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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1877)
, , 3 -i-I-'v-lrCS flfsj 1 U :i '$- I TasK ! TTIAIT. T lAlT . TAWDTSrit. Oh! the quietest boa o earta had X. jfo thought or trouble, no Mat of care: Lib. a dream of pleasure " And Peace bad folded " P""0 tt" K Bat oae day there )oi m our household bit A bald-keaded tyrant from Ho-man's-land. Ob. t despot cane In the dead of Bight, And no one ventured to ask him why; Like slaves we trembled before bla might. Oar hearts atood atltl when we heard blra cry; Fornever a sonl could his power withstand. That bald-headed tyrant from Jfo-man'i-land. He ordered os here and he sent m there Though never a word could hli mall lips (peak; With Mi toothless gums and his Vacant stare. And bis hopeless limbs so frail and weak. Till I cried. In a voice of stern command; 'Go op. thoa bald-bead from No-man's-land: But bis abject slaves they turned on me; IJke the bears in Bcrlpture, they'd rend me there. The while they worshiped with bended knee This ruthless wretch with the missing hair; For herules them all wltb relentless hand. This bald-headed tyrant from TsTo-man's-land. Then I searched for help In every clime. For peace had fled from my dwelling now. Till I Anally thought of old Father Time, And low before htm I made my bow. "Wilt thou deliver me out of his hsnd. This bald-beaded tyrant from No-man's-land r Old Time he looked wltb a puzzled sure. And a smile came over bis features grim. 'Ill take tbe tyrant under my care; Watch what my hour-glass does to him. Tbe veriest bumbag that ever was planned Is this same bald-bead from No-man's-land. Old Time Is doing his work full well Much less or might does tbe tyrant wield; But, ab! wltb sorrow my heart will swell And sad tears fall aa I aae blm yield. Could I stay tbe touch of that shriveled band, I would keep tbe bald-head from No-man's-land. For the loss of Peace I nave-ceated to care; Like other vassals I've learaed, forsooth. To love the wretch who forgot bis balr And hurried along without a teotb. And he rules me, too, with bla tiny band. This bald headed tyrant from No-man's-land. Harper's Magazine. STORY OF A PHY8ICIAN'S WIFE "I have heard of persons whose hair was whitened through excessive fear, but, as I never saw myself any one so affected, I am disposed to be incredu lous on the subject" The above remark was made to Dr Maynard as we sat on the piazza of his pretty villa, discussing the different effects of terror on dissimilar temper aments. Without replving to me, the Doctor turned to his wife and said: "Helen, will you please relate to my old friend the incident within your own ex perience? It is the most convincing argument I can advance." I looked at Mrs. Maynard in surprise. I had observed that her hair, which was luxuriant and dressed very becomingly was purely colorless; but, as she was a young woman, and also a very pretty one, I surmised that it was powdered to heighten the brilliancy of her fine dark eyes. The Doctor and I had been fellow students, but, after leaving college, we had drifted aprrt I to commence prac tice in an Eastern city, he to pursue his profession in a growing town in the West I was now on a visit to him for the first time since his marriage. Mrs. Maynard.no doubt reading my supposition by my look of incredulity, smiled as she shook her snowy tresses over her shoulders, and, seating herself by her husband's side, related the fol lowing episode "It is nearly two years ago since my husband was called one evening to visit a patient several miles away. Our do mestics had all gone to a 'wake' in the vicinity, the dead man be.ng a relative of one of our serving-women. Thus I was left alone. But I felt no fear, for we never had heard of burglars or any sort of desperadoes in our quiet village, then consisting of a few scattering houres. The windows leading out on the piazza were open as now, but I se cured the blinds before my husband's departure, and locked the outside doors, all except the front one, which I left for the Doctor to lock after going out so that if I should fall asleep before his return, he could enter without arousing me. I heard the Doctor's rapid footsteps on the gravel, quickened by the urgent tones ef the messenger who awaited him; and, after a sharp rattle of carriage-wheels had become but an echo, I seated myself by the parlor astral, and soon became absorbed in the book I had been reading before being disturbed by the summons. But after a time my in terest succumbed to drowsiness, and I thought of retiring, when the clock in the Doctor's study adjoining the parlor struck 12, so I determined to wait a few moments more, feeling that he would be home now very soon, I closed my book, donned a robe-de-chamber, let down my hair, and then returned to my seat to patiently wait and listen. Not the faintest sound disturbed the stillness of the night Not a breath of air stirred the leaf. The silence was so profound that it became oppressive. I longed for the sharp click of the gate latch and the well-known step on the gravel walk. I did not dare to break the hush myself by moving or singing, I was so oppressed with the deep still ness. The human mind is a strange torturer of itself. I began to conjure up vivid fancies about ghostly visitants, in the midst of which occurred to me the stories I had heard from supersti tions people about the troubled spirits of those who had died suddenly, like the man whom my servants had gone to wake, who had been killed by an accident at the saw-mill. In the midst of these terrifying reflections I was startled by a stealthy footfall on the piazza. I listened between ear and hope. It miht be the Doctor. But no he would not tread like that; the step was too soft and cautions for anything less wily than a cat As I listened again( mv eyes were fixed on tfie window- blind. I saw the slats move slowly and softly, and then the ravs of the moon disclosed a thin, cadaverous face, and bright glittering eyes, peering at me. O horror! who was it? I felt the cold perspiration start at every pore. I JtJh t?r-eC f. could not move-T could not cry out; - - - ..2 at... .., Vawas vmjb Attat m my tongue seemed glued to the roof of my month, while the deathly-white face pressed closer, and the great sunken eyes wandered in their gaze about the room. In moment the blind closed nolftlessly as it had been opened, and the cautious footsteps came toward the door. "Merciful' Heavenr I cried, in a horror-stricken whisper, as I heaid the key turn in the lock, the Doctor, in his haste, must have forgotten to withdraw the key.'" "God forgive rue!" ejaculated Dr. Maynard, interupting his wife, and look ing far more exciLM than she. "I can never forgive myself for such a thought less act Please proceed, my dear." "I heard the front door open, the step in the hall, and helpless as a statue I sat riveted to my chair. The parlor door was open, and in it stood a tall, thin man, whom I never beheld before. He was dressed in a long loose robe a sort of gaberdine, and a black velvet skull cap partially concealad, a broad forehead, under which gleamed black eyes, bright as living coals, and placed so near together that their gaze was preternatural in its directness ; heavy grizzled eyebrows hung over them like the tangled mane of a lion ; the nose was sharp and prominent and the chin was overgrown with white hair, which hung down in locks as weird as the Ancient Mariner's He politely doffed his cap, bowed, replaced it and then said, in a slightly foreign accent: '"Madame, it is not necessary for me to stand on any further ceremony, as your husband, Dr. Maynard hereupon he again bowed profoundly has already acquainted you with the nature of my business here to-night I perceive,' he added, glancing at my neglige robe, 'that you were expecting me.' 'No,' I found voice to stammer. 'The Doctor has said nothing to me abouta visitor at this hour of the night." "'Ah! he wished to spare you no doubt, a disagreeable apprehension,' he returned, advancing, and taking a seat on the sofa opposite me. where for a few momenta he sat and eyed me from head to foot with a strange glitterine light in his eyes that mysteriously im pressed me. 'You have a remarkably fine physique, Madame,' he observed, quietly; 'one that might deceive the eye of the most skilled and practical physician. Do you suffer much pain Y "Unable to speak, I shook my head. A terrible suspicion was creeping over me. I was alone, miles away Xrom aid or rescue, with a madman. 41 Ah!' he continued reflectively, "your husband may have mistaken a tumor for a cancer. Allow me to feel your pulse,' he said, rising and bending over me. "I thought it best to humor him, re membering it was unwise for a helpless woman to oppose the yet harmless freak of a lunatic. lie took out his watch, shook his head gravely, laid my hand down gently, then went toward the study, where, on the tablp, was an open case of surgical instruments. Do not be alarmed, Madame,' he said to me as I was about to rise and flee, and in another instant he was by my side, with the case in his possession. "Involuntarily I raised my hand and cried: "Spare me! Oh, spare me, I beseech you?" "'Madame,' he said sternly, clasping my wrist with his long sinewy fingers, with a grip of steel, 'you behave like a child. I have no time to parley, for I have received a letter from the Emperor of the French stating that he is suffer ing from an iliac abscess, and is desir ous of my attendance. I must start for Europe immediately after performing the operation upon your breast;' and, before I could make the slightest re sistance, he had me in his arms, and was carrying me into the study, where there was a long table with green baize. On this he laid me, and holding me down with one hand with the strength of a maniac, he brought forward from some hidden recess in his gown several long leather straps, with which he se cured me to the table with the skill of an expert It was but the work of a moment to unloose my robe and bare my bosom. Then, after carefully ex amining my left breast he said: "'Madame, your husband has made a mistake. I find no necessity for my in tended operation.' "At this I gave a long-drawn sigh of relief, and prepared to rise. - " 'But,' he continued, 'I have made the discovery that your heart is as large as that of an ox I I will remove it so that you may see for yourself, reduce it to its natural size by a curious process of my own, unknown to the medical sci ence, and of which I am the solo discov erer, and then replace it again.' "He then began to examine the edge of the cruel knife, on which I closed my eyes, while every nerve was in per ceptible tremor. "The mechanism of the heart is like a watch,' he resumed ; If it goes too fast the great blood-vessel that supplies the force must be stopped like the lever of a watch, and the works must be cleaned, and repaired, and regulated. It may interest you to know that I was present at the post-mortem examination held over the remains of the beautiful Louise ef Prussia. Had I been -consulted be fore her death I would have saved her by taking out her heart, and removing the polypi, between which it was wedged like as if in a vise; but I was called too late. The King and I had a little difference; he was German, I am French. I trust that is sufficient expla nation.' "He now bent over me, his long white beard brushing my face. I raised my eyes beseechingly, trying to think of some way to save myself. 'O sir, give ine an anaesthetic, that I may not feel the pain!1 1 pleaded. "Indeed, indeed, Madame, I would comply with your wish were you not the wife of a physician, of a skillful surgeon. I wish you to note with what ease I perform this difficult opera tion, so that you may tell your husband of the great savant whose services he fftrtmnatplv in securedV fortunately in season.' "As be said this, he made the final test of tbe knife on his thumb. How : precious' were the moments now! I They were fleeing all too fast and yet an eternity seemed compressed in every one. I never fainted in my life, and I never felt less like swooning than now. as I summoned all my presence of mind to delay the fearful moment fer vently praying in the meantime for my husband's return. -'Doctor, said I, with assumed com posure, 'I have the utmost confidence in your skill, I would not trust my life to another; but Doctor, you have forgotten to bring a napkin to staunch the blood. If you will have the good ness to ascend to my sleeping chamter, at the right of the hall, you will find everything you need for that purpose in the bureau.' "All, Madame," he said, shaking his head sagaciously. 'I never draw blood during a surgical operation ; that is an other one of my secrets unknown to the faculty.' "Then placing his hand on my bosom he added with horrible espieglerie: "111 scarcely mar that whiter skin Uian snow, and smooth as monumental alabaster.' "'O, God P I cried, as I felt the cold steel touch my breast; but with the same breath came deliverance. "Quick as thought a heavy woolen piano-cover was thrown over the head and person of the madman, and bound tightly around him. As quickly was I released, and the thongs that bound me soon held the maniac "My husband held me in his arms. ne had noiselessly approached, and, taking the horror of my situation at a glance, had, by the only means at hand, secured the madman, who was the very patient he had been summoned to at tend, but who had escaped the vigilance of his keeper soon after the departure of the messenger, who had now returned with the Doctor in pursuit of him. As the poor wretch was being hurried away, he turned to me and said : 'Mad ame, this is a plot to rob me of my reputation. Your husband is envious of my great skill as a surgeon. Adieu !' I afterward learned that the man was once an eminent surgeon in Europe, but much learning had made him mail. When he bound me to that table my hair was as black as a raven ; when I left it it was as you see it now, white as full-blown cotton." Washington Ga zette. A Romance of Real Life. In New York in 1700 my store was in Maiden Lane, within three doors of the store of John Mo watt an extensive dealer in shoes. His foreman was John Peluse, who sat behind the counter stitching shoes and waiting on custom ers as they stepped in. One day a corpse was found in the dock at the foot of the street The Coioner took the jurymen from the neighborhood among them John Mowatt and his fore man John Peluse. The corpse lay on the table in the center of the room. Some of the jurymen remarked that ii3 John Peluse looked on the corpse he started, tHrned pale, and looked as if he was going to faint He rallied, how ever, but his subsequent movements occasioned some curious remarks. The jury having rendered a verdict of death by drowning were discharged. Mow att turned around to look for his fore man, but behold he was not there. We stepped out of doors and saw him high up the street on a half run, when he quickly turned a corner. All sorts of inquiries were made, but noth'ng could be heard of him. This, with his turn ing pale at the first view of the corpse. occasioned some strange surprise among the jurors for many days afterwards. John Mowatt was a bachelor of thirty five, and Peluse had seen about thirty summers. On a certain day, about one month thereafter, ' a lady in deep mourning stepped into Mowatt's store and asked for a pair of shoes. While John wi s trying how the shoe fitted the lady in quired : "You had a man in your store John Peluse by name what has be come of him ?" "Yes," said Mowatt, "but what has become of him I would give a' good deal to learn." He then related the story as above seated. "Strange," replied the lady. "And you' have not seen him since?" "Ne," replied Mowatt I have not seen him since." "Yes, you-have seen him," replied the lady. "I certainly," said Mowatt "would not contradict a lady of your appearance, but I have not seen him to my knowl edge." "Well, then," said she, "I am John Peluse; and that subject on whom we held the inquest was the corpse of my husband. My family name is Randall. I was born in Philadelphia. I married, against the wishes of my parents, John Connor, a sober, industrious man, by trade a shoemaker. He took to drink ing, neglected his businesss, and once struck me while in liquor. We had no family, so I resolved, while we were stitching shoes together, to learn his trade and leave him. I soon made a passable shoe, when I assumed male at tire, came to New York, and you gave me work as a journeyman. The rest you know." John told the present narrator, some days after, that on hearing this he was dumbfounded. "Well, madam." said John, "what are your plans for the future?" Says she, "I have not yet formed any plans." "Well," "said John, "I liked you as a journeyman, and when my foreman I was pleased; suppose we now go into partnership for life?" In forty-eight hours thereafter they were married. She was a fine-looking woman, and might have passed for twenty-five. This, perhaps, is the first instance on record of a woman's sitting as a coro ner's juryman on the corpse of her hus band. The above is a simple tale of truth. The proper means of increasing the love we bear onr native country is to reside in a foreign me.87ienston. How lie Lout HI Damage. Soon after dinner Thursday a citizen of Third street entered a lawyer's office and began : 3Iy wife lias teen bitten by a dog." -Good.'" replied the lawyer. "You must claim damages in the sum of 500." "Yes; she was bitten thre times by he brute," continue! the limb n d. "and of course I want damages." "Well, now, you go home and tell your wife to go to bed and stay there for at least a week. Have her groan and tike on, and suffer great pain and distress, and call in the neighbors to witnesB her sufferings. We'll just make the man who own that dog get up and howl." The man left in a joyful frame of mind, and yesterday he came back, look ing sorrowful. "No use trying," sadly said he, shak ing his head. "My wife waited just long enough to find out that the dog wasn't mad, and then she started out to make twenty-two calls this afternoon, and I -guess we haven't got a case." Detroit Free Fress. A Fortuae-Teiler. Susan Shrock had the reptation, in Princeton, Ky of being a wonderfully trustworthy fortune-teller. She was not an old hag, according to custom, but rather young and pretty. She predicted that C. Lewis Hollingsworth would meet death at the hands of an unknown man on the highway, and that his horse would return home alone, and that his body would never be foun4. A few days ago he started on a horseback journey, and soon the horse came back riderless. His wife was grief -stricken until she learned that Susan had disap peared, and that her husband had taken his best clothes and all the money he could accumulate. Now she is search ing for his body, but she expects to find it alive, near by Susan. The Hawkey e Insurance Co. The Hawkeye Insurance Co. of Des Moines, has just made its annual state ment to the Auditor of State, and it shows that that company is in a most flourishing condition. It is a matter of State pride that this home company is able to make such a satisfactory show ing. The assets ot the company amount to 8511,225.05, while its liabilities, in cluding capital stock and reinsurance of all outstanding risks, are but ?3208,f00.8r showing a not surplus of 8202,715.70. During 1870 the company sustained a loss for every working day, yet not a loss remains unpaid, and only one of the three hundred losses has been con tested. The business of the Hawkeye for 1870 was larger by twice than any other State company, and no company, hdhie or foreign, makes a better or more satisfactory showing to its patrons. Mr. E. J. Ingrsoll, President and Mr. A. Howell, Secretary, both give their ier sonal and constant attention to the com pany's business, and to them is due the credit of having reared an Iowa insti tution which has no superiors among the world's best companies. Philosophy is a modest profession; it is all reality and plain dealing. I hate solemnity and pretence, withnoth ting bupride at the bottom. Pliny. Tooth-dr.iwer.i are practical philoso phers that go u)on a very rational hy pothesis not to cnn. but to tike away the part affected. Steele. We know of many cases where women have had their home duties greatly lightened by the use of Dobbins' Elec tric Soaft, (made by Cragin & Co., Phila delphia.) We advise you to try it and satisfy yourself of its merit See the advertisement of Mr. W. C. 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'Xpensrs. or t) rommisMan YAIH selling onr Magic S-lf Copjln 1 MalC .HririVinilti. Illk. ItOOk ami rVunnnn.il M& CHOICaR p,re,i- "ru"1 or wtcr needed: K7r. w .e ,of?rth0 ofonr Sunday School Pocket Sartnjf Hox. Send stamp forrir- sfr'e't Chics UfClUrtn Co- ," MoDr''3 I3TPOBTANT TO ALL. AatTICLK la the United fltatea send two J cent stars ds. r. pa in ax a 9t X orth Clark 8r, Chicago. rill c- ""mL-9 l5'1 'a men can make ii-ui -w w mmm uij uy selling onr goods In cities and country towns. It is only neceitsrr to show yonr sample to maka sale. Clrrnlsrs free Koam w. a Madison street. Cihcaoo. Ili. Th! Trunn Is worn day and night wltb comfort, by adult and children until cured Hem! for dr-nisr and price list. Sent by mall everywhere br C. J. KEEP. ZU State St.. Ctlcago.IIl if yoar lvrBfcciHt 1m sot applies) with aaad Ten Onte to Dr.r.NTke. Its K. SlaellawsB U. CsUesa;. and say where you saw this card. BAYLIES' Commercial College, The OLDEST and only incorporated BC5I5ESS COLLGE la the State. Special dlaeonnt to teachers of pnMIc schools and to dabs. Oradoates aaslsted In obtaining sltaatnn. Students received at anytime for a thorough Commercial or Telegraphic coarse. Superior boarding arrangements. ew. large and elegant rooms. .... Far circulars or Information, address (stating where yon saw this advertisement). C. BAYUE-i, Dubuque, Iowa. HAIR! Oamplete stock, bast goods at lowest prices. Wholesa and retaiL oooas sent C. O. O. ta aay part or tae b. ". ad for Price List. Hairaressiag la test striae. M eta.: alst Bol"a Complexion row der. E. BcaaHax, VI W. Madlaoa SL. Chi DITOKCES iaVSTerrK for incompatibility or other caqs. Thlrteea years' exaertenea. A. J. DErTTK.. IS IXiarbora 9c Roams aad Chicago. II L Cnqneattsaahle references aires. Fe after d- 117 TO LOAN!! THE SEW E3WLA5D 1XU5 A5D TRUST COMPANY, DES MOINES - - - IOWA. Is prepared to furnish motier on Real Estate at reaaoaaole rataa. D. O. l3BBACQH.3eT. TelBOfiili ic institute PILES BEST flTE L A TICR aPTjtUgg.JH K&g&awMjM0BggggS A WKEwVa,JHat G E X E U A L- PURCHASING AGENCY of H. C. WILCOX. 121 W Jn nitn f it tta tia ti r4fc H f. lflt ttKl f .fVMM'iU T' " ,kx uiru r t r . p r u n. xoti iu ai?'MM r ;, t M" o r t rT K-i,- T' i r. w r. ri.tyrr. iv . h r. HRKKMrKIK'ti u;l tit I k ti r O C&a r'iT !rM- l av va a ijtfc.t r rotwsm- 0 Mf txftl&-tt. r. tt! ! THE "MORRISON" PLOW. itTEKL iiK,UsT-trlsira Wosador IraB.stlffrMdMroa' UAarltrnr. For tust ! of prtt. kMfi - 1a f,! a p ,ai U 9 a. 'JXSiPr-ajrH ,. aasaaaim ALSO WOOD BEAM PLOWS, A ptct pl" ttalr aa4 Sft.tbM TI KELLY DR. 1 1. THOMAS MEDICU AND WATER-CURE INFIRMARY :0 7 FOURTirSTKKKT. Jrt"ors north of Marery llou,i Cures Every Variety of Disease with Curative Agents, that that Never hail in SKILLFUL HANDS. Namoly. Watar ami KlertrlHtjr T7ilr fixture tor applilng th Water an.l Klwctr'r treatment with the variotis iistri. In rlti1lnar the wurltl rinnM Turklalt Hath M'h of Itself often mirn sfter all other tnrsn fll give them aIrantace not p e.l rj n ther ptijriUlMn In the. State. Tjve worm rmie1 In elcht hour nrf rurtsl without knife or patn i Consnltatlnu fr . Thl tt!Ti of treatment Is nmt sxlmlrablr adapx to the treatment of Female Diseases. Matir are being; treatl with tbe tet reiult-a i restoration t Health Thl department I under I the car. ot Man. M. W TlloMA. Sick Headache. UVK3MKR , HT1. Kuitoko or RauisTBR To bom It may con. cern I raTt beeu aOleted with the rk brad ache from a rblld I hare been treated 1-7 n-anr phrslcian hut otttalnM no relief, un II two year luce 1 beiraa treatment under Ur M W T umi, an 1 am aappr t ar bait ten utile- bu tieat merit Mil thiee icontna when I wa entlrl enred Kor which I am truly ratefu. and would r eon 111 tnand all uiTerlnic fro a the an dtaea. t try tbe same remedy Very truly your, M. ti. w MTirrLaa. Th mxltrne for slrk halaeha ran be eut to any iKilut by nxpra. V.llcln nt for one month for lit dollar. The mvtiey muit arcoin pan y theorder. SPKriALTIICS: CotKUinptlon. Itroncbltlt. Atbma aniH'atarrb. w treat by Inhalation and couatllulluual Wat tnent. t.anrer cnre.1 without th knife Tape worm ruioM in einht tmor. rlle curn.1 without an nimratlnn furalral dlanae and deformities treatnl sue ceMfally or nor barge NEW AMEUICAX THIS IS TII1C SElF-THHEItDING SHUTTLE, AKD THR Nev American lm MacMne IS THKONI.T MAPIIINK IN THK .VOKI.I WHICH UhVA IT. Its advaatagss ara tat It ran be ihresdn wits eaae lu the Dark as well as by Daylight, tha thread drawing laimcilately Into Its place, repairing uo re. adjntlng of the tendon Toe nppr tbrad nn Ibis reach Id Is threaded wltn rvgotl .aae. atxl It U more eaiuy otrated than any other.Hbuttle Ma chine tbe world baa evir . HT AGENTS WASTEO..3 CrtiCAOO Orvict 2H Wabah Arenue. or Mo.nrs ofSee. lm : Mol lne. Iowa SEEDS. BEnrr.nn. Book Free OF CHOICE n&i&u, BEST & CHEAPEST IN AMERICA, OR MO BY KFFUKDED. Warranted -t In the world. Tywe.t rrlras. Head for free book. K. U. SHCMwaT. Ko-kfnJ. IlL SEEDS ! SEEDS ! Send your ad iress for onr Oatalouo for 1877 SIX Bsekete tXatra rtie VmimT SSied aad tbeCaaIouefor cota We ik a S5taly of Apple. 0ir Oranre.aad Kney f i?st eej Also e .Sweet pola'oe. AH COTipotdese cheerfully a'.tended to. l. rrLf.r.st a m . TiaTValactStre-t, DaaMoiycA. Iowa ' ARNOLDS SECTIOMl" BALING PRESSES For bettor Hay. Husks. Rag. Brooa Cn. C trm. ete. Tbe only Pmr PoaraaLa Press I the market. Operated br Horse or Hand r-owrs Every Pre warraated aa repreaented. Parn 'xmbme taaanfaetore arxl save dtt f first HUs. acd for nreulart 47. JAf AsaXaVLaa C Court Acoe. I it rlrrIa If yon ar alleted wh this modern lproT asd have tried all tbeaoaailew aorewrT-wi-ot perasaneat rwllaf. aaar yoar dmi-srut f or OR. KAKty ERS CATARRH TRPATWEWT A trtal boctle fre: er IKCLOSE RXPRKM CKABOBP OS)TO CS FOR IT. Wa a reilaMe aat la every eoaaty, to waom we eaTer ezttaordlaary I ad ore meata. Trr this ram ad y fniiy at ear ex pense. Call, er adwreaa. w-rrw erasTr for rtr eaiara. PAcauasraBwowaaceTTir:ca,SjB. w, a HAJSILTD". Room L 7 W. MaJfesoB fUrwet CHICAGO. BLUE GIsASS. Such ss recommended or 0t eral Pteasastoa for promoting the growth of plants tc?ir of 41saaea. FD2 SiLZ II lfT QQAimT CUT T5 117 !2L WC m. MAS3K at cm., sraoleaal SImi Saalera. tU Rasdolpk street. Cxicxoo. lu. aaw mVLy to & M THE BEST FENCE IN THE WORLD. 1 W At.K. HTKKT. WIME -ih tut tl Kh.- ti - m. m ravnt 13 tfx rod 14 1t1J ffn Uh il hn , a M .t rull lwne.l umJct All Tilt UllIuM I MIST S m tititftt otVttrv " julri fc? lfr'.imrt At. 4- Hi Mt I " ctAiUfoe the KKI.I.Y HAHH rKrt, M!. VT 4 T2X TKXS Till SXT3I :t. S?T K J - ' " saasasaaa!' " A. . .- mm MACHINE. mm " U aaalK' L L lW bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbsbbbbbLbbbbbbbbbbI Dearborn St.. Chicago. III.. r .-- ' i r-w V t wt - HTIIU t - c 4-a tt9t 3 ! J 4etatt . y CULTIVATORS AND HAROWS. r--3 " BARB FENCE i MAIL! Alt rrnacimal a sUshmcn ticatt! j Hll with rerfect Scms bj ilrct b In- lae Ir MfWftsM. 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(ol it rarBlia aa.1 ti'ifin. caatiig lfvW4 in u. ba tai . warms ry part of la tdy. aa It g it rf.tliar. therja Ka W.M.Park.M.D., UTIOSTSI .y.t-c ir 1it Uf- sfcCLKLLA.t C. n A i a eao tra Boapttal. Pbllalepnta. we rtre at.r- a ra wao aa ba ao 'ary a4 !!' I n, iacearl tnroogta-ar tv i ef ua tv. "ew Eagtaad la te gsaratta. la p.rlfy aarsrwf Caacrs aad Ta- ta wl la a-tair are. las, .barge ef a. uas or aay r IVTV" WWVtJ at: I sea era aa arvfra. I. F. TOW SSEND, I. D., lflS ; nl, rrarlslf nf, R. I. sr PBTwclaaa wtsbieg ta tea.' la ese ! ev sity latais c3.. ih-ml eaa If t aranawt "Iti t.r rttery aad oar Itl'satratwa papers far alvruLag m a. 9f aaaraswiag as aa. Caution! af Ttvere ar anas- s-erseee la Rta aad eUewaer.ua. ar. aultg a? a WXiri UgCIO asJtryisrto ralmlt 5 e YtT TrsaTwaa-r. es Qxygaaa ed Air. iM cUlaslag ti U . ttae raise. Voa geaslne uaia taa nr'J "OR. lOwrw. KE5DT4 OXTOK'ATEX AIU" AM Biawa tM momM a rosrrsuarr Lasa. 'AF'sR'AyaTW tla.l Jor las' topatiMU'j ne. 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