WORKS OF ART. How n lirilne llotine linn Made It \ I'oBilulo for Every Ouo to 1'oiicsi Tli cm. Probably at no time In the world's history has ao mucu auoutlon been paid to the interior decoration of liomcs aa at present. No home , no matter how humble , is without its .handiwork thut helps to beautify the apartments and make the burround- lugs more cheerful. The taste of tbe American people has kept pace wltn the age , and almost every day brings lorih tOQJC'ihlng new iu the way of a Picture , a draping , a piece of furniture or BOIUO lorm of xuurpl decoration. One of the latest of these has been given to the world by the celebrated Hrtibt , Aluvllle , in a series of four handsome porcelain gamu plaques. INOI for years has anything as band- came in this line been teen. The sub jects represented by these plaques are American W1U Ducks , American PueaBant , Amm Quail and English Snipe. The * * handsome paintings and are lly designed for hang ing on inR-room walls , thouga their richness and beauty entitles them to a place iu the parlor of any home. These original plaques have been pur chased at a codt of ? 50UOU by J. C. Hubioger Bros. Co. , manufacturers oC the celebrated Elastic Starch , and In order to enable their numerous cus tomers to become possessors of these handsome works of art they have had then reproduced by a special process in all the rich colors and beauty of the original. They ore finished on heavy cardboard , pic-used and em bossed in the thapo of a plaque and trimmed with a heavy baud of gold. They measure forty inches in circuoi- ferenco and contain no reading matter or advertisement whatever. Until October 1 Messrs. J. C. Hubln- gcr Bros. Co. propose to distribute tLese plaques free to their customers. Every purchaser of three ten-cent packages of Elastic Starch , flat-iron brand , manufactured by J. C. Hubln- ger Bros. Co. , is entitled to receive one of these handsome plaques free from their grocer. Old and new cus tomers alike are entitled to the bene fits of this offer. These plaques will not be sent through the mail , the only way to obtain them being from your grocer. Every grocery store in the country has Elastic Starch for sale. It \ IB tbe oldest and best laundry starch on the market , and is tbe most perfect cold process starch ever invented. It is the only starch made by men who thoroughly understand the laundry business , and the only starch that will not injure the finest fabric. It has been tha standard for a quarter of ? i cen tury , and as an evidence of how good it is twenty-two million packages were sold last year. Ask your dealer to show you the plaques and tell you about Elastic Starch. Accept no sub stitute. Bear in mind that this offer holds good a short time only , and Fhould be taken advantage of without delay. _ If dreams ar& of no earthly use they at least don't bother a man when he's busy. _ lieaaty is niooa Deep. Clean blood means aclean skin. No beauty without It. Oa .carets. Uandy Cathtirtic cleans your blood and keeps It clean , by stir ring up tbo lazy liver ima driving all Impu rities from the boclv. Bepln today to banish pimples , bolls , blotches , b uckiieitcis. : tml that Blclcly bilious complexion by tailing CiM.'a- rcts beauty for ten cents. All dt V sutlbfuctlou guaranteed. lOc , 22c , 50c. Don't think for a minute that a man really wants but little here below. FURNITURE. $50,000 Stock of all grades of Furniture recently bought at the very lowest cash price will be of fered during tlie next few mouths at special prices. Customers visiting Omaha will find this the largest and oldest furniture store here , and we will make every effort to pleasa botb In goods and prices. Chas. Shiverick & Co. , FURNITURE , 12O3 Douglas St , Omaha. Keit to Millard Hotel. Norr To nullify oarselvet as to whether tfcli ftdTcrtiicmenl U read we will make a discount of 1 per c nt on the purchase of any cuntomer who will tvll us they were directed to ui by It anil that they will recommend u to their friends If tbt souds they buy arcsailifajtory. SoeeUI to Ladies : We ni t Tradina Stamos tlli ifauf i Rnnnvafor Guaranteed naj5 to cure dyspep sia , constipation , liver and kidney diseases.bil- liousness. headache , etc. At druggists 5c & SI. FAIRBANKS SCALES Or , Kay's Lung Balm I The September Ulantlc , to appear August 27th. will contain a clear anil concise editorial review of the inter national Hltuatlon and the new duties 1 and rcsRonsibllites devolvng upon the ' United States in consequence ol the restoration of peace. j HEROES OF WAR. From the Chicago Times-He ) alJ. The feolJjg of ndmirutioii for heroes of war cooms to bo innate in the human heart , nnd is brought to the surf neons tiio oppor tunity and object , for huch hero \vorbhip prosontH iUulf. Among these who proved their heroism during our Civil Wttr was A. Bchitteneder , of 101 wick Street , Chicago. He is nn Austrulirm by birth , cutuo . . to America nt the ago of twenty , nntl soou becurao fin .American citizen , liowim' i living at Mil-\ watikeo when , the cnll for vol unteers cumo , onrly in 1802 , uudlio prompt- the Twenty-sixth "VVisoon&in Volunteers. In the Army of the Potomac our hero saw much lighting , campaigning in the Shen- audoahrolloy. . In the first day's fighting at the battle of Gettysburg , Sctiiffenerier received a wound in the rip-lit side , which afterward caused him much trouble. With a portion of his regiment ho was captured and imprisoned at Boll Island and Auclersonvillo , and after ward exchanged. Ho returned to his regi- imeut , which was transferred to the army of General Sherman , and inarched with him through Georgia to the sea. In this campaign Mr. Schiffeneder's old wound began to trouble him and ho was pent to the hospital ami then homo. Ho had also contracted catarrh of the stomach and found no iclief for years. "I happened to load an account of Dr. William's Pink Pills for Pale People about a year ago. " he t-uid , "ami thought that they might bo jjood for my trouble. I con cluded to try them. I bought one box and begun to take them according to directions. They gave me great relief. AfterfiuishinR that box I bought another , nud when I had taken the pills I felt that I was cured. I recovered uiy appetite and ate heartily. 1 can testify to the good the pills did mo. " Mr. tSch'iffeneder is a prominent Grand Army man in Chicnpo , whither ho moved some years ago with his family. The wife who chases her husband with a poker rules him with a rod of iron. I'.itent Ofllce Ilnslnrss. DCS Moines , Iowa , Aug. 25 , 1898 There were 42.120 applications for pntrnts filed in the U. S. Patent office during the year ending June 30 , ' 98. and 22,731 patents granted during the same time. This indicates that nearly half of the applications filed have been rejected. Possibly many of the sub jects of the applications were not pat- entable inventions. But it is more probable that many of the applications were not properly prepared and pros ecuted. Many that were finally reject ed by the Primary Examiners would possibly have been allowed upon appeal to the Board-of-Examiners-in- chief. But to file an appeal a ? 10 fee must he paid to the Commis sioner to corrct the error of the Pri mary Examiner if he committed an error. Ccst.s ( io not follow suit in the series of tribunals through which an application for a patent may be fully adjudiated and therefore many appli cations for patents for meritorious in ventions are abandoned. All of these causes undoubtedly contribute to pjro- duce the large disparity between the number of applications for patents and the n'JIcber of patents granted in a given time. Valuable information about prepar ing , prosecuting and selling patents sent free. free.THOMAS THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO. , Proprietors of the Iowa Patent Office. No-To-Bac ror nrty Cents. Guarant-Td tobacco habit cure , makes vreak meu strong , olood pure. 50c. $1. All drupgists. In Switzerland laborers work 11 hours a dav. HAGERMAN PASS. 11,580 feet high , is the route used by the Colorado Mid land and the highest point reached by a standard gauge railway. The scen ery on the Colorado Midland through the mountains is incomparable , train service the best and rates always as low as the lowest. If you have a trip in view through the Rocky Mountains write to the General Passenger Agent , Colorado Midland Railway , Denver , for information as to rates , train service , etc. Printed matter , including hand some illustrated pamphlets , furnished upon application. More people over 100 years old are found in mild climates than in the hicher latitudes. "We make fine Surreys. Bupslefc , Phnetous nd 1'ur.i ! Wagtmf. K HI Cllr > V r - Our Roods have ueea tavorably known to the trade tor year- . „ „ „ , , mnd Office , Tl e now sell direct to the nn-r at Wholrnle Prlcr * . The sbiewil ; , , , Wtt ] | tl ! S ( > lUer prefers to deal with the factory , lie pets or us flue wort at less price than acants a k for low grade vehicles. We ship anywhere , subject to examination. K UKl.nKE on Imcrd rnrs Kanias City , Mo. , or Uoshpn , Ind. , as may Milt purchaser. Send for catalogue with prices plainly printed. irs FKKK. Write today. We * ell 8cvlng Machines and the uoSHK.v BICYCLE ns well. 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AUTOMATIC CRIP NECK YOKE CO. , 81 Harding St. , Indianapolis , Ind. LETTER EROM CAMP Says Betty , who has spread lier smai Person and voluminous manj'-rufliet dainty skirts as much as possible ovoi the whole window seat : "Lovey dear BUch a nice letter from poor old Freddy He says listen to this : 'The weather ia industriously engaged in raining rap id blows upon our defenseless camp and the wind is endeavoring to fold my tent about me and bear me up to my rightful place in the world. Every thing in sight , blankets and bed In cluded , is soaked and I feel as if I were running a pawnshop as I gaze around on the cheerful prospect. Scudday just slopped in as wet as a fcponge but as chipper as a sparrow. He says : "If you're writing to Betty , tell her that she could wine up the floor with me now , as she always used to , with some real advantage to the floor. " I am writing this , my er er ' " "Esteemed friend , " sngge. s the lit tle girl whom every one has come to call Lovey Dear , an endearing title be stowed by the irrepressible Bobby Smythe. who chased her all around tha garden with a siphon of soda-water one afternoon In endeavoring , so he said , to perform the ceremony of baptism in a perfectly legal way. That the name fits her goes without saying , for. however droll he may be , Bobby is incapable of that would-be funny sarcasm which makes unkind cuts of one's small eccentricities of ap pearance or personality , and if she were not just the sweetest , gentlest , and altogether most lovable of young creatures Mr. Smythe would have dub bed her otherwise or not at all. At any rate he never would leave a loop hole through which a less chivalric na ture might poke ridicule. Betty laughs and blushes charmingly. "Yes , thanks , " says she , "that's it er Where was I ? Oh , yes , 'I am writIng - Ing this , my esteemed friend , on the back of my mess plate , which is the only writing desk the quarters afford , and my Impressive style makes it go "ker-plunk , ker-pluuk" at every word. I have placed a few lumps of moist sod beneath my feet to keep them out of the pleasant pool of water which has found a resting place in the tent , and as I sit here more or less drenched , I must confess , my er er esteemed friend , that the damper which has spread it self over my person threatens to even permeate my patriotism , and I don't believe anything except a sunny letter from you will dry it off. I cannot help , under these circumstances , turning a longing retrospective eye upon that dear old room where , at about this time in the afternoon , Lovey Dear , in her gray gown , was wont to pour tea for a thirsty mob , while you and I turned up to treat them to perhaps I ought to say Inflict them with what Bobby Smythe with a perverted and distress ing sense of humor called a Deweyett , " lingering on the ett , as he always ling ers at any suggestion of. eat. ' " Betty paused to laugh gaily. "That was good , " cries she. "Freddy is awfully funny , don't you think , Lov ey Dear ? " "No , I don't think , " answers Lovoy Dear , in a gently injured way. To dis- parage.be it ever so lightly , that hemet - t , i i "KER-PLUNK. KER-PLUNK. " ly , obstreperous young Bobby is al ways to step on the tail of her coat. "Oh , well dear , " says Betty , "Bob by's appetite is such an acknowledged success that " "I have eaten my way into even the most reserved larders o the soci.d set , "finishes a cheerful voice from the doorway. "Howdy , girls ! I knew you'd be glad to see me ! Betty singing my praises , as usual ? 1 declare the way that old lady does rave over me ! It is embarrassing , really. But I can not conscientiously give her encourage ment , Lovey dear ; there is such a differences in our ages , and for me to wed Betty would be mating May to December , would it not ? 'Pon my soul as I notice how aged and decrepit she is getting it reminds me of a story " "Help ! Help ! Help ! " erics Betty , faintly. "Of a story ? " says Lovey Dear , en couragingly , though Bobby needs none. An entire roomful of people all pro testing violently against hearing one of his tales have many a time bees made to stand and hearken to the bitter end , for no man has ever been known to prevent Bobby spin ning a yarn which he thinks funny or appropriate. Therefore , it goes with out saying that Betty's appealing wail has no effect. The girls laughed lightly , possibly from the force of habitual politeness , and Bobby , as usual , doubles up and howls at the wit of his own yarn. People ple , unkind critics , are wont to ascribe Bobby's persistence of anecdotes to this laugh of his. They say he roars so himself and makes such a noise that he thinks every one else is enjoying it. "Bobby. " remarks Betty when at last Mr. Smythe's mirth has subsided , "it has just occurred to me that you are still in town that you haven't gone to war with the rest of the boys. I declare I'm ashamed of you , and Lovey Dear must be , too , I know , for she said yesterday that it was better to die a hero than live a nothing ; didn't you , Lovey Dear ? " For a second a keen observer might notice how white Bobby gets ; what an anxious look flashes in his eyes ; what a firm set his mouth takes. Then he answers quietly : "I wanted to go awfully , Betty , and it gave me a pretty good wrench to see the other fellows shoulder their guns and go off to fight around the old flag ; but my mother , you know well , I eup- port her first , Uncle Sam next. " And there is a little ring in his voice as he says this that brings a light into Lovey Dear's roft gray eyes a light that , perhaps , who knows , may never fail. "You arc a good boy , Bobby , " re marks Betty , "and what will you do if I tell you there is a watermelon on ice in the refrigerator ? " "Have spasms in rapid succession until it is produced , " replied Mr. Smythe promptly. Whereupon , lather than expose her self to the danger of hydrophobia , so Betty says , she leads the way dining- roomwards , where , in the luscious juice of a round slice of really indecent size , Bobby buries his homely visage and apparently the gravity that was his a moment ago. Presently Betty , being small an4 easily satisfied , rises. "I leave you two budding boa con strictors to gorge yourselves out of proportion while I go and write a line to Freddy ; and , Bobby , for mercy's sake wipe that melon off the end of your nose ! Why can't you eat re spectably , like other people ? " "Well , " answers Bobby , grinning over a half moon of rind , "you knov. ' a quill-driver must be so much around a pen that he loses style. Good-by , dear. If there were not another pros pective slice of melon between us , Betty , I should be tempted to eat you you look like a stick of peppermint candy in that red and white get-up. " "Candied compliment , " says Betty , and disappears to avoid reproaches. For a moment there is silence in the room , then Bobby looks up with the same odd , grave expression on his face that was there a while ago. "I know , " observes he , speaking hurriedly , "that you girls think ban ners and fireworks of the fellows who are going to fight for all that is best in Cuba. It must seem tame to you for me not to go. Did you , " jerkily now , "er do you er like er me less , think less er of. me for it , Lovey Dear ? " And Lovey Dear ( how the name fits her ) answers gently : , "O , no ; not less of you , Bobby. There are even higher duties than those which one owes to one's country , and the best and the bravest and the grandest battles fought are the battles that no one sees ; and the greatest heroes are the silent ones who must stand fast to the plain things while others go marching on. " "Lovey Dear , " and though Bobby is beaming like the midday sun and his pleasant , homely face is wreathed in smiles , his voice breaks in an odd little way , and there is something besides light shining in his eyes , "Lovey Dear , you're a brick ! Have another slice of melon with me ! " New Or leans Times-Democrat. Scoundrels In tbe Early Congresses. Durand tells us that Tom Paine , who was then the secretary of the commit tee on foreign affaire , and of course knew all its secrets , was engaged by the French minister , for 51,000 a year , "to inspire the people with sentiments favorable to France. " No doubt the rascal earned his money , but who the other members wei e that were thus in spired we do not knov/ . That such "in spiration , " however , was need to a greater or less extent , there can be no possible doubt. One of the biograph ers of John Jay relates that some thir ty years after the events here men tioned Gouverneur Morris went over from Morrisania to visit his old friend Jay at Bedford. During their conver sation Morris suddenly ejaculated through clouds of smoke : "Jay , what a set of damned scoundrels we had in that second congress ! " "Yes , " said Jay , "that we had , " and the venerable ex-chief justice knocked the ashes from lis pipe. Charles Kendall Adams in the August At'antic. SmitSTRlcn * rolled. Even Saxon courtesy may be car- ied a little too far. When about to eturn from a Bohemian village to a frontier town in Saxony , the occupants of a sledge had their foot-warmers carefully rinsed out and replenished with fufl-hcdied Hungarian wine. Thus they passed the guard post without let or hindrance to the merry jingling of the slcighbells. Laughing and joking at the success of their little dodge , they called at a wayside inn for refresh ments. On resuming their seats one of the party exclaimed : "Why. the foot-warmers are quite hot ! " Then tlie hoots of the inn stepped forward and said , with a friendly grin : "The foot- warmers were quite cold , gentlemen , so just to oblige you. I emptied and filled them again with hot water. " Weekly Telegraph. FoJlowlns Iu Chicago's Lead. The street cars in Belfast , Ireland , contain a notice to this effect : "The habit of spitting in a public convey ance is a filthy one. and renders the person so offending a subject for the loathing of his fellow-passengera. " Novelty In Woman's Dress. The new woman's latest novelty in jewelry is a set of gold shirt waist studs , three in number , in one of which is a watch that keeps excellent time , the dial being about three-eighths of ar inch in diamatcr. Boothbay harbor , Maine , reports another sea-serpent , " with a bead as big as a fish barrel and of size and shape and motion that puzzled th experts. 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