Bwlae Are All H IE lit A curious occurrence shows the sen timent of the Swiss people. They have expreeaed great interest in the suffer ing Armenians , and have contributed freely for the support of the orphans. But a German professor In the Univer sity of Berne criticised this movement and declared that the Armenians were not worthy of these marks of sym pathy. Shortly after he asked to be naturalized and received as a citizen of Berne ; but his request was refused by a vote of 300 against 200. Every cough makes your throat more raw and irritable. Every cough congests the lining membrane of your lungs. Ceasetearing your throat and lungs in this 'way. Put the parts ct rest and give them a chance to heal. You will need some help to do this , and you will find it in Cherri From the first dose'the quiet and rest begin : the tickling in the throat ceases ; the spasm weak ens ; the cough disap pears. Do not wait for pneumonia and con sumption but cut short your cold without delay. Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pec toral Plaster should be over the lung's of every per son troubled with a cough. Write to the Doctor. Unusual opportunities and Ions . perience eminently qualify it * for siring you medleftl advice. AVrlto freely all the particular * hi your cjuo. Tell n 'what' your "experience hat fceon with our Cherry Pectoral. Yrm will receive a prompt reply. irituoct cost. Addreti. DR. J. C. AVER. Lowell , Iaia. The Khcdlre of The khedive of Egypt looks a short , round-faced boy. He is rather Inclined to stoutness , and is dark and serious- looking. He Is very fond of taking long drives , and has very magnificent horses , which are always driven at a rapid pace. His highness is very much Interested In horse breeding , and at his favorite palace , a few miles out of Cairo , has splendid stables contain ing hundreds of horses of the purest breeds , amongst them being one pre sented by the late Col. North , and the winner of many queen's prizes. TFhy Didn't He Move ? A Missouri preacher who visited a bathing beach during his vacation preached a sermon on the horrors of scant bathing suits when he got home. He said : "I sat for one hour watching one of these shameless women dis porting herself in the -waters of the lake. " Kansas City Star. A man's idea chivalry is to pro tect a woman against every man ex cept himself. THE EXCaiENCE OF SYBUP OF FIGS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination , but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the CAMFonNM FIG SVBUP Co. only , and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and qriginal remedy. As the genuine Syrup of Figs is" manufactured by the CALIFOKXIA Fxo Syiiup Co. only , a knowledge of that iact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the CAUL- , FORXIA Fie Srjtop 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 in advance of all other laxatives , as it acts on the kidneys , liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them , and it does not gripe nor nauseate/ order to get its beneficial effects , please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA HG SYRUP CO. SAN FHA.\CISOO , Cet. , T. jfcw TOKE ; K. T. JPEODIGAIfS EBJCRN. It came to pass that there wore born ijnto Ezra and Lucy Whtttlesy two boys , William and John , who grew to youth's estate on. the old farm in Oakland county. John was a home boy. His happiest days were those on which he hoed and weeded. With William it was differ ent. He was like unto neither his mother nor his father. He was just William. Ho read , long Into the night , by the kerosene lamp in the sitting- room , stories of adventure and of youths going forth into the world in search of fortune and of fame. He longed for a wider field , lie dreamed of conquests , of piles of gold , of ex plorations Into unknown countries , and of experiences In life such as nev er entered the mind of plodding John. He detested the sorry life of the farm , with the homely environment , the old , old routine , day in , day out , and fin ally , after several years of uncom plaining servitude , he determined to run away. He was 18 then. For two years he had saved every penny , every nickel , every dime that had fallen in his way , and ere long noted that the dollars were taking care of themselves In a little company of their own. There were forty-two of them in the stone Jar on the shelf at the head of his bed. bed."I "I will do It ! " , he exclaimed to him self in the dim darkness. "I will do It " His thoughts were broken in upon by tho"cy of a woman down below , at the foot of the stairs. "William , William , it's time to gofer for the milk. " "Ah , me ! " murmurred the boy to himself , "another night has come. I must trudge , trudge on , through snow , through sunshine , and through rain , to that old farmhouse nearly two miles down the turnpike for milk. But this shall be my last walk " "William , William , ain't yew ever goin' fur that milk ? " Again the feminine voice from the foot of the stairway. "Yes , mother , I'm com in * now. " The boy dropped all the $42 Into his trousers pockets , and , after placing the Btono Jar back on its shelf at the head of the bed , slowly shambled down the stairs. "There's th' pail , William. " said his mother , pointing toward the table drawn up by the kitchen window. William took it and passed out into the deepening darkness. As he walk ed down that road the whole eighteen years of his monotonous existence , called life , unrolled themselves before his mind's eye. Ho remembered the old swimming hole , the eager hunts for birds' nests in the days agone , the "stone bruise" he carried to school with him al lone spring , and the beech whistles he used to make at recess. And the squirrel hunts and the games of youth , all the different scenes of his life were enacted again for him in the playhouse of his mem- STAGGERBD TO THE DOOR , ory. And at the end he said to him self : "Well , it is over now , for to night I shall go away. Never again will William take home the night's milk. This is my last walk. " He stumbled along the rocky path to the milk house on Green's farm , and then he trudged back over that coun try road. The moon was rising. Al ready a soft , silvery light flecked the foliage of the woods on the left , and cast shimmering shadows on the stone walls. And William dreamed of the wealth of the Indies that would one day be his , of the fame , the glorj- , and 'the great good name that awaited him out in the world , beyond the ken of life on the Whittlesy farm. Suddenly the boy stopped so sud denly , indeed , that the frothing milk slopped over the top of the pail and fell in two splashes , one on the road , the other on his trousers. "I shall not go home. I shall leave now ! " he cried. He walked to the edge of the road and peered into the white lighted woods. "I must hide the pail , " he eaid , "but where ? " For a moment he stood in the shadow thinking. "I remember ! " he exclaimed. "The old blasted tree trunk. I will put the pall there. " He walked a few rods further'up the road and then sheered off into the woods. By and by he came out into the moon light again. He had carried out the plan that had suggested itself to his mind. The milk pail had been placed in the old tree trunk. Then William turned and went back down the country road. "Yes , " the station agent at the crossing told him , "there will be a train along for the West in thirty minutes. " William Whittlesy had dreamed of Colorado , and 'twas there he meant to go. An hour later ho was rolling on his way. And the years came and went. Not a word was ever received by the Whittlesys from William. And af ter many months they came to regard " * r" him as dead , and no longer hopedJLhat one -day" his form might again darken the kitchen door. . With William all went well. He pushed his way West. He succeeded in his first venture , and five years had not elapsed before his name , had come to be known throughout the mining country. Often he thought of that home back in Michigan , and frequent ly he said to himself , "I will write. " Then something would interfere with the carrying out of his intention , and no word would be sent back. Thus the days , and weeks , and years sped on until a fifth of a century had passed. William Whittlesy had accumulated $100,000 in the twenty years ho had lived and toiled in Colorado , and one day the desire came tp him stronger than ever to go back to the old home and gaze once again into the old eye ? of father and mother. So he returned. Alone and unknown , the man wend ed his way along the county road to the old house on the hill. He had crossed the lane below the woods when he recollected that pail of milk that he had hidden In the hollow log twen ty years before. "I wonder if the pail can be there yet , " he said to himself , and smiled at the thought. "I'll see. " He remembered the spot as distinct ly as though he had but left the day before. He went to the blasted trunk , kicked away the stones , and moss , and twigs , and looked down. Yes , it was there ; but in it nothing. He lifted out the old tin pail , its sides all full of holes eaten by time and rust , and con tinued on up the road. "I shall knock at the kitchen door , " he said to himself , "and when mother answers I shall say : 'Here is the milk. ' " And William Whittlesy laughed aloud. The house appeared unchanged. To be sure , there were honeysuckles growing up the back porch that had not been there when he went away , but twenty years is sufficient time for honeysuckles to live and die. William Whittlesy ascended the steps quietly and knocked at the door. It was opened by a kind-eyed old lady. William thrust forward the rusty , bat tered pail and said : "Mc'cher , here's the milk. " The woman looked at him with wonder in her eyes. "Won't won't you come in ? " she said. William entered the room. It was the same old kitchen he had known when but a boy. And there by the fireplace sat a man , feeble , and wrinkled , and gray. "Father , I have come back , " cried William Whittlesy. The old man turned in his chair and gazed at the stranger unknow ingly. "Don't you see who I am ? " cried the long-lost. "I am William. I have come back. I went away twenty years ago " A peculiar light came into the eyes of the woman , who , during the strang er's appeal to the old man at the fire place , had stood still at the end of the table with one hand on her hip. "I I I understand now , " she said. William looked his thanks in his eyes. He was about to close his arms about the old lady when she waved him back. "I understand , " she went on. "Arter you went away your mother died in 'beout a year and your pa mar ried me. Then when he died I married George there , an' we've been livln' on th' oP place ever sence. So yew see we ain't your folks arter all , though likely ez not yew may have some legal connection with us " William put his hand to his brow and reeled. He staggered to the door sobbing , with his head bowed upon his breast , he walked slowly down the old country road. And that night he went back to the West. Detroit Free Press. AFTER INCREASED TRADE. Method Employed liy a Chicago Grocer to Attract Custom. If you wish to attract people to your place of business make an offer of something for nothing. This is an axiom of commerce which applies to the good people of Chicago with pecu liar force. The desire to win a prize , no matter if it be intrinsically worth less , amounts to a passion with Ameri cans. The procuring of something without price , and if to do so means the expenditure of a considerable sum of money , always brings a reward to him who makes the offer. A grocer of the west side has discovered this fact. He has gone further and is put ting his knowledge to practical use. He is anxious that each patron shall spend a big round dollar with him. Hence he has put up the following leg end in his store window : "One peck of potatoes or a basket of peaches with every dollar purchase. " This offer was placed , in the window a couple o days ago. The result was a sudden interest in the crafty grocer's wares. Everybody wanted the peaches or po tatoes and many a dollar was spent when the purchaser really did not need that amount of commissary stores. But the spending carried the peck or basket and the purchases were willing ly made. Horrors of the War. The latest atrocity in the song line is "The Rough Riders' Serenade. " It begins , "I am lying in my tent , sweet Marie , " and Is on the same emotional order as "After the Ball" and Grand ma's Teeth Are Plugged with Zinc. " Minneapolis Journal. A Secondary Matter. My Dearest Papa : Please do not think I am writing home again for more money , as such Is not the case. However , so long as I am writing , I may as well ask you to send me $100. Please send it by return mail. Yours in haste , Bessie. In .TrpaMe. The following curious advertisement appeared the other day in the Lon don Standard : "A gentleman , whose wife and daughter have run away from home for a holiday , leaving him in charge of a baby , who , although fairly well , appears to be cutting a tooth , earnestly desires that they will return home at once. " The Lake Superior , Huron , Erie.On- tarlo and Michigan has an aggregate area of 94.750 square miles , which is larger than the area of Great Britain "Dawson's an awfully extravagant chap. " "Yes , he is. " "Has he got much money back of him ? " "I'm afraid he has more than he has ahead of him. " Harpers Bazar. Activity of VcMivIus. Much anxiety has been caused in Naples by the renewed activity of Mout Vesuvius. There ifl little llkli- hood that it will do any serious dam age. On the other hand thousands die daily from stomach disordero , who might have survived had they resorted to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It is the greatest tonic known for stomach and digestive organs. Learning makes a man nt company for himself. Young. Happy Homes-Perfect health and ctrenctb foi women aud men. Cures bxrrenucs * . develops bum tn Tromen. Arhrodltlac for both sexes. Cure * liquor n < l tobacco bablia. Trice f 1. Send for ptiynlcUn * ' testimonial menial ! . Scientific Keuiedy Co. , Box 9113 , Boston. Torpedoes are said to have been in vented by an American in 1777. . GURU A COLD IN ONB DAY Talco Laxative Ilromo Quinine Tablets AH drufffjtets refund the money If it falls to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. Forty per cent of the export ofAmer- ican nails is taken to Japan. Omaha Representative of 3Ioler System of Tlarber Colleges. 15th & DOUK'OCS Sts. . offers iree tran&portatluii to Chicago , St. I-onls , or Minneapolis for any ono wanting to learn the trade. Tbishjieclal Inducement to applicants from the country I * made l' ) get students enough to supply demand. We ha > e affreeil to furnish 300 hospitals with barbers , teo.tt ) monthly. Klght weeks completes. Write at nce. The cellar excavator always get in his work. A nickel Alarm Clock for 35 Diamond mend "C" Soap wrappers and 50 cents. The lazier a man is the harder it is to discourage him. Ignorance hurts less than the know ledge of things we don't know. Vienna has a bicycling female monk ey at the zoological gardens in the Prater. Florida. Are you going to Florida ? Do you want rates , maps , routes , time-cards and full information ? If so , address H. W. Sparks , 234 Clark street , Chi cago. Heirloom , the trousers that the handed down from father to son. Diamond "C" Soap is a hfch grade laundry soap that can be used in harder or soft water. Quiet , about the liardest thin for a woman to keep in this world. 2Irs. "WinsiowB ? * ooiriinfr syrup For children ttethinff.&oftens the { " " ' rpaiKO-'i inalJon , ttll .J P Ini'"rebWin < l colic , accentsbottle. The emperor of Austria will have reigned fifty years on December 2. Coe's CongU I > the oldest mid best. It will breakup a colil quicker than aa > thins else , it IB always rel'able. Ury lu Remember woman Is most perfect when most womanly. Gladstone. Dr. Scth Arnold's Consrli Killer Is an excellent remedy f.-r chllilien. M . Wni.M. I'rogue , Columbus , Kan. 25o. a bottle. You can't judge books by the covers especially after the shortage has been discovered. " About the hardest thing for a man to do Is to kiss a girl unexpectedly. I Try Grain = 0 ! ! l TryGrain = 0 ! j Ask you Grocer to-day to show yon * a package of GKAIN-0 , the new food * drink that takes the place of coffee. * The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it , like it. ' GEAIN-O has that rich seal brovm of Mocha or Javn , but it is made from pure grains , and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress , -j the price of coffee. 15 cents and 23 cents per package. Sold by all grocers. Tastes like Coffee Looks like Coffee InsistthatyonrErocerglvesjouGRAIN-O Accept no imitation. \Yo Are Fro ; Katar * . From the present Indications Amer ica will soon be outdoing France in the consumption of frog flesh. The city of New York alone consumes GOO- 000 "hams" of frogs during the year. These delicacies are now sold in tin boxes like other conserved meats. First Reformer I suppose you are in favor of the movement for a sin gle tax ? Second Reformer I have taken a position , much in advance of that. I am In favor of having no tax at all. Boston Transcript. - H , HI I A lady who adored a certain preach er took the late Archbishop Magee to hear him. "Oh. what a saint in the pulpit ! " said the lady , as they were * going home. "And , oh , what a martyr In the pew ! " added the archbishop , Tib-Bits. Somebody asked President McKinley the other day why he always wore a black tie. He is said to have replied : "I don't knov. % I suppose because I like it. for I have worn nothins but dark ones for the last twenty years. " The clonk model has a trying sit uation. THREE HAPPY WOMEN. ' Each Relieved of Periodic Pain and Backache. A Trio of Fervent Letters. Before using1 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound , my health was gradually being1 undermined. I suffered untold agony from painful menstruation , backache , pain on top of my head ami ovarian trouble. I concluded to try Jlra. Pinkham's Compound , and found that it was all any wo man needs who suiters .vith painful monthly periods. It entirely cured me. Mrs. GEORGE WASS , 023 Bank St. , Cincinnati , O. For years I had suffered with painful men struation every month. At the beginning of menstrua tion it was impossible for me to stand up for more than live minutes , 1 felt so miserable. One day a. little book of Mrs. Pinkhani's was thrown iato my house , and I sat right down and read iL I then got some of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. I can heartily say that to-day I feel like a new woman ; my monthly suffering is a thiny of the past. I shall always praise the Vegetable Compound for what it has done for me. Jlrs. MARGARET Ao > Enso > , 303 Lisbon St. Lewiston , Me. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has cured me of painful menstrua tion and backache. The pain in my back was dreadful , and the agony I suf fered during menstruation nearly drove me wild. Now this is all over , thanks to llrs. Pinkham's medicine and advice. Mrs. CARKIE V. WILLIAMS. South Mills , N. C. The great volume of testimony proves conclusively that Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable Compound is a safe , sure and almost infallible remedy in cases of irregularity , suppressed , excessive or painful monthly periods. " The present Mrs. Pinkham's experience in treating female ills is unparal leled , for years she worked side by side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham , and for sometime past has had sole charge of the correspondence department of ber great business , treating by letter as many as a hundred thousand ailing women during a single year. " IjdiaE.PinKnam'sVegetaWeCompoundjAWoinan'sRcinedyforWoman' ins Sointhow and somewhere , among the muscles and joints RHEUMATISM " creeps its track in. IT PENETRATES , SEARCHES , DRIVES OUT. The Italian navy ceparlrnent has given orders since the destruction of Cervera's fleet that wood shall not be used on battleships. For a complete list of prizes , useful and ornamental , given free to purchasers " " write to the ers of Diamond "C" Soap Cudahy Packing Co. . So. Omaha , Neb. If thorp is nothing in a man he is not on the visiting list of opportunity. When buying Starch ask your procor for I " " "MAGNETIC , Best cold water starch made. A Nebraska Product. Santa Clara Manufacturing Co. . Omaha , Xebr. DP Sfflv1 * } fir.nnvafor Guaranteed Uli fidj 5 n iiUV < 2IUI ; to cure dyspep sia , constipation , liver and kJrtneviIi < ! eares.liil- liousne s. licuriuche. etf. At , druggists 5c & 1. W. N.U. OMAHA. No 4-7-1S9S Wbeo Answering Advertlscmcats Kiadly .Mention This FURNITURE. $50OOO Stock of all cnideb of Furniture recently boaght at the rery lowest eas > h price will be of fered during- the next few ruonlbs at special prices. Customers visiting Omaha ivill find till * the largest anil oldoV furniture btore here , unti we will make every effort to please both in goods aud Chas. Shiverick & Cc.e FURNITURE , 12O6 Douglas St , Omaha. Next to Mlllirrt llotcl. XOTT To sailify OUMB'TH at to wtflfcer ltl Bdvt rllMimrct < s read ire win mak a dl c < M nt .if 1 per rnt m sbe purcbur of injy auttouirr to will tell us thry werr direct ? . ! to u * 6y It anrt lb wll ! rco"n > nocaii ut to their irlcsdt if lfc tiej liuy era iat.ifa.tar > . 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All repulsive symptoms peculiar to ' : it.irihal troubles , as foul lirwitli. iimtU JUch.\rR nnokinfftCotifrii'lnjr. iiml Spitting , relic-tod at. OIICP. . . . . . . . IJutarrliol Affection * of Stomach. l.Ueror Mdnr > . c.ins'uc l-nHRrktlon. Slok M. i crt. KaiiHeii. YVeitkn "i * . Dcprennloii , I OM of Ambition niul KIHTRJ , areoulckly curvd. Mostof the weakness of men and women S i-uised by Oitarrlril diseases. Ilic nol * > uon discharges lind their war to the stomach and Into the blood , and distributed tluvXiRnouj the entire system , affui-lliii ; tlui Vital and l.lfo Korvm and e.iu lnii tlioso OrKunw mut Isarvoun YV > uki > > mrH > dreaded by every mnn and woman Those weaknesses HV.J cured by CATARRH EXPELLANT amI perfect lirnltn u l atrencth fully lestored. Over Hvo hundred testimonial * In pralof OiK treatment rv celved .since January I. 1 ? 7. If you li&vu Catarrh or any C.iinrriml lMso.\ . RICHARD'S CATARRH 1EXPBLLANT Will cure you just assure as water will quench thlr t. \\rlle todnfor testimonial * u l valuable Instructive paporou tnese ' t-KST rilKfc.ddro > THE C. H. RICHARDS CO. , OMAHA. NEBRASKA. Rev. M. W. Everhart , formerly Preiidinjr KUlor of the Cham paign and West Jacksonrillo District ? , and now pi tor of the M. 1C church at Carlinville , 111. , writes : * "lo the nfllicied. 1 tj\U piousuro In saying that | cannot too highly commend the health-restoriujr prop crtles of the medicines manufactured : ind sent out by the lr H .1 Kuy Medical Co. * The chumro thai 1ms l vn nroujjht in my sanitary state by the uae of the Ir. ) Kvv' K.tliioyciini und the Is simply phcnominal. J have been relirvoil of ronsMutioii ] , os vsixc and painful urination and pains in my bnk of 12 jours standing " Dr. Kny'a Renovator It sold liy ilruimlRts , or ont by untl for Oo , uj-t ft or ft for fft Do not take any NUbstHute. for It has no oijitnl It tt aex ; ! i tit iono\.it < r iul l puri fier and the best n c tonic known. Svnd for Lr ) Ki > 's It > n\u TrcuttmMit in il'UMva ted 1M race book. tree. Ono mnn suld ho would uoi tnlie I'S tor otiool 'ti re * i > Vptt \ \ \ \ other paid he would not tak III ) for the IwoU Jr It J Uu\ Mettle il To . OnuiVi. Nelv _ - / _ * , > , . .