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FURNITURE !
-THE-
CHEAPEST
PLACE IN OM A.H A ; JT 0 BUY
Furniture
-IS AT-
ATSTONE'S
They always have the largest and best stock.
STAIRS TO CLIMB ELEGANT PASSENGEB
ELEVATOR TO THE DIFFERENT FLOORS.
.IREY
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3,5th and Parnam Streets. Omaha , Neb ,
Below \vill bo found a few of the BEST and most DESIRABLE
LARGAINS :
OMAHA CITY PROPERTY.
No. ' 211 2 story brick residence , near St. .Mary's avenue , at a
bargain. .
No. 221 12 vacant lota , I block from street cars , same distance
from Hanscom Park. We oiler these lots , which are very desirable
for building purposes , at a low figure for a few days only.
No. 226 3 lots on Saunders street , near Charles. These lota will
bo sold cheap and are well located for a block of stores.
No. 229 Business property , rents for § 2.000 , pays SO per c-ent.
Best thing over offered.
No. 235 Three houses and lota , rents forl,200 per year.
No. 241 3 lots in Bartlott's addition , very cheap.
No. 253 15 acres in Cunningham's addition. . _ ( . ; '
No. 247 3 lots in Hanscom place.
No. 94 i lots on S. 10th street. Easy terms. Each , S300.
No. 102 House and lot. House , 5 rooms nnd basement. Lot , CO
x40 , S. 10th street , near Charles , § 800 down , balance in 2 years.
1 51,400.
; No. 84 9 lota , 00x132 each , S. 10th st. Must be sold altogether.
$4,600.
No. 77 3 houses , 2 brick and 1 frame , on lot 66x132 , S. llth st.
$4,900 cash , balance long timo. 87,250. B
No. 40 One aero lot and house , 4 rooms , 4 blocks , S. St. Mary
avenue street car line. Very cheap. § 3,700. Liberal terms.
No. 11 3 houses nnd lots , 50x140 , S. 10th at. , Nof railroad. This
ia the best bargain for an investor over offered in the city. $2,500.
No. 90 A good house of 5 rooms , with basement and other good
improvements. Lot , 50x150. l'ruit and evergreen trees 0 years old.
Nice residence property. Easy terms. $3,200.
No. 19 Now house and barn. Lot , 132x148. This ia a very de
sirable residence property , nnd ia offered at a low prico. Will "ex
change for farm property. § 4,500.
No. 143 2-lota in Block K , Lowe's 1st addition , § 160 each.
No. 163 8 lots m Boyd's addition. § 175 each. Easy terms.
No. 167 2 lots in Lowe's second addition. Each contains 1
acre , with house and barn. Bargain.
No. 169 4 acre Iota in Lowe's second addition.
No. 179 1 lot in Kountz' third addition. Now ] house of 3
rooms , barna , etc. § 1,800.
No. 181 1 lot in Kountz' third addition , 2 houses , etc. § 1,500.
No. 184 2 lots in Block 3 , Kountz' third addition. Must bo sold
together. § 2 < 200.
No. 186 3 acres in Okahoma , with good 5-room house and other
improvements. § 3,500.
FARM LANDS.
No. 261 40 acrea near Fort Omaha.
No. 262 2 good farms near Waterloo.
240 aero farm near Osccola , Neb , § 25 per acre. Will exchange
for city property. Easy terms.
No. 12 2,000 acres of improved landin Hitchcock county , Nebraska ,
rani-ing in price from § 3.50 to § 10 per acre.
No. 17 640 acres ef good farm land in Dawnon county. Will ex
change for city property. § 3.50 per aero.
No. 22 The best farm in Nebraska , < 7 miles from Omaha , contains
150 acres , 2 houses , wells , cisterns , barns and all other first class im
provements. Also orchard matured and bearing. Will exchange for
No. 107 Several valuable and low-priced tracks of landin Madiaon
courtf.y.
16 farms within from o 12 miles of railroad , and 23 pieces of im
proved lands , near Table Rock , Nebraska , all conveniently near
market , and in many instances offered at great bargains.
Among other counties in which wo have special bargains in farms
nnd unimproved landa , are Jefferson , Knox , Clay , Valley , Webster
Sarpy , Harlan , | Boone , Filraore , Cass , Seward , Morrick and Nuck- ;
oils.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
H. B. IEEY & CO. , Real Estate Agents ,
Southwest Corner 10th and Farnam St. , Omaha , Neb.
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THE ONLY
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IN OMAHA. * *
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Uruu arlLty of funov Good . Hllk Iluudlcielilof4 ' , Full * 1'uro TUSH kept conrtantly on hind. Choice
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Merchant Tailor !
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ARwiuciti an examination ot hia tlno stock ol WCOLKK8. A tmicUltr irmd
FINE BUirS A All OVERCOATS , Aim a full line of lInelntM Halting * inj Trousering * . Allk'armcnt
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SMELT-FISHINGJN MAINE ,
ThoArinyoi iportsinen Encamped on
the Ice ,
The Method of Catching the Delicate
Uttlo risli A Village ofSniolt-
Fishers Flying Bcn > re
a Gnlo.
Now York Times.
"If any ono likes fishing through the
.co with the thermometer 10" below
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zero , nnd the wind blowing sometimes nt
the ratn of twonty-livo miles nn hour , ho
can find his ideal sport just now on nny
of the rivers nnd inloU nlong the coast of
Maine , " said "Mort" Scott , well known
n angling circles in this city , who re
turned on Saturday from a wook'a fishing
'or binolt on the Maine coast. "Smolt-
ishing is now nt its best up there , but
; ho wcathor is at its worst. At least in
; ho estimation of the visiting sportsman
tis ; but those native and to the manner
jorn think itcouldn'tbobottor. Tlioy don't
scorn to mind n little matter such as the
.uorcury registering 10 ° below , nnd to
see their tents lifted from the ice by the
wind nnd carried upward like n balloon
is regarded by them as only nn episode
that ndds zest nnd humor to th'oir enjoy
ment. When 1 loft their last Thuraehvy
it was so called that the holes in the ice
Froze over no.xrly as fast as they were
cut , even with tires in the tents , and to
keep thorn open required a little moro
labor than even my enthusiasm in the
sport could well overbalance. But there
were scores of fishermen on the ice when
I loft , for the smelt seemed to bite bettor
the colder it is , and after this month the
fishing gets poorer , the fish moving grad
ually to other quarters.
"Smelt-fishing through the ice , " con
tinued the speaker , "doo not diller much
from the same mode of angling for pick
erel , but the element of uncertainly is
unknown in the former sport. You may
fish nil day sometimes for pickerel and
then bo obliged to buy enough to save
yourself from going homo 'skunked , ' but
when you cut your holes in the ice and
put'in your lines for emolt you are just
as certain of being kept busy pulling out
fish as you are that you bait your hook.
A amok isn't as big a ft ih ns a pickerel ,
but he's a game fighter , and there is an
excitement about tending the lines that
pickorol-fishing does not create.
The people up in Maine look upon
smelt-fishing as the sport of the
year , and they como from miles
about the country to enjoy it. Even the
Indiana from the far-back country tramp
in to the coast during the season to oxer-
ciao their skill in luring smelt. The tackle
for smelt-uahing is very simple. The
line is an ordinary stout linen cord ,
about four feet long. To ono end of this
is attached a piece of lead nbout three
inches long and the size nnd shape of n
threo-cornorcd file-sinker. To n swivel
in the other end of the sinker ia tied ft
pink-colored anellmado of common dish-
line , to which ia nttached a hook auch ns
is used in fishing for cat-fish. The snoll
is two foot long. The water acting on
the triangular sinker , hung on its swiv
els , keeps it constantly twirling about ,
and the bait , which is an ugly looking in
sect , called the clam worm , is alwaya in
motion. Each fiahormnn will have
out an average of four linoa , in aa many
different holes , if ho seeka the enjoy
ment of the sport under the protection
and aholter of a tent , or "house , " as the
natives call them. If ho , like many of
the local anglers , is braving the elements
with the solo intention of extracting pro
fit from the catch , and dances , and trots
about on the ice regardless of extraneous
aide to combat the wind nnd froat , ho is
likely to have ten or n dozen lines to care
for , spread over an area a hundred foot
around ; and if the fiah are biting good
ho will have but little time to think of
the cold , aa ho will bo kept busy hauling
up hia lines and keeping the holes open.
"It haa only boon within a few years
thnt such n thing as amolt-fiahing under
shelter was known. The fishermen had
either to stand out unprotected against
the gale and storms that scorned to bo
kept 'on tap1 along the coaat for uao nt
any moment , or pull up their lines and
go homo. To bo sure , they could pile
up walls of ice and thatch thorn with
pine bougha , but ns it frequently ia nee-
3Bsary for the fisherman to change hia
location and the ice barricades could not
well bo taken along , the building of them
was generally time and labor thrown
away. By the way , that is n peculiarity
of smelt-fishing. The fish may bo.bitinf
so that you will bo kept constantly hop
nng from one hole to another to land
four catch. Suddenly your 'tip-ups'
vill ccaso to tip. The omolta have taken
t into their heads that the locality is not
safe for them , and have moved. Well ,
n n caao of this kind , as I said , the an-
; lor would find hia ice and pine bougha
isolusa , and ho would have todesortthem
o hunt up the spot to which the fish h id
changed their baso. But ono season a
nan named Job Secor , wont up from
Joston to try smelt-fishing. Ho tried
t for a day and froze oiio foot nnd both
oars , and then wont away. But ho.ih'Ja't
o homo. Ho went to Bolfa" * nnd had a
icavy wooden frame , ten" feet square
made by a carpenter. Ho procured
omo sail canvass nnd covered the frame
with it , leaving an opening for n door.
The frame was on runners. When the
'house was finished lie had it drawn up til
the ice and placed over the holes ho Ho
intended to fish through. Then it oc
currcd to him that ho might add still tor
further to hia comfort , and ho bought n
small box atovo , ran a pipe from out of ago
one side of the he/bap , started n roaring and
nine-wood lira in it- and , aentod on a
bench , fished aa comfortably as if ho
were in hia room nt the hotel watching a
stove-pipo hole in the door. The house
was secured to the ice by grappling irons. lor
smelts ceased biting in ono spot , ho ties
simply looaoncd his grapples , shoved his
house along on the runners , and 'squat-
ted' in moro favorable quarters. No one the
who fishes for smelt simply for the sport
there ia in it haa gona on the ice since
then without ono of the houses. Many
who make a business of smelt-fishing a
have adopted the plan , nnd now , in the
height of the season , a stranger going for
first time , to any of the rivcra or in
along the coast would imagine that n
small army wns in camp thero.
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The Story a Holiool Tcnuhcr Told lo
Her Spelling
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Han Francisco Examiner ; A teacher live
instructing her class last week on the
necessity of knowing how to spell. A\u.
"Boys and uirls , " said aho , reversing
precedence of jsex in opening , ao ni
suit the occasion "
, "onco upon a
time there was a man who was very rich , $
had an awful lot of money , urn'
got moro gold every day in the the
easiest way ; for all ho and hl partner * .
Iu tb7 E to turn a kind of
nnd the other people in the country
whorothoy lived cftino up nnd gave them
all . the . . money they nskod for. . Well , ho
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bought everything nround him thnt
wanted. Thou , when ho couldn't 80
anything else in sightho thought ho' <
buy n sot of president * , senators niu
congressmen , so ns to learn what move
tot make in n big gnmo of chosn thnt ho
Wfta playing with n fellow named the Na
lion. So ho wont to a city that is nainoc
nftor n fatigued , yet patient nnd choorfu
half-a-dozen-times secretary in the
mayor's otlico ; for only there could ho
pick out the kind of pieces that woule
mil him. Ho was n great , smart man ,
like all heroes of true stories ,
children. But ho loft hia partners be-
lind , nnd ho wrote to them of how
10 was playing his game. Thou ono ol
, hem sent for n doctor and died , anil
Jion the letters that ho had gotten were
> rintod in the papers. " Involuntarily
; ho teacher opened The Examiner and
urned to n dispatch from Santa Ilosa.
Johnny Smith took advantage of her in
attention nnd buried n spitbnll straight
nto Billy Brown's oyo. Then Mary
Jones i , , who wondered what the story was
about. naked , "Is that nil , tenchorr ? >
"No , " continued the instructress ;
these letters , before they were sold to
every ono that had fiva cents loft nftor
.ho screw wns turned round , had to bo
rniiMatcd into English. Those of you
vrho rend Josh Billings' writings in the
ilmanacs nftor you study your lessons
tnow what the American lan
guage ia. Well , that's the style
) f composition this rich man used.
It waa natural to him bocnuao ho had
never been taught to spoil. Who can
juesa how ho spelled 'any ? ' " Instantly
two score of hands wont up , and Billy
Brown mndo use of the occaaion to re
taliate on Johnny Smith for his attack.
Throe guesses were allowed. Ono said ,
"annoy ; " another , "oinoy ; " and n third ,
"annio. " But the teacher told them thnt
the rich man's " "
orthografy was "onny ,
and said ; "Now , how do you suppose
ho wrote 'God Almighty ? ' Of course ho
couldn't spell 'God' nny way but cor
rectly , but ho wrote it with n
littlu 'g' nnd ran the two words together ,
making them 'godalmito. ' Thia word
was very frequently miaspollod by him ,
children. Ho scorned to have a great
horror of correct English , nnd never
spoiled ono word of n aontonco right if
ho could help himself. Now , boys nnd
girla , you seio how necessary it
ia to know how to spoil. This
man is bravo , honest nnd up
right , nnd yet , bccauao ho has no ac
quaintance with the dictionary , people
are down on him. Now we'll ' take up
the hiatory lesaon. Johnny Smith , what
kind of a government is thia ? " Not wait
ing for Johnny's answer , the reporter
withdrew. On repeating the tale to a
rising young law luminary , ho whiaperod ;
"Don't mention it ; but I didn't sleep for
aix nights trnnalating thoao oputlea for
the Colton trial. "
Angostura Hitters are endorsed by nil
the loading physicians and cliomists , for their
purity and wholosoinoness. Uownro of coun
terfeits , nnd ask your grocer or dniBP8 * or
the genuine article , prepared by Dr. J. G . U.
A LONDON SOAXDAlj.
The Old IVIiulhniu Affair Revived
History or the Case ,
The affairs of the unhappy Windham
family the Windhams of Norfolk which
excited so much painful scandal moro
than twenty years ago , are once moro before -
fore the public , says a London letter , nnd
although the proceedings in connection
with them have not boon fully reported ,
and indeed they have iii part , nt least ,
been hoard in camera , it is probable thai
wo shall have moro about thorn before
long. It will bo remembered thai
nearly a quarter of a century since
Agnes Willoughby as she cheese to
calljiersolf was the talk of gay London.
The daughter of an honest carpenter
named Rogers , she began lifo as a bar
maid at Highbury farm , but quickly
graduated in the Haymarkot. Hero , in
the course of her lively career , she be
came acquainted with a young Norfolk
squire of great wealth namely , Mr.
William Frederick Windham , of Foli-
brigg hall , whoso general behavior , inoro
like that of an idiot than a sane person ,
gave rise to inquiry before the master in
lunacy , which lasted thirty-eight days ,
and resulted , to the great .surprise of the
public , in a.decision that "mad Wind
ham , " as ho wns called , was perfectly
capable of managing his own
all'aira. Young Windham married
Agnes Willoughby , and the ill-asaortcd
couple took up their rcsidonco at Fell-
brigg ; but quarrels nroHo nnd they parted ,
Mrs. Windham to return to London ,
while her husband , impoverished by his
OXCOS303 , took to driving n stage-coach
between Norwich nnd the rcnaido us a
moans of getting a living. About this
time a BOH and heir was born , nnd the
husband and wife were brought together
ugain. At last the r ck-brained squire
died , nnd the property had become so in
volved that there wns actually not money
enough 'n the house to buy him n coflln ,
U "mad Windham" was hurried at the
expense of the man who had horsed his
conch. The court of chancery took pos
session of the estates and of the infant ,
turning out Mrs. Windham "bag and
baggage" with nn allowance of 500 a
your on the condition that she ( mould
hold no communication with her son un
ho should have attained his majority.
was sent abroad , to India and other
distant countries , under the care of a tu
, and his mother wont to settle in
Boulogne. The boy is now 18 years of
, nnd , having returned to England
commenced a university career nt are
Cambridge , Ins mother has thought fit to
return also , and has boon found visiting the
young Windham at college in direct vie
lation of her agreement. Vice Chancel the
Bacon has consequently had the par
before liim , and has threatened
that if they persist in defying the and
court ho will commit them to prison , in
meantime stopping Mra. Windhain'u
allowance. "Tho "accumulations" > in
Norfolk are again looking healthy for the
coming squire , who is making a name ai
sporting man if not na a classic. It is the
hoped that in time ho will restore the re had
putation of his ancient family ; yet it IH
greatly regretted that the master in like
lunacy did not BOO his way clear to a deci
sion which would have caused the estates
fall into the hands of another branch
the family , represented by the son of
Jen. Windham.
Allen's Urulu ' and
Yowl 'botanical extract
stteuxtlienn the JJralii and ixwltlvoly curea the
ervirtM DcMllty , Norvuiunew , Headaches
unnatural los e , unil all woaktioan of ( iniioro-
Hyrtum ; it never fulls. 81 pW ( j fur $5
At ilriMKtate or Allen'a Phaiinacy , 315 Mr t
and
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that
Figures nro given to aliow that Cedar ua
Iliipids did a jobbing trade last year of we
$11,851,000 } that within a twelvemonth
seventeen additions have been iiiada to
city , nnd the population increased ture
n.UOO , and thnt 81,078,700 wont into now
buildings and bottormtmta.
FROSTBITTEN AND BURNED ,
John PC ton is Caught in a Blizzard ,
and Wanders for Three Days ,
ATcrrltilo Story of Hunger , CoUl nnil
HvliniiHtlon Ho Stltl Lives nut .
GlirlRtnuiHvnn
Imt Fcfttlvo.
'licjciino lmlor , December to.
John Peterson , who was supervising
ho erection of a stone house atScaright'a
nnch on Poison crook , about aixty miles
wust of Futtormau , started for lomo
Sunday last on horseback , expecting to
roach hero before Christmas , to bo with
'iia family.
Ilia route was to llock Crook , nnd
.hence hero by rail. During the day ho
wns struck by n blizzard. Not having
gloves or overshoes ho began to got cold
tnd got from hia horse to walk. The
animal proved hard to load and Mr. Pet
erson had to frequently turn around to
intrry him up. Finally the horse got
vway from him altogether , nnd Mr.
Peterson followed with the hope of cntch-
' .tig him. It wns during this time that ho
est his way. 1 lo had no other recourse
.han to walk , with the hope that ho would
strike n trail of some kind.
Thus ho continued until Tuesday ,
camping out at night as bent ho could ,
iio had matches with him but could find
no wood until at this timo. Ho made n
jood lire , but having no protection could
not keep warm without hugging the liro.
As n consequence ho burned his overcoat
nearly oil' his back , his shoes nnd other
; > arta of his garments sharing the same
: ato. Wednesday morning ho started out
Lho same way , but sulioring intensely
From hunger and fatigue. At last ho
observed n peak or knoll which seemed
Famillinr to him , nnd ho felt ho must
bo in the vicinity of Hood's ranch ,
about eighteen miles north ot Rock
crook ; but of this ho was not corti'in.
However , ho soon found n trail
and did not go fifty yards until ho struck
the main nxul. IJo now discovered ho
was nbout live miles south of Hood's
ranch nnd within thirteen miles of llock
Creek. His strength was fast failing
him for ho had eaten nothing since Sun
day , and the thought of reaching n hos
pitable roof nerved him up. On ho
struggled until nt last -tho welcomed
sight met his gaze Hood's ranch in the
distance 1 But this wns too much for
him. Either overcome by intense joy era
a giving way of exhausted nature , 1:0 : fell
Hat on the snow. Hero ho lay ; but not
long , for ho know ho could not survive
long lying there , so ho commenced to
crawl towards the ranch , which wns
about half n milo distant. To him it
was n painful and seemingly never ending
journoy. At last ho reached the gate of
the fence which encloses the ranch nnd
nature refused to do any more , nnd had
not kind friends boon under the hospit
able roof of the ranch , ho might have
died thoro. But ho was soon found mid
had to bo carried into the house. Ho was
well cnrod for that night and Friday
was taken to llock Crook , reaching herd
the same day. As may readily bo imagin
cd , Mr. Peterson was a forlorn looking
creature when ho reached the ranch , tat
tered , torn , charred , frostbitten nnd fam
ished as much dead as nlivo. In his
wanderings lie was frequently among an
telope , black-tail door nnd cattle , but hav
ing nothing but n jack knife could kill
nothing. Ho also saw several boar. Had
ho had a gun ho could have killed a boast
of soiiio kind and made some sort of shel
ter with the hide , beside preventing ,
hunger.
While ho is nblo to bo about , as a mat
ter of course , Air. Peterson is bound to
suffer physically from so severe a shook.
Ho wns examined by Dr. Crook and
found to bo suffering moro or lees from
congestion of the lungs. The skin has
pooled from his nose , and lie fools all
over as if ho had boon run through n
threshing mnchino , ground to pieces and
suddenly put together again without being -
ing healed.
A CHA.PIKH ON COUAIv.
How the llnrvost Is Gathered from
the Son An Odlou.s Incident ol'
Human Industry The
Cornl in
The coral familiar to us a.i mataFlttior
ornaments grows nt the bottom of the
sea , branch downward , in the form of
ainglo sprays or as shrubs. Hero and
there they join together into copaca , nnd
sometimes even combine into leagues of
rudy foroat. These nro what the dredg
ers call "bods , " and hero it is that the
pitiless boats nssomblo for this strange
harvest of the sea. Under the ominous T-l
shadow of the overlying Hoot the coral- §
inakora , coiiBcioua of danger , shut thoih-
solves up like tiny jasmine-blossoms clos
ing , nnd wait for the worst. Then from
the boats arc heaved overboard hugo
beams of timber with monstrous weights
attached nnd fnnged nnd clnwed with
prongs of iron. These sink down among
the red-branched bushes , and as BOOH as
they arc fairly settled at the bottom the
boats begin to move , and the abominable
machines , scraping and bumping , smash
their way through the brittle foliage ,
ruining myriads upon myriads of
homos every inch tlioy go , nnd lying
waste every minute the result of long
years of patient industry. Wo who live'
above the ground think , and with reason ,
that our earthquakes , cyclones , nnd
storm waves are very terrible ; bu what
they compared to the horror of these fur
visitations , when for months together
long-toothed dredges pass and ropaus
over the densely-crowded habitations of w
coral community , scraping down
their forests by the roots , and crushing fdy
whole nations at every turn ? Backwards
forwards , mid from ono side to the
other , the pitiless engines of despair are
dragged. Each time they break the
fragments of living coral strewn upon the
sea-bed into smaller bits , until nt last the
tiny pieces are ground up into dust , and fruu
nets bring up nothing. Where there
been n dense forest of rosy shrubs ,
each twig sot thick with delicate star-
flowers really the polyp-creatures
that built up the fairy-land there is now
nothing but a horrid wreck of sand nnd
seaweed , splintera of rock and pounded
coral. The water-babies have all
gene away in terror and disgust ,
the garden lies a waste. Even
wretched dredgers desert it. Their
hnvoo being complete there iu no induce
ment for thorn to stay , for they know
that they have ruined the bed forever ,
are oil'in search of fresh _ acene.i to
ravage. Whether or not the tiny things
work under the noa BO buiily to niaku
our coral , nro capable of aulFering what
call "pain , " the desolation of their
lovely spaces lilhul with happy life is nn
odious incident of human industry , Na
, it is true , works alwajs upon foun
dations of ruins , and the very coral wo
is it ull the ui'pulchur ot muny suo- (
cossivo generations of nnimnlculca nnd la
built up on layers of tlio clond. It does
not add , however , to the charms of the
beautiful substnnco which Imlioa nnd
children wonr iu ornaments to know that
it was wrenched elF from Cho plant when
nltvo nnd nil studded , enveloped in fnct
with the llowor-liko bodies of the little
coral makers. When it first reached the
Imnd of man it was covered with n soft
red bark , ns it wore , dimpled nil ovoi
with what might bo buds , nnd from
which , when the coral was happily
living , down in the depths , nninml tlow *
era , clear as crystal , used tu hold out
their beautiful tiny stars of blossom ,
They wore , of course , really nlivo. Their
petals wore nrms , with which they caught
passing food , and when they went to
sloop or were frightened they closed
their petals just ns ( lowers or sca-ano-
innncsilo. Vet , though each ono can
behave as it likes upon the spot on which
it grown , it can not move nwny , for its
body is joined to its neighbors. The
whole of the bark of the coral is thus seen
to bo n continuous layer of coral-makers ,
n whole colony of Siame.io twins together
with ns many independent heads astheto
nro ( lowers , but only ono body among nil
tlicao myriads. To break off n branch of
coral from n plant is , therefore , to simp
i Hying tiling in two , nnd , before wo can
Itavo ns much ns n head , wo must mas
sacre thousands of the tiny things by
which it was mado.
No wonder , then , that in times past ,
before the secrets ot the sea had been
found out , men were puzzled with cernl.
It was sometimes picked ud in sprays nnd
sometimes in wntor worn beads ; so they
called it n plant , thinking the beads were
its fruit , nnd from this ono evidence , ns
they suppORod it to be. of submarine for-
ostfl , the nncicnts fabled out for thorn-
selves nn ocean-bod covered with vegeta
tion , nnd peopled it with the most do-
liijhtful creatures of fancy. Hero it wns
that the herds of the soa-gods pastured ,
nnd that the. shepherdess-nymphs of the
deep tended their mythic Hocks. In
those forests of imagination roamed the
wild boasts of fancy the sea-lion nnd
sea-leopard , the sea-bear nnil sea-wolf.
Tliero were fish-birds which How nbout
among the branches , feeding upon the
white berries that men cnll pearls. And
very mystic nnd potent wns coral , in
medicine nnd witchcraft. Children were
little twigs of it ns charms ngainst the
Evil Eye nnd to this day the old super
stition survives in the "baby's corals , to
bo soon in shop-windows nnd in n pow
dered sUto it was administered for the
most serious ailments. Some said it had
sprung up from the sen bed whore the
blood dripped from Medusa's head as
Perseus bore it off across the ocean , nnd
it wns n talisman , thereforeof surpassing
power for nil who lived within sound ol
the son. It oven calmnd the storms nnd
appeased the whirlwind , nnd , worn by
sailors , guaranteed them safety upon the
wayos. Those fancies of its occult prop
prtics survived for many centuries , and
in Italy to this day women , unconscious
of the old world significance of what they
nro doing , wear coral nmulots. Fashion ,
however , in coral has changed. ( IB ir
everything olso. 01109 upon ft time it
could not bo too deep-colored , nnd in the
Oast thobrightostvnrictiescointrnndcd the
price of precious stonoa. Oonsorvfttivd
Uhiimstill clings to the old scarlotcoraland
a sphere of it , "sound , Mod-coloredof in
weight nn ounce , " is hold of greater value
than any gem , in consequence of its being -
ing used as the crowning ornament on
top of the mandarin's cap of stnto. Every
where olno the pink coral has superseded
the rod. At ono time all that wns in the
market was natural , but such are the
demoralizing oflccts of fashion the so-
called pink cornl of modern ornamentals
most of it the common red baked until it
becomes light enough in color to suit the
latest taste. But , whether artificial or
natural in color , coral still ranks among
"the treasure * of the sea , " and the pos
session of good beds is n source of revenue
wh no nation can nflord to neglect.
Im , it might nlmost bo worth the
while ot England to use tho'consts of
Malta and of Cyprus as coral gardens ,
and lay them down with "seeds" from
the ruined forests of the Algerian coasts.
lIorstortl'H Acid Phosphate ,
Uncualcd. |
Dr. II , M. AuiXAMuni , Fnnuottsburg ,
Pa " -I think '
, says : - Ilorsford's Acid
Phosphate is not equaled in any other
preparation of phosphorus' " *
IOWA 1TIJMS : ,
c 1 - = u
Des Moiuos has twelve railroads
The building improvements inDubuqud
last year cost yt,80,00 : ! ( ) .
Ooorgo Adams , Kcokuk'o only colored
lawyer , has been charged with embezzle
ment.
Willinm Iliimmond , ono of the earliest
settlers of Waterloo , died Inst Friday
night nged 07. Ho
, loaves nn estate variously
-
riously ] estimated nt from SlfiO.OOO to
8200,000.
The ' 'unknown young man" found
dead in Dos Moines turns out to he .Ins
Porter , eon of a farmer residing four
miles southenatof Humioll's Station. No
cnuso has been designed for the buicido.
ONE OP TIJE
BEST
PHYSICIANS fill
fillei
TESTIFIES.
I ht > o liven u lng HwIV ( Sji < clllo In inr practlca
ijullea long time , and
I iignril.ittliu Ixnt com-
blnalluu a * n hluiid puillli r unil tunic. It U imtlrily
XVctublo , liclnu compiMMl ofthu extract * o ( root *
whlcotrro * In tl/l < M'Cilon nt Quorglt I nmfunllUr ,
ltd Ituhtttory from the tlmu thv funmiU wan oh
tallied ( ram thu Indlmm. It l u certain and Kafu rum.
for all Undue I Mend iiolwiu ulli | akin humor , iinil
there lm IIOUT been a ( ulluru to curu. I havu cured
Muod taint In
with It , alter I hail munt ilxutlly fulludliylho moit
ajijirutuil imilhmla of truatmvut with mercury and
luOlilu of potaiuluiii.
Fill'.f ) A. TOOMKII , M. D. , .
IVrry li | > u | ( > n Cn , On.
Ourticat no on llx | MII , hkln ll uiti s iimllud
to aiinllcanu.
THIJ NWIlTKPIXJIPIUCa.
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Nebraska Cornice
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GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES
FJNIALS , WINDOW CAPS ,
TIN , IRON AND SLATE HOOFING ,
I'ATENT S1KTAMO 8KYUUIIT ,
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, IlAluitrailiu , Vtr < tmlu4i Ottlcoaiii ! Hunk
ung , Window anil Cellar OuiriU , itc. :
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12 WOMAN'S
She is over-worked , poor thin ? !
Proud , honorable , faithful , womanly ,
she determined to keep expenses
down , and do the work herself. Right
gor
once plump and rosy checks
rc now hollow and colorless. She
used to step lightly and gracefully ,
but now she drags one foot after the
othb. vi'ith painfuHvcarincss.
For tna sake of the family she
docs not mention Ur aching back ,
ft. . * * acutely-painful nerves , her rheu
matic twinges , her dyspeptic troubles ,
or the heavy weight she feels in her
right side , that tells her her liver is
poing wrong. She thinks nobody-
knows about all that , and she will
suffer on in quiet and unrcpining pa
tience. Alasl her secret is an open
one , for it tells its own talc.
Whisper this in her car , she ought
to know it : Madam , Brmvrfs Iron
liticrsnvillhcalyourbackcalmyour
ncn'cskillyoitrr/icumatismdrivcout
I'ottrhyspfj > sia > andccKrcciyoiirliven
Dollar a bottle. Nearest druggist , j
uio of the terra " Shot
SHORT MHO" In connection with th
! corporate name of great ro&d ,
convey ! nn Idea ol mt wh t
I I ft I f" required by the traveling pub *
I I HE am lie it Short Line , quick Tlmi
I I B & " < 1 the bctt o { nccommod * .
II & ttona all of which are hun >
hod by the greatest railway Iu America.
QEIOAGO , MILWAUKEE
And St. Paul.
It owns and operates over 4,500 miles of road n
Northern Illinois , WlKOimln , Minnesota , Iowa and
Dakota ; anil nnl to main lines , branches and connec
tions reach all the great business centres of tha
Northwest ami Fur West , It naturally answers the
description of Short Line , and Best llouto between
Chicago , Milwaukee , St. Paul and Minneapolis.
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Chicago , Milwaukee , Mitchell and Chamberlain.
Hock Island , Dubuque , St. Paul and Mlnncapollf.
Davenport , Calmar , St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Pullman Sleepers and the Finest Dining Can In
world are run on the main line * of the CHICAGO
MILWAUKEE A ST. PAUL RAILWAY
and ovcry attention is paid to passengers by courla
ous employes of the company.
S. A UERIUtt. , A. V. H. CARPENTER ,
Gcn'l Manager. denl Pass. Agent.
J. T. CLAIIK , OEO n. UEAFFORD ,
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And your work is done for nil time
to time to come.
WE CHALLENGE
The World
to produce n mul'6 durable material'
for street pavotrteut Man the
Sioux Falls
FOK ANY AMOUOT OF
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filled promptly. Samples sent and
estimates given upon application.
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Sioux Palls , Dakota.
Patent Dried Fruit Lifter.
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GROCERY Groceries
STOUE CAN AIWOUU
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CODNTKU SCALES. Without It.
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