THE AMERICAN, tNttOn t ON 13 ftilM Nv e ! tH ONI WtiMtaOW A ltit! ,f Hti.Ht BUY A HOME Wl W44 lfct W 114 - mh4 an .!.. 'i C3 SSI i -I ' ! , I ll. f, I I i ' 1 4t V ti V x I i I t-n-mti ft . ft .!' J ft. a I i i it t i t h . ftc In lfct tin K. t f u4ic ! t, .i.t f.ir hi .1 1 l"H t 1 1 ii f ,hi. f i( tfi !! IniM- lit Mnt ,tg ).. I SI. ii .it- iMiifii i !'' li.-ift.- ii t Wilkin Ui ( 111 etir of t!i 1 i. ...ft f tr.1m M alia tn.tiof. Mm! 4 In. tu nft r anU M!t I in t II mm. Mli H huh at hit ;cm iiirtri the rl i( III tfi, Ju.lifr HilMipt'll J . nl.f (if Ih.i irri nirn ,if otiin, fmlii-iii mhIhI'j. t'tir'i.!iin:!jf mi, I iiiiu sty, iott. nth stiil rlti idtlr, tiail a Iwmiiiful daughter named nulla, alth whom Mr. lonittT Ml In lov , 1 1 1 alTi'i'lliUI wit rt lpriw nli .1, ami thry Im rmr rtif Mil Jii llimipluf )' (mIiIp auulil not permit liU (imiKhirr lo wH charity atuuVni. Mint Htr-lla afwraaril mnrrl ed (ir-n. Shflliy f lh tmy, biu! IIvpiI lop many ypr In BU I'mil. Mr, Con Rpr tnnrrln a laly at I'ort Huron. On day when he at ih hflcht of hU Tame ami Inflm-m p ami wa riroKnl.pil the reimlilli-an leaikr In the liotme of rfprpnoniallvca a iag broiiRht him card from a lady In tho galU-ry, It wm th namn of Mra. Shrlliy, and Ulanrlng up Into ihp gallory he tocor- died hla old tweethpart. H wat very I oon at her aide e..rhanglng Infornm- non about events of the quarter or a century that had pawed since they had seen each other. "I am a widower," said he, "and I am a widow," said she. and when she asked him to call upon ber at the National hotel he replied " l. I -, '!. I ! t. Mr !!!. ,.f fc-il il- ' l' '41 ft II. I I ' l IS III 1t t - K ( ! a mi . t I a . t.l id Ij. ' r ! ' i i til'). I ' !.-: !t , ,,. . ., i :, 1 1, ' m t ,!. i mm I, it i,. ) I' h'.l . fl .4 ft , . , f 1 it I n i t in . t ' J !) !.r ' i H'Httir i'iMt ( hi : !i jih t i ti'i'H .n mi I limn -'hi tn M ii'im i r,t Kihi t l!jiii nd .'ii! fill i .iirj : n' t i.i J ii -t a i-tt s the aim (ta p.'Bir m ,1 I t'n tn tit(. Itf mit, if i an,) rlatiim. in n v ii an atitii'M and flfl? nr Hi nniiiln fur lnh h ti tm im' and Mt aluiiil ImritnltiliiK nh mi ah tf 1 ! a shvlink. Sh lu me wlih t-ara In hr er tn Kfe ni(iti litr nine sylph-like fmm and lniic'tf ir i' tn iiht a "iitl l ilu c for I it I ti ll lir to row a bout and take a tn mile lk at 5 oVIink evi-ry ni. rnliu. I warn hr sitalnul CNtnSps. ntol drlnka. itrfen pen. and all tln oilier p!'fliiir nf life, and she ftn away radlHiit. Hlie alsiaya lonna five or ten pminds during the summer, often more. Kircnuth nf sill seems to develop with fpnh. The slim worn- sn Is not nrst ly so persistent. A wap wniKteii nitie wntnan rame in to ee nie this morning. She greeted me with a wave of her hnmi, ItHted about to see the flowers In my window boxes, went Into ecstasies over my new book cane, stralahiened hpr hnt before the mirror and called my attention to the little lines around her eyes, saying, 'You see how thin I am, and how old and ugly It makes me." 'Every tlma you fly around the room In that ani mated fashion you lose an ounce,' said Then she sat down and spread her skirts out, poking them here and pull ing them there, drew off her gloves, that isr "vould be glad to do so If ho might come to old terms. They were Iooked or her an(,kerchle( mop her brow and sighed, 'There goes an married a few days later, and their lives were very happy. She had wealth nd le ability, and although both of them were old-fashioned, unassuming people, tbey held a prominent place In the political circles of the capital. Blnco He retired from public life Mr, Con ger bad been living quietly with his sons in Washington. While he had taken little Interest In current affairs he bad seldom been seen at the cap! tol. Recently he had been so Infirm test be was unable to est about. He was SO years old at the time of his death CURIOUS LEAVE-TAKING. frMbmea M1 Thlngi I.lvr far Theli Ir Tsiuihrrs, The freshman clasa of Johns Hod- kins university took leave of one of Its professors In a way of Its own, It was the last day of the cIhhs before final examinations and the largo body or students assembled with broad smiles and an air of general expeetan ry, says the Ilaltlmore Sun. In a fw moments the door opened and a mos senger boy appeared with a large fu neral pillow on which were embrold- eted I he words; "(Jod Illess Our Tea h er." He marched straight up to Ui profesKor, presented his funrral gift and demanded a receipt. Tho pro feasor argued, but the boy didn't un derstand his logic, until tho lrariii'd doctor looked threateningly and llio boy "gueased he would wait for one Then signs of trouble began to appear all over the classroom. One sign bori the line "To Keep His Memory Green and another "Remember the Mnlne Other choice and popular expressions, appropriate and Inappropriate to t.h day, were strung up, Klowly an odor began lo creep Inn the room. It may have been the hy drogen sulphlde.but It might have hetm anything else which hadn't any bud ties i here, It stole gently through the keyhole, stifled thft student mar the door and moved In waves of ever ItM M-ftHlng circles about the room, car rylng with It all tho odoriferous su geMion of myriads of egg", of the mid die hkcs, Suddenly In tho middle of tin-1 Ins began to appear benm of the bed and fowls of the air. One r.n whs seen to dart from a crowd of nhi ili'tits anil niHki) bl way a'Tnx i',a room, where he sought cold comfort In a Inst winter's radlntor. A pigeon winged Its way aimlessly to the hw.k df n chair and several student were about to mnke Impromptu addi'dum which Ihey had carefully prepared, when President Oilman appeared tip'in the scene. The student beenn lo look Innocent and shocked. The pigeon nawled back Into the bosom of il crsi while tormentor; the rat struggled up to the radiator; the signs disap peared, and even the odor begun In glorlously (o take to flight and lone lt Mf In space, President Oilman snld a few words,, but they cut the overbur dened atmosphere like tho mirk of a len-pounder. It was a "sad but glor ious day for President Oilman," sa,d one of the freshmen as he sought tlin haven of refuge In the gymnasium. omer ounce, earn i. -a rat woman would have come Into this offlee.plumD- ed herself down In the first chair at hand and stayed there, skirt rumpled up or not. That's why she' fat.' Then 1 preached a sermon, for that Is all I can do for the thin woman. Bhe will listen to advise and like to hear m draw glowing pictures of how ah will look when she weighs 160, but she wITf not take ber medicine milk and oat meal usually and sets acute mnian. cholla If forced to go to bed early, It's perplexing the way In which disposi tions are dealt out, The fat woman Invariably loves to loll and eat aweet things can be serene and unworrled. The thin woman adores exerelse.scorns sweetmeats and has a positive mania for work and worry, Rut between them they make a sea voyage neces sary for me every July." LAST OF AJARI9 PRISON, alutatlou Which Will Ha lUaril 1n Mure tin ths limit turiU That salutation aomoUme heard on the boulevards, "Bo1 you have at last come out of Mazas, old boy!" will have to be abandoned forever. The famous prison near the Oare de Lyon, which may ba compared to the Hollo way citadel In London, has been Itself condemned, after having long existed as tho place of condemnation of law- breakers, says a Pari correspondent of the London Telegraph. Every day exactly eight prlwoners out of the HDD confined In It are carefully handcuffed, placed In a black van and removed to tho Hante, which Is to be demolished hereafter, Ma,u was built In ll!5 and took the place of the La Force prison. It was for patriotic reason It wa called after Col. Muaas, who was shot at Austerlltg, but his family pro tested against so equivocal an honor. Heme the Jail was officially known as the House of Cellular Confinement. rim pubrc, however, continued to re- fir to It as Mii.im and that appella tion will stick to It In history. It was originally given because. It was on the Jloulevnrd d'Austerlltz, and the memory of the brave colonel whs thus sought to be perpetuated. Of lute years the prison chiefly contained per son condemned to one year or h- and was fur more com fort able than In the old duys when the system of soli tary confinement In cell was rigorous ly practiced. Mhzhs had a few habit ual offenders, who purposely broke tho law In order to be sent there for the winter. One of these had contriv ed to make himself no agreeable and popular In the place that the gover nor used to shake hands with the fel low when he came to pass the rough weather Inside the hospitable walls of the House of Cellular Confinement, In a year or so hence the Prisons of (ho f'elne will be established t Frene, a short distance from Piirin. where brgw monumental constructions are now In course of erect Inn. I t'l'l.l . ti f .... ' I ' f 11 I ! ) tt,."! '1 f t lil ..l .1 i ; i r ft I l ' " SI i)lftl ( (',,f ffft lt,ft I ''! Ii'iki IM .! A?tiri J ' " 1 ! 1 ti ,11:.! .tl4ft ll III lit t. iHia tn imii I a h mnt i m rant t u ri!ii-,i v ii ii nn.l ni it i.;.ii m migbl t ! f.11 Rtriig liin H.ltMtn el lint ' innaiit, Hh n't ti e .a. is . 'ii it i.iiM M;i tni.tn the I lmi tiuii-n ihn lUiil m ! sn.l Ohio. rn aytt aM ! Rule ti d tun Ibrmiah a l!.t imni i SlHlil Bill IIMIMU) , na,!,, OillO lid Indiana 1 tirt ibliMlv nmwj.it ii pii are lmi ln u ttsble, an I In y t, mi 1 .tr neal ly all kind. if lnUa ii-mi wild animals and tilrds. In l') immlUbt r l.jr ibr l, f the head llsht Hie animals ran be -. n n am lerl acroM the irsiks, ami ufien f-ndlsh rabbit takes t.j the middle of the trmk buween the ralla and race the loi(imotl fur milm until he I'lunges into a riihi rt or a bridge. "It lia iHcnrred to me several times In my railroad etperlitire," n.ild an old iiglneer. "that tfw American skuna mi make himself roriHplmons longer Min lomier than any other living thing I ri'itieiitly a . fly ang ty n,M in nour tnrough tbe gloom of night. Utile wobbling body dark and gray crn ny the glare of the headlight run ning diagonally acrona the track. The inlmal mny possibly by quick action mil a iklllful mnneuver escape the wheel, and Instantly our no) rll are minted with an overpowering acent which almoat makes us faint. We are 200 yards when from the cause of the smell In an Instant, but It clings to. us ror mile, and the piiKaengers In tha ;ar who are awake wonder what kind of oil I burning In the supponed hot boxes. If we happen to kill the little inlmal bis memory rllng to us still for at least five miles." One night a few week ago a tbe flying fast mall on the Lake Shore was making up lost time acros the In diana swamps, a big red fox dashed out ahead of the locomotive and took the straight level track right ahead cf the train. In another Instant a great black and tan hound with his tongue protruding, and hla long, lank body stretched out at full speed, took the roadbed Just fifty feet behind the fox. More steam wa turned on. and with their head out the engineer and fire man watched the contest of speed. It was a grand race between the two an imal with tbe mighty engine coming closo after them sixty-five mile an hour, and the headlight showing the fleet fox straining every limb and mm. cle, and hla enemy slowly falling be hind. The old hound aniieamii m know that there was danger In his rear and took to the westbound track, and In another minute the rushing train went past him, but the fox, taxing advantage of the complication, disap peared In the wood again. On ths Pennsylvania railroad east of Altoona a few weeks ago the train Inspector found tho remains of a wildcat on the track, and on the Philadelphia and Kris away up beyond Lock Haven Inst winter a largo black bear ran out In front of a freight train and wa killed. reer are often seen crosMlng the Phil adelphia and Krle irnck In (he Penn sylvanla mountain, and In the wild. lonely place where the (rain stop for wafer If the attentive passenger who Is awake will put, his head out of the window ad listen he will hear ihn scream of be panther and the hoofing or the owl. 1 ' ft I ft) IM,,. i (hf, tt, . i . . I I u 1 1, ft f t ? i , ' t t. ! t I. , , . -1 t .! " f ,, t Hit !' .t f..bnr, i i j ' . i-.i. i ii !ei tent I '' tl I i hn. ! .! . ' H .Vft! ft l-V tf i ? I a.i I I !-.! U ( If l l ( tftlftt t ll.l St. I tit -4 in lull i f i v t-t' ! !: i' r.ffi e It.-u't frail) f I Si- nf In, I Jb.' rl, f i mi l In iiw ir i-i'e II ini,!rr ' I1 le ' ft' il li m imI i- i i-i Write Immt-Uisulj, Ihe i p't W n u- il i l uto't, li IV A , l .rllpcta Ititiii. ' iniatifti. Nun U Use llul t Hmul o tlnt i at lyrsrny, I'niii. the u p y U r ha lted, li send in ri Ii suhw HIwr eilli g us llm names of 6e nf hl frieiuis, ntnui Hued hy i"o. for fh-u niple t!iiti o! Tint Amush AN, one volume of "Tli Stenographer," a Ismk eontairilni lh ttory of tbe life, trial, trl'nilllnn Ciiiu l4hlp, M , of a sieniigraiitier Ti) book ha "'JO psges, Is elegantly bourn1 In cloth, printed from tisul, cli an tyH on thigh grain nf hisik-iaKir. W havo .itl of them. (let your order In early, H-'gu'ar prlco of such a hook , ordinarily, II. Vou get It for nothing If you buy Urn sample. Don on J stamps of a larger denomination than 2 cent. Remember that bruising tha aer- pent's head la safer than pinching hla tall. Ml.!!- li- iii l -'ii t HI III till l I One that Yon Can Pay For. i ji, w ) I (.! . )r , ihhuU i ni lUtl n;i i f I . MM H iHH Id il, n v .n h i isi lint a Tit' 1litli .UC MlU.thil mi Hjnil, J f 1 1 V t is it tf hi ,t 1 1 1 t I luiu" C-h l't II U Hi tlnWII . ! Ls.iHil iii in 'is, ji ut. if limi vi!?i ;i! i'I nr .inn vM Inll'Mi'tt !.t ami m n tin l III In J'llli II hn! tut A Give Itome use of our politician and she will aoon control our goreni ment Public Nullce. The Northwcs'crn Line Daylight Sncll new leave the U. I'. 1) pot at C 40 a. M , arrive at Chicago HA' same evening. No change In tbe other train. Overland IJmlled 4 45 P. M and the Omaha-Chicago Special at (1 !." a M , arrives at Chicago 7:4.1 and .'!() respectively, next morning, Tbe most sdvsncid Vtstlbu'ed Blcepcr D ner and Free Parlor Chair cars of course-Whaieise would tbe "UIITH VU;m:HN"heu? HOI Farnaro t Knowledge kills many papal mytha, no matter bow old tbey may be. lilgotry la tha mirror of credulity. True religion la out of place la mas house. AnrWtral worship, which is a prin cipal part or a Chinaman' religion, sometimes bears fruit In filial devotion which It would he bard to find among the nations who are at present preying upon the Chinese empire. For exam pin, hi i anion, a jew weea ago, a youag man eighteen year of age wa executed on the charge of murder, al though It was known that he wa not guilty A Hhanghttl paper, in com menting upon the Incident, spoke of the large amount of sympathy that was felt for the condemned man, because it was so well known that the actual murderer was bis father, In order to save his parent and satisfy the law of "life for life," the son gave himself up as soon as he knew that his father had done the deed, and confessed the murder, A the Chinese saying has It, "He sealed his filial piety with bis blood." A Rtirewd Man. Many and strange are the methods the weHterners adopt. In money mak ing. In the early days of Seattle a man pre-empted a site on the water fiont of tho town. The law required that he have a house. Near by on the beach was a weatherbeaten hull of a vessel. He drew tho remnant of his lot and started a second "Hudder Orange." It was not long before sites on the shore were In demand and the shrewd "squatter" sold his lot for 1!50,000. fnlmn 'i!iirti-y. The ever-present politeness of the Cuban la a perpetual wonder. An American lady entered a shop on Obis po street some time ago, nd asked for nn article which the merchant did not have In stock, "If the nora will per mit me, 1 will beg to bmsIsi her In finding It," suld the obliging shopman. He thereupon closed and locked his store and accompanied the stranger to shop after shop, until she had been supplied. The Cuban then simply bow. ed and bade her "Adlos!" to return again to his place of business, content In the thought that he had rendered only the kindly duty which a true Cu ban holds la always hi duo toward other. Edward Pago Oaston.s lrH(l(l. Manager What qualifications have you for the position of nlghtwatch man? Applicant Why, I wake at the least noise. Tlt-I3lta. Or Conr ll Had, She And do you know the name of all the bones of the skull, for Instance? He (a medical student) Oh, yea; I 1 have them all In my bead. San Fran cisco Examiner. The great number of suicides lately, especially among old people, uggeKt the need of doing everything possible to add to the IntereHt of life and make It easier for everyone to Introduce cheerfulness Into the "dally round and common task," This can bust be done with the young, Heboid chil dren should be (aught plenty of bright songs, of a kind that will come back to them In after life and dispel gloom. They ahould ba given an Interest In art and music, Kspe clally they should be educated to love and cultivate flower. They should be taken on summer excurslona and shown tho wonders of botany. In ev ery conceivable way the beauty of com mon things, both In city and country, should bo opened up to the young. If this were done men and women would have more to think about than selfish or family troubles, They would fall back upon thnlr mental treasures and upon all-bounliful nature when gloomy days rame upon them. They would brood less and would not think of end ing their existence. If everybody would devote their lives more to the pursuits of happlne than they do there would be fewer suicide. UNTIL the wuf ply Is exhausted, wr will send to each sumcrlbrr ei,dlng us he nrccs of five of his friends, accorn panled by 2,'o. for five sample copies of Fine Amkhican. one volume of "The Stenographer," a book containing the story of the life, trial, tribulations, courtship, e'e, of a stenographer, The book las 220 pages, Is elegantly bound In cloth, printed from good, clean type 'inahiph grade of boik-papcr, We have 7f0 of them, Out your order In early, Hegular prion of such a bock is, ord'ntrlly, ,Z., You gel H for 'ioll leg If tou buy five sample. Don't nil tamps of a lai-gor denomination than 2 tents, Home finds slarider a belt' r weapon than a b iwle kn fe, We have plenty of tbe March 4tb la sue, we ran fill your order. Your friend ahould read the aworo testi mony against the Roman Catholle House of the Good RhepneriJ at BL Paul. Ten for 80 cents; fifty for 1126; 100 for 12.00; 600 for 7,60; 1,000 for (10. Have you sent any of that num ber to your frlendif You ahou'dl They ahould not aleeo longer. Truth may be put in the grave, but It won't atay there. When the force of patriotism are divided treaion comes out ahead. If Rome doc charitable act It la to gain favor with those b can after ward rob, Leyden'e "Secret Instruotlooe of tbe Jesuits," for 80c, and bl "Secret Con- fesslon to a Priest," for too, both Pkper covered book, ere the eheapeet hooka on tbe market today. Bend ni 60c and bare tbem aeot to your ad dress, American Pub. Co., Omaha Neb. Hlg gulda to Omaha and F-xpusltlon at Omaha mailed for 10 cents. Agent wanud ercry where. K. 1'. Walker, 710 N. 40 St .Omaha. Try (Sawyer1 gimp Tbe ubscrlptioo pi too of Thk Amkr ICAM Is 12 00 per year. Those who would kad men to oppose Home must look up her record. No greater, no more Interesting, no more fearless exposure of Romanism waa ever written than that penned by Rev. Charlee Cblnlquy and popularly Henry P. Borers, Clinton, la., is the j S' 1 head of the A. P. A. In this country, of Rome." Price I2.2S. Send ue flOO VV rite him about yoar council and -k J and get tbe book. American Pub. Co., him for information. Kit Howard BL, Omaha, Neb, FIFTY DOLLARS .Uiil llio ' iliiici- in Monthly I'.miinils of $10. cull, mul intrtcat 4 PER CENT PER ANNUM. lm Ihc paynirnt of the vu) tlu iMtuh iMt rrts WARRANTY DliliD; ami to Mtiiic ihc lUftiii'il p.iynu-ntH yivti a fust limi li.it iihiii the pu-misis, Tluti' .ue kitg.iitH th.it h.tvc newt Ihui iliiilic.itrd in Oui.ih.i, and a kh, home i pl.util within I lie reach of every one, ho matter how limited hii means, without having lo pay almost usurious intetesj. For luithcr information wiitc to M. 1.. ZOOK, lf.15 Howard St., Omaha, Neb. N. II. Real Ivstatc owners having property to dispose, of on terms explained alxne will find it to their advantage to send me description of their property. 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