A ROMANCE f
CHAPTER VI.
Shell IB in the now almost disused
Btjllroom of the Wilderness , dusting
delicate china tea-cups with a clean
glass-cloth. She is singing at the top
of her fresh young voice , as she usual
ly does when working alone.
"Oh , here you are at last ! " cries
Ruby , entering the room v/ith a vic
timized air. "I have been searching
all over the house for you. Who ever
would dream of finding you down here
at the end of this long passage ? "
"Anybody with an atom of sense , "
answers Shell bluntly. "If you insist
upon asking about fifty people to a
garden-party , with only tv/o servants ,
some one must give them a helping
hand. "
"Absurd afternoon-tea is no trou
ble ; but if you choose to encourage
their laziness of course they are will
ing enough to let you ! "
Shell makes no reply , but placidly
proceeds with her dusting.
"VI and I want you up-stairs , " con
tinues Ruby in a different tone. "We
have decided to wear those muslins we
liad for the flower-show , only they
wan't altering a little , and some new
laces tacking on. "
"All right only I can't come just
now , " assents Shell readily "the flow
ers have to be gathered and arranged
yet ; and cook is steeped to her eye
brows in cakes I promised to help her
as soon as I had finished these. "
"Oh , but the dresses must be done
first ! I'll gather the flowers If neces
sary , " says Ruby in the voice of a
martyr , "even though going out in the
heat always does give me a frightful
headache. "
'
Shell reluctantly complies , and is
occupied for nearly an hour , then hav
ing still many household matters on
her mind , she rises to take her de
parture.
"Don't go yet ; you know how I abhor
her this sort of work , " said Ruby
sharply her only work so far has con
sisted in watching Shell's deft needle
darting to and fro.
"But , Ruby , I must the tennis-
courts want marking ; and I must keep
my promise to cook. "
"Oh. we can manage now quits
well ! " remarks Violet cheerily. "By
the way , Shell , what are you going to
wear ? " looking up with sudden in
terest.
"I ? Oh , I don't know I haven't
thought ! " returns Shell carelessly.
"My white serge will do as well as
anything at any rate it is ready. "
"Don't wear stuff , it looks so hot ;
besides , that serge looks horrid since
it was washed , " objects Vi , who likes
Shell sufficiently to wish that she
should appear at her best.
"My dear Vi , don't waste advice on
Shell you know how self-opinionated
she is. Besides" with a slight uprais
ing of her eyebrows "she is such a
child , it really doesn't matter much
what she wears. "
"Just so , " assents Shell , shutting the
door behind her ; but , all the same , she
goes away feeling rather sore at heart ,
for there is no small amount of con
tempt in Ruby's tone. Though her
eldest sister has assigned her age as
a reason for her dress not mattering ,
she knows full well that the tone also
insinuates a vast want of personal at
tractions too.
Yet , if she only knew it , she has
a. charm all her own the charm of a
genial spirit and a warm impulsive
lieart , which peeps out of her clear
iSray-green eyes , and lingers amidst the
dimples of her crimson lips.
All that long summer afternoon
there is no thought of self in the girl's
conduct. She flits about , finding foot
stools and seats for old ladies , getting
pins and fresh flowers for girls who
have come imperfectly provided , and
.generally making herself useful.
"When will you be ready for ten
nis ? " asks Robert Champley , who has
been watching her narrowly , though
unseen , for the past ten minutes.
"I am not going to play , " answers
Shell brightly , as she hurries across
the lawn with a sunshade for an old
lady who has left her own at home ,
.and now finds herself incommoded by
.the ardent gaze of King Sol.
"But everybody says you play so
well ; and yet I have never seen you
touch a racket , " he urges , v/ith a smile ,
on her return.
"Perhaps that is how I keep my
reputation. " laughs Shell gaily.
No but , really , I like to watch good
play ; you might be obliging , " pleads
her companion. Truth to tell , he is
beginning to take a deep interest in
Shell , probably owing to the fact that
she seems to take no interest whatever
in him.
"Well , I 111 / he. " responds Shell ,
with a curious little smile ; and then ,
walking straight up to an exceedingly
pretty girl dressed in pale pink , she
says gravely , "Nora dear , Mr. Champ-
ley is most anxious to meet with some
one who plays tennis really well , so I
thought I couldn't do better than
bring him to you. Mr. Champley
Miss Nora Fretwell ; " and with a little
nod she proceeds placidly on her way ,
having so disposed of. her cavalier.
Five minutes later she is accosted by
Ted.
Ted."Isn't it a jolly afternoon ? " he be
gins.
"Yco , only rather warm , " agrees
Shell , pushing her sailor hat a little
farther off her brow.
"Come into the shade and let me
fan you , " suggests Ted coaxingly.
"How very kind ! " scoffs Shell. "But
I think I won't accept it sounds so
much nicer than it really is. Fanning
only makes one hotter ; and the midges
are swarming in the shade. "
"It seems impossible ever to say or
suggest the right thing to you , " says
Ted with boyish impatience.
"If I have been rude I am very
sorry , " Shell returns thoughtfully ;
"but all the same it is true , you know.
Fanning only cools one for the mo
ment , and one is ten times hotter af
terwards. " As she speaks she saunters
on a few steps by his side , that shs
may not appear too pointedly unso
ciable.
" 3y-the-way , I had almost forgot
ten , " remarks Ted , laughing "Bob
and Meg charged me with a commis
sion. I am entrusted with a mysteri
ous packet , which I faithfully prom
ised to deliver into your own hands ; "
and from his pocket ha produces a
small and renarkabiy clumsy paper
parcel tied up with a bit of colored
wool.
"I think there must be some mis
take , " says Shell , looking at the prof
fered offering superciliously ; "they
probably meant it for Ruby. "
"On the contrary , I was particularly
cautioned not to entrust it to your
sister , " laughs Ted. "I believe it is
of an edible nature , and they feared
the temptation might be too great. "
Shell takoj the packet reluctantly ,
and , standing still for a moment in
the pathway , cautiously opens it. dis
playing to view some half-dozen choco
late creams of a decidedly ciushed and
not very templing appearance.
For a moment a beautiful and gentle
smile lights up her every feature ; then
she remembers with a start the part
she is acting , and asks scornfully
"What on earth induced them to
send me these things ? "
"They probably thought you would
appreciate them poor children ! " an
swers Ted , rather hotly. "They got a
box as a present this morning , and
wouldn't give me any peace until I
consented to bring you over some. I
wish" indignantly "that I had
thrown them away on the road. "
"It certainly would have been
wiser , " retorts Shell , as she ruthlessly
tosses the small bundle away amidst
a clump of shrubs. "Children have
such odd fancies. "
"I don't call that an odd fancy I
call it a generous impulse , " corrects
Ted. stolidly. "By the way" looking
at her keenly "shall I tell them the
fate of their poor little present. "
"As you please , " answers Shell care
lessly ; and then , knowing the pain
that would be inflicted by such a reve-
ation , she adds quickly "No , I think
perhaps you had better not. Some people
ple imagine that children are sensi
tive , and I have no wish to wound
their feelings , in case they possess
any. "
"In case they possess any ? " repeats
Ted , positively flushing with mingled
anger and contempt. "You must be
very dense if you have not yet dis
covered that those children are of a
keenly nervous temperament. "
"I know I am dense , " admits Shell ,
with not the faintest show of annoy
ance or resentment. "As for children ,
I don't profess to understand them
probably because I have no sympathy t
with them. "
Ted walks on beside her in thought
ful silence. It seems to him a sad
j
pity that Shell , who used to be such j
a genial , sunny little creature , should t
have changed into the hard callous be-
tl
ing now talking to him. He would
o
like to account for the phenomenon h
in some way , and is contemplating the ht
possibility of asking her if she has t
a-tete is cut short by Mrs. Wilden.
"Shell dear , " says that lady , in a
troubled tone , "I wish you would run
in and see to the making of the coffee a
it is sure not to be properly cleared g
if you are not there. Mr. Champley fc
will excuse you , I am sure he knows fcb
that we cannot afford efficient ser tl
vants. " tltl
"I am only too delighted to find that tlS
England still possesses young ladies tl
who are not above making themselves tltl
useful , " answers Ted , in a bantering , tl
teasing tone. "There is tlr
nothing I ad tlH
mire so much as domesticity in a H
woman. Most of our girls are getting tl
so blue that it will be a blue look out tlb
for their husbands. " tl
"Yes , indeed , " murmurs Mrs. Wil tld
den , as Shell , with a little toss of her d ;
head , walks away. Dear Shell is most tt
ttw
useful not very ornamental , but very w
useful thoroughly domesticated , and vc
vcd
such a gentle , kind creature. I often d
Bender how I should get on without af
her. "
In the meantime Ruby , at the other
side of the lawn , is listening to a piece
of intelligence which causes her cheeks
to turn pale , whilst she flutters her fan Ncl
with increased nervous energy. cl
" the dear cc :
"You think children need
change ? " she is saying In a tone of tl ;
bewilderment. "I thought they were
looking remarkably well ; and the pets
are always in such excellent spirits. "
"Meg is no : well , " answers the father Cl :
decisively. "Sho seems languid
heavy. The air here Is very relaxing
during the hot months ; I think I still
take her to Scotland. "
"Oh , not to Scotland poor child
the journey would be so dreadfully
fatiguing ! " pleads Ruby , as she thinks
v/ith consternation of the impossibil
ity of inducing her mother to permit
her to go so far from home for al
ready her quick brain haa formed a
plan for following ths children.
"Yes , It might be trying for so young
a child , " agrees Mr. Champley thought
fully. "In that case I must be con
tact with the moors or the North
Devon coast. "
1 'I should just keep her at home , and
send her down by the sea every morn
ing sea-air is always bracing , " ob
serves Ruby , with a feeble hope that
her advice may be taken.
"Mudmouth is the reverse of brac
ing , ' . ' corrects her companion decided
ly ; "besides , it is not only the air the
children want a complete change. "
"Of course you know best. " admits
Ruby , with a reluctant and despondent
sigh ; "but I always think that chil
dren are happier at homo than any
where else. "
"That depends , " rpmarhs Robert
Champley vaguely , and with a sharp
sigh.
"Oh , yes , of course ! " agrees Ruby
eagerly ; then after a moment she con
tinues slowly , "However trustworthy
servants may be , they can't under
stand everything. "
"Do you mean that the children are
in any way neglected ? " he asks
quickly.
"Oh dear , no ! " laughs Ruby , with
a playful head-shake. "I am sure their
nurse is most attentive from all ac
counts but you ought not , for In
stance , to allow her to choose their
clothes. Of course she has no idea
how to dress them how should she ,
poor woman ! "
"They seem very sensibly clothed to
me , " answers Robert Champley , but
in rather a dubious tone in fact a
tone open to conviction. "As long as
they are warm and comfortable , the i
cut isn't of much importance. "
"But , my dear Mr. Champley , how
can poor Meg be comfortable in a dress
that allows of no free play of the
limbs ? Children ought never to be
hampered by their clothing. "
"Is Meg hampered ? "
"Almost tortured , I should think , in
her last dress. As for Bob , he ought
to be dressed sailor fashion now. "
"Dear me what am I to do ? " asks
Robert Champley , half-mocking , half
in earnest.
"I tell you what. " savs Ruby sudden
ly "I will make clothes for each of
them as a pattern. Now please don't
protest it will only be like the fun
cf dressing dolls to me. "
Cf course Mr. Champley does pro
test , but , as usual , he protests In vain ;
and when he takes his departure from
the Wilderness that evening he finds
himself weighed down by one more
obligation to Ruby Wilden. As for
Ruby , she is in great spirits the onlj
thing which troubles her in the matter
is her total incapacity either to cut cuter
or to make the clothes in question , see
ing that in reality she knows far less
how children should be dressed than
the nurse whose tastes she has been
criticising.
( To be Continued. )
A TORPEDO BOAT TRAGEDY.
A Sad Illustration of the Danger of
This Service.
The Union squadron investing
Charleston during the civil war was
drawing closer and closer to the doom
ed place. One cf the warships that lay
closest inshore was the Housatonic ,
and that vessel was selected as the
torpedo boat's victim. The Portland
Transcript tells the tragic story : The
evening of Feb. 17,1865 , closed in raw
and foggy. At 8 o'clock Capt. Corison
gave the command and the boat drop
ped down the river. As the clocks
were striking the half hour in the city it
the ] little craft pulled over the bar.
Noiselessly she glided through the
water , guided by the lights on the
Housatonic , for which she headed. So
heavy was the fog that she escaped
the : notice of the sentries. At a quar
ter to nine she lay directly in front
of the Housatonic , at a distance cf five
hundred yards. She was running faster in
now , and a little farther on she began n
to < submerge. Two hundred yards more ;
and she disappeared. Five minutes r
later there was a dull roar , and the
ivater around the Housatonic boiled tl ;
like a caldron. The noble ship gave ta :
mighty upward heave and then be
gan to settle. Ensign Hasleton and ti ;
four sailors who were below perished , ;
but fortunately for the rest of the crew
the water was shallow and they saved m
themselves by climbing into the rig w
ging. The vessel was a total loss , but
the submarine torpedo bor.t was nowhere -
where to be found. Two years after
the war , when the wreckage was being
removed from Charleston hai'bor , the
Housatonic was raised. In her hull w
there was a ghastly wound , inflicted 01
by ; the torpedo , and in that hole was ofPi
the torpedo boat with every man on Pi
board still at his post , where he had Pile
ied years before. The little boat had lo
torn a big hole in the cruiser , through
which the water had poured in such a piu
volume that the torpedo boat was ; u
Irawn : into it. And there its crew died pr
! suffocation , in the grasp of the en-
soiy which they had destroyed. ye
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Tire tVnvH of Futtlnjr Tt.
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"I notice , Miranda. " remarked Mr.
at
Seggschoice , "that your first husband's
clothes do not fit me. " "No. Cyrus , "
pu
cincided Mrs. Neggschoico , with a lit- th
le sigh. "You don't them. " Chicago
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Why does a man usually have to W
shuflle off this raortal coil before he . wt ,
uta nuch of a figare In history ? |
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WE MUST HAVE SHIPS.
ABSOLUTE NEED OF A POTENT
SHIPPING POLICY.
Trao Canso of the Decay of Oar Over
sea Carrying Tra-Jo and the measures
Essential for the Iteitorutlon of the
American Merchant aiarlne.
The facts concerning the blight that
has fallen upon our shipping and its
carriage In the foreign trade have not
been fully laid before the American
people. It is not understood , as it
should be , that we have one policy for
the foreign trade and another for the
domestic trade. Foreign vessels are
entirely prohibited from carrying eith
er passengers or freight from one
American pert to another ; hut between
our own and foreign ports transport
business is perfectly free. Thus , while
protection has secured for o.ur own people
ple the coasting , lake and river carry
ing , non-protection has given the over
sea transportation to foreign nations.
As intimated in Article II. , v/e had
but one policy in the beginning. That
was protective for all branches of our
navigation. It built up our early ma
rine , and displaced the foreign marine
that had commanded the- business un
der free trade from 1783 to 1789. While
this has been denied , it is so easy of
undeniable proof that only ignorance
or aberration disputes it. We have
only to tell the story of our early ship
ping legislation , its aims and objects ,
its service and success , to convince the
reasonable.
To persuade the skeptical , we may
point to the innovation in our policy ,
the decline following the change , and
the general loss of carriage year after
year , as protection was withdrawn by
treaties. Our shipping has been under
different policies for seventy years.
That portion under protection from the
first has flourished from the first ;
while that under free conditions from
the change in policy has declined ever
since.
The Fraud of "Marino Reciprocity. "
The name of the new policy intro
duced in 1S15 to govern our carriage
in the foreign trade was stately and
high sounding , as became a fraud.
"Maritime Reciprocity" was the appel
lation. Its meaning was narrow , sim
ply indiscrimination in duties on mer
chandise and tonnage , and consequent
non-protection of shipping by their
means. The substitution of free carry
ing for protected carrying was excused
to the country uy the pretension that
the shipping interest , a "child of pro
tection , " had become "a giant" in de
velopment , able to contest for the
transportation of all nations. Any kind
of protection was no longer necessary ;
on the contrary , free trade was the
thing requisite. Speech of James Bu
chanan , April 2 , 1828 , H. R.
The disicgeuuousnesS of this conceit
is now only too manifest. The fact is
that the British ministry after the close
of the revolutionary war laid before
parliament a bill providing for "mari
time reciprocity" with the T r
States. British shipowners objected ,
and it was laid aside. Such a bill was
passed , however , in 1S02. President
Jefferson , in his message of that year ,
referred to it. Congress did not con
sider "a mutual abolition of the
duties" proposed advisable , and for the
reason , no doubt , that this would not
produce a due equality in the naviga
tion between the two countries. This
was Mr. Jefferson's view.
Conercss Took the Chance * .
In 1S15 , however , at tlie instance of
Great Britain , congress yielded the
point and took the chances. An act
was passed for a basis of a treaty of
commerce , and the British wish for
thirty-two years was granted. Bow
ing to British sentiment since 1815 has
been disguised somewhat by treating
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other nations like her and making
treaties on the same basis , and giving
out to the world that our superior
a
liberality alone induced our government -
ment to except the foreign trade navi
gation from protection.
One would think that a period of
sighty-three years for a dissimulation i
was Ions drawn out , but there is even
more defereuce now to British senti-
tnent respecting taxes on tonnage than
1815 , or in 1SG2. The senate only
recently knocked out the war taxes on
c :
onnage from the house bill , for the
reason < , explained on the floor , that >
British shipowners had made objection
hrough their government. And the
ax proposed was not 'liscriminativc.
Simply the operation of the "mari-
ime reciprocity" treaty of 1815 has
iven our carrying trade by much the
arger portion to British vessels , and ;
irivcn our own off the ocean. Simply ,
ve have sunk our self-respect , and
lave experienced the fact thac "Bri-
annia rules the wave. "
An Obvious Duty. , .
Now , < vhat is the duty of the gov- I 0
irnment , if we can get a congress that it
vill do its duty ? Is it not to retrace 1
nir legislative steps ? This is the idea
the Republican platform of 189G. t
'resident McKinley indorsed the ship-
ling plank of that platform in the fol- 15
15Z
owing patriotic words : Z (
"The declaration of the Republican
ilatform in favor cf the upbuilding of
ur merchant marine has my hearty ap-
iroval. The policy of discriminating fa
uties which prevailed in the early faS <
ears of our history should again be
romptly adopted by congress and vlg-
irously supported until our prestige
nd supremacy on the seas is fully
ttained. "
Let no one suppose , because a Re- di
ublican convention and president have diPi
hus expressed their views of shipping Pim
estoration , that there is anything par- pi
Isan In the action recommended , piS1
rashington , Adams and Jefferson tt
-ould have concurred in it. There was as
ever a statesman of stronger faith in asB
discriminating duties for ship protec
tion than Thomas Jefferson. As we
shall see , his state , Virginia , was the
first colony to protect Its vessels.
AMERICAN THROUGHOUT. -
Ueaults of Xutlvo Skill at Displayed In
tlio War with Spain.
One of the most interesting develop
ments of this war is the mechanical
skill of the American people. Ameri
can machinery is the best in the world ,
and the American workingmen are
the most skillful. It was the intelli
gent manipulation of our ships and the
superior marksmanship of our gunners
that gained for us such splendid vic
tories at Manila and Santiago. Richmond
mend ( Va. ) Times.
Here Is a fact strongly and tersely
stated. American machinery and ma
chinists , the men who plan and make
and equally the men who operate our
machines , are in their skill and profi
ciency unequaled in all the world.
Abreast of them in cxpertness in a
closely related branch of mechanics
are the men behind the guns , whose
consummate coolness and accuracy of
aim have excited the wonder and the
admiration of all Christendom. The
fighting ships of the American navy
are the product of the highest develop
ment of the mechanical genius to be
found anywhere on earth.
"Intelligent labor highly paid , " Is
the magnanimous and candid admis
sion of the London Times in seeking
a reason for the recognized superiority
of American skill in the mechanical
arts. "The result , " says another emi
nent authority , the London Economist ,
of an economic system ( i. e. , protec
tion ) under which the favored manu
facturers have for years devoted a
large share of their profits to .the con
tinual increase of their facilities and
the development of improved processes
and machinery. "
When testimony such as this is
borne by two such conspicuous expo
nents of the doctrine of free trade as
the London Times and the London
Economist there is nothing which need
be added by protectionists in order to
make out a complete case for the
American policy. The judgment of his
tory will vindicate the wisdom of the
patriotic and far-seeing statesmen
who , from Washington to McKinley in
clusive , have advocated and adminis
tered that policy with such marvelous
results.
Gcttln Too Hot for Them.
Practical Object Lesson.
American tin plate , which has been
made possible by a protective tariff , ,
has at last come to supply all our
home trade. It was asserted that tin |
could not be manufactured in this
country and that a duty on that com-
a
tnodity was only a direct tax upon the
consumer. The practical results of the 11t
; 11F
3uty have teen to establish American F
factories which supply the home trade C
it much less price than that of the im V
ported article. The British consul at g
Portland reports that importations of t
in plate have entirely ceased , and in o
stead of nearly 63,000 boxes formerly of
inported : there will be no foreign plate a
ised this year. The reason is plain , ab
fhe English tin costs 17 shillings a it
jox , while the American product costs itei
i3 shillings C pence. This is a practi- ei
al object lesson as to the benefits cf ;
'
Detection , and it applies to many
ther lines of business besides tin
ilate. Taconia Ledger.
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On Trial.
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This year the Republican party is
in trial , and the te = t of popularity will
e its record since it caine into power 9P.
n November. 1S9G. This will of ncces- P.
Sty bring the tariif more cr less into i
he campaign. Attempts will be made j . : *
o denounce the tariff act of 1S97 be- | \ (
ause a deficit appeared the first fiscal j J'j
ear after its enactment. But the force
if this statement will not be felt when
is recalled that the Wilson tariff of V
S92 produced in four years a deficit of
200,000,000 or $30,000,000 a year. When
ssted by results popular favor willie
'
ie with the Republican enactment of i' !
S97 by a large majority. Kaiuma-
oo Telegraph.
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Host of Political Kconomy. '
Speaking of the present merely the I ;
ict of decreased importations is a
oed condition. It is profitable and
remising. It is helpful and protec-
ive in behalf of American workmen.
Linerican homes and American insti-
utions and policies. And with the de-
elopment and expansion of this con-
ition there must come constantly im-
roving circumstances and environ- i' ' !
lents to the very great credit and
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refit o ! the citizens of the United
tates , as well as to the institutions of
tie republic and to what are recognized
the peculiarly American policies.
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FIVE MILLIONS IN DIVIDENDS.
Enormous Profits of the IVoatlngliouao
Air Ilrixko Company.
The board of directors of the WestInghouse -
Inghouse Air Brake Company , at the
general office at Wllnierdlng , have de
clared a stock dividend of 100 per cent ,
amounting to $5,000,000 , and trans
ferred to the treasury the sum of
$1.000.000 In stock to be Issued by the
directors from time to time for the pur
chase of property or other uses aa maybe
bo deemed best by the board. This
enormous dividend Is in addition to a r
cash dividend of 50 per cent , or § 2.500.-
000. declared within the past year.
America Is full of rich men. rich cor
porations and companies that make
tremendous profits , but no corporation
or firm In the world has ever made the
enormous profit that has this associa
tion of men during the past twelve
months. At the meeting. 82,994 shares
of stock out of 100,000 were repre
sented. The meeting was a brief ona
and it took the board but a few min
utes to make the distribution of the
$5.000,000 in stock. It was done by
virtue of the following resolution ,
which was presented and passed :
"Resolved , That of the 120,000 shares
( $6,000,000) of new capital stock au
thorized by this meeting the stockhold
ers recommend that the board of di
rectors should distribute 100,000 shares ,
that is , $5.000,000 , at par. to the stock
holders as a stock dividend out of the
surplus earnings oC the company not
heretofore divided among the stock
holders , and that the remaining 20.000
shares ( $1.000.000) remain in the treas
ury and be Issued by the board of di
rectors from time to time for the pur
chase of property upon such terms and
in such manner as they shall deem for
the best interest of the company. " The
net earnings tc the company for the
past ten years are stated to be $17,500-
COO. of which the cash dividends have
been $14.596.000. The stock dividend
will be distributed as soon as the
necessary certificates can be prepared.
Don't loaf in front of a bank just
because there is money In it.
flWff
TUB EXCELLENCE OF SYSU ? OF HfiS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination , bat also
to the care and skill with which it 13
manufactured by scientific processes
knov/n to the CALIFOBXIA FIG Svaup
Co. only , and
we wish to impress upoa
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the CALIFOKXIA FIG SITBUP Co.
only , a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the CALI
FORNIA FIG Srr.up Co. with the medi
cal profession , and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of "families , makes
the ! name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far m advance of all other laxatives ,
as it acts on the kidneys , liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them , and it docs not gripe nor
lauscate. In order to get its beneficial
jfTects , plcasa remember the name cf
he Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYPOJ ? CO.
SAX FJIANCISCO. Ccl.
l.oriSVIX.T.F. Ky. J.-KW TOKK. X. T.
< -r % r " c :
Smoothest
I
track in
the West
the Burlington Route from Oninhn
to Denver. Not a jolt or a jar f nun
the time you leave Omaha until you !
nro landed ON TIME at yourjour-
iiev'a end. Two trains n ilay.
Afternoon train Denver Liiuittsl 1
Leave * Omalia 4T p. m.
Airlies Denvrr 7CO a. m
Night train Denver Special 1
Leaves Omilsa 11M p. m.
Arrives Denver lJOp. m.
Ticket-i and full information on i
application to any ticket agent or ii
by cdclreibing ii i
J Francis , General Passenger Agent
Uuittha , Neb. i