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The Measure of FVanchard.
By BOBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
Continued from lust trtel:)
CHAPTER IV.
THB EDUCATION" OF A PHILOSOPHER.
The installation of the adopted stable boy
was thus happily effected, and the wheels
of life continued to run binoothly in the doc
tor's house. Jean-Marie did his horse and
carriage duty in the morning; sometimes
helped in the housework; sometime walked
abroad with the doctor, to drink uisdom
from the fountain head; and was introduced
at night to the sciences and the dead tongues.
He retained his singular placidity of mind
and manner; he was rarely in fault; but he
made only a very partial progress in his
studies, and remnined much of a stranger in
the family.
The doctor was a pattern of regularity.
All forenoon he worked on his great book,
the 'Comparative Pharmacopoeia, or His
torical Dictionary of all Medicines," which
a yet consisted principally of slips of paper
and pins. When finished, it was to fill many
porsonablo volumes and to combine anti
quarian interest with professional utility.
But thedoctor was studious of literary graces
and the picturesque; an anecdote, a touch of
manners, a moral qualification, or a sound
ing epithet was sure to be preferred bef ore a
piece of science; a little more, and ho would
have written the "Comparative Pharma
copouia" in verse! Tho article "Mummia,"
for instance, was already complete, though
the remain ler of tho work had not progressed
Itcyond tins letter A. It was exceedingly
copious and entertaining, written with
qu:iintno and color, exact, erudite, a lit
erary article, but it would hardly have af
forded guidance to a practicing physician of
today. The feminine good sense of his wife
had fed hei to point this out with uncom
promising sincerity; for the dictionary was
duly read aloud to her, betwixt sleep and
waking, as it proceeded toward an infinitely
distant completion: and the doctor was a lit
tle sore on the subject of mummies, and some
times resented an allusion with aienty.
After the midday meal and a projicr pe
riwl of digestion he walked, Mimetiinesaloue,
sometimes ueeompaiiied by Jean Mane, for
madame uould have preferred an' hardship
rather than walk
She was. as I have said, a very busy per
boii, continually occupied about material
(iiiiifurts and read' to drop asleep over a
novel the instant she was disengaged This
was tin' 1-ss iihjVctiouahle, as she never
Miored or givw distcniiercl in complexion
hen she slept On the contrary, the looked
the ery picture of luxurious and appetizing
wise, and woke without a start to the jierfect
vs)-ssioii of her faculties. I am at raid she
w:ls greatly an annual, but she was a very
nice uuimal to have about. In this way she
hail little to do with Jean-Marie; but tho
j-yinpathy w liifh had been established between
them on the first night remained unbroken.
They held occasional conversations, mostly
on household matter. To the extreme disap-
)Hmtnifi!t of the doctor, they occasionally
sallied off together to th;it temple of delias
iiiMiersiit!on, the illuge church. Mudame
and he, tjoth in their Sunday's best, drove
twice a mouth to Foiitamehleau aud re
turn's! laden with purchases, and, in short,
although the doctor still continued to regard
them us irreconcilably antiitathclic, their re
lation was as intimate, friendly and confi
dential as their natures suffered.
1 fear, however, that in her heart of hearts,
madame kindly despised and pitied the boy.
She had no admiration for his class of vir
tues; she liked a smart, polite, forward,
roguish sort of boy, cap in hand, light of
foot, meeting tho eye; she liked volubility,
charm, a little vice the promise of a second
Dr. Desprez. And it was her indefeasible
belief that Jean-Marie was dulL "Poordear
boy," she had said once, "how sad it is that
be should be so stupid!" She had never re
peated that remark, for tho doctor had raged
like a wild bull, denouncing the brutal blunt
ness of her mind, bemoaning his own fate to
be so unequally mated with an ass, and, what
touched Auastasie more nearly, menacing
the table china by the fury of his gesticula
tions. But she adhered silently to her opin
ion; and when Jean-Marie was sitting, stolid,
blank, but not unhappy, over his unfinished
tasks, she would snatch her opportunity in
the doctor's "absence, go over to him, put her
arms about bis neck, lay her cheek to his,
and communicate her sympathy with his
distress. "Do not mind," she would say;
"I, too, am not at all clever, aud I can assure
you that it makes no difference in life."
Tho doctor's view was naturally different.
That gentleman never wearied of tho sound
of his own voice, which was, to say the truth,
agreeablo enough to hear. He now had a
listener, who was not so cynically indifferent
as Anastasie, and who sometimes put him on
his mettle by the most relevant objections.
Besides, was ho not educating the boy J And
education, philosophers are agreed, is the
most philosophical of duties. What can be
more heavenly to poor mankind than to have
one's hobby grow into a duty to the state.'
Then, indeed, do tho ways of life become
ways of pleasantness. Never had the doctor
seen reason to lo more content with his en
dowments. Philosophy flowed smoothly from
his lip, no was so agile a dialectician that
ho could trace his nonsense, when challenged,
back to some root in sense, and prove it to be
a sort of flower upon his system. He slipped
out of antinomies like a fish, and left his dis
ciple marveling at the rabbi's depth.
Moreover, deep down in his heart the doc
tor was disappointed with the ill success of
his more formal education. A boy, chosen J
by so acuto an observer for his aptitude, and !
guided along the path of learning by so phil- !
osophic an instructor, was bound, by the
nature of the universe, to make a more obvi
ous and lasting advance. Now Jeau-Marie
was slow in all things, impenetrable in
others; and his power of forgetting vat fully
on a level with his power to learn. Therefore,
the doctor cherished his peripatetic lectures,
to which tho boy attended, which he gener
ally appeared to enj'oy, and by which he
often profited.
Many and many were the talks they had
together; and health and moderation proved
the subject of the doctor s divagations. To
these he lovingly returned.
"I lead you," he would say, "by tho green
pastures. My system, my beliefs, my medi
cines, are resumed in one phrase to avoid
excess. Blessed nature, healthy, temperate
nature, abhors and exterminates excess. Hu
man law, in this matter, imitates at a great
distance her provisions: and we must strive
to supplement the efforts of tho law. Yes,
lwy, w e must be a law to ourselves aud for
our neighbors lex armata armed, em
phatic, tyrannous law. If you see a crapu
lous human ruin snutliug, dash him from hit
ltox1 The judge, though in a way an admis
sion of disease, is less offensive to me than
either the doctor or the priest. Above all
tho doctor thedoctor and the purulent trash
and garbage of his pharmacopoeia! Puro
air from the neighborhood of a pinetum
for the sake of the turpentine un
adulterated wine, and the reflections of an un
sophisticated spirit in the presence of the
works of nature these, my boy, are the best
medical appliances and the best religious
comforts. Devote youself to these. Hark!
there are the bells of Bourron (the wind Is in
the north, it will be fair). How clear and
airy is the sound! The nerves are harmon
ized and quieted; the mind attuned to silence;
and observe how easily and regularly beats
the heart! Your unenlightened doctor would
see nothing in these sensations; and yet you
yourself perceive they are a part of health.
Did you remember your cinchona this morn
ing? Good. Cinchona also is a work of na
ture; it is, after all, only the bark of a tree
which we might gather for ourselves if we
lived in the locality. What a world is this!
Though a professed atheist, I delight to bear
my testimony to the world. Look at the
gratuitous remedies and pleasures that sur
round our path! The river runs by the gar
den end, our bath, our fish pond, our natural
system of drainage. There is a well in the
court which sends up sparkling water from
the earth's very heart, clean, cool and with
a little wine most wholesome. The dis
trict is notorious for its salubrity; rheuma
tism is the only prevalent complaint, and I
myself have never had a touch of it. I tell
you and my opinion is based upon the cold
est, clearest processes of reason if I, if you,
desired to leave this home of pleasures it
-would be the duty, it would be the privilege,
of our best friend to prevent us with a pistol
bullet."
One beautiful Jane day they sat upon the
hill outside the village. The river, as blue as
heaven, shone here and there among the foli
age. The indefatigable birds turned and
flickered about Gretz church tower. A
healthy wind blew from over tne iorest, ana
the sound of innumerable thousands of tree
tops and innumerable millions on millions of
green leaves was abroad in the air, and filled
the ear with something between whispered
speech and singing. It seemed as if every
blade of grass must hide a cigale; and tho i
fields rang merrily with their music, jingling ;
far and near, as with the sleigh bells of the
fair queen. From their station on the slope
the eye embraced a large space of poplared
plain upon the one hand, the waving hill
tops of the forest on the other, and Gretz it
self in the middle, a handful of roofs. Under
the bestriding arch of the blue heavens, the
place seemed dwindled to a toy. It seemed
incredible that people dwelled, and could find
room to turn or air to breathe, in such a cor
ner of the world. Tho thought came home
to the boy, perhaps for the first time, and he
gave it words.
"How small itlooksl" he sighed
"Ay," replied tho doctor, "small enough
now. Yet it was once a walled city; thriv
ing, full of furred burgesses and men in ar
mor, humming with affairs with tall
spires, for aught I know, and jiortly towers
along the battlements. A thousand chim
neys ceased smoking at the curfew bell.
There were gibbets at the gate as thick as
scarecrows. In time of war, the assault
swarmed against it with ladders, the arrows
fell like leaves, tho defenders sallied hotly
over the drawbridge, eauii side uttered its
cry as they plied their weapons. Do you
know that the walls extended as far as the
Commander ie? Tradition so reports. Alas,
what a long way oft is all this confusion
nothing left of it but my quiet words spoken
in your ear and the town itself shrunk to
the hamlet underneath us! By and by came
the English wars you shall hear more of the
English, a stupid people, who sometimes
blundered into good and Gretz was taken,
sacked and burned. It is the history of i
many towns; but Gretz never arose again; it
was never rebuilt; its ruins were a quarry to
serve the growth of rivals; and the stones of
Gretz are now erect along the streets of Ne-
. . . ... ...
mours. ItcratiHes me that our old house
was the first to rise after the calamity; when
the town had come to an end, it inaugurated
the hamlet."
"I, too, am glad of that," said Jean-Marie.
"It should be the temple of the humbler
virtues,"' responded the doctor, with a savory
gusto. "Perhaps ono of the reasons why I
love my little hamlet as I do, is that we have
a similar history, she and I. Have I told
you that I was orce rich f '
"I do not think so,"' answered Jean-Marie.
"I do not think I should havo forgotten. I
am sorry you should have lost your fortune."
"Sorry f eried the doctor. "Why, I find I
have scarce begun your education after alL
Listen to me ! Would you rather live in the old
Gretz or in the new, free from the alarms of
war, with the green country at the door,
without noise, passports, the exactions of the
soldiery, or tho jangle of the curfew bell to
send us off to bed by sundown J"
"I suppose I should prefer the new," re
plied the boy.
"Precisely," returns! the doctor. "So do
L And, in the same way, I prefer my
present moderate fortune to my former
w ealth. Golden mediocrity ! cried the adora
ble ancients; and I subscribe to their enthu
siasm. Have I not good wine, good food.
gocxinir, tho fields and tho forest for my
walk, a house, an admirable wife, a loy
whom I protest I cherish like a son? Now, if
I were still rich, I should indubitably make
my residence in Paris you know Paris
Paris and paradise are not convertible terms.
This pleasant noise of tho wind streaming
among leaves changed into the grinding
babel of the street, the stupid glare of plaster
substituted for this quiet pattern of greens
and grays, the nerves shattered, the diges
tion falsified picture the fall! Already you
perceive the consequences; the mind is stimu
lated, the heart steps to a different measure,
and the man is himself no longer. I have
passionately studied myself the true busi
ness of philosophy. I know my character as
the musician knows the ventages of his flute.
Should I return to Paris I should ruin my
self gambling; nay, I go further I should
break the heart of my Anastasie with infi
delities." This was too much for Jean-Marie. That
a place should so transform the most excel
lent of men transcended his belief. Paris,
he protested, was even an agreeable place of
residence. "Nor when I lived in that city
did I feel much difference," he pleaded.
"What!" cried the doctor. "Did you not
steal when you were there r
But tho boy could never be brought to see
that he had done anything wrong when ho
stole. Nor, indeed, did the doctor think he
had; but that gentleman was never very
scrupulous when in want of a retort.
"And now," he concluded, "do you begin
to understand? My only friends were those
who ruined me. Gretz has been my acad
emy, my sanatorium, my heaven of innocent
pleasure'. If millions are offered mo I wnre
them back: Retro, Sathanas! Evil one be
gone! Fix your mind on my example; de
spise riches, avoid the debasing influence of
cities. Hygiene hygiene and mediocrity of
fortune these be -our watchwords during
life!"
The doctor's system of hygiene strikingly
coincided with his tastes; and his picture of
a perfect life was a faithful description of
the one he was leading at the time. But it is
easy to convince a boy, whom you supply
with all the facts for tho discussion. And
besides there was one thing admirable in the
philosophy, and that was the enthusiasm of
the philosopher. There was never any one
more vigorously determined to be pleased;
and if he was not a great logician, and so
had no right to convince tho intellect, he
was certainly something of a poet, and had
a fascination to seduce tho heart. What he
could not achieve in his customary humor of
a radiant admiration of himself and his cir
cumstances, he sometimes effected in his fits
of gloom.
"Boy," he would say, "avoid me today. If
I were superstitious, I should even beg for an
interest in your prayers. I am in the black
fit; the evil spirit of King Saul, the hag of
the merchant Abudah, tho personal devil of
the mediaeval monk, is with mo is in me "
tapping on his breast. "Tho vices of my na
ture are now uppermost; innocent pleasures
woo me in vain; I long for Paris, for my
wallowing in tho mire. See," he continued,
producing a handful of silver, "I denude
myself, I am not to to trusted with the price
of a fare. Take it, keep it for me, squander
it on deleterious candy, throw it in the deep
est river I will homologate your action.
Save me from that part of myself which I
disown. If you see me falter, do not hesi
tate; if necessary, wreck the train! I speak,
of course, by a parable. Any extremity wore
totter than for me to reach Paris alive."
Doubtless the doctor enjoyed these little
scenes, as a variation in his part; they repre
sented the Byronic element in the somewhat
artificial poetry of his existence; but to the
boy, though he was dimly aware of their
theatricality, they represented more. The
doctor made erhaps too little, the toy pos
sibly too much, of the reality and gravity of
these temptations.
One day a great light shoue for Jean Maria
"Could not riches be used well:" he asked.
"In theory, yes," replied the doctor. "But
it is found in experience that no one does so.
All the world imagine they will be excep
tional when they grow wealthy; but posses
sion is debasing, new desires spring up, and
the silly taste for ostentation eats out the
heart of pleasure."
"Then you might be better if you had less,"
said the boy.
"Certainly not," replied the doctor; but
his voice quavered as he spoke.
" Whyr demanded pitiless innocence.
Dr. Desprez saw all the colors of the rain
bow in a moment; the stable universe ap
peared to to about capsizing with him. "Be
cause," said he affecting deliberation after
an obvious pause "because I have formed
my life for my present income. It is not
good for men of my years to be violently
dissevered from their habits."
That was a sharp brush. The doctor
breathed hard, and fell into taciturnity for
the afternoon. As for the boy, he was de
lighted with the resolution of his doubts;
evn wondered that he had not foreseen the
obrious and conclusive answer. His faith
in the doctor was a stout piece of goods.
Desprez was inclined to be a sheet in the
wind's eye after dinner, especially after
Rhine wine, his favorite weakness. He
would then remark on the warmth of his
feeling for Anastasie, and with inflamed
cheeks and a loose, flustered smile, debate
upon all sorts of topics, and be feebly and
indiscreetly witty. But the adopted stable
boy would not permit himself to entertain a
doubt that savored of ingratitude. It is
iir ' e true that a man may be a second father
to you, and yet take too much to drink; but
lira best natures are ever slew tc aefitpt nth
truths.
The doctor thorouzhly possessed his heart.
but perhaps ne exaggerated his mnuenco
over his mind. Certainly Jean-Mario
adopted some of his master's opinions, but I
have yet to learn that he ever surrendered
oteof his own. Convictions existed in him
by divine right; they were virgin, un
wrought, the brute metal of decision. Ho
could add others indeed, but ho could not put
away; neither did ho care if they were per
fectly agreed among themselves; and his
spiritual pleasures had nothing to do with
turning them over or justifying them in
words. Words were with him a mere accom
plishment, like dancing. When he was by
himself, his pleasures were almost vegetable.
Ho would slip into tho woods toward A chores
and sit in the mouth of a cave among gray
birches. His soul stared straight out of his
eyes; he did not move or think, sunlight,
thin shadows moving in the wind, the edge
of firs against the sky, occupied and bound
his faculties. He was pure unity, a spirit
wholly abstracted. A single mood filled him,
to which all the objects of sense contributed,
as the colors of the spectrum merge and dis
appear in white light.
So while the doctor mado himself drunk
with words, the adopted stable boy bemused
himself with silence.
CHAPTER V.
TREASURE TROVE.
Tho doctor's carriage was a two wheeled
gig with a hood, a kind of vehicle in much
favor among country doctors. On how many
roads has not one seen it, a great way off be
tween the poplars in how many villago
street, tied to a gate post! This sort of
chariot is affected, particularly at the trot,
by a kind of pitching movement to and fro
across the axle, which well entitles it to the '
style of a Noddy. The hood describes a con
siderable arc against the landscape, with u
solemnly absurd effect on the contemplative
pedestrian. To ride In such a carriage can
not bo numbered among the things that ni-
pertain to glory; but I have no doubt it may
lLse.ful ! Jiver complaint Thence, per-
finite ttz inna rtrttiiilatMrir tttnnnfv nlifeininn
, "!" " trj , p-j "
Ono morning early, Jean-Marie led forth
the doctor's noddy, opened the gate and
mounted to the driving seat. Tho doctor
followed, arrayed from top to too in spotless
linen, armed with an immense flesh colored
umbrella, and girt with a botanical case on a
baldric; and the equipage drove off smartly
in a breeze of its own provocation. They
wero tound for Franchard, to collect plants,
with nn eye to the "Comparative Pharma-copa-ia."
A little rattling on the open roads, and
they came to the borders of tho forest and
struck into an unfrequented track; the noddy
yawed softly over the sand, with an accom
paniment of snapping twigs. There was a
great, green, softly murmuring cloud of con
gregated foliage overhead. In the arcades
of the forest the air retained the freshness of
the night. The athletic bearing of the trees,
each carrying its leafy mountain, pleased the
mind liko so many statues and the lines of
the trunk led the eye admiringly upward to
where tho extreme leaves sparkled in a patch
of azure. Squirrels leaped in mid air. It
was a proper spot for a devotee of the god
dess Hygeia.
"Have you been to Franchard, Jean
Mafte?'' inquired the doctor. "I fancy not."
"Never," replied the toy.
"It is a ruin in a gorge," continue Des
prez, udopting his expository voice; "the
ruin of a hermitage and chapel. History
tells us much of Franchard; how the recluse
was often slain by roboers; how he lived on
a most insufficient diet; how he was expected
to pass his days in prayer. A letter is pre
served, addressed to one of these solitaires
by the superior of his order, full of adtmra
ble hygienic advice; bidding him go from his
book to praying, and so back again, for va
riety's sake, and when he was weary of both
to stroll about his garden and observe the
honey toes. It is to this day my own sys
tem. Ycu must often have remarked me
leaving the "Phnrmacopa'ia"' often even in
the middle of a phrase to come forth in thf
sun and air. I admire the writer of thns
letter from my heart; he was a man of
thought on the most important subjects.
But, indeed, bad I lived in the Middle Ages
(I am heartily glad that I did not) I should
have been an eremite myself if I had not
been a professed buffoon, that is. Theso
were the only philosophical lives yet open:
laughter or prayer; sneers, we might say,
and tears. Until tho sun of the Positive
arose, the wise man had to make his choice
between these two."
"I have been a buffoon, of course," ob
served Jean-Marie.
"I cannot imagine you to have excelled in
your profession," said the doctor, admiring
the boy's gravity. "Do you ever laugh?'
"Oh, yes," replied the other. "I laugh
often. I am very fond of jokes."
"Singular being!" said Desprez. "But I
divagate (I perceive a thousand ways that I
grow old), Franchard was at length de
stroyed in the English wars, tho same that
leveled Gretz. But here is the point tho
hermits (for thero were already moro than
one) had foreseen the danger and carefully
concealed the sacrificial vessels. Theso ves
sels were of monstrous value, Jean-Marie
monstrous value priceless, we may say; ex- j
quisitely worked, of exquisite material. And
now, mark mo, they have never been found. (
In the reign of Louis Quatorze some fellows
were digging hard by the ruins. Suddenly '
tock! the spade hit upon an obstacle.
Imagine the men looking ono to another; '
imagine how thoir hearts bounded, how their
color came aud went. It was a coffer, and,
in Franchard, the place of buried treasure!
They tore it open like famished beasts. Alas I
it was not the treasure; only some priestly
robes, which, at tho touch of tho eating air.
fell upon themselves aad instantly wasted in-
to dust. The perspiration of these good fel- J
lows turned cold upon them, Jean-Mario. I
will pledge my reputation, if there was any
thing liko a cutting wind, one or other had a
pneumonia for his trouble.
"I should like to have seen them turning
into dust," said Jean-Marie. "Otherwise I
should not have cared so greatly."
"You have no imagination," cried tho doc
tor. "Picture to yourself the scene. Dwell
on tho idea a great treasure lying in tho
earth for centuries; tho material for a giddy,
copious, opulent existence not employed;
dresses and exquisite pictures unseen; tho
swiftest galloping horses not stirring a hoof,
arrested by a spell; women with the beautiful
faculty of smiles, not smiling; cards, dice,
opera singing, orchestras, castles, beautiful
parks and gardens, big ships with a tower of
sail cloth, all lying unborn in a coffin and
the stupid trees growing overhead in the sun
light, year after year. The thought drives
one frantic."
"It is only money," replied Jean-Marie.
"It would do harm."
"Oh, 001110!" cried Desprez, "that is philoso
phy; it is all very fine, but not to the point
Just now. Acd, besides, it is not 'only
money,' as you call it; there are works of art
in the question; the vessels were carved. You
speak like a child. You weary me exceed
ingly, quoting my words out of all logical
connection, like a paroquet."
"And at any rate, we have nothing to do
with it," returned the boy submissively.
They struck the Route Rondo at that mt
m jat ; and tho sudden chango to the rattling
causeway ccmtlned, with the doctor1 Irrltn
Ucn, to keep him silent. The noddy jigged
along; the trees went by, looking on silently,
as if they had something on their minds. The
Quadrilateral was passed; then came Fran
chard. They put up the horse at the little
solitary inn and went forth strolling. Tho
gorge was dyed deeply with heather; the
rocks and birches standing luminous in the
sun. A great humming of bees about the
flowers disposed Jean-Marie to sleep, and he
sat down against a clump of heather, while
tho doctor went briskly to and fro, with
quick turns, culling his simples.
The boy's head had fallen a little forward,
his eyes were closed, his fingers had fallen
lax about his knees, when a sudden cry called
him to his feet. It was a strange sound, thin
and brief; it fell dead, and silence returned
as though it had never been interrupted. He
had not recognized the doctor's voice ; but, as
thero was no one else in all the valley, it was
plainly the doctor who had given utterance
to the sound. He looked right and left, and
there was Desprez, standing in a niche be
tween two bowlders, and looking round on
his adopted son with 2a countenance as white
as paper.
"A viperP cried !Jean-Marie, running to
ward him. "A viper! You are bitten!"'
The doctor came down heavily out of the
cleft, and advanced in silence to meet the
boy, whom he took roughly by the shoulder.
"I have found it," he said, with a gasp.
"A plantr asked Jean-Marie.
Desprez had a fit of unnatural gayety,
which the rocks took up.and mimicked. "A
plant!" he repeated scornfully. "Well yes
plant And here," he added, suddenly,
showing his right hand, which he had
hitherto concealed behind his back "hero is
one of tho bulbs."
Jean-Mario saw a dirty platter, coated
with earth.
"Thatf said he. "It is a plate!''
"It is a coach and horses," cried tho
doctor. "Boy," he continued, crowing
wanner, "I plucked away a great iad of
moss from between these bowlders, and dis
closed a crevice; and when I looked in, what
do you suppose I saw? I saw a house, in
Paris with a court and garden, I saw my
wife shining with diamonds, I saw myself a
deputy, I saw you well, I I saw your
future," he concluded, rather feebly. "I have
just discovered America," ho added.
"But whnt is it?" asked tho boy.
"Tho Treasure of Franchard," cried the
doctor; and throwing his brown straw bat
'The
Treasure of Franchard," cried tf.
I doctor.
upon the ground, he whooped liko an Indian
i and sprung upon Jean-Mnrie, whom he suffo
cated with embraces and bedewed with tears.
Then ho flung himself down among the
heathei and once moro laughed until tho val
ley rang.
But tho toy had now an interest of his
own a boy's interest. No sooner was he re
leased from the doctor's accolade than he ran
to the bowlders, sprung into tho niche, and,
thrusting his hand into the crevice, drew
forth, ono after another, incrusted with tho
earth of ages, the flagons, candlesticks and
patens of tho herraitago of Franchnrd. A
casket camo last, tightly shut and very
heavy.
"Oh, what fun!" ho cried.
But when he looked back at tho doctor,
who had followed close tohind and was si
lently observing, tho words died from his
lips. Desprez was onco more the color of
ashes; his lip worked and tremble" I; a sort of
bestial greed possessed him.
"This is childish," he said. "Wo loso
precious time. Back to the inn, harness rha
trap and bring it to yon bank. Run for your
lifo, and remember not one whisper. I stay
here to watch."
Jean-Marie did as ho was bid, though not
without surprise. The noddy was brought
round to the spot indicated, and the two
gradually transjorted the treasure from its
place of concealment to the boot below tho
driving beat Once it was all stowed tho
doctor recovered his gayety.
"I pay my grateful duties to tho genius of
this dell," he said. "Oh, for a live coal, a
heifer and n jar of coustry wine! I am in
the vein for sacrifice, for a superb libation.
Well, and why not? Wo are at Franchard.
English pale ale is to be had not classical
indeed, but excellent Boy, wo shall drink
ale."
"But I thought it was so unwholesome,"
said Jean-Marie, "and very dear, besides.''
"Fiddle-de-dee!" exclaimed the doctor,
gayly. "To the inn!"
And ho stepped into tho noddy, toeing hi1:
head with nn elastic, youthful air. The.
horse was turned, and in a few second they
drew up beside the palings of the iungurden.
"Here," said Desprez "here, near tho
stable, so that wo may keep an eye upon
things."'
They tied the horse, and entered the
garden, the doctor singing, now in fantastic
high notes, now producing deep reverbera
tions from his chest. He took a seat, rapped
loudly on the table, assailed tho waiter with
witticisms; and when tho bottle of Bass was
at length produced, far more charged with
gas than the most delirious champagne, ho
filled out a long glassful of froth and pushed
it over to Jean-Marie, "Drink," h- said:
"drink deep."
"I would rather not," faltered tho boy,
true to his training.
"What!" thundered Desprez.
"I am afraid of it," said Jeau-Marie ; "my
stomach" "
"Tako it or leavo it," intsmiptod Desprez
fiercely; "but understand it onco for all
thero is nothing so contemptible as a pre
cisian." Here was a new lesson! The toy sat be-
mused, looking at the glass but not tasting .
it, while tho doctor emptied and refilled his
own, at first with clouded brow, but grad
ually yielding to the sun, tho heady, prick
ling beverage and his own predisposition to
be happy.
"Once in a way," ho said, at last, by way
cf a concession to the boy's moro rigorous
attitude, "once in a way, and at so criticul a
moment, this ale is a nectar for tho gods.
Tho hnbit, indeed, is debasing; wine, tho
juice of the grape, is the true drink of the
Frenchman, as I have often had occasion to
point out, and I do not know that I can
blame you for refusing this outlandish stim
ulant. You can have some wine tnd cakes.
Is tho bottio empty? "Well, wo will not bo t
proud: we will have pity on your glass."
The beer being done, tho doctor chafed bit
terly whilo Jcan-3Iarie finished his cakes.
"l ,,urn to gone," ho said, looking at h
W.ltcli "fjiwl driA hnw slnxf vnil nit'"'
. -.., .. ... , .
And yet to eat slowly was his own particular
prescription, the main secret of longevity!
His martyrdom, however, reached and end
ntlast; the jwiir resumed their places in the
buggy, and De.-prez, leaning luxuriously
back, announced his intention of proceeding
to Fontainebleau.
"To Fontainebleau.'"' repeated Jean-Marie.
"My words are always measured," said the
doctor. "On!"
The doctor w as driven through the glades of
paradise; the air, the light, the shining leaves,
the ver' movements of tho vehicle, seemed
to fall in tune with his golden meditations;
with his head thrown back, he dreamed a
series, of funny visions, ale and pleasure
dancing in his veins. At last ho s;xke.
"I shall telegraph for Casimir," ho said,
"Good Casimir! a fellow of the lower order
of intelligence, Jean-Marie, distinctively not
creative, not poetic; and yet he will repay
3'our study; his fortune is vast, ami it is en
tirely tine to his own exertions. He is the
very fellow to help us to dispose of our
trinkets, find Ui a suitable house in Paris, and
manage the details of our installation. Ad
mirable Casimir, one of my oldest comrades!
It was on his advice, I may add, that I in
vested my littlo fortune in Turkish bonds;
when we have added these spoils of tho me
diaeval church to our stake in the Mohamme
dan empire, little boy, we shall positively
roll among doubloons, positively roll ! Beau
tiful forest," he cried, "farewell! Though
called to other scenes I will not forget thee.
Thy name is graven in my heart. Under the
influence of prosperity I become dithyrain
bic, Jean-Marie. Such is the impulse of the
natural soul; such was the constitution of
primeval man. And I well, I will not re
fuse the credit I havo preserved my youth
like a virginity; another, who should have
led the same snoozing, countrified existence
for these years, another had become rusted,
become stereotype: but I, I praise my happy
constitution, retain the spring unbroken.
Fresh opulence and a new sphere of duties
find me unabated in ardor and only more
mature by knowledge. For this prosjwetive
change, Jean-Marie it may probably have
shocked you. Tell me now, did it not strike
you as an inconsistency i Confess 'tis u-e-less
to dissemble it pained you:'
"Yes," said the boy.
"You see," returned the doctor, with sub
lime fatuity, "I read j-our thoughts! Nor
ami surprised your education Is not vet
complete; the higher duties of men have iiot
yet been presented to you fully, a hint
till we have leisure must suffice. Nbw that
I am once more in possession of a modest
competence; now that I have so long pre
pared myself in silent meditation, it becomes
my superior duty to proceed to Paris. Mv
scientific training, my undoubted command
of language, mark me out for the service of
my country. Modesty in such a case would
be a snare. If sin were a philosophical ex
pression, I should call it sinful. A man must
not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to
evade his obligations. I must le up and
doing: I must be no skulker in life's battle.
So he rattled on, copiously greasing the
joint of his inconsistency with words; while
the boy listened silently, his eyes fixed' on the
horse, his mind seething. It was all lost elo-
quence; no array of words could unsettle a
belief of Jean-Marie's; and he drove into
Fontaincbleau filled with pity, horror, indig-
nation and despair.
' In the town Jean-Mario was kept a fixture
. on the driving seat, to cuard thn tnvtsnrn-
wnuo tne doctor, witn a singularly slightly
tipsy airiness of maimer, fluttered in and out
of cafes, where he shook hands with garrison
officers and mixed an absinthe with tho
nicety of old experience; in and out of shops.
' from winch he returned laden with costly
fruits, reai turtle, a magnificent piece of
silk or bis wife, a preposterous cane for him
self, aud a kepi of the newest fashion for the
boy; in and out of the telegraph office,
whence ho dispatched his telegram, and
where, three hours later, ho received an an
swer, promising a visit on tho morrow; and
generally pervading Fontainebleau with the
first fine aroma of his divine good humor.
The sun was very low when they set forth
again; the shadows of the forest trees ex
tended across the broad white road that led
them home; tho penetrating odor of the
evening wood had already arisen, like a
cloud of incense, from that broad field of
tree tops; aud even in tho streets of the town,
where tiio air had been baked all day be
tween white walls, it came in whiffs and
pulses, like a distant music. Half way home
the last gold flicker vanished from a great I
oak upon tho left; and when they camo forth I
beyond the borders of the wood, the plain
was already sunken in pearly grayness, and
a great, palo moon cam swinging skyward
through the filmy poplars. I
The doctor sung, tho doctor whistled, the
doctor talked. He spoke of the woods, and
the wars, and tho deposition of dew; he
brightened and babbled of Paris; he soared
kit y cloudy bombast on tho glories of the
political arena. All was to be changed; as
tho day departed it took with it the vestiges
of an outworn existence, and to-morrow's 1
buii was to inaugurate tho new. "Enough,"
ho cried, "of this lifo of maceration!" His
wife (still beautiful, or ho was sadly partial)
was to be no longer buried; she should now
shiuo tot'oro tosiety. Jean-Marie would find
tho world at his feet; tho roads open to suc
cess, wealth, honor and posthumous renown, j
"And oh, by tho wuy," said he, "for God's
sako keep your tongue quiet! You are, of
course, a very silent fellow; it is a quality I
gladly recognize in you silence, golden !
silonce! But this is a matter of gravity. No i
word must get abroad; nouo but tho good i
Casimir is to bo trusted; wo shall probably j
dispose of the vessels in England." J
"But are they not even ours?" tho boy said,
almost with a sob it was the only time he
had spoken.
"OaiJ in this sense, that they are nobody
elso's," replied tho doctor. "But tho state
would havo soaio claim. If they wero stolen, i
for instance, wo should to unable to demand !
their restitution; wo should have no title;
we should to unable even to communicate
with tho police. Such is the monstrous con- !
dition of the law. It is a mere instance of i
what remains to to done, of the injustices '
that may yet be righted by an ardent, active I
and philosophical deputy." !
Jean-Maria put his faith in Mme. Desprez;
and as they drove forward down the road
from Bourron, between the rustling poplars,
he prayed in his teeth, und whipped up the
horse to uu unusual speed. Surely, us soon
as they arrived, madame would assert her
character, and bring this waking nightmare
to ail end. '
Their entrance into Gretz was heralded and
accompanied by n most furious barking; all
the dogs in tho village teemed to smell tho
treasure in the noddy. But there was no one
in tho street, save three lounging landscape '
painters at Tentaillon's door. Jean-Marie
oiiened the green gate and led in the horse
and carriage; ami almost at tho same me- I
incut Mme. Desprez came to the kitchen .
threshold with a lighted lantern; for tho
moon . as not jet high enough to clear the
. . .1 n
"C'loc tho gates, Jean-Marie!".cried tho
doctor, t.omowhut unsteadily alighting. "An
astasie, where is Aliuef'
"Shu has gono to Montereau to seo her
parents," said madame.
"All is for the bestP cxcinimea tne doctor,
fervently. ''Here, quick, come near to me;
I do not wish to speak too loud," ho con
tinued. "Darling, we are wealthy!"
"Wealthy!"' rejwnted the wife.
"I have found tho treasure of Franchard,"
replied her husband. "See, hero are the first
fruits; a pineapple, a dress for my ever
beautiful it will suit her trust a husband's,
trust u Iover tate! Embrace me, darling!
This grimy episode is over; the butterfly un
fold ita jainted wings. To-morrow Casimir
will come; in a week we may be in Paris
happy at last! You shall have diamonds.
Jean-Marie, take it out of tho boot with re
ligion care and bring it piece by piece Into
the dining room. We.shall have plate at table I
Darling, hasten and preiire this turtle; it
will lie a whet it le will an addition to our
inenger ordinary. I myself will proceed to
the cellar. We shall have a bottle of that
little Heaujolais you like, and finish with the
Hermitage: there are still three bottles left.
Worthy wine for a worthy occasion."
"But, in' husband; you put mo in a
whirl.'' she cried. "I do not comprehend."
"The turtle, in' adored, the turtle!"' cried
the doctor; and he pushed her toward the
kitchen, lantern and all.
Jean-Marie stood duiufounded. Ho had
pictured to himself a different scene a more
immediate protest, and his hopo began to
dwindle on the spot.
Tiie doctor was everywhere, a littlo doubt
ful on his legs, perhaps, and now and then
taking the wall with his shoulder; for it was
, long sinco ho had tasted absinthe, and he was
j even then reflecting that the absintho had
i been a misconception. Not that he regretted
j excess on such a glorious day, but he made a
mental memorandum to beware; ho must
not, a second time, become the victim of a
deleterious habit. He had his wine out of
the cellar in a twinkling; he arranged the
Facrilicial vessels, some on the white table
cloth, some on the sideboard, still crusted
with historic earth. Ho was in and out of
j the kitchen, plying Anastasie with vermouth,
I heating her with glimpses of tho future,
; estimating their new wealth at ever larger
figures, and before they sat down to supper,
the lady's virtue hud melted in the fire of his
enthusiasm, her timidity had disappeared;
she, too, hnd liegan to speak disparagingly of
the life at Gretz; and as sho took her place
and helped tho soup, her eyes shone with the
glitter of prospective diamonds.
All through the meal, she and the doctor
made and unmade fitiry plans. They bobbtd
and bowed and pledged each other. Their
faces ran over with smiles; their eyes scat
tered sparkles, as they projected tho doctor's
political honors and tho lady's drawing room
ovations.
"But you wilt not bo a Red I"' cried Ana
stasie. "I am Left Center to the core," replied the
doctor.
"Mme. Gnstein will present us we shall
find overset ves forgotten," said the lady.
'"Never," protested the doctor. "Beauty
and talent leavo a mark."
"I havo positively forgotten how to dress,"
she sighed. -
"Darling, you make me blush," said he.
"Yours has lieen a tragic marriage!"
"But your success to see you appreciated,
honored, your name in all tho papers, that
will bo moro than pleasure it will be
heaven!' she cried.
"And onco a wek," said the doctor, archly
scanning tho syllables, "ones a week one
good little game of baccarat?"
"Only once a week J" she questioned, threat
ening him with a finger.
"I swear it by my political honor," cried
he.
"I spoil you," sho said, and gavo him her
hand.
He covered it with kisses.
Jean-Marie escaped into the night The
moon swung high over Gretz. Ho went
down to the garden end and sat on the jetty.
Tho river ran by with eddies of oily silver,
and a low, monotonous song. Faint veils of
mist moved among tho poplars on the further
side. The reeds were quietly nodding. A
hundred times already had the boy sat, on
such a night, and watched the streaming
river with untroubled fancy. And this per
haps was to be the last. He was to leave this
familiar hamlet, this green rustling country,
this bright and quiet stream; he was to pass
into the great city; his dear lady mistress
was to move bedizened into saloons; his good,
garrulous, kind hearted master to become a
brawling deputy; and both be lost forever to
Jean-Marie and their better selves. He knew
his own defects; he knew he must sink into
less end less consideration in the turmoil of a
city life; sink more and more from the child
into tho servant. And he began dimly to be
lieve tho doctor's prophecies of evil. He
could see a change in both. His generous
incredulity failed him for this once; a child
must have perceived that the Hermitage had
ccmrleted what the absinthe bad boron. If
It is Absurd
For peoplo to expect a euro for Indiges
tion, unless they refrain from eating
what is unwholesome ; but if anything
will sharpen the appetite and give tono
to tho digestive organs, it is AVer's Sar
saparilla. Thousands all over the land
testify to the merits of this medicine.
Mrs. Sarah Burrouglis, of 218 Eighth
street, South Boston, writes : " My hus
band has taken Ayer's Sarsaparilla, for
Dyspepsia and torpid liver, and has
been greatly benefited."
A Confirmed Dyspeptic.
C. Canterbury, of 141 Franklin sr.,
Boston, Mass., writes, that, suffering
for years from Indigestion, he was at
last induced to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla
and, by its use, was entirely cured.
Mrs. Joseph Aubin, of High street,
Ilolyokc, Mass., suffered for over a year
from Dyspepsia, so that she could not
cat substantial food, becauio very weak,
and was uuablo to care for her family.
Neither the medicines prescribed by
physicians, nor any of tho remedies
advertised for tho cure of Dyspepsia,
helped her, until sho commenced the
use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. "Three
bottles of this medicine," she writes,
" cured me."
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
PREPARKD BT
Dr. J. C. Ayer St Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price 1; six bottles, 5. Worth $5 a bottio.
this were the first day, whatr would oe the
last! "If necessary, wreck the train," thought
he, remembering the doctor's parable. He
looked round on the delightful scene; he
drank deep of tho charmed night air, laden
with the scent of hay. "If necessary, wreck
the train," he repeated. And ho rose and re
turned to the house.
(CVm lutwtl next urvk.)
A ItMtitirnl New Violet.
A new violet named Mme. Millot. and
vouched for by Peter Henderson as a dig
tinct and beautiful variety, which con
I tains the first real shade of rod to be
found in the violet. Is attracting attention
from lovers of flowers The color is de
scribed a being a violet purple, shaded
with carmine The flowers are double and
are similar In form to the well known blue
variety. "Marie Louise,' and are produced
in profusion This variety. It Is also
claimed, possesses the violet perfume to a
marked degree
Pole tun! Bosli Ileaoa.
Pole or running beans, as a class, are
not very hardy, and cannot be planted un
til settled mild weather Four plants In
u hill with hills four feet apart each way.
is uh close as they should be grown, as
th;y require plenty of air and light
Limaa being very tender, should not bo
planted before the ground is very warm
and mellow Bush or running beans
though somewhat hardier than pole
U-.iiia. must not be planted until settled
weather All beans thrive best In warm,
liftt soiL
Wbeu Age Overtakes Then.
A cynic, who is also a critic, tells me he
has discovered why adorable women al
ways long to become an actress. It 1b
dimply because actresses never grow old.
There comes a time, of course, when age
overtakes them, but it comes like light
ning out of a clear sky, like a flash, and
this ever to be 23-year-old star wakes up
some fine morning to find herself in the
hades of past youth, and far down the
homo stretch. Time has stood still for
them up to a certain point, and then whlx
he goes, without regard and without re
morse. But it was fun while it lasted.
Boston Herald.
Uses of Paper.
There appears to be no limit to the uses
to which paper can be put in science. The
compressed blocks of it have even been
used for the building of the sides of chim
neys, the blocks being joined together by
a siliejous cement. Its use in the manu
facture of a great number of articles to
supply our domestic wants, Including
clothing even, is well known. Chicago
v.
In Paris there are said to be people whs
inako a living by waking peoplo up in the
morning. They must do a rousing busi
ness. Boston Commercial Bulletin.
English soldiers are In tho future to
wear brown tan gloves instead of whlto
as heretofore.
M. Brouardel, the French savant, says
that in 80 cues out of 100 typhoid fever
!s caused by polluted water.
Backlen's Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to jivo
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Dowty & Becher. jnly27
Two ill meals make tho third a glutton.
The Commercial Travelers Protective
Association of the United States, has a
membership of over sixteen thousand
nnd is probably the strongest association
of the kind in the world. Mr. John K.
Stone, their national secretnry and treas
urer, 79 Dearbone street, Chicago, in u
letter states that he has been severely
troubled at times, for the past twenty
years, with cramp and bilious colic
which would compel him to take to his
bed from three to six days while in St.
Louis at their last annual meeting he
procured a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and has
since used it with the best results. It is
the only remedy he ever found that ef
fected a rapid and complete cure. No
one can safely travel without it. Sold by
Dowty & Becher.
A gift much expected is paid.
An Absolute Care.
Tho ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT
MENT is only put up in large two-ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for
old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands
and all kinds of skin eruptions. Will
positively cure all kinds of piles. Aak for
the ORIGINAL ABITINE OINTMENT
Sold by Dowty & Becher at 25 cents per
box by mail 30 cents. mar7y
Giving is dead, restoring very eick.
The Paioenger Department
Of the Union Pacific, 4tThe Overland
Route," has gotten out a fly-bill design
ed to call attention to the summer re
sorts along the line of this railway. It
is a good bill and tourists, pleasure
seekers, sportsmen and fishermen should
apply at 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 the summer sea
son, or vacation holidays. 3tf
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in
truth.
He that hath horns in his bosom
him not put them on hit head.
let!
The Importing
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who read thin and
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thtn ii.-t-
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promuare large ana pnro tor every iiutuxt nous
perbon. ninny have made and are now ranking
several humln-d dollars a month. It in e,iy for
Rny one to ttmke $5 and upwards per day, who i
williuR to work. Either sex, joung or old: capi
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No Hjiecial ability required; jou, reader, win do
it ii8 well as any one. Write to us at once for
full particnlant. which wi mail fnv. Adrirrxs
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Their Kindness Htonin.
Probably no one thing lias caused such
u Ku'ieral royival of trndt at Dowty
Beoher'a drug store us their giving
away to their customers of so iimuy free
trial bottles or Dr. Kings Now Diseoy
ory for consumption. Tlioir trade is
simply enormous in this ver valuable
article from tho fact that it always cures
and never disappoints. Coughs, Colds,
Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup, and all
throat and lunjf diseases quickly cured.
You can test it before buying by getting
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bottio warranted.
Bells call others but
ter not into tho church.
themselves en-
California Cat-K-Cure.
The only guaranteed euro for catarrh,
cold in the head, hay fever, rose cold, ca
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is warranted by all drujjijtsts. Send for
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He that is anry at a feast, is rude.
Daily excursions have been arranged
for over the Union Pacific Railway, to
San Franeisco, San Diego, Col ton. Los
Angeles, San Bernardino ami San Jose.
California, also to Portland. Oregon, at
880.00 for the round trip. Tickets are
good 60 days for tho going passage and
good for the return trip for six months
from date of sale, with the usual stop
over privileges in both directions within
these limits. These tickets are also good
by way of Denver and Salt Lake City in
each direction. The Agent, Mr. J. 1L
Meagher, tells us quite a number are
thinking of making the trip soon, and it
would be well for those intending to go
in select parties to see him and arrange
for their accommodations. Mr. J. B.
Frawloy, Traveling Agent, Union Pacific,
at Omaha, is arranging for theso select
parties, and will be glad to give any fur
ther information in regard to theso ex
cursions. Parties who prefer can corres
pond with Mr. J. Tebbets, G. P. .t T. A.,
Omaha, Neb.
He that blows in
eyes with it.
tho dust, tills his
On and after April 29th, tho day
coaches on tho Union Pacific's No. 'J,
known as tho "Overland Flyer," will be
taken off", to better enable it to make
time. This will add largoly to the popu
larity that has already been gained by
this fast train. After that dato it will
carry only passengers holding first-class
tickets, to points where the train makes
regular stops, between Council Blufis
and Ogden. Such passengers must pur
chase tickets for seats or berths in Pull
man sleepers, before entering tho cars.
3-tr
Ho that burns most, shines most.
The Trne Jlethoil
Of curing habitual constipation, and
liver and kidney ills, is to avoid the uso
of the bitter drastic liver medicines and
cathartics, and take the only pleasant
liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs. It
cleanses as well as strengthens the sys
tem, and does not leavo the bowels cos
tive,so that regular habits may be form
ed, and the invalid presently restored to
health. It acta promptly and effective
ly; it is easily taken, and perfectly harm
less. For sale only by Dowty .v. Becher.
Ho that mocks a cripple ought to bo
whole.
llrafe I 'p.
You are feeling depressed, your appe
tite is poor, you are bothered with head
ache, you are fidgety, nervotiB, anil gen
erally out of sorts, and want to brace up.
Brace up but not with stimulants, spring
medicines, or bitterd, which have for
their basis very cheap, bad whisky, und
which stimulate you for an hour,and then
leave you in worse condition than before.
What you want is an alterative that will
purify your blood, start healthy action
of Liver nnd Kidneys, restore your vi
tality, and give renewed health and
strength. Such a medicine you will find
in Electric Bitters, and only 50 cents n
bottio at Dowty fe Becher's drugstore.
When tho tree
their hatchet.
is fallen all jjo with
('arfleld Branch.
On the Great Salt Lako near Salt Lake
City, on tho Union Pacific, 'Thy Over
land ftoute," will lie formally opened to
the public on Decoration dav, "Mav 'llt'i.
Ample accommodations havo been pro
vided, and the Pacific hotel company
will have charge of the hotel accommo
datious at this famous resort under the
euiiervision of the Union P.ieifi" raihvav.
No pains or expense have been spared to
make this the summer report of the west.
It ia only eighteen miles from Salt Lake
City on the Utah& Nevada branch of the
Union Pacific. Trains will be run at
frequent intervals daily between Salt .
Lake City and the Beach. Cheap trains, I
good baths, and excellent meals will be .
anions the attractiona. 3tf
Of fair tliiugH, the autumn is fair.
Uraft Horse Co.
NEBRASKA.
N"KBKA.STvjrV
FAMILY : JOURNAL.
A Weekly Newspaper issued every
Wednesday.
.'2 Columns of reading
maUer, mil-
si.sii'ii; of
Nebraska Stale News
Items, Selected Stories and
.Miscellany.
"2?S.iuiiiI oopii-rt cent frre to auy mMrcM.T&".;
Subscription price,
SI a year, in Advance.
Address:
M. K. TcitNEK A- Co.,
Columbus,
I'latte Co., Ncbr.
LOUIS SCHKEIBER.
All kinds of Repairing
done
ou
short Notice
1'iiiCJries.
ons, etc..
made to
order.
and all work
an teed.
(Jnar-
Also sell the world-famous Walter A
Wood MowerB. Reapers. Combin
ed Machines, Harvesters,
and Self-binders the
best made.
J2TShop opposite the "Tatteraall," on
Olive St.. COLUMBUS. '.M-m
Health is Wealth !
Un. E. ('.West's Nkuve vd Hiius Thk.it
JlKST, n Kiinrnnt-il ixcitic for Hjbterin, Dizzi
nts, ("onviiltions. FitH, Xenons NVuntlKiii.
Headache. Nervous Prostration ouiitI by th ir"J""
of ulcohol or tolmrco, Wakefnlnt h, Mt-ntnl Iv
jiression, HofteninKof th Urain nultinic ni in
winit and leading to mitHiry, i'cay and ilt-atli.
Premature Old Ak, Barrennehn. Low of jMwer
in either cex. Involuntary Lor'n and Sriiiiar
orrliiea can-I by over-xertion of the bniiii.wilf
alitito or over indulgence. Each Imoc contain
one month'rt treatment. $I.W)a lix, or nix Imse
for jo.CO.Dent by mail jirppaiil on n-ceipt of price.
. WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To euro any cane. Y ltn each onler recemiTb us
for six boiet. accompanied with S.V!X. u will
Renil the purcliatr our written Kunrunte to re
fund tho money if the treatment doM not elfect
n euro. Guarantees indued only by Douty V
Becher. druKKista, sole agents, Columbus, Neb.
deci'dVy
DSHENDERSON
i09 & 111 W. Ninth St., KANSAS CITY. M0.
The only Specialist in the City uho is a Regular
Graduate In Medicine Over 20 years' Practice,
U years in tmcago.
THE OLDEST IN AGE, AND LONGEST LOCATED.
THE OLDEST I
Mr-
Authorized br tho Stat to trent
Chronic.Nervomand "Mpectal Dts
eaes." Seminal Weakness might
ifourjtJSexual Debility ltts nf srxuuL
tjmcer). Nervous Debility. Tolnoiied
llloori.l leers andSweUIUKt ir very
kind. Urinary Dleafes. and n fuel.
all troubles or diseases In either
male or female. Cure guaranteed
or money refunded. Charges low. Thousand ot
cases cured. Kxperlence Is important. Allmedl
clnes are iciiarantecd to be pure and elMcaciotm,
being compounded In my perfectly upotntd
laboratory, anil are furnished ready for u-w. ro
running to drug stores to have uncertain pie
scriptlons tilled. No mercury or Injurious im-dl
cinesused. Nodetenttou frunibusluesH. l:ttienU
at a distance treated by letter aud express, niedl
cines sent everywhere free from gaze or brvalc
age. State your cane und M-nd for terms t on
ftultation free and cuntldentlal, personally or by
letter.
A (VI paR "RfilYTsT For Both Scxrs. snt
Illustrated Wk Mealed In plalu ciiteltip
forfcc in stamps. Kvery male, from tho unv U
IS lo-K.nhouId read this book
RHEUMATIS
THE MEAT TURKISH RHEUMATIC CURE.
A POSITIVE CCRE far RHEUMATISM I
960 for aaj B.e thU treatment fll to I
ocra or help. Oreatt JiVoorr io acoal I
tr icvllciD' Oa 4oe t"lT relief ff I
Cf rtmor fTr and In la Joluti.l
CurocirapiVt0 tnSu 7 !. Siul utate- I
ci9nt t Co wii& ttaxni far Circular. I
111, or aldret I
Dr.HENDERSON,t09W.9thSt..KtnsatCity,Mo.
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ABlETINEMOlflVOROVILLECAfJ
SHTWBIE CIT-R CURE
FOB HALE BY
DOWTY fc BECHER.
Trade snpi lied by tho II. T. Clabk Dhuo Co.,
Lincoln, Neb. 7innr!-ly.
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and Wagon Maker
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