tho hotel in n car lingo, nnd you expect to alight at tho Indies' entrance, ns you would, under similar cir cumstances, nt tho Palmer or Grntul Pacific, hut you don't do anything of tho kind. Tho driver descends, nnd, approaching n lnrgo iron gate, pulls n bell knob, which pull is responded to by tho hammer of n gong such as pilots signal to tho engi neers with on American steamboats. Tho driver then resumes his sent. In tho com-bo of tho morning, or afternoon, or night, us tho caso may be, tho gate is openod nnd a wnrty fneed man with a snub uoso nml n whlto apron nppronches tho car riage Ho Is in no hurry whatever. "Do you wish to hillusoapartlnellt', "Wo do." " 'Avo you brought your luggagoT' "Wo 'nvo not." "Waro Is Itf "At tho Eustou Station." .,. " 'As It l)cen licxninlnwUf "Woprosumoso." " 'Avoyjstho checks!"' "Wo 'ave." Tho wnrty faced . man grunts, jwtssa Ihrouelithp gntoway, locks tho gato after ntin, dud returns in tho courso of nn hour. This tlmo ho swings tho gnto wido open und Invites tlio diivcr to como in. Wo nro now lit nit open court yard. Wo alight Ws enter an olllco that looks llko a railroad bag gage room. Tho "lift" Isn't rutiiiing, but it LoW. .Wo cHmoTy Ttfurfc Vonrolnke5 to ft hnmlsomo sulto of rooms. Wo aro tlrod and cross. Enter another whltoaproned man. Would llko your names. Oetsthciu. Bow s and re tires. Enter another whlto nproued man, with noso llio n lobster claw. Hands us bill of fnrc. Wo order breakfast. "When can wo have Hf "IHmraeJIatoly." "All right." "What, slrl" "1 say, nil right." "Yes, sir; 'twill bo all right, sir." It comes In tlio courso of tho day. Wc hint to tho waiter that wo understood that thU hotel was conducted on tho American plan. "So It is," ho replies, nnd ho says it so firmly nnd conclusively that it would bo use less to contradict him. Wo rest, tako a nap, read tho papers, kill tlmo as best wo can until tho afternoon U well advanced. Wo ring for waiter. Waltor comes. This tlmo his uoso has tho color of a bluo bottlo My. "How about dlnncrl" "Tabledoto or sarvedl' "Tnbleilote, of courso." "Tabledoto over, sir." "Why wcro wo not called I" "Oot no ordeiv, sir." "Well, thou, let us havo it sarved." Wo learn later that guests nro not invited to tnbb d'hoto unlest tlioy Icavo orders to this eirect, nnd Unit It Is served only for ono hour. Our dinner must bo cooked com pletely, and tho day is almost spent beforo it arrives. "Papa," suggests Ned, "let us go out nnd flud mi American hotol that is conducted on Iko'Engllsh plan." Chicago News. Kd. HI was a man that played for keeps, 'nd when he tuk tlio notlai You cuda't stop him any moro'n a dam 'ud stop tho ocean; For when ho tackled to a thins 'ud set his inlnd plum to it, You bet ycr boots ho dooo that thing, though It hroko tho bank to do It) Bo all us boys, uz k no wed hhn best, allowed ha wusn'tjokln' When ou a Sunday ho remarked uz bow ho'd gin upsmokla'. Now thlj remark that 1U let fall, fell, cz I say, on on Sunday Which Is tho reason wo wus shocked to seo him sail lu Monday A-puffln' at a pIiki that sizzled llko a Chlncsa cracker, .Ui" smelt fur all tho world Uko rags Instead uv Uko terbacLcr. Itccoverln' from our first surprise, us fellows fell to pokht A heap uv fun r.t "folks uz said how they bad gin upsmokla'." Hut nd sea bo: "1 found my work cud not b dono without It Jen' try tho scheme yourselves, my trlcndj, cf nny uv you doubt it It's hard, 1 know, upon ono's health, but thcro'a a certain beauty In making sackcrtlccs to tho stem demands ut duty I So, wholly In a sperrit uv denial 'nd concession, 1 mortify tlio flesh 'nd smoko fur tbo cako uv my profession." Chicago News. . All Intelligent Mule. , ''Say,,Unclo Ilastus," rcmarkod n citizen, "Isn't that a very light load for so big a mulor' "Yes, sab, hut ho kicked ha'f tho load of! hlwlf jest below tho hill. It's s'prlsin', sab, tho 'mount of intelligence dat nnlmllo hat got. Ho knows whoit bo's got n load mighty sight bettcr'u 1 do." Now York Bun. Tlio l'orco of Kxntnplv. Young Mamma Children, why nro you nodding nnd rtnillng at nil tho policemen ws past! Children (who nro In tbo habit of taking their morning walks with tho nursemaid) Oh, because Mary always does, mamma. Cartoon. Vuttiro Mental Dlncaaow, Visitor (to lunatio asylum, year 1000) Ii that young man a victim of marryforlovl man la I Superintendent No; bo's a sufferer from amateurphotogrophollo. Philadelphia Hoc-ord. Drayago and loving OLIVER MAGGARI) Desires to Inform the public tit nt his equip ment for moving Household Ooodt.l'lanot Safes, Marchandlse, Ileavv Machinery etc., is the best In the city. Special men and wagons nrc kest for the removal of Pianos and Household GopJs, Which aro always handled by competent and experienced help, nnd the latest npn. ances used for handlht!; Safes nnd othci heavy goods. Call, address or telephone OLIVER MAGGARD Telephone til 917 () Mt. ' Fremont, lilkhorn & Mo. Valley Trains leave Oi.TOn.m. for West niiJ i):i n. in. ntul !'; p. in. for lisl. Tub Eutiionx Vallrv Lin. To freo boinos In Northwestern Nebraska aa Southwestern Dakota. To tlio Illnek Hills and tho Hot Springs. To Central Wyoming eonl and on fields, an cnttlo ranges. To Chicago and the IJut. To 8t. I'atil.tlio North nnd Northwest. For further Information hi'iulro of . Oi:o. N.FOHHMJLVN, Agent. 15 South 10th street, - - . I.lnecln 11, 0 lltnT, J. 11. Ht'CIUNAM, Oeneral Jl'gr. (len'l l'ass. Ag'l OMAHA, NKU. N. R. HOOK. M. DM dlsi:asi:h ok womkn. Jrinary and Recta. Diseases a Specialty. Treats rectal dlneafes by IIHtNICKHttOKK PAIKI.KH8 8V8TKM. Oniee. rooms 1!M. lilnml 121 Hurr lllock. Tweinii nnd O streets. Oflleo lelepliono IMH. Keslili-nee lft!9Qtm-t. 'lione,ra; Onice hours, 0 tnl2n.ni. i! lo 5 aiiil!!io a p. ut Sundays, ID to 11 it. 111 3.A,8H0EMAKER,M.D. Homfflopathist Physician, Telephone No 6S5. iC- South nth Street, Lincoi.m Neii P AST ALL PRECEDENT I Over Two Millions Distributed. Louisiana State Lottery Comp'y. Incorporated liythu Lt-RUhitiira lit IsW mr Rduentlonul undCbnrlluble pmpo'.ce, and Its ri.tUCllhe jnnile 11 part of the present Htnto vonstltiiilon In 18TU by nn overwkelminy pop ular VOlo. Its Grand Evtraouilmlry Drawings take place Seml-Anntially (June and Decem ber), nnd its Grand Single Number Draw ings take place on cacli of the other ten months 01 Hie year, and are all drawn in public, at the Academy of Music, New Orleans, La. " "Wo do hereby eerllly Unit wo nupervlM. the iirruuxcmrntM fur nil thn Mjiilhly und i-eliil-Auiiunl I),-iiwlnRS or Tlio Loulslanit Stale Lnlteiy 1 oiupauy. nnd In pi-rxmi inau iiL'e nml eoulrid I ho HniwInuN tbemselveH, nnd Hint the Mime 1110 enmluclcd with hon esty. falrui-Hs, und In gond rullli towuril all pintles, und wonutborl.otlio('oi..pau.vlo use thlsicilltlente, Willi nic-Hliiillh'H o one hIj.miii tures atlaebed, hi Its ndvcrlUciuc nts." Commissioners. We, IbeundeiHlitiwd UmiiUh nnd IliiuhriM will pay nil prlei. drawn In the I1nultn',TI Wlillo InillcrluH, which limy bo nresented nt oiirroiuiliirH. l"i;iV'J'5v A-' V.1"0"' '"lwtim Nut H'K V,V.'."i'!'U,,VtfA,KX ''."".-lino National ll'lt i) Wj'-V.'v?'' r,'K- i'".' I"uiih Null Hunk CAItliKOHN, l'res Tnloii Niillonnl II1111K -'MAMMOTH DRAWING- At the Academy cf Mnilc, New Orleans, Tceitlay, Decembet 18, 1888, Capital Prize, $600,000. JW.UMiTlckctHiitiiO; HnlvcN ISO: (Jimrtcrs 1U; lllghthH S.1 Twenlletbs 2; KorlletbsSI. I.IHTtlK I'llI.KM. 1 IMtlX.i: IK 4tWU,r()n Is WHMAi l i'iti.i:oKfJxi,iKUN . amtuKi ll'ltl.KOK ll)U,lMI luo,Wl 1 I'ltlZK tK W),D0(lls .. nim) aiMtii:m)K-ivMiiro :mm fll'IHZKSDK iu,(miimo rt)mi Vi IMtl.KH OK .VWWniv . no)l STil'ltlKS OK s,uinr . matt - llill'ltl.l'.HOK NWnre mo'iim '.-OOl'lll.ICHOK inn nro NHien ftx)i'Ui,r.soK awnre loo.ww AI'I'IIOXIM.VTIO.V I'lll.KM. irorrUesnril,iO nro lOD.CCD Il do. bwinre M),)to 100 do. KOnro io.iiou Tllll.SH MIMUi:ilTi:ilMINAI.s. w rricsursNjii are 7o-ixi Vi " 40Uure :!ii,ik.O TWO NUJillini TKIIMlNAt.S. KM I'llesofJiim nro n),0i IW ' SJUIIuro isn.ooi :i,ll(i rrl.e, aiuounllnuti) .;,! is, son . W KorC'lub Italesor nny other dexlred luioriuutlou, wrltn leKlbly lot bo uiideihluned, elcurly etnlintr your reHldcnee, with Stale, turn mull delivery will iHtiiMiirrdhy jour en- iiiliH,nilvrtlliltj illlluulT, II.IU HlfMtl TO- riuNini; mi j-.nvcioii )po beurlng jour mil ml- iiret-M. Hotlil I'OHTAIiNOTl'.H. Kxnrnia slfim.v Dr. ders, or New ork hxchnugo In ordlnnry let ter. Heinl eurrenry by HxpreKs pit our o.s punse) ndilioi-ed M. a. DA II I'll IN, OrM.A.l.AriMIIN, - rk.i,l-.. Wiishlngtnn, D. f. Address Registered Letters to NEW OltliEANS NATIONAL HANK, Now UrleuiiH, I, a. REMEMBER W<i 10 presence iieniU lliniii'. Us cRiinl and Harly, who urn lu churite of tho ilntwInitH, Is a Kimriinti' of uIikouIi falmeM and Inleu'rlly, thai thuchnnees urn nil eiuul, and Unit nu one run posulbly ilUlne what niimixT will iiruw a pi ie, ItKMHMilHIlnlKotbut thn puymoutof tliu l'rl.cK U Kimrauteed by Kour Nutloual llnnkH of NowOili-nns. and tbo tickets nro Hlitued by tho 1'rcHldentol an Instllutlou, whoso eliar lured llitlitM lire rcroirnlcd In tliu IiIl'Ih.sI courts; tbciLfnri', bowureof nil Initiations or anonymous hchciucK, SHft Nolld C3oll Wilth.l noi4 lor m l w until uitiy. I iif ii fw wsiru in iut worm, ruftcl tinifkfliDfr. Wf. I runa. ntvv HolU t-MJ Uuallnf Uim. Do lU UcUi' 4n4 Qli' iiotwliti wo, It na citti of tauil !. tine lcrsun In cub lo ctlltr rtn tcutt on frtf. loffttbtr with our WconilvtU ubl liat of lloiiitliuia Hamilrst ThtM umplti, vll At iha wttch. w kinJ Vrevi nj tfttr you br ktpt I1im la jcuf horn for A monibi n4 ibownihfm lo tho irnt m7 niT ciiiftii inrr ocvni your wwn proiwtr. i noav who writ ! oac ciu L tur of rllntf ! Wittrti and Nutnnlct, V jty ll iprtMt frtlirit.fto, AtHrti Mtlnvou as Co.f Xltfx HlVlfluud,Maltt6 tf vjm mmKa Eksyj& v ( X ijUUPl'. '