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The Treasure of Franchard.
By EOBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
CHAPTER I.
BT THE DYING MOUNTEBANK.
They hail sent for t lie doctor from Bourron
before 0. About S some villagers camo round
for the performance, and were told how mat
ters stood. It seemed a lilerty for a mounte
bank to fall ill like real -K-ople, and they
mado off again in dudgeon. By 10 Mme.
Tentaillon was gravely alarmed, and bad
sent down the street for Dr. Desprez.
Tho doctor was at work over bis manu
scripts in one corner of the little dining
room, and his wife was asleep over the fire in
another, when the messenger arrived.
"Sapristir said the doctor, "you should
have sent for me lefore. It was a caso for
hurry. " And he followed the messenger as
be was, in his slip-icrs ami skull cap.
Tho inn was not thirty yards away, hut
tho messenger did not stop there; he went in
nt one door and out by another into the
court, and then led the way by a lligbt of
steps beside the stable l the loft where tho
mountebank lay sick. If Dr. Desprez were
to live 1,000 years he would never forget his
arrival in that room, for not only was the
eceue picturesque, but the moment made a
date in his existence. Wo reckon our lives,
I hardly know why, from the date of our
first sorry np-iearaucu in society, as if from
a first humiliation, for no actor can come
ujkjii the stage with a worse grace. Not to
go further hack, which would lie judged too
curious, there are subsequently many moving
and decisive accidents in tho lives of all,
which would make as logicul a jieriod as this
of birth. Ami here, for instance, Dr.
Desprez, a man vnt 40, who had made what
is called a failure in life, and was moreover
married, found himlf at a new jioint of de
jiarture when he oened the door of the loft
above Tentaillon's stable.
It was a large place, lighted only by a
single candle set njm the floor. The mounte
bank lay on his kick uon a pallet, a largo
man, with a quixotic nose inflamed with
drinking. Mme. Tentaillon stooped over
him, applying a hot water and mustard em
brocation ti hi Jeet: and ou a chair close by
n-it-i littlo fellow of 11 or 12, with his feet
dangling. These three were the only occu
pants, except the shadows. But the shadows
were a company in themselves; the extent of
the room exaggerated them to a gigantic
size, and from the low pwition of the candle
tho light struck upward and produced de
formed foreshortening. The mountebank's
profile was enlurgi-d upon the wall in carica
ture, and it was strango to see his nose
hhorten mid lengthen as the flame was blown
uliout by draughts. As for Mine Tentaillon,
hor shadow was no more than a gross hump
of shoulders, with now and again a hemis
phere of head. The chair legs were spindled
out as long as stilts, mid the ltoy sat perched
atop of them, like a cloud, in the corner of
the roof.
It was the Ioy who took tho doctor's fancy.
He hail a great arcluil skull, the forehead
and the hands of a musician, and a wn"r of
haunting eyis. It was not merely that these
eyes were large, or steady, or the soft,t
ruddy brown. There was it look in them Ik
sides, which thrilled the doctor, and mado
him half uneasy. He was sure he had seen
such a look ln-fore, and yet he could not re
member how or where. It was as if this ltoy,
who was quite a stranger to him, had tho
eyes of an old friend or an old enemy. And
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profoundly indifferent to what was going on,
or rather abstracts from it in a superior
contemplation, beating gently with his feet
against the liars of the chair, and holding his
hands folded on his Ian. But, for all that,
bis eyes kept following the doctor about the
room with a thoughtful fixity of gaze. Des
prez could not tell whether he was fascinat
ing the lioy, or the boy was fascinating him.
He busied himself over the sick man; he put
questions, he felt the pulse, he jested, ho
grew a little hot and swore; and still, when
ever he looked round, there were tho brown
eyes waiting for his with the same inquiring,
melancholy gaze.
At last the doctor hit on tho solution at a
leap. He reiuemlered the look now. The
little fellow, although he was as straight as a
dart, had the eyes that go usually with a
crooked back; he was not at all deformed,
and yet a deformed person seemed to lie
looking at you from lelnw his brows. Tho
doctor drew a long breath, he was so much
relieved to find a theory (for he loved
theories) and to explain away his interest.
For all that, he dispatched the invalid with
unusual haste, and, still kneeling with one
knee on the floor, turned a littlo round and
looked the loy over at his leisure. The lioy
was not in the least put out, but looked
placidly back at the doctor.
"Is this your father." asked Desprez.
"Oh, no,'' returned the boy; "my master. "
"Are you foud of himf' continued the
doctor.
"No, sir," said the 1k3.
Mme. Tentaillon and Desprez exchanged
expressive glances.
"That is bail, my man,"' resumed tho
latter, with a shade of sternness. "Every
on should bo fond of the dying, or conceal
their sentiments; and your master hero is
dying. If I have watched a bird a littlo
while stealing my cherries, I have a thought
of disapjiointment when he flies away owr
my garden wall, and I see him sber for tho
forest and vanish. How much more a
creature such as this, so strong, m astute, so
richly endowed with faculties! When I
think that, in a few hours, the speech will lx
silenced, the breath extinct, and even tho
shadow vanished from the wall, I who never
saw him, this lady who knew him only as a
guest, are touched with some affection.''
The boy was silent for a little, and ap
peared to be reflecting.
"You did not know him," he replied nt
last. "He was a bad man.
"He is a little iigan,"' said the landlady.
"For that matter, they are all the same, these
mountebanks, tumblers, artists, and what
not. They have, no interior."'
But the doctor was still scrutinizing the
little pagan, his eyebrows knotted and ut
lifted. "What is your name J" ho asked.
"Jean-Marie,' said the lad.
Desprez loaied upon him with one of hi1?
sudden flashes of excitement, and felt his
bead all over from an ethnological jwint of
view.
"Celtic, Celtic!" he said
"Celtic!"' cried Mme. Tentaillon, who had
perhaps confounded the word with hydro
cephalus. "Poor lad! is it dancerousr
"That depends," returned the doctor,
grimly. And then once more addressing the
boy: "And what do you do for your livin'
Jean-Mario;" he inquired.
"I tumble," was the answer.
"So! Tumbler repeated Desprez. "Prob
ably healthful. I hazard the guess, Mme.
Tentaillon, that tumbling is a healthful way
of life. And have you never done anything
else but tumble'
"Before I learned that I used to steal
answered Jean-Marie gravely.
"Upon my word:"1 cried the doctor. "You
are a nice little man for your age. Madame,
when iny confrere comes from Bourron, you
trill communicate my unfavorable opinion.
I leave the case in his hands; but, of course,
on any alarming symptom, above all if there
should be a sign of a rally, do not hesitate to
knock nie up. I am a doctor no longer, I
thank God; but I have been one. Good
night madame. Good deep to you, Jean
Marie." CHAPTER IL
HOB3TIXG TALK.
Dr. Desprez always rose early. Before the
smoke arose, before the first cart rattled over
the bridge to the day's labor in the fields, ho
was to be found wandering in his garden.
Jfow he would pick a lunch of crapes; now
he would eat a nig pear unaer me trellis;
now he would draw all sorts of fancies on
the path with the end of his cane; now he
would go down and watch the river running
endlessly -vast the timlier landing place at
which he moored his boat. There was no
time, he used to say, for making theories
like the early morning. "1 ri?e earlier than
any one else in the village,' he once boasted.
"It is a fair consequence that I know more
and wish to do less with my knowledge."'
The doctor was a connoi-sc-ir of sunrises,
and loved a gord theatrical effect to usher in
the daw He had a. theory of dew, In- which
he could predict the weather. Indeed, most
things served him to that end: the sound of
the bells from all the neighboring villages,
the smell of the forest, the visits ami the be
havior of both birds and fishes, tho look of
tho plants in his garden, the disposition of
cloud, the color of the light, and last, though
not least, the arsenal of meteorological in
struments in a louvre boarded hutch upon
the lawn. Ever since he had settled at Gretz
he had been growing more and more into the
load meteorologist, the unpaid champion of
tho local climate. He thought at first there
was no place so healthful in the arrondisse
ment. By the end of the second year, he
protested there was none so wholesome in the
whole department. And for some time lie
foro he met Joan-Marie he had been prepared
to challenge all France and the letter iwirtof
Europe for a rival to his chosen sjiot.
"Doctor," he would say "doctor is a toul
word. It should not be used to ladies. It
implies disease. I remark it, as a flaw in our
civilization, that wo have notthopro-ier hor
ror of disease. Now I, for my iart, have
washed my hands of it; I have renounced my
laureation; I am no doctor; I am only a
worshiper of the true goddess Hygeia. Ah,
believe me. it is she who has the cestus! And
here, in this exiguous hamlet, has she placed
her shrine; here she dwells and lavishes her
gifts; hero I walk with her in the early
morning, and she shows mo how strong sho
has made the -leasauts, how fruitful she has
made tho fields, how the trees grow up tall
and comely under her eyes, and the fishes in
tho river ljecome clean and agile in her pres
ence. Rheumatism!" hi5 would cry, on some
nialajx-rt interruption. "Oh, yes, I believe
we do have a little rlieiiinatism. That could
hardly be avoided, you know, on a river.
And of course tho placo stands a little low;
and the meadows are marshy, there's no
doubt. But, mj dear sir, look at Bourron!
Bourron stands high. Bourron is close to
the forest: plentj of ozono there, 3-011 would
say. Well, compared with Gretz, Bourron is
a jierfoct shambles."
The morning after he hail been summoned
to tho dying mountcb-ink the doctor visited
the wharf at the tail of his garden and had
a long look at the running water. This he
called prayer; but whether his adorations
were addressed to tho goddess Hygeia or
some more orthodox deity never plainly ap
peared. For he had uttered doubtful oracles,
sometime declaring that a river was the
type of bodily health, sometimes extolling it
as the great moral preacher, continually
preaching jieace. continuity und diligence to
man's tormented spirits. After he had
watched a mile or so of the clear water run
ning by lxforo his eyes, seen a fish or two
come to tho surface with n gleam of silver
and sutlicicntly adiniled the long shallows of
the trees falling half across tho river from
the opposite bank, with patches of moving
sunlight in lietweeii, he strolled once morn
up the garden and through his house into the
street, feeling cool and renovated.
The sound of his feet upon the causeway
liegan the business of the day: for the vil
lage was still sound asleep. The church
tower looked very airy in the sunlight; a few
birds that turned aliout it seemed to swim in
an atmosphere of more that usual rarity;
and the doctor, walking in long, transparent
shadows, filled his lungs amply, and pro
claimed himself well contented with tho
morning.
On one of the iosts lief ore Tentaillon's car
riage entry he espied a little dark figure
R'lvhed in a meditative attitude, and imme
diately recognized Jean-Marie.
"Aha!" he said, stopping lief ore him hu
morously, with a hand on either knee. "So
we rise early in the morning, do we J It ap
pears to me that we have all the vices of a
philosopher.'"
The lKy got to his feet and made a grave
salutation.
"And how is our patient?" asked Desprez.
It appeared the patient was about the
same.
"And why do 3-011 rise early in the morn
ing?" he pursued.
Jean-Marie, after n long silence, professed
that he hnrdry knew.
"You hardly know?" repeated Desprez.
"We hardly know anything, 1113- man, until
we tr3" to learn. Interrogate your conscious
ness. Come, push 1110 this inquiry home.
Do 3-011 like it f
"Yes," said the boy slow"-; "yes, I like it"
"And why do 3-ou like itf continued the
doctor. "(We are now pursuing the Socratic
method. Why do 3-011 like it J"
"It is quiet," answered Jean-Marie; "and
I have nothing to do; and then I feel as if I
were good."
Dr. Desprez took a seat on the post at the
opposite side. Ho wns beginning to take an
interest in tho talk, for the bo- plainly
thought before he spoke, and tried to answer
truly. "It apjiears 3-ou have a taste for feel
ing good," said the doctor. "Now, there you
puzzle me extremely, for I thought you said
yon were a thief; and the two are incom
patible." "Is it very bad to steal P asked Jean-Mar "!.
"Such is tho general opinion, little boy,"
replied the doctor.
"No! but I mean ns I stole," exclaimed the
other. "For I had io choice. I think it Is
surely right to have bread; it must be
right to have bread, there conies so
plain a want of it. And then they beat mo
cruelly if I returned with nothing," he added.
"I was not ignorant of right and wrong; for
before that I had leen --ell taught b- a
priest, who was very kiad to me." (The doc
tor made a horrible grimace at tho word
"priest."") "But it seemed to me, when ono
had nothing to eat anil was beaten, it was a
different affair. I would not have stolen for
tartlets, I believe; but any one would steal
for liaker's bread."'
"And so I suppose," said the doctor, with
a rising sneer, "you prayed God to forgive
you, and explained the case to him at length."
"WI13-, sir;" usked Jean-Marie. "1 do not
see.'
"Your priest would see, however," retorted
Desprez.
"Would her asked the boy, troubled for
the first time. "I should have thought God
would have known."
"Eh?" snarled the doctor.
"I should have thought God would have
understood me," replied the other. "You do
not, I see; but then it was God that made me
think so, was it not:"
"Little lmy, little IK13V said Dr. Deprcz, "I
told 3-011 alread' you liad the vices of philos
ophy; if you displa- the virtues also, I must
go. I am a student of the blessed laws of
health, nn observer of plain and temperate
nature in her common walks; and I cannot
preserve 1113- equiinimit3' in presence of a
monster. Do 3-ou understand r
"No, sir," slid the boy.
"I will make 1113 meaning clear to 3-ou,"
replied the doctor. "Look there at the sky
behind the belfry first, where it is so light,
and then up und up, turning 3-our chin
liack, right to the top of the dome, where it
is alread- as blue as at noon. Is not that a
lieautiful color? Does it not please the heart?
We have seen it all our lives, until it has
grown in with our familiar thoughts. Now,"
changing his tone, "suppose that sk- to be
come suddenl of a live and fier amber, like
the color of clear coals, and growing scarlet
toward the top I do not uy it would lie an3
the less beautiful, but would you like it as
well.'"'
"I suppose not," answered Jean-Marie.
"Neither do 1 like 3 ou," returned the doc
tor, roughly. "I hate all odd people, and
-ou ar the most curious little boy in all the
world."
Jean-Marie seemed to ponder for awhile,
and then he raised his head again and looked
over at the doctor with an air of candid in
quiry. "But aro not you a very curious gentle
man !" he asked.
The doctor throw away his stick, bounded
ou the boy, clasped Lim to his bosom and
kissed him on both cheeks.
"Admirable, admirable imp!" he cried.
"What a morning, what an hour for a theo
rist of 42! No," he continued, apostrophizing
heaven, "I did not know that such bo3-s ex
isted; I was ignorant thc3 made them so; I
had doubted of m3 race; and now! It is
like," he added, picking up his stick, "like a
lovers' meeting. I have bruised my favorite
staff in that moment of enthusiasm. The
injury, however, is not grave," He caught
the 1x13- looking at him in obvious wonder,
embarrassment and alarm. "Hullo!" said
fie, "wiry do ou iook at me like that? Egad,
I believe the lx3 despises me. Do jou de
spise me, 003-?'
"Oh, no," replied Jcan-Mnrie, seriously;
"only I do not understand."
"You must excuse me, sir," returned tho
doctor, with gravit3'; "I am still so young.
Oh, hang him!" he added to himself. And
he took his seat again and observed the boy
sardonically. "He has spoiled the quiet of
m3 morning," thought he. "I shall be nerv
ous all da3, and have a febricule when I
digest Let me compose ni3self. And so he
dismissed his preoccupations by an effort of
the will which he had long practiced, and let
his soul roam abroad in the contemplation of
the morning. He inhaled the air, tasting it
critically as a connoisseur tastes a vintage,
and prolonged the expiration with Irygienic
gusto. He counted the little flecks of cloud
along the sky. Ho followed the movements
of the birds round the church tower making
long sweeps, hanging poised, or turning air3
somersaults in fane-, and beating tho wind
with imaginary pinions. And in this way
ho regained peace of mind and animal com
jKisure, conscious of his limbs, conscious of
the sight of bis eyes, conscious that the air
had a cool taste, like a fruit, at the top of his
throat; and at lost, in complete abstraction,
he liegan to sing. Tho doctor had but one
air Malbrouck s'en va-t-en guerre;" even
with that he was on terms of mere politeness;
und his musical exploits were always re
served for momenta when be was alono and
entirely happy.
He was recalled to the earth rudely by a
pained expression on the boy's face. "What
do 3-ou think of my singing T' he inquired,
stopping in the middle of the note; and then,
after he had waited some littlo and re
ceived no answer: "What do you think of
1113 singing?" he repeated, imperiously.
"I do not like it," faltered Jean-Marie.
"Oh, come!" cried the doctor. "Possibly
you are a performer yourself !"
"I sing better than that," replied the boy.
The doctor eyed him for some seconds in
stupefaction. He was aware that ho was
angry, and blushed for himself in conse
quence, which made him angrier. "If this
is how 3-ou address your master!" he said at
last, with u shrug and a flourish of his arms.
"I do not speak to him at all," returned
tho bo3. "I do not like him."
"Then 3ou like me?" snapped Dr. Desprez,
with unusual eagerness.
"I do not know," answered Jean-Marie.
The doctor rose. "I shall wish you a good
morning," he said. "You are too much for
me. Perhaps 3-011 have blood in your veins,
jierhaps celestial ichor, or perhaps "ou cir
culate nothing more gross than respirablc
air; but of oue thing I am inexpugnably as
suredthat you are no human being. No
1)03-'' shaking his stick at him "3-ou aro
not a human being. "Write, write it in your
memory 'I am not a human being I have
no pretension to bo a human being I am a
dive, a dream, an angel, an acrostic, an illu
sion what 3ou please, but not a human
lieing.' And so accept my humble saluta
tions and farewell!"
And with that the doctor made off along
the street in some emotion, and the boy
stood, mentally gaping, where he left him.
CHAPTER III.
THE ADOPTION.
Mine. Desprez, who answered to tho Chris
tian name of Anastosie, presented an agree
able t3'pe of her sex; exceedingly wholesome
to look upon, a stout brune, with cool smooth
checks, steady, dark eyes and hands that
neither art nor nature could improve. She
was the sort of a -lerson over whom adversity
passes like u summer cloud; she might, in
the worst of conjunctions, knit her brows
into one vertical furrow for a moment, but
the next it would be gone. She had much of
the placidit of a contented nun; with little
of her piety, however; for Anastasie was of
a very mundane nature, fond of o3'stcrs and
old wine, and somewhat lwld pleasantries,
and devoted to her husband for her own sake
rather than for his. She was iniperturliably
gook natured, but had no idea of self sacri
lice. To live in that pleasant old house, with
a green garden ijeluud and bright flowers
aliout the window, to eat and drink of the
best, to gossip with a neighbor for a quarter
of an hour, never to wear stas or a dress
except when she went to Fontainoblcau shop
ping, to be kept in a continual supply of racy
novels, and to lie married to Dr. Desprez and
have no ground of jealousy, filled tho cup of
her nature to tho brim. Those who had
known the doctor in bachelor days, when he
had aired quite as many theories, but of a
different order, attributed his present philos
opli3 to tho study of Anastosie. It was her
brute enjoyment that ho rationalized and
perhaps vainl imitated.
Mme. Desprez was an artist in the kitchen,
and made coffee to a nicety. She had a knack
of tidiness, with which she had infected tho
doctor; everything was in its place; every
thing capable of jiolish shone gloriously; and
dust was a thing banished from her empire.
Aline, their single servant, had no other busi
ness in the world but to scour and burnish.
So Dr. Desprez lived in his house like a fatted
calf, warmed and cosseted to his heart's con
tent Tho midday meal was excellent. There
was a ripe melon, a fish from the river in a
memorable Bearnaisc sauce, a fat fowl in a
fricassee, and a dish of asparagus, followed
I13 some fruit. Tho doctor drank half a bot
tle plus oneglass, the wife half a bottle minus
tho same quantit, which was a marital privi
lege, of an excellent Coto Rotie, seven years
old. Then tho coffee was brought, and a
flask of Chartreuse for madame, for the doc
tor despised and distrusted such decoctions;
and then Aline left tho wedded pair to the
pleasures of memory and digestion.
It is a ver3 fortunate circumstance, mj
cherished one,"' observed the doctor "this
coffee is adorable a very fortunate circum
stance on tho whole Anastasie, I beseech
3-ou, go without that poison for toda3", 011I3'
one da3', and 3-ou will feel the benefit, I
pledge 1113- reputation."
"What is this fortunate circumstance, my
friend?" inquired Anastasie, not heeding his
protest, which was of daily recurrence.
"That we have no children, 1113- beautiful,"
replied the doctor. "I think of it more as
the 3-ears go on, and with more and more
gratitude toward tho power that dispenses
such alllictions. Your health, m darling,
1113- studious quiet, our little kitchen delica
cies, how they would all have suffered how
the3" would all have lieen sacrificed! And
for what.' Children are tho last word of
human imperfection. Health flees lieforo
their face. They cr, in dear; thc3 put
vexatious questions;, they demand to bo fed,
to bo washed, to be educated, to have their
noses blown; and then, when the time conies,
they break our hearts, as I break this piece
of sugar. A pair of professed egotists, like
3-011 and me, should avoid offspring like an
infidelity."
"Indeed!" said she, and sho laughed.
"Now, that is like you to take credit for
the thing 3-ou could not help."
"My dear," returned the doctor, solemnly,
"we might have adopted."
"Never!" cried madame. "Never, doctor,
with nr consent. If tho child were ni3 own
flesh anil blood, I would not say no. But to
take another iiersoii's indiscretion on ni
shoulders, 1113- dear friend, I have too much
sense."
"Precisely," replied tho doctor. "Wo both
hail. And I am all the liettcr pleased with
ourwisdom, because becauso" He looked
at her sharply.
"Becauso what?" sho asked, with a faint
premonition of danger.
"Because I have found tho right person,"
said the doctor, firinl-, "and shall adopt him
this afternoon."
Anastasie looked at him out of a mist.
"You have lost 3-our reason," she said; and
there was a clang in her voice that seemed to
threaten trouble.
"Not so, ni3-dear," ho replied; "I retain
its complete exercise. To the proof : instead
of attempting to cloak my inconsistencj-1
have, by wa3 of preparing you, thrown it
into strong relief. You will there, I think,
recognize tho philosopher who has the ec
stas to call you wife. The fact is, I have
been reckoning all this while without an ac
cident I never thought to find a son of my
own. Now, last night I found one. Do not
unnecessarily alarm yourself, my dear; he is
not a drop of blood to me that I know. It is
his mind, darling, bis mind that calls mo
father."
"His mind!" she repeated, with a titter
between scorn and hysterics. "His mind,
indeed! Henri, is this an idiotic pleasanto,
or are you mad? His mind! And what of
my mindf"
"Truly," replied the doctor, with a shrug,
"you have our finger on the hitch. He will
be strikingly antipathetic to my beautiful
Anastasie She will never understand him;
he will never understand her. You married
the animal side of my nature, dear; and it is
on the spiritual side that I find my affinity
for Jean-Marie. So much so. that, to be cer-
fectly f rani, 1 stand in some awe of him my
self. You will easily perceive that I am
announcing a calamity for you. Do not," he
broke out in tones of real solicitude, "do" not
give way to tears after a meal, Anastasie.
You will certainly give yourself a false di
gestion." Anastasie controlled herself. "You know
how willing I am to humor you," she said,
"in all reasonable matters. But on this
point"
"My dear love," interrupted the doctor,
eager to prevent a refusal, "who wished to
leave Paris? Who made me give up cards,
and the opera, and the boulevard, and nr
social relations, and all that was nn- life be
fore I knew you? Have I been "faithful?
Have I been obedient? Have I not borne
1113- doom with cheerfulness? In all honest3-,
Anastasie, have I not a right to a stipula
tion on my side? I have, and j-ou know it.
I stipulate m' son."
Anastasie was aware of defeat; she struck
her colors instantly. "You will break my
heart," she sighed.
"Not in the least," said ho. "You will
feel a trifling inconvenience for a month,
just as I did when 1 was flrst brought to
this vile hamlet; then your adinirablesensi'
and temper will prevail, and I see 'oi
already as content as ever, and making
your husband the happiest of men."
"You know I can refuse -ou nothing," sh
said, with a last flicker of resistance; "noth
ing that will make ou truby happier. But
will this? Are 30U sure, 1113- husband? Last
night, you sa3 j-ou found him! Ho maybt
the worst of humbugs."
"I think not," replied tho doctor. "But di.
not suppose me so unwary as to adopt him
out of hand. I am, I flatter myself, a fin
ished man of the world; I have had all pos
sibilities in view; 1113 plan is contrived to
meet them all. I take the lad as stable bo
If ho pilfer, if ho grumble, if he desire to
change, I shall see I was mistaken; 1 shall
recognize him for no son of mine, and send
him tramping."
"You will never do so when the time
comes," said his wife; "I know your good
heart.'1
She reached out her hand to him, with a
sigh; the doctor smiled as he took it and car
ried it to his lips; ho had gained his -xint
with greater ease than he had dared to hope;
for perhaps the twentieth time he had proved
the efficacy of his trust3 argument, his Ex
calibur, the hint of a return to Paris. Six
mouths in the capital, for a man of the doc
tor's antecedents and relations, implied no
less a calamit3' than total ruin. Anastasie
had saved the remainder of his fortune b3r
keeping him strictly in the count iy. The
very name of Paris put her in a blue fear;
and she would have allowed her husband tc
keep a menagerie in the back garden, let
alone adopting a stable 1103-, rather than per
mit the question of return to lie discussed.
Aliout -1 of the afternoon the mountebank
rendered up his ghost; ho had never lieen
conscious since his seizure. lr. Desprez was
present at his last passage, and declared the
farce over. Then he took Jean-Mai ie 113- the
shoulder, and led him out into the inn gar
den, where there was a convenient liencli
beside the river. Here he sat him down and
made the bo' place himself on his left.
"Jean-Marie," he said vcr3 grave, "this
world is exceedingly vast, and even France,
which is onl a small corner of it, is a great
place for a littlo lad like 3-011. Unfortunately
it is full of eager, .shouldering people moving
011, and there are very few bakers' shops for
so man eaters. Your master is dead: you
are not lit to gain a living by yourself ; you
do not wish to steal? No. Your situation,
then, is undesirable; it is, for the moment,
critical Ou tho other baud, you behold in
me a man not old, though elderly, still en
joying the youth of the heart and tho intel
ligence; a man of instruction; easily situated
in this world's affairs; keeping a good table;
a man, neither as friend nor host, to be de
spised. I ofl'er you your food and clothes,
and to teach you lessons in the evening.wliicii
will lie infinitely more to the purpose for a
lad of your stamp than those of all the priests
in Europe. 1 pro-xise nu wages, but if ever
3-ou take a thought to leave me the door
shall lie ojien, and I will give you 100 francs
to start the world upon. In return, 1 have
an old horse and chaise, which you would
very sjieedily learn to clean and keep in ol
der. Do not hurry yourself to answer, und
take it or leave it as you judge aright. Only
remember this, that I am no sentimentalist
or charitable person, but a man who lives
rigorously to himself; and that if I make the
proposal it is for my own ends it is because
I perceive clearly nn advantage to myself.
And now reflect."
"I shall be very glad. I do not see what
else I can do. I thank you, sir, most kindly,
and I will try to be Useful,"' said the boy.
"Thank you," said the doctor, warmly, ris
ing at the same time and wiping his brow,
for he had suffered agonies while the thing
hung in the wind. A refusal, after the scene
at noon, would have placed him in a ridicu
lous light before Anastasie. "How hot and
heavy is the evening, to bo sure! I hnvw
always had n fancy to he a fish in summer,
Jean-Marie, here in the Loing beside Gretz.
I should lie under a water lily and listen to
the bells, which must sound most delicately
down liehv.v. That would be a life do on
not think so, too!"
"Yes," said Jean-Marie.
"Thank God, you have Imagination!" cried
tho doctor, embracing the boy with his usual
effusive warmth, though it was a proceeding
that seemed to disconcert the sufferer almost
as much as if he had been an English school
bo3 of the same age. "And now," he added,
"I will take 30U to n3 wife."
Mme. Desprez sat in the dining room in a
cool wrapper. All the blinds were down, and
the tile floor had been rcccntly'sprinkled with
water; her e3-es were half shut, but she
affected to bo reading a novel as they en
tered. Though she was a bustling woman,
sho cnjo3-ed repose between whiles and had a
remarkablo appetite for sleep.
Tho doctor went through a solemn form of
introduction, adding, for the benefit of both
parties, "You must try to like each other for
my sake."
"He is very pretty," said Anastasie. "Will
-ou kiss me, my piett- littlo fellow?"
iia
"Will you hiss me, my pretty little fellow?"
The doctor was furious, and dragged her
into tho passage. "Aro 3-011 a fool, Anas
tasie?" he said. "What is all this I hear
ubout tho tact of women? Heavens knows. I
have not met with it in m3 experience. You
address my littlo philosopher ns if he were an
infant. He must be spoken to with more re
spect, I tell you; ho must not lie kissed and
Georgy-porgy'd like an ordinary child."
"I only did it to please ou, I am sure,"
replied Anastasie; "but I will try to do bet
ter." Tho doctor apologized for his warmth.
"But I do wish him," he continued, "to feel
at homo among us. And really -our con
duct was so idiotic, nry cherished one, and so
utterly and distantly out of place, that a
saint might have been pardoned a little vehe
mence in disapproval. Do, do try if it is
-lossible for a woman to understand young
people but of course it is not, and I waste
my breath. Hold -our tongue as much as
possible at least, and observe my conduct
narrowl; it will serve you for a model."
Anatasie did as she was bidden, and con
sidered the doctor's behavior. She observed
that he embraced the D03 three times in the
course of the evening, and managed gener
al to confound and abash the little fellow
out of speech and appetite. But she had the
true womanly heroism in little affairs. Not
only did she refrain from the cheap revengu
of exposing the doctor's errors to himself,
but she did her best to remove their ill effect
on Jean-Marie. When Desprez went out for
his last breath of air before retiring for the
night, she camo over to tho boy's side and
took his band.
"You must not be surprised nor frightened
b m husband's manners," she said. "He
is the kindest of men, but so clever that he is
sometimes difficult to understand. You will
soon grow used to bihi, ami then ou will
love him, for that nobody can help. As for
me, you may be sure, I shall try to make you
j happy, and will not bother you at all. I
' think we should lie excellent friends, you and
I. I am not clever, but I am very good
natured. Will -ou give mo u kiss?"
He held up his face, and she took him in
her arms and then began to cry; The woman
bad spoken in complaisance; but she had
warmed to her own words, and tenderness
followeiL The doctor, entering, found them
enlaced: he concluded that his wife was in
fault; and he was just beginning, in an
awful voice, "Anastasie," when she looked
; o at him, smiling, with an upraised finger;
and ho held his peace, wondering, while sho
led tho boy Ic hie attic.
I'lul.c ; "nt ii'ietl.)
A WINTER ELF.
Too cold it was to ride or walk:
A little elf swim-; oa a marigold stalk,
The mariirold (lowers were fallen and dead.
The marigold dowers were slirumled iu su,w,
A bitter wind rnsiuvi co uiul fro.
And all the violets were abed.
The little elf's nos. was sorry and blue.
But the little elf s self was jolly all through;
And us he swun' from side to side.
He sau-; his souk with an air of pride:
"Out o' tho wool o" the chestnut buds
My Minnie spun ?:iy hese and jerkin;
Of u hat's whi made my cloak,
Warm enough to wrap a Turk in;
Lined them all with thistle ilcmn, "
Gathered when the pois were brown;
Trimmed them with a rabbit's fur, n
Left upon 11 cockle bur; ,
"Yet, iu spite of cverythiu-r,
y.:i I fear that cold I be.
Ka: h.i! the spring! Ho! ho! tho spring!
The merry, merry spring for me!"
St. Nicholas.
hrewilness of a 1'lunter.
Negroes are deeply religious in charac
ter, though they maintain a too rigid
separation lietween religion aud morality.
There was once a planter "up the coast."
whose flocks aud bonis suffered from the
depredations of his colored neighbors. Ilia
method of Melf-preservation was unique.
Ho built a church which ho presented to
tho negroes upon one condition. This con
dition was announced to tho congregation
from the pulpit by their minister. It was
that bo long us nothing wan btolen from
this planter's place so long would tho
sanctuary remain open, but upon the dis
appearance of tho first urticlo tho church
was to ho closed, never to bo reopened.
Tho plan worked faultlessly, and wLiio
other plantations suffered as of old. the
o-iginator of this scheme possessed his
goods in peace. New York Post.
Tli Loss of Temper.
Temper, too, there is no question, is
good to keep; yet we ourselves remember
occasions when wo would have given all
the world to have been ablo to loso our
tenijier thoroughly, completely, irrevoca
bly. Simulated loss of temper is a great
gift; but a real, genuine loss lias a power
of closing a controversy or putting an end
to a situation where simulated loss can
effect nothing. No doubt tho losing- is ex
pensive: it genurolly means apology or
compensation of some sort; but for tho
moment it carries a man through a diffi
culty liucoiisriously. and, as it were. 011
wings. Tho wounds received in tho ex
citement of battle are said at the time not
to hurt, and loss of temper means an ex
citement where wounds given and re
ceived becoiuu almost u. pleasure. London
Spectator.
Kcliitivc Values 1 Food.
Professor Atwuter grades tho relative
valuu of various articles of food, according
to their cost in producing a given amount
of uiuscul energy, with tho following re
sult: A mixture of wheat flour and corn
meal, being tho most valuable for this
purpose, is taken as tho unit, and costs,
say. 1: oatmeal and boans. 1; eight cent
cheese, 1J; potatoes at seventy -five cents
a bushel, 1; fat salt pork, 2; fifteen cent
cheese. 2; rice and eight cent beef, 2j;
wheat bread, i; salt codfish, 3; smoked
hum. 3; eleven cent mutton, 4; salt mack
erel and seven cent milk, 4$; sixteen cent
beef, 5; fresh codfish, 5J; fresh mackerel,
(i. Chicago News.
Why the Numbers are Changed.
Tho hotel clerk finds many curious
people If at some time there has been a
suicide in ono of tho rooms, the first duty
of the clerk is to see to it that the news
paper reporter does not get tho number of
tho room. And if ho should, tho numlier
is changed at the hotel as quickly as pos
sible. The reason for this is that the
average arrival who is posted on the sui
cide invariably asks tho clerk whut room
it occurred in, and follows the inquiry
with tho remark that ho "doesn't want
that room." There is hardly a first class
hotel in Chicago that hasn't had some sort
of tragedy, and the clerks aro never sup
posed to know what room they occurred
iu. --Chicago MaiL
In it Fur Store.
Mrs. Savezrien Kichu (in fur store to
salesman) I want to look at a pair of f ur
nalias. Salesman (doubtfully) I don't think
I know what you mean, madam.
Mrs. S. R. Ono of my friends has
bought a pair of horses and a sleigh, and
she said she got the pamphernulias to go
with it, and I want a pair. too.
Salesman (face reddening) Wo aro all
out of them today, madam. Judge.
Lincoln ns a Kail Splitter.
Leonard W. Volk. tho Chicago sculptor,
says that once when taking a plaster cast
of President Lincoln's hands he detected
a scar on the left thumb. Noticing that
it had attracted his attention tho presi
dent said: "You have heard mo called a
rail splitter; well, one da whilo sharp
cuing a wedge on a log tho axo glanced
off and nearly took tho end of my thumb
off. That's tho scar. "New York World.
New York State Fair.
Syracuse raised $80,000 as an Induce
ment to have the state agricultural fair
permanently located there. The next an
nual exhibition will be held at Elmlra
Sept. 18-10. The premium lit will offer
in the aggregate $10,000 In prizes. The
fiftieth anniversary of the society will oc
cur in September, 1890, and will doubtles?
bo celebrated at Syracua.
Far Ahead of Darwin.
A Chicago man Is lecturing on a theory
of evolution that annihilates Darwin. Ho
believes that man is a development from
plants through the brute kind. The
Chinaman, ho says, sprang from an alli
gator, the alligator from a pine log and
the pine from electricity in the earth. The
negro came from the gorilla, the English
man from tho bulldog, the Irishman from
the terrier and the German from tho
goose. New York Evening World.
Annual Output of Beer.
It lias leen calculated that the quantity
of beer brewed yearly in the undermen
tioned countries is about its follows: Great
Britain, 1,030,000,000 gallons; Germany,
900,000.000; Austria, 270,000,000; Bel
gium, ISO.000,000; France, 150,000,000;
Itussia, 00,000,000; Holland, 33,000,000;
Denmark, .'50,000,000: Sweden, 30,000.000;
Switzerland, 17,000,000; Norway, 10,500,-
000.
".Wyslfry Gold."
An analysis of "mystery gold" reveals
an alloy of copper, silver, gold, aluminium
and iron, tho last probably being an im
purity. Even when present in small pro
portion, tho aluminium resists the nitric
acid test. Arkansaw Traveler.
Very Nervous Indeed.
When Mayor Hewitt was in Washing
ton ho was continually annoyed by the
untimely barking of dogs at night. But
it seems that there is a man now in Wash
ington even more nervous than the mayor.
He refuses to live in a house with trees in
front of it because he says their bark dis
turbs him at night. New York Tribune.
A Famous Doctor
Once said that the secret of good health
consisted in keeping the bead cool, tho
!eet warm, and the bowels open. Had
this eminent physician lived in our day,
aud known the merits of AVer's Pills
as an aperient, he would certainly have
recommended them, as so many of his
distinguished successors are doing.
The celebrated Dr. Farnsworth, of
Norwich, Conn., recommend Ayer's
Tills as the best of all remedies for
" Intermittent Fevers."
Dr. I. E. Fowler, of Bridgeport,
Conn., says: "Ayer's Pills are highly
and universally spoken of by the people
about here. I make daily use of them
in my practice."
Dr. Mayhew, of New Bedford, Mass.,
says : " Having prescribed many thou
sands of Ayer's Pills, iu my practice. I
can unhesitatingly pronounce them the
best cathartic iu use."
The Massachusetts State Assayer. Dr.
A. A. Hayes, certifies : " I have ina.ie a
careful analysis of Ayer's Pills. They
contain the active principles of well
known drugs, isolated from inert mat
ter, which plan is, chemically speaking,
of great iiiiKrtaiice to their usefulness.
It insures activity, certainty, and uni
formity of effect. Ayer's Pills contain
no metallic or mineral substance, but
the virtues of vegetable remedies in
skillful combination."
Ayer's Pills,
Prj;ird '; I)r..l '. AycrJfcCo.. Lowell. Maaa.
Sold ! nil U.-uiera in Medicine.
Great trees aro good for nothing but
shade.
ilucklen's Am it-a Salve.
The Beht Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Ithoum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tion6, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Dowty & Becher. July 27
Though the fox run tho chicken has
wings.
The Commercial Travelers Protective
Association of the United States, has a
membership of over sixteen thoiisnu 1
and is probably the strongest association
of tho kind in the world. Mr. John 11.
Stone, their national secretary and treas
urer, 7!) Dearbone street, Chicago, in a
letter states that he has been severely
troubled at times, for tho past twenty
years, with cramp and bilious colic
which would compel him to tako to his
lied from three to six days whilo in St.
Louis at their last annual meeting he
procured a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrluea Remedy and has
since used it with the best results. It is
the only remedy ho ever found that ef
fected a rapid and complete cure. No
ono can safely travel wit limit it. Sold by
Dowty A Becher.
Tho shortest answer is doing.
An Absolute 1'ure.
Tho ORIGINAL ABIKTLNE OINT
MENT is only put up in large two-ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute euro for
old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands
and all kinds of skin eruptions. Will
positively cure all kinds of piles. A.'ik for
the ORIGINAL ABITINE OINTMENT
Sold by Dowty fc Becher tit 25 cents per
box by mail 30 cents. many
He plays well that wins.
The l'a"-eii:;er Department
Of the Union Paciilc, "The Overland
Route," 1ms gotton out a lly-bill design
ed to call attention to tho summer re
sorts along the lino of this railway. It
is a good bill and tourists, pleasure
seekers, sjiortsnien and fishermen should
apply nt once to J. S. Tebbets, General
Passenger agent, Omaha, Neb., for in
formation in regard to the points of in
terest along the line, before deciding
where they will spend tho summer sea
son, or vacation holidays. :itf
Fair words make me look to my purse.
Cartield Branch.
On the Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake
City, on the Union Pacific, "The Over
land Route," will be formally opened to
tho public on Decoration day, May 30th.
Ample accommodations have been pro
vided, and the Pacific hotel company
will have charge of the hotel accommo
dations at this famous resort under the
supervision of tho Union Pacific railway.
No pains or expense have been spared to
make this the summer resort of the west.
It is only eighteen miles from Salt Lake
City on tho Utah & Nevada branch of tho
Union Pacific. Trains will be run at
frequent intervals daily between Salt
Lake City and tho Beach. Cheap trains,
good baths, and excellent meals will be
among the attractions. 3tf
Ho that hopes not for good, fears not
evil.
A secret is ono thing, and a ladle an
other. JLosaea of the Civil War.
The extent of these losses will be bet
ter understood if compared with some of
the extraordinary cases cited in the his
tories of other wars. Tako. for instance,
the charge of the Light Brigade at Balak
lava the charge of the Six Hundred.
Lord Cardigan took 678 officers and men
Into that action; they lost 118 killed and
134 wounded; total, 247, or 88.7 per cent.
Tho heaviest loos in the late Franco
Prussian war occurred at Mars-la-Tour,
In tho Sixteenth German Infantry (Third
Westphallan), which lost 49 percent. But
the One Hundred and Forty-first Penn
sylvania lost 76 per oent. at Gettysburg,
while regimental losses of 60 percent,
were frequent occurrences In both Union
and Confederate armies. In the war for
the Union there were scores of regiments,
unknown or forgotten in history, whose
percentage of killed and wounded iu cer
tain actions would far exceed that of the
much praised Light Brigade; and nobody
blundered either. CbL W. F. Fox in Th
Century.
The Age'a Educational Folly.
Tho educational folly of the age consists
in the assumption that any large propor
tion of our population desire much in
struction in schools. Rev. John Harvard,
who saved a few hundred pounds from
his scanty salary that he might endow a
college, stated that he made the sacrifice
because "the young people about him were
possessed of an absolute passion for ac
quiring knowledge." Had he lived in our
time he would have discovered that tho
young people had a passion for almost
anything else. He would have used Ids
money in obtaining the pleasures of vaca
tions. Girls go to high schools now, not
for the loTe of learning, pure and simple,
but in order to get a chance to teach. and
the sons of rich men attend college chieuy
becauso it is fashionable. Chicago Times.
OtM-alty Kervoaa IJlaorder.
A French scientist advances tho theory
that obesity is a nervous disorder, and
should be treated by avoidance of mental
and physical fatigue and a diet of eggs,
soup, milk, rice and potatoes. Chicago
Times.
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illfi 10 1110 uisie, ui-ce'iin'it" if tuu Biiiiii
ach, and perfectly safe in all cases. It is
tho most easily taken and pleasantly ef
feetivo remedy known to euro and pre- ;
vent eostivenesp, to impell Ii-adaehes.
colds and fevers, and strengthen the
kidneys, liver and bowels and is there
fore a favorite remedy with the ladies.
For sale onlv bv Dowty X fiecher.
He that lives not well one year t-or-rows
seven after.
Daily excursions haw lieen arran-'fil ;
for over tho Union Pacific liailwav, toi
San Francisco, San Pii'jo. Colton. Los
Angeles, San liernardino and San Jose,!
California, also to Portland. Oregon, at J
StfO.IX) for tho round trip. Tickets ar
good IU) days for the going passage and
good for the return trip for six months I
from date of sale, wit Ii the usual snip -
over privileges in both directions within
these limits. These tickets arc also good
livwav of Denver and Salt Lake City in
each direction. Tli Agent, Mr. .7. If.
Meagher, tells us ipiito a number are'
thinking of making the trip sion, and it .
would lie well for those intending to go '
in select parties to see him and arrange
for their accommodations. Mr. J. U. I
Frawley, Traveling Agent, Union Pacilic, '
at Omaha, is arranging for these select
parties, and will be glad to give anv fur
. , ,
ther information in regard to these ex-
cursions. Parties who prefer can cor res
pond with Mr. J. Tebbets. (. P. .V- T. A.,
Omaha. Neb.
The offender never pardons.
Tilt- nl in I n.uiii'.iuu-.
W. D. Suit, druggist, itfppus. Tnil.,
testities: "J can recommend Kleeirjn
JJitters as th very best remedy, livery
Iottlu Fold has given relief in every
case. One man took six bottles, and
was cured of Rheumatism of W years
standing." Abraham Hare, druggist.
Belleville. Ohio, atlirms: "Tho best sell
ing medicine I have ever handled in my
'20 years' experience, is Electric Hitters."
Thousands of others have added their
testimony, so that the verdict is unani
mous that Electric Hitters do cure all
diseases of the Liver, Kiiine".i: or Hlood.
Only a half dollar a bottle :it Dwty Sc
Becher's drug store.
Ho that hath no good trade it is to his
loss.
On and after April 20th, the day
coaches on tho Union Pacific's No. 15,
known as tho "Overland Flyer," will be
taken off, to better enable it to make
time. This will add largely to tho popu
larity that has already lieen gained by
this fast train. After that dato it will
carry only passongers holding lirst-class
tickets, to points where the train makes
regular stops, between Council Bluffs
and Ogden. Such passengers must pur
chase tickets for seats or berths in Pull
man sleepers, lieforo entering tho cars.
3-tf
Ho that can make a firo well can end
a quarrel.
A Woman's Hi-tcovrry.
"Another wonderful discovery
has
been mado and that too by a woman in
this county. Disease fastened its clutch
es upon her and for seven years she
withstood its severest ttstb, but her
vital organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed incessantly and could not
sleep. She bought of us a bottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery Tor Consumption
and was so much relieved on taking first
do.-e that she slept all night and with
one liottle has been miraculously cured
Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus
write W. C. llamrick A- Co., of Shelby,
N. C- get a free trial bottlo at Dowty .V
Becher's drug store.
Tho blind eats many a fly.
Never (Jive l"p.
If you suffer with asthma, bronchitis,
or anv other disease of tho throat or
lungs, nothing can surprise you more
than the rapid improvement that will
follow the use or SANTA AIM E. If you
are troubled with catarrh, and have
tried other medicines, yon will be un
able to express your amazement at tiie
marvelous and instantaneous curative
powes of CALIFORNIA CAT-IS -CUKE.
These remedies are not secret com
pounds, but natural productions of
California. Sold sit $1.00 a package,
three for $50, and guaranteed by
Dowty A Becher.
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NEBRASKA.
FAMILY : JOURNAL.
A Wt't-kly Xi-wsi:ijhi issued every
Wednesday.
.'2 Columns of rending matter, eon-
sisti:ig of Nebraska State News
Items. Selected Stories and
Miscellany.
M5""Sniiil-roieft'iit to any Hittlri-M.
SiilHiriptitn pricv.
I SI a year, in idvance.
! Address:
M. K. Ti'knkk .V Co.,
j Columbus,
( Platte Co., Nebr.
j
J Q J g g(J HR E I B E R.
tlacKii
j All kinds of Repairing done 00
Short Notice. Buggies, Wag
ons, etc.. made to order,
and all work (iiiar
an teed.
&lso sell the world-famous Walter A.
Wood Mower3, Reapers, Combin
ed Machines, Harvesters,
and Self-hinders the
best made.
li?"Slini opposite the Tattersall," on
.iIIvm St.. COLWMiiUS. 'Jti-m
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MKNT, a Kii'irant1-.! p-cihi' lor lijtcri!i. Dizzi.
'rs'. V"li"1,""n's, ,
I ibiul'irlie. Nitvoiis I'm
' of alcohol or tnliarco.
s. 4 iiiiviiltinn-, ritx, .S.thim "Nt-iintlt'm.
lukirhe. Nervous l'rostnitiolKiilir--! hy thii-
ith'ohol or toliarco. Wakeful ii.-s. .Mental !)
invfHoii. Softenintr of th lirain ri-Millitii: in in
Kinitj ami leailini; to minery, ileray anil tleath.
I'reiiiatnre OliI A:r. narrenne. Ijo of Mucr
in either i-e.t. Involuntary Ion--i.-inil S'xtiiiiuI
oirhtea oaiiMil liy wr-t-xfrt ion of the hrain.-'elf-aliue
or over iniiuli'encc. Kaeh Imix roiitaint
one month's treatment. l.iOa Ihix. orxi.i lxe
for tf.l.Ul.sent by mail pnpail on receipt of price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To ciin- any ca.- ith each onler rec-iveil hy nn
for six iMixet. accompanied with $.".(, we will
win! the purchaser our written KHarantee to re
fund the money if tho treatment he not i-Hn-t
a cure. ("uarantet'H is-meil only ly Dowty A.
Itecher. ilrui'Kists, wile tiKi-ntt, (oliimlniM, Ned.
ilec7".i7y
LAND lor RENT!
We will rent for one year, to the !iii;liett Iml
tler, all of M'ction thirteen it'll excepting tin
W'i of NWS-of town ciKhtcen IS north, of
miiK oik il wcrt. Any out Ietiriut; to rent
the same will please write to us at
Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
HANEY BROS.
Itmar3m
RICHLY!
REWARDED re thi"
who read tins ami then tu-1 .
they will tillil honorahte fin
ployment that will not Ink'
them from their homes mul fmiiilii-. Tin
profits are Jnri: antl sure for every inilustnoui
person, many have maiie and are now inukini
several hundred dollars a month. It is easy for
any one to make $.and upwards per day, wtio it
willing to work. Kit her sex, youni oro!i!:rRii
tal not i.eedtil; we start you. Kverythiiiic new.
No special ahility required; you, reader, can do
it as well as any one. Write to us at once for
full particulars, which we mail free. Aildrenx
Ktiiiboii A. Co., Portland, Me. dec"y
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XATARRH
.BIETlNEMDMn
'OROVILLECAL
SIMTMBIE CIT-R CURE
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XOWTV fc BECHETs.
Trade tcipj lil by the II. T. (.'lahk Duuci Co.,
Lincoln, Neb. Tmartjo-ly.
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