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THE WEALTH MAKERS. Jine 14, lfc94 r Raiflfortl's Strange Case. By WILL LISESBEE. fOoBTrigat, UM. hj American Pre Awocla- ! 4m tlnued front kit week. I CHAPTER III. , ' I A thrill of horror went through the room. It waa moment long to be re membered In Mnyburor. 1 The audience farthest away from the Justice's 4i:k only knew in a vague way what wan taking pluco and attained their eara to catch every sound. ""Grace Dangerfield! It can't be ao My Ood, sbe could not have committed the deed!" It waa the agonlznd rolce of Gerald Rainforth that broke the stillness, and leaping forward he kuelt beside the woman 'a prostrate from. "It ia Grace Dangerflold of Dark wood Elall. She baa confessed to committing the murder I" From lip to Hp the word flew through the densely packed audi ence till the aubdued murmur of. niany voicea swelled into a continuoua hum, llaatening forward to where the pros trate woman lay, I bent over her. Her face waa aa pale aa death, and she lay o motionless that I feared she waa al ready dead. Hut prfsantly the faint Jotter of ber pulse told thut sue atil lived. "She must bo removed from this close room at once," I said, arising and ad dressing the sheriff. "Where ahull we take her?" I The sheriff consulted the justice for a moment and then saldt "Bring her into my house. I'll see (bat abe'a well cared for till aba rucov era." Court waa Immediately adjourned, ana men strong arms lifted the uticon edous woman and bore her through a aide door from the courthouse to the sheriff's dwelling that stood adjoining the jail a abort distance away. Hlio was deposited upon a lounge in the little back parlor, whore the slit-riff 's wife kind, ayniputliHtio woman camo for ward, anxious to administer to the wuuts 4t the st rancor. 1 shall not go into the details of what ammediatoly followed, save In a few ifiaaty sentences. Miss Dangnrfiold re cover! :onsdoa)ss In a short time after being talcon to the sheriff's homo. bat she Immediately grew delirious with all the aymptonis of bruin fever. As a .matter of form, she wua placed undor guard, but it was plainly evident that there would bo little need of such, for tnoro wore several chances to one that bo would never recover from the illness the great excitement had thrown hor Into. The hotmokeoper of Dork wood ilall. one of the pationt'a most trust worthy servants, come to assist in tak ing care of her minimis. Tbeaudden turn of affairs In the mys terious murder cane was a seven days' wonder to the inhabitants of Maybnrg, It was the all absorbing theme of every ..llnl 1 - L . .... Yuunu in as mo.cn mysrery as it una iuan at 1.a . ..4...l. at I .".I y iiiq uijr uiivnut, nilli:u nor siur- ; tling declaration that sho hud committed tho awful deed Miss Dangerflold had remained in such a condition us to make any explanation on hor part impossible. 'Bo there was nothing to be done but to wait patiently for her recovery. All aorta of reports and stories wore act afloat, eomo of which wero to the .elloct thut she who bad confessed to 'Onicc DunyerfleW It enn't be so" the murder wus Insano. Others said that bo waa evidently trying to shield the young artist, who was the real criminal. So strongly and so Inconceivably -mixed bad tlio affair Wmno thut the .justico refused to releuno Gerald Itoin lorth tiven on the beaviettt bail till the whole matter could be subjected to a thorough tnvMiijittion. And thus nmitera stood. Mix Dan if ortlrM .iy ttt tlin point of death at the .Sheriff a homo with but small c liaiue of wovery. while GeruKI ttalutt.rth had Urn returned totlte Juil to wuit further devvloiiiienii. It Wn not until the day following the 'Olio tin which omirml the ilrantatio gtviio ia thu courtroom thut I found an o (M.rtut.ity to read th luauttacript giv- mo by Gerald lUlnfurth. It con (aintxl a tmiii, romantic story and waa full of lutoreH. I give it ta full U'Jow , tii-Mvi i RiixrMTu'a stoat. 1 tiardly know why I wute thi. I t liolliiuK -hviii likrly at Ihia ino inenl than t shall e r ftn.l it iHHfary t iKiv tithwtirM t'. pctten'if h iu ideuU I am aUuit to rH td, yet uiuvllilug biMl me that lam writing Una lit a irNi but tf It t vr givt tu aiiuthr It will t Uun who U my de a r t tt iwid anl to wbiiii ruo vjttUuallott of my t conju t Is IfWr the deih of my patents I tut -ur ymr In iuUn. and thrti, having vomh a tat f r I intiirf, I tv uj( thai art as a study, ami fur threw yrar I rvtilvwl lttlruitKMi fnnii Umt luait.li itf ktatiilttt. Tl ill 1 ! in liar.) laiuti rti i.Hii w, ii.i h 1 i m 11 t ling, tutl aieiaai4 a an auntie f.trttiae, I With tiu War trlutlves with whom 1 1 Jhhfbt snahs iuy btxut. I drlfM almi I .. JUL A T . wherever fancy led. .It waa just three years ago lact June that the series of in cidents of which I shall write began to take place. I was in Borne at that time, whither I had gone to pursue my studies as an artist. Shortly after my atrivul In the Eternal City I accidentally stum bled upon Ralph Redburn, a former schoolmate, who was an artist full of enthusiasm, and, I might add, airy dreams. He bad bis studio near the Piazza di Spagna, in what had doubtless onco been a palace of considerable mag nificence, but which was now so turn bled down and given to neglect as to re sern bio a barn more than a place for hu man habitation. But Ralph Redbnrn waa eccentric and had a great passion for ruins, especially when it camo to pay ing rent, for ruins rent very cheaply in Rome, and the young artist found it necessary to use economy. By his urgent invitation I established myself in his studio, which might easily have accommodated a half dozen others. and by a liberal use of rogs and dra peries I succeeded in making the place quite comfortable. . I had been three months in Rome and waa beginning to feel a desire for change of scene when one evening aa waa strolling past the church of Trinita del Monte I saw a yonng Judy emerge from the edifice and enter a carriage that stood in waiting. Hbe was an American, I knew at the first glance, and was possessed of such rare loveli neas or lorm ana race that for a mo mcnt I stood staring after ber as if stupefied. Uhe wus of medium height, with a complexion of the clearest olive, snd eyes largo and lustrous, with a hue (if deep violet In their shadowy depths. Shu puHsud so close to mo thut I caught the fuintest odor of the strunge sweet perfume that clung to ber garments. Then she entered the curriage and wus driven rapidly away. I stood tnere as if transfixed till the carriage bud vanished from sight; then recovering myaelf, and noticing that my stupid staring bud excited tho atten tion of a group of beggars who were col lectcd near the church entruncc, I hastily drew a few pieces of arlvor from my pocket, and tossing thetu to tho rugged mendicants I walked on. But I could not forget the fuco of the strange beauty, and in spite of my tf .una to oumsn ner from my mina sue would reappear before my mental vi eion with such frequency as to UHtoriinh even myself. For tho next few duys I spent a great deal of my time in the vicinity of tho church of Trinitu del Monte, but my visits to thut neighbor hood wore unproductive of any result auve to increuao my dtsiro to again bo- hold her who bud awakened in me an interest I Jed never before felt in wom an. In the next week that followed I think I miiHt have searched for hrr through every portion of the city, yet I failed to discover tho slightest trace of ber. One evening nearly a month later something very strange happened. For nioro than an hour I had been sitting alono in the studio, puffing away at a cigar or indulging in reflections over the past. It bad grown quite dark in tho room when suddenly I seemed to be come aware of a presence near me. Then the strangest thing happenedwas I dreaming, or what waa it that came to my vision? It seemed as if a door in the old ruined wall swung open, reveal ing the interior of a room beyond. There were two persona in tho room one a stoutly built man of about 50; the other a young girl sho whom I had seen at the church of Tiiniladel Montot Stie was half reclining upon a luxnriorm couch, while one white arm, from which the loose flowing sleeve had fallen bHck, reHted affectionately upon the shoulder of the man whoso eusy cbnlr was drawn close to her side. Presently tho mnri turned and laid bis arm about tho girl's wuiitt, and although I heard no sound the expression ot bis face and the move ments of bis lips told mo that be was speuking to her upon some aubject of grave importance. Her face was turned to his, and I could plainly see truces of Borrow and pain depicted upon her countenance. Then apparently tho man ceuscd speak ing and fixed a look of entreaty upon tho bountiful girl. Suddenly who lifted her hand above her head, ber lips moved, while a strange lxk of pain and deter mination crossed ber face. Then tho man caught bur In hittarms and ressdi a kisa upon ber 1 row. A moment Inter tho acroe rtianged. Tho mail wus alone in bis euny chair. Suddenly thu door opened, ami an evil viHugod man of perhaps years en tered. As ho entered thu other rowo from bis clmir with a violent stutt. ruga und utttoniMlmu'iit upon bi fuco. With a quick nest u ro tho older lima 4uUd t the door, but waa met with a smllo ot ste.ru from tho other. Tho txst in stunt buMtrotlu forward am) grasped the intruder by the arm as if tuejvet him from tho htmne. A fertt-itm light gleamed in tho eye of tho young uiun. Then, tliM'iigiiging binmelf tttnu the glusp Uhiii bin urui, hu dealt biandrer aury a blw in the teiuplt, ThiMiltl uiun mltnl backward, then .mk down tu a heap upoii the ll"tr. Tiu other ttl over biiu for srveral liuniiiUUa if ktupeth d; then bending ilowu bt luid h baud tivt r the vii tun's heart. For 10 MHtttitl bu M HMiu4 Itiettoiilc, Umllng ou r th pitvlrat man; th u be srtt, a bnk it horrvr npoii hi ruuuleuiuu, whit h gradually kv plcn ti n of abject tritr, GUiicitig quickly about ti room at If to atrulM lf that he ha not b' M dlwvvrvd, tu turned and t!l, With a Violent suit I rapM frlH Itiy chair and k I dint. I quickly atvtit Itio, Tb fi had vattUhed, and tho tmmi waa In Mat iboki, iav wber a dim lay f ttuiouHght tti through I ho tititn window In tlti nun wall. What had bapptl'tttf Had I really Welt til voi lug. or had I In in iii)lrtUua way Wen pcntiiit! to wtiiuM an actual i ceiMt that had trittrd at that vt-iy uiouteiil In m tteptlifttaut part of tho 1 1 y ? Had t suddenly Wt n.dowed With thu ,ii.uu jiw-r tt hckioi autit. ir iy wtiat ' ' tncattlirable lr.k uf the ihcuII had 1?' tl 1I In pwerii( tttui auM, tr by what kt u at la hi tll. ru wbal had aitwaml 1 fut mv vitlotiJ Kurlv it coul.l have been no dreamt Vet, us my aouer sec ond thought cume to me, I gave that as the only explanation. At this point I was aroused from my bewildering reflections by tho cheery voice of Ralph Redbnrn, who had just returned from a stroll in the Villa Borg here gardens and had almost stumbled over me in the darkness. i When a light had been made, I related to him the strange circumstance of the vision I bad beheld, but be only smiled ana saiut : it s ojinr a dr$am, my boy. This old ruin is having a bad effect on j our con - stitution. you need something to brace you i np. .neariy a wee later, wnue returning irom n urive across tne campagna, J camo upon me ruins or an old temple which looked so picturesque in its deso late, decayed grandeur, that I resolved to make a sketch of it. It stood near tho outskirts of the city and was flanked on one side by a deep ravine. On the other and eastern side, just at the sum mit of a gentle swell, gleamed the white walls of a picturesque villa, its vine wreathed columns and wide sweeping porches looking cool and inviting in the warm glow of the Italian sun. Tho next day I returned to the ruin, where I spent the day sketching the picturesque pile. I had given the driver of the conveyance in whicli I had come instructions to return for me at sunset, but owing to my limited knowledge of Italian and his ntter ignorance of Eng lish he doubtless misunderstood me, for be failed to put in an appearance. Tired with my day's work, I threw myself upon the ground, my back resting against a broken muf bio column, to wuit the driver's return. Thus reclining, I full asleep and struightwoy was visitbd by ono of the most strange and vivid dreams of my life. Even now as it comes buck to my mind I can hardly re alize that.it wuHonly a dream, Tho dream did not begin as dreams usually do vague and fanciful seeming un real land absurd to the wukintf mind. but it appeared that I had barely closed my eyes when, moved by some strange impulse, I arosofrom my reclining posi tion, But what seemed most strange was it appeared as if I could see myself stiJl reclining against tho column where I bad fullcn asleep, Yet this excited no wonder in my second self. I Turning from tho spot, I began wan- dering through the ruins, On, on I wandered, now amid gloomy corridors, where bats and owls flow past on rapid wings; now in somo spacious hall where the moonbeams, creeping through innu merublo crevices in tho crumbling walls, interlaced the rock strewn floor with braidings of silvorv white. On, on, with only ono aim a" one desire, and thut was to And the one I loved, It seemed as if I had known her all my life and loved her with such interna pasHion that every moment I was sepa rated from ber caused we the keenest an guish. .Whither she had gone I did not know, only knew thut I must find her, and with anxious heart J wandered from room to room in the (treat ruin, my mind in a wild tumntltof Iwijie and fear, Suddenly I came to at nigh wall, it seemed, and looking upward I beheld an open window bigh above my head, ' and something seemed to tell me that beyond the window I would find her for whom I searched, Like ene kulf crazed leaped up trio wallaltagmf to small projections thut scarcely afforded suffi cient footing for a cat, yet wrtb dooper ato energy I drew myaelf up. ta tho win dow sill und looked within th rooms. There upon n conch, fast asleep, !uy the one I loved. A moonbeam coming through tho window touched! ber face, and then I seemed to know that tho ono I had sought und loved) ao lone was sho whom I had seen at the cborch of Tiiuita del Mito. With a cry of joy I triedi tedrnwmy- self .up to tiio opening, hut) something seemed to weigh heavily upoui me, pre venting my ascent. I culled fclTy to her within tho room, but she di) not wuko. Again and again I called to her, bcHeeching ber to eomo to-nif, but she only moved uneasily upon ber pil low as if her sloop hntl Ixien disturlied by my cry. Then I felt my hold upon tbe wall blowly giving way, uiul with ! an agonized cry upon my lip I Ml lark and down, down into thu Uurkncse, au 1 1 with this I awoko, : I sprang to my feet startled aadj H-: wildered at tho vividness-of tho droit n. drew out my watch and glanced ki rt by tho moonlight. It was 13 o'cUd !j Was it pntwible that I had slept roi);t ? must lind sumo ctmveyanue at nuco and return ta the eity. Tbe night had grownchilr,anIIbiv- tretl as I picked up uiy akett hboo and wulktHl from tho gloomy hudovtf t!iu ruin. How vivbl my tiream tad l . j! Wua it a dream? It hardly meiui d nM- siblu, Aa I reflected over the airano incident it all rnmo to me hlo m lhU. I knew then thut I waa madly in l 'v'0 with the straugn wviiuiii 1 hud au it thu Triultit tit I Motile t'luucb. It b td II bet'it revealed to in in my tlrvum, and it m eiutd to tau ttwtS 1 mtml ti'. l ber now at any ttU I wtml I nevtr give over the wnrvh, l:very ! ai 4 . evry aiubitiouof my lifubtultlt ieii ' tried In an t-rjn t -tt Bud lur audtJ tell lie i ot iuy Kve, UiiKfVernal l and lutinUolii 9 pu!- I nga of i'ttnoii lirtd iuy no u I ia iK ;rt tittvir U'fi m tlieiiiiKd if at 1 t !i at nM the level ct that bty t it t the ruin, I was jut turning a ct n.e, pf th trvkrn wall when 1 h'i tl inatle tf a garumtil ami A bk(hl tH utsir me. Then iher was a Ih 1 1 white tlra ttt Ibefoitn t f 4 Wsiuun gltM luttt vWw. 1 ltiii ah ktill With MtiiltUh'UVttt, Waa II a ht tl I bo tuts? T:t i I'parttlttn, tli (!ae kit I thu b iir , tiuinl itt thrill me wiiH a rtimm u laiy Iraling f turaratnioa aol , Wwly ti4 almtwt ntilvltwly th i t apptoat httl. IsttftlsMll, rh.i net. Vrvatltb. Tb tuatt bltM gri;eeet (mm an4 luovt on nt told ma that If H w t a Waultful wotintn ven Wf.i mxt lt ".! - tn 1 A light htiwtf rreamy wb U" ra id aUuil her Mm, lb !. ! " ' " 'li ttatr MJ in u'l i sbeveled maw about ber ehouldets, und her loose, flowing garmeuts looked strangely and intensely white in tho sil very brightness of the moon. As she drew near the moonlight fell fall upon ber face, showing her fea tures as distinctly almost as if it bad been day. A startled cry almost rose to my lips, but died away. Was I still dreaming? Were my senses leaving me, or whflt tC tho finjag of heaven did it .mean? The face of the strange appaVT- . tion was that of tho one 1 bad seen in my dream the same that bad filled me , with amazemont at its loveliness at the t church of Trinita del Moate. I I stood there as if petrified, powerless to move, my whole being weighted down by an inexplicable and sabtle fas- stood there an if petrified, powerleim to move. cination.' No, it could not be real. I was still dreaming, I should soon awake to tho sharp disappointment of the reality, Tho thoughts forced them selves upon my mind, cuusing mo to feel the keenest anguiah. The white draped figure of the wom an piiHsed so cloe to me that I could hive touched her with my hand, and every feature bad been plainly revealed. Her eyes, large and lustrous, wero star ing as if at vacancy, and every move ment was as if she were utterly obliv ious to her surroundings, Scarcely bud I noticed these facts when the troth cume to nie like a fluh, breaking the spoil that had fallon over mo, Sho was n Hnmnambulitt The thought quickly grew into a conviction, I turned quickly and followed her, a wild tumult of pusaion pulsing through my being. It was no dreuna then, I had found ber tt lantf Was it fate that had drreeCeri her stops to that place, or had my spirit called her thither while I thought I hod only been dreaming?' Heaven only knows. Yet till my dying day I shall never emm to believo thut it was my spirit that called ber to the ruin that night.' Like one entranced,. I followed ber, keeping clone behrnf, 8ie crossed tho open court.' Them tnraigh a broken archway she glided Hto a spirit. Then, turning, she was abnut to make her way along the very verga of deep pitfall when with a cry ut horror I sprang for- ward and caught her by the-aim, I had heard that tboae who waJik tn sleep are never harmed by walking in perilous places, yet tbe thought that she was in danger mado me forget everything else for a moment. As my band touched) ber arm she stopped abruptly, Then I saw that she bud awakened. For a moment thero was an astonished, bewil'deretl look in ber eyes. Then she uttered tow cry of terror, and turning quickly fled across the open court. The next instant I saw ber stagger, then reel downward and fall in a heap upon the rack strewn ground. Leaping forward, I soon reached her side und waa bending over ber prostrate form. Site lay limp and lifeless, her head resting against a shiurp atone, against which it had struck; us she fell. As I lifted br bead I 5aw stuin of blood upon hr temple. Hud the blow killed ber? My Uodt The very thought drove me to the verge of insanity. Hard ly knowiag what I did, I lifted ber from the ground and deposited her upon a littlo strip rf grans thut grew near whore she hud fallen. Then reuioviug my cout I ldticed it beneath her heaul Still she lay uioi'oulesa, aa It dmith bud already t l limeu her. What must I Jo? Wero t or.MI gf for help? Iglancodaboutme, bt " e ii.Hrct t sign of hu roan babita- ti' wrs u i villa unoiv the slope an i:rth"t n n ilanwuy. Pirhupal might Tl ll HU Mt . un tiierti who could assist ' :IVtt luv alniwt fair h t '.ti.'l ' tii eii. Ai I uyui'i tnriUHl ty attention to her I f xt w th n t edit tf y thut li'e was nc,' ntuut. Wio ntk-rvj A taiut moan,, 'in t'.ero v.'u-i it alight flutteriug of th' 1'iu it Wat u 'y a wn, alter all, and ai t w 'aid tJit Ki:ver, The thought ;;, '; mi im v 1 tLau I bad evtir bt fure w -r'n't'ed, i b ntdown and begun fc c -,iuiii)t tlit wtMi'i.l tiiti her temple, 1 fiy liti Uojt i'ef, I fi tiud thut it wo lit t rt fl .ut, y ; i pit ;u lotvo relidervU h v uiitt t,,satw. llot I niw Wlievt d ti at I. r - t l-'l been cutiwMl nuire by t 'tt t ikm l the blt w ahe had tv vtiv .. I Mt tN'M l y m r at la i Imfln tier btstli wlti.o IwrUh t tin liftt flii ly tii' i.ig be I; tub"!', Ti.e sluwl ahe bad wt.ulttl 'i', 1 truii her bouhb-ra, tin, in r r tint itn time I ducvvitl th I Uw,t rWi tu eitly mi tight. t ( h 4 lft 1 itibt tn toy uuttd that tot tt it m i.ii.un t nlit. 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If Going; to Kansas Don't Call On Us, BUTIFCOINQTO CHICAGO, . MILWAUKEE, OSKOSH, WOUX CITY ST. PAUL, DULUTH, f'XKMONT. MONVOLK- C1IADR0N, H0T8PBINa83AIIDCITY, DEADVVOOD, Any point in the two Dakntita or (Vnlrul Wyoming, mil on m, BocaWSO tli Only UnSHuanitM Direct ,u "tl inlKniMHlmta putiiu on lt Own ?.VI nuic oi toatl, il Ia lb BSt W. M. SlUWUAM, A. S. FlKLDIKO, Utm'l AW City T'kt. Agt. 1 1 7 10th tt , Linooln, Neb. Daput, Coiiiat H antl lh enwu. RyPTOIlE CURED ay NO PAY UNTIL CUREO I tin tea 10 l,0S rh4tw Writ fr ak alereat . t itMiNBTiOH rai, 1q Operation. Ho Detention from Bosiaess. KNO ton CINCUIAR. THE O. C. MIUCR CO., OT-JI M Y Ufa ldg , OMAIU, ta. Aavttnecaitobtala frve sliver Uwrtv tun br a.iareaing Tbe I'aa-Aiuerttiasi HI-MoUlUo AaMwiailon, Uiar, Culo., and enuloelog (or satne, SI PER YEAR. ) f " " tTt 4',taS