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The first step in Spring
should be to cleanse Nature's
house from Winter's accumu
lations. Hood's Sarsaparilla
does this work easily. It is
America's Greatest Spring
Medicine, It purifies the blood,
as millons of people say,
It makes the weak strong, as nervona
men and women gladly testify. It
en res ali blood diseases, as thousands
of cured voluntarily write. It is just the
medicine for you, as you will gladly say
after you have given it a fair trial.
BJKf -BfOOd-" Although past 70 years of
age I am thoroughly well. It was three
bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla that made
me po after spending over fflO in medical
attendance. My trouble was a raw sore on
my ankle." Mrs. Louisa Mason, Court
Street, Lowell. Mai.
Running Sores-" After worrying four
months J gave my children Hood's Sarsa
parilla and it cured them of running sores.
Hood's Tills cured me of dyspepsia and
constipation." Mrs. Kate . Tuomas, 31
Governor St., Annapolis. Md.
Consumptive Cough -"Five years
ago I had a consumptive cough which re
duced me to a skeleton. Was advised to
take Hood's Sarsaparilla which I did and
recovered normal health. I have been well
ever since." Matilda JSridgewater, Cor.
Pearl and Chestnut Sts., Jeffersonville, Ind.
bc(fo&
Hond'o I11U cure liver Ills the non Irritating
tlieoiily calliartlc to lake with Hood' Saxaaparlllav
A newly found letter by T. P. Bar
nuni, one of the last he wrote, advises
young men to learn stenography and
typewriting, and adds: "Keep your
brains free from fumes of alcohol,
your blood freed from its taints. Avoid
tobacco as poison itreally is. Keep
yourself clean physically and morally.
Give your body the care you would
give to any machine of which you re
quire much good work."
It will not pay to be always asking,
will it pay?
"Every morning I have a
bad taste in my mouth; my
tongue is coated; my head
aches and I often feel dizzy.
! have no appetite for breakfast
and what food I eat distresses
me. I have a heavy feeling in
my stomach. I am getting so
weak that sometimes I tremble
and my nerves are all unstrung.
I am getting pale and thin. I
am as tired in the morning as
at night."
What docs your doctor sayr
You are suffering from im
pure blood."
What is his remedy?
You must net have "consti
pated bowels if you expect the
Sarsaparilla to do its best work.
But Aycr's Pills cure constipa
tion. We have a book on Paleness
and Weakness which you may
have for the asking.
WrUm f r Ommttwm.
Torlups you would liko to con stilt
eminent physicians about your condi
tion. V rite us freclv all the particulars
In your case. Vou will recelv e a prompt
reply.
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Meat smoLd in a few boors with
MAUSERS' LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE.
Made from hickory wood. Cheaper, cleaner
sweeter. and Rurrr than theold way. Send for
circular. C It ItAOEIt 4c Uate., atlltra, Pa.
for UNCLE SAM
And good enough for vou. There is more
of Carter'. Ink ued by the U. S. Govern
ment than of all other makes put together.
It costs you no more than the poorest
ask for it
Funny booklet "How to Make Ink Plcturei" free.
CARTER'S INK CO.. Bostoa. Mass.
EXCUR
SIONS.. Of homeseeisers and settlers for ttao wheat
lands or Western Canada over the prin
cipal lines or railway oacc a week. For
particulars apply to the Department of
ie,T terior- 0luwa- Canada, or to
W. V. Bennett. SOI ew Vork Lire Building.
Omaha. Neb. "
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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
has Introduced a new feature la ita
sleeping car service arranglas to at
tach an ordinary sleeper in addition
to the regular first-class sleeper now la
service on through trains. Commenc
ing with February 13 one of these cars
will be attached to train No. leaving
Chicago 3:30 p. m. and arriving in
Pittsburg next morning at 6:45; and
returning leave Pittsburg on No. 5 at
7:20 p. m. and arriving in Chicago
next morning at 10 a. m. Also on
train No. 7 leaving Baltimore at 7 p.
m. and arriving in Newark at 10:22 a.
m. next day. Returning on train No.
8 leaving Newark at 8:30 p. m. and
arriving at Baltimore at 12:63 p. m.
next day. The innovation will be that
in these ordinary sleepers Pullman
rates are reduced one-half, so that
passengers have the choice of paying
the highest price Pullman rate or take
advantage of the cheaper rate oCered
in ordinary cars. The Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad is the first line to intro
duce this service and its popularity
has been predicted.
The Burlington route, advertising
from its office in Omaha recently, of
fered a cash prize of $100 to the per
son who would send them the best plan
for encouraging immigration to Ne
braska. Among the letters received
was the following:
"Republican City, neb., January 27,
1899. J. trances, g p: I saw youer add
in your paper asken advise of how to
settle nebraska, for my 20 years' expe
rience that the grate part of nebraska
is old batchus and air longen for a
wife or a housekeeper and the eastern
world is full of old mades and widoes,
now it the railroads wood trasport
the old mades and widoes to nebraska
free theair woodend bee no further
truble about settlers. I tell yon th
wimen heair that hain't ingaged air
scaris then henes teath and most of the
girles marey when theair 15, now if
theas old mades and old batchus go to
keepen house and the men heair that
all the widoes heaiv ship to nebraska,
yon felowes wood just half to put on
extra tralnes to carray the men.
MEBIT ALWAYS WINS.
A SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE IS
BASED ON MERIT.
The IsBpartaace of laferBstaa; the
Pabllo of the Talae of aa Article
Throach the Leading
Newspapers.
The few remedies which' have at
tained to world-wide fame, as truly
beneficial in effect and giving satisfac
tion to millions of people everywhere,
aro the products of the knowledge of
the most eminent physicians, and pre
sented in the form most acceptable to
the human system by the skill of the
world's great chemists; and one of the
most successful examples is the Syrup
of Figs manufactured by the Califor
nia Fig Syrup Co. Unlike a host of
imitations and cheap substitutes. Syrup
of Figs is permanently beneficial in Its
effects, and therefore lives and pro
motes good health, while inferior prep
arations are being cast aside and for
gotten. In oUcn times if a remedy
gave temporary relief to individuals
here and there, it was thought good;
but now-a-days a laxative remedy
must give satisfaction to all. If you
have never used Syrup of Figs, give it
a trial, and you will be pleased with it,
and will recommend it to your friends
or to any who suffer from constipation,
or from over-feeding, or from colds,
headaches, biliousness, or other ills re
sulting from an inactive condition of
the kidneys, liver and bowels.
In the process of manufacturing the
pleasant family laxative made by the
California Fig Syrup Co., and named
Syrup of Figs, figs are used, as they are
pleasant to the taste; but the medicinal
properties of the remedy are obtained
from an excellent combination of
plants known to be medicinally laxa
tive and to act most beneficially. As
the true and original remedy, named
Syrup of Figs, is manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only, a knowl
edge of that fact will assist in avoid
ing the worthless imitations manufac
tured by other parties. The company
has selected for years past the lead
ing publications of the United States
through which to inform the public of
the merits of its remedy, and among
them this paper is included, as will be
seen by reference to its advertising col
umns. Thomas A. Edison, Jr., taking ad
vantage of the temporary silence ot
Nikola Tsla. has announced that he
has two plans for the removal of
snow from the streets by electricity.
One involves the use of a portable
nielter which is to be so constructed
that the current necessary to heat the
melting surfaces ran be easily taken
from the wires that supply trolley
lines or electric lighting circuits. The
other ilan has as its feature a ma
chine that must be a modification of
the hay press, for its purpose, is to
press the snow into comparatively
small "bricks' which could be handled
easily and with expedition. Neither
of these plans is ready for a test, but
Mr. Edison junior will tak about them
with New York's street commissioner
before another winter comes.
The Lahore (India) Tribune quotes
a Chinaman's explanation of the use
of rates for food purposes as follows:
"What a carrot is to a horse's coat a
rat is to the human hair. NePber fact
can be explained, but every horseman
knows that a regimen of carrots will
make his stud smooth and lustrous .is
velvet, and the Chinese especially the
women, know that rats usa.i sin foo-1
stop the falling out of hair, an i ncake
the locks soft, silky and beautiful. I
have seen it tried many times
IK EXCELLENCE If SWUP $f H8S
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California. Fio Syrup
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fio Strop Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fio Sykup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company
CALIPORNUHGSTRDPCa
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GOVERNOR M'CORD.
ra-ra-M t All
Vlctlaaa.
Hon. Myron R McCord. ex-governor
of New Mexico, in a letter to Dr. Hart
man, from Washington, D. C, aays:
Gentlemen At the suggestion of a
friend I was advised to use Pe-m-aa
for catarrh, and after using one bottla
I began to feel better In every way. It
Hon. M. H. McCord.
helped me in many respects. I was
troubled with colds, coughs, aor
throat, etc, but as soon as I had tr.ken
your medicine I began to improve and
soon got well. I take pleasure in rec
ommending your great remedy to all
who are afflicted with catarrh. M. H.
McCord.
Thousands of cases of chronic ca
tarrh have been cured by Pe-ru-na
daring the past winter. In spite rt
changeable weather. In spite of the na
tural set-backs from catching cold, and
confinement to illy-ventilated rooms,
the great catarrh remedy Pe-ru-na
has effected these cures. But now
spring is here. The days are longer,
the sun is warmer, and the blizzard Is
gone for another year. -This preL.nts
a much more favorable opportunity for
the permanent cure of chronic catarrh,
especially old, stubborn cases. Now
Is the time to begin treatment Other
things being equal, one month's treat
ment In the spring la worth two
months' treatment during the inclem
ent weather of winter. Insist upon
having Pe-ru-na. There are no suc
cessful substitutes for this remedy.
Send to Dr. Hartman. Columbus, O
tor a free catarrh book.
A TREADfliLL DOfl.
One that Rons a Prlattnt; Press la a Wis
consin Establishment.
A dog which runs a press Is a curi
osity in Plymouth, Wis., and is prob
ably the only animal in the world do
ing this kind of service. "Gpy," as
the dog is known, is owned by the
Plymouth Review Company, and not
only runs off the edition of the paper
once a week, but is also employed to
run a large job press.
The dog is an English mastiff,
weighing 150 pounds, and formerly
belonged to a showman who became
stranded there and left the animal at
one of the hotels. The proprietors of
the Review secured him, and his
tricks of operating a wheel were de
veloped. A wooden wheel, eight feet ir di
ameter and four feet wide, was con
structed and balanced on a shaft on
the end of which was placed a pully to
drive a main shaft. This shaft was
connected with a nine-columns power
press, capable of carrying the forms
of a six column quarto paper. In the
wheel Gyp was placed and in a short
time taught to tread. Though usually
tractable, there are two things which
throw the dog into a rage. The first
is to have anyone turn the wheel,
which Gyp has come to look upon as
his own, and second the sight of a
particular cat The latter fact is
taken advantage of when the dog does
not tread fast enough. A glimpse of
the cat is sufficient to increase the
speed of the wheel, and if the cat is
not taken away after a time the dog
would work himself into such a pas
sion that the press would be torn to
pieces by the speed. Gyp has been
doing the work for two years, never
missing a day, and seems to enjoy the
work, frequently getting into the
wheel in the middle of the night and
running half an hour or more just to
"warm up." as it were. When com
manded, the dog will start up or stop
like a horse.
Iowa Patent Uflire Report.
Pursuant to Iowa law an exclusive
right has been granted to Joe S. Gerem
of Des Moines, for the purpose of ad
vertising and distinguishing his manu
facture of candies, the use of the words,
"Purity Chocolates and Bon Bons."
We take pleasure in noticing the
following interesting inventions for
which we prepared and successfully
prosecuted applications for oaten ts to-
! wit:
1. A churn dasher in the form of a
disk fixed to a hollow stem and so
shaped that it produces centrifugal
force in its top to force air and cream
outwards and centriputal force on its
under side to draw the cream inwards
at the same time. Violent agitation
is thus produced to make butter. B. F.
Emery of Creston, la., inventor.
2. A hub for wheels composed of an
axle box. an inner hub section and a
ring for clamping spokes fast, a second
or outer hub section to produce an oil
reservoir and to cover tap screws that
clamp the ring fast to the inner hub
section and to detachably fasten all the
parts securely together. J. Hartshorn
of Stuart. la., inventor, and S. C.
Means of same place assignee of an
undivided half.
Consultation and advice free. In
structive reading matter' sent to corre
spondents. THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO..
Solicitors of Patents.
Des Moines. February 27, 1899.
Dangling from his watch charm
Senator Hanna wears a gold nugget
which according to a veracious east
ern correspondent if sold at essay
office appraisement would afford him
money enough to live at the Arlington
hotel, in Washington, for a week at
least It is said to be a present front
a group of admiring friends who called
at his residence, in this citv a few
years ago. Strangely enough, the gift
came from some church folk of the
Methodist persuasion. The nugget is
about the size" of a hickory nut and
is one of the largest taken from the
Klondike country. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The American Packer says that more
than I5.000.000 has been invested In
the canning industry in the la3i four
months. The total pack of tomatoes
in the United States and Canada was
5.797.806 cases in 1898. In 1897 it was
4,149.441 cases. In 1898 the pack for
the United States was 5.652.249 casrs
as compared with 3,964.355 for 1897.
There was an output of canned corn
in 1898 largely in excess of 1897, but
the average quality of the pack of the
several states was lower than usual.
The total corn pack of the United
States and Canada for 1898 was 4.398,
567, as against 2,908,740 cases in 1897.
Statistics in regard to the amount of
money brought to this country by Eu
ropean immigrants show that the Ger
man is the richest with an average
of 52, 50, while the Englishman ir. a
close second, with $52. The French
man has S47.25 and the Belgian $45,
while the Irishman brings but $15. the
Russian $12.50 and the Italian $10.
Probably the Italian takes more back
to his native land, however, than any
of the others . -
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CAMPF1KE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.
Thy Was Brave Heather of
MUltla Coaapaay Who Faced the Moh
Kather Than Retara to Meet We Owa
Father Kaew the Latter.
Barled at Sea.
rle cava us all a good-by cheerily
At the first dawn of day:
We dropped him down the side full drear
ily When the light died away.
It's a dead dark watch that he's a-kecp-
Ing there.
And a long-, long night that lags a-crecp-
Ing there.
Where the trades and the tides roll over
him
And the great ships go by.
He's there alone with green seas rock
ing him
For a thousand miles round;
He'a there alone with dumb things mock
ing him.
And we're homeward-bound.
It's a long, lone watch that he's a-kcep-
ing there.
And a dead cold night that lags a-crecp-
Ing there.
While the months and the years roll over
him
And the great ships go by.
I wonder if the tramps come near enough
As they thrash to and fro.
And the battle-ships' bells riag clear
enough
To be heard down below?
If through all the lone watch that he's a-
keeping there.
And the long, cold night that lags a-
creeping there.
The voices of the sailor-men shall com
fort him
When the great ships go by?
Why He Was Brave.
A recent narrative In the Companion
recalls to one of our readers something
which occurred a few years ago, when
a mob surrounded the courthouse in
C and did considerable damage;
among other things setting fire to a
part of the structure and destroying
valuable records. The state militia
was hastily called out Company A,
consisting of sixty men, was hurried
by special train from a near-by city.
The citizen soldiers arrived In C
just after dark. The mob had heard of
their coming, and rushed to the sta
tion to meet "the boys" with sticks and
atones.
The column was formed in the car
shed, but when the soldiers got out
into the street they found It jammed
with a raging mob, and were met by
a volley of sticks, stones and bricks.
The captain feared to advance, called
a halt and finally ordered a retreat.
The company scattered In all direc
tions except toward the mob, and came
home on any sort of train that rolled
In that direction. Only two men re
mainedthe first lieutenant and a
small drummer boy scarcely sixteen
years old.
After the flight of the captain the
command passed to the lieutenant He
tried to rally the boys, but to no pur
pose. He told the drummer boy that
his orders were to report to his colonel
at the county jail, and he proposed to
do so, even if he had to go alone. The
drummer declared that he was ready
to obey orders. The lieutenant drew
his sword and ordered hie "company"
to advance. The little fellow made
bis snare-drum fairly rattle as the two
marched out into the face of the crowd.
Whether the mob disdained to at
tack so small a "company," or admir
ed its courage, will never be known,
but the facts are that they actually
escorted the lieutenant and his "drum
corps" to the county jail, giving them
the safest sort of convoy. After the
trouble was over and the lieutenant
had returned home, I asked him how
he ever found the courage to do a
thing so foolhardy. His reply was as
follows:
"To tell you the truth I don't de
serve all this credit for bravery. I was
just as big a coward as the rest of the
boys, only in a different way I was
more afraid to go home than to face
the mob. Father Is an old regular
army man, a West Pointer, and knows
only duty. If I had showed the white
feather, disobeyed orders and sneaked
home father wouldn't have done a
thing but take me out into the back
yard, tie me fast to a tree, step off
about ten paces, draw a thirty-two
caliber revolver and simply shoot me
full of holes. I preferred to take my
chances with the mob. I knew what
father would do."
A Sad Memento.
Among the many touching stories
arising from th elate war, the fol
lowing is told by the New York Commercial-Advertiser:
A man of the Thirty-third Michigan
was loaded down with baggage, and
over his shoulder he carried two guns,
tied together with twine. He was
smoking a cigar, and kept up a con
stant stream of bantering remarks in
a reckless way.
"There's our train boys," he said, as
his company crossed the platform and
clambered down" the sandy slope to
ward the siding. "Don't you see the
sign? 'Improved Stable Cars. Well,
thank goodness, we're going the other
way this time."
When the men halted beside the cars
a bystander said affably to this man:
"You've got more than your share of
baggage."
"I don't know about that," answered
the Michigan soldier, soberly.
"Where did you get the extra gun?"
"It's a dead man's gun. It belonged
to a man who was killed down in Cu
ba." "And you are taking It home, are
you?"
"Yes, I'm taking it to his folks."
The stranger seemed inclined to get
more of the story, but the soldier turn
ed his head away, so that no one could
tee his face.
"It belonged to my brother," he
said.
The Kiag and the Blacksmith.
An anecdote of Emperor Francis Jo
seph, found in a London publication,
shows that the Emperor of Austria and
King of Hungary has at least one char
acteristic in common with the average
man.
Some time ago while holding court
in the royal palace overlooking the
Danube, Francis Joseph received a
Hungarian blacksmith, who desired to
thank his king for the decoration con
ferred on him in recognition of his
having invented an agricultural ma
chine. During the audience the blacksmith
drew from his pocket two photographs
representing the king and queen, and
said, handing them to his majesty:
"May I ask your majesty and also
the queen for your signatures?"
"And why?" demanded the king,
smilingly.
"Well, when I die the cross of merit
which your majesty has given me will
have to be returned, and my children
will at least have your majesties' por
traits and signatures In remembrance
af this audience."
"The queen is absent from Hun
gary," said the king, "and I cannot
give you my signature at the present
moment for I have neither pen nor
pencil within reach."
'I have brought a pencil with Be,"
said the smith, handing it to the mon
arch. The king thereupon attached
his signature to the photograph, and
dismissed the smith with a smile and
his customary inclination of the head.
To the king's surprise the smith did
not retire, but stood his ground.
"Is there anything else I can do for
you?" asked Francis Joseph.
"Yes, your majesty, I am waiting for
my pencil."
The king had mechanically pocketed
it, and he returned it with a hearty
laugh.
Desperate Cllmh
The author of "Crooked Trails" says
that a squad of twenty men, while
bushwhacking, one January, with a
band of northern Cheyennes, the Spar
tans of the plains, was called upon to
assist in capturing "a bunch of Indians
corralled out in the hills." They at
once joined the troops which had been
engaged in watching the Indians, who,
they were told, bad last been seen on
the very top of what looked to be im
passable bluffs, twenty feet high. On
close examination a cutting was found
in the face of the rock, a rude at
tempt at steps, doubtless made by sav
ages In the past
The soldiers lay tightly ensconced In
the snow. For aught they knew, a
hundred rifles might be covering them
from above.
The officer in charge concluded not
to order his men forward, but himself
stepped bold to up to the cliff and be
gan to meditate. The sergeant fol
lowed him, and then an old Swedish
soldier. Otto Bordeson.
"I want volunteers to climb this
rock," finally demanded the officer.
The sergeant looked up at the steps
and said:
"Only one man can go up at a time.
If there are Indians up there, an old
squaw can kill this command with a
hatchet. If there are no Indians, we
can all go."
The impatient officer started: the
sergeant seized him by the belt, but he
only turned his head to say, "If I
haven't the men to go, I will climb
myself."
"Stop, lieutenant," said the other.
"It wouldn't look right for the officer
to go. There's a pine tree up there.
Its branches spread over the top of the
rock. If you will make the men cover
the top of the rim-rock with their ri
fles, Bordeson and I will go up. Will
you go, Otto?" he asked, turning to
the Swede.
"I will go anywhere with the ser
geant," was the gallant reply.
"Take your choice of the steps or
this pine tree."
After a short calculation, the Swede
declared in favor of the tree, although
either way meant death if the Indians
were on the rocks. Then the two men
began the ascent, pausing only, from
time to time, to rest a moment, look at
each other and smile. They were play
ing with death.
At last the sergeant drew himself up
over the edge of the cliff and looked
about him. There was nothing to be
seen but snow and broken rock. Otto
likewise lifted himself, and he, too,
saw nothing. Now the soldiers came
briskly forward, dragging up the cliff
in single file.
The enemy had disappeared. Yet
this was the trail which led to him,
and later that day the fight came on,
and victory was with the white men.
Shrapnel.
One of the most embarrassing things
connected with a modern battle-field is
the shrapnel shells, which throw all
sorts of strange substances about
There is not so much danger in theii
fire as in that of modern musketry,
but the sound of the shrapnel is much
more disconcerting and demoralizing
its wild "whee-wew-wew-wew" sug
gesting missiles filling all the air and
coming from all directions.
A surgeon relates that, as he was
standing in front of a hospital tent
near where two wounded colored
troopers were lying, he heard one oi
them say, as a shrapnel wound past:
"I don't care for dem Mauser bul
lets, for when you hear one of 'em yor
know it's done gone past. But I sho'lj
would like to know where de cannon U
dat shoots dem camp-kittles full c
rocks."
Bine Bnrlci tho Crjy.
Over the remains of John Buck, a
private in the army of the confederacy,
the Grand Army ritual was read Sun
day noon in Bullfinch Place chapel,
Boston, and the veterans of the North
observed the last sad rites as if for a
comrade. The remains were interred
at Mount Hope cemetery with military
honors.
This action of the Grand Army in
according a military burial to the dead
confederate is in keeping with the
American spirit of today. Such a
burial had never before been given a
confederate soldier in the North.
Buck was a Virginian by birth and
served as a cavalry trooper, being
wounded at Antietam. He had for
years asserted that the right triumph
ed, although he thought he was right
in fighting against the North at the
time.
Early Love of Bimarck.
A story comes over the sea from
Vienna that tells of an early love oi
the late iron chancellor of Germany.
Bismarck, while still a raw universit
student, was staying in the mountain
regions of the Tyroi, near Ultenthal
and fell deeply in love with a beauti
ful young peasant girl. He offered tc
make her his wife and in order thai
his marriage should not take her from
her beloved mountains he promised tc
give up his own country and stay In
the Tyrol. The parents of the girl,
simple peasant folk, objected, however,
to their child, who had been brought
up a devout Catholic, being married tc
a Prussian Junker, who was a Protes
tant to boot. So the romance which
threatened to lose a Bismarck forPruB
sia came to a sudden end and the hero
of it returned to his alma mater at
Berlin. In a hall at Ultenthal there is
still to be seen a picture of Bismarck
in the uniform of his j-ounger days.
The heroine of the romance died many
years ago as the well-to-do widow of
an Austrian landed proprietor.
A Collection of Ratios .
The wife of an English clergyman
has made a collection of all the but
tons placed in the offertory bags dur
ing the last two or three years and
has fastened them to cardboard in
various cunning shapes of animals,
birds and flowers. As a bazaar is
shortly to take place in connection
with the church work, she has had
these button pictures photographed
and copies will be on sale at the fair.
PAEKER TO SUCCEED.
MADE ROCK ISLAND MANAGER.
Takes the Place efTraeadale, th Be
slgataa Execatlve OMcer Prosaotloaa
All Aloaa the Llae CUU Service
Prlaclples Prevail.
H. A. Parker, second vice-president
of the Rock Island road, was yesterday
appointed general manager of the road
vice W. H, Truesdale, who has been
elected president of the Lackawanna.
Mr. Parker will have charge of all
transportation matters, but reports and
communications relative to the freight
and passenger departments will be
handled by the heads of those depart
ments instead of by the general man
ager. The position of first vice-president
Is left open for the present The
following promotions were also an
nounced, rill effective March 1: H.
Gower, general freight agent, to be as
sistant freight traffic manager, with of
fice at Chicago; E. B. Boyd, general
freight agent lines west of the Missouri
river, to be general freight agent lines
east of the river, vice H. Gower, pro
moted; H. H. Embry, commercial
agent at Buffalo, to be general freight
agent lines west of the Missouri river,
with office at Topeka, vice E. B. Boyd,
promoted. It will be seen that all
these promotions have come to officials
already In the service of the company,
the management preferring to stand
by civil-service principles rather than
go outside for new men.
H. A. Parker has been in the contin
uous service of the Rock Island road
since 1866, with the exception of one
period of less than two years. He was
born at Du Plessis, N. Y., in 1841 and
began his railroad career as chainman
on the Rock Island In 1866. Two years
later he was appointed a divisional en
gineer. During part of 1868 and 1869
he was resident engineer ot the Fort
Wayne. Jackson & Saginaw rail
way, but speedily returned to the Rock
Island road, with which he has since
remained. From 1869 until 1873 Mr.
Parker was engaged as extension and
divisional engineer and from 1873 to
1876 was chief engineer of the Oska
Ioosa & Knoxville division. For the
next nine years he was divisional en
gineer of the Illinois division and from
1885 to 1889 vice-president and chief
engineer, of the Chicago. Kansas ft
Nebraska railway, part of the Rock Is
land system. In 1889 he became assist
ant to the president and a little later
was elected third vice-president of the
company. Two years ago he became
second vice-president.
It is only the coward who finds it ne
cessary to be cruel.
Deafness Caanot Be Cured
by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only ono
way to cure aeainess. ana luai is y cuasu-
tutlonal remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucus lininjr ot the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
fntr, and when It Is cntirelv closed deafness Is
the result, and unless the inflammation ran be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearlnt? will be destroyed forever:
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an Inflamed condition ot
the mucus surf aces. ..,..
We will give One Hnndred Dollars for any case
of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, f ree;j CHEJfEy & co Tolea)i a
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Hall's Family Pills are the best
There are over 500,000 women earn
ing their living to-day on the type
writer. Orders received for Richard's Magic
Catarrh Cure for month of January,
1899:
From Kansas
Colorado
" Nebraska
" Missouri
Iowa
" Illinois
" Wyoming
" Idaho
Utah
" 1 exas
16 other
1,826
1.G28
1.901
1.730
1,283
672
297
220
263
384
1.528
11.132
States
for month
orders re
Taal
Total
ceived for year
189S,
93,280
Richard's Magic Catarrh Cure has
been examined by the medical staff of
the American Journal of Health, pub
lished in New York city, and by them
pronounced the most effective remedy
on the market. It is not for sale by
druggists. Sold only by the manufac
turers. C. H. Richard Co.. Omaha, Neb.
They have reduced the price from $5.00
to $3.00. including their special Ato
mizer, and two bottles of medicine a
full treatment. Write to them today.
They are reliable.
Traveling often takes the on.?2it
out of a man, but coming homo puts
twice as much of it in him again.
Health fbr Ten Cents.
Cascarets make bowels and kidneys act
naturaIly,destroy microbes, curehendache,
billiousnessand constipation. All druggists.
Little grains of wisdom and little
chunks of sense make the wounds of
Cupid's shafts a little less intense.
Conghs and Colds Cured Quick
With Pr. Seth Arnold's Coujrh Killer. All Druggists
and Country Store. 25c. a bottle.
There is a certain pleasure in hav
ing everybody hate you for doing as
you please.
Coe'it Cough Balsam
I the oldest and tcst. It will lireak up ncoMfiil-'.-cr
than anything else. It Is always rellaMc. 'Ir. i
Insane people haven't a monopoly on
cracked heads; . the peacemaker ac
quires one occasionally.
Infidelity plucks the flowers and
scon's at the gardener.
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held up a hobbling
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Don't be fooled with a mackintosh
or rubber coat. If ou wantaccat
that will keep you dry in the hard
est storm buv the Fish Brand
Slicker. If not for saii in our
town, write for catalogue to
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There's
Only
One
of
Quality
in Athletic Coods
"Spalding." Accept no
sustitute.
Handsome Catalogue Free.
A. O. SPALDING & BROS.
New York. Chicauo. Dearer.
0r KiJ S LlH( DilH andtoroatdisease
fcOMFOBTING WORDS TO W0ME&
fIh6 Surgical Chair and its Tortures May be Avoided by 'Women Who
Heed Mrs. Finkbam's Advice.
Woman's modesty is natural; it is charming.
To many women a full statement of their troubles to a male physician is al
most impossible. The whole truth may be told to Mrs; l'inkhant because aha
is a wrjinan, and her ad vied Is freely
offered to all women sufferers.
Mrs. O. E. Laud, of loth and N
Sts.. Galveston; Texas, whose
letter is printed below, was
completely discouraged when
she first wrote to Mrs. rink
ham. Here is what she says:
"DeArMrs. PijjkhAm: I
wrote td you some time ago,
telling you of iny ills, but
now I write lo thank yon
for the good your remedies
have done me. I have ummI
two bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Cora
pound, three packages of
Sanative Wash and one box
of Liver Pills, and to-day I
call myself a well woman. I
suffered with backache, con
stant headache, whites, sick
stomach, no appetite, could not
sleep, and was very nervous. A t
time of menstruation was in ter
rible rtain. Your medicine is
worth its weight in gold. I never
can sav cnouch in nraise of it. I have
recommended it to many friends. If
all suffering women would try it, there
more happy homes and health v women.
you for the change your medicine has made in me.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Mrs. PinkhanTs advice, have
saved thousands of women from hospital operations.
The lives of women are hard; whether at home with a ceaseless round of do
mestic duties or working at some regular employment, their daily tusks make
constant war on health. If all women understood themselves fully and knew
how exactly and soothingly Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound acts
on the female organs, there would be less suffering.
ljila.MiMmamegetal)fcCoaq
The safety vaults of your heavenly
treasures may be the hands of V-m
needy.
IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST.
t-etter From the Kansas and Nebraska
Delegates to Danphlu.
Prince Albert, Sask.,
17th August. 1S9S.
William McCreary. Esq.. Immigra
tion Commissioner, Winnipeg. Man:
Sir We, the undersigned delegates
from Kansas and Nebraska. U. S. A., in
reporting the results of our trip to
Dauphin, and subsequently to Regina.
Prince Albert and the middle Sas
Katchewan country, beg to say that our
tickets were limited to 21 days, and as
we had other large regions to visit, we
could only spend a short time in the
Dauuhin country. Nc examined, how-
ever, the principal cultivated areas in 'Opens February irl. In tbeOar Monn
the southern parts of township 23. tains. Delightful climate. Beautiful wo
range 19. the great wheat fields of Wis- ery. Uncqualed medicinal waters. Cheap
hart. Buchanan. Owen. Smith. Ross. . excursion rate-. Through sleepers v,
c.-nin t,n. Whitmnroc nrinlrwntM-s. Frisco Line. Adress J. O. Plank, Man-
etc.. and subseouently. others to the
north, and never, In our experience.
have we 6een finer grain. The whole
country is watered by numerous
streams flowing: from the slopes ot
Riding Mountain, and excellent well
water is found everywhere at from 'J to
18 feet. Extensive forests of spruce
and tamarack cover the northern parts
of the mountains, from which timber
is manufactured in Dauphin and else-
where, and sold al ?12 a thousand
at the mills. Wild bops and wild fruits
are abundant, and ripen In the open
air. Vegetation throughout is surpris
ingly luxuriant, and without hesita
tion we would rank the whole region
amongst the best grain growing areas
of the continent. The output of wheat I
last year was about 75.000 bushels, but
this year It Is estimated at over a mil
don. Westward lie the homestead
'ands which now. and when fresh sur- i
veys are completed, will afford com-
fortable homes to thousands of dill-
front families. Tha ercat Gilbert
Plains, also, we were unable to visit,
where grain growing has been conduct-
d with the best results for years, and
which will become a vast wheat field
as soon as a branch railway reaches
there. Settlement is speeding in all
these regions, reminding us indeed of
the early days in our own states; and,
aa wo have examined, since our visit to
Dauphin, a portion of the great coun-
try lying south and east of Prince Al- '
bert. wo can readily imagine the tide
of immigration which will soon flow
into the Canadian west.
(Signed) Gcorgo S. Bennett. Hall's
Summit, Kan.; 5. W. Dennett, Hall's .
Summit. Kan.; E. F. Brooks, West
phalia, Kan.; John Flanncry, Stuart,
Neb.
To turn a new leaf Is not enough;
there must be a new life to mak'j tin
record.
America's greatest physicians have con-
qttered La Grippe and its after effects.
their treatment iiaslieen thoroughly tested i
in the hospitals of Ktiroe and of this coun-
try, and is embodied in Dr. Kay's Lung
Rev. H. B. Dye of Morrison. Iowa, writes
''Mrs. Dye had a bad attack of La Grippe i
which settled on her lungs. She n-ed l)r .
Kay's Lung Halm, with most decided good i
effects, winch is a repetition of past exper
icnee with her. Nothing is t-n prompt nnd
IKjsitive in its effects on Iter lung."
Vou Miouiu write ior tree nuvice nni a
copy of Dr. Kay's Home Treatment, an il
lustrated book of 1H5 pnpes of receipts, etc.
Dr. B. J. Kay Medical Co., Saratoga,
Springs, N. Y.
A fortune awaits the inventor of a
nickel which dropped in the slot, will l
make a cable car appear.
! Piso'sCuro for Consumption is the bert
1 of all cough cure. George V. Lot,
Fabucher, 1m., August 'JO, lb'.'.i.
People would have fewer irou'jles if (
they spent less time in talking ahout j
I
SPRAIN
man after a
OIL
straightened him up,
sound and cured.
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rl of our invdirlnc ami a 2 page Free Hook
?EI rcriiie are come of the rcn' - on
Dr. Kay's Renovator
Cures the very wcret casr:2c ZTpei)i;. C'onpt'ritli?-, Hevlarii'. I.tcer and
Kldncv dlcsses. Send lor proof of it. We Guarantee It. Wr!t-n nflbut
all of rour fvir.ptoir.s. Dr. Hoy's Renovator is ott by druggi:. or sent IZz
ly mall on rcreirtt of irlee, nr, cents and 1.K. 12:
AMr.c rtv : J. KAY MEDICAL
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"THERE IS SCIENCE IN NEATNESS."
BE WISE AND USE
SAPOLIO
WE WILL BUY
Tor-CCGinmodateout-of-ro.tn rntn:a?r. we liarc established a fully equipped purchas
ing ajrpncy Our huytrs arc al! expert In their uilTcrsut line, and ar fully able to serro
your interc-t
tVc will purchase any Und of soods at wholesale or retail storf-. In Orcalia at lowest
prices. fcelecIn rarC-fully made, poods, according to order, and slilpid same day or.lcr
Is received. If you sec it advertised in Omaha papers -oMid to us for it. U il! accept and
dkpose of all kinds of consigned goods. Highest market price secured.
PK03IPT AND SATISFACTORY SERVICE GUARANTEED.
We act for you. save you time and ox pease. You send us the order and the money; we
buy for you Just tlic same as thouzli you were hen in person, and elruge nothing for our
services. Ilie large volume of cash business we do give-, us a discount In liuyin; whlult
mall buyers cannot secure, and from this re make our profit. Wu will gladly answer In
quiries, and tend catalogue or samples. Enclose stamps to pay postage.
When you come to Omaha lo trade, call at our oiTict-hand we will furnish y.m a reliahla
gu'dcto the city without expense. Wo refer by permission to the Union National Bank
and . A. as,AHA FURCHASING COMPANY. 5th Floor. Paxton Block.
ffa5 ;
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would be
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What a jolly old world this, woold
be if everything on earth was as at
tractive as the shop windows.
Oaloa Seed 68c and I'p a Lit.
Catalogue tells how to Rroiv 1213 bus. per
. acre us easily as l(k) bushels. Largest
growers of Karliest Vegetables nntl Farm
Seeds. Karliest vegetables always pay.
Salzer's Seels produce them weeks ahead
1 of others. CofTee Uerry 15c per lb. Pota
toes iVM a Itbl.
, Cut this out and send with 11c for great
Catalogue and 10 packages of vegetable
and llower seed novelties to JOHN A.
SAIKK SKED COMPANY. I.A
CItOSSK. WIS. w.n.J
It's a poor kind of repentance that
doesn't insure a repetition of tho of
fense. CKFSCENT HOTEI,
EUREKA sruiMSS. ARKANSAS,
ager. Room n. Arcade. Century 1 Unildinff.
or Frisco Ticket Office, No.
Uti X. Uroad-
way, St. Louis.
The original model of the Maine
I not destroyed in the Brooklyn lire
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flnt ily"- mm. of lr KllncN Crent N, rf Itr-torrr.
Srml for FRCK W-J.OO tiiil Ixittlr ami trrtlr.
Vu. K. II. Kut. LM.,9Jl Anh St , I biUiivlphin, l'a.
A man loses his appetite for a
of things while waiting for them.
lot
TO Cl'RK . COM IN itSK DAT
Take l.a.itiw llromo (jmitinc Tablets AH
druggists refund the iiuiiiev if it f nils to cure.
:5c. The genuine has U 11 (J. on each tahlefc
The train boy books more pasengers
than the general passenger agent.
Mrs. Wlmlow'H Soolhini; Syrup.
ForrhlMren teething, corii-n tin-tnmi", riMn. pti
Cc!iimatluD, allays jalu,ctire v. lml colic- Z'-c a buttla.
About the greatest drawback lo a
' man's happiness is himself.
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Ask you Groeer t day to show you
a package of GIIAIN-O, thonw food
drink that takes tho plaec A vofTee.
' Tho children may drink it without
injury as well as the adult. All who
try it, liko it. GKAIN-O lias that
rich seal brown of Mochn or Java,
but it is undo from pure grains, and
the most delicate stonnch receives it
without distress. the prico of coffee.
15 cents and 25 centaper package.
Sold by all grocers.
Tastes like Coffee
Looks like Coffee
Insist that yonrgrfK-crgiveyonOKAIN-O
Accept no Imitation.
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neiw cuitmurr't. Anil hex.cu otfer
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Worth l.o. for 14 ecnla, TCu
AImito 13 pfces. Mi.rth 91 00.0 will
mail Jim free, together with our
Crest Plant ami heed Catalog""
upon receipt of this notice a I Ir
stag- Wr invite your trade ard
mow nli-n ;i'i ij-o tr7 nlsfr'H
a"filii iUnrr-t along wit n-
'iici?fu. w.sl.iu.TlFjr.anil
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Is a pleasure and a profit, flrcpory'o need lioolc dl
rectH n rltlit lnvltinhi,.-. CnviirrV PcpiI lnurtlu
incwt hu i-esful i-mlmi.'. uct the iiooK now it ire.
1AWES J. H. GREGORY & SON. MarKehead. Mass.
WANTED Cae of !ad health that IMP-A-V S
l!l not benefit. S-eml 5 icntu to IMpan Chemlial
Co.. New Voric.for lu sairole1 aad l.'M testimonial.
W.N.U. OMAHA. No. 1C-1899
Kiss Answering Mvsrmc&eeis Hisdly
Mention This fajcr.
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