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CHAPTER I.
Arrow and Fire.
Half a century ago tlie great region
between the Missouri and the Sierra
Xevadas, except for Denver. Salt Lake
City, and a few mining camps, was a
trackless, forestless desolation known
only to Indian, coyote, and venture
some emigrant. Yet two men under
the golden wing of the government
planted a line of lonely posts, and
linked them with a chain of stage j
coaches. Over this treacherous way !
sped daily messages, men and treas- i
ure; sped, and arrived—if frost and I
Indians permitted.
Late on an autumn afternoon the j
Overland Mail was toiling sunward up
a western rampart of the Rocky moan- :
tains. Two passengers were on the
box with the driver. The eerier man,
booked as Alfred Vincent, was slight,
fair. and. to the superficial eye, young
to boyishness. H:*> air of one bred
to the best of city refinements con
trasted sharply with his fellow-trav
eler. who had been introduced as Mr.
Phineas Cadwallader, though the
driver afterwards called him "Blow ;
k hard Cad," which nickname he vindi- j
" cated by a constant stream of gossip, j
But an astute observer would have j
| seen that he was trying to penetrate !
the reserve, the slight mystery that i
surrounded his fellow-traveler.
Yet whatever the mystery. Alfred I
Vincent was now posting westward
with a letter in his pocket signed by
Collis P. Huntington, and directed to
Belaud Stanford, governor of Cali
fornia. and president of the Central
Pacific Railroad company. Alfred paid
slight heed to the others. His impa j
tient imagination winged him far from
present inaction, over mountain and
desert, to the far west, to unguessed
^conflicts of the future.
"Holy Mackinaw! Only fools would
think of building a railroad through
this Godforsaken country!”
The caustic sentence roused Alfred
from his reverie; and Phineas noted '
that “railroad” was the magic word
that broke the spell. The driver. V. il
liam Dodge, better known as “Uncle
Billy." readjusted his quid of comfort,
spat with precision, and touched up a
lagging leader with the tip of his rod
long whiplash. “Well, I’m not taking
the chances of calling Gove'no’ Stan
ford a fool.’’
“Of course he ain’t. He don’t intend
; to build any railroad, either. Not over
I the Sierras, anyway. He's got a bet
ter thing." Phineas’ sidewise look dili
gently sought a rift in Alfred's mask.
‘ Meaning?” Uncle Killy questioned.
“That Dutch Flat Swindle Those
i c. P. fellers have their wagon road
f built over the Sierras, and—"
i "How in blazes can they build a rail
s'road, Cad. without a wagon road?
UDon’t they have to feed their advance
construction camps? And won’t they
have to do it for years, while they
f*cut their miles of tunnels?”
S- "Oh. they'll put their railroad
through to Dutch Flat maybe: but
■from there on they'll go it by mules;
take all the toll they can get from the
$12,000,000 freightage Nevada pays
every year to the transportation com
' .paries. The C. P. people want a bite
of Louis McLane’s pie. that’s all."
P ’ They’re going to get it, you bet!"
gprie driver smiled; yet his low. leisure
ly words seemed a flat.
5 “Not by a jugful!” Phineas lifted
tiL voice and pounded the air; and
Alfred detected the sham note, the
hid for effect. "What do you suppose
vre are doing along the line? Why,
fSan Francisco merchants can sit in
their offices and sell to all California,
to Nevada. Idaho and southern Ore
gon, at any price they choose to name.
And Mcl.ane and all the other trans
portation folks can haul the goods at
their own figures; they won't even let
'iihe towns have post offices because
they like to carry letters at half a dol
lar apiece. San Francisco bay's full of
Iships, and the mountains are full of
tgold; and we're getting it going both 1
frways. out and in.”
f "Yes. yore taking too much.” the
driver replied. “Yo’re killing yo’
; gold-egg goose.”
Phineas' smile was unpleasant. “Oh.
no! She's hearty yet. And we won't
divvy up the eggs, either, with those
seven by-nine shopkeepers in-that mud
hole they call Sacramento. Do you
W ppose we ll let them make a fishing
pond of the bay, and a winter water
Mng-plaee of San Francisco? Not on
fyour gold toothpick!"
Uncle Billy's eye flashed its first
■ hint of resentment. "Stanford's worst
: enemy wouldn't think of calling him
f seven-by-nine; and 1 reckon California
voters’ll have something to say. Le
land's got right smart influence with
them."
“Yes. They voted both state and
city bonds, didn't they. Mr. Dodge?’’
Vincent asked, joining the conversa
tion at last.
“Oh. call me Uncle Billy,” said the
t driver. “It’s so long since anyone
F called me Dodge, I need an introduc
tion to the name.”
“You bet Stanford's got influence
with the voters" Phineas broke in be
fore Uncle Billy came to Vincent's
question. “But San Francisco brains
and dollars can beat voters any time.
Did any of our citizens subscribe for
stock? The rabble voted bonds for us.
but have the supervisors issued them
yet? You bet not!”
“I should think Gov. Stanford could
compel; the law's with him. isn't it?”
Alfred asked, with a languid air that
well concealed his interest.
“Compel? Compel nothing! The
law's slower’n molasses at the north
pole.” *
Anyway,” Phineas persisted noisily,
f -if anybody’s going to build a railroad
it'll be McLane and San Francisco
By Hookey! If anybody milks this
government cow you, bet it'll be us!”
••Well, we need the railroad,” Uncle
Billy said positively.
' Need it? What lor? Does the east
clue about us? Not a pin. except for
our gold. If they get a railroad they'll
demand more of us; and if we don't
pony up, they'll ship troops over our
own road to whip us in. No. slree!
We'll he a Pacific republic yet, Cali
fornia and the other coast states. And
the renegades, red and white, here In
this country that's the back door to
hell"—he waved his hand toward the
poison-pooled, sage-fringed plain they
were crossing—"they're just the fel
lers to stand off Uncle Sam."
"Isn't that secession?" Alfred asked
with a scrutiny Phineas resented.
"Se*cession? No, it's self-preserva
tion. Anyway, think of getting a rail
road round Cape Horn! It'll take a
century!"
■' Then they 1] tote it across the
isthmus.” Uncle Billy said calmly.
"Oh. you’re dead stuck on them
Sacramento chaps. Uncle Billy; and
that is bad for you They'll bust your
game and leave you flat broke.”
‘ Call on me in ’70 and—” Uncle
Billy began, when a trace caught on
a rock and snapped. ‘ Accident num
beh 12. Thirteen'll be a whoppeb,
boys!" he remarked as nonchalantly
as if he had only lost a whip snapper
in a city street. He stopped the team.
The Road Was a Narrow Rock-C
handed the lines to Alfred, and stepped
lightly down to repair the damage.
"Guess I'll go inside for a nap."
Phineas yawned and climbed over the
wheel into the stage.
‘ Do you believe the Pacific railroad
can be built?" Alfred inquired, when
the swinging six had again settled to
their steady trot.
‘Ttu betting on it.”
“But McLane and San Francisco—
it's an immense opposition to fight.”
"You're dead right. They're setting
up scarecrows all along the line. But
Boland Stanford's a good buncombe
buster; an' I'm betting on him and
his k>ah track!"
Alfred's eyes caught the light of
I’ncle Bill’s enthusiasm “I think I'll
put my hand to their wheel if I can
lay hold ol a spoke."
The sun was hot, though the night
had been painfully cold. The bare
road, now sandy and silent, now rocky
and ringing, stretched on and on
through unpeopled solitudes. Moun
tain and cliff, magnified in the clear
air, appeared, receded, and advanced
—cheated the imagination with their
mysterious semblances to man's struc
tures. Alfred Vincent thrilled to each
of these weird voices from the wilder
ness.
Yet homesickness gripped him as
the rhythmic hoof-beats put him added
miles from the home he still longed for.
He thoght of his sorrow-stricken moth
er, her love unvanquished by any deed
of his; of her teaching: of the still
more potent example of her pure life
—these memories saddened, yet soft
ened him; blended his eager vision of
the approaching west with the bene
diction of the spired temple. And for
a space his heart was attuned to
prayer and paean.
Uncle Billy broke the long silence.
“Not yet, my boys," he said affection
ately to his team.
They had left the black alkaline wa
ter behind, had climbed higher, where
a thin film of more innocent-looking
water was spread on the drab earth
before them. The November sun was
summer-strong, the dust intolerable:
and the mules coaxed dumbly for
water.
“Not yet, boys," Uncle Bill repeated.
“Isn't it safe?"
“Yes, safe, perhaps, but this is the
sink of the stream: the creek wateh’s
a heap betteh a mile ft- 'heh on."
The mi* was semi-perpendicular,
and brought them alongside a brawl
ing stream, willow-hung, with splash
ing trout in the still pools, and wild
ducks skimming a large pond at the
edge of a small mesa. After welcome
draughts for man and mule they
veered away to another climb. The
gorgeous evening pageant was nearly
over when the team swung around a
sharp rocky .point, and one of the lead
ers shied far out of the road. The
driver brought them about to a quick
standstill, facing back.
"There's fresh blood ahead. That
Cocly mule can smell it a mile: it's
the only thing he shies at. Hold these
ribbons, young felleh. while ! prospect
a little."
He came back presently, his weath
er-beaten face sobered and stern.
"Wake up In there! Them Injuns has
blocked the read again."
Phinea-. suddenly disturbed from
his long and noisy nap. climbed out
with poor grace. "The old man has
no business to send passengers over
land without escort. It’s an outrage!
It isn't my business to clear the road!"
Here, come up here and hold the
team! I'll help the driver,’’ Alfred
called.
‘No! I cain't trust my team with
him! He don't—” Uncle Billy inter
rupted.
But authority rang in Alfred's tone.
The change had been made, and he
was already stalking after the driver.
Around the point the sight he sud
denly came upon made him reel—
turn sick and white.
"1 know it would be too much for
you, boy: but now yo're hvah get to
work. We haven't a minute to lose."
The road here was a narrow rock
cut. Two white men lay across it,
one scalped, the other with his throat
gaping horribly, and more than a
dozen arrows buried in his flesh. Be
yond, the ruins of an emigrant wagon
blazed lazily.
"We cain't stop fo’ anything but to
.ut, Two White Men Lay Across It.
cleah the road. These tracks come
from Anthony's; and they're fresh
and a heap of ’em. The arrows are
nearly all different; that means a lot
of tribes." He spoke in low. tense
tones while, as fast as possible, he
threw the burning debris over the
lower side of the cut.
Alfred said nothing but joined in
the labor with a quick skill that made
Uncle Billy revoke his opinion of the
small hands. Alfred’s back was
turned, yet he could feel—see—those
—the gruesome spectacle, behind.
What could be done? How should
they be disposed of?—but there was
no time for question.
“Can you beah a hand hyah, Vin
cent, and quick?”
He turned. The driver had already
lifted the shoulders of one; Alfred
took the feet.
"Right fo’ward hyah. round the
point."
You—you aren't going to—to
leave—”
“Yes. we’ll have to. if we don’t
want to look the same way mighty
soon ! ”
BECAME THE Si
A Boston psychologist was recently
reminded of the story of the Russian
jailer who, changing his occupation,
found the chief interest of his leis
ure moments in catching birds, put
ting them in cages, and selling them
to the highest bidder.
The scientist having to attend a se
ries of lectures in a large public hall
struck up acquaintance with the jan
itor of the building, and soon noted
in him a suggestive bent of mind.
The man seemed fond of counting the
people, and would occasionally report
the exact number present. “We have
115 here to-night," he would say. or
"Just 201 all told,” or, when the hall
was crowded: “I make it 370.” There
was a problem in all this, but it took
some time for the psychologist to
solve it.
A bit of friendly, familiar talk, con
tinually renewed, did the business.
“Can't we put them in the stage?
It’s awful to leave them!"
“It may be worse to take them; and
I'm afraid we'll need the stage for the
living if—if we get through."
Alfred said no more: and Uncle Billy
warrned to him as he saw the clear-cut
jaw set and a steely light creep into
the dark violet eyes.
'He's game!" Uncle Billy whispered
to himself.
Gently they disposed of the poor,
mutilated bodies, and hurried back to
the stage. The driver armed each
passenger with a rifle and revolver;
and ordering Alfred beside him, and
Phineas to keep the lookout front the
top, he swung his team into the road
and drove forward through the cut
with slash and oath.
Dark was stealing on. yet the sun's
goodnight glory still lingered, its
flaming banners striking into the over
head darkness, flooding earth and
heavens with strange, sinister color.
Alfred thought of what lay behind, and
gripped his gun sharply. The team
slowed, and Uncle Billy no longer p'ied
the lash.
“See that light there, away yon to
the left?"
•Yes.”
“That's Anthony's, the next station.
Some one's alive there, and that some
one is white, or there wouldn't be a
candle light; the whole place would
be alight." Relief unspeakable
breathed in his words, and a half mile
passed in silence.
“This is a terrible way to earn a
living!" Alfred said at last.
“Yes; but this job's easy compared
to the trick the pony express boys
used to play.”
“This is dangerous enough. I won
der the company can induce men to
undertake the work. Don't you find
it wearing?"
“Oh. yes, I suppose it is. It's right
smart skeery sometimes, 'specially at
night when I make the trip alone. And
I wondeh passengehs don't buck
against being sent across without es
cort, like now.”
"They would if they knew what
they’d see. But it's infinitely worse
for you drivers.”
“Well, I reckon the Lord knows his
business, an’ mine, too. I figger all I
got to do is to see he don't catch me
asleep on the box."
A sudden admiration for this hero
of the desert warmed Alfred's heart
"This time I'd hated to let them
bacon-colored critters get me before
1 got to Anthony's. Those tracks are
all from Anthony's; and there's more
than men and property—there's An
thony’s little gal, and—”
Alfred shivered at the significant
pause.
“Anthony's had hard luck. He's one
of God s best, if he is set up a mite
queer."
“Does he live alone? Oh, no; I sup
pose he has a helper as they have at
other stations, hasn’t he?” Alfred
hoped the driver would tel! him more
of the station agent, not because of
his own interest in the agent, but that
he might be saved from thinking.
“Yes, he has a helper, Gid Ingram,
but he’s only a boy. if he is big. And
Stella, pore little chicken! She—"
Alfred waited discreetly.
“Away back In the fifties Anthony
struck it rich oveh Washoe way.” Un
cle Billy began again In a steadier
tone. “Struck it powerful rich; panned
out money fasteh'n he could count it.
And what did he do but put up the
durndest biggest palace this side of
'Frisco—put it up right there where
he struck tin. It was a bang-up place
fo' sho’; big rooms w-ith floweh gyar
dens in the carpets, and floweh gyar
dens on the walls; gold chairs, and
looking glasses till yo’d see yo’self so
many times yod think yo'd got 'em
again."
“That there house,” he continued
presently, “stood in a little artificial
looking gyarden, just as sassy as a jay
bird, setting there on the bare flank
of the Si-eery Nevaydys. But the
whole blamed outfit looked awful lone
some in spite of bein' so grand and
handsome. It seemed durned out of
place, like a peafowl in full spread on
a snowbank."
“Didn't Mr. Anthony have a fam
| ily?” Alfred questioned.
“Yes. one little gal: that was all.
When he got those domestic cyards
dealt out to suit him. he sent back
east somewhere for her. She was a
peart little slip 'bout nine yeahs old
—come oveli from Sacramento in my
stage. 1 used to drive in God’s coun
try those days.
"Anthony put her in as mistress of
the mansion: an' there shed sit in her
high back chair at the head of the
table as big as life, the only bit of
crinoline present when he'd give grand
dinnehs to the Washoe quality. The
men would toast her, and she'd stan'
up and bow. solemn as a funeral.”
"What? No woman at all around
her?"
“Oh, he had an old woman to look
after her a mite, comb and mend, and
such; a good old critteh. but no
t thoroughbred. And except for her the
little one neveh saw any but men.”
,“How did she learn anything?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
LA VE OF HABIT
for it brought out the fact that the
janitor had spent many of the pre
vious years of his life as warden in
an eastern prison. With rifle on
shoulder, from some inclosing wall,
the man had counted his convicts un
til the habit became ingrained. In
the recesses of his brain the lecture
hall took the shape of a jail yard
and the audiences were his prisoners.
He counted because he wished to
know if all were there.
Fanciful Finance.
"Time,’’ remarked the wise person,
“is money.”
“Perhaps," answered Mr. Sirius
Barker, "but it shouldn't be brought
to the attention of some banks I have
heard of. Instead of clearing-house
certificates, they may find it comfort
able and convenient to issue eight-day
clocks.”
MAY STIR UP CIVIL WAR
Augustus Everett Willson, governor of Ken
tucky. will engender the enmity of thousands in
his state if he puts into execution his threat
to veto the McChord bill forbidding any trust to
carry on operations within the state, or to em
ploy agents therein. If ihis bill becomes law the
tobacco trust will be placed at the mercy of the
tobacco growers, for it will have to buy its to
bacco through middlemen, and its immense fac
tories in Kentucky will have to be closed down.
The governor is said to have a feeling of sympa
thy for the trust whose legal representative he
has been in the past. Shold he veto the bill it
is derlared that it will result in civil war, the
planters declaring that the first law of nature,
the law of self-preservation, is to be obeyed
rather than the man-made law of the land. Night
riding will be resumed and the outrages in the past will pale into insignifi
rance beside those that are threatened in the future.
The difficulties encountered by the governor in his endeavor to stamp
out lawlessness will be appreciated, when it is stated that a detective whom
he sent to Russellville appeared before the grand jury with a list of persons
guilty of night riding, and discovered that tour or live of those accused were
an the jury. The detective left the important part of his story untold, and
before he left town by the earliest train he made a speech to the farmers ad
vising them in their own interest to stand by one another and fight the trust.
The sympathies of the great majority of the people are with the night riders,
and though hundreds of names have been obtained not a single one of them
has been arrested. Yet there have been several killings, several scores of
floggings, about $115,000,000 of property destroyed, the tobacco beds of those
outside the organization "scraped" and utterly destroyed for this year, and
the crop for three years locked up in the barns.
The tobacco trust has apparently very little hope of the governor killing
the bill, for it has made an offer to purchase 15.000 hogsheads of tobacco from
the association at 12 cents a pound—the very same tobacco which before the
formation of the organization was selling for four cents. The farmers refused
the offer and stated their terms, which were that the price should be 15 cents,
and that the buyers should lake the crop of 1905 first, then the crop of 190G
and then they would be allowed to buy the crop of 1907. The trust is said
to have refused Ibis offer, and there may be a recrudescence of night riding
any moment. The militia is In full sympathy with the farmers and will not
interfere with them if it can be avoided or evaded. Meanwhile the governor s
position is a critical one.
MINERS’
CHIEF RETIRES
After ten years of leadership of the l mted
Mine Workers of America. John Mitchell has re
tired from the head of the great labor organiza
tion and has been succeeded by Vice-President
Thomas L. Lewis of Ohio.
Mr. Mitchell will devote his time to re
gaining his health, which has given way
under the strain of office. He has been called
to Washington by President Roosevelt, who wants
to send him to Panama as an investigator of
conditions, but it is understood that he does not
favor accepting the position It is said that in
future he will devote his attention to a labor
paper which he will establish in Indianapolis.
The object of the paper will be the securing of
industrial peace between the miners and operat
ors of the country.
Mr. Mitchell's work for the miners has been detailed at length many times
When he became the head of the organization about ten years ago there were
only 43,000 members in the organization; to-day there are 350,000: wages have
been advanced almost 100 per cent.; living conditions in the mining camps
have improved several hundred per cent.; the company store has been driven
out of the mining settlements and men are now paid in money, not brass
checks redeemable only in trade at the "pluck-me" store run by the employer.
Children of tender age have been taken out of the mines and put into school,
end in most states in which the organization is now established boys under
14 or 16 years of age can uot enter the mines. The miners have received
favorable standing before the people of the country because of their advocacy
of peace in preference to strike, and their adopted policy of keeping inviolable
contracts when made with the operators.
SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR
Frank B. Gary, who has been elected United
States senator from South Carolina to fill an un
cxpired term, claims among his ancestors, Robert
Bruce, king of Scotland; John Knox, founder of
the Presbyterian church; John Witherspoon and
other Scotch worthies. He is a nephew of the
late Gen. Mark Gary, a picturesque character of
the secession and reconstruction periods, who was
a major-general of cavalry in Wade Hampton's
legion, a brilliant soldier, a reckless leader and a
hard fighter. He was famous for his profanity
and his ungovernable temper. There was no
fiercer fire-eater in all the south, and he was
mixed up in a dozen duels.
After the overthrow of the Republican gov
ernment in South Carolina and the establishment
ot what is known as the Hampton oligarchy, Gen.
Gary quarreled with his iormer commander because he did not receive the
political recognition that he thought he was entitled to. and. although the
family belonged to the old slave-holding aristocracy. Gen. Gary and all his
relatives joined the Tillman and the "wool hats" in the overthrow of Hampton.
Under Gen. Hampton's "oligarchy" none but the aristocracy of the state and
those who had distinguished themselves in the confederate army were recog
nized by appointments to office. The ordinary farmers were ignored, although
they were in a very large majority. Tillman organized them through the
Farmers’ alliance: he aroused them to a sense of their rights, and he swept
Hampton. Butler and all the rest of the aristocrats out of power. Since then
the Gary family have enjoyed unusual political prosperity, and it is declared
that they have held more offices than any other family in the state.
Frank Gary has pledged himself not to be a candidate for election next
year, but it is expected that he will do what be can 10 secure the election of
his cousin, former Gov. John Gary Evans.
WILL WELCOME FLEET
Allied Deakin, premier of the commonwealth
of Australia, was probably quite sincere in his
delight when his invitation for the American
fleet to visit Australian ports was accepted, for
Mr. Deakin is a warm admirer of the United
States and its people. He has been in America
several times studying the irrigation question
in the western states. Australia has a problem
that is exactly similar, the interior of the con
tinent being absolutely waterless for the greater
part of the year. With a good system of irriga
tion Deakin hopes to make the interior as habit
able as the seacoast.
Premier Deakin is a warm sympathizer with
the United States and Canada in their attitude
towards the Asiatic. From its geographical po
sition on the coast of Asia, and its remoteness
from aiiy people of cognate jace, the Asiatic problem is a very serious one
to Australia. The northern part of the island continent would be an ideal
country for Chinese and Japanese, but the Australian government will not
allow them to land, preferring to retain the northern part of the island in a
state of nature rather than allow it to get into the hands of any but a white
race.
Premier Deakir. is also an admirer of the American system of govern
ment, and in the confederation of Australia he followed the American rather
than the Canadian ideal. Thus the colony is a commonwealth rather than a
dominion, and is composed of states instead of provinces. The powers of the
central government are not nearly so wide as those of the Canadian govern
ment and resemble more those of the United States government. This sys
tem he urges for adoption in the confederation of the British empire, each
colony to be represented in the federal council, and to have a say with the
mother country in questions of inter-imperial or international nature. If his
plan is adopted the British empire will become another United States.
Easter Floral Symbols.
Easter is the spring festival, and
the real flowers of early spring, the
tulip, the daffodil, the wild arbutus,
are its more appropriate floral sym
j bols. We derive our name for it from
I Ostara, the Saxon goddess of the east
and the dawn. In Latin countries they
cling' to variants of the Aramaic
"Itesach” (passover) as pascua, pas
qua, paques. If there is such a flower
as “the resurrection lily," it must be
the small purple lily of Palestine.—.
N. Y. Times.
STUDY NOT A NECESSITY.
End and Aim of Woman's Life, as Uiv
derstood by Rosie's Mother.
In one of the Philadelphia public
schools is a little girl pupil whose an
cestors and coreligionists have ever
held that the principal end and aim of
the life of a woman is marriage. This
little girl is well up in most of her
studies, but she has an inveterate dis
like of geography and it seems impos
sible to teach the study to her. The
other day her teacher, made impatient
by her seeming unwillingness to learn
her geography lesson, sent to Rosie's
mother a note requesting her to see
that the girl studied her lesson. The
next day showed no improvement,
however, and the teacher asked Rosie
whether she had delivered the note.
"Yes, ma'am,” was the reply.
“And did your mother read the
note, Rosie," said the teacher.
"Yes, ma'm."
“What did she say?”
“My mother said that she didn't
know geography, an' she got married,
an' my aunt didn't know geography
an’ she got married, an’ you know
geography, an you didn’t get mar
ried.”
An End Missing.
An Irishman who served on board
a man-of-war was selected by one of
the officers to haul in a towline of con
siderable length that was towing over
the taffrail. After pulling in 40 or 50
fathoms, which had put his patience
severely to proof, as well as every
muscle of his arms, he muttered to
himself:
“Surely it's as long as to-day and to
morrow. It's a good week's work for
any five in the ship. Bad luck to the
leg or the arm it'll leave at last. What,
more of it yet? Och. murder! The
say’s mighty deep, to be sure!”
After continuing in a similar strain
and conceiving there was little prob
ability of the completion of his labor,
he suddenly stopped short, and. ad
dressing the officer of the watch, ex
claimed: “Bad manners to me. sir, if
I don't think somebody's cut off the
other end of it!”—The Pathfinder.
Hope.
Walter Damrosch tells of a matron
In Chicago who, in company with her
young nephew, was attending a
musical entertainment.
The selections were apparently en
tirely unfamiliar to the youth: but
when the “Wedding March” of Men
delssohn was begun he began to evince
more interst.
“That sounds familiar,” he said.
“I’m not strong on these classical
pieces, but that’s a good one. What is
it?”
“That.” gravely explained the
matron, “is the 'Maiden’s Prayer.' “—
Harper's Weekly.
Rubbing It In.
“What’s that crank in 38 kicking
j about?" asked the hotel clerk.
; “He's explaining that everything's
too old and shabby." replied the bell
boy. “He wants everything new."
i “All right. Begin by giving him
those new stiff towels.”
Omaha Directory
This
Bright Maid
used
Swift’s
Pride Soap
because it made
her clothes
whiter and
__ brighter
IVORY POLISH
For Furniture and Fiano*
COOD FO'R WOO'D
LEANS and polishes, removes stains
and restores the finish. Can not injure
the wood in any way. Guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction. Absolutely the best
furniture polish on the market, if your dealer
doesn't cany it send us his name and we
will see that you are supplied. Pnce 25
and 50 cents.
MANUFACTURED BY
Orchard Si Wilhelm
OMAHA. NEBRASKA
WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU
WANT IT - From the Largest
House West of O hioago •
Everything in the way of Steam and Mill Sup
plies, Elect rival Material and Apparatus for
Electric- Light, Power and Telephone. < on
tractors’ Supplies, <» radiug Mac hines. Sc ra
pers, Carts. M ire Hope. Kelts, etc. lata:«g»
and price* fumUhed promptly. Special atteniiou
given to all inquirers.
JOSEPH K. LF.KMEK,
1218FARNAM STULLS, OMAL’A, NEBRASKA
Grand Union Tea Co.
SALESMEN WANTED
To look after permanent Tea and Coffee
Route. References required. State age
and if married or single. Permanent position
to right party. Address: W. D. WILLIAMS.
Dept Mgr,, 1005 N. V. Life Bldg., Omaha. Neb.
THE OMAHA WATCH i'SKSSSB
' NEW BRANDE1S BLOCK. First-class Watch
] Repairing and Engravinsr. Charges reason
i able. Eyes tested free for Glasses. Students
taken in all branches.
THE PAXTON teisi
Rooms from 91.00 up single. 75 cents up double.
I cafe: prices reasonable
OMAHA TENT & AWNING GO.
Tents, Awnings, etc. Largest west of
Chicago. Write lor prices and estimates
before buying. Cor. Ilth and Harney Sts.
Do You Drink Coffee
\*by put the cheap, rank, bitter flavored coffee in
your stomach when pure GERMAN-AMERICAN
COFFEE costs no more* insist on having it. Your
grocer sells it or can get it.
MICA ROOFING CO. H
114-11® South 12lhSi.,
Omaha, lei. Dorn:. 1«39
6 1H Pearl Street, » uuaHI
Bluff*. Telephone ITS?. Assorted stock of Roofing Sup
plies always on hand. Insolation of wet floors a
specialty. Caravel, Asphalt, Asbestos repairs
given prompt attention. JOHN MCMAHON, Mgr.
If In Doubt, Buy A
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