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J GAFiTAL OiTY OUUW1BH, GALLERY OF FINE ARTS. Special Attraction at the World's Fair. HIE TARNISH INK OK IMCTIIItKH. II I Now doing on In Viirloiia 1'itrli of llm MRtmrrnl Art I'ntneo llvn Aerra of rirlnri'i suit fUnlnnry - HUlity f tlm ' Forrlniior 1'rogroat Mmln In Art In CttlrnK". Woiil.n't FAin, Mny 1'J. .Special. At last Mm Art Gallery I open ntul wo on- t lor. A groat croii d has preceded us. Kor , teveral day after Mm formal opening of the exposition Mil department was closed mi Mint Min work of hanging pictures and placing Mutuary might bo completed. Kveti now thrni nro soiun bum spaces on Mm walls, and tho varnishing of iilcturri. I going on In vnrlous parts of Mm iiimn iitoMt building. Virnlshliig, on know, Ik iv uroccM of brightening l ,l lli'rn Mint tuny lmvo boon u llttlu marred or scratched ly shipment or bundling. Somo of the foreign artists are. no particular nliout this varnishing " ""'J' M,,v" ,,,n" "ll ,m' way to America to ilo It themselves, or i havo cnt men wlioin thoy Kmiiv inn! trust I to do It for tlu'in. Olio Ik not Hiirprlxt'il Mint tlm nrt department wiim not unite comploto on tlm opening ilny. It In Much n j tremendous aggregation of Mm work of painters, sculptors, etchers mill carvers that the wonder Is It Is ready oven now. People who should know whereof Mmy speak In such matters say Mm world never before unw suult a collection of nrt works iimlor ono roof. Imagine, If you enn, tlvoncrcsof pictures mid stntunry. Some ono bus taken the trouble to ciilculntii Mio distance u visitor mufti wnlk If ho woulil see every piece of line nrt In Mm great building audita two .paclous annexes, nnil tlm nuollont, If 1 remember right, Is seven miles. TIiImsIiii plo figure will glvu you n clearer lilev of tho magnitude of tlm display Mum coulil la) obtained from nny iioscripuou iiim i enn write. Tlm iiiemiliiK of It in tliutlf ono Is In love with painting mid sculpt mo, nnil moans to enibrneo Mill golden oppor tunity to (too tho choicest product of tho world's iitudlos, lit must coino to this building dny after dny for at leant two weeks, and work hard each day. Whoever docs this will bo well repaid. A year or two ami it was tho general MioiiKht that whllo tho ChleaKo fair was toboKrent In all MiIiiks niaterlal In Its buildings, its machinery, Its Industrial ap pliances and products It was not to bo rich in tho lino arts. Tho theory was that AmerlcA hasn't enough art of her own to mnko a bin show with, and foreign artists would exhibit only sparingly. Well, tho display of foreign works Is considered the most complete that has ever been made, whllo tho American exhibit is a revolution to many people who have not appreciated Uio strides which tho line arts am making In this country. Never before has Micro been such a allowing of American art for American Artists have anally established A distinct school of their own. Of course our painters mid sculptors Imitate more or less ono or other of tho Kuropoan schools, but they nro gradually evading tholr distinctive method. After this year It probably will not bo denied anywhere Mint there is mi American school of paint ing, and one of which Americans may well bo proud. As to the foreigners, their displays nro truly magnificent. Of course tho French do not show ns many pictures and statuary as they did nt their own great exposition four years ago. Nor are tho llrltlsh artists as well represented hero as they were at Paris. Hut tho Oermium nro hero in splendid form, and they were scarcely known at all at tho 1880 exposition. Several other nations nro doing better at Chicago Minn they did at Paris, and with n single exception Mm representatives of all the art nations asked for more space than could lie Assigned them, the exception be ing In the case of Mexico. Inasmuch as tho spneo In this Art palace Is much larger than was ever before devoted to tho same purpose in an international exposition, and there was such demand for this space that every nation but one has found It necessary to economlre room by sending snly the U'st of its works, it follows Inev itably that this is the greatest interna tional Assemblage of line arts over known. Foreigners ns well ns Americans are imazud nt tho progress in nrt mado In Chicago itself. It is a fact not generally known that Chicago is rapidly liecotnlng i center of literature and of publishing, ind of art ns well. It has several success ml art schools, with thousands of studonts. Just now It it finishing, on tho sitooftho jld exposition building, iu the heart of tho :lty, a permanent Art palace to cost about 1700,000, nnd to bo this summer a theater of tho World's fair congress. Tho president it this art instltuto is Charles L. llutcliiu ion, n banker nnd money-maker, who still loves art and knows it. The chairman of its nrt committee is another business man, J. II. Dole, nn elevator owner. Though a more merchant be has done more than my other man to raise tho standard of art tnd public appreciation thereof in tho In terior of America. Tho best proof of his rare judgment is found in the fact that many of the paintings which ho formerly brought Into prominence by displaying thorn in tho Chicago expositions nro now :laasod among tho famous pictures of tho world and aro given pronilneut places In tho Columbian art palace. Mr. Dole and other pioneers in tho Held of nrt education have found that tho masses of our people bnvo tho nrtlstlo Aspiration in high degree, tml that tho almost universal lovoofart In America is suro to bear fruit, sooner or later, not only In general culture, but in tho production of masters and master pieces. Kven now foreign visitors aro dis covering that art is ascendant in our cen ters of population, nnd that It is growing hi tho country as well as iu tho cities. Mr. Dole, who has done so much for nrt in Chi cago, tolls mo ho often overhenrs farmers sad mechanics commenting oil pictures while walking through tho galleries, and is surprised to find that they aro familiar with the characteristics of tho various schools, that they know tho famous pic tures of tho year and are quite familiar with nil current nrt matters. Foreigners who come to Chicago expect ing to find hero n now, raw town that still savors of the prairies and tho backwoods am Humrlscd to find it ft center of art cul ture. They nru amazed, in tho first place, at the artlstio Aspiration which led these Chlcagoaus to tho adoption of tho plan that nroduced at Jackson nark tho finest, most magnlllcent architectural display the world has over seen. They aro surprised and delighted with the number nnd the biauty of thslr pieces of heroic statue ry, I IHM Tilth which Mm grounds, building" and walls of tlm "xpoftltlnu nro cmholllshrd. It Is Indeed nsuriirUn to Mini hero In Mm new west not only Architectural achieve ment which eclipses all olforts of ancients or tandems, but oriiameiitat Ion on a ncaln mine vast and costly Minn wns oier before attempted In an International exposition. Ami when, finally, our friends from across Mm son tlml hern our Art pahico which In ingultuilii and rank of contents outdoes nil former Art palaces, and conspicuous herein tlm work of American artists who aro surely del eloping a school of their dm u, Mia conclusion Is Irresistible that art Is of somo cousequenco and promise In tho wost orn world. Art in the west will gain sti Immense Impetus from Mm fair. Many of Mm noble paintings and statuary now In Mils pnlnco nrs to remain Iu Chicago Indefinitely, A imteworty exhibit Iu Mm foreign section Is a collection of arts from ancient llreek sculpture, Hindu by Mm Oreck government nud sent huro as a special compliment to America. After the doors of tlm exposl tlon are closed this tungnlllccnt collect Ion Is to bo pruscutcd to Mm Chicago Art museum. No decision has been reached as to the permanency of tho Exposition Art pahuc. It would seem it pity to tear It down, for It Is one of Mm most beautiful buildings In Mm world (ireclan Ionic of tlm most re lined typo. Unlike tlm other buildings here It was Ulllt to stand. It Is practically lire-proof, Tlm main walls aro of brick covered with stair, and tlm roof is of Iron, steel and glass. All the stairways aro of Iron. Tlm cost of Mm building was more than 7(H),(KX), and It Is to bo Imped a way may bo found to preserve It from Mm gen eral destruction which Is to follow th closing of Mm gates hero next fall. One could only guess tlm (nmmerclal valuo of tho art treasures which tlm palace now contains, It woulil bo as easy to say live hundred millions of dollars as one hundred millions or llfty millions. No one knows or can know, hi fact, him dreds of tho works shown hero aro price less. Three paintings alone have been In sured for $107,000, and another Is valued at (70,000. Tho exhibit sent by ono of the minor Kuropoan countries wns Insured for tSO0,000. Ono loan-collection, containing 1W) pieces, and bung In tho adjoining rooms in tlm cast pavilion, has an Intrinsic value running into tlm millions. It Is n collection of foreign masterpieces owned In America, and Includes allthoillustrloiiu Hiunes during Mm last century Millet, llouheiir, CaroliiH-Doran, Millals, MoIh soulcr, Alma Tndcina and many others. t iiiiiairri:xiM vv a rmi'iti:. About one-third of these masterpieces are from tho private galleries of Chicago gen tlemen, and others come from cities far ther west. It may bo Interesting to tho reader to know how the space Is divided up iu the Art palace. There was, all told, a wall space of 200,0110 square feet. One does not at tlrst grasp the slgiiillcauce of these tlgures. It Is considerably more than four acres of wall. The space is equal to that presented by a bill board llfteen feet high and nearly three miles long. Though title Is a tremendous space to be devoted to such purpose, the foreign government alone applied for 1100,000 square feet of stir face, or one-half more than Mm total. They were given 105,000 square feet, and the remaining U5,000 feet reserved for Americans. France, which leads all the other nations, has nearly as largo a space as tho United States, or 30,000 feet. (Jer- many, Orwit Urltaln, Italy, Uelgluin and Aiisina ii now in omer. rno l niieii States section contains about l,b00 pieces, tho French section 000, Gorman MX), Eng land GOO, Dutch artists !13, Austria ilOO, Denmark !250, Sweden J00, Italy 000, Uel gluin 400, Norway 175. In all 10,000 pieces i were rejected by tho juries of selection, Aiut tliererore tlm works wnlcli appear on tho walls and Moors of the pnlnco may be taken tus the cream of the studios of ull the world, Mm very best Mint man can do. The keen interest of the foreigners In the suc cess ofthls exhibit did not arise wholly In love of their art or pride each iu his own school or country. The fact that Amer icans now spend nearly as much money for pictures as all the remainder of the world together may have had something to do with it. The great central rotunda of tho art pal ace is a beautiful spot. Iu the center Is an heroic llgure of Washington by Thomas Ball. Around the colossal Washington are twelve groups of tlgures furnished by twelve foreign countries. There are smaller studios in each of the other pavil ions. There aro In all no fewer than eighty separate galleries in the palace, ranging from HO feet sqiiaro to lloxllX) feet. There nro also 103 alcoves, used chiefly for en gravings, etchings and black-and-whites, No Art gallery was; ever moro perfectly lighted than this one. All the pavilions, Including rotundas, courts and alcoves, are lighted from above, and the modula tion of this natural light Is simply ideal. Tho lighting of tho palace at night has been of itself a work of art, nud the splen dor of the Art galleries at night, under the soft rays of many thousand delicately shaded incandescent lamps, is sure to be onoof the most attractive features of the exposition. KoiiKitT GtiAVES. Educational Kxhlhlt ut tho Fulr. ' Tho educational exhibit Is well advanced and somo things in it will bear close in spection, This is especially true of that of Pratt institute, of Brooklyn, This is an j industrial school and the specimens of work in all thu practical arts aro excellent. They show what a pupil iu school can be taught to do iu architecture, building, plumbing, iron work, millinery, dress- I making, etc. The exhibit Is presented with good tnste. Tile IJimrkulil Indium. Quackuhl Indians from British Coliim bin havo taken up their abode nt the e.po sit Ion grounds. Ull SINECURE SEEKERS. ONE THING TO APPLY CORRECTLY AND ANOTHER TOQET THE OFFICE. Pnrnl.tmry la a limit Virtue (Inert In ilorarnienl Am tnillniiianltle Cnlilnot OOlrori Mut Ilo C'oinultril Tlm l'rpl' dent Una h llnml In It. H- till Corrt'Miaileiioe, Wahiiinoton, Mny 11. Ofllco seeking Is very arduous work. In support of this stntoimint I liiivu tho evidence of n most observant and philosophic friend who has been upon several occasions n caiidlilato for a pluco in tho government service. Ilo assures mo that ofllco seek' iug is nlso ut Mines very exasperating UHTKNINO TO AN OITICK RKF.KKR. employment. Persistency in this ns In most other pursuits is n great virtue Llko virtue, it is sometimes its own to ward. Tho process of seeking nn ofllco ami ob tabling H)ssesslon of it is quite lengthy nud somewhat complicated. When u man conceives tho notion that ho is espe cially qualified for duty in tho public servico and that ho must have an ofllco tho lirst thing to do is to secure tho in dorsement of his political friends mid neighbors. Theso of courso aro expected to testify to his high standing as n citi zen, his faithfulness as u partisan and the priceless valuo of tho aid ho contrili utod to party success. In this list of In dorsers ho is expected to have tit least his homo congressman and senators, pro vided thoy belong to his party, and also as many prominent politicians ns possible from his state who, llko himself, ngree with tho new administration upon ull material points. Armed with theso documents nnil a formal Application, ho comes to tho cap ita! If tho position ho seeks is in the treasury department, ho goes nt once to tho secretary of tho treasury and flics his puiors. If ho wants a consulship or a foreign mission, ho must go to tho sec retary of state. If ho is after n postof (ice, tho postmaster general must bo con sulted, nud if ho aspires to a marshalshlp or a position as United States district attorney tho attorney general must bo called upon booner or later. in most cases tho cabinet officer is ex pected to rocom iiieuil n candidate, and it is not often Mint tho recommendation is disregarded. Tho president generally ex amines tho applicant's papers himself ami makes inquiries as to tho candidate's tittiess for the ofllco ho seeks. Occasion ally ho ignores tho recommendation of the cabinet otllcer, the appeals of tho congressman or senator and tho indorse ments of tho candidate's political friends nud supporters nud appoints somo one who isn't seeking tho oflico. In that case 'tho ofllco seeks tho num." However, in tho early days of any administration tlm oflico rarely seeks tho num. for tho rea son that it is too closely pursued. A remarkable examplo of labor and persistency in ofllco hunting is ex-Con- gressmau crunk Lawlers canvass for , the position of postmaster at Chicago Mr Lawler began work last began work last fall as soon as tho election was over, and within thrco months ho visited every business houso of importance iu Chicago. Ho in terviewed ull the local politicians of his party and wrote letters to many proud- nent Democrats of his acquaintance throughout the country asking their in dorsements. When tho new administra tion caino into power, Mr. Lawler ap peared iu Washington witli perhaps tho Inrgest petition ever presented by a can didate for ofllco. There were 00.000 names attached to a paper bearing his application, and his indorscrs included prominent men iu nearly every branch of business ii Chicago and a vast ma jority of tho leading local politicians of his party Mr. Lawler presented this enormous petition to tho postmaster geuernl and tiled a copy of it with tho president. One delegation of Mr. Luwler's friends after another culled upon tho postmaster gen eral nud tho president, political pressure wns brought to bear that seemed sufll cient to secure even n tlrst class foreign mission, but nothing resulted A few dnysnnoMr. Lawler went lionio, having conducted an ublo nud persistent can vass of nearly six mouths two of them nt tho capital for an ofllco that is still occupied by an uppointeo of the last ad ministration In tho case of presidential oillces the president is tho last resort. Before him tho cause must bo dually pleaded. The candidate who began by becking tho in dorsements of his political friends must secure the approval of the department chief and nt last obtain tho appointment from tho president. Monday is tho only , woek day upon which tho president de nies himself to tho ofllco seekers. Upon any other day he is accessible, From 0:oQ a. in. to 'J p. in. tho ofllco seeker muy obtain audience. The president's reception room is gen erally most crowded between tho hours of 10 and IS, that being apparently tho fa- ' vorito tiuio of day for tho ofllco seeker. When a delegation calls to urge tho claims of their candidate, n congressman ' or senator generally acts ns spokesman. ' Ilo introduces Mio cnudidato and then lcHCiiutM us)ii Ids merits. Other mem bers of tho delegation nro permitted to express themselves, and oven tho candi date mny ml I his own testimony. Presi dent Cleveland Is u good listener, and upon theso occasions bo generally con tents himself with merely asking n few questions. Usually ho receives his visit ors standing, and if Micro bo a big crowd In waiting In tho anteroom the Interview is brief. Mr. Cleveland Is always Informal, and ns lie listens or makes inquiries ho some times, leans carelessly against tho table or ukjii tho back of n cliair with "dem ocratic simplicity" of milliner. Some times ho ventures a llttlu humor, nud he enjoys n joko in spito of tho seriousness of tho nvunige candlduto for ofllco. One day not long ago I was present ut nil in terview between tho president and a del cgatlon headed by Congressman Hprlng or of Illinois. Mr. .Springer was urging tho claims of a candidate who lives iu n district adjoining Ids own. Two years ngo it went Democratic, but last fill' it gavoa Republican majority. Mr. Spring er was explaining that tho cluitigo was only temporary. "I know It's reliably Democratic," said Mr. Springer, "be cause when 1 was over Micro last fall making bikhicIich iu tho district" "Did you mnko speeches in tho dis trict?" Inquired Mr. Clovolund. with merry twinklo in his eyo. "Yes, sir. Mr. President, n number nt them," responded Mr. Springer eagerly "Perhaps that's tho reason it went Re publican." Mr. Springer joined in tho laugh at his expense, and oven tho cnmlidiito whoso claims ho was advocating could not re press u Hiuilo. Oi:oit(ir. Hanson Aiti:ilson. 6ANCTION OF SOCIETY. Tlm Tour Iliilulreil nnil Tlielr Himrtiiy IflowriT Show Mra. (ioulil'a Conaiilntlini. tSi('t'liilCorrestsiiuloiico.l Nkw Yoiik, May 11. This big town is rapidly adopting tho European standard iu tho matter of amusements, and the action of Mm managers of tho spring (lower show iu keeping tho exhibition, which held all last week, open on Sunday is a most significant indication of that movement. Places of amusement of various sorts havo long been kept open on Sundays hero, to ho sure, but tin (lower show hud tho sanction of society for it was given under tho "patronage of 111) ladies and 1 man who belong to Mint charmed portion of tho community Time was when society would hardly havo cared to indorse an enterprise that depended for its largest single day's re ceipts on "Sunday oiMjiiiiig," and it is hardly probablo that tho circle that calls itself society iu any other American citj would couutenauco it now. Tho list of patron ami patronesses is as interesting for tho names Mint nro not as those that aro "in it." It includes Mrs. Astor and her daughter-in-law Mrs. J. J. Astor, Mrs. Paran Stevens, Mrs. L. Lorillard, Mrs. Van Rensselaer Conger, Mrs. William Seward Webb Mrs. Herman Oelrichs nnd Mrs. Henry Clows among those with whoso uamo the big public that is out of society is fa miiiar. It does not include Mrs. George J. Gould, or any of tho Rockefellers, or tho wife of Collis P. Huutitigtou. Theso families and the families of a score of other men who number their dollars by tho million nro not "in so ciety." Just why tho outsider doesn't understand. It can't bo becnuso they mado their monoy iu oil or railroads or any other commercial enterprise, for among thoso who aro iu are somo to whom fortune camo by way of short cut and fine cut and plug cut tobacco and mining and hotel keeping nud ull sorts of plebeian wuys. It is not likoly that tho Rockefellers would care to bo taken into society now that it stands sponsor for Sunday shows, for the Rockefellers are strict Sabbatarians, but tho other members of tho Standard Oil crowd, such us the Flaglcrs, would gladly enter if thoy could. Opiniousdiffcrus tothoGoulds. Their friends declare that they would not be in society if they could. Others say that they couldn't if thoy would. It is cer tain that tho opening of tho (lower show on Sunday does not displease them, for although Mrs. Georgo J. Gould, who was Edith Kingdon, tho actress, Is not a patroness she figured prominently in the show. Sho is president of mi organ ization known ns tho Kindergarten nnd Potted Plant association, and on thu Thursday before tho opening of the show sho wroto to its secretary through Miss McElheny, becivtary of tho associa tion, asking permission to hold u business meeting thereof at tho Madison Squiuo Garden, where tho (lower show was held, on Saturday, May 0, Arbor day iu New York state. Investigation showed that tho association is made up of school chil dren, and they were invited to tho num ber of about 1,000 to attend the show in a body on that day iu charge of their teachers. Their presence on that dny mado a goodly addition to tho attractions of tho exhibition, and it was n question which 1 received most attention from those who I paid to go in the (lowers, Mio superbly groomed and gowned society women of Now link or tho thousand M'hool chil dren who owed their pleasure to Mrs. Gould. I. 1), M.MtSIIAI.U . ,- - -, L33L 'i , rSfiSv Ilk k 1 IFAtPi'lOV f V I 1! .liTL'jO' .. sv5' -lit W Jff y''i'" "Dey's cotched fo' hho't" mrs. OEOitnr. j. aoui.n. V. W ?Vfe 1 SS5--...- Vnreatniiiilils. Sim stood on tlm wrong corner nnd waved tier n.nbrella frnutlcnllyat theapproachluu street car. "Other side of the street, lady," said the conductor. "lint this Is tho naiiiu sldo of the street that I Mood on when I took this same car to come down town. I do declare, ) oil men are the most unreasonable creatures that wore ever invented." Indianapolis Jour nal. A Trap. "Dem pulltts am goiu t' roost, nn mnb, honey, uln dey fall" "I'll jiss try iuviglluilem t' most on ills old wooden lalg." T-r- r.W --. .-l0 Tri-Wi T" ' -' I'! .J& "Dish yer uln' an easy Job. Hut ef dey's do.ln" 3 !; v4- c ru-iJAV- -S2 w "Do olu womnn'U take mo fo' a dream nb plenty." Scrlbner's Magazine. llur Con reunion. Mrs. Xeweil I think you're a stingy old thing to refuse me this money. Newisl Why, before no were married you were uln uys telling me not to spend money on you. Mrs. Newisl I told you so then because I knew j on would do it just tho same. Truth. ItlliKlng II lilt In, Mr. McIInrlem I wouldn't object to young Hoiidclippcrcoiniug hero frequently, lie would mnko a good match for our l'aniiy. McIInrlem; Jr. I'll llx that. I'll borrow (M from him, and he'll be coming here twice a day to collect it. Texas Sittings. A (Sreat I.IUInu'. Landlady (to boarder, who has passed his cup six times) You are very fond of coffee, Mr. Dan ford. Mr. Ilanford Yes, ma'am, it looks as If I was when I am willing to swallow so much water for the sake of getting a little. -Tlt-lllts. i A riilltmnplilnil Mind. Little Uoy The hens out west must he swful little. Mamma Why sof Llttlo Hoy Uncle John says he's seen ntlstoucs there as largo as hen's eggs. , Good Nei s. j Tailing rrt'riiiitlona. White-If you write her that kind of let ters, shu will bo suing you for breach of jroml.so one of these days. I Greene Not much she won't; that ink is ! warranted to fade. New York llernld. Willing to Oblige. Tenderfoot I iilsh I was back in tho last. i I.ono btnr Pete fatrauger, Just step up J thlnd that mule kind of careful and tickle t s font. Life. JTvVT Kir .t rv i . hiY--w- -i2i--vct . r r m , Ti f m v i , w I J- f f . Talvfll 1 A' J ) $3 Worth of Hood's Curod Whon Othors Fa Hod Salt Rhoum or Psoriasis-Sever Cnso w- VwvcWi BE. Vv Vu aT vvkai I -' .sjsii Mr. A. J. JfoC'ouit Klngsloy, IcAva. "In 1870 I had nn eruption nppcnr on my left leg iwul nrm. Sometimes It woulil tilccrato nnd on nccount of It I wns unable to work a great deal of tlio time. I had seven doctors cxamlno nud treat mo w Ithout success. Sumo called 1 1 pso rosls, somo cc7cma, somo salt rheum nnd uno knowing ono called Itpralrlo Itch. All tlio doc tors In tlio county hail a trial but none did mo a particle of Rood. I spent ull my sp.iro money trying to get icllcf. 1'liuilly I was persuaded to try Hood's H.irsaparllla. After using ono nnd a half hollies I saw tho benefit. I havo now used tlio third bottlonlidnmcoiiiplrtcljr cured. HOOD'S Sarsaparilla CURES I recelvod moro benefit from tlirco dollars' worth of Hood's Harsnpaillla th.vi from tlio hundreds o( dollars paid for ndilco nnd other medicine. Any ouo sulTerlng from skin troublo Mill surely get relict In Hood's SarsaparllU." N. J. McCou.v, Klugslcy, Iowa. Wo Know This to Bo Truo "Wo know Mr. Jf. J. McConn; saw his log suit nrm bef Aro taking Hood's SamparllU ami know ho was terribly allllctcd j now he Is cured." "i:. H. Hanks, Druggist, "1. A. Oi.tman.v, "J. V. (iAsi-Ait, "1L 11. Ki.us. "C. C. ll.Miunit, Klngslcy, Iowa. Hood's Pills arotho host after-dlmior l'llls, assist digestion, euro headache. Try u box. 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V0ELKER, PRACTICAL FURRIER, Y. M. O. A. JiULLiDINOf. STIFF HATS MADE TO ORDER From $a.G() to $ I no. Lincoln Stiff' Hat Factory, N. W. Cor. 13th and O Sts. Old Hats Blocked, Cleaned, Dyed, nnd made ns good its New. All" kinds of Kcpair Wink done. PLANS FOR 25 CTS. Bond for tlm National lltru.u- VII U tti,,,illili' I, np.inl jli.vfif.ul i to tilliliilliK lllterehlH. IJicli K iniiiilHir oinitains a cniniili'tu st of plans roudy to liullil from. Price, J.1.1") mr )eiir;NlnilociiioHU.1clH. Homl for liook, "I lean liful HiiiiieH," eiintulMliiKM'li'iiHlnedliirH. Heml 'or eatnloKiin of iim, fn. TllK Nirio.N.M, lieu. men, AiIiiiiim l'xrtNi llullillnn, I'iiIcuko, B nuU I chnHBPI A Cifl tA 'SIla?. feg''"1