S' Itrnuglil ThrlrHernPM Hoinp. The cost of transporting the Tenth 'regiment of Pennsylvania from San Francisco to Chicago was $30,851. From the latter city to Pittsburg the Keystone state's troops were carried free by the Pennsylvania railroad , which company also took entire charge gratis of all transportation arrange ments over the whole route. On the crowded East Side of New York the city has Invested $120,000 In another little park. It contains six acres that were a mudhole near Cor- lear's slip. Po Your Foot Ache and Hum ? Shake Into your bhoes Allen's Foot- Ease , a powder for the feet. It makea tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns , Bunions , Swollen , Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmntcd. LeRoy , N. Y. Something Worth M riving For. Chicago Times Herald : "What , " asked the lady who bel'eves ' in the eter nal rights of women , as she set down the glass from which she had moisten ed her throat , and looked defiantly at her hearers , "What has the little girl to look forward to In this country ? What possible glory is there to fire her with ambition ? The poorest boy that is born in our land today , " she shouted , shaking a fat forefinger at a j baldheaded man who sat near the stage and looked as if IIP was sorry that us had come , "may aspire to an office which carries with it more power than is wielded by any prince or king or em peror on earth. There is something for him to live for , to strive for. There is always the glorious incentive that makes for greatness. However humble his surroundings , there is the evei present possibility that he may some day stand in the fierce white light of ' publicity with the destiny of the nation in his hands. "But for the fair haired girl who plays with him , what glorious hope Is there ? What dreams of future great ness are there for her to dream ? What * i does the future hold for her , that she \ should consecrate herself to the achievement of the sublime ? Degraded H the very threshold of life , what aspirations - , pirations may find lodgement in her * soul ? " She paused for breath , ana also tt. permit the ladies present to applaud her eloquence. "I repeat , " she shouted , after the storm of approval had died away , "what glory does the future hold for her ? " "Well , " said the baldheaded man. "she might strive to become worthy or one of those cornhusk bonnets that the Kansas people are giving away. " The meeting tnen broke up in con fusion. An apparatus has been devised for automatically photographing people as they enter shops and other places. Dizzy ? The' * , your liver isn't acting well. Yo j suffer from bilious ness , constipation. Ayer's Pills act directly on the liver. For 60 years the Standard Family Pill. Small doses cure. ,25c. All druggists. AVaut vuur mousUicho or beard a beautiful brown or rich blnck ? Then use i BUCKIIOAM'S DYE RiI6f so era , or pmimt T3 CR R. P. Hit A. CO.NSHU _ * . N. H. _ The Beit ILICKE1 Saddle Coat. . Keeps both rider nd saddle per- fectly'dry In the hardest storms. Substitutes wllldlsappolnt Ask lor 1897 Fish Brand Pommel Slicker- It is entirely new. If not for sale In your town , write for catalogue to A. J. TOWER. Boston. Mass. W. L. DOUGLAS $3&$3.50 SHOES g Worth $4 to $ S compared with other nikes. i/O / Indorsed by over 1,000,000 vrcarcrs. ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES ' TIIK CEXCIXE hue V. L. DOPR ! . . ' \ \ name and price stamped on bottom. Take no substitute claimed i to be as pood. Largest makers of $3 and $3.50 chocs In the world. Your dealer should keep them If not. we will send you a patron recelptof price. Stats kind of leather , size and -width , plain or cap toe. Catalogue A Free. W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO. . Brockton. Mass. Bet Your Pension DOUBLE QUICK Write CAPT. O'FARRELL. Pension Agent , 1425 New York Avenue. WASHINGTON , D. C. RCIICinUC Spanish and Civil "Wars. Sol- ptHOIUnO djcrs. Sailors , Widows.ChUdren , 8 Fathers and Mothers. If o fee unless success ful. E. II. GE1STOS CO. , Allomrji , Um.hlnston , 1) . C. Washington , D & us claims , a HD BUI A Kl wanted to travel and UH Wl * * l 8ppointaKcms.SGO LADY per month unlary and all expenses. ZIEOLEK Co. 71 i J Thompson's Eye Wafer. FISOJS eURE , CURISWHEHFALL OSE FAILS- , I Best Cough Sjrup. .Tastes Good. Use In-line. Sold or druggists. ' JC That xfx . . .BY. . . Mysterious ETHEL A. SOUTIIAM Major..e xfx CHAPTER I. The rambling , old-fashioned hostelry of the "Royal George" had stood upon the green hillside overlooking the now fashionable watering-place of Saltcliffe from the time when that picturesque and prosperous town consisted of little more than a few fishermen's huts and small lodging houses. But , though ho tels and boarding houses magnificent structures which gave quite an appear ance of superiority to the small town i ' had sprung up on all sides , the little hostelry itself still held its own. In deed the "Royal George , " though quite as retired , was still as preposterous as it had been f6rty years before , when the huge board upon which the mon arch after whom it was named was dis played , looking as gorgeous and kinglike - like as his crown and unlimited quan tity of somewhat stiff-looking ermine could make him , hung out over the narrow little doorway , with the name of the worthy proprietor , "Andrew Gil- librand , " set out in gilded letters be low. And , as one stood in the lovely quaint old garden and gazed around at the stretches of down and the heather- irown cliffs beyond , one could hardly elieve the changes which had been ffected scarcely a mile away. It was late one evening toward the : d of July when a stranger who had ist arrived sauntered leisurely into -ie large dining room of the "Royal George" and gave orders for dinner to be prepared for him immediately. He was a tall , dark , striking-looking man , with a soldierly bearing and de cidedly distinguished air ; and , as he crossed over toward the bay-window and sat down at a small table the waiters paused involuntarily with their white table napkins slung over their arms and trays of jingling glass held up high above their heads , -while Joslah Williamson , under whose charge that particular table happened to be placed , mentally decided that he was in for a little luck at last. "What will you have , sir ? " he be gan , with an air of expectation his lips , as though to disprove the truth of them , a handsome black French poodle came trotting into the middle of the room with an air of unruffled composure decidedly at vari ance with the aspect of his mistress , who a moment later suddenly ap peared in the open doorway with a rather bewildered expression upon her face. "You bad dog , Sambo ! I was just wondering if you could have found your way here. Could you give him a bone , Henry ? " But here her care of Master Sambo was unceremoniously cut short , as , raising her head , she suddenly encoun tered the gaze of a pair of amused gray eyes , and for the first time be came aware of the presence of a stranger in the room. As for the owner of the gray eyes , he carefully surveyed the figure in the doorway for the space of about three seconds longer , and then , , looking away , tried to become absorbed in the merits of Mr. Andrew Gillibrand's wine list. list.But But , after studying it intently for five minutes , he tossed the card aside and steadily regarded the doorway through which the fantastically clipped poodle and its mistress had just dis appeared. "By the bye , who is she ? " There was something strangely in conceivable in the question , and the waiter , who had made his appearance with the first course , paused to stare in astonishment. "She , sir ? " he repeated. "I beg your pardon , what she ? " "Oh , the young lady with the dog ! Surely you know whom I mean ! " "The young lady with the dog ? Ah that is Miss Evelyn ! Oh , yes , sir of course I know Miss Luttrell" here a placid smile expanded the waiter's face "and a very nice young lady she is. " "She is staying here , I suppose ? " There was commendable indifference in the speaker's tones. "Yes , sir with her aunt , Lady How- THERE WAS A MOST BEWITCHING SMILE U"ON HER LIPS WHEN SHE REPLIED TO SOME REMARK OF HER COMPANION. "coupe a la Reine , Bouillabaisse or Julienne ? " "Bring me anything you have ready , " said the stranger , brusquely. "Yet to think , " he murmured to himself as he took up the wine card and lazily stud ied the long list "to think that the last time I was here , twenty years ago , Andrew Gillibrand was brewing his 'own ale ! It was certainly a prim itive bill of fare that he had to offer his customers then only ham and eggs or bread and cheese and a pint of his prime October ; today he has all the delicacies of the season. How things change , to be sure ! " Then he turned and looked out of the open window. There , however , the change was not so remarkable. The "Royal George" had always pos sessed a lovely garden ; and , if the "rass was shorn a little closer , if the paths had a neater appearance and the flowers were more recherche , prim rows of calceolarias , geraniums and stately dahlias taking the place of the quaint old clumps of sweet-williams , marigolds and pinks , the change was not so great as to strike him with the same force as naturally did the inte rior. rior.This This evening the garden had a very serene , unruffled air. The tennis courts were deserted , the chairs under the trees unoccupied , and , excepting for the gentle lapping of the waves upon the shingly beach , scarcely a sound disturbed the dreamy stillness of the July evening. "It is an idyllic place , I suppose , " mused the stranger , "but it would drive me mad if I thought I had to stay here a moment longer than twenty-four hours. There does not seem to be a soul about. " His closing sentence was spoken half aloud ; and , just as the words left ard. They have been here more than a fortnight now ; as they generally do remain for a month when they come , I don't suppose they will be going till the end of that time. Her ladyship is Miss Luttrell's guardian. " "Ah she is an orphan , then ? " "Yes , sir. 'Squire Luttrell died just about two years ago. You will no doubt have heard tell of him. " "Luttrell of Luttrell , do you mean ? Oh , yes of course I have ! He was one of the largest land-owners in Blank- shire. Who' has inherited the prop erty ? Had he a son ? " "No ; Evelyn is the only child , and has come in for everything , I believe. They say she will have something like ten or twelve thousand a year. " "Really ! " and the speaker turned to the contemplation of the Julienne soup , considerably astonished at dis covering in the curly headed mistress of the black poodle Miss Luttrell of the far-famed Luttrell court and owner of one of the finest estates in the county. He had almost finished his dinner and was quietly contemplating a peaceful stroll round the ground with one of his best Havanas , when a sharp bark made him look up just in time to behold the black poodle once more , dashing across the lawn in hot pursuit of a butterfly. In and instant he was all interest. If the dog were there , his mistress would not be far away ; and even as the thought passed through his mind the same laughing tones which had been ringing in his ears for the past half-hour were borne distinctly toward him. Bending forward , he saw the girl herself , a slight , graceful figure , leaning back in one of the low bamboo chairs which stood so invitingly be neath the shade of the trees. She was not alone , however. In close attendance this time was a man in evening dress , who had seated him self by her side on a straight iron- backed form , which he had evidently chosen in preference to a more lux urious scat half a yard farther away. Yes ; at a second glance he came to the conclusion that Miss Luttrell was even prettier than he had imagined her to be at first. There was nothing stat uesque about her beauty , nothing ab solutely perfect in her features ; Lut the face before him was one which , once seen , could never be forgotten. CHAPTER II. There was a most bewitching smile upon her lips now as she laughingly replied to some remark of her com panion , who was leaning forward swinging his stick backward and for ward and trying to knock off the heado of some daisies ; but his head was turned toward the girl besi le him , at whom he was gazing in rapt atten tion. "Who is the fellow , " murmured the stranger , as he put up his eye-glas3 and surveyed the individual in ques tion with an air of curiosity not unmingled - mingled with envy.Her brother ? Fiddlesticks ! More likely her father ! " with a shrug of his shoulders , though an unmistakable cloud gathered upon his face as he noted the unpaternal manner in which he had laid his hand on the back of her chair and was list ening to her words. "I can always come within a year or two of any body's age , and that fellow is either -14 or 45 if he is a day ! " The man to whom the stranger at the window set down so decidedy to play the unromantic part of parent had the word "Bachelor" written upon every line of his countenance. At the same time he was a noticeabla-looking personage , gentlemanly in appearance rather than handsome , with a clean shaven face , clearly cut features and dark , almost fascinatingly determined eyes set deep beneath overhanging brows which gave character to an otherwise unremarkable face. For the past few minutes , however , the spreading branches of the trees had thrown everything into shade. But the sun was setting in a crimson glory , and one golden shaft strayed beneath the dark , heavy foliage , where it lin gered for a few seconds to bring out the lovely blending of tints in the girl's nut-brown hair and to light up every feature of the man by her side. "The deuce ! " broke involuntarily from the stranger's lips. "Yes , sir beg your pardon , sir ! Cheddar cheese or Stilton ? " The waiter was engaged brushing crumbs from the next table , but in an instant he was at his post. "Neither ! " was the brusque reply. "But" with a detaining gesture "have you such a thing as a visitors * list ? If you have , let me see it. " "Ceitainly , sir. Iwill bring it at once. " And the waiter smiled to himself as he followed the direction of the stranger's eyes and then turned away. It was astonishing what an amount of interest he could raise by the mere mention of Miss Luttrell and her ten or twelve thousand a year ! ( To be continued. ) OLD WINE. May Become Too Old and Unfit to Drink by Deterioration. New Orleans Times-Democrat : "There is such a thing as a wine heing too old , " said a member of the board of trade , chatting with some friends in the front offices. "I had that illustrat ed at my house the other day under rather interesting circumstances. Back in 1848 Gen. John M. Lewis , who was then sheriff and afterward mayor of New Orleans , gave my uncle a basket of four-year-old champagne. My un cle afterward moved north , taking that and other wines with him , and on his death , in the early sixties , the basket was still intact. There had possibly been some agreement about opening it at a certain time , and , at any rate , the champagne remained in the family cel lar untouched , and only last month my cousin , now in New York , broke the lot and sent me down four bottles. I was naturally curious to know how the old wine would look ' d taste , and a few days ago , on the oasion of a little an niversary at our house , I opened one of the bottles. I had considerable difficulty in removing the cork with out breaking it , but it finally gave way. There was not a vestige of pop and the wine ran out perfectly dead and limpid. It was pale amber in color and had a faint , pleasant bouquet , but the imprisoned gas that had once given it life and sparkle were gone forever. It was interesting as a relic , but not fit to drink , and some friends who are connoisseurs said that it had evidently been deteriorating since 1870. It's a great pity my northern relatives held it in too much veneration to sample it about that time. " Clnm IJarton In Cuba. Rev. Peter McQueen writes to Frank Leslie's Monthly the following anecdote of this energetic and practical woman. One night , away out in the hills , I asked a Third cavalryman : "Whom do you think the greatest hereof of the war at Santiago : He changed his quid , took out of his mouth an old corn-cob pipe , looked away at the red rim of hills which the sun was color ing , and reflectively replied : "Well , pardner , ef you want to know , my ideas is thet thet there little old lady , named Miss Bartoum. or Battom , or Blartom , or whatever is rer nam > she's the best of all. She is a strictly proper character , neighbor. I seen her a-goin' through two feet six inches o' mud to tie up a chap as was bleedin * to death. She , comrade , is to my ideas the hero o' this yer campaign. " No > Iil Stnt iirH Wiiutcil The United States commissioner to the Pi'.ris exposition desires the fact officially stated that no such undig nified production as a life-sized gold statue of a woman v/jll be permitted in the Paris exposition grounds , either as an exhibit or a concession. It is proposed to maintain the dignity of The United States exhibit , and not to encourage or permit advertising which would reflect discredit upon the nation. Redlands. Cal. , has a giant mowing machine , which cuts a strip ofvheat fifty feet wide. Oklahoma. Its wonderful resources and superior advantages to hoiucseukers are set forth in a handsome illustrated pam phlet just issued by the Frisco Line Passenger Department. Copy will be mailed free on application to Hryan Snyder , Cicncrr.1 Passenger Agent , St. Louis , Mo. I'ntftit.s Sold. The United States Patent Ofilce rec ords show that 111 patentees who re ceived patents this week had sold either a part or the entire interest in their inventions. This means that 32 per cent of the inventors have been suc cessful in selling their inventions. Amongst the prominent manufacturers who bought these in ventions are the American Shoe Machinery Co. , Port land , , Me. The Gorham Manufacturing Co. , Providence , R. I. Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. , Providence , R. I. Winchester Repeating Arms Co. , New Haven , Conn. Western Electric Co. , of Chicago. Scoville Manufacturing Co. , Waterbury - bury , Conn. American Electric Vehicle Co. , Chi cago. Bethlehem Iron Co. , South Bethle hem , Pa. Inventors desiring free information as to the law and practice of patents may obtain the same in addressing Sues & Co. , Registered Patent Attor neys , Omaha , Neb. Locomotive Hunt ) . During the past few months , the Baltimore and Ohio railroad has ma terially extended the runs of the pas senger locomotives on through trains. Formerly engines were changed on an average every 100 or 150 miles. It was thought that the mountain grades of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad would prevent an extension of the runs. How ever , the experiment was made. It has proved successful and reduced the number of locomotives formerly re quired by twenty-four , which can be used in other branches of the service and save the purchase of more motive power. Under the new plan , locomo tives are double crewed and make from 7,000 to 8,000 miles a month , as against 3 500 to 4,000 under the former method. The best qualified to judge reckon that the fortune left by A. T. Stewart , which he left to the care of the Kite Judge Hilton , amounted to about -10- 000,000. Mrs. Stewart survived her husband ten years , and the great Stewart fortune survived her ten years. In 1S7G Stewart died ; in 18S6 Mrs. Stewart died , and in 1S9G the last of the visible Stewart millions disappeared in the wreck of Hilton , Hughes & Co. We will forfeit $1,039 if any of our pubJ J lished testimonials are proven to be not | genuine. THE PJSO Co. , Warren , 1'a. A pun is merely a play on words , but it's hard work to understand some ! of them. 1 A IVrfect Cathartic. XotIolcntly { iriitly f-tlintilntiii } . ' . --tri'njrthi'iilpirtlii' Inti"- | tlnal wall Ca carcts Candy tatlinrtlv.10c. . 2S < - , 9) ) - It's the easiest thing in the world to forgive an enemy who is large ' enough to command your respect. ' $118 buys new upright piano. Sclimol- | ler & Mueller , 1313 Farnam St. , Omaha , j The military household of the czar t is composed of ninety-eight officers of j various ranks , eighty-three of whom j belong to the army and fifteen to the I navy. Nineteen members of the royal ! family are included in this list. j Iowa Inventions. I Fifteen patents were issued to Iowa ( inventors this week as follows : To , A. AV. Lewis of Keota , for a vehicle j attachment ; to J. James of Atlantic , < for a draft-equalizer ; to W. Loudon J of Fairfield , for a hay-carrier ; to J. W. Macy of Searsboro , for a road-grader ; . to A. W. and T. E. Morgan of Bur lington , for a wire fence stay ; to J. H. ! Morris of Maquoketa , for a cream separator - j arator ; to C. F. Nelson of Exira , fc a boot and shoe cleaner ; to C. 0. Haven and P. P. Uhrig of Fort Madison , for j a harrow ; to H. Phillips and W. Hunt of Ottumwa , for a car-loader ; to H. B. Porter of Hartwick , for a bat and clothes rack ; to E. L. Rigg of Gris- weld , for a steam generating appli ance ; to H. Tuttle of Cedar Rapids , two for a bicycle ; to C. H. Van Alstyne of Manchester , for a barrel heater and feed cooker , and to S. Ad- son of Springwater , for a collar clasp. ' A copyright has been granted to Rev. A. C. Smith of Des Moines for a new book entitled "Gathered Gems of Literature. " The work is in the hands of a printer in Chicago and will be handsomely illustrated and sold upon the subscription plan. I Consultation and advice about secur ing property rights for inventions and literarv work given free to inquirers. THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO. , Registered Attorneys. [ Des Moines , la. , Sept. 2 , 1899. J The population of the South African ' Republic consists of 63,000 Boers , 87- , j 000 other whites called Uitlanders , and 600,000 kaffirs and ulus. j In Manitoba there are 2,500.000 acres' under crops , of which 1,600,000 are in : . * i. ' wheat. f , < Mr > M jj r M M Bade Hawk , the moat noted of tlio chiefs of the Wisconsin Wlnnclmgo In dians , died in the town of Urockway , aged CO years ; . Black Hawk has been well known In the western part of Wisconsin for the last fifty years , was "y. always a friend of the whites and on several occasions prevented the Win- nebKgos from taking the war path against the palefaces. It is estimated that the consumption of beer in the entire world amounts to $1,080,000,000 per annum. In life we count upon the uncertain , hut the Inevitable always surprises us. Mrs. Barnard Tfmaks MRS. PINKHA.M FOR HEALTH. [ LETTER TO UBS. 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