Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 24, 1885, Page 7, Image 7
A llcmomforance. iwirf only n moment years ngo That I saw her , but still her face Is stamped on my memory , and I know Though years may coma and years may go , The vision time cannot efface. 'Pardon me , sir , " waa nil she said , Three little words , all commonplace ; In return I merely bowed my head , While I turned while , and the ruby red Blushes Midnsod her startled face. Bho was not very young nor oven fair , Yet my heart boat loudly A tiitapat , And my mind was filled with heavy carp , Tor sho'd plumped henell down right in the chair Where I had placed my br n-now hat. [ Boston Post. TO TURNED ON A HEEL-TURNER BY FRANK R. STOCrON Copyrighted by the Author. All right * served. In relating the following story , the rao- tlvo of which is the true love I felt for my sweetheart Belle , I shall , for the most part , .omit the lovo. This mutual affection had grown , warmed by the most generous sun , and nourished by the most vivifying showers under which trno love over throve , Into an engagement between Belle and myself. But thbro it stopped ; and , as far as wo could ECO , there was no probability that the seasons of love would proceed in the ueuil order. The spring of our affection had passed , and wo were enjoying the early glories of summer , but now our earth had appeared to pause in its orbit and to rcfuso to incline its axis in the conventional manner which should Induce the rlponod fullness of the yoir , It was Impossible for us to fix a date for our marriage , and yet , upon first sight there would scorn to bo no reason why wo should not marry whenever wo choose. I was the physician of the village in which wo lived , and my practice , although not largo and not very romnnor alive , would , I was qulto sure , support two as well as ono ; and everybody knows that a young doctor ought to bo married If ho wishes to succeed. Belle was or orphan , and there was no ono who conic legally prevent her from becoming my wife whenever she saw fit to do so. But although circumstances seemed favorable in both our cases , there was au obstacle in the way , and that obstacle was Bollo's brother Horace. Horace was a good follow , a klnc brother to Belle , a genial companion tome mo , and talented in many ways rather too many , in fact. Ho and his sister hac a small income on which they managei to live ; but , although lie was at least 30 Horace had no regular business , Ho hac studied law for a tlmo , had taught schno for a time , and for another time had hac something to do with civil engineering. Ho had some very queer notions , ant ono of theno was that he would not con sent to live with us after wo were tncr- ried. A. woman , ho said , conld not a the same tlmo do her whole duty to her husband and a brother ; and ho made thi point , to which in my own mind I coul < but agree , that bo would bo a bar to on domestic harmony. On the other hant Belle positively refused to leave ho brother until ho was settled in business At present ho was undecidol , troubled and anxious , and , without her , then waa no knowing what should bocoma of him. When Horace would bo fairly started in life , then might love's seasons recommence their courae ; then might our earth's axis gently tip ; then might full summer como , and marriage. At the time my story opens wo were all in a state of worried excitement. Horace had long been of the opinion that to own and edit a newspaper would suit him bet ter than anything else in tie world. What ho wanted was a country newspa per , with a barely supporting subscription and advertising patronage , and which might , therefore , bo held at a price which should como within his means. This paper ho so proposed to improve , both by his general management and lib pen , that it would bo taken all ever the country , and perhaps have an agency in London and other foreign places. Ho would make its contents of such general interest that it would bo read as eagerly in Texas or Australia as in the county in which it waa printed. To these who know Horace \\ell this boomed the most promising of his schemes for lifo work. Ho had a very peculiar and lively wit , could make a good anecdote bcttsr by telling it , never forgot anything worth remembering , took n lively interest in current events , quicklj perceiving their humorous sides , if thoj happened to have any , nnd often giving them one if they lintl not. Wo all fell that if Horace owned a paper ho wouli put his whole wml into it , and then Iu would succeed. Ho c-uild not expect t < bo able to start one ; but to buy a journa already established is often within tin if ad i of persons of moderate means. The cause of our present , nervous anxi cty was the fact that Horaia had recent ly hoard that in an adj Dining count ] there was a weekly newspaper for ash which would suit him exactly. The edl tor and proprietor , who wai a clergyman had long been desirous of giving up jour nalism and taking chergo of a churchanc h\d only been prevented by the dlflicultj of disposing of his paper. An opportunl ty to make the change in his lifo tiiat hi wished had just occurred t ) him. / country church , not far frooj tbo towi where ho lived , had boon for some year , under the char go of a young rainUtor ffhoie health had became very mucl broken. Ho had boon counselled to soul n ollmato more suitable to his hoa tb , bn had boon unable to do so for want o racani. Ho not only needed money t travel , but ho bad debts which he woul not leave unpaid. Hfs church owed hie considerable arrearages of salary , ruakln a sum quite suflUlont for his pnrposet but which it wag nt present unable t pay. The cause of the accumulation : pastoral debt wai rithor pou < iir. * widow Udy had died , and left a legacy t the church , which its oflioors hid dotei mined to appropriate to much needed re pairs of the edifice , lint there had boa a delay In the payment of the legacy , th executors of the will having not yet mad cer a'n sales , upon which this paymet depended. The young ministerwho ras very zealous for the good of his pariel had therefore consented that the mono which would otherwise bavo been paid * him should bo used for the repairs , whl ! ho would wait for the payment of the leg ' acy. This would have all been very wt but for tha failure of his health , Wintc was coming on , and ho ought it go aws as icon as possible ; he could not d BO without mon y , and his congregatlo was poor. It was now well known to the edit * of tha newspaper , bofore-mentiontd tbs the church would be ready to accept hli M Its pastor as soon s iho money conld bo raised to enable the present Incumbent to leave. If he could sell his newspaper ho would bo perfectly willing to advance this money , and wait for payment until the legacy should bo received by the church. The young minister was no lees anxious to go south than was the editor to secure hia church. If the money should bo obtained from some other quarter , the present Incumbent would depart , and the editor would thus lese his opportunity , for ho could not afford to glvo np his paper until ho had found a purchosor , ana the vacant pulpit would suon bo filled by some ono olso. In this case , too , Horace would lese his great chance of settling in life ; and Belle and I could not marry. If this momentous train of events should happen to start at the wrong end all would bo woo for us. If It should start at the other end that is our end all would bo joy. So far as wo could see , there was only ono way of starting It properly. Among the various bents of Horace's mind was ono for mechanics , and ho had made an invention which seemed to possess real merit. This was a "heel-turner , " or machine for turning the heels of stock ings. I never understood its mechanism , not being apt at such things , and all I know about it is that It was intended to save a great deal of trouble to knitters who are not proficient in "turning the heol" of socks and ttockipgs. The knitter knit down to the heel , then she put her work into the machine , set It in motion , and when the heel was turned , took It out and wont on with her knitting. If Horace could dlsposo of this valnablo invention , even at the low est price at which ho would bo willing to sell it , ho conld buy the country newspa per ; the editor conld lend the money to the church , who would pay oil the inva lid prcacQor aud let him go south , with the ex-odl or M his successor ; and Horace ace being settled , the best of all things could happen to Belle and myself. As might well ba supposed , Horace , who waa a nervous nun , was in a fever oi oxcttomont in regard to this affair. Ho now thought of nothing but the sale ol his heel-turner. If ho could dispose oi It , even for enough to make the first cash payment demanded by the editor , ho could enter into possession , and had no doubt of his ability to make the smal ! periodlo payments which would complete the purcbaio. If ho could not sell his invention nothing conld bo dono. Bor rowing was out of iho question oven if hi conld have found auyono who would lorn him the money , for Horace wn not a borrowing man. I was almost as much excited ai Horace , for I considered the case moro important to me than to him. If In anj way I could have raised the money . ' would not have hesitated a moment to buy the heel-turner , oven if I should do nothing with it bnt stow it way in a cor nor. It would have been cheap at auy price. But , although the income from my practice was sufficient for my ordi nary needs , it would bo utterly impossi bio to raise a sum large unough to bu ; the right to the heel-turner , and to so in motion that machinery which shonlc turn the heel , so to speak , of my exist ence. Horace bad made every effort possible to find a purchaser , and wo all began to bo in despair. I was very much do prossad , for if this affair should fal through Horace would be moro unset tled than ever , aud Belle might make up her mind to cling to him through life , as many a girl gives up true love and a happy home to twlno herself in dutiful spirals about some unfortunate relative whoso lagged trunk and branches scorn to need the protection of her sheltering loaves. With my feelings very plainly indicated on my countenance , I was walking down the main street of village when in front of the large house belonging to our lawyer , I saw John Broadly. John was a poor mm , and a very industrious ono , who was held in high repute by everybody in the place. This good follow had had his troubles , but wo all hoped they were aoon coming to an end. Ho was at pres ent toiling day after day and week after week in the grounds of the lawyer , earn estly engaged in "working out a divorce ; " that is to eay , ho was digging and plant ing and doing anything else that might bo required , until ho had in this way paid the costs of a legal separation from Ills wife When I first came to the vil lage I found Mrs. Broadly a very pecu liar invalid with a complication of dis- oaseo , which not only taxed my abilities but roused my ambitton. For nearly two years I attended her dally , and sometimes nightly , and supplied , besides , a good deal of costly medicine , and al though poor , John was not able , by moans of her' many other requirements to pay mo a cent. I felt rewarded by my Rroit success , for I entirely cured Mrs. Broadly , and thereby gtoitly raised ray reputation in tbo place. But , alasl it might have boon better for John if hie wife had never recovered. When she got well aho made things so hot for hirr and conducted herself generally In such t way that everybody considered John jus tided when bo dotormtnod to apply for i diverse. This ho had obtained , nnd nov bo was laboring hard , with spade anc wheelbarrow , to pay for it. "Woll , John , " said I , "how ore yoi ) getting on ? " "Pretty well , doctor , " answered ho coming down to the front fence , "in t couple of weeks more I'll ba done hero anc then I'm square with Mr. Forbes. It aeoma a little quoorish that I should firs pay him for getting rid of my wife , before fore I pay yon for giving her back to mi out of the very claws of death , for ii illooked ! that way to everybody. Bui 1 when you'ro married and settled , doctor and have grounds to be fixed up , and i garden to bo made , I'll come and worl rs for you just as I'm a doin1 hero. I'v < had hard times , and have lost a good dea of money by workln1 where I was novoi paid , but unless my logs and arms glvi out , doctor , I'll sjo you don't lose any of thing by me. to "I'm afraid I thill not want a garde Id eoon , " 1 answered , "aud it would seem i pity , anyway , for you to ba working to pay for what really caused you a grea deal of m'sory. If it had not boon fo to mo , what a lot of trouble you would havi ofA been saved ! " voy A "Oh , you muitn't look It that way to doctor , " said John , "it isn't pious. Yoi oared her , which was your duty , avd JUI endured her ai long a * I could , whlcl an was miuo ; and now she's happily gone he and you can't imagine- what a comfort ' tls ie to me , doctor , to think that I put he way well aud Imrty. I never could tera1 rested happy if 1 hadn't done that. Bu ! you don't look happy. Has things bee goln' wrong ? " icyo o John took an interest , 1 knew , in m lie aiklrs , and BO I did not object to toll hlr 'Ptll lint I was worried because I cunld tot tll ralso money enough to buy the heel ter turner invention. He greatly wondere tery why I ahould want to make such a nui do chase as this , and his eager question > brought out all the facts of tbo case. 'lie ' worthy man WM much amused and bun trr out laughing , ' , doctor , " he exclaimed , "tint Im M good a story as I've heard thU man a day. It beats the books. Bnt I'm sorry for yon if yon'vo got nothing bettor to depend on than buying that heel turner. Even if you could raise the mousy It would bo a bad speculation. Thorn as can't turn heels will never knit. " As I walked away from John Broadly I could not help thinking of the amuse ment the recital of my difliculty had given him. It was a good story ; no doubt of it. As my mind dwelt upon the matter a queer idea came to me. Suppose I wcro to write this story , and by selling it raise money enough to get us out of our troubles ! There would bo something de lightfully fitting about * that. To make the story of our perplexities the euro of the actual troubles would bo nn odd , but glorious triumph. This idea now took possession of my mind , and the moro I thought about it the better I liked it. Horace and Belle might object to have this story told , but I would not only keep my own counsel about it , I would send it somewhere whore they would not see it , and thus nobody interested would ever bo annoyed. I had frequently written stories which had been heard with apparent satisfaction by my friends , but I had never published anything , and know nothing in regard to the monetary value of manuscripts such03 I proposed to write. I determined to write the story. There was nothing else that I could do , and if the train of circumstances on which our fortunes depended should not bo started until my work was done , I myself might do the starting , and I asked nothing bet tor than that. By day and by night , using every minuta I could spare from my practice and necessary sleep , I worked at my story. After what saomod to mo a long period of writing , rewriting , correction and copying , the manuscript wai finished and ready to bo sold. I will not recount ray experiences In endeavoring to dis pose of it to ono periodical after another. In every case I opened my correspon dence with an inquiry In regard to the price I might expect in case of accept- tanco , and the answers I received con vinced mo that there waa no hope of my selling the story to any periodical for enough money to carry out ray inten tions. Thia very much surprised as well .15 depressed mo , bnt It so happened thai I was suddenly obliged to make a busi ness visit 10 a neighboring city ; nnd hero I mot a geutlomar. whoso business it was to supply original stories and articles to a combination or syndicate of newspapers scattered all ever the country , and who was thus enabled to pay author.1) a very good price for their work. To this gentleman I submitted my story and in a few day * after my return homo 1 receivei nn offer from him for it. The price Ipto- posed was not as high aa I had hoped il would bo , but I accepted it. It mighl not bo enough to give the impetus to thai movement of my affairs which I desired , but I would try what could bo done wi'l : it. As soon as my check arrived I had il cashed and went to Horace to oiler to buy his heel-turnor. "I haven't enough to pay for it out am out " I eaid ' 'but I , , thought perhaps yet would let mo have it and take this mucl on account. " Horace was naturally surprised at bptl my ability and wi h to purchase his in vention , bnt ho was aho very mud pleased. "I would rather you shouli" own it than any ono else , " lie cried. "I you manage it properly it will make you fortune. As for the money , of courso.i does not represent anything like the value of the invention , but I will sell it to yoi for a smaller cash payment than I woulc take from anybody ol o in the world. " "Do you think this will bo enough t enable you to buy the paper ? " I asked. I have a little that I can add to it , said Horace , "and Mr. Henley is s anxious to dispose of his .paper tliat I believe - liovo ho will take this , and let the rest go on installments. If I can get a chance to carry out my journalistic plans I will give the paper a boom tliat will enable mo to pay cverytliing in less time than ho will give me. I shall take the 10 o'clock train and see him before ho goes to dinner " ner There was something about the manner of Horace which did tot exactly please me. I had expected him to be wildly grateful , bnt his manner seemed to imply that , while ho was greatly delighted i to got the money , he felt that ho had conferred a great favor 011 mo by letting mo have hU confounded machine for so little cash. What ho was going to charge mo for it in the future I did not know , nor did I car a. Ho might have it back agaia whenever ho liked. If things , worked well , ho had conferred the great est favor upon mo , but not in the way ho . supposed. That afternoon I went to see Belle , whom I found in a state of pleasurable nervousness. Knowing how much I had the matter at heart , she had not boon surprised at my balng able to ralso the money , but she persisted in considering < it in the light of a personal gift to Horace ace from an all too generous man. "What do you want with a heel-turn er ? " she said. "It will bo of about as much UBQ to you ns a planot-corer. " U "What is thatl" I exclaimed. "Why , a thing to t ko the core out of worlds , so that the inhabitants on op. poaito sides will not have to co way round. You know that wouldn't bo oi < any value to yon. " "But , my dear , " I said , "that most charming invention that I expect to got " "Do yon mean to s y that you bought ? " eho cried , with sparkling eyes. The necessity of an sniwor was pre vented by the tempestuous entrance ol Horaco. "Behold met" ho shouted , throwing bis bat'on the floor and pulling himself up to his loftiest height. "I am the editor ! " Into our excited minds Horace now poured his story. The Rov. Mr. Henley had jumped at his offer. Ho liad heard a that letters had passed between the oflicern of the church ho wanted nnd n clergy at man in the west , and the news Lid great- iv agitated him. The chance of seeming a parish so near his present home , and in owry way so congenial to him. must not bo lost , and ho would have sold his jiapei for almost any sum in liand. What more I was necessary to anticipate the payment of the widow's legacy , nnd aficilitatc , the departure of the present incumbent , ho could obtain from other resources. Now all was turmoil , for Horace vowoc a1ut ho must bo offimmediatcly. It was necessary ut cessary tliat bo should bo instructed ii the constitution and working of lib jour iml ; that ho should bo introduced to people ple ; tliat ho should arrange for running i little while on credit ; that Im should talk to advertisers ; tliat 1.6 . . should do a thousand things ! ( He must go to-morrow. Regardless of - the Inconvenience which this sudden up nt setting of her domestic affairs caused to Belle , she most gladly assisted he brother to depart , and sat up nearly al light to sen that his clothes were ii ' . order , while I did everything I could do ny I feeling all the tlmo aa If I were drivin him Into an Eden In order that I might ontot Into n bolter ono. Iloraco waa now aoUloa at his lift , work. Belle had taken np her tem porary residence with an aunt In the village , and I was In the vestibule of Paradise. Wo were to bo married in a month. No ono could see any possible reason for delay. About week before the day appoint ed for our wedding I received a letter from Horace which throw mo Into con sternation. The eoasona of my lifo and love had advanced once moro , with nil their joys and beauties , their opening flowers , and their ripening grain , and all the glorlca of the perfected year seemed just at hr.nd , when that letter , like Q cold wind from the north landed with sleet , hall , and bitter chill , swept down upon mo , threatening blight and ruin. The piano of my elliptic , nnd the exllo ot my soul , seemed to bavo forgot ten that they had anything to do with each other , and August threatened to atop back to March. Horace wrote In the highest spirits and In the brightest hopos. The first number of the paper Issued under his editorship had created quite a stir. A number of people who had never cared for it before came in to subtciibo. Now advertisements had bocu secured that lifted the heavy end of his tunning oxpontcs , nrul.ho was about to Introduce a novel feature which ho was sure would help .him moro than anything ho nad dono. Ho would pslnt every week a first-claas American story which had never appeared before. Country papers conld not , ordinarily , ollotil to pay for such otorlos , but ho had mndo a contract with n literary agent who conld furnish them on exceedingly easy torma. Ho gave mo the name of thin agent. It waa the man to whom I luil sold my story. No ono will wonder at my constorna tlon. The now foatnro was to begin 1m modlatoly , and it waa very likely , in deed , moro than likelythat , among other stories , Horace would receive the naratlvo ( of hia own peculiar mis fortunes and predicaments. If , In the midst of his many duties ho had not time to road the manuscript , It imp-ht even bo put In typo and hurried into his paper ; nnd In thia case the whole remarkable - markablo chain of events would bo portrayed trayed In ono of its links. Horace was such a sensitive man , such n pasaionato and Impulsive man , that I know not how his Impetuous spirit would break out If ho oaw this story , Belle , too , was as high-spirited aa her brother. I trem bled for everything for which I hoped , The great point now was , to pot mar riod. OncB united to Belle I felt that I could defy even this fate , and my anxiety ty for the ceremony must have appeared ridiculous. I oven proposed to Belle that wo should bo married on Monday instead of Thursday. But at thia she only laughed. She could not possibly bo ready so aoan , and , besides , it was too absurd. On Wednesday Horace wrote that ho had every possible dealra to attend the wedding , bnt ho had so much on hand which must bo done ho really did not BOO how he waa going to do it. At all events ho could not expect to arrive before the hour appointed for the ceremony. It happened , fortunately , at this tlmo that our village was peculiarly healthy , and that i was little called upon In a profes sional way. Had it been otherwise , I fear that my reputation would have uuf fered. The day arrived ; the thunder cloud had not yet broken , and the wedding party went to the church. Horace had not como , and now I hoped with all my heart that ho would not come. His very appearance would nnnorvo me. Our good old pastor proceeded very slowly with the ceremony , and ho actual ly stopped for a moment , when at the words , "When the secrets of all hearts shall bo disclosed. " I hastily murmured "I will , " and with a reproving glance ho recommenced the sentence. How could I help my feeling of nervous haato when into my mind there continually came the figure of Horace bunting Into the church wildly waving a newspaper over hia head and forbidding the ceremony to proceed" Bnt apparatlon appeared not. Wi were safely married and loft the villagi for a short bridal trip. When wo returned turned I took my wife to the homo I had prepared for her and all would have been perfect happiness for both of us had it not been for anxiety on account of that unfortunate story. And yet I could not call it unfortunate. Had it not boon for its aid I should not now bo married. If it hod only been some other story I Bnt I never conld have thought of anything so odd , so acceptable to an editor ns that , My uneasiness in regard to this matter was aroatly increased by some remarks of my wife very suon after wo had settled id our now homo 1t "Our life is charming , " she said , "but , when I think in what a queer way all this came to bo , and how It depended 1 such a funny string of things , it seems perfectly ridiculous , and I wouldn't have anybody know of It for the world. The idea of our marriage dopenlng on your , buying a heel-turner , and somebody else going into the minittrjr. How every body would laugh were it known ? But as nobody will know It does not matter , and wo will put the model of Horace's m&- chino on a bracket in some quiet corner , and cover It with laurel wreaths and any thing else that looks pretty. " How people would laugh If they .know it ! Am d what would Belle think if abe road it In her brother's own pipar that journal so eagerly penned every week , And oven if Horace did not print it , ha would bo auro to sou it in scmo of his tx- ohangoj. How to avert this certain danger I know not. I had thought of writing to the literary agent , and asking him not to sell the Btory to Uotace. But this would bo of little use , as it would appear In other quarters. and , besides , any request of tnnt kind would connect in the agent's mind , my brother. in-law with the matter. Any one In my place , possessed of sufficient mana I , would have instantly endeavored to buy the story back again. But my marriage had strained my _ resources to their utmost I could do notbiog in this way. The trouble 1 waa in could not fail to have a notiboablo ell'jot upon me , and Belle probed my heart wltn many an affeotionato inquiry ; while Horaoa , who bouuced In upon ua occasionally , ro- nmked iliat I did not look half aa happy aa I ought to ho , I was in my ofllco one morning jnal preparing for my daily round , when Joht Broadly came hi. "Doctor , " said he , "I'm ready now tc equare up mattess between us. " "I'm aony , John , " I anawered , "but ] - don't think that I can just now make an ) arrangements of the kind ; I have a gooc a deal on my mind , and I don't know whs I will have done In tbo gardening line So , if you like , we'll pat that off for tin present , " ' You do look troubled , doctor , " Ba' 'd ' < John Brcadly , "but I haven't ' como t : talk about the garden work. ' in going to pay money down for wnat I TO you. You worked hard for it , and yoi n ought to have it , " Aud ho tqok aa wallet from h's pocket. I "Monoy down ! " 1 exclaimed in astor. ishment. "Why , where did you got it ? " "You well ask that " may , said John , "for I didn't expect it myself. There was n young minister in the next county who had mo nt work for him for a long time ilxtn1 np the grounds about his church , aud his house , too , besides buyln' young trees fer him , Ho didn't qlt no money from his congregation nnd ho couldn't pay mo , and I never oxpectad to BOO it. But lately he's been took sick and had to go away , and they've paid him upland the first thing ho did \\aa to Bottle with mo , fairand square. " When John Broadly left mo I gave a glance at the clock. There was just time to visit the only ono of my patients who really needed mo , and to catch the morn ing train to the city. By noon I had soon the literary agent ; had found that the story had not yet been sent ont ; had made him fool how urgent were my per sonal reasons for suppressing it ; and had obtained the manuscript , paying him for it with the money with which ho had bought it of mo ! This gentleman was. indeed , well pleased to bo relieved of a story which ho had found difficult to dispose of on account of the author not possessing literary fame ; John Broadly cheered his heart by paying an honest debt , nnd rid ding himself of the necessity of doing a lot of work for nothing , which ho said to him was the hardest kind of labor ; the young clergyman with a free con science sped away to renew his health ; the reverend editor entered upon his mluiatrylwith au earnest and _ thankful heart ; Horace , whoso journalistic success increased with every week , might bo con < sldorod as settled in n lifo work which satisfied his every craving ; while I had Belle , Hand Belle had mo ; and , besides that , wo had the heel-tumor , the balance of payment on which Horace bogged his sister to accept ai her dowry. I burned the manuscript in my oftico grate. It had never boon printed ; it had never entered on the conrso for which it had boon Intended ; its very sale had boon cancelled ; and the money received for It had been paid back. It disappeared in smoke , and curling clndcrj , and yet It has accomplished its purpose , and the story that It had boon written to toll wont on. As for the hool-tnrnor , having helped to turn this point In my lifo , it never turned anything elso. Words ofWarulng and Comfort you arc guttering from poor health or 'languishing on a bed of sickness , take cheer II you are simply ailing : or If you fed 'n oak and dispirited , - without cloirly know- IrB why , Hop Hitters " surely euro jou " K you are a minister , and have o\erta ed yourself with your pistoral duties , or a mother , worn out with care and work , or a man ol bmlncss or labor , weakened by the strain ol jour c\'ryd y du ties , era man ot Uttois toiling c\cr jour midnight work , Hop Bitters will most Hi'cly Btrcngthuu jou. 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It enable the u item to throv off the debllltatlni "W. y&ftflir cflccts ct undu ° fa' _ _ SKi5 dfi5 ! > > - tlguo.Blvcsrencwe vigor to the organ _ of digestion , arouse 2 the liver when Inac live , renews the uln. cd appetite , and en courages bealthfu repose. Ils Ingrcdl cnts are safe , and it credentials , whlc consist In the heart 51 endorsement of PCI . . , sons of every clas society , are most convincing lor ealo by all Diug gists and Dcilora 'cnerallv CHICAGO AND RAILWAY. THE BEST 110UTE AND BSIWIM Omaha , Counci uffs and C licago The only line to take ( or Drs Uoinns. Marshal town , Ccdir Itapldi , Clinton , Dixie , Chicago , in- waukoe and all points eait To the people of ie- biaika , Colorado , Wyoming , Utah , Idaho , Neiadi Oregon , Washington and CallfornU It offera supcrlo mlraotsgea not poatltle by any other Hue. Among a lew ol tlie numerous I'oli.ts of * up rloi ity ecjoicd by the patrons of this road batwee Omaha and Chicago , ara Its twotnlnsaday ol l\ ( COACHES which are tbeflnent that human att .nd ingenuity ( an create ; Its I'AL&CK SI.KEl'INQ UAll which are models of comfort and elegance ; Its I'Al LOR DKA.WIKG UOOll OMia , unsarpaxcd by au ; and Its widely celebrated I'AlATiAl , DINING CAll the equal of whldi cannot bo founl elstwhtrc. At Council I3luff < the trains of the Union Ficlf Il > . oonuect In Union Depot Kh thcue of the Chic 1:0 Ii Nortliwcttnu Ily In Cblrago toe trains of th ; line make close connection with tboso ut all eaitei llufB. DRfi For Detroit , Columbus , Indlanapo It , ci ( .inual Nltcara Falla. Butftlo , fiitibur ; , Toronto , Montr. Boston , New York , 1'hlladelphU , Ilililmiie * < ing ton and all points in the But , aik the tick agent for tickets via the "WOUTH-WESTKUN , " I ( you with the belt accommodation ! . Allflick : agents eU tltketsU tbli line , II. IIUOniTT. K S HAIIl. CentralMinagcr , Ccn fMH. Ageau OHIO .CO. < * " * ' - ' * W M UPHOLSTERY AND DRAPERIES , I'ASSSNGEU KLKVATOIl TO Atti FLOOP& | 1M8 , 1203 and 1210 Farnam St. , Omaha , No RUSMFINQ 55 BQLTE , UANur AcrnmRiui or- rtolal * . Window C p9Iron Crutinji , Uctalllo Bkr.llghti , Ac. Ha , Ireland IU < ui KlOBonlBlSlh BlreM Omaha Hsbraika. L ACrEKFflAHZ FALK BREWING eo. Milwaukee. Wis. GOTTEER & CO , , Sole Bottlers , IB OStli Ducnl Brunswick , Lueucburgh , Lottery , Germnuy. 100,000 TICKETS and 50,000 PRIZES Capital Prize , mark , 500,000 , 300,000 , 200,000.100,000 80,000 60,000 , 50,00010,000 down to 150 Drawing Commences the ! ) tli and lOtti of February. 1885. WhslTick ets $18. ; Ealf , 89.00 ; Quarter , 4.50. OHAS. F. SCHMIDT & CO. , G2 W. Congress St. , Detroit , Mich. To prevent loislt la urgently rcqnotUd to make Ml remittances by poata note , tuonoy orJorchxk In regltUrcd letters or bo cxiircsa. RICHARDS 8s CLARKE , W. A. CLARKK , Proprietors. Superinnitdeu Omaha Iron Works Q. P. RAILWAY , MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN , , r. , . ; WATER WHEELS. ROLLER MILLS , , and Orain Elevator Machinery ! MILL FURNISHINGS OF ALL KINDS , INCLUDING THE , Celebrated Anchor Brand Dufour Bolting Cloth STEAM PUMPS STEAM WATER AND QAS PIPK. t , ARCHITECTURAL AND BRIDGE § .N * * M : r * r ri "a8- - cd.us , t" > fc"1 ul- n. lul dl- its ich ! rty H ' * i We are prepared to furnish plans and estimates , and will ccntract ev erection o Flouring Mills and Grain Elevators , or'for changing Fl uring Mills , from Stona to the Roller S fitem. BSSTEspe ial attention given to furnishing Powder Plants for anypn po e , and estimates mode for some General machinery repairs , attende promptly. Address RICHARD & CLARKE. Omaha.Neb W I n- - - ' ' THE LEADING CARRIAGE FACTORY - 1409 and 1411 Dodge St , { } Omatia Ne lib ISO hls < i Orange Blossom Flour al lket WHOLESALE BY ket i , A STEWART < . . 013 Jones Street } TOR BBD oaosa.