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LUMBER
BARGAIN
Awondorfnl opportunity 1b offered yon to
buy lumber nnd building RUppIica of ovory
kind nt Price that will eave you hie
money. Such n chanco fioldom occurs.
Xuinber for your liouco, (jhnrch. barnmoot
in Iiouho, crib, fltoro, factory, and in fact,
buildings of ovnryldnd. Wo can. furnish
abdolutolr ftvorrthlnir needed Irf cnnfcLruc.
tion mnforinl, Huvo your enrpontor or
buildor ninko a comploto list of everything
uuuaor xiiiiko a compioto jibc or ororytmmt
you roquiro. Including Lumber, Sohh Doors,
Nails, Boollng, SldlnK.ColllnB, In fact, any
iiiniKyou maynceu in Duiiuintf material or
morchundlHo of any kind.
Send us your Lumber Bill for Our Estimate.
Wo bouelit at Atanufacturcrs1 Sale over 50,000,000 Feet of all kinds of Lumber -and
Pinlslting Material. Wo nro making epociol concessions, to thono who buy ot oncb. 5von If Jti havo
.no Ufto for this lumber ntonco, it will pay you to Ini7 now. Our prices will savo yon SO to CO por cent.
Wo cheerfully Invito Inspection of our Lumber stock and will bo Rind lohavo you como to our
warohoitao nnd yards tit Chicago, eotho lumber wo nro offering, nnd you will recotntlfce that it is nil what
wo nay of it; mako your own uolootion nnd boo it loaded. It in not nocossary to como to, Chicago; wo can
easily soil you by mall. "Wo can, quickly donvinco you oft ho wisdom . of placing un ordor with us. Just
nend im your lumbor bill, nnd wo will easily " Show Youi" Oalpplicntion wo will send copies of
lotion) from cnstomerH who hnvo bomdit. Thor saved money why can't you? AVrlto us to-day. WK 1PUI9
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Address, THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska.
WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS PLEASE MENTION "COMMONER
THE WONDERS OF THE SEA
That it is a day of many wonders
we have -much evidence constantly.
The truth of this, if more were need
ed, will be borne in upon us as we
follow a new ocean leviathan, the
Lusitania, across the sea. This mon
ster of the shipyards, which it is
Confidently expected will reduce the
time of travel between-:Europe and
America by several "hours, though
solely a monument to Brit
ish mechanical skill, warmly appeals
to our interest. The sensational
character- is increased by the fact
that the boat is accompanied by what
was earlier the fastest vessel of the
line, and the race bids fair to attract
universal attention, though the Lu
cania, barring accident, must sail far
in the other's wake. From both
shipi, as they proceed, report of their
progress is sent to the shore by wire
less telegraphy, and the whole world
may follow their movements daily. ""
Such doings would have astonished
our grandsires. The predicticn ot
five-day boats, equipped with all the
comforts of luxurious homes, grace
fully plowing across the ocean, which
was once filled with ogres of storms,
wrecks and dead men's bones, ac
companied by telegraph operators,
ready at any moment to communicate
with the land, would have been
laughed at as too idle for the fairy
story tellers. To this, however, we
have come, and so gradually are
these changes effected that we accept
them without' very much astonish
ment. The' ancestors of many of our
"first families" came here In squalid
little sailing ships. They were six
or eight weeks on the way, Not in
frequently their fellow passengers
were consigned in nunibers to the
sea as they died from smallpox nnd
malignant fevers. Disease resulted
from Inadequate and unsuitable food,
when it was not brought along from
the point of departure. Ships landed
perforce at ports to which they were
not destined and in which they did
not wish to be. Many went down
and were never heard of again, so
that the traveler took his life in his
hands, which led to a feeling that
still survives in the tearful partings
on the wharves by those' who are go
ing abroad for the first timd, and
-vvhose knowledge of the "deep" is
gained by reading old books.
As much progress in methods of
transportation and in living has been
made" upqn the land as upon the wa
ter, but the number of persons who
persist in endowing the sea with un
canny dangers, that no longer exist is
surprisingly large. A great vessel
which can cross the Atlantic ocean
safely with the speed of which a lo
comotive, was incapable not so very
Jong ago, which telegraphs as it goes,
and provides those who use it with
handsome drawing rooms, sumptuous
apartments, with baths, a cuisine and
every other- service equal to those
of a first-rate twentieth 'cenLury met
ropolitan h.otel, is manifestly .some
thing now, and we need to revise our
ideas to find, a place for it. With, -the
passing of ,the Great Eastern, i.t was
said that no ships so large would ever
again be built. For a long time men
given' to computing bunker, capacity,
the cost of coal in relation to horse
power and other engineering ques
tions, have predicted a return to
smaller vessels, or, at any rate, the'
setting of a limit upon their size
The wise man of today, will, do well
to heed the recommendation of one
of the greatest of our American "hu
morists "Don't never prophesy un
less you know." Philadelphia Pub
lic Ledger. , ,
MR. MALAPROP , "
A regular Mr. Malaprop . recently
came home -from hta flrnKii..u
Europe. He grew enthusiastic: about
"It was fine," he declared, to
go into them churches over there and
see the o d tombs cigarophagusscs
they call 'em. And then the SitSS
Chapel is great, and as for the Vac
cination, where the pope lives, welP'
But his stock of compliments gave
out when he got to the subject of
beggars. .
"I always refused' them pennies "
he said, "because, you see, 1 don't
want to set a- bad prestige'"
Charleston News and Courier.
HAWK GETS THE GOLDFISH
Hartford has entered the list of
cities with a story for thq considera
tion of naturalists' and nature fakers.
In firont of the state house there
has been for many years a fountain
in .which were many gold fish. Dur
ing the free silver campaign the
democratic members of the legisla
ture wanted to add silver fish to the
fountain, but the custodian was un
able to agree upon the ratio.
Today there is" woe for the custo
dian of the capftol. A flshhawk be
came aware of the presence of the
gold fish, and spent the better part
of yesterday cleaning out the foun
tain. He got .thenT all before any
one got a gun.- Hartford (Conn.)
Correspondence Chicago Inter Ocean.
Can't Do It
Heart affections will not get well of
themselves; neither do they remain In
active. If the cause Is not removed,
they continue to grow in -number and
severity.
They are the outgrowth of exhaust
ed nerve force and the heart can not
stop to rest, as do .the other organs,
but must continue to strugglo until
completely disabled, and that's tho
end.
On the ver,y first Indications of heart
trouble you can stop all progress and
effeot a cure by the use o'f
Dr. Miles Heart Cure
the most effective heart remedy known.
It builds up, feeds and strengthens the
nerves and muscles bf tho heart, and
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"I had serious heart trouble; for two
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thread, when my attention was called
to Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. I commenced
taking the Heart Cure and Nervine,
and in two months they restored mo
to comparatively good health."
REV. W, A. ROBINS,
Port Elgin, Ont.
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article. Present capital lnadoqunto to meet with la
crcaslnpr trado. Only person of pood moral cliarnc
tor need answer. A4dr,Patonteo, care Commoner.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
says: 'To my mind tho only lifdit that lias been
cast? on tho other life Is found in Swedonbors s llm
osophy." TTls st atcmonts concerning tho llfo Here
after aro authoritatively Btated In IIT3AVEN ANU
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