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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1899)
“HER COLORS.” On a bright summer day the broad thoroughfares of a big city were filled with people, the driveway near the re viewing stand was blocked with car riages and a gentle breeze swayed the tree branches, flowers and dainty skirts of fair maidens. It was the day of days—for "John ny” was to come marching home from the seat of war. Every mother, wife, sister, daughter and sweetheart was there to welcome "him." Here and there one saw a black robed woman and a sad face, depict ing recent bereavement; yet the crowd was, on the whole, a gay one. and why not? It was a day of days, for the lads went forth to do or die for the flag, and the people were determined to do them honor. In an open carriage stood a woman, no longer young, with a hungry look In her eyes like one who had been de nied the affection and love of a good roan, yet with determination born of pride sufficient to hide her disappoint ment from the world. Her thoughts went back to the days of '61, when her young playmate and first lover went at the call of "Uncle 8am”—went as a drummer-boy, never to return. Although his death was not reported officially, it was supposed to have taken place, and whenever the girl went south she visited Arlington, the city of the dead, and wondered If among the thousand “unknown" graves one might not hold the remains of Ernest Warren. For years she had striven to over come the thought that he might some day return, and when others came to woo her (for she was very beautiful) she had been sorely tempted to wed. John Dalton, a chum of Ernest, waa desperately In love with our heroine— Miriam Cleveland—and endeavored In every way to make her forget her sol dier boy drummer, but in vain; so he married and passed for the nonce out of her life and almost out of her mem ory. Many years passed, and Miriam was still heart and fancy free, with plenty of this world’s goods (Inherited from devoted parents long since passed THE COLONEL WHEELED AND SA LUTED The flag. away). This woman, who would have made an ideal wife and mother, went her way quietly, keeping ever sacred the memory of the boy of ’61. Miriam, after traveling the world over, had gone out to spend a few months with friends of her family, and was their guest on this momentous day. “Why so sad?" asked her hostess. "Oh, no particular reason for feeling so, only I've no Johnny in the parade.” "Well," said the host, a genial man, "we may find one for you, my dear." Miriam was patriotic in a high de gree. and used often to say satirically, or sarcastically, according to her list ener: "I love the American flag far better than I do some folks, and when I die it shall be my burial robe." For such utterances she was called a crank. Be that as it may, Miriam on this beautiful morning arrayed herself In a white cloth gown and Jaunty sailor hat (which, despite her two score years, was vastly becoming), and went with a Jolly party to welcome the boys of 'flfl. The only touch of color in her cos tume was a large flag which ahe car ried In her band. It was mounted, and as she stood facing the easterly breese Its folds were carried serose her heart, flhe seemed wholly unconscious of the effect, and little did she know what her love for that flag was going to bring Into her life when the boys went marching by. Hark! The cannon announces that the column has started, and all eyes are strained in the direction of the advance guard of small boys and mounted police. Miriam for eoaae reason unknown to her Unan to eiperteace aa esqulatte feeling, as If some one near and dear was approaching. sad yet there was none in the regiment la whom she was personally Interested flhe tried la vain to put aside the foolish thought sad ts recall the return af that other regtassal without her playmate. when suddenly the gaitaat cutnael whasted sad saluted the flag which fluttered across the heart af this white robed earnest faced woman IHd he note that her hair wee a hit gray, that ahe was more eeriaue thee stay yaaag women ta that crowd? Na, but something about the girt and the gras too# picture she nude held hi* at tent Inn. and when the boys broke ran he ha sought an latreductlaa Me was (ha aaiy woman ta all that srowd ta taepresa him deeply. «v eeea at el) Being a personal fvtead af the Grants, whom our heroine was visiting, he found the way paved for his pur pose. "Miriam, my dear,” said her hostess, "Col. Warren desires to be presented to the fair color-bearer. Are you not the one he means” Strange, but Mrs. Grant in the ex citement of the moment failed to give her guest's surname. Miriam's heart began to beat faster and faster, and their eyes met. “Pardon me,” said the colonel, “but I once had a little play mate whose name before she married was Miriam. If you are from New England you may know the family— Cleveland by name,” whereupon he told the story of his being left for dead at Dull Run. of awakening months later in a hospital, of forgetting his own name for some years, and of Anally recovering his reason in the home of a kind physician, who was In terested in his recovery. Miriam by this time was In an ex cited state of mind Inwardly, but man aged, woman-llke, to ask two ques tions (after saying that she knew the family very well): “Why did you not return to your little sweetheart?” “Because," said he, “I took up a paper, the first one I was allowed to read, and there read of her marriage and sailing away to a foreign country. I then wrote to John Dalton, my old chum, and he said she very soon for got me. "By the way, ‘Jack’ was killed at flantiago, and now 1 recall it, he seemed anxious to tell me something, and he died with her name upon his . Hps. “Whr, what fs the matter? My thoughts seem to go back to the old days. Tell me, Miriam—I beg pardon, Mrs. Chester—but are you my little sweetheart who did not remain true?” "Answer me one more question, Col. Warren," said Miriam, with steady nerve but whitening Ups, "are you married?” "No; I have not yet found the woman to truat and lore. I have given my life to the service of my country, and ■hall probably go back to the Indian reservation, where I burled myself be fore the call to arms came in ’98.” "Ernest, dear, it Is not I who wedded, but Cousin Miriam of New York. ‘Jack,’ poor fellow, deceived you, and in dying he wanted your forgivenness. Let us both forgive him and face the future together. I have never found the man yet to make me happy until to-day." “God bless you for those words, dear heart, and the renewed life and hope this has brought into both our lives. That you held my memory dear was proved by your colors, which drew my attention, admiration, and, finally, your own dear self." So Miriam found her "Johnny” and captured the colonel, the hero of two wars.—Boston Post. THEIR FIRS EARANtES. Sir Henry Irving first acted on the stage when he was 19. He got |2.50 % week for a minor part in "RlehaHeit'’ and made a failure of it. Fifteen years later he did Mathias in "The Bells" and gained fame. Terry made her debut at the age of 8 as the boy in the “Winter's Tale.” She was spoken of as a youngster of great promise at the time. John Hare, who 1s noted for his Im personations of old men on the stage, Is 56 years old. He made his first appearance at the age of 22, had stage fright, was hissed and generally discouraged. A year later he made a great hit. Olga Nethersole, when 15, frequently took part In amateur dramatics, but her first professional appearance was in 1887. She says she was not at all afraid. Mr. Kendal was so scared the first time he had lines to speak—it was in 1861, when he was 18—that he could not utter his part. Mr. Kendal went on the stage when he was a toddling youngster. Mrs. Patrick Campbell, who is noted in Bngland.came from the ranks of the amateurs. Her great success came from the character of Paula in "The Second Mrs. Hanqueray." The Chief JeeMee'e Male. The followtug story may not be true, but if not it ought to be. Lord Russell of Killowen. the chief Justice of Eng land, was up in lautdon for a few day* last long vacation, and. having noth ing to do after the morning, accepted a friend's Invitation to lunch at his club. After luncheon a scratch rubber was will- difficulty got together, very few members betas in the town. The fourth man. a young subaltern In the guarde only Joined after mentioning that he played a very poor rubber. Pa fortunately the chief rat him as part ner several tlasea In snereseinn At firet he only fidgeted a little and made one or two mild inquiries Rut sfter •omethlag estrs diabolical his lordship broke out with: "I really think ski, you are playing badly on purpose to annoy me '* "Ob. shut up*” said the •niftier, bow <ss any Wht play wbea you beep Jawing at him* law* Rue •ell. utth quiet digatty, observed "I lust Utah you kaow to whom you are spanking. gif." "Oh. y<* f he." saH the warrhir You are Uke toed ehded Net toe but roe re ant la your Musga lag puttea ewft now **• Tableau Oeurge Mee to year suit with Mtas Os Hub progressing*' Jack finely When I tail bow bar dug wags lie ihll.^>- Ptray fitertea SIR WALTER SCOTT. Bin. Ediruinbe the Heroine of n Pretty Little Morjr, The Hon. Mrs. George Edgcumbe, who has Just died at Florence, was the daughter of Sir John Shelley of Mares field Park, and nearly related to those other Sussex Shelleys of whom the poet was one, says the Westminster Gazette. She was the heroine of that touching little scene commemorated by Sir Walter himself in his “Diary" for May, 1828: The London season was at Its height, and SR Walter was enjoying his full share of what he calls Its “busy Idleness." He had breakfasted—early, as was Ms wont— with that “good fellow" Richardson, had given Chantrey another sitting for his bust, and had gone to a second breakfast In Chester square, as the guest of Lady Shelley. In the bril liant company assembled to meet him a young lady, the daughter of his host ess, asked him If she might have a lock of his hair. “Too good-natured to refuse," be allowed Miss Shelley to possess herself of the “thin white1* keepsake, and gave her the kiss for which he had previously stipulated. Mrs. Edgcumbe would on occasions recall a visit she paid with her father, Sir John Shelley, In the ’20s to Abbots ford. One morning when, after break fast, Sir Walter had retired to his desk to add a chapter or two to “The Talisman,” Sir John appeared, radiant, from the Tweed, whence he bad land ed a magnificent salmon. At once Sir Walter rose, "The Talisman" quite forgotten In what seemed the far more Important task of weighing the sal mon, for which the whole party (Miss Shelley being one) descended to the kitchen—Sir Walter adjusting the scales and noting the weight with a dignified solemnity the young lady never forgot. Equally characteristic and memorable were her recollections of the delightful evenings at Abbots ford, when the great poet and roman cist would unbend In the simplest fashion, Illustrating shrewd remark with apt, ptcturesques anecdote. On the morning of the departure of the 8helleys, Sir Walter conducted his young friend Into the library, and, after some invaluable bints as to read ing, In which history and romance had each their proper part assigned them, he took down a translation of “Ivan hoe" into Italian, and having Inscribed her name in the book, presented It to her. This she always kept, as a re membrance of the conversation that led up to the gift, and It was her pleasure and delight In after years to watch the Influence of the mighty author on contemporary literature. WOMAN’S STATUS IN LOUISIANA A Curious Anomaly That lias Just Coma to Light. Ethel C. Avery calls attention to the present unique status of Louisiana women, says the Woman’s Tribune, as follows: "A curious anomaly has Just come to light In Louisiana. The late constitutional convention gave tax paying women the right to vote upon all questions submitted to taxpayers. It added a clause, unique In the suf frage laws of the county, that any woman who did not wish to go to the polls herself might give a proxy to some one else to cast her vote for her. This was done out of chivalrous regard for the women, who, it was thought, might shrink from contact with the polls. New Orleans Is preparing to hold its first election under the new law, to decide upon a tax levy for sewerage and drainage. An examin ation of the assessors’ books reveals that there are more than 10,000 tax paying women In New Orleans, and the mayor, the city council, the presi dent of the city board of health and other civic dignitaries have been elo quently urging women to vote in fa vor of better sanitation for their homes. Borne of the women thought they would rather vote by proxy; and this has brought to light the anomaly In question. If a woman gives a cer tificate to a proxy to vote for her the certificate must be signed by two com petent witnesses. Many New Osleans women are now finding out for the first time that by Louisiana law. which Is based on the old law of France, a woman Is not a competent witness to a legal document. In Louisiana tax paying women may vote on the expen diture of their taxes, and In this way are In advance of all the northern and eastern states. Rut while a woman may be a voter In her own right or may cast a vote as proxy for another woman she Is not legally competent to witness the signing of the certificate. r»nrlm la Dklrl W a la la. Hie really swell thine Is the pure while silk or satin skirt waist ma le In tbs greatest simplicity of style, says Woman's Homs Companion, anti Is worn with a black skirt of net. Whits shirt waists lu rotton goods have the prefer*nos. many Using of fln* lawn, torbed all over la Mas or straight up and-down or round-nad-round tuck* The severs lines waist of whits, with ruts and collar. Is worn with the tai lor gown having a cutaway Jacket la bolero style. Mu a4 (he new waists show a rut away at the need, having a faary collar and fevers. with which are worn laacy colored us whits as OsSstss 4 trust nuusrked tbs rmry yse yssmm tuoatsg am* Is a pubMr Mesa tag " Mayhs It Is ea.wwwd ths u» assuming Mead, “hut I rant half thiafelag N Is uas uf ths kind that would brighten W> H Uadi Ms MgM '— Wsshlagua dtar FOR GIGANTIC FISH. CONTEST OF THE CALIFORNIA TUNA CLUB. Object la to Foatcr Sportsmanlike Method* of Fishing—It Will Ho » Orest Tournament—Will lait Through the Hammer. Lovers of rod and reel are to have a mighty all-summer session of sport at the Ashing grounds of the Tuna Club, Santa Catalina Island, California, about three and a half hours from Los Angeles. a tournament has Just opened which will continue until Sep tember, the object being to beat the high records already established by tbe club, which Include a 827-pound black sea bass and a 183-pound leaping tuna. Sportsmen from all parts of America and Great Britain have been Invited to participate. There Is no entry fee, merely an observance of the Tuna Club rules regarding light tackle being re quired; that Is, all Ashing Is to be done with light rods not Iobs than seven feet long and lines not over twenty feur strand or thread. All records are to be determined by the weight of the Ash at tbe weighing, no allowances be ing made, the competing catches be ing reported to the wetghtng commit tee on the day of the catch, and all weights being posted at once. Thirty or more prizes In eleven classes are to be awarded. For exceeding the club record of the 183-pound leaping tuna, class A, which weigh from 70 to 200 pounds, the prize will be a $100 silver mounted tuna rod and reel. If the record is beaten by several anglers, the heaviest Ash will be considered the prize winner. If the record Is not beaten the largest tuna or black sea bass ojf the season will take the sec ond prize, the second largest the third prize, and for the third largest a sil ver medal will be given. For tbe larg est tuna of the season the prizes are a silver champagne cooler, the Tuna Club gold medal and the Tuna Club silver cup, the last two, however, to remain the property of the club, to be contested for each season, with the name of the winners engraved thereon. For the next largest tuna a reel is the prize, and for taking the Arst leap ing tuna of tbe season a handsome all ver-mounted rod is offered. Black aea IxiFS, which weigh from 75 to 500 pounds, constitute class B. For ex ceeding the club rod record of 327 pounds the price is a silver-mounted black sea bass rod valued at $100. For the largest black sea bass of the sea son the prizes are a gold medal, a sil ver cup and a handsome angling suit. The next largest black sea bass wins a green heart silver-mounted black sea bass rod valued at $16. The first catch of black bass of the season will be rewarded by a 600-foot cuttybunk line. 21 strand, and a set of hooka. Class C includes white sea bass weighing from 20 to 80 pounds, and the prize for the largest fish in this class is a silver mounted sea bass rod, to win which the angler will have to pass the club record of 65 pounds. Class L) comprises the yellow-tall, 15 to 60 pounds. For exceeding the club record of 41 pounds a cup or trophy Is offered; for the larg est fish of the season a gold medal; next largest, a rock bass reel. Class E consists of rock bass, 3 to 12 pounds, the rods to be 8 to 10 ounces. For the largest tlsh, a silver-mounted green heart rock bass rod is offered. Clas3 F Includes bonlto, 8 to 12 pounds. For tha largest fish taken an automatic prize reel is offered. The longest con test waged by a tuna, as shown by the club records, was seven hours. The Tuna Club hopes through this tourna ment to foster and encourage rod and reel fishing, and to prevent the exces sive waste of game fishes that result fiom unsportsmanlike methods. MARY ANDERSON'S WAY 1 How Nhc Mettled ■ Hinge Masher to Short Order. Mary Anderson Navarro had prob ably a more persistent tight against the wealthy stage masher than any woman In the profession who confined herself to the “strictly legitimate/’ says the Cincinnati Enq.iirer. Early !u her career she was playing In Hart ford and was entertained by a num ber of the literary people there, bead ed by Charles Dudley Warner, all of whom bad the greatest admiration for her genius. At one of these “after noons" she met a howling swell of the city and behaved graciously to him. On the strength of this the young fel low ordered a big supper at a leading restaurant and asked a number of bis friends to meet Mlaa Anderson, whom she certainly would not have met un der any other circumstances. Then, during the last act of the performance, a messenger was sent to bid the fair actress to the feast To the mortifi cation of her boat and amusement of hit guests the messeuger came bach with only a verbal message that Mlaa Anderson was not on n foraging eg* pedltlun." A ritr a«tu »» *•«*• la tha Traaeeaai. on the eastern bonier of Africa te the queerest vil lage la the world-Beira a town built of tine The dwellings sod outhoueea tbs public buildings tbs residence of the governor tbe barraebe. the slums hotels, eaUmne the music balls, are alt «t else The fever uf speculation sad tbs greed far gold was so great sad tbe indue »t immigrants eu rapid i bat I be town was hull! la »U months eae gees Mae tiun Ms biased Its maid upon the thssl. And Whtm the deed was dusts The psd ItuuS s teaching she idsrei tad turned the saber one WOMAN DENTIST FOR SULTAN. In Starch of llcr Ilrotlicr Who Myntrrl oudljr t)ix»p|M»ar«Hl. A Philadelphia female dentist Is to play an Important role In the harem of the Turkish sultan within the next few days, says the New York Mai' and Express. Mme. Annette Kowler Is a Bulgarian by birth and studied den* tistry In Paris for two years prior to the post-graduate course she has taken In Philadelphia. An Interesting his tory attaches to her choice of a pro fession. Several years ago her brother left his home In Vienna for a trip to the east. The last letter received from the traveler was mailed at Con stantinople. That was the last heard of him, and while the detectives of Europe were put on the case nothing came of It. If he had dropped off the earth he could not have disappeared In a more mysterious manner. Mme. Kowler, In speaking of this time, said: "There were months of terrible anxie ty. 1 devoted myself to literature for a time to distract myself, contributing to the well known periodicals of Vi enna and Berlin. But 1 felt that I needed something more tangible,a pro fession as It were, In which I could do good to others as well as to myself. I selected dentistry. In Paris I made the acquaintance of Baroness de Hlrsch, who, after hearing my story, decided to assist me In coming to this country. She paid me a certain sum each month and It was decided that I should spend two years in America. But my progress was so rapid that I finished In one, and I have Just had paid over to me the whole sum which would have come to me in monthly installments had I remained. It will be due In a great measure to the kind ness of Mr. Oscar Btrauss, the Ameri can ambassador to the court at Con stantinople, that I take up the work among the Turkish women. I under stand that there Is great need of den tists there, but so long as no man Is permitted to enter the presence of Moslem women It becomes necessary for a woman to take up the work. While 1 go ostensibly to practice den tistry, my true object Is to search for my brother, and every available min ute of my time will be so engaged." SUMMER COLORS. Violet Retired In Favor of Ulurta and Yellow. Within tbe last month some modifi cation* hare been made In the order assigned to colors, says the Millinery Trade Review. Violet has retired quite into the background, with the excep tion of a reddish violet, one of the clematis shades. And deep blue has come forward, new tints bordering on lavender, but more especially bluet, but not the moet brilliant dye. But tha most Important change is the great favor shown for beige, almond, brown, maize, blue and golden yellow, evi denced chiefly in the choke of straws and till lee of these shades. Light blues and hydrangea tints maintain their old position, and the same may be said of rose pinks and reds, showing particu larly in floral trimming*, though pink and red straws are still In fair demand. A deal of green appears in the decora tion, mostly in the shape of leaves, and green straws are looking up. Light gray is still In favor, both for morning and dressy hats, trimming and straw being often of the same shade. If a color is choeen for the decoration, blue is considered most applicable. There is certainly a larger demand for black straws than there was earlier In the season, and black enters into the orna mentation of much of the very newest millinery—black lace, black velvet bows, and also flowers with black vel vet or black gauze petals and natural colored stamens. POET’S SECOND WOOINO. Ardent Widower Wrote "lly perioir’ to Win n Ulrl's Heart. The following romantic account of the Inspiration of Hyperion Is clipped from a recent Issue of the Detroit Free Press: About the year 18J7 Long fellow, In making a tour of Europe, selected Heidelberg for a winter resi dence. There his wife died. Some time afterwards there came to Heidel berg a young lady of considerable at tractions. In the course of time the poet became attached to the beautiful girl of 16. but his advances met with no response and be returned to Amer ica. The girl, who was also an Am erican, returned home shortly after. Their residences. It happened, were contiguous, and the poet availed him self of this in prosecuting his atten tions. which he did with no better success. t'nlike Petrarch, who laid siege to the heart of his sweetheart through the medium of sonnets. Long fellow resolved to write a book which would achieve the double obtect of gaining fame and at the same time her affections "Hyperion" was the result. Ills labor aad his constancy were not without their reward: the girl gave him her heart aa welt as her hand and afterward they resided In Cambridge. In the house which Waab tagtoe made his headquarter* while la com wand of the arm lee. MIS >«r«rt»»W. Mlse Wa*es Whet s the longest time you ever got along without hadf The Professor “I uece lleed three day* oa my wife's cook tag " — Ionite* Weekly ItM Maetee’s Wit "What are y*u Aoiag dm isrf ashed a mea who entered ns the yhrsietan wee vaccinating a patient. n. rente* ea acqueiatwge. was the reply.—Has tvm Ufa A QUEER LETTER. It Will Written o i Thin Slain of White Mo ne. "The queerest letter l ever saw In ray life," said Washington newspaper mrm to a New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat re porter, "was shown me at the home of an army officer who I* now on duty in the war department. It la written on a couple of thin slabs of grayish-white atone, each about six Inches long and two Inches broad, and Its story 1* rather romantic. When Qen. Crook was chasing the Apache chief, Geronl mo, across southern Arizona In 1885, the officer to whom I refer commanded a eorojrany of Infantry, and while the main command pushed west, along the Gila river, he took a couple of troop ers and struck out southward on a re con noiter. They had been gone about, two weeks, suffering all manner of hardships and living exactly like the Indiana themselves, when the captain decided to send one of his men l>aek with a verbal report. He was anxloim to embrace the opportunity to also dls jtatcli a letter to bla sweetheart, who was then a young belle In Washington society, but there was not a scrap of paper of any kind In the party, nor as much as a morsel of pencil. Knowing she was eagerly waiting news from the front he racked his brain and Anally noticed some smooth fragments of limestone that had chipped off from a nearby ledge. That solvfd the prob lem. He selected two Aat pieces, drew a pistol cartridge from his belt and scrawled his letter with the point of the bullet. Laying the atones face to face, so that the writing would not be rubbed off by abrasion, he tied them Armly together with strips of a hand kerchief and Inscribed the address on the outside. Nothing remained but to affix the stamps, which the trooper promised to do aa soon as he wtruck camp. He put the parcel In his blouse, got through In safety, and mailed It at Maricopa. It required eighteen centa postage, and the date mark Is quite legible. I need hardly say that the lady prizes this strange epistle above all the souvenirs which now All her beau* tiful Washington hone.” AN ICEBERG RTRANDS. It In not unusual at the proper eea «on of the year for vessels to sight ice bergs while making the transatlantic passage, especially If the vessels hap pen to be taking a northerly course, but it la seldom that an iceberg grounds, so that It can be seen by those on shore, says the Scientific American. This r -<h recently the case at St. John’s, N. F., where an enormous Iceberg. ISO feet high and nearly a quarter of a mile long.ground ed off the south side entrance to the harbor, where it was, of course, seen by many thousands of spectators. Most icebergs are produced from glaciers which move down from ele vated heights in the interior of some land in the arctic regions. The gla ciers move slowly onward into the deep waters of the sea, and from time to time fragments break off from the advance border and float away, form ing icebergs. Occasionally whole masses of ice break off at once, really forming floating islands. Ice islands are also made by the breaking up of the great fields of Ice of the arctic region. In the Atlantic* ocean most of the icebergs come from Greenland and Iceland, the greatest number be ing produced on the west side of Greenland. From labrador the ice is floated with the current past New foundland, and keeping near the great bank the warming influence of the gulf stream causes it to disappear. Usually the limit of travel of icebergs is 40 degrees north latitude, but In the South Atlantic ocean they have been found as near as 37 degrees south latitude. Nothing is more Imposing than the ciight of one of these immense Ice bergs, which might send the finest ocean steamship to the bottom in a few moments. The Iceberg Is apt to be an Intense bluish white; they are real floating mountains of ice. The sun melts them unevenly, causing rug ged and picturesque peaks to Jut into the air, and In northern latitudes, where whole fields of Icebergs are seen, they look like fairy castles. Dr. Kane In his first cruise counted 280 icebergs In sight at one time and most of these were 260 feet high. It is. eff course, a well-known fact that about one-eighth or one-nlntb of tbe berg projects above water. As might be imagined, tbe Iceberg, containing, as It does, at Its base many pieces of rock carried down by tbe glacier from some northern country, scores tbe bottom of the sea, acting really like a gigantic Die. IimmI Hsmun Storekeepers at times resort to In genious methods to stlract trade The following Is said to be an esaet copy of a placard displayed la front of a store la a southern Iowa "Meg In side and get the greateat hargataa you'll ever get again,M Here la an announcement pouted hy a Hesutas ehopheeper la front of hie piece of business "The reason why 1 here hitherto been able to eeii my poods so much cheaper than anybody else la that I am a bachelor, and do not need to make a profit far tbe ataiaieaaaea of wife aad children It Is awe my duty la la form the public that this ad vaaiape alii shortly he vithdrawa from them, as I sm shoal to he mar rled They atli these fore do well to s> a h« their poo has as at ease at the old rale.**