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&t ' 3 tr35i bM3 3J- L I I X 'JPP-WWIIj SrGBOQGE PATrCOBNE AKOOBOr jW ZeUGB?27C CHAPTER IV Continued. For answer Dick steps up to the first vehicle at the curb; the driver has crawled inside, for the night air is cool and there can be no telling how long his patron may be detained; some people seem to enter that office and never come out again so far as the public knowledge goes. "Is this the vehicle that brought the two ladies from the Grand Continent al?" he asks, in French. The driver answers in the negative, and they pass on to the next, where the same question is repeated and another disappointing reply given. Thus a third and fourth vehicle goes in review, without any success. Only two more remain, and the last of these happens to be their own fiacre. So Dick takes the remaining chance, and wins! When he puts the same question to the man the Jehu replied in the affirmative; he brought two ladies from the hotel mentioned, and is hired to wait for them. "Is there anything wrong about that?" he demands, feeling a trifle alarmed, perhaps, because he may have brought as a fare here some an archist people who ha-e designs up on the prefect's life. "That's all right, you are to wait for them," with which curt remark Dick walks on, accompanied by his friend, entering their own vehicle and riding away. "What do you suppose brought Miss Westerly to the prefect's office to night?" says Dick, slowly. "We agreed she was hunting some one in Pan's, and wondered why she had not thought to visit M. Marquand before. She has evidently come to the same conclusion herself, hence her presence at the seat of law and ' order. As plain as day. my boy." "Well. I hope she may find what she seeks," remarks Dick, with a 2NZEZfZZ7f5 77ZF queer little chuckle, as they alight in front of their lodging-house, pay the driver, and retire. CHAPTER V. Folio One-Seventeen Page Forty Nine. Dick Denver makes no mistake when he believes the two ladies wait ing in the anteroom are Miss Paul ine and Dora. He and his comrade have hardly set foot upon the street, when a stout, very gentlemanly official bows before the taller of the ladies and requests her to follow that the prefect is ready to receive her. Upon entering the room where the prefect sits, surrounded by papers, Miss Pauline feels a natural timidity, because of his greatness and the pow er he wields; but she soon overcomes this. The man himself looks kindly at her. Instead of a large, pompous individual, she sees a rather small man. with a face that is inclined to ward roundness, with something of Napoleon's look about it, though the prefect wears glasses. "Ah! be seated. Miss Westerly," he says, in the best of English. "You know me?" she stammers. "That is a small thing for us to know. It is our business to find out all we can of our own people, and the strangers within our gates." "I have come to seek your aid." "Certainly. You have been sub jected to a rough experience. But for the coming of the young American last night I do not know what the men who attacked your carriage would not have done possibly they were after your diamonds possibly another motive prompted the attack. I am" inclined to think Senor Lopez has something to do with it, especially since his attempt to secure the pa per your maid so cleverly recaptur ed." " Miss Pauline is amazed at the ex tent of his knowledge that this same "young American" occupied the very chair in which she now sits, not more than five minutes before, and gave this shrewd leader of the Parisian police an outline sketch of the man ner in which the Mexican hidalgo plays his game to get possession of the mine. "Monsieur, what you have said is all very true, but I have not come here to ask your protection. I am a woman, but my father taught tie how to defend myself. Although a New York girl, accustomed to the fill lies and gayeties of the great city, I have traveled much, and feel no fear. It is on another account I seek you to-night to solicit your assis tance in finding a certain person." "Ah! yes, Richard Danvers, the missing owner of the ten shares, pursues monsier. glibly. "Senor Lopez has looked and failed to find him; how much better success could I have? But it is not Monsieur Danvers J am seeking now, but a irL- lHl w r w Rk 1 W 5B5ir r a - i ll llllllll PAULINE srlNEWYOfiK iCQfWSKSBTjgeai, JyJSBEETC 2ZZ2B2 "Indeed! Now, you tell me 'news. I am all attention, Mademselle Wes terly." "A younger sister, by name Beulah, was believed to have been drowned years ago when a child, with her French nurse. Recent events have aroused my interest anew I have learned that this nurse is alive, that she has been seen in Paris. I seek her now to discover the truth wheth er my sister was really drowned, and she fled in deadly fear, or perhaps kidnaped the child, hired by some enemy of my father." "You interest me, mamselle. Was your father a man to make enemies?" holding a pencil with which he oc casionally makes memoranda in short hand upon a tablet of inner. "He was always interested in Mexi can mines, and met all manner of men, making numerous trips to Mexi co and the South-west" "I see. Now, the name of the nurse." "Antoinette Duval." "Can you give a description of her?" "Only as I remember her. She was a woman of middle age then, and had a peculiar droop to one eye." "Which eye?" "The left, if I remember correctly, monsieur." "Ah! go on, my dear young lady." "There was also something peculiar in her gait I believe she limped a little. You see I was but five, mon sieur, when Antoinette and Beulah disappeared." "No signs of either were ever found?" "Nothing." "Your father exhausted every means to discover the missing ones, I presume?" "Nothing that a father's love for his child or a wealthy man's gold could do was left undone; but with out success. We never heard any really favorable reports all clews proved to be fa'se. and finally the search was given up in despair. The blow had much to do with my poor mother's death a few years later on,' and Miss Pauline presses a dainty kerchief against her eyes as the mem ories thus aroused almost overcome her. "Can you give a description of the child?" pursues the prefect. "I can do better. Fortunately they had this photograph taken some weeks before." The man carefully examines the picture. "A bright looking child," he re marks, writing; "quite a contrast to yourself, mamselle." "Yes, Beulah took after my father, who was black-eyed, while I resemble my mother." "Pardon, but your mother must have been a very handsome woman, mamselle." "She was I that is " in con fusion as she catches the pointed com pliment, "she was a sweet lady whom every one loved. My father idolized her, and was a different man after ho lost her." "Is there anything more? How old would this lost girl be had she lived?" "Just eighteen a week ago." "There was nothing about her by means of which she could be dis tinguished it is an o'd joke, this birthmark business, but we depend upon it very much in such cases. Think for a minute of your friends, there is hardly one of them who has not some distinguishing mark by means of which they could be identi fied." "What you say is the truth; I had never thought of it before. I cannot remember anything peculiar about Beulah she was only two years old unless it might be the fact that her left thumb nail was a little dis figured because of the thumb being crushed." "That is enough to distinguish her." says the grave official, writing. "You spoke of your father having enemies do you know whether he had ever injured any one particularly?" "So far as I know, his' enemies were all business, ones, for he was a keen though accredited an honest business man. These parties were really rivals, and perhaps strove to outwit him. even as this Senor Lopez thinks it no wrong to endeavor to work against me." "Ah! how long have you known him?" "The senor since I was a child his family once owned the El Dorado, until his father, I believe, sold a lit tle more than half, mostly to my fa ther, though a few shares went to an other party, finally falling into the hands of this missing Mr. Danvers. At the time the mine was believed to have been worked out, when, truth to tell, it was only tapped; and grows richer every year." The prefect nods his head; he is thinking. That brain is accustomed to deal ing with intricate questions, and can quickly master problems that might stagger ordinary persons. Pauline watches the prefect with wv'- W both curiosity and eagerness; sha wonders .what he thinks, and if ha has already an idea that will prove advantageous to her. it seems In credible, and would be altogether too good to be true. "Mamselle, you have done well to put your case in my hands. I prom ise nothing It is my way but I have a'beliefthat I may aid you. Perhaps you might not be averse to learning: where the owner of the ten snares may be; my agent may run across him In his labors," with a twinkle in his eye. "I should be pleased to meet him before they get hold of him, although he may turn out to be the very sort of person they want. Of course, you do not work in this way for nothing." The prefect shrugs his shoulders as only a thorough Frenchman can. "Ah! we are employed by Paris, mamselle what we do for you will cost you nothing except the pay for incidentals" the emphasis employed is significant enough to Pauline, who immediately takes out her pocket book and extracts two bills of a hun dred francs each. "If that fails to cover the incident als, let me know, I beg of you, and I will double It," she says, sweetly. "Ah! mamselle, it will be a pleas ure for the gentleman whom I shall put upon this case to serve you," he says, with a smile of admiration, for the woman who can be bewitching and yet adhere strictly to business is not met every day. "Then I will return to the hotel," rising. The prefect is a gentleman; he springs to his feet, and opens a door. "This way out, mamselle; your maid will join you in the passage way be yond. We never allow visitors to de part the same way they entered," and while Miss Pauline cannot grasp the reason for this just at the time, latet on she sees things in a different light, and recognizes the fact that the po lice officials of Paris know their busi ness, considering that they deal with a very clever class of rogues and swindlers, the keenest in the world. (To be continued.) PARLOR MAID TOO ECONOMICAL. Had No Idea of Wasting Fresh Water on Fish. Mrs. M. W. Swift, the president of the National Council of American Women, was making a brief address on the subject of Christmas gifts. "Don't give presents." she said, "that demand on their recipient's part a certain special kind of knowledge. Don't, for instance, give a Japanese toy dog to a woman who scarcely un derstands fox terriers. Don't give a white Persian monkey to a woman who can't keep a cat. Don't give an aquarium of Ceylonese gold fish to " Mrs. Swift bit her lip to hide a smile. "A friend of mine in Santa Barbara got from her husband last Christmas a superb aquarium of goldfish," she said. "The fish did well till my friend changed her parlor maid. Then they began to thin and to weaken. "One morning, finding two of the fish afloat on their backs at the. sur face of the aquarium, my friend called the new maid to her. " 'Harriet,' she said, "have you given the fish any fresh water lately? "No, ma'am,' Harriet answered. "They haven't finished the water I gave them last month yet.' " The Colonies of England. They wish to be on the most cordial terms with the home government As in 18S7, 1897 and 1902, they will send delegates to confer about common in terests. In a crisis like the Boer war some of them will vote money and send men to aid England. In all ques tions relating to peaceful develop ment they are more than willing to confer and co-operate with the Eng lish ministers. But they do not pro nose to bate a jot of their control over their own affairs. "Qur lady of the, Snows" only speaks for all the great self-governing colonies nations, they might better be called when she says: "Daughter am I In av mother's house. Hut mistress in my own!" It means something when this fail ure of a misdirected British imperial ism falls in with the assertion of old-fashioned principles of self-government elsewhere. Signs multiply that the wave of empire is receding. Woman's Idea of Success. A Kansas woman. Mrs. A. J. Stan ley of Lincoln, has been awarded a prize of $250 by a Boston firm for the best answer to the question, "What constitutes success?" She wrote: "He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the re spect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has .filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved pop py, a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction." Kansas City Star. Much Ado About Nothing. While the commander-in-chief of the British fleet was superintending battle practice recently on board one of the cruisers of the Mediterranean fleet, one of the guns missed fire. Mindful of recent accidents, the crew preferred to wait half an hour before opening the breech. As an extra precaution Lord Charles Beres ford ordered the gun to be well se cured and waited an hour. At the end of that time, with great care and numerous orders as to caution, the breech was opened. Then it was dis covered that the men had forgotten to put in the ammunition. A Bad Break. "I hear that English nobleman has discontinued his attentions to Miss Nuritch." "Yes, he queered himself with old Nuritch; the chump asked the old fel low if he ever followed the hounds." "Well?' "Well, Nuritch was a dogcatcher be fore he made his pile." Catholic Standard and Times. OMAIAGRMKBM WHAT IT HAS DONE TOWARD MAKING a MARKET. Address Delivered by Gurdon W. Wat tles, President of the Exchange, at the Third Annual Meeting of the Farmers Co-Operative Grain and Live Stock Associa toin at Lincoln, Jan. 17 At the first meeting of the co-operative grain and live stock men held in Lincoln, Jan. 17th, there were 250 present President J. S. Casady of Minden presided. G. W. Wattles, president of the Omaha Gram Exchange, at the even ing meeting addressed the co-operative men on the subject of the Omaha grain market He said: It is indeed a pleasure for me to at tend this meeting of the producers of the state and address you on a subject of much interest to myself, and I am sure, of great importance to you The Omaha Grain Market. Fortunately for me my early life was spent on a farm in the new and growing west. I was there taught by experience those les sons of frugality and economy which must be practiced by farmers and their families. I there learned the lesson I have never since forgotten, that the farms are the source' of all the wealth in the nation, and that those policies of government or customs of commerce which affect the producing classes are of the most vital importance to the general business interests of the coun try. So that when the proposition was made to establish a home market for the grain of Nebraska it met with my most earnest support. In its establish ment I saw the opportunity to increase the value of the grain produced in Ne braska, and incidentally to Increase the commerce of the c-.y in which I live. The advent of an independent line of railroad to Omaha from the markets of the north and east and the encouraging words of its president inspired the grain merchants and business men of Omaha to organize the Omaha Grain Exchange and it was opened for busi ness on February 1st. 1904. It was the firm purpose of the pro moters of this exchange to compel the recognition of this market by the transportation companies and to get a readjustment of railroad rates on grain throughout the state so that shipments to Omaha and from Omaha on to other markets could be made for the same tariff as the through rate from place of origin to those markets. In other words, we demanded that the sum of the two locals should not exceed the through rate. This demand was re fused by those roads which had lines running to the east and west of Omaha, and the war was begun by one of these roads cutting their through rates to Chicago on grain 2 cents per hundred. This cut was met by the Great Western Railway and all succeeding cuts, until the rates from Omaha to Chicago were reduced to 1 cents per cwt, for corn and 2 cents per cwt, for wheat. At the same time a suit was commenced by the officers of the Exchange in the Federal Court to enjoin this road from further discrimination against the Omaha market. The jobbers and large shippers- of merchandise in Omaha were organized. and they readily agreed to route their freight into Omaha over those . roads that were friendly to our market. By such de termined efforts and with a fighting lund of nearly $100,000 on band the battle was soon won, and on May 10, 1904. rates were adjusted by all roads entering Omaha In accordance with our demands. Briefly stated, local rates on wheat from Omaha to Chicago were reduced from 21 cents per cwt. to 17 cents per cwt, and the propor tional from 21 cents per cwt. to 12 cents per cwt. The local rates on corn were reduced from 18 cents per cwt to 16 cents per cwt, and the propor tional from 18 cents per cwt. to 11 cents per cwt A similar reduction was made on other grains to Chicago and on all grains to other markets. At the same time local rates from points tributary to Omaha were reduced from 298 stations and through rates from 725 stations. While this general reduc tion of rates has been very beneficial to the producers of Nebraska there have been frequent special rates to gulf ports and to eastern markets which were unknown before the estab lishment of the Omaha Exchange. Dur ing nearly all of last winter a cut rate from Omaha to the gulf of 11 cents per cwL on corn was in force, while for the past two months we have had a cut rate from Omaha to Baltimore of 18 cents per cwt. on corn. This is the same traffic we formerly paid from Omaha to Chicago before our Exchange was established. So that I am safe in saying that the advantages in railroad rates alone, secured by the Omaha Grain Exchange, have during the past two years been equal to 2 cents per bushel on all the grain shipped from Nebraska. But this has not been the only advantage of this Exchange to the state. No less than ten terminal ele vators have been built or are in course of construction. These elevators range from one million bushels down to 50. 000 bushels capacity. The present storage cajv.city of our terminal ele vators is about 5.000.000 bushels, and this will soon be increased bv the Nye Schneider elevator with 1.000.000 bush els capacity. The storage of large quantities of Nebraska grain near at home makes it possible to sell to ex porters or larse consumers to better advantage than before we had a home market. Until recently no such large purchasers came west of Chicago for grain. Since the Omaha Grain Ex change was started many such pur chases have been made from our grain merchants, and rates direct from Omaha to Liverpool and other foreign markets have been secured. In some cases these rates have been very ad vantageous to our market. It has been concedeil by close ob servers for many vears that the soil and climate of Nebraska are admir ably adapted to the production of good marketable rorn. Our corn is always well matured and generally grades higher than the corn of other western states. By storing our high-grade corn at a convenient home market and keeping It free from the lower grades from other states, we will soon estab lish a special demand for Nebraska corn at an advanced price. The lec turers, who have been sent out by our State University for the past few years to Instruct our farmers In the import ance of careful and intelligent selec tion of seed corn, have done an invalu able service to the state. In promoting this worthy work the railroads of Ne braska are entitled to credit and praise. I believe that within a few years Nebraska corn will be sold at a premium throughout the world. The Omaha Grain Exchange was or ganized to increase the value of grains produced in Nebraska and to -increase the commerce of Omaha There can be no question as to the benefit it has brought to Omaha, the metropolis of our state, of whose commerce, enter prise and greatness we are all so just ly proud. Ever., man. woman or chilo in that city who has seen the great elevators spring up as by magic, or the busy scenes around the Exchange building, crowded to overflowing with commission merchants and brokers, knows of its benefits to our city. The great banks there that hold the surp lus funds of the smaller banks through out the state have had the oportunitv. unknown to them before, of loaning their surplus on grain In store the best security in the world. Enterpris ing grain merchants from eastern mar kets have established offices and sent representatives to live and labor in our city. Elevator owners throughout the state are building terminals to be neai the central force which commands rail road rates and attracts the attention of exporters: for wherever large quan tities of produce Is stored thre the best purchasers may be found. This purpose of the business men of Omaha, who started this Exchange, has been accomplished. The commerce of our citv has been Increased. But the benefits have been even greater to the producers of the state. Balmy Sleep. "Blessed be he who first invented sleep." Dear old Sancho Panza. You were quite right A monument Im pressive as Bartholdi't to liberty in New York bay ought to rise to that in ventor of "balmy sleep." A Rockland schoolboy's composition on Whittier. handed in the other day. reached the following conclusion: "He was never married. He hated slav nr." Rockland.-Me.. Satr. which, if you bear with me. I shall attempt to prove. According: to the government reports, issued by the De partment of Agriculture, the average farm value of corn in the state of Ne braska for 1903 was 28 cents per bush el, winter and spring wheat 54 cents, oats 27 cents. Comparing these val ues with those in Kansas, a state simi larly situated, and we find that the farm, value of corn for that year in Kansas was 36 cents, or 8 cents over Nebraska, winter and spring wheat 59 cents, or 5 cents over Nebraska; oats 30 cents, or 3 cents over Nebraska. For some years previous to 1903 'a similar discrepancy existed against Nebraska in favor of Kansas. Compared with other western states we lind the Ne braska producers did not receive, up to and Including 1903, as much for their grain, by several cents per bush els as the producers of other states, even after making a liberal allowance for distance from Chicago and eastern markets. Kansas has had a home mar ket at Kansas City for several years. Since the Omaha market was estab lished the discrepancy in the farm val ue of corn has almost disappeared, so that by the government report for 1905. Just printed, we find that the farm value of corn in Nebraska for this year was only 1 cent per bushel less than In Kansas. This only amounts to about the difference in the cost of transportation to the gulf ports. While the discrepancy against Nebraska in me iarm value or wheat and oats still exists. It may be explained by the su perior quality of these cereals last year in Kansas. If it be true, as in dicated by the government reports, that the Omaha Grain Exchange has increased the farm value of corn in Nebraska by 7 cents per bushel, we can place to the credit of that institu tion the enormous sum of $18,500,000 saved to the farmers of Nebraska on the crop of 1905 alone. It cannot be denied that the Omaha Grain Exchange has added at least 2 cents per bushel to all the grain produced in Nebraska by securing lower rates of transporta tion to eastern and foreign markets and by establishing better grading and opening better markets. This saving to the farmers of this state amounts to $7,500,000 per annum on a full crop. Even this has justified the existence of the Omaha market. Two cents per bushel adds one dollar per acre to the income of land which will produce fifty bushels to the acre One dollar per acre additional income is 5 per cent on 20 per acre additional value. The claim therefore is not unreasonable that the Omaha Grain Exchange has been one of the important influences which has caused the enormous in crease In the values of our farm lands in this state during the past two years. Before the Omaha Grain Market was established ery little of our grain was exported by way of the gulf ports. But one of our grain carrying railroads published rates to southern and gulf markets, and last year nearly all the corn exported from Nebraska went by way of the gulf at lower rates of trans portation than ever before known. Let me repeat then, and if possible em phasize my claims for the Omaha Grain Exchange. It has greatly in creased the commerce of Omaha. It has secured better transportation rates. It has opened new and better markets. It has Increased the value of all Ne braska grains. It has a central force, a compact organization necessary in these times for effectual work. It should therefore command the suoport and co-operation of all who seek to improve the condition of the producers of our state. When I hear of projects to establish other markets in Nebraska. I am re minded of the advice given by a father to his seven sons. He bound together a number of sticks and offered a re ward to the one who would break them. They all tried and failed, but when he unbound them, he broke them one by one with east. There are those in Nebraska who would be glad to see numerous grain markets established in order to dissipate the central force of one powerful organization, but those who favor this plan -are not working for the producers' interests. It mat ters little to the men who earn their bread by the sweat of their faces, who work in the fields and who are the bone and sinew of all our greatness, where they sell the results of their toil. It matters much to them and to us all that they shall receive the highest pos sible reward for their labors. One great live stock market in our state has been of inestimable value. One great grain market will be of equal benefit That which has been accomplished In the two years existence of the Omaha Grain Exchange should be an inspiration to us all. The receipts for the first eleven months of Its existence amounted to 15,370.000 bushels. The receipts for the past twelve months have been 34,523,500 bushels, divided as follows: Bushels. Corn 19.771.000 Wheat 6.518.200 Oats 7.776.000 Barley 208.000 Rye 250,00b The Increase during Its second year has been over 100 per cent Our mar ket has In less than two years become the third primary corn market in the United States. It now ranks seventh in receipts of all grains. A good home market is perhaps more important to Nebraska farmers than to those of any othr western state. Owing to the un satisfactory condition of the cattle feeding industry in this state our farmers sell a greater proportion of their corn than those of other states. I make the stateifient without fear of successful contradiction that Nebraska produces more marketable corn than any other state in the Union, and that we sell more corn In the markets of the world than any other state. To se cure better grading, lower transporta tion and the best ultimate markets to be found in the world for Nebraska grain is the ambition of the officers of the Omaha Grain Exchange. Nebraska is pre-eminently a grain producing state. The annual Income from the surplus products of the farms and ranches of tHs state exceeds the sum of J200.000.000. It is this income which has in the past forty years con verted a barren ola'n into a garden, that has replaced the sod houses of the pioneers with modern dwellings, that has been the fountain which has supplied the commerce to build the cities and towns within our state. It has been truly said. "If we destroy the farms, the crass will grow In the streets of the cities." It Is therefore of vital importance to every loyal citi zen of our state that we guard well the rights and Interests of the produc ers on whom all our property depends. On the shield of Nebraska is em blazoned the motto. "Equality before the law." This motto has been con densed by our able and fearless presi dent into three words, which all west erners understand. "A Square Deal." No citizen has a right to expect more. no one can afford to accent less, if in the past the producers of Nebraska have been deprived of a part of the re sults of their toil by unlawful combi nations formed to prevent fair com pcition for their products, such combi nations should be forever ended bv all the lawful forces at our command. If we have not sufficient laws on our statute books to insure every producer of this state "a square deal" in the marketing of his nroducts. such laws should be sneedllv enacted. Evey voung man. whether he lives on th farm or In the city must have an equal chance with his fellows In the battle of lif. This is the principle for which our forefathers fought: against it no combination nor corporation can suc cessfully contend. The railroads of this state must be compelled to grant the same rights and the same rates to the small shipper as to the large. Se cret rebates, which destroy the weak and Increase the strong, ennnot be jus tified either In law or morals, and must be stopped. The right to engage In the grain trade and to erect elevators at all stations in the state must be con ceded. The ritrht to maintain a home maiket for the grain of Nebraska, rith ennal privileges, equal rates and "a square deal" with other markets Is a purpose which will appeal to the srreat army of producers throughout the state, and no corporation nor in dividual, however powerful, can afford to withhold or abridge this lrwful and just purpose. The Omaha G-nln Ex chance asks no charity nor unfair con cessions. It desires pea.ee. but is able and willing and ready to fight for its rlshts and the rights of its patrons, if necessary. Buried in Favorite Work Basket. In accordance with her will, Mm Constance Miller of New Rochelle, N. Y., was cremated, her ashes placed in a work basket, of which she had been fond, and then buried in her own yard. "You replace Dr. Franklin." said the Count de Vergennes to Jefferson when they first meL "I succeed, no one can replace him," said the newly appoint ed minister to Kance. YOU WANT Journal BECAUSE: Styles are always np-to-daftm, Work is guaranteed. Prompt delivery. Seasonable prices. If we haven't it we will order it We can tare men money on printed forms; we can get engraved cards for society people; better styles at lower prices. Journal Sale Bills bring crowds. Journal Letter Head bring business. Try us. 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Going East Four fast daily trains via the Union Pacific R.R. and The North-Western Line take you through to Chicago without change of cars over The Only Doubto Trick Railway Bttwttti tht Missouri Rhrtr and CMcafa Pullman standard and tourist sleeping cars, free re clining chair cars and day coaches. Direct connection in Omaha Union Depot with fast daily trains to Sioux City, Mankato,- St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth. For rates, tickets and foil information apply t9 Agents of the Union Pacific R. J. A. KVML Aatf.asa.Frt.a- a. 1X01 rARNABJ ST. !12 I Kansas Southern Railway "Straight m the Crew Has KANSAS CITY TO THE GULF PAS8I NO THROUGH A GREATER DIVERSITY OP CLIMATE, 80IL AND RESOURCE THAN ANY OTHER RAILWAY IN THE WORLD, FOR ITS LENGTH Along its line are the aaett lands, rrol ted for ctowIbc mall grain, eoni.faz, cotton ; for commercial apple and peach orchard, for other fruits and bar ties; or ooMmerclal cantaloup, potato, tomato and general track farms; for asgsr case and rloecalriTatioa; for merchantable timber; flornlalatf ones, males, cattle, hogs, sheep, poaltry and Angora gaats. Writs tar MsrastlM Ctacsralaj FREE GOVERNMENT HOMESTEADS 1 Cstoay Lscatiena, Imsmsd farms, Unas, sad tar armies sf MCrrat aiee leek, K. Cheap remad-trlp TM SHORT UNE TO "THE LAND OF FULFILLMENT" Job Printing PACTS tr ! j sag leeml THIS AD.. BY WRITINQ DMEOT TO I llllllllllllllllllllllllli Rates see Union Pacific write Igtai, 1524 F Sf. 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