Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1894)
f H i (Saral. I fitlfBh-TEp Only a Scar Remains Scrofula Cured Blood Purified by Hood's Sarsaparilla. "CL Ilood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: " It Is witli pleasure that I send a testimonial concerning what Hood's Sarsaparilla has done for my daughter. It is a wonderful medicine and I cannot recommend it too highly. Sarab who is fourteen years old, lias been Afflicted With Scrofula ever since she was one year old. For five years sho has had a running sore on one side of her face. We tried every remedy recommended, but nothing did her any good until we commenced using Hood's Sarsaparilla. My married daughter advised roe to use Hood's Sarsaparilla because Hood'sCures It had cured her of dyspepsia. Sho had been troubled with that complaint since childhood, and since her cure she has never been witliout a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla in tho house. We commenced giving it to Sarah about one year ago, and it has conquered the running sore, Only a Scar Remaining as a trace of the dreadful disease. Previous to taking the medicine her eyesight was affected but now 6he can see perfectly. In connection with Hood'a Sarsaparilla we have usod Hood's Vegetable Fills, and find them the besL" Mks. Makia Gmrns, Xeula, Illinois. Hood's PHIs cure nausea, sick headache. Indigestion, biliousness. Sold by all druggist. "Almost as Palatable as Milk" This is a fact with regard to Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. The difference between the oil, in its plain state, is very apparent. In Scott's Emulsion you detect no fish-oil taste. As it is a help to diges tion there is no offer effect except good effect. Keep in mind that Scott's Emulsion is the best promoter of flesh and strength known to science. Prepared by Scott 4 Bowno. V. T. All drool. 1. This Trade Mark Is on the best WATERPROOF COAT SHSE? in the World! A. J. TOWER. BOSTON. MASS. "COLCHESTER" Spading Boot HorKtnin-r.Minvi-'.lt.it.H.ind'.ar oilier, i iifoiilrort.ii)soieiiiei the hole length of t he soli? low n tol tne tit-vl. inn tins ttic sli.inK Inl duelling, divine, jic Uo.st .juality throughout. Iratieof Xfce Itieh ?iredat which Circular Saws are mo more potter is wasted in frution than is used in sawing, where Iheltarinfftof the haLp ilrn saw frame cot out of line. In the Arrmolrr n- Iramr. the cnl Steel Saw Frame n made, this .liflirtilu i aloli:trl) anil wholly relented Wciur Tllk lit U:lt. toll THE SHIFT ABE SAUK HT BAB. tirmu it ! the t.Mis diai'iiie or steel tibim, The ;-lel lubiBff and Kt liitt are then flitted so as to take up wJflK with a twit. Ite fraae 1. all steel, sery rigid, sad rrfefta1 liptlfr m that Bulhine eaa art Im or oal af laee. Tkt gnado encircle the hate u to tnaie it impossible foramy ometoqet Am t, a 1'Oimt of t!tcgcalet inijHrtance it a saw to he Itxrd by w Hli7.l hnnd. The swine frame which carries the wood to fa sawed and which automatical!) rt-lurn to its place has also a guard to kerpa Hileofffriin tie fl wheel and Jet does nut causelt to treenterj miuncf an allele to thesan The me of a 100 lb. 20inch fl wheel and ?t inch saw niaVcs this eaily possible. It istherefore aier denalle 1'oleSaw, making ilear tocut cj an; Ions material quickly and safe!). Another feature of Since we offer tln ery superior saw frame with a 16 inc. superior saw at a uurh less i rice than an cheap !nierfcct wooden frame can lelou?ht for, we are sure that the inends f the AeraoaBsSill aprente the fact that we hate afam heendoicp tafcTWMifa treat scrire anl hatetdistinfsdshed ourseUaaun AleMnirfc an old article and patting it laloan u.finJRcBed shape j- "' FT MsawW.oilar sue end quility. and ordinary wooden tarA4srycu would be charged u H"r wioiv tins aUfrrl l,iw.l rtwwjMwraic il fto, ASl Git K 1(11 A CIUSI'E -tlf GET ir AT tlltor lie Uwht ffWr Grarrrmtror. Ve he olJ an Aotmous Ynmrr ? FowerAennotor OTts with which sawire cwal and a poor saw trust runs hard r say that ru l-Cloay If e, nBny peal verke Gea delraet from their u.eAlnes iZa their rej-i luvh a lery superior saJat a ery low iince. we f ur- Feared out Geared Aer- ttswill le Iticrlinnnie them Wherever motor rue, otht-rs are uie t follow When r takea well known atticle. redeiirn it. and putit m a shape sery superur to am thing that has apeared lfore, it widens and enlarges our reputation for Oung well eerythir.j: to which we put our bands, and this is the thing that has in the past l-roucht so much business 10 rur f-ctory, and which in the future, we hase no docl-t. wi!l brini, practically, all the lmines in our line. It is this repatatiou that we are daily workint for Ve Ulirve that tors 4cniotor Steel Saw Trame and Saw will confirm and er.h.-rre the fme wludi we liaxe gamel in the manufacture cf steel IVindsulls and Steel Towers, hence, for the purpose of scattering them so that everybody may know that a good thine can he had for a small price. WE OrFFK THIS STLFI. Saw AMI IIIIXE ellR (IS CASH ASD I n r. toriE OF AD EltTIvrat.T So. 2 of this senes as per rocd.tions suted in o 2. In our neat ajvcrt:ment. ?"o. 4, we "hall talk of galvaniaing, and make an offer that wul be at Uutcrsil interest. Iku u adc. Xo. 3. JILUMOTOI: CO. V. L. DOUGLAS 3 SHOE Icrjuals cu-tom work, coMinij from 54 to o, icsi value lor tnc money m tnc tvoria. amc ana pnee stamped on inc uottom. iiery jr warranted. I akc no substi. See local papers for full description of our complete .lines tor Indies ana gen- Yt'VDOOfajZf- ?lastraUJ Catalogue pixinjr n i structions t strai: how to or. derby mail. Postage free. You can get the best bargains of dealers v. bo push our shoes. kB vCl aai -'--'"- JtJBp as Ba "?- 4IaTaVsBBBF feBBaW aBBBBl'5i -iawsBr -vflBVilBl KutAsdIAuS V E'EIflBH EMstssssssssa ssWOVsssssssssssssfsssssi rK?ps3Liii3B8sf 3'.TNW"XT3Wasav2aV 19 fj V& aiTl T sssssssssssssm J CB r1 ,T r asasa'Va fBat Court Syrup. Ta&emGood. Ck She Wouldn't Listen. Into the soft, warm light of the rich reception room the heavy odors from the conservatory floated and filled the place as with a iog of flowers. l.eneath the crystal chandelier, which shone in the mellow light as a suspended rainbow in an atmosphere of gold, stood a fair, pale girl, erect, imperious, beau tiful. Her eyes blazed, and there was but one emotion which possessed her it was scornful irony. Shrinking away into the shadows was the object of it. It was a young man in a pink shirt, with other things to match. He had told her of his love for her, of his devotion to her. of his worship, of ) the dear desire of his heart to make her ' his own, and in the midst of it she had J stopped lain suddenly. Enough," she exclaimed. "Enough! I will not listen to another word.'" 'Hear me out," .he pleaded. "Hear me out." "Never,' she laughed scornfully. "Hut I shall take gn-at pleasure in see ing you out' And the shadows closed around that shrinking youth like the deadly anus of the octopus. Detroit Free Press. A number one rough cure. Mr. James II. Unmet, 24a Cedar St., Buffalo, X. Y., write thus: "I am using Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup in my family and deem it a number oneniedHne for coughs ami colds, and my bouse shall never be without it." CmiHea of tlio Recent Depression. In periods of depression men look fo a cause, anil are very likely to jump at a conclusion. The cause of the present depression in business now long con tinued was at iirst said to be the pur chasing of silver by the government; so the purchasing clause of the act of lS'.tl, commonly called the Sherman act, was repealed. Then the financial panic or semi-panic was said to be the cause. That soon passed. Then the trouble was attributed to the scarcity of money. Now there is a plethora of money. Later the cause was said to be the expected new tariff bill. This bill has been before the public for weeks, and the worst is known. These so called "causes'" have all disappeared, but tiieir disappearance has not put a wjiecl in motion nor a hand to work. It is not, perhaps, within the scope of the greatest intelligence to account sat isfactorily for the present state of affairs. It is world-wide. Its begin ning may be traced to the time, three years ago, marked by the failure of the Barings Next came the crisis in Ar gentine affairs. Then, shortly, the panic in Australia, and later this wave of depression over the United States, which does not yet recede, although the supposed causes have been elimin ated. It is by all odds the liest liniment. Mr. Chas. Metger, 217 (Jever Ave., St. Louis, Mo., i of tho sanio opinion. He says: ''Salvation Oil is the l.-est remedy wo have ever used in our family. It is tho best retu edv on earth."' Mlilwinter Surf Ttathinr;. Sea bathing in late.lannary! It is 11 o'clock in the morning, and here arc bathers just out of the surf. The tem perature of the water was 70 degrees just right for a saltwater plunge and much warmer than the ocean will aver age at the New Fngland coast resorts in summer. The air was only slightly warmer than the sea. The mercury at noon registered T( degrees. There was a good sea running, and the surf comb ed over toward the sands most grace fully and invitingly. It would break over the head and shoulders of a grown person standing up to the waist in the water. The color of the sea here ap pears to be paler than that of the ocean farther north, and at high noon today, with a cloudless sky overhead and the rays of the sun glinting on the crests of the waves, few have ever seen a more strikingly beautiful combination of sea, land and sky. Ormond (Fla.) Cor. Atlanta Constitution. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doc tors pronounced it a Jocal disease, and pre scribed local remedies, and by constantly fall ins to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore re quires constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in dotes from 10 drops to a teaspoonfuL It acta directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for cir culars and testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, a 3?Sold by Druggists, 75c. The man goes to IkhI tired who spends the day looking for an easy place. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers ana permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from everv objectionable substance. Svrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in 50c and $i bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. RUMFLY TRACTION AND PORTABLE NGINES. mThneshers and Horse Powers. Writo for Illustrated CatoioKse, mailed Free. M. HUM ELY CO.. LA PORTE. IND. OMAHA U Houses. BUTTER niGHEST CASH price paid for Frh Huttcr. Send for circular. HAYBtX BROS., Omaha. Hotel Del I one Omaha, cor. tub and Capitol Atc., 14 blk fnm both Council Bluffs X Omaha car lines. Best a day house in the state. Fire proof VEF.B A CASEY, Proprietors. 1,000 FARMSXitr property, merchandise for s-ale or Kxchange. IJ&t free. E. F. K1AGER. SI o. 15th St., Omaha. TRUSSES,r DEFORMITY BRACKS, Rubber Goods, Optieal Goods. Physicians SunnllM. etc Vail orders solicited. Aloe & l'eof old Co . 1408 Farnam St Ship or -tvrite prices to for ays toO toO ROBT. PURVIS Established 1670. JiWUarneyOmaa ssUssssslsssssssssssmssssVLssPssssssssssssK.'Xf1' VV1 PRESCIENCE. Alon;; the new wind-drifted snowa Carven in dome and minaret, And arabesque In beauty, glow Rich tones of blue and violet. ' '- J . . And then an olive and jewel burns And sparkles in the liquid light, . And suddenly to turquoise turns Upon the chill unbroken white. ! Here is a crystal flaniins green, Wind polished as its light it throws, And bright amid the lively sheen FlasJi beryl, thrysoprase, and rose. Vx'ithin my musing dreams these glints That gem my snowy gardenway With colors fine arc subtle hints Of balinv blooms to come and May. II. K." Munkittrick, in Harper's Weekly. ; THE MAGPIE'S KEST. Thfrc stood in Rerkshlre, Eng., far out upon a quiet road, a little inn, which the wooden sign swinging at the door declared to be known as "The Miiyj'ic's Nest. it iviii iiccri tlniiJ named because of the number of magpies In the neigh itnrrinrwi Ami straiirht before the door stood an oak tree a century old, among whose uppermost branches, year in anu vear out, always hung a magpie's nest, to which the country people believed that the same old magpies returned regularly. No verv elegant entertainment was offered at the Magpie's Nest for either man or beast, but its patrons thought the ale good, and then it was served to them bv the most charming, rosy checked little barmaid, who wore a cap with bright ribbons, and had a waist that could have been spanned by two hands a well behaved little maid also, who resented too much freedom by a box on the ear, and who was known by the rector of the parish niwirr-h tn hnvo been the best girl in his Sabbath school. So, though she was a poor orphan, and had only ner mue meed of wages, Betty might have mar ried inanv a stout young fanner. How ever, she refused them all, and kept on with her duties at the Magpie's Nest until the son of her master, coming home from India, where he had served as a soldier for several years, fell in lovo with her and offered her his hand and heart. Betty did not prove un kind. The Innkeeping father was will ing enough to secure his handy Betty for a permanent assistant. And amid the chattering of the magpies Betty and John exchanged their vows under the nest-hung oak tree one bright after t, nnri .Tniin tint tmon her finger a thick silver ring, which he had ob tained abroad, perhaps Dy purcnase, perhaps by gift, perhaps as soldiers obtain many things in time of war. It was not a costly gift to our eyes it would not be a beautiful one but Betty valued it highly. She kept it pol ished to perfection, and wore it with great pride on high dayf and holidays; but though she loved John and looked forward to her wedding-day with joy, sho would not alter the bright, coquet tish manner which had always be longed to her. She joked with the farmers, flung them back repartee for repartee, and even gave them those bright glances which John, tbe soldier, thought should be only given to him self. So John grew jealous, and being a moody sort of man, said nothing about it. . It never entered Betty's mind that the very manner which bad once en chanted John should now offend him, and she herself grew angry with her lover for his scowls and sulkiness. Therefore, when a young Frenchman from Marseilles, black-eyed, black haired and as polite in his manners as Frenchmen usually are, chanced, in the course of a business journey, to stop at the Magpie's Nest, she felt that ho would really be a fine example for surly John Leaf, and was amiable to him to a degree that might have made a less jealous man angry. Then, in deed, John Leaf spoke out, and Betty discovered the secret of his ill temper. Her pride being flattered thereby, she forgave him, and retired on Saturday night with the firm intention of win ning back John's smiles on the morrow, her holiday, when she would go to church in her best attire and charm his heart from him over again as he walked by her side. What woman ever had any design on a man's heart, ever de sired to win from him any favor or any gift, that she did not bethink her of all her finery! Before Betty slept she took from her trunk her Scotch plaid dress, her fringed shawl, her blue-ribboned cap, her Sunday shoes and her silver ring, and having given the latter an extra polish, laid them where they would meet her eyes the first thing next morning. John Leaf, sulking in his room under the garret eaves, had not thought of this. Those slow natures do not forget and forgive In a hurry, any more than they do anything else. The morning sun, shining aslant against the inn's wall, aroused Betty with his first rays.' She rubbed her eves, opened them, put her fat little feet out upon the floor, knelt down and said her simple prayer and then flew to the glass. It was only a crooked thing, "with a flaw Hn it, and a ough oaken frame, but it was sufficient to make her happy. She braided her hair, put on her cap, buttoned her dress, tied about her throat the gay neck ribbon, laced her shoes geometrically, and then looked for her ring. It was gone. She knew the very spot upon tho , heart-shaped pincushion into which she had thrust the needle over which the silver ring had been hung. There stuck the needle still. It was below the win dow sill, on a little table; it could not have rolled out: but it was not in the room. She shook out her dress, her shawl, her bedclothes. She swept the floor. It was gone. That was the end of it. Bettv sat down and wept bitterly. All the country people of that day were superstitious. The ring had disap peared in a liuxt mysterious way for her door was bolted and her win dow high from the ground, and she firmly believed that the loss portended some great evil. i i an while at the b:-r o- the inn :. little scene was going on. The Freuch n.$n had asked for a glass of ale and John, who was always tapster on Sun day mornings, had drawn it for lmn, whin, as their luuids almost met in the act, he saw upon the little finger of his custimer a thick silver ring, the very counterpart of that which he had given to his Betty. "You've a pretty ring, Moneer." he said, with a sort of catching of the breath. "Mav I csk where you got itV" "Ah. but certainly," said the French Iran. "One that does not b ast, but a prettv girl save me that. Yes. and a kiss also." Jchn turned a' pale as his florid face could turn. He trade no answer, but rr arched sttaight out of the tap-room and into Betty' kitchen. She stood near the door in her holi day dress, with her white cotton gloves on? The magpies were chattering over head, and afar the church bells were ringing. . "You are going to church with me, John?" she asked softly and .with a smile. "That depends," said John Leaf. Then he walked straight up to her and looked full i'-to her honest eyes. "You don't look like a cheat," he said; "but who knows a wonran? Take eff your gloves, Betty." She obeyed. "Where's your ring?" he asked. Betty burst into tears. "It's lost John," she said,. "I can find it nowhere." "You haven't looked on Moneer's finger then," said John. "You poor fool, to give it to Irm and think I shouldn't know It!" "Oh, I'll swear 3 never did," sobbed Betty. "I give your ring to any one tlse! Why, John But he pushed her from him with lis icugh hand, and would hear no word from her; and tho next day he left the inn and enlisted once mor?, and was sQnt away again to India. And Betty left the inn also and took bt-rvlce with a farmer's wife hard by; and whatever the magpies chaptered zlut orm about, it was no more of the lKnak- ing that they heard when Jo and Betty sat together beneath the old oak tree. Five years went by. At last John re ceived a lelor from England, teiliu,; him that his father was dead, and had left all his little possessions to his ouly fon. John Leaf's fighting days we:e oer, in any case, and ho was on the iuvalid list for life. He had fought as desper ate tn2Ti do, had been commended am" pomoted, and had some medals ami ribbons to show and boast of as coiu peLsaticns for a wooden log. So he went home again and settled down as pioprietor of the "Magpie's Nest," and i-as a sort of hero among his neigh bors, but he was very lonely. Men do not quite forget in five years. He cculd still see Betty's buxom form flit ting about the kitchen in imagination, and when the magpies chattered in their nests, he oould fancy that he sat with her still under the oak brandies. Then ho grew wroth with the magpies, who seemed to mock him, and ordered his little serving boy to tear the nests down. In vain the lad pleaded for the birds. In vain he declared that, even if the new nests went, the old one in the top most branches should be left "for luck." "If the old magpies that built that find it gone, they'll peck some one's eyes out in the night time," said tho boy. "It's been known to be done of ten." But John Leaf, tho soldier, had cast away his country's superstitions. "I'll have those magpies chattering about my ears no more," he said. "Up, and leave not a nest of them all. Some of the noisy devils will take possession of that old rag if it is left hanging." So the boy obeyed. He planted a ladder against the tree, and then swung out upon the branches. " Tluro v-as a grievous noise; and doubtless to this day old magpies tell their child ren of that massacre of tho innocents at the great oak tree. But there were no birds to chatter and scream in that great rag of a nest which the lad's hand clutched at last. He came down with the relic in his bend, and stood before his master with a grin. "Eh, master! may I have all I found in the old nestV" he asked. "If it's not a magpie's egg," said John Leaf. "It's better thai that." said the lad, "It's a silver ring." "Let me see it," cried John Leaf, snd snatclu d it from his hand. It was the ring with which he had flighted hi troth to Betty tuider the tld oak, and he knew now that tho magpies had stohn it, and that the Frenchman wore only one that re sembled it. The first tiling that John did was to c?ll himself hnrd names: "A jealous fcol!" "A suspicious brute!" Heaven knows what else. Then he nielttl, and all by himself in the bit of woods be yond the house, shed tears, and vowed to fiL'd Bcttj if she still lived on earth. Where he went, of whom he in quired, matters 11 t; but one day wlua the sun was setting ia the west he open ed a little cottage gate to which lie had been directed and taw, at her knitting under a vine-covered porch, his Betty, not changed one single bit. And she? She looked at him and did not kuow him, with his thin, sallow face and his wooden leg. "And what may you be wanting?" she asked. And he said, "Betty!" And she cried out, "Why, it's John leaf." Then he sat down on the bench close by her side. "You know I nevr had many words tc spend on anything, Betty," he said. "I'll come to the point at once. I know now that. you were true and no cheat, and that you never gave my ring to Monseer. I found it or my lad did, for I'm not very good at climbing now in the old magpie's nest in the oak top." "So the magpie stole it, eh?" said Betty. "Well, they are strange birds. I've heard they've taken spoons before now." "And so. Betty," said John, "if you'll overlook the past, nnd let by-gones be bygenes, 111 be a happy man." "I owe you no grudge," said Betty. "And bygones are bygones, John Leaf." "But you'll let things be as tliev were Betty?" said John. "You'll be my sweetheart again?'' She laughed. "Don't you know?" she said. "Why, look there." He looked. Through the gate came a foreign-looking man, with gold rings in his ears and a silver ring upon his finger, who led by the hand a toddling child. "Why, it's Monseer," said John. "You see," said Betty, "I went to him to ask him how he came by his ring, It has a name and date on it that mine It has a name and dte on it that mine never had. And he wtis so kind to me, and you had been cruel. And so we have been married three years, eh, Louis? And this is our boy." "I had better go home. I think," said John Leaf. "One is always punished for being a fool. But this Is your ring. Wll you have it Betty?" "Pray keep it for your sweetheart," said Betty. "You'll find one soon, no doubt." But John Leaf never found one nirain and the ring found in the magpie's not was buried with him when he died. SAVED BY DARKNESS. Dr. Tnimncc'H First Attempt to French AVIthont Xotea, nnd "Vli nt Ilnppened. Several gentlemen were talking over the recent lecture of Dr. Talmage on "Russia and the Czar" in the Rigcs house last night, when Boniface De Witt told an interesting story of the fatuous ju'eacher's first experience in trying to deliver a sermon without notes. "It was years ago. of course," said Mr. De Witt, "and occurred in my old home. Belleville. N. J. Dr. Talmage was preaching there, and one week he made up his mind to go into the pul pit the next Sundav witliout notes or memoranda of what lie v. as going to say. He memorized his sermon, and believed he had it completely at his tongue's end, so Sunday night he went to the church pretty well fortified with confidence. "In those davs in that section of Jersey churches and hotels and many private residences were equipped with private gas machines, and the church where Talmage was to hold forth had one, too. When he got into the pulpit after conducting the preliminary serv ice all right he gave out his text. Then he was horrified to find that he could not thiiik of a thing to say. He repeat ed the text a socond time, and yet his ideas failed to come. He was in agony, and began slowly and Impressively to announce his text a third time. As he reached the last word and the per spiration of dread and shame was be ginning to start, tho gas went out and plunged the place into utter darkness. There was no other means of lighting the edifice, and when it was announced that the gas machine had broken down hopelessly Dr. Talmage pronounced the benediction, and I have heard him say that he never did so before or since with greater fervor or thankfulcess of spirit" Washington Post. BLUFFING FAILED. " -K-n - The Coadactor Knew "What o'clock It "Va.i and Called the Deal. "yes." 6ald the smart man, who sat on the rear seat in the smoker, "it's dead easy to bluff these conductors if you know how. "Now. I'll make a small bet that, although I have a ticket, I can travel to my destination without show ing it or putting up a cent." "I don t believe it." said the man in the front scat. "Well." insisted the smart man, "just watch me when tho conductor comes along." Ten minutes later the conductor did come along. He itiuuired for tickets in a peremptory manner. The smart man mado no move to get his, says the Buf falo Express. "Tickets!" said the conductor again, when he readied the rear seat. "Sec here, old fellow." said the smart man, "I haven't got cuv ticket. I'm an old railroad man. Used to be con ductor on the Santa Fe. and I want to go a piece with you." "Used to be ou the Santa Fe. did you?" Inquired the conductor. "Well. I don't know but 1 can pass you. By the way what time is it? My watch isn't running just right." The smart man winked at the man in front of of him and pulled out his watch. "It's twenty minutes to V2," he said. The conductor held out his hand. "Give me your ticket or money enough to pay your fare, or I'll put you off tho train," ho said sharply. The smart man reluctantly pulled out his ticket. As he handed it over he said: "How in thunder did you know I was bluffing?" The conductor laughed a bit. "Oh!" he said. "You were easv. If you'd ever been in the railroad business for ten minutes you'd have said 11:40 in stead of twenty minutes to 12." CUT OFF FROM CIVILIZATION A,a American Fniirtiy Who Only Hears From the World Twice Ycur ly. G. B. Greig, from Fanning Island, was in San Francisco recently. This island is one of a little group that lies in mldocean about half way between Honolulu and Samoa, being situated between three and four degrees north of the equator. It is the property of the Grelgs, who are Americans. Here members of the family lead an ideal life, apart from all others of their kind, save a hundred natives, who do their work. Once onlv in six months do they hear from the world, and then a little sailing vessel conies laden with mail and books and provisions and even newspapers six mouths old. It is always summer in Fanning; al ways warm enough so that one can swing in a hammock all night with no covering savo the clear sky. "It Is not generally known," said Mr. Groig to au Examiner reporter, "that Fanning island is a British possession. It is the property of our family, who work It for copra and guano. It is a coral islet, with a fine lagoon, which has been entered by several war shins, American, British and Japanese. The island has a circumferenco of about thirty miles. It was annexed to Great Britain in 1S"! by Admiral Richards. The place would make a first-class naval coaling station. The proposed cable across the Pacilie ocean, from Australasia to British North America, will probably cross Fanning island. In that event we will feel quite in the world. What is necessary in the in terests of Australasia seems to be a cable from Australia via Fiji, or other Islands, to Vancouver, and it Is cer taiu that it is possible to lay a cable in an almost direct line, touching en tirely on British territory. This line would be a great link in the coining commercial connections between Aus 'ralla and British North America." The American BufTnlo. When the first white settler landed in Virginia the bison ranged east of the Alieghenics almost to the seacoast, westward to the dry deserts lying be yond the Rocky mountains, northward to Chihuahua. It was the beast of the forest and mountains, in the Alleghe nles no less than in tho Rockies, but its true home was on the prairies and the high plains. Across these it roamed hither and thither, in herds of enormous, of in credible magnitude; herds ?o large that they covered the waving grassland for hundreds of square leagues and when on the march occupied days and days in passiug a given point. But seething myriads of shaggy-maned wild cattle vanished witii remarkable and melan choly rapidity before the inroads of the white hunters and the steady irarch of the oncoming settlers. Now they are on the point of extinction. Two or three hundred are left in that great national game preserve, the Yellowstone Park, and it is said that others still remain in the wintry desola tion of Athabasca. Elsewhere, only a few Individuals exist, probably consid erably less than half a hundred all told, 'scattered in small parties in the wildest and most romantic and inacces sible portions of tho Rocky Mountains. A bison bull is the largest American animal. His huge bulk, his short, curv ed black horns, his shaggy mane cloth ing his great neck and shoulders, giving him a look of ferocity which his con duct belies. Yet he is a grand and no ble beast, and his loss from our prai ries and forests is as keenly regretted by the lover of nature and of wild life is by" the hunter. FnHhion Amonjc the A Inns. The dress of civilized nations is often sufficiently ridiculous, but our own odd ities do not render us th- less dispotd to laugh at the oddities of other peo ple. This being true, we can afford to be amused by Mr. Howard's descrip tion of the clothing worn in cold weather by the hairy Ainus. those strange little inhabitants of farther Si beria and a part of Japan. The only material of which th-y ever have a complete suit is fish-skin. Such a suit is sometimes elaborately, though coarsely, embroidered. The resemblance between this embrolderv and that of the North American Indians Is remarka ble. How the fish-skin is prenared is still a puzzle to me. Though pivtty ihin. it is verv tough, and ha- :re pliabil ity t h'lii might b- tlii-usht possible. Shoes even are maK '"'i it- hut not exclusively of it; it generally forms the linings of the uppers. The th.cker elothi U i g.-otesqueneSr. itself. For medium garuum. e.p. .-is.l-lv for the cov niti-' of 'he back and client. I'.reh bark is umI. otter ma terials being stitched t it. For tli' coldest weather the elothina is much like that of the Eskimo and the Kam tschatdales. The srotesqueness of it arises not so much from its Miape as from the varietv of the materials. In one of these Joseph's coat d'vsses were mixed patches of .sable, bear, iinr nnd foT-skins. iiirliuliniT the tails. ! in haphazard fragments, while behind and before mere was unucrneaui an these a large piece of birch bark. Th bark. I afterwards found, was intended incidentally as a protection against ac cidental shots from poisoned arrows, which the Ainus use more in winter than in summer in their hunting excur sions. And He lut on Hi Hat. Mr. Billus Maria, you make a good deal of fuss over that canary. Do you think a canary nas an immortal soul? Mrs. Billus I think I shall not an awer a man according to his folly. "Hmp! Can't you quote Scripture better than that?" "I cm. but you outiht to be grateful that I chose to misquote Scripture rath er than to seem impolite. Chicago Tribune. She Wouldn't Listen. Into the soft, warm light of the rich reception room the heavy odors from the conservatory floated and tilled the place as with a fog of flowers. Beneath the crystal chandelier, which shone in the mellow light as a suspend ed rainbow in an atmosphere of gold, stood a fair, pale girl, erect, imperious, beautiful. Her eyes blazed, and there was but one emotion which possessed her it was scornful irony. Shrinking away into the shadows was the object of it. It was a young man in a pink shirt, with other things to match. He had told her of his love for her, of his devotion to her, of his worship, of the dear desire of his heart to make her his own, and in the midst of it she had stopped him suddenly. "Enough,' she exclaimed. "Enough! I will not listen to another word." "Hear me out," he pleaded. "Hear me out." "Never," she laughed scornfully. "But I shall take great pleasure in see ing you out" And the shadows closed around that shrinking youth like the deadly arms of the octopus. Detroit b'ree Press. I'rinciples that should Govern Modern Tt flsslnas A sAlaltAntnsA A Greek temple can never be any tnmg but a Greek temple, a gothic ca thedral must always be a Gothic cathe dral, a modern office building must always be an office building. The glory of each is its individuality and the directness with which it expresses its object The Greek temple was a de velopment of the Greek ideal in archi tecture; the (.otitic cathedral was the development of the medueval idea: the modern office building, if it is to have the rank in architecture to which its importance entitles it, must be the de velopment of modern needs, ideas, ne cesities. The question is not one of styles, nor of suitabilities of styles: it is the natural treatment of complicated and difficult conditions in a natural manner. I.lfo or Death? It is of vital importance tliat it should be uiulerhtood by persons whoe kidneys arc inactive, that this, condition of things is finally inductive of a state of the organs where life hangs in the balance. Hright's disease, diabetes, albuminuria are all dis eases of a very obstinate character in their mature stage, and all have a fatal tendency. They often bailie the most practised med ical skill, and tho mot approved remedies of materia inedicu. Hut opposed at theout set that is to. say, when the kidneys begin to discharge their functions inactively with Hostetter's Stomach i'itters, the dan gerous tendency is checked. Very useful, a No. is t lii-. household medicine tor iho-.e ailments of common occurrence-constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia and nervous ness. It is a safeguard against malaria and 1 verts chronic rheumatism. Kx-Preairient in Politics. Several of the presidents have re mained in active politics after retire ment from the white house. Buchanan was elected at the age of tii and retired at the age of 70. Tyler was a member of the provisional confederate congress at the age of 71. John Adams, at S.1 years of age, was a delegate to the con vention for revising the constitution of Massachusetts. John Quincy Adams was elected to congress by the anti Mason party when he was 04, and lie remained in congress for a period of '17 years. He died in the hall of the house .lames Monroe retired from the presi dency at tvr, was a regent of the University of Virginia with Madison and Jefferson at OS, but declined to serve as an elector from Virginia at 70 on the ground that an ex-president should not be a partisan, but afterward acted as a local magistrate and was a member of the constitutional conven tion of Virginia. Andrew Jackson was ""O when he left the white house. KAKLV CUKN OVER 1 FOOT LONG. Salzer illustrates in a colored plate a new early corn, a giant of its kind, and offers S300 in gold for the largest ear in 1891. In addition to this early Ciant corn, which yielded in 1803 110 bushels per acre, he has over twenty other pro lific field corns. He has the best fodder corn in the world. He is the largest grower of farm seeds, such as oats, barley, wheat, millet, potatoes, etc in America. Fifty kinds of grasses and clovers. If You Will Cut This Out and Send It With 15c to the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis., you will receive a large pack age of above Giant corn and his mammoth ';atalogue. w Hnmnrons Trillrs. The floating bits of humor to be picked up on many a random page of literature are enough to convince us that the world is a blithesome sort of place after all. Chief Justice Rushe and Lord Nor bury were walking together in the old times and came upon a gibbet. "Where would you be," asked Nor bttr3 pointing to the gibbet, "if we all had our deserts?"' "Faith," was the reply, "I should be traveling alone!" O'Connell's cutting description of Lady 11 is worth a dozen ordinary witticisms, "She had all the qualities of the kitchen poker without its occa sional warmth." Then take the remark of Sydney Smith in regard to a very attractive and dashing widow, "When Mrs. II appears in the neighborhood, the whole horizon is darkened with majors! Youth's Companion. lOO World's Fair Photos for SI. These Leautiful pictures are now ready for delivery in ten complete parts It. pic tures comprising each juirt nnd tho wholo set can l;o secured by the jwyment of One Dollar, sent to ('r.o. II. Hkaffoko, General PanseiiKer Agent, Chicago. Milwaukee & St. l'ntil Railway, Chicago. III., and tho portfolios of pictures wilj I e sent, free of exrone. by mail Jo siilisrril ers. Remittances should 1 o mado by draft, iionoy order, or registered letter. Made High lliiil.liiigs Possible. The elevator is the great equalizer of our civilization, which brings the four teenth story down to the second, and. by excessively rapid "express service'"' makes the twentieth tloor scarcely more difficult of access than the third. In studying the growth of the high building it is not needful, perhaps, to emphasize the relative importance of :iih factor that adds to its merits, but the place of the elevator is funda mental; without it its chief merit would be gone: without it its upper stories would be as inaccessible as a mountain- j top. The development of the high j building lias hastened the development of the elevator, until today the "ex press" elevator leaves nothing to be de sired in swiftness of service. California for Health. Pleasure and Profit. If Koiu; for either, take the dire-t route, the Union Tnci'ic. 'I he oulv lino running first and second class sleeiTers and dining car.- to San Fran cNf o. Send for our new ls,,4 pamphlets. All about tho Mid-Winter Fair. E. L. LoMAi, Gen'I. Pass. & Tkt A?t . Omaha. Neb. AAAAA4Aftliiti m . sr IS H I It II 1 1 J BLOOD If you are BOILS. PIMPLES, your blood lsbad. A few bottles of S. S. S. yoar oiooa is uau. uuiuuv.- . . r . ' ... ... j i...it.l --, lllmorncrnf Blemishes are nl fatten MUtMif- vLmj) v-i.... Tja tio hxt hinnH mnpdv on v l w i ui M. la aj cafcav wvu "" - ar woguij'- 1 a na It OOT-C "My blood was oaoir Cut or oroor auraara, tlte. no enjoyment or 13 no twr remedy TrtatiM on blood and skin dltau watted SWIFT n ii:jts&& i 7 r m f m v ROCERS m vj ROYAL BAKING POWDER because they de- to please m sire ers, and customers are most pleased when they get the best and the most for their money. ROYAL BAKING POW DER is absolutely pure, goes further, and makes better food than any other leavening agent. 1 w I 1 I SB ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., fiOTerntnent Ownership of Railroads and Public Safety. In proportion to the number travel ing, there are thirteen times as many ac -itlents in the United States as in t'ermany, where government owner ship of railways obtains, and six or seven times as many accidents to em ployes in proportion to the total num ber. And no wonder! The first thing which attracts attention in t'ermany is the careful protection to life and limb. Accidents of daily occurrence in Chica go are impossible in Iierlin, a city of equal size. Contrast the efforts of the United States to save life as seen in our truly admirable life-saving service on our coasts with the conduct of those railway presidents who rush to Wash ington and to our state capitals to pre vent the passage of laws to compel the railways to use well-known and ap proved safety appliances! It is claimed that there is greater freedom in the serviue of the government than in the service of the vast corporations which manage natural monopolies. And the freedom of the employed may be still further increased by better civil service regulations. The nobility of public service is of importance to the wage earner of every grade. The uniform of trovernment is an honor, while the L-livery of private service is considered a oauge oi lnienoriiy- uis puuuc ser vice which has developed the great leaders of our civilization. North American Review. The Throat. "Iirown's Bronchial Tntrhr" act directly on tho organs of the voice. They have au extraordinary effect in all disorders of tho throat Ficuratively Speaking. Once while touring England Mr. Irv ing's company stopped at a small city in the interior. The play for that night was "The Merchant of Veniee." Shortly before the performance the head super took aside his five assist ants, who were new at the business, and startof in to give them their in strnctiond. Among the five was an American, who paid his instructor the closesiattention. sr "iVow," said theJfead super,endeav oring to impress his words upon his pupils, "when Shyloek comes on in the last scene you must throw him a look of "ate." There was silence for a moment. Then the American spoke up, "How can we (o that, sir when we're only five?" Hoston I'udget. Cov'i Cough Balaam I Tho oMst and tx-st. It will break ui aCol.l quick er than anything else. It N always reliable. Try It. The Newspaperi Nowhere. Mrs. Itrickrow by don't the news papers tell something that everybody doesn't know? Here's a great long article about the "Unemployed" tens of thousands o people out of work. I knew that weeks ago. Mr. 1'rickrow You knew it? How.' Mrs. Itrickrow I advertised for a girl and got three answers. Tuck. The Chinese language is spoken by fullv J(M),(M)0,()U0 people. Italy's estimated population is "50,( 00,000. The Mid-Winter Fair a Surcem. To reach it tako the only direct line, tho Union Pari fie. Through first nnd seeond-c'ass s'eeiiers, diners. Our advertising" mntter tells you all nl out it. E. I, jsti. . Gen'I. Pass. & Tkt. Agt., Omaha, Nob. A regular routine tho essentials. in dairying is one of There countrv. aro 10,000 mineral springs in the S3.25 to California. This is our sleeping car rata on the Phillips-Rock Island tourist excursions' Jjjnff from Des Moines to Los Angeles or ' V. k. six rnm San Francisco, via Omaha, Lincoln ' ami the scenic route and Ogdcn. You can go with Phillips, the best of all , excursion managers, for he has each party accompanied by a special agent who goes the entire trip with patrons. These pcrsonallv conducted excursions leave Des Moines once a week, j Wednesday. We have also a daily tourist car ser vice, via our Southern route through f the beautiful Indian Territory and Vort. Worth to Los Amreles and an Francisco. Apply to Charles Kennedy, , G. N.-W. Pass. Agt., Omaha, eb. John' Sebastian, ti. l A., C li. I. & 1'. Ky, Chicago. Some very Rood looking j, eople are de-. formed on tlie inside. IF YOU WANT TO FEEL A PERFECT CURE PROMPTLY, OF LUMBAGO, ST. JACOBS OiL WILL DO IT AS NOTHING ELSE CAN DO. '-ELY'S CREAK BALM -Cleanses the Nasal IPHritia;&j, jxiia.ys iai:i Itna sore?, Jiesiorus xasr. Gives Kelief at once AviJy into tl.' Sf'riU. !Mc l)russ'''-'orbrmai,. JLYBKOS.,CCVsrrsaM,:..Y. mmmm n ESSENTIAL -TO HEALTH. You cannot hope to be well if your BLOOD IS IMPURE. troubled tetth ULCERS or SORES will thoroughly clean the system. earth. Tnonaanns - Thousands ... w..w. ..t.n Misonea usi jor.waumwvw "", '.r uu . mu czz.-jl. r7r.v -H.. lire, two Domes uruuim mo iu. r o, ""-m, q j-, OWol free. SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA VZOfj SLiP g Kg . recommend the their custom 106 WALL ST., NEW YORK. ' t Wrl 2! ... . lie IHd Not Smile. Thcv were rival candidates for a vacant seat in parliament, smiled Datroni.imrlv when and they thcv met Mgethcr in a railwav carriage. t "My good sir." said the tirst rival kindly, "whatever on earth has prompted you to oppose ir.e in the forthcoming election? You haven't :t chance to win. It's a donkey to a. strawberry against you!" i. h if'-Indeedl said the second nl mibi--.H&usly. "That certainly doesa t sound very encouraging, but perhaps you wouldn't mind apologizing for the lib erty you've taken in calling me a straw berry!" And you could have heard a lly sneen in the awkward silence that followed the last remark. Tit-IUts. Shlloh'a Cotnurptln i:rt hwid on aptuirantw. It rurr Innpl.Mii "tnimuw Uon. Ilia the 1.1 Couch Cum. 23i:t.-...Mci-i. t Jl.ul. No Time to I.o-.e. While living in Hoston, Edison In night Faraday's works on electricity, com menced to read them at .'I o'clock in the morning and continued until his room mate arose, when they started on the:. long walk to get breakfast. That end, however, was entirely subordinated in Edison's mind to Earaday. and he sud denly remarked to his friend. Adams. I have got so uitieli to do and life is so short that I have got to hustle." And with that lie started off on a dead run for his breakfast. Argonaut. Mekicm M-ien e lms achieved a great tri umph in the production of l!eechains Pills, which replace a medicine het. ." cents. How cheap some jcople will sell them selves for the promt: o of spot cash. ' Hanson! fllnii- irivalve." Warrant.il to.rure ii iti.v artfil:l. Alt your druggist fur it. lrito fi.Mii-. Private Secretary Thur.er i- admired for Ids Ibseiiian crop of hair. Go Sonth Via the Wali.Tdi. Tourists' tickets now on sale to all points. Honieseekers' tickets at half tare on ex cursion dates, De ltith.'Jnn. 'Jth, Feb. Kith. March lith. April 10th and May 5-th. For rates or folders giving full description of lands, climate, &c call at Wabash Th-fcot office, No. 1502 Farnam Street, or writo tiKO. N. Clayton, N. W. P Agt , Omaha, Nab. The man who thinks he has arrived at a state of perfection is very far from it Fiilrport Harhtr. Lahr, Co.. Ohio. World's Disi,esaky Medical Association. Buffalo. N.Y.: Gent tcmen I cannot tell yo'.i how my wife has improved since sfca begun the use of your "ruvorlte Prescrip tion." coupled with "G. Jf. I." She h3 no morn trouble with falling of the womb, unil sho never fcelj uny.pain unlrss feho sturnld too Kkk- She has no bcar-insr-Oown twins sinco ;-Ehe betf-in the uso of lyour remedies, aho clow nearly all of her own hou6eork now, but before sho com menced, takln your Lewis. remedies, sne could hardly walk across the room. " I do not know bow to thank you for all the good your remedies have dono her, for tho best doctors bad given her case up as in curable. Yours truly. ALFllED LEWIS. PIERCE a-Melsa OURE OS MONEY KF.TUKNED. THE CREAT SALE OF TROTTING BRED HORSES. At Union Stock. Yard Horse Mitrk.'t, SOUTH OMAHA, sun.. MARCH 20, 21. 22, 23, 24-, 1894-. - .270 lieail of tho fine' -t.inn.int ltryil IIor'Sjev.T reil In thi wtrst. nw Is tilt? Ime tu buy rralulvu to W N ISnrrofk Uca'l .Mr. Short. Manager, houtli Omaha. Neb. Patents. Trade-Marks. Examination nml Alico an to I'r.ttrn'finlllty of Invention. S-nd for'MnventorH tinidr. or How toOrt aratent." PA53EZ 0TA2SKL. TACSISSTCy. 5. C. QWFET POTATOES s WW bf sprouted n tr t Sent out to Kliare-1. So .xnericnce required Directions for sproutin? free Address, T.J. SKINNER, Columbus. Kansas. TANKS WATER TANKS for s'.iek. r reservoir Any s j". j!I shapes, at !. rr nrlru l'rl-cl.!st 1'rcv A1- " K- kreichmmc Red oak low. MEETS MIKE S5 a Gay SSXT nnTnirtTsnoiMrdirniJiOURO Sample i"0t pald.llveceuta.FOllSiiKn&ilAKIXfinclnnatl.O 11(11 III F InULIIlL TltEKH nnd HA DM previcts r bacs. Ask oiir harm dealer for ttiein 11. W fool'EH.Mfr Molliie.lU anu inuammuuo. aioi-lE faiSUii ana omen, ana Jiire3 'jgxm ?& n rln for Cold In lltil. It is Otiietl't Abnrd. No Hatclict Needed To Ooen this Can. For Hog Cholera this Lye I a nre rura If mod in tlm. Kor matin sap. e!enin ho'ix-. tuftrnintf wn'.er, It has no euaJ. The Housewife's Best Friend. A TInMr w&hlnK receipt In tach cn- 'or Mkle by Jt grocer. ItiUurprl"you- OUTrlERffcuioE. feni to the undrralTned for a FREE COW of the 18U4 E.Htlonof theaboTeBoi. It ia full of (Unlia ble Information concerning th South anil ie?cilhj The Agricultural and HortieuHaral Advantages of the country traversed by the Illinois Cent:! nd the Taxoo & JIisllijpi Valley Railroads In Kentucky, renneaace, Xiu!r Ippl aod I u'slaxa. .1. F Merry, K 9 P. A.. Illinois Central R. R.. Munchatter. I. !'. ". 1.. Omaha , ISfM. When Aaawerlnar Advertisements KluUly aitatioa tkis fayvr. Mrs.' lalalalalaHB m BMI1MHS 1 V- f