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? - - I I I i t l r. Aluminum is being used regularly bymany of the largest steel compa nies in the country, according to Capt A. E. Hunt of Pittsburg. "It is added to the steel in proportions from a half to several pounds to the ton of steel, the purpose of the addition be ing largely to prevent the retention of the occluded glass in the steel and give thereby the production of solid ingots. Aluminum seems also to give extra fluidity to the metal, which re sults in clearer and sounder steel castings." xMrs. H. JT. Stover Like Morning Dew Hood's Sarsaparilla Fresh ens, Strengthens, Cures Heart Palpitation Distress In the Stomach That Tired Feeling. "I am glad to state tint Hood's Sarsaparilla his done me lots of good. I was subject to cramps in the stomach, liver complaint, indi gestion, palpitation of the heart, and that tired feeling. Two years ago I gave Hood's Sarsa parilla a trial. I bare not been without a sup ply of it from that time. It relieved me won derfully, and now when I feel Uio least uneasi ness I resort to Hood's Sarsaparilla, and It always givc3 me immediate relief. I could not do without it, and several of my neighbors have used it upon my recommendation and found it An Excellent Medicine, Doing them good after all other medicines failed. I r.m also highly pleased with the effects of Hood's Pills. As morning dew refreshes Hood'sCures withered grass, so Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills icfresh the human body of Ills and pains." H utninT M. Stovek, Versailles, Missouri. Hood's Pills arc the best family cathartic, srriitleandonVctite. Try a box. 25 rents. Unlike the Dutch Process No Alkalies on Other Chemicals aro uel in tho reparation of W. BAKER & COS reatfastCocoa which is absolutely pure and soluble. llhatmorrthanthreethnes ! (he strength ol Cocoa mixed iv.itli Starch. Arrowroot or 'Sugar, aud is far moro eco nomical, coitiiiy less than one cent a cup. It is delicious, nourishing, and easily SIGCSTKU. 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May Davis, coloring- hotly, looked up as the two noisy schoolgirls, their shrill voices ring ing through the house, came rushing into the cozy little studio where May painted placques and panels, and pastel por traits. "No," she replied quietly, "Why?" Gertie Davis, and her particular friend, Katie Lyons, exchanged sol emnly significant glances. "We knew," went on Gertie, im pressively, "that he had asked per mission to call on you last evening. We know he did not. And we know," dropping her voice till it sounded really sepulchral, "why he broke his appointment." "That I shall also know in good time," said May, somewhat frostily. "I had a telegram from Mr. Wilmarth last evening." She remembered, howeqer, that the dispatch had said simply: "Pardon my absence. Am unavoid ably detained." "I think I'll go home," ventured Katie, a little nervously. "Perhaps May would rather not hear what we saw." May, holding a palette and sheaf of brushes, deliberately turned around to face the speaker. "Tell all you have come to announce. Katie," she advised, quietly. May Davis was a pretty girl of 22. Her face in repose had a gravity which made her appear older than she was, but when her seriousness broke in smiles she looked bewitchingly gay and youthful. Her wavy brown hair she wore parted, and brushed simply back from a fair, smooth brow. Her sincere eyes were gray, shadowed by long, dark lashes. "Well," began Miss Lyons, who was at the angular age of 14, "you know that great brick building, the Lang- ham apartment house, which is just across the street from our place?" May nodded, anil Katie went on. "Well, last evening, Gertie and I you know Gertie was staying over night with me were dressing for a elass social in our room, when we got to talking about you and Mr. Wil marth. Gertie was saying how much he seemed to think of you, and how often he came to see you, and and everything. All at once she was dressed and leaning against the win dow, waiting for me, she said: " 'Why, there he is!' " burst in Ger tie, unwilling that her friend should longer monopolize the relation of their sensation in a nutshell. "And there JtOST CONFIDENTLY." he was! 1 could see him quite plainly in the brightly lighted room of the Lungham. And as Katie and I were watching him " "A lady came into the room," ex claimed Katie, breathlessly. "Anil," cried both together, "he kissed her!" They stared, round-eyed, at their victim. "Is that all?" queried May. "All!" repeated the scandal-mongers, faintly. "Yes. Why shouldn't he kiss her? He may be engaged to her, for all we know to the contrary. 1 1 seems to me you have been exciting yourselves needlessly." "We we thought," stammered Ger tie, "that he was engaged to you!" "Mr. Wilmarth has never honored me with a proposal," May declared, still in that level tone. "And now, if you girls have nothing more important to say to me, I shall be glad of an op portunity to finish this panel." Feeling cheated and abashed, the girls took themselves away. May rose, and fastened the dooi behind them. She returned to her seat, and stared at the hollyhocks on the half-painted panel. What ugly, sprawling things they were! and only an hour ago she had the bad taste to consider them beau tiful. She did not again take up her palette. She only sat there, conscious in some stupid way of being aghast at her own emotion. "Any admittance?" queried a laugh ing voice. The fur-covered shoulders, Parisian hat, and sparkling eyes of Nancy Luders confronted May when she opened the door. "You falsifier!" cried the visitor, gayly, as she embraced her friend. You refused to make one of my last evening because Mr. Wilmarth permis- theater party you had given sion to call. And, behold, Mr. Wil marth failed to materialize." May felt surprised and indignant. Was the whole town taking up the question of her admirer's broken ap pointment? Who, besides herself, was concerned with the fact that he had staid away? "He sent me. word that he was de tained," she said, stifling her annoy ance. Nancy smiled, knowingly. "He was. When we were taking the suburban theater train at the North western, he was seeing off a lady who was going on the St. Paul flyer. I knew he could not have been out this distance and reached there by that hour. May. dear perhaps I ought not to mention it but you really should know " "Go on," said May, in an even voice. "Well, their parting was most af fectionate. He kissed her, and said: 'I shall write you soon, dear.' And she answered: 'Do, Edwin. I shall be most anxious till I hear from you.' One of our party happened to recog nize the young lady, who was quite pretty. lie says she is a gay, wealthy young widow qamed Mrs. Vastine, and that she lives in St. Paul. I told you all along, dear May, that I distrusted Mr. Wilmarth. I feel so grieved for you, after all the attention he has paid you." 'Oh, don't waste your sympathy!" s .. vttr v " r m -: said May, looking straight into her friend's eyes with a serene smile. "There is no necessity whatever for condolence, I assure you. And I do not wish to hurry you, dear, or to seem rude, but this panel is an order, and I am rather rushed to get it finished by the date mentioned." "Oh!" murmured Nancy, taken aback, "if that is the way you feel I about mv kindness And, in a very bad humor indeed, she departed. The young artist went back to her hollyhocks. She thought them uglier than ever. She deliberately lifted her blender, and with a few swift, cir cular strokes merged the varied, bril liant tints in one indistinguishable daub. All at once she laid aside palette, brushes, rest stick, and, lean ing her head on her hands, burst into tears. Well-born, comfortably off, attract ive, accomplished, she had had many admirers, but not one had touched her heart until she met Edwin Wilmarth. Her cheeks now burned with shame as she recollected she had given him her love unasked; but had not his man ner toward her been that of the most eager lover? The afternoon light faded. She heard the street door open. Her father must have come home. She would hardly have time to dress for dinner. She dropped her brushes into a can of turpentine, and rose listlessly. There was a step in the hall without. A tall form darkened the door-way. She turned to see Edwin Wilmarth. "I wonder if you will forgive 'me, Miss Davis," he said, coming forward, hat in hand, "for invading j-our re treat. The servant told me I should find you here. I owe you an explana tion as well as an apology for my fail ure to keep my appointment last even ing." She did not answer him. In a kind of a dream she waited for the explana tion. She wondered faintly if people were to keep forever coming up those stairs to talk about a mere absurd ap pointment that had been broken. "One who is very dear to me," went on Wilmarth, "whom I had not seen for years, owing to my long absence in Europe, chanced to be in the city yesterday. She was leaving for her home last evening. I knew you would pardon me, if I took the liberty of wiring you my regrets. I went to the Langham where she was staying with a friend. She so much wished to make your acquaintance. I'm afraid " with a boyish laugh, "I had raved of you a good deal." May felt the warmth come back to her heart with a rush. "Who who is she?" she asked, in a voice that to her sounded far away. "Did I not tell you? How stupid of me! She is my only sister a widow. Her name is Vastine Cynthia Vastine. She lives in St- Paul. Why what is wrong, May? You have been crying." He had just caught a glimpse of her face, till now resolutely turned from the light. "I spoiled my panel. It is abso lutely ruined." "That is a pity. Uut, May " "Yes." "I told Cynthia mj hopes. She is r,o anxious for my sake. What can I write her? That you care for me at all I love you so! Dear, will trust vour future in my hands?" you She lifted to his a radiant face. "Most confidently," she whispered. Gertie Davis aud Katie Lyons con fided to each other that May certainly could not have any pride. Miss Luders disclaimed responsibility after having "warned May concerning his treach erous conduct." Hut when they learned that Mr. and Mrs. Wilmarth were about to pa' a visit to the groom's sister the pretty St. Paul widow, Mrs. Vastine not one of the three said: "I told you so!" Styles in Moors. It is noticeable that floors left baro for rugs aro being painted in much lighter colors than formerly, tho dark walnut shade having heretofore been the popular selection. They are frequently painted with vol low ochre, mixed with white, and the change is desirable, first, becauso there is a change, perhaps, and again because they arc more easily kept free from dust, or, more correctly, the dust is not in such constant evi dence. The lighter floors arc jnoro cheery, too. Anyone who has been in a convent, where tho oiled and waxed floors aro not painted, but take on a slightly deeper tint than the natural wood from the treatment of oiling and waxing, must have re marked the furnished look of tho rooms without a single rug or break to the shining floor space, and for which tho lighter shade was un doubtedly responsible. Another Friendship NevcrcJ. It cannot be denied that he is rather an egotistical statesman. The other day he approached a fcllow mcrabcr of the distinguished legisla tive body which he graces and said: Excuse me. but a remark of yours which I recently overheard has puz zled mo so much that I have conclud ed to ask you about it" "Indeed!" "Yes. You were speaking of vat, and said that one of my speeches always reminded you of Argus. That's all I heard, and I want to know what you meant?" "Oh, yes! It's because one of your speeches has so many 4IV in it" And now they do not speak. American Industries. Treat Citic. The greatest cities of ancient times were Babylon und Home. Tho former is said to have had an area of 100 to 200 square miles; its houses were three or four stories high, but palaces and gardens occupied much of tho area, so that the population was not what these figures would seem to indicate. In fact, it is said by one historian that nine tenths of this area was taken up by orchards and 3 . ffl. A. I 1." . garuuns. j.ne iuiui population oi i the city under Nebuchadnezzar and his son. Evil-Mcrodach, is estimated I at upward of 2.000.000. Rome reached its greatest size during the fourth century of our era, and its population wa3 then about 2,530,003. Evidently Out of the Swim. Mr. De Style Why have you cut Mrs. Highup from your list of acquaintances? Mrs. De Style They have lost their money. "Who says so?" "No one; but I've learned that she is giving her daughters a thorough education. That shows that she wants them to bo school-teachers." New York Weekly. Spiritualistic Item. Friend Are you happy? Spirit, through medium Perfectly so. "Can you state what has pleased you most since you left us?" The epitaph on mv tombstone. It both amazes and delights me." Texas Sittings. GOOD EOAD PROBLEM. WHY OUR ROADS HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED. A Series of Articles on Boad Building Written bj an Expert Boad Builder. By Trot U. S. Shaler. .Reprinted from tho Atlantic Monthly.) I. The Betterment of our Highways. Perhaps the best of the many meas ures which may be applied to modern states, in order to determine the degree of advancement to which they have at tained, may be found in the condition of their common roads. On the charac ter of these wa3s intimately depends the ease with which a people secure neighborly communication, as well as advantageous relations to the outer world. It is doubtful, indeed, whether a sound democracy, depending as it does on close and constant interaction of the local life, can well be maintained in a country where the roadways put a heavy tax on human intercourse. Judged by the standard of our local ways, America as a whole must be re garded as the least advanced of all countries which are commonly classed as civilized. It is true that our great transportation routes, those which are ploughed by the steamersof our inland waters and traversed by locomotives, are well organized, wide-spreading, and efficient in a high degree; but these ways serve in a direct manner only a narrow belt of country on cither hand. They have a high interstate and inter national value, but little relation to the needs of local life. So far from meet ing the necessities of rural neighbor hoods or aiding in their development, they have tended to retard the growth of the less conspicuous but realty more important channels of communication, our common country roads. A very strong argument could bo made to support the point that the United States would have been in all essential regards more prosperous than it is at present if, in place of its rail ways, it had secured a system of high ways constructed and maintained in the highest state of the roadmakcr's art It is true that our great export industries would have been much less important than they are now. It is true also that a prosperity in manu facturing which has brought great bodies of our people to the l!irming ham state of hived einoloyinent would not exist. Many of our cities would be but country towns, and the buffalo would still roam over much of the country to the west of the Mississippi. On the other hand, our farmers would know more of one another than they do at present. '1 hough they could not market their corn in Liverpool, they would still be able to take it to mill without the sore tax which the bad roads so generally levy upon them, or which the toll-taker requires as the price of a passable way. In such a well-united community, distance counts for little against the duties of life, or against those pleasures which arc in the higher sense a part of human ob ligations The farmers could attend their town meetings, if they were so fortunate as to live in a part of the world which is governed by local par liaments. The could do their duty by their churches, and have a share in the festivities which enliven and enlarge their days. On the contrary, where the roads are bad, all the duties of the citizen and the : ocial being are most imperfectly dona The people get in the habit of a hermit life; the winter season, which should be the time of social intercourse, is passed in seclu sion; households have but little touch with one another, and any real com munal life becomes impossible. The period of railway construction began in this country when the atten tion of the people had just been effec tively directed to the construction of highways. In the years between about 1S20 and 1840 all the thickly settled portions of our land had acquired the habit of improving these lines of com munication. From the local market towns good roads were carried on radi ating lines, so that many communities of the older sort, even as far west as Kentucky, had made great advance in their highway systems. Though not well planned with reference to the sur face over which they passed, or built with the skill which now characterises the highway art, these roads were of great and rapidly increasing utility. With the use of the railways in this country there came a great change in the ideals and practices of our people. They began to lookforwatd to the con struction of iron ways as the means whereby they might insure connection with the outer world. It seemed to them not to be worth while to give time and money to the making of old fashioned carriage-paths, which indeed appeared contemptible as compared with the new fashioned means of travel. Now, however, that it has be come plain that railroads cannot profit ably be arranged so as to reach every hamlet and cross-road, and the people have had a quarter of a century or more in which to experience the evils of bad roads, we find our folk once again turning to this ancient question as to the means of local intercommuni cation. It may seem at first sight as if pub lic interest in better highways would of itself le sufficient to insure all need ed improvements in these means of com munication. Those, however, who have studied the development of the roadmakcr's art, in this and other coun tries, clearly see that public opinion must be well informed before there will be any chance of securing the end in view. We have to face a situation in which ancient habits and ignorances will greatly obstruct the process of re form. We cannot expect to clear away evils which for a thousand years have been borne in dull content, or to revo lutionize bad practices of construction which are rooted in the customs of the people. Above all, it will be difficult to persuade our rural people to provide themselves with systems of highways the cost of which at the outset-will be far greater than that of all the existing public improvements in their respective communities. Those who enter on this work must expect to hasten slowly, and to encounter many backsets in their un dertaking. Their task is to educate as well as to inform. They have to teach by example rather than by precept, and the examples cost a deal of money. Honor Even. Mr. Chugwater I'm hungry still, but tho biscuits are all gone, there's no moro cream for the coffee, and the steak is all gristle. Samantha. you'll die of enlargement of tho heart! Mrs. Chugwater I don't know, Josiah. I've never been exposed to it in this houso! Carried Ont. Miss Passe still makes a valliant struggle to carry out the illusions of j-outh."' "Yes, and she succeeds pretty well, too." Do you think so?" "Certainly. There's uothin" left of it" Texas Sittings. Looked Like a Fake. Editor Hero's a dispatch about a Mississippi lynching, but I don't be lieve it's genuine. Assistant Editor Why not? Editor Because it doesn't say that--his body was then riddled witb bullets." Puck. Elements of Finance. "I thought I told you I wouldn't be responsible for any more bills." "But, father. I had these things charged on the old bill" Harlem Life. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report RoYal &ZZ&5B Absolutely pure Ilis Reasons. "People sometimes ask me why I spell my name with two n"s,"' said Rep resentative Hermann. "When I was a student in Maryland years ago, I got the idea into my head that I would fol low the fashion and eliminate the extra letter. I started in by writing to my father, a respected and prominent physi cian in Baltimore, and signing it in the improved way, 'Your ufl'ectionate son, Binger Herman.' My father quickly detected the change, and back came a letter whose earnest reproaches I have never forgotten. "He pointed out that the name stood for one of the greatest heroes of antiq uity, Armenius, the Hermann of Taci tus, who stood like a bulwark against Roman lust of conquest, and to whose leadership the ancient Germans owed the preservation of their nationality, their language and their freedom. He said that name was given me by those who alone had the authority to confer it, and with their consent the name should never be altered, even in respect to a letter. The rebuke I received so impressed me that I concluded if the name was good enough for my father it would be good enough for me." Wash ington Post Catarrh Cannot lie Cared With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can- not reach the scat of the disease. Catnrrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take Internal remedies. in cure ii. vuu musi tunc miciii.u ituicuin. Hull's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous eur- faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for year?, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly oa the mu cous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two Ingredients Is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for tetinioiiinls. free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, pric 75c. Authors Mistakes Aliout tlio Moon. The editor of the Popular ycier.ee Monthly takes certain imaginative writers to task for their unscientific and absurd statements regarding "the young moon" and "the crescent moon," and advises them to leave it alone, be cause they so often contrive to get it in the wrong place. In a recent story which has come under his notice he finds two friends described as sitting out one summer evening looking over tiie Thames, and the writer goes on to say: "Ily this time the young moon had arisen, and its cold light shimmer ed over the misty river." Such writers are reminded that the young moon goes to bed carry and can never be seen in the process of rising. Ask about the wonderful climate and resources of Southei n California. There never was such and opportunity for home seekers. For information regard ing this section, address, J. A. Allison, Brewster block, San Diego, California. Tlic Divers Hunting (.round. Hell Gate, by the way, is a great field for divers, when regular work i. slack, says a writer in Scribner's Magazine. Many a time I've "worked the Gate on spec,"' as we say. On one occasion I stumbled upon a valine that contained S.'ti in money and a number of fishing reels One tour has yielded me a crop of twenty-four J anchors; and on another I came across ( the wreck of a sloop loaded with scrap iron, that I sold. It waa the wreck of the Warrior, and had lain peacefully at the bottom of Hell liate since ls.iiu "Working old bottoms." like the War rior, is another way divers have of put ting in slack time. Every diver has a record of old bottoms. Some years ago. when copper was high, two clivers got 700 bars out of a wreck that had been sunk off Saybrook about forty years. Did Vtm sen It? Of course we mean the World's Fair. Whether 3011 did or not you want to preserve a souvenir of the most beauti ful scene this earth has witnessed. The Michigan Central, "The Niagara Falls Houte," is issuing the finest and most complete World's Fair Portfolio, each containing reproductions of six teen splendid photographs of large size. The series will consist of sixteen parts, followed by a special part de voted to Niagara Falls, Mackinac Isl and and other gems of American scenery, and will be sent to any ad dress on receipt of ten cents per part Address Frank J. Bramhall, Advt'g. Agent, Michigan Central, 402 Monad nock block. Cliicairo. 111. Hard Times and Kroiiomr. It is a great mistake for peTp!e who can at all afford to spend liberally to practice economy in hard times. On one occasion during the second empire, when there was a great financial de pression, Louis Napoleon commanded his ministers to open their houses and entertain profusely, and the court cir cles, taking the hint, began such a round of gaiety that trade revived, while the manufacturers, plucking up courage, opened their mills, and a crisis was averted. Spending is as much a duty with the rich as saving is with the poor, and it takes both attributes to make a prosperous community. New York Tribune. Ililliaid Table, second-hand. For sale cheap. Apply toor nddre-s. H. C. Akix, ."ill S. PJth St., Omaha, Neb. A liroad but Truthful Statement. Professor Georgeson of the Kansas agricultural college propounds the startling inquiry, "Has your attention ever been called to the fact that when you feed 1,000 bushels of worn to a lot of steers you waste SOI) bu-hels of that corn?" This seems like abroad state ment yet it has much truth in it when said of some of the feeding done in the west, where manure is not properly saved. Go Sonth Ma the AValiaah. Tourists' ticl ets now on sa'o to all points, flomeseefcer.-' tickets at half fare on ex cursion dates, April 1 th nnd May Mb. For rates or folders fcivinrj full description of lands, climate, &c, ca'l at abash Ticket ottice, No. l.Vrj Farnam Street, or write Geo. N. Clayton. N. W. P. Agt., Omaha. Ne . The poorest die rk-hcr than they are born. We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune. Be careful of form vour life. your thoughts, for they Jtjf'''1' 'WtA. V w"fif 9f Viftr S$ M: Mothers' Frien T- a scientifically prepared every ingredient of recognized value, and in constant use by themedical profession. These ingredients are combined in a manner hitherto unknown, and WILL DO all that is claimed for it, AND MORE. It shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to Life of Mother and Child. Sent by Express on Receipt at Price. S1.50 P Bottle. Book to "Mothers" mailed FREE, containing voluntary testimonials. ISA SoH br l Crrf r sU. wmmmmmmmmmmii-, vVflK AA - - -- - aa.a.a.A.-A.AAAA Baking Powder Overtaxed Girl Students. Boston mothers arc making a stand against the overtaxing of girl pupils in the schools. A petition containing hundreds of names and asking that Greek be made. elective instead of pres cribed was presented at a meeting of the school committee. A woman who found her daughter breaking down in health at the Latin school originated the petition, which received the signa tures of many prominent men, among them being educators, ministers, law yers and physicians. The mothers are willing to have German substituted for Greek, believing that the study of the modern language will tax their daugh ters less and at the same time be more useful. One of the petitioners says: "It certainly seems strange that of the large number of girls who enter the Latin school such a small percentage ever graduate. The course is too hard. Tho girls cannot stand it They can not, or rather do not, exercise with baseball and out of door sports as the toys do. rome skeptics have raised the point that our daughters break down because they go out to parties and the theaters. We have not found that to be the case in a single instance. Many of the mothers at the meetings have said: 'Why, my daughter studies from four to six hours a day and she doesn't slcen nights.' Unless any one wants . to teac, tno classical studies, German aml French are much more useful to I ., ., .. ,, ., . .,.. . . .i... :i i. i, ...i. ...i.:..i, .thu ?rls l ,an the (.reek w htel , Jave to take now. Aew ork Even- ing Post. Coughs, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, etc., quickly relieved by Bkown's Ukonciiul Tuoches. Ti ey surpass all other prepa rations in removing hoarseness ana as a cuty.'i rrwinljare pre-eminently the best. Strange Sights in India- "Of all the strange places we visited none were more unique than Jc3pore," said Mr. Burditt of the Stoddard party. "This is a city in the north of India, which is under native government, its ruler being the maharajah of that dis trict. Here the sacredness of animal life, held so carefully by the Hindoos, gave us queer sights. Monkeys ran along the walls like dogs. Doves in llocks of thousands filled the open squares, or blackened the heavens in their llight. I Vacocks covered the walls and buildings. Elephants and camels were always to be seen in the streets. The maharajah had in his stable 300 horses, many of the finest blood. And in the mud of a sluggish pond in the rear of his palace enormous aud vicious looking crockodilcs lazily rolled about To get them to move sufficiently to be able to distinguish their black forms from the surrounding mud we threw out bait in the shape of big pieces of raw beef, tied to a string, many pounds of which they would gulp at one elfort. And in the palace itself this maharajah housed five wives and ,'iOO concubines. The KoIutiNn Of medicinal agents is gradually rele gating the old-time herbs, pills. . draughts and vegetable extracts to the j rear and bringing into general use the I pleasant and effective liquid laxative, j Syrup of Figs. To get the truo remedy ' see that it is manufactured by the Cal ifornia Fig Syrup Co. only. For sale by all leading druggists. An Important Experiment. An experiment beirun last year at . tilc Oklahoma experiment station with j corn was to determinethe best location from which to secure seed for Oklahoma use. It was apparent from the results which showed it in nearly every in dividual instance that seed brought from the north produced more grain and less stover than seed brought from the south, while the reverse is of course true tiiat southern grown seed pro duces more stover and less grain than northern grown seed. This experiment will receive the close attention of Prof. Magruder this coming season, when he intends to compare southern and north ern grown seed with Seed grown in Oklahoma. The professor will send klahoma grown seed south and north to tie grown and returned to mm lor rnoea previous ro uikiiib your mwiicmes. tria 1 on the station farm. Th is is done ' to0.k bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre in order that there may be ; no unccr- CoKfitTs tSSSSlog SSt tamty as to variety. Results of this Snco 1 was Pllt!reiv weI1bf Iioth those dis valuable piece of work will be watched , eass and have never had any signs of their ap with interest not only by Oklahoma ' pcarance since and lam satisfied tho 'Favor- fanners, but States. throughout the L'nited S4--r.no FOU A FARM tVA0?. The best wagon in the world can be had for &.f0; a barrel cart forS3.:.). If You Will Cnt Ihii Ont and S-nd It With r.c to the John A. SalzerScedCo., La Crosse, Wis., you will receive their mammoth catalogue, where you can read about this wagon. w Varisty Necessary. The man who thinks a newspaper should be made up exclusively of read ing matter suited to his particular whims and prejudices is pretty hard to please. He forgets that there are oth ers interested in subjects which he deems obnoxious. All kinds of people read newspipers, and there must be va riety in the kinds of news published. Franklin (N, Y.) News. Ilegrmnn'it t'nmplior lr vrilli Olyrerlne. ChlibUniN l'M. &. c '. Clari; o, . X-w Ilairn.tx i;ur-stiiaix'iu.nusaniij-ac',T'n(lrorsiorfiir, Common seno nnd true religion nlwnraf"H$enJ9y .mV5If anywhere. I was tired and harmonize. llnnMin'K Jllagir t orn Salve." Warr.iiil.l lonireor m..ni- nfunileil. Ask jour drugget fur it- l'ru v 13 ruts. The sin you look at will soon pick it up and carry it. make you ST. JACOBS OIL CURES PAIN. LjaApHn9HNR3 .VjffAAaiaVHaaEEr SPRAINS, BRUISES, WORN NiCHT AND DAY. !!! 1h tho worst n'p tine wi.ti rase unJrr all rirctimstanctrs IVrfwt A'IJutm-nt. Comfort mil Cure Ncwl'tentrl improvement! illu.v trated catalogue "1 mln for self-raearariv mrit sent rccunly -a. Nil. J. V HOeJSK J! Ml. CI)., T4t Uro-vU-1 war. jae ori CUr. miCMaftaMJoi-frv-iv.-tioKRis. .NIUIl Wufeiiiiisioii. B.G 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Ttfi Prlnclrjal Examiner U fa Ponalon Bureau. 1 3 j rs iu last war, ISoiljuiUcatiu,; ctdiuu, atty since. gjCf lilDDICf) Tjavcc laalea, with photos aa'traaV Hbl MAIIIIICU trnco. aiajvrtj pretty and neh. ctboftutlomarir.atailedfra. Walter aclXJnoH.Chiftn.llU liniment oSk gU BltJLB,lQ M f . IRDflfln M 2 K M w 1M .TV M BRADFIELO REGULATOR CO.. AtlJRte. Ge. 1 M,A . . .4 ffil V . flW' A &fltS rWaf A Simple Fire Escape. A simple, easily procured, inexpen sive and practical means of escape from upper stories may be found in a stout duck sack and a strong roanilla rope. The sack should be deep and wide enough to hold several persons and have a rope well bound around the top to which the rope bail is attached. If no appliance be provided to hold a stout sail across the window on the inside, then several wraps must be taken around some article of furniture, wife and children dumped into the sack, the husband paying out the rope and let ting them down. The sack is then drawn up, when the remaining occu pant goes into the sack with the slack end of the rope, and paying it out lets himself down. Kope and sack will pass unhurt past considerable sheets of tlame from windows below, and if occa sionally treated to a strong solution of alum water, or even strong brine, arc of uithcult ignition. 1 he deep sack dispels the feeling of fear in not be holding the dizzy height and also pro tects from llame in passing windows. Every window should have strong staples into which a rail can be insert ed and which should be ever ready if needed. A cool head could thus let down, in many cases, numerous loads, and for that matter there may be rope enough to allow all the paying out and pulling up to be done by some ono on the ground. Private instructions should be in every room; and each occu pant should be made familiar with the working. Pittsburg Dispatch. Fhyslolosieat KftVct of Muslr. The results of numerous experiments made with scientific care by a Russian physician to determine what, if any. are the physiological effects produced by music are thus summarized: An in fluence on the circulation of blood is no ticed, the pressure sometimes rising and sometimes falling, though the action of musical tones and pipes both on ani mals and men expressed itself for the most part by increased frequency of the beats of tho heart; the variations in the circulation consequent upon mu sical sounds coincide with changes in the breathing, though they may also be observed quite independently of it; the variations in the blood pressure are dependent on ihe pitch and loudness of the sound and on tone color; in these variations of the blood pressure also the peculiarities of the individual, whether men or lower animals, are plainly ap parent, and even nationalitj, in the case of man, is claimed to exhibit some effect. New York Tribune. Education should lend out, not force on. The lady whoso portrait beads tb.13 article is Mrs. Mary F. Covell, of Scotland, Bon Honimo Co.. S. Dak. She writes to Dr. R, V. Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to tho Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, ai Buffalo, N. Y., as follovs: " I was sick two , years with ' failing of the womb' and leucor- I ito Prescription' saved my life, for I could bardlv walk around when I commenced taking that medicine nnd I think it is u God's blessing to me that I took it. 1 I was pronounced incurable by the best , doctors hero in tho West. I gave up nil hopes and mado up my mind that I was to ' be taken away from my husband and baby 1 of two years old. I was sick all of tho time I could not eat anything at all. In ono week, I offer beginning tho tise of tho ' Favorite Pre scription' my stomach was so much letter tuat I could eat anything : 1 could see mat 1 was gaining all over, nnd my husband then went nnd got mo six bottles ; I took three of them end my stomach did not bother mo any more. Wo sent to you and got tho People's Com mon Sense A'lediral Adviser, and found my case dfcriled just as I was: we did what tho book told us, in every way ; in ono month's time I could see I was much better than I had been ; wo still kept on just as the book told us, nnd in three months I stopped taking medicine, and to-day, I can proudly say I am a well women, yes, am well, strong and hcalthv. When I liegnn to take your medicine my (aco washed eyes looked dead. I could 6,c!l n'' tno time. I could hardly do my house-work, but now I do that and tend a big garden, help my husband and tauo m sewing." Tho following will prove interesting to feeble women generally, and especially so to those about to rccome mothers. Mrs. Dora RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA. SCIATICA. LUMBAGO, SWELLINGS, BURNS. WELL MACHINERY IUnstrated eatalocne ehowtatr WELL AtiUr-l'-S. mwjri, UKU.I.S, HlDltAlil.lu AM JKTTle aiAe-IIIAEKY, etc. Sett Fbez. Have been tested and all icarrantctl. , .. ... -l0UI ,clty fcnsbr sin' X !rn Work, fe: tccso:s to Tec iM'c Nlotix t Ily lwa. I 1217 Union Ave. KaM.s City M- "XT TMf -egv55g!,ai &i& - mSBBm L .iaH!Hi'' jGaS-1" IJV rZZFA "H5 V TP ra - I 1 raaaaaW ?HJ& AirLTV iM ?' HaaaaaHafeZltflllaakhltflar aBk. X KF - iKBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam BU. ' '" Z aaHMailirrallMtSa5aCrjMMaWl Especiallv for Farmers, Miners, R. R. Hands and others. Double sole ex tending ?own to th. heel. EXTRA WEARING QUALITY. Thousands of Rubber Poot wearers testify this is the best they ever had. Ask ytlir (Ualtr for tlMM and don't be persuaded into an inferior article. A Sad rictnre. The next tlmo you aro in a melancholy mood, as you aro almost cortain to bo If you become bilious or dyspeptic, picture to your-, self the condition of a poor man who, with out resources and with a family oh hlshand-t. linds himself on a sick bed. (iloom obscures his. narrow horizon in every direction. Un able to do any work, without means, or friends capable of assisting him. with the possible prospect of continued 111 health; with rent, perhaps, unpaid and unpayable, the outlook for him is gloomy indeed. How shortsighted, then, is tho man of humble means who perceiving that hi- health and strength are failing takes no precaution to avert the oncoming evil. Ho-totters Stom ach Hitters is a reliable, profe-slonally re commended restorative of health and vigor, aud a sure means of preventing the many disabling complaints which cpo-ure. over work, neglect and itiMittlcicnt food produce. Malara, rheumatism, kidney and liver com plaint, dyspepsia and nervous (ILscaso al ways yield to it. The Hainan Family. Tho human family living on earth to day consists of about 1, l."0,0(X),000 souls not fewer, probably more. These are distributed literally all over the earth's surface, there being no consid erable spot on the globe where man has not found a foothold. The extremes of the blacks and whites arc as live to three, tho remaining 700,000,000 inter mediate, brown, yellow and tawny in color. Exchange. RThilnh'a Consumption Can I M n a eu.nnt'. It rurt-t Iti.ipli-nt onutrTv tioo. ItlsltwU-KtCiHich Cutis. 15ct3..K).U...'t S1.U1. Kunaway Leg. Lady Canning tells a story about her fattier, Lord Stuart de Rothesay, who was embassador at St Petersburg in the forties. Ho was alllicted with a sort of nervous paralysis, which de prived him of the control of his limbs. Onco his secretary saw him running rapidly along the quays. Afterward he heard himself called and found Lord Stuart clinging to a lamp-post "I wanted particularly to speak to you. but could not stop. My legs ran away with me." Beech vm's Pit i.s nro proverbially known as "Worth a Guinea a lor' but they are sold at -5 cents a box. A IViiUt Curiosity. Those who are fond of a "hand at whist" will be interested in the follow ing peculiar circumstance. One eve ning four friends were playing a rubber at a mutual friend's house not far from Barnstaple. O. D. and R. 15. were part ners, and Ii B. and (.'. H. were ditto. On two occasions Ii B. and C. H. woti every trick, and on one occasion O. D. and R. B. held every black card, and EL B. andC. II. every red one. Clubs were trumps. Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette. A. Guthrie, of Onkloy, Overton Co., Tonn., writes : " I never can thank 3'ou enough for what your treatment has done for 1110 ; I am stronger now than I Lave been for sir year. When I began 3-our treatment I was not nblo to do anything." I could not i tand on my feet long enough to v. ash my dishes without suf fering almost death ; now I do all my house work, washing, cooking, sewiug and every thing for my family of eight. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is tho !t medicinn to take beforo contin"ment that can be found ; or at least it proved bo with me. I never suffered so littlo with any of my children cs I did with my last and siio is tho healthiest we have. I recommend your medicines to all of my nWghlxirs and esjiecially 'Favonto Prescription' to all women whoaresuffering. Have induced soveral to try it, and it Las proved good for them." "i ours truly, in a 0 jJ . Dr. Pierce's Favprijo Prescription is a pos itive euro for tbo -most com plicate I nnd oIr.tinato leucorrliea, excessive flowing, painful menstruation, unnatural Eiipres sions and irregularities, prolajisus, or falling of tho womb, weak ba-k, " femolo weakuos. ," nntevcrsjon, j-ctrovcrsjbn, bearing-down Een "sntionsv clirfiiccoifttion. inflammation and ulceration of thewoxnb, niHauirnation, pain nnd tenderness of the ovaries, accompanied with "internal heat" Dr. Pierev's Favorite Prescription is .1 scientific medicine, carefully compounded by an experienced and skillful physician, nn.l (adapted to woman'sdelicatcorganization. It is purely vegetable in its composition and perfectly harmless in its cirects in uny rnruli Hon of the system. For morning sickness or nausea, duo to pregnancy, weak stomach, in digestion, dyspepsia and kimlrI symptouw, its use will prove very beneficial. Dr. Pierce's Book, " Woman and Her Dis eases," (H58 pages, illustrated ), giving stt" cessful mvans of home treatment, can bo had sealed in plain enreloje) by enclosing 1U cts., in one cent stamps, to pay postage, to tho Doctor, at bis address, as umn. at tha beginning of this article. I taLKr-t.L tv. r.. nocGLAS ? siion equals custom wrfrk. costing from FMHKPi value mr tlic inonr- IITWCA,- ;,, .,,. ,vor!d. N.imc and price UtCTT VQ .timni il tUf lwfnm Til. rf ( fV.vi K.irw irr inttil. 'J Jt,e n u!ri- IjUCuMeSS "JL '. . Vc !.;:! j.ir- for f.-.II ' . V5f !V f Ipn - . .nil fur W-LDOUcuTtT-: "N. titrated C nt'il-gue WcKTuMiSrr-. - J,v,"t-' '" u.tt ' ll--zZl millions utjit sirm " l.o,v to or der lv m-n ro-tjc free. V'i can j;it the belt bargains of dealer:, who push Ov.r shoes. DEAF NESS AND HEAD NOISES CURED j r tf m ii-rr 111 Mil ton. ii ft-r - n. twrri.I Whrti all relnr.(lv Ml JSo.fi FREE :ZKw7 Vf-,.,it..ot,fjr..rr W. .'. C. Ki:iIia !.. 1MII. tliuii Answeriiij- Advertisement Kindly Mention tll l'.er. r" r-