TRACKED
PART FIRST.
CHAPTER IX.
. - C1IABLEY MAKES A NEW ACQUAIN
. .TANCE.
Toward evening on the fourth day
after his departure from Sandybank,
Charley, weary and footBoro, nl'ghted
from the "top of an omnibus at the
"Angel." He had been directed to
that spot as being, asit were, thegatq
way to the northern district.
His first thought now was food and
lodging. There was no difficulty
about tho food question, as edibles of
every kind etared at him in every
other shop window; but whero in
that bewildering focus of streets, news
boys, and omnibuses, could he find a
lodging within his humble means?
"" He timidly asked a loiterer if he could
direct him to any. Tho man glanced
-at tho dusty boots aud small bundle.
"You'd better try down Clerken
well," he said, jerking his finger to
wards St. John's Road.
His manner did not encourage Char
ley to ask further questions. So he
vaguely followed tho direction of the
finger, and wandered down the thor
oughfare Indicated, and then into
some of the streets off it. He already
- felt that siokness which so soon falls
npon the poverty-strioken stranger in
the streets of London. The huge
Babylon was growing hateful to him.
His country Jnstinots of cleanliness
shrank from the foul-smelling streets
and houses, and the dirty, slatternly
people whoinhabited them. It seem
ed to him impopsible that he could
ever exist in such places or among
such people. The picture of the scru
pulously clean, if meagrely furnish
ed, home that he had just left rose up
pleasantly before him, and even Mrs.
Gaudy's image did not Ecaro him
from the contemplation. He thought
of the quiet little town, with the
sweet, pure air from the sea, as he
dragged himself through the noisy,
hot, dusty streets, and unheroio as it
must sound, he wished himself back
there.
There wore plenty of bills In the
grimy windows, announcing lodgings
for single men; but after looking at
them irresolutely for a moment, he
turned away wish disgust. Presently
he wandered back into St. John's
Road, and just opposite tho street out
of which he emerged, in the parlor
window of a dingy-looking house he
saw a card with "Lodgings'' upon it.
The house and tho thoroughfare were
xnoro respectable than any ho had yet
seen ; so he summoned up courage to
knock at the door.
A big, austere-looking woman an
swered tho knock. Yes, she had bed
rooms to let, she said, sharply scru
tinizing him. She led tho .way up
two pair of stairs into a small, bare
looking bed-room, white-wa3hed
walls, broken water-jug, a worm-eaten
wooden bedstead with spindle
posts, a small drea6ing-tablo covered
with a ragged cloth upon which stood
orapked look iiitj-gluss.
TJkls ohderful apartment looked out
upon an equally cheerful prospect of
black chimney-pots, iiles, and a moul
dy water-butt. He could become
master of this desirable chamber, iad
take his meals in the kitchen, forUvo ;
shillings per week. Charley starea
at the price ; it was as much as Mrs.
Gandy paid for her whole houso. But
to seek further that night was impos
eible, so ho agreed to tako it.
"What reference could he give?"
was the next question the landlady
asked. Reference! He did not know
a soul in London. Then he must pay
a "week's rent In advance. "With a
ftlgh, Gh&rlsy counted tho money into
her hand, Afterwhich only four and
liineponce left between him and des
titution! Having provided himself
with some supper, that sum was still
firrtfrec -dlmfebed.
By the time be had finished his
meal, he began to think that the
landlady was nottjuite so repulsive as
ho had at first Imagined ; and a little
further acquaintance impressed him
with "the idea that she was rather a
kind-hearted woman than otherwise.
Ho had yet to learn that hard Lon
don lesson the necessity of suspicion
towards Btrangers a necessity which
" causes Londoners to appear so hard to
provincials.
There were several other lodgers in
the house besides himself. In short
every room was an Independent es
tablishment. There was a watch
maker and his wife In the parlor, a
tailor and his wife and family in the
first floor front ; other colonies were
settled in the back rooms; while the
second lloor was occupied by Charley
and tho other male lodgers, who,
like him, took their meals
In the kitchen the latter apartment
being Mrs. Gripley's the landlady's
sleeping, dining, and sitting-room,
the former nightly event coming off
In a turn-up bedstead that formed a
sham chest of drawers during the day.
"VVJiero the servant who did all the
work of tho house slept was an In
Bcrutable mystery; in tho coal house
most probably, to judge by her com
plexion. While discussing with much gusto
his eggs and bacon, Charley was in
troduced to cne of his fellow lodgers
a somewhat extraordinary specimen,
In the youth's bucolio eyes, of the
gemla 7iomo.
A light step came tripping down
the kitchen stairs, and a not unmuBi
cal voice was heard humming an ope
ra tune.
"That's him Pontifox," said tho
landlady, hastily. "A very nice sort
of man quite tho gentleman in his
ways only ho ain't very punctual in
his payments."
The gentleman thus doubtfully de
scribed, entered the kitohen with a
gay, jaunty air, politely raised his hat
to Mrs. Gripley, wished her good
evonlng, stared at and then bowed to
Charley, took from his pocket a rash
er of bococ, wrapped In paper, took
offhis gloves, brought out a gridiron
from the cupboard, cleaned it with a
piece of paper, placed the rasher of ba
con upon it, and humming "II Se-
greto" all the time superintended
the cooking. All this was done with
as dainty an air as Louis XV might
have worn while cooking some favor
ite dish for one of his petils souper3.
At the first glance one could per
ceivo that Mr. Pontifex was a gentle
man a broken-down one, it is true;
one who might have stained that
proudest of all titles, but a gentleman
for all that. He was a spare man, of
about the middle height, with a closely-shaven
face, hiB hair cut short be
hind, but arranged In a curly bunch
on each temple ; there was a redness
about the nose, that witnessed to "po
tations pottle deep;" his teeth were
dazzlingly white, and his perpetual
smile displayed them to the best ad
vantage. The face was not an alto
gether attractive one ; its pleasant
look was supercilious and sarcaatio,
and however polite ho might be, his
manner always inspired a suspicion
of ridicule. His dress, although seedy
in the extreme, was a relic of forme
splendor. The boots, though now
broken down at the heel, had once
been of the shiniest of patent leather ;
the trousers, tightly strapped, though
patched at tho knees and greasy,
might have been cut by Stultz; and
the coat, all discolored and shiny as
it now was, might have been made by
Poole. He wore kid gloves which
were chiefly conspicuous for brevity,
and even absence of fingers. Linen
did not appear to be a weakness ef Mr
Pontifex, as all vestige of It was con-
1 cealed beneath an old-fashioned black
satin stock, with an apron.
Never had so strange a figure loom
ed upon Charley's limited experience,
and he could not keep his eyes off it.
"Splendid weather, Is It not, sir?
Country, I should say, looks magnifi
cent?" "How does he know I am from the
country?" thought Charley; but he
answered, "Yes, sir, very."
"I adore the country ! What is fin
er on a bright, dewy morning than a
dash across the country astride a fine
blood mare?" said Mr. Pontifex,
turning his bacon. "That is life. Do
you hunt, sir?'
Rather an extraordinary question,
thought Charley, who colored up at
the idea that his fellow lodger was
making fun of him ; but the simple
look of honest inquiry npon that gen
tleman's face was quite opposed to
such a supposition. Charley modest
ly disclaimed any indulgence In suoh
an aristocratic luxury.
"Many a fox I've run to earth,"
said Mr. Pontifex, transferring his
bacon from the gridiron to a plate.
"That was in daysgoneby ; the fickle
goddess has not smiled upon me late-
iy."
Having eaten a hearfy meal, Char
ley felt sleepy, and intimated a desire
to go to bed.
"Another excellent habit, engen
dered by country lifo, early hours,"
put in Mr. Pontifex. "When I used
to pass the hunting season with my
friend, tho Duko of Beaufort, I al
ways went to bed with the rook and
rose with tho lark psince those days
tho owl has become my feathered
model. Good night, sir; dolighted to
find that I have so agreeable a neigh
bor; we sleep in adjoining apart
ments." Charley could not reconcile a olose
Intimacy with tho Duke of Beaufort
with cracked boots and patched trou
sers ; whloh obtuseness of ideas prob
ably Arose from his inexperience of
theup3 iind downs of mundane af
fairs. But more pressing and importunate
thoughts drove the memory of Mr.
Pontifex out of his head, The grand
problem of ways and means the world
of London was before him. Three
shillings in his pocket no frlendS'
no employment; only the chance of
getting some. His ignorance of Lon
don preventedim from realizing the
full horror of his situation ; but he
could realize sufficient of it to be very
miserable.
In the midst of his gloomy" thoughts
he fell asleep, and did not wake un
til late the next morning until he
was aroused by Mr. Pontifex hum
ming his matutinal song. Before ho
had finished dressing there was a tap
at the door, and a voice inquired,
"May I come in?' Before Charley
could answer, the singer, in demi-tol-lette,
came into the room.
"Good morning, sir." he Bald, with
the pleasantest of smiles ; "I hope
you have slept well. Mrs. Gripley
does not provide us with the most
luxurious of couohes, proceeding,
probably, on the medical view, that
hard beds are wholesomest. But
youth, health, and exercise will find
sleep upon the ruggedest of pallets."
During this speeoh, Mr. Pontifex
was casting a rapid glance over Char
ley's goods and ohattles. "By the
bye, could you oblige mo with the
loan of your comb? I broke mine
tho other day, and I have not replac
ed it, as I have not been in tho neigh
borhood of my hair-dressers lately. I
can only use the combs supplied by
one man ; strange preference, Is it
not? But we all have our pet weak
nesses. Same with my olothes on
ly one tailor can fit me."
What a long time must have elaps
ed since ii9 was in that tailor's neigh
borhood, thought Charley.
"I really muBt invest In a now set
of shirts,'' Mr. Pontifex went on,
cluncing at his dingy and attenuated
linen, aud carefully arranging tho
little bunches of aide-hair , "I never
buy olothiug until tho old Is entirely
worn out. My friend, the Marquis of
Rockmiuster, has tho same eccentri
city. The swells turn up their noses
at us not that that iu any way dis
tresses us : all literary men are eccen
tric you know."
,'Are you an author?" cried Char
ley, in an awed tone.
"Yes; I have laid oblations upon
the altars of Tlmla and Melpomene,
and occasionally follow the occupa
tion of reporter ibr tho newspapers."
An author! If Mr. Pontifex had
been a remarkable personage in Char
ley's eyes before, he was doubly so
now. Only to think of his being iu
tho room with a literary man, and
flinf lifornro tnrvn noJiifr Vila nnmh I
Henceforth that comb acquired a sa-
cred interest in his eyes.
iaaBMBBMBawww '
Mr. Pontifex, having adjusted his
hair to his satisfaction, with a profu
sion of thanks, tripped back to his
room. Charley sat down on the edge
of his bed, and fefl Into a brown study.
What was ho to do? How was he to
live? Tho romance of his great pur
pose was fading before the grimness
of necessity. It must bo kept in abey
ance for a time. Food ho must have ;
to obtoin it he must work. To obtain
that work must bo his first caro.
Where was he to seek for It? For
what kind of work should he apply?
Thero was no answer to any of these
questions in his mind : and then an
awful fear fell upon him the fear
that he should starve and die. Sup
pose he made a partial confident of
Mr. Pontifex? Left to his own de
vises, he was helpless as an infant.
What better adviser could he possibly
find than a man of such extensive ex
perience and knowledge of the worid
as that gentleman evidently possess
ed? So Charley asked Mr. Pontifex if he
could step into his room for a few mo
ments, as he wished to ask his advice
upon an important subject.
"Delighted, I am sure, at the honor
you do me; most happy to afford you
any advice that lies within-my hum
ble capacity," said Mr. Pontifex, en
tering in full toilet, and all smiles.
Charley briefly told him that he
had run away from home ; that he
had received a good eduoation, and
wished to get employment of somo
kind it did not matter to him what,
If he could earn a respectable living
by it.
Mr. Pontifex listened to this con
fession with a pursed-up mouth and
elevated eyebrows. "Have you no
friends in London who would tempo
rarily assist you who would use
their interest to gain you employ
ment?" "I believe I have some one in the
north of London," answered Charley,
hesitatingly.
"What part of the north?"
"I do not know ; I only know it is
somewhere In the north."
Mr. Pontifex smiled. "A very
vaguedirection, that," heBaid. "Why
my dear sir, the metropolitan distrlot
which the post office distinguishes by
the letter N contains at the very least
eight hundred thousand inhabitants,
and is larger than several of the cele
brated capitals of Europe."
"What would be the best means of
trying to find them out?" asked Char
ley, hesitatingly.
"If they are trades or professions,
tho 'Director' ;' if they are gentry,
the 'Court Guide,' " replied Mr. Pon
tifex. Charley said that they wero gentry,
and wished to know where ho could
see a "Court Guido.,,
"If you will walk with me after
breakfast, I think I can take you to a
place where you can get a sight of
one."
Charley was profuse In his thanke,
and felt inspired with new hope. But
Mr. Pontifex shook his head, saying,
"It is very difficult to find persons in
London, except they bo publio char
acters , unless you are accurately ac
quamieu witumeir wnereaDouia."
"But you can advise me as to how
I should proceed to obtain employ
ment?" asked Charley.
"A very difficult thinr to get in
London without friends or recommen
dations," replied Mr. Pontifex. "Now
there is one piece of good advice I can
give you, and you cannot do better
than to follow it."
"And what is that?" asked Char
ley. "Return home at once; or If there
is any difficulty, write first, aud ask
forgiveness, and give them time to
prepare the fatted calf."
Charley's face fell.
"It js impossible for me to take that
advice," he said, dejectedly.
"Oh, nonsense; friends overlook
the peccadilloes of youth. Perhaps,
If we looked in this morning's Tele
graph, we should find at the top of
the first page, 'If b'o-and-so will re
turn to his disconsolate parents, all
shall be forgiven.'"
Charley shook his head.
'Oh. I hone it is not so bad as all
that: By. the bye, talking about So-and-so
reminds me that I have not
the pleasure of knowing your name'
"Call me Charley for the present,"
he said, coloring.
Beneath bis pleasant; vacuous smile
Mr. Pontifex was Bharply scanning
the youth's face.
"My dear young friend'," he said
kindly, laying his hand upon his arm
and speaking in a more natural tone
than he had yet used, "humble pie la
a very indigestible dish to the young,
but it is one of those pfofe that every
man's stomach must get used to, un
less an individual is born with a sil
ver spoon inhismouth. Return home
again under any oiroumstances, how
ever disagreeable. Do not remain In
London ; it is a terrible place for a
young man like you. I have no wish
to discourage you, but I Bhould ill re
pay the confidence you have placed
in me did I offer auy other advice.
You will find it almost impossible to
obtain any respectable employment.
Thousands of young men of known
ability with unexceptionable refer
ences and good interest, are seeking
for it daily, and cannot find It. I re
peat, go back homo."
'I cannot," answered Charley ;
"tho die is cast, and come what will,
I mustabide by it."
"So I said when I wa3 a young man
aud see what has como of it !" replied
Mr. Pontifex, sadly. "I left myjhome
because I would not be amenable to
wholesome authority. I cast myself
upon the world with a proud stomach ;
I would not stoop ray haughty head.
Since then I have often had meta
phorically speaking, to rub my nose
iu-the gutter."
"It is not any rebellion against
wholesome authority that brings me
here," said Charley ; "mine is a pe
culiar case." His heart was very full ;
he felt very lonely and desolate; he
would have liked to have told Mr.
Pontifex the whole Btory, but the
natural reticence of his disposition
Leld back tho confession.
Somo peo-
plo mar their fortunes by garrulous-1
ness, others by a morbid disposition
to secrecy Charley erred on the lat
ter side. Had he confided in Mr. Pon
tifiex Well, he did not.
Mr. Pontifex shrugged his shoulders
and smiled.
"We all think our own case pecu
liar aud different to any one else's,"
"But come, if you have finished your
toilet let us go down to breakfust."
CHAPTER X.
AN IMPORTANT CHAPTER IN OUR II E
ROE'S LIFE.
Tho bright-faced aud well-dressed
youth who descended Into Mrs. Grip
ley's kitchen that morning was a dif
ferent person to the weary, dull-eyed,
travel Btalned boy that bad taken his
tea there on the preceding night.
Mrs. Gripley was quite struck with
the change, and remarked upon it.
Seated at the table at breakfast was
a middle-aged, shabbily dressed man,
with a long grey beard and a foreign
cast of face, whom Mr. Pontifex sa
luted as Herr Kauffman, and intro
duced to Charley as their fellow-lodger.
The person thus named bowed po
litely, and acknowledged the intro
duction. Charley remarked that he was a sad,
grave looking man, with a remarka
bly fine forehead and fine blue eyes.
He was very quiet and taciturn, the
very opposite of Mr. Pontifex in ev
ery respect. Before tho new-comers
commenced their breakfast, he rose
from the table, and wishing every one
good morning, left tho room and tho
house.
"A very clever fellow, Kauffman,"
said Mr. Pontifex, as he mixed bis
cocoa. "A fellow-scribbler, but upon
the foreign newspapers ; morbid and
mysterious ; always looking upon the
black side of life."
Too full of his new idea to listen to
these remarks upon Mr. Kauffman 's
peculiarities, Charley was only anx
ious to dispatch his breakfust and rush
to consult the, to him, Sy billine leaves
of tho Court Guide. But Mr. Ponti
fex was a gormand, and although his
meal consisted simply of a rasher of
bacon and an egg, he gave himself up
to Its enjoyment with as much gusto
as though he had had before him a
pate defoicgras.
What occupation did Mr. Pontifex
follow? the reader may possibly in
quire. As the gentleman will occupy
an important position in these pages,
wo will impart what little we know
upon the subject.
How Mr. Pontifex really did live
was one of the mysteries of London.
Of his antecedents, we shall notspeak
In this place; they will claim our at
tention fully hereafter.
He sometimes translated plays from
the French for tho minor theatres,
and was an occasional penny-a-liner.
These were his only ostensible sourc
es of income, oud as they did not on
an averago produce more than ten
shillings a week, thoro was evidently
a large margin left to be filled up
with something or by somebody. He
borrowed of everybody who had any
thing to lend, and would lend It ; he
novor pnid for anythinc he could
got upon credit, and his time of pay
ment was sine die.
Every morning he went as regular
ly to business as the most methodical
of city men. No ono clearly under
stood what his business was; perhaps
he was a little foggy himself upon the
subject. What writing he did was
done in stray holes and corners in
the parlor or billiard-room of a public
houso. He dined where he could and
when he could ; ho preferred dining
with a friend. If neither the friend
nor the dinner turned up, he content
ed himself with a crust of bread and
cheese and half a pint of porter ; and
so he got through the day. The even
ings were spent between the minor
theatres and publio houses frequented
by shady aotors and authors; and
whatever else he lacked he usually
contrived to get a plentiful supply of
beer and rum. Of course Mr. Ponti
fex would not be so inconsistent in his
rules of life as to pay his landlady,
and Charley frequently heard Mrs.
Gripley expostulating with him upon
tho subject; but his imperturable
urbanity and good temper got tho best
of hex.
"Is it not terrible to have one's hon
or doubted?" he used to say, pathetic
ally, to his friends. "Want of confi
dence is the pervading sin of vulgar
people ; If they cannot see their mon
ey, feel it, grasp It, they are wretched.
And they ore so unreasonable! I say
to her, 'My dear madam, I have not
got it.' Now, if the poor woman had
any reason, such a confession would
satisfy her. But it does not. She
will ask again for money in the
next breath. What can one do with
suoh illogical people ?"
But to continue the thread of tho
narrative. The breakfast was at last
dispatched, and Mr. Pontifex, having
brushed his almost napless hat with
his coat sleeve, and cocked it jauntily
on one side of his head, declared him
self to be ready, and the two gentle
men loft the house together.
But tho proposed expedition in
searoh of a "Court Guide'' was des
tined never to be made.
Immediately after they left the
house Charley noticed a shabbily
dressed woman on the opposite side
of the street, who, keeping a little
distance in the rear pursued tho same
road as themselves a circumstance
which did not attract the attention of
his companion.
They hadnot proceeded more than
two or three hundred yards, when she
crossed tho road ; and advancing to
Pontifex, who was nearest to the,
kerb, touched him upon the shoulder.
He turned sharply round, and as his
eyes fell upon her face tho smile died
away upon his lips, and was succeed
ed by an expression of chacrriu and
dislike.
The woman was not an agreeable-looking-personage.
Her figure was
big and bloated, and shabbily olothed.
A battered black bonnet, ornamented
with a bunehoftawdry flowers, hung
at the back of her head. Her hair
was rough and matted, as though it
and a brush or comb had Ions been
strangers; Her features had tho po-
culiar pallor of the habitual gin
drlnker; her eyes were dull and
heavy ; her mouth large and sensual.
Drunkard was stamped upon every
lineament of her face.
"I waut a few minutes' conversa
tion with you, Ned."
Sho spoke in a husky voice ; but
there was something In Its tone at va
riance with her appearance, some
thing not of gin-drinking and rags.
"Mr. Charles, will you excuse me
this morning," said Pontifex, turning
to his companion with a pole face, and
speaking In a voicethatshooka little.
"I have somo business with this lady.
To-morrow morning I shall be most
happy.'
Charley begged him not to apolo
gize, and seeing that his absence was
most eagerly desired, walked up the
road again. When he had got a little
way, he looked round ; but Mr. Pon
tifex and his strange friend had
turned into an off-street, and were
no longer to be seen.
Charley's heart was heavy with dis
appointment, as he stood for a mo
ment to ask himself what he should
do now? Suddenly he remembered
the promise he had made Carry Lee
to send her his address. He would go
back to his lodgings and write a few
lines. So back he went, and having
procured writing materials, sat down
and wrote, to say that he had reaohed
London all safe, aud that a letter ad
dressed to No. , St. John's Road,
Clerkenweli, would be duly received
by him.
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SST This Lecture will prove altoonto thousand arul
thousands.
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dress, postpaid, on receipt of six cents or two post
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a'ttohnets.
S. A. Ouborn,
ATTORNE.YAT-.IiAAV'.-Offlce with W. T.Jtog
ers.BroSvnTlleiNeb. T. li. Scliick,
A TTORNEY AT LAW. 3IAV BE CONSULT
xl. ed In the German language. Ollice next
oor to County Clerk's Office. Court House Bulid
ng, Brownville, Nebraska. 13-6y
J. S. Stull,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Office, over Hill's store.Brownviile.Neb.
J. II. Broady,
A TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
ci- Office over State Bank. BrownvMe.Neb.
E. "V. Thomas,
A TTORNEY AT LAW. Office.front room over
iy. Stevenson t Cross's Hardware Store, Brown
ville. Neb.
IV. T. Rogers,
A
TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Will eive dlllsrent attention to any legal
onslnessentrusted to his care. Ofllce In Court House
BulIillng.BrownvillOeb.
PHYSICIANS.
VS. nOLLADAY, 31. D., Physician. Surgeon
. and Obstetrician. Graduated In 1531. I.oca
cd la Brownville 1353. Office, Lett fc Crolgh's
arugStore,3Iciher3on Block. Special attention
paid to Obstetrics and diseases of Women and
Children. 10-Gm
HL.3IATHEWS, Physician and Surgeon. Office
. In City Drug Store.No.aJ Main Htreet.Brown
Tille.Neb. BLACKSMITHS.
J. IV. Gibson,
BLACKSMITH AND HORSE SnOER, First
strcetbetweon 3Ia!n and Atlantic, Brown vllle
Neb Work done to order and satisfaction guaran
teed.
ORGANIZED, 1870.
STATE BAHKofNEBBASKA
AT BROWKYIIAE.
CAPITAL, $100,000.
Transacts a general banking business, sells
Drafts on all the principal cities of the
UNITED STATES AID EUROPE
3- Special accommodations granted to
depositors.
STATE, COUNTY & CITY
SECTJEITIBS,
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
OFFICERS.
W.H.McCREERY, : : President.
J.C.DEUSER, : : Vice President.
H. E. GATES, : : : : : Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
L. HOADLEY. J. C. DETJSER.
war. h. hoover, a. ar. KAUFFaiAN,
W. W. HACKNEY. H. C. LETT,
W.H. 3ICCREERY,
THE ENEMY OF DISEASE!
THE EOE OF PAIN
TO MAN AND BEAST
la the Grand Old
WHICH HAS STOOD THE TEST OP
40 TTEARS.
THCHC IB X BORXZ IT WIL'. NOT
HEAL, NO LAMENESS IT AVILL NOT
CURE, NO ACHE, NO PAIN, THAT
AFFLICTS THE HUHAN BODY, Oil
THE BODY OF A HORSE OR OTHER
DOMESTIC ANIMAL, THAT DOES
NOT YIELD TO ITS MAGIC TOUCH.
A BOTTLE COSTING 25c, 50c, OR
5100, HAS OFTEN SAVED THE
LIKE OF A HUMAN BEING, AND RE.
STORED TO LIFE AND USEFUL
NESS MANY A VALUABLE HORSE.
mayllyl
THE ADVERTISER
job nwm
DEPARTMENT.
A fine assortment of Type, Bor
ders, Rules, Stock, c,
for printing,
BUSINESS, VISITING & WEDDING
CARDS,
Colored and Bronzed Labels,
STATEMENTS,
LETTEK & BILLHEADS
ENVELOPES,
Circulars, Dodgers, Programmes,
Show Cards,
BLANK WORK OF ALL KINDS,
With neatness nnd dispatch
Cheap or Inferior Work
xotsolicited.
FAISBRQTHSR & HACKSB,
McFherson Block,
BROWNVILLE, NEB.
The T. IF. &0 "W Koute,
Composed of the
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw EailTraj,
Cincinnati, Lafayette & Chicago Eailrcad,
Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette H. E.
Is THE DIRECT ItOOTE from
BURLINGTON, KEOKUK & PEORIA
TO
T.VTAYETTE INDIANAPOLIS
CINCINNATI
IiOUISVrLI,E NASHVU.I1E
MEMPHIS
COLUMBUS NEWARK
ZANESVTLI.E
PITTSBURG WASHINGTON
BALTIMORE
PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK
BOSTON
ALSO
Chicago, Detail Tciedo, Cleveland. BaSalo,
And to all points in the
Cast, South, and Southeast.
The attention of the traveling public Is called to
the following superior advantages oCered by this
Route:
Unrivaled for Speed nnd Safety ! Un
excelled In Its Equipments I Slag
nlficent Track! Kew Steel Ralls
Luxurious Reclining Clialr
CnrH ! .Miller Platform I
"WesttngliounAlrllrake
And In fact every modern appliance which is cal
culated to increase the comfort and safety of Pas
sengers. iagnincent siec-ping cars are run on
night trains, splendid Day Couches on day trains
to Chicago, and elegant Reclining Chair (Sirs on
evenlnt; trains to VHMAXAVOLIS and CIN
CINNATI -without change.
By this route passengers will avoid rfelays and
disagreeable Omnibus transfers throuch large cit
ies, which makes It especially desirable for old
people and those not accustom-d to traveling, and
forludlestravelinsnlone. Gentlemanly and cour-1
icuuscuuuuciorsoi wis route are always rescy
anticipate mo wantsor passengers.
Through Tickets can be obtained at the offlcesof
all connecting Roads. Baggago checked through.
Resureand askfortickets reading, v!a"T Ifc
WV Route, from Burlington, Keolcat or Peoria.
A. L. ir6PKIXS, ReceiTCr, tiwia in
n. C. TOWASEND, 0. P. & TV.tct. j L "" ln
Tor further Information In recard to Freight or
Passenger Business, address,
"W.R. CRTJMPTON,
General Western Agent,
101 Main Street, BURLINGTON, IOWA.
feb tojan
Hawlsy
Wholesale and Retail Sealers in
Agricultural Implements!
PLOTFR, FEED, SEEDS & GRAIN;
illiiMiP
Both made entirely of Iron and Steel, and sold on the beat terms to
responsible parties.
All Combined Reapers on NEXT Year's Terms,
WITHOUT INTEREST.
We have also for sale tho DIXON and other celebrated
STJLKEY HAY EAKES,
and Revolving Bakes, the best In market.
N!CHOLUD&C0.
TIBRATOR,
SPRINGFIELD PITTS
THRESHERS,
The special favorites of
PI
We keep constantly on
tizezrhlstg-
OF THE BEST MAKES.
WIND AND HAND PUMPS A SPECIALTY.
AGENTS FOR
HOWE'S SCALES,
Feed Mills, Steam Engines, Horse Powers, &c, &c,
BE YOU GOING TO PAINT?
A
and save one'third the ASiPBIinil rl ail's coat 6 painting, nnil get
a paint that Is mitcli j II L M II II DAIm! handaomer.amX will last
twice as long as any f f Rj 1 1 nt in ! fl I other paint. Is prepar
ed ready for uso In UliLSlllUHL iHlllH white or any colorilesiTai
Is on many thousands of the finest bnlldlnzs of the couutrr. many of which
have been painted six years, and now look as well ns whon first painted. This CHEMI
CAL PAINT has taken First Jretnium3 at twenty of tho State Fairs of the Union. Sample
card of colors sent free. Address
3IILLKR BROS., 109 Water StCloTelaKJ, 0. or X. Y. Ennmol Paint Co., 103 Chambers St., N. T.
Jolm McPhersion,
DEALER IN
DRT GOODS,
G-BOOBBIES,
HATS AXD CAPS. BOOTS AXD SIZOES
QTXEJEfcTS'W.AJBE,
GLASSWABE,
and all other nrticles kept In a general stock.
COUNTRY PEODUCE
TAKEN IN JEICHANGE FOE Gt03S.
72 Main Street, Brownville, KVbrasIt
Sfef WoiFnm! Sslici!
3?ERTT, NEMAHA COUNTY, NEBRASKA..
THE COURSE OF STUDY
Extends through rfve years-two In tho ElomonUiry Normal, three In the Advanced Nor
mal. It Is the almof the School to secure thoroughness m srfmA!n nn,i 0111 nn'.i nMl-'
lty ln the special work of teaching.
FACULTY FULL. TUITION FREE:
, ,. F,lra class Boarding Hall; beautiful location .-ample buildings.
Fall term-opened September 2nd ; Winter term, January 6th, 1876; Spring term, April 6th
For information address tho Principal," s. H. THOMPSON-
CITY HOTEL
Tenth street, between Farnazn and Harney,
Omalia, 3Nret.
TS NEAR THE BrSINESS CENTRE O" TTTE
JL city; open day and night; busses runningtoand
from tho House, making connection with all trains
East, West, North and Soutn. We solicit a share of
the patronage from Southern Nebrasks. and the
traveling public generally. Give special rates to
D.S. Jurors, or any parties remaining with usany
lengtb. of time.
E. T. PACE, Proprietor.
PEANZ HEIiMEB,,
! AGON &j
LACKSMITHJHOP
ONE DOOR WEST OP COURT HOUSE.
WAGON MAKING, Repairing,
Plo.w,s. and all work done In, the best
manner and on short notice. Satisfaction guaran
teeu. uivpjnm a call.
fSi-ly.
LETTER HEADS,
BILL HEAD
Neatly printedat thlsofflce.
r END 15c toO. P.ROWEIiLfcCo..New York.for
? Pamphlet of lflo pages.coniaimng list or 3009
newspapers, a tnMiurj ju.-.ua. . .in
Rising. -'y1
V
& Douglas,
Aests for'thd celebrated
-AND-
Wood's Eagle Mowing Machine,
hand a largo assortment of
fZZ2&
CLOT
a.
The Nebraska Railway.
This Is posltivelythe-best route from Browavfllo
to all points
EAST -A-USTD SOXJ07I3:-
Avold a long and teJious btvw ride through MM
sourl mud by taking the Nebraska Hallway. 3r
pot within a few step- or your doors. Trnlns by
this roqte land yon at Nebra3kuCtty in time for di
rect connection with
C. B. &. Q,. Trains br Clilcnpo and tlio
East, ami IC. C. St. Joe. ii C. IJ. trains
fur St. Zjonls nnd tlie Nortli.
Also via LINCOLN for
OMAHA-, E2AEKEY JOTCTIOtf
and ths
. PACIFIC COAST.
IToIong oranlb'iainussfetby tjiisroutc, THreob .
Ac. can be baa oil application to the undersigned at '
i;.it. Depot in brownville.
D. F. LANCE, Agent.
PiOTTS STAR OHGAJKS
Agen ts supplied at flgnrestlmt defy compe
tition for the same class of Instruments.
Try one. Address, E DWAKD PLOTTS, '
"Washington, K. J.
C;Ct.OAperdayatho:ne. SampieswortJi . '
QtO$)j ,ret;. stlnson & Co.. Portland. Mel"
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