uLli ! PLiftflSJiuu-rnt ABltA5JKA, TUESftAV, DECEMBER 4 1SS8.
A SECRET 8ON0.
O mow bird I snowbird!
Welcome thy not when maple bough are bar;
Thy merry muter, thy emphatic call,
IJLa ftllves- tnuiivU pierce the freezing air,
What llmo the radiant flake begin to fall.
We know thy aerret. When the day a-rowa dim.
Far from tbo hotuea that thoa haat cheered mo
loutr.
Thy chirping changes to a twilight hymn I
O snowbird, auowblrd, wherefore hide thy aongf
O snowbird I snowbird!
Is It a sons of sorrow none may know,
An aching memory 7 Kay, too glad the note!
Untouched by knowledge of our human woe.
Clearly the cryxt&l fluting fall and float.
We bear thy tender ecMtaay, and cry:
IendiMtby icludnesa that can brave the chill l"
Under the splendors of the winter sky,
O snnwbinl, now bird, carol to us still.
- Xlizabcth Coftwycko ItoberU In The Century.
MISS MARTHA.
Miss Martha IJailey known through
out Ilosevillo simply as "Miss Martha"
sat by ono of tho windows of her cozy
fitting room, putting tho last stitches
into a llannt-1 skirt for old Mrs. Dodley,
who suffered terribly with tho rheuma
tism, which was not improved by the
weekly Hcrubhings the gave tho offices in
tht brick block on Main street.
Miss Martlia had just 6evid a Etout
horn button on the waist belt, and was
about to foM the skirt up, smiling at the
thought of the old woman's delight when
sho should receive the gift, when the
hall door opened without tho ceremony
of a preceding knock, and a neighbor,
Mrs. Marsh, came in.
"You ought not to sew by twilight.
Miss Martha," sho said, as she entered
the room, "j-ou'll ruin your eyes. liut
that's not what I camo here to say; Mrs.
Norcrofis died an hour ago.
Tho smilo faded from Miss Martha's
face, and her ej es grow humid.
"Poor woman!" sho said, in her low,
sweet voice. "So she has gone at last.
Sho suffered a great deal."
"Yes, end sho was glad to go. But
she lir.d every attention, in spite of licing
a stranger here. Dr. Lldgecourt visited
Ju r every day, aud never charged her a
cent, 1 know; and all the neighbors sent
thing. to eat. Cancers aro terrible
things. .She was a mighty patient
woman. Poor soul! Hut now," with a
suddc-n change of touo, "what's to be
done witli Juval'"
"Has f.hc no relative at all?"
"No one. Sho i i too refined and pretty
to do housework, even If she was strong
enough, which sho isn't. Sho can't go
to the poorhouse, of course, and sho
hasn't a dollar there's to bo a subscrip
tion to pay the burial expenses."
Mis Martha stood smoothing the flan
nel skirt with her white, thin hands, her
face wearing an evpression of deep
thought mingled with anxjtty. Once
sho opened her lips as if to sricak, then
hesitated and closed them again. Ought
sho to make thl Kicrilico which eceuicd
urged upon her It would " selfish not
to do so. She raL-tfd her head and said,
in a firm, sweet voice:
"The girl must come tome, since there
13 no ono i-L;o to take her. I liave plenty
for one I can uiaku jf. enough for two
bv exercising economy."
'"That's just like you. Miss Martliat I
knew you'd taako tho offer. The girl
lias got a lirst rate education, and she
can study up enough to fciUc a school by
next fall. Of course you won't want Jier
around after you aro married."
A deep ilaJu camo into Miss Martha's
naturally face: she droppod her eyes,
and turned away from Mrs. Marsh, with
some murmured excuse about making
the llanucl skirt she held into a bundle t
be sent nwav.
The neighbors agreed that Eva Nor
cross could not have found a- better home
than 6he had at Miss Martha's. The lit
tle cottage stood in a laxgo garden, well
filled with fruit trees and shrubs. In
the summer it was gay with flowers of
very inany varieties, and 6weet smelling
honeysuckle wandered over and nearly
concealed tho fence and front piazza.
Miss Martlia had lived in the cottage
with old Hannah for twelvo years. For
three of these rears she had been en
gaged to Dr. Tom Edgecourt, whose
practice was yet too small to enabje him
to marry, lie was a year younger than
Miss Martha, and this fact often stung her
very keenly. She sometimes stood before
her looking glass and attentively studied
her face, wishing she was 20 instead of
Ci), and had the bloom of ten years be
fore. Her hair was still glossy and
abundant, her eyes still bright; but the
T.IumpTu-ss and Lloom of her early girl
hood had l!t d forevpr.
Occasionally sho wondered if Tom
would el ways love her, and tortured
herself with imagining it a sacriiice for
liini to marry her. Y"ould not a young
girl suit him letter? She started like a
guilty tiling when Hannah' tap at the
door "or call from the halj beloy jntcr
runted these meditations. Sho vas
osfiamod of herself that she thought BO
much f her Je:arted prettiness and the
difference UWeen litT age and Tola's.
Yet she could not drivo av.-ay her harass
ing doubts, nor would sho try f.o scf
them at rct by speaking of them to
Tom. S!u w;.s shy and sensitive, and so
wai l:i f.uJ they were both very proud.
Eva Ncreross found Iier new home a
very q'lict but not an unhappy one. She
was g.-rth? and timid, and u'd not care
for V.f.' x-icty cf girLs of her own ag5,
She liked nothing better than to Jie in an
easy c'ir.ir all dav with a book or soruo
cmnrci U ry i i l.'r white, pretty liands.
tvhich 21ias M-irtha v.-as jwver weary of
admiring. Th? d.d mother ha 4 in
dulged her oie t -1:111, cud never taught
her to make hr.-If usefuL Tliere was
no need for her t- bo active iu the cot
tage. At tho outlet MLsj Martha liad
trM h,T that slit) would 1 reouired to
do nothing but 6tudy, Jlonnah being
fully competent to do ihc entire work oi
the small olalliahmcnt.
"You must educate yourself to teach,"
Mrs. Marsh said, one morning, cs she en
tered the cottage la her abrupt way and
found Eva embroidering a cushicn,
You can't live e.i Miss Blartha all your
life. Xext fall v.-f will try to get yon
the district Rcbl ct PodJ's Corner."
Eva shuddered end f.Tcvr a Jittle pda.
while tho work fell froju her i;and,
"I haro heard that the children at
Dodd's Comer were very rough with the
last master," sha caid, in 'her soft, Jow
voice.
"A woman might Lave more jfluenc2
with 'cm tlian a man," said Mrs, Marsh,
"Anyhow, it won't hurt you to try it p
spelL Mlis Martha." as that lady camo
iu from tho kitclien where Ehe had been
making a "quaier" for old Mrs. Llreen'o
cold, "you must get the doctor to civo
Eva rome strengthening medicine. Yel
low dock tea wool! put HCV7 life into
her."
, Dr. Edeccourt called that ftfternopn
for a moment, on his way to make a pro
fessional visit, and Miss Martlia told turn
wlvat Mrs. Marsh had said.
Tho young man sat down b r Eva and
took her hand in his. Mi. Martlia
watched hini closely, wondering if he
noticed how round und white was the
wrist on which lie pressed hw (ingt r.
"Sho is not sick," he said: "all sho
needs U fresh air and exercise;" and then
he proposed that she should wrap up and
get into his sleigh at the door and drive
with him to the house of his patient,
two miles away.
"Can't you go, too, Martha, ho asked.
"We will crowd you in somewhere."
"I do" not care to go," she said, and
Tom thought her manner rather cold
and depressing. Ho did not urge the
matter, for ho was easily wounded, and
never asked her a second time to grant
him a favor. Ho was not a demonstra
tive lover, perhaps because Miss Martha
never encouraged caresses. She did not
think it modest or womanly to do so, yet
she often caught herself wishing that
Tom would bo more affectionate. They
had been engaged for three years, but
had seen comparatively little of each
other, owing to Tom's studies and ixr
patients of which there were many
and they had never grown familiar, as
is tho case with most lovers.
Miss Martha watched tho couple drive
away. Tom Ixmt to arrange the buffalo
robe moro closely about his companion,
and said something wluVh mado them
loth laugh, and Miss Martha turned
quickly from tho window with a pain nt
her heart. The girlish face framed in
fleecy wool of tho black hood was so
very lovely! Would ho mark tho differ
ence, and regret
She took up her work and began to
turn down ahem; but sho could not drive
away the haunting thoughts wldch tor
mented her.
"Three years!" 6he murmured. "It is
a long engagement; and I have heard
it said that men are not patient waiters.
I wonder if ho has ever wished to bo free
again."
Tho ride proved of much lenefit to
Eva, who was brighter and gayer for
days after. Seeing this, Tom took her
with him frequently, never thinking that
ho was causing his betrothed pain by so
doing. Hecame oftencr than ever to tho
cottage, playing chess and cribbago with
Eva at the center table in tho evening,
whilj Miss Martha sat by with her Bow
ing nnd wished sho were Eva's age.
"Do you think I will stand any chance
f ..T I A I - 1 IV- i
oi gelling ine scii ui jiiuu a turner
next fall. Dr. Edgecourt?" asked Eva,
ono evening,
"You surelv don't think of applving
for it!" cried Tom. Why, the children
are little heathens. They throw ink
liottles and spitballs at the teacher and
swear Jike troojers. No, no; wo must
not let you go there,"
"I must work for myself," tho girl
said. "I cannot consent to remain de
pendent on any one."
"Wait until next fall comes before
you legin to worry," Tom said. "It's
only March, now, and something better
may turn tip in the next six months."
Eva, as was her custom, eft the room
as soon as the game of chess was pver.
Tom always had a few minutes alono
with his betrothed before leaving the
cottage.
"I am so tired of boarding," he said,
when, after some unimportant conversa
tion, ho rose to go. "I wish I had a
liC-njo," and he 6ighed.
For some minute Miss Martha stood
where he had left her,' pub hand bear in j
rather heavily on tho small hall table.
Could he only have known wliat stress
she laid upon his careless words! She
mechanically repeated over and over the
last sentence ho had uttered, and remem
bered tho bitterness of his tone. Then
she walked slowly into the 6mall parlor
again, and dropping on her knees ny an
easy chair, burjed her face in the soft
cushions.
"1 am no longer young," she said in a
hoar.;e voice. "lie sees his mistake,
now that Eva is here to point a compar
ison. And yet now can l give lum un:
How can I offer him Ids freedom? Could
I live on without the hope that I held so
close to my heart for nearly three years?
Lsut must decide, rot now, l wtll
wait just a little while, to be sure he has
ceased to love me."
Now was Miss Martha's chance to say
something tender and cheerfid, but the
words refused to form themselves on her
tirta Klin u"ta ror, oliv nml l'taltr cVin
and Tom had seemed to be drifting very
tar apart.
Tom looked at her a moment, as if
expecting her to speak; but as sho did
not do so he turned almost angrily from
her, a dark red flush of wounded pride
dying his frank, fair face. He wished
lie had not uttered tnat longing for a
hoire.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you," he said, as
he reached the hall door, "that my
brother Arnold is coming to Roseville to
morrow. He has some affection pf the
head, and wants to put ' himself under
my care for a month or two. He will
leave his law business entirely in his
partner's liands. Poor Arnold! He has
oihvr than physical troubles! Thero's
an o!d saying that women are at the
bottom of all mischief, and men are rach
foolj sometimes! Good night, Martha;"
and the door closed loudly.
Eva noticed that Miss Martha was very
pa? j And distrait the following day, and
w:ui not looking her best when Arnold
Ed. cecourt came with Tom to calk She
liad never seen this brother before, but he
wa:-. so like Tom in every way tliat she
liked him at once. He was, however,
more a man of the world than Tom, and
wh;l3 Tom'a face wore a look pf frank
good nature, Arnold's tvas, clouded by an
eipr.-ssion of melancholy and discontent.
Till; Miss Martha ascribed to those secret
trou! !es of which Tom had spoken, and
she wondered if some woman had jilted
the handsome lawyer.
Several weeks passed by, and Miss
Martha was no longer her former bright,
clt3-.rf ul self. She did not know what it
wi s now to bo without that sharp pain
tX l.r.irt, and the estrangement beteen
he.-jclf nnd Tom seemed to grow greater
every day. .He withdrew more " and
ir.cv into himself, and she made no ef
fort to restore the old pleasant relations
between them. She watched him closely,
c-:d saw that he seemed nnnoved and
dl.t ressed at Arnold's decided attentions
to 1 : va. Once she heard liim remonstrate
a it!i lu's brother, but Eva's name wad
X'ic- pnly word che caught distinctly. She
thought Tpm jealous, end afraid that tho
;;t.-"s heart would bo ron from Liiruplf .
"It muit coaie," JJis3 Martlia would
rjurmur to herself. ?M must offer him
his freedom. V'hy cannot I be brave aud
cojtatpnee? lia loves Eva, but ho ii
r.oi ireo to win scr, anq Arnold s atten
tions f laLu end trouble him. But Jiow
can I givo him v? ' 1 will wait just a
Utile longer."
'jlius from d.-.y to ay tho put off tho
evil hour in which site was to seo her
(Tccrcst hopes crumble to dead ashes.
Sho shuddered when tha thought oi
spending tho rest of her life without
Tom's love.
One evening the two young men camo
bv invitation to tho cottage to supper.
Miss Martha sent them into the garden
to smoke, while she, with Eva's assist
ance, was busy laying tho table with tho
best damask and china. Presently she
went into the jxlrlor to get from tho old
cabinet which stood between tho win
dows some silver Epoons which had Ikj
longed to her grandmother. Tho shut
ters were closed, but the windows were
open, and the low murmur of voices
came to her ears. She know tho broth
ers wero just outside on the rustic bench,
and she was ubout to close the cabinet
nnd sioak to them, when she heard
Tom's voice uttering words which seemed
to fall on her heart like drops of molten
lead.
"It is a great mistake for a man to cn-
frago himself to a woman older than
limself. He is sure to repent soon or
late. I was a fool, and now that I love
Eva with all my heart, as I liave con
fessed to you, I wish the other was in
Guinea. And what am I to do? My
honor binds me to her confound it all."
Miss Martha did not wait to hear Ar
nold's answer. Sho walked slowly and
falteringly from the loom, and went up
stairs to the spare chamber, where she
locked herself in.
The young men wondered why supper
was so late, but just as their patience
was entirely exhausted Eva came to call
them, and then went in to find Misb
Martlia already seated at tho head of tbo
small table laid for four. She made no
excu:?o for delay, and the supper was so
excellent that the young men forgot all
about their vexation.
Tho evening passed very quietly, Miss
Martha evidently making an effort to be
entertaining: and seeing this, Tom and
Arnold left very early, the latter, as Miss
Martha noticed, having hardly spoken
to Eva since supper. She thought this
was out of resjxK!t for his brother's feel
ings, which had so lately been revealed
to him.
Tho next day Tom was surprised in his
oflico by tho appearance of old Hannah,
who quietly laid a letter on I lis desk and
went out again.
The young doctor's face grew very
white as he read what Miss Martha hau
written. Without explanation or excuse
sho requested that their ' engagement
might le at an end, and said that as it
would be better that they should not
meet for a while at (east, 6he was going
to an aunt's jn another town, to stay sev
eral months. Eva would remain at the
cottage with old Hannah.
For some time Tom sat gazing at the
letter, as if turned to stone, Then he
touched a lighted match to it and
watched it burn away to ashes,
"That is over," ho said, aloud. "I
have been expectmg it. I havo seen it
in her face, and yet I had not the cour
age to ask her about it."
It was a sultry July day, the railroad
journey dusty and fatiguing, and Miss
Martha was very glad to step out of the
cars at Ilosevillo. She walked slowly up
tho dusty road leading to her cottage.
It was nearly three pionths, since she
had left home, and during that time she
had neither written nor received a single
letter. She had not given Eva her ad
dress, and no one knew where she had
gone. She had wished to cut herself
loose from the past, hoping to forget it.but
she had not forgotten, and her heart had
not lost its dull pain. Recollections pf
Tom stun- her us she saw the familiar
streets and stores. Perhaps ho and Eva
were married.
"You don't mean to say that's you,
Miss Martha?" cried a familiar voice, and
Miss Martha paused beneath the shade
of a spreading elm as Mrs. 'Marsfy pame
hurrying towards her. " "Wei, you've
come too late. Love lauglis at lock
smiths, you know. It's all over Eva's
gone off with him, and they're married
by this tjpie, I "uiven't a doubt;,"
Miss Martha staggered back and put
her hand over her eyes. The shock it
was to her to hear of Tom's marriage
showed her, to her mortification, that
all hope had not been crushed from her
heart, as she liad thought.
"I I expected it," she stammered.
"Well, it's more than any one else did.
He went off soon after you left, and no
one thought to see him again. But back
ho came yesterday, and eloped with Eva
late last evening. Oh, it was wicked; it
was scandalous; and the whole 6tory is
all over town. I wonder now if you
know about Miss Somerby?" '
ifNo," said Mjss Martha, white to tfye
lips!
'JWell, it seems he was engaged to this
Miss Somerby, a rich old maid. She is
mad enough at being jilted. Somebody
telegraphed to her father, and ho was
here this morning to learn the facts of
the case."
"What! Tom engaged?" cried Martha,
in amazement.
"Who said anything about Tpm? Ypu
must be wandering ' hi your "mind. It is
Arnold Edgecourt I'm talking about."
Without another word, without the
slightest excuse, Miss Martha broke
away from the liand of the friendly gos
sip, and almost ran down the street.
When nearly at her own gate she rushed
blindly against somebody, and looking
up with' a hurried excuse, saw Tom'.'
"Martha!" he gasped, forgetting for
the moment in his excitement the gulf
between them. ?You havo heard it all!
I see it in your face. Come right in; you
look really ill. I did not know you cared
so much for Eva. ' But' the scandal will
all die out, and I know Arnold will be
good to her. ne sent me a telegram say
ing they were married in Brierly early
this morning. He was to marry Mis3
Somerby next mpntli. but he never loved
her;' hd" was tempted - by her enormous
wealth."
By thia time they had reached the cot
tage and gone into the little darkened
fiarlor, where the shutters liad been care
ully closed by old Hannah to keep out
dust and flies.
"Tom," said Miss Martha, laying her
hand on his sleeve, Vcan you pver forgive
me? I see everything very plainly now.
It was not you I heard 6ay a man was a
fool to engage himself to a woman older
than liimself. Your voice and Arnold's
aro so much aliko, and I did not know of
his engagement." And then she told all
she liad heard when sho liad gone to the
old cabinet for spoons the evening of the
supper.
"Martlia," said Tom, in his manly way,
"I never loved any woman but you. I
did not; J?110 you" were pldcr than 1, for
you never spoko your age, and it would
have made no difference to me anyhow.
I thought of Eva only as a child, and
knowing of his engagement, of which ho
Lad forbidden mo to speak, it distressed
caa to seo hi3 attentions Jo her. fop 2 saw
that sho was learning to love hin); That
evening in the garden 1 gave liim a long
lecture, and pointed out to him the barm
ho was doing the cirL Ho promised to
sco her no more; out. though Le went
homo a few days later, ho corresponded
with her, and ended by eloping with rhe
yesterday evening. I did not imagine
for an instant that you thought mo in love
with Eva. We both labored under a
mistake, Martha. I noticed your grow
ing coldness, and thought you were lie
coming weary of your engagement to a
oor village doctor. You did not seem
to care for love luaking or caresses, and
I could not, of course , wish to forco my
affection upon you."
"I was wrong, Tom, for I do love you
dearly;" and then, as he took her iu his
arms and pressed her to his heart, kiss
ing repeatedly tho soft check, on which
there was now ro lack of color, sho
adtled, softly, "ami our engagement need
not le of longer duration, Tom. You
hesitated to marry me while I had so
little, and you nothing; but you will not
he:;itate now that I am rich. Yes"
as ho glanced at her black dress "uiv
aunt is dead, nnd she left me $-10,000. 1
have Buffered enough for my mistake,
and what is mine is yours, dear Tom."
And Tom's tender "kiss gave cheerful
assent to all sho said. Boston True Flag.
I!o M i l i
Mr.;. Vcrliesky
i V.mI Memory.
wanted a paeka;
;o of
yea.-.t powder the other dav.
"Oil. dear." she sighed. "I shall have
to send Willie after that veast. and he
has :
neve
lu'.
EvtT
bi:r
for."
;uc !i a U;d memory! I do declare I
r r.-.n h a forgetful child in my
torments the soul out of me.
y t : ;:i 1 send him to the store he
;s U.ck something I didn't send him
'1 li .i. n.is;ng her
voice, the called:
"Yc .-., ma."
"You couio hero this minute; I'm in a
great hurry. I want a yeast cake down
to the store, and I '..;;"t v..: t yo.i u i..r
gct what I send you for. 1 don't want
liakir.g io'-uer, same as I got yesterdav.
but a veast cake. One of them tinfoil
cakes, Willie."
"Yes, ma."
"Did you hear what I said?"
"No, ma."
"Oh, you do try my patience so. Come
here this minute."
Tho boy appears.
"Now, I want a yeast cako how came
that mud on your coat? You're been
pi lying in the dirt again; I'll tell your
father when he gets home, It's not
baking jKnvder J -want. Turn your coat
collar down.. Now don't you come home
with nutmegs, like ycu "did yesterday,
nor with cinnamon, liko you did the dav
before, when you were told to get citron.
Your coat i3 buttonoj wrong. Don't
you forget, now,"
Tho boy escaped to tho street, when
the anxious and painstaking matron
called out from the window:
""Sow, don't you stop to play with
those Mantrangialo boys, like you did
last week, and keep out of French's back
yard do you hear? It's yeast you're
going for, yeast: not turnips nor carrots
nor any kind of vegetables I got them
this morning, you know. Remember,
you've got a bad memojy, and don't"
Bnt the boy was out of hearing.
He brought back a can of preserved
peachjCa,
lie had a bad memory. Pittsburg
Post.
In the Chinese Prisons.
A writer in The Chinese Times savs of
Chinese prisons that tho amount of ex
tortion that goes on in them is amazing,
and the warders and others display sur
prising ingenuity in extracting money
from the unhappy prisoners, 'ihe new
comer almost invariably forgets to fee
the right watelunan. The consequence
is that sleep is rendered almost iaiX)s
sible by the terrible noise which ij kept
up outside his window nil night, and he
speedily apologizes for his forgelfulness
and undies, good the oversight. If the
coolie who cleans out the ce ll is not uUis
Sed ho collects all the insects he can find
and introduces several hundreds into the
apartment of his victim, who is then only
too glad to call his services into requisi
tion to get rid cf them again, even at an
sxoruitant price. Atany ot liie wartler
ind servants are criminals who have es
caped capital punishment by thcomisiou
5f tho emperor to mark their names for
death when he jt for tht autumn cxe
cutions is submitted to him.
This list, which sets forth the name and
condition of the criminal and the circum
stances of his crime, is divided into three
parts. The lirst contains the new cases,
the second those which wero not marked
the previous year, the third thoso which
have escapeq "marking for two years.
It is said that the emperor marks about
eight names in ten, and that a man who
escapes onee is 6al'e from subsequent
marking, although he has to go down to
the execution ground the two following
years. Tho list is brought from the pal
ace direct to the place of execution, and
until its arrival neither criminals nor
officials know who are to. die, the un
happy victims pnly being sure pf their
fate pppn blearing '"therjoelvps called out
to pav the last penalty. The prisoners
who have escaped are imprisoned for
life, but they have a very easy exist
ence, anil as they aro employed in the
prison and share in the extortions prac
ticed on other prisoners, they pfttn
amass considerable weajth. 'London
Times.
Horseshoes Made of Straw.
The cart horses of Japan are very ou
rious. There comes ono along the nar
row business, street of Tpkio now. lie is
led by a rope Italic? in the liands of a
brown skinned pld man, who has a flat
round piece of closely braided straw as
big arpund as a good sized parasol on his
head. Ilis feet and those of his horse
are shod wiil straw, and the straw shoes
are m. tQth cases tied around the ankles
with straw rope and are made of ordi
nary rice straw braided, so that they
form a sole for the foot about half an
inch thick. Theso shoes cost about a
cent a pair, and when they are worn off
they are thrown away.
Every :cart has a stock of- fr-es'n new
shoes tied) t (he Tjiorsfe or to tho front
part of tho cart, and in the country here
it wa3 formerly tne custom to measure
distance largely by the number of horse
shoes it took to make the distance. So
manv horseshoes made a dav's iourney..
and the average shoe lasted, if my meni-
y serves me, for about eight miles of
travel. It is the same with the coolies.
They throw away their &hoes when they
are worn out, and last night when V?3
riding in ono of these man power- baby
carriages, my ostrich, like steed stopped,
tlirew away his straw shoes, and went
barefooted. As he did so I watched the
roadwav and counted eight twrs cf
worn out straw shoes in a single plock,
Fvtnk G. Carpenter's Letter-
Fame, liko Uchtning. generally strikes
the man who is not expecting it. 'Squire
ttobbs.
Nineveh; tho capital of
tho Asayrian
Afihur about
empire, was lounaea oy
I.
"S
-DE A
AND ALL
STOVES,
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
-LATEST
WINDOW
KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
"PICTTTZIH; 2T2lIv!k233
SIXTH STltEET, PET. MAIN AND
J. IL EMMONS, 31. I).
iiovucorATHio
Physician I Surgeon
Onlcrf nver W!"cntiV (itorc. Mam Ktreet.
U"i-iilt'i:c" in Ir Si-liilil kne.'M 's pi'iii.t i v.
t'tii'oiiU: Di'aHcs :im1 iti!.its uf Woim-ii ttti'l
Culltireii a s;icci.i!i v. Milcj imuii'. i to II a. iu.
li t ." ami 7 to li ; m .
jcTeleplloiii! at !:.lli Oilier ami KesitU-uce
JULIUS PErTtfiBtRti.
MANUFACTUltKK OK A N'U
V HOLES ALE & RETAIL
DBAI.MIl IN 1 UK
Choicest Brands of 0iga:s,
including our
FJor do Pcpterberco'
nnd 'Cuds
KUI.I, I.I.N K
OK
TOBACCO AND S.MOKEUS' ARTICLES
always in stock. Nov. 1 h.Sa.
B.i-L f". 1 tme 'Table
sniv; VK T
X. 1 --5 :1i il. in.
N... -i; : li , m.
No. f. i; :47 a. in.
No. 7.--T :: p. m.
;ti.i K.sr.
No, 2 -1 i. u;.
o. 4. id ; a. 111.
No.ili. 7 1 1. in.
JCo.jio. !i M a. in.
No. !. f. :17 1. in.
No. 11 G Tt a. in.
A'l train run daily y wavof Oualia. xc.t
No. 7 ii1 8 wlik'li run to and fro;n hciiujlt-r
daily exc-i:t Sunday.
N'.i. 30 is a still) to i'acitin .function at 8 3a in
No. 19 i.SHst'.i'.i frsiiii I n i .luiwlion at Hani
BOO
for an incurable case of Catarrh
in the Head by tho proprietors ot
DR. SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY.
Symptoms of Catarrh. Headache,
obstruction of nose, discharges failing- Into
throat, sometimes profuse, watery, and acrid,
at others, thick, tenacious, mucous, purulent,
bloody and putrid ; eyes weak, ringing in ears,
deafness, difficulty of clearing- throat, expecto.
lation of offensive matter; breath offensive!
amell and taste impaired, and general debility.
Only a few of these symptoms likely to be pres
ent at once. Thousands of cases result in con
tumption. and end in tho grave.
3y its iniid. soothing-, and healing- properties,
Pr. Sage's Remedy cures the worst cases. 50c.
The Original
urns .-
Liver Pills.?
Purely Vtgtta
ble Sc. llarmltsu
- TJnequaledasaL.iver Pill. Smalest,ehean
est, easiest to take. One Pellet a Doe
Cure Sick Headache, HiliouM IIeada-Iic,i
Dizxineaa. ConitlipaUoit, liitHftesUou. J
Bilious Attack, und. ail derangements oil
ta itouiacQ Q1 bowcla. 25 eta. by druff yiai
WMe BROWNE.
ULaT office.
P rsoriiij Attention
my cave.
to all Business Kntrnsl
XOTA RY
Titleo Examined.
IX OFFICE.
Ahstaicts Compiled. In-J
surance Written, h'eal l-:.tate Sold
Melter Facilities for making Farm Loan that;
Any Oth.QC- Agency
O-. 33. KEMP
Practical Piano anil
ITER,
m Tuner
A XI) IlKPAIKKIl,
First class worl; gji.i.ntert. Also deal
er i ii L ir.r.,'& and Organs. Ofiice at. Boeek'H
furniture store, Plnttsnioutli, Nebraska '
HEALTH
IS
SSLTH
Dr. E. C. West's Xerv? and I3in Treatment
a guarantee six-cific ft-r l!ys;eria rizi:iev.
Convulsions. Kits. Nervous Nenr-iljria. 11-:1-
ache. Nerveous frustration caused by Hf
of a'ooliol ortohaotfM. Wakeft;li:i. ! Un
predion, Sfteii!r of the I'i:hi refilling in In
sanity and IeaUiii iuto'. leeay and death,
reinat urc ;',iii Ao. iinri-eriiies, Loss of I'ow
er in tiiiir-r tex. liivi lui.taiy Losees anil Sper-
niaf'iriiEa caused ty over-exertion oi tne
brain, selfabnse ornver-indnljrence Each li
contains oj.e tiun;;.i' treatment, Sl.fX) a
orsix ioxes inr sj.iki, seni iy man pjrpetuoc
receipt of pi ire
WE GUAttASES SIX BOXES
To cure if. care. With eaeh order received1
by tin for fix boxes. accomiati ed with nfa,
we will send the purchaser liitr written Un:it-
tee to return the n-ouey if the tr'&tmnit doe.-,
not efleet a cure. ;uara.i-;Ce l;n d only bv
Will J. "Warrick sole ii l iattsinouth. Neb
-
J- C, BOONS,
BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER.
AU work first-cli&s; west
Fifth Street.
North Koliort S!i
.ryvood's Store.
B.B. Wisdham, John a. Davif?,
Notary rublic. Notaiy Fublle.
lVlMlUAM l IS A VI KM,
A.ttoro.eyo - at - Law,
Office over Eauk ofiCai Ccupty.
FLATT8MOUT1I, - NEBKA8KA
mm
I J 4
31j 3v 2nT,
LEU IX-
KINDS
STYLES OF-
OHRTAnS
MADE TO OrDSH
VINE. 1 I AllrlSXl "III, M l'.
THE LADIES' FAVORITE.
NEVER OUT OF ORDER.
If you desire to purchase a sewinjr machine,
ask our agent ut your place for terms and
nriwu. I f von ennnot find our aireut. write
direct to nearest addrcsH to you below nameL
NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE &ORANGE.MASS.
CHICAGO
- 29 UNION SQUARE.N.IC DALLAS.
ILL.
BT LOUIS. MO.
' -
Ml HPt IM.tiA.
SANfWAWCIGCO.CAL,
J. M. ALT IK, Pl.-ittsiiiouth, Neb.
C. F. SM I TH,
The Boss Tailor
Main St., Over Merges' Sboc Store.
Has t!;e
best hii:1 nu)st
oiiipl fc f.ick
of
samples, l.otli
woo
. i
1 hat 'Vi r c: !;( vvti of y isorrl
ii ve.
f roin
i,"otc ihisi- pi ic( : i t i i-s Miit.s
if 1 1 to ? l;-. wS Miits. to $45,
pants 4,
, ? c.M) niiil up" aids.
-aiitcMl a lil.
Prices Defy Competition.
AT
R. SHERWOOD'S.
BUSINKSS JHRECTOUY.
A TTOirSEY,
S. F. THOMAS.
Atloir.'T.Hf-L:iw and Noiarv l'uhlie
ri:j'ntid lilc-k. li.-.ttsiuouth. Neb.
7fTlee til
ATIOK2F.Y.
A v Km 11 ii i v
Attorney-at
... vi. a., t An,
Law. X in givA pr mpt ttuti a
to a'l i-Uf'nex
Union Woex. Fast Bide. I'lalt.-mouiK ill.
flKOCKUIES
.CHKIS. WOHLFA11TH.
tuple and Fancy Groceries, UUiasiware
Crockery. Flour and Feed,
auJ
FURNITURE,
OF
( RPSin
1 f? foSc!.
i.
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