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14 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNE frAY , JUNE 10 , ISSO.-SIXTEEN PAGES. THE YELLOW DRAWING HOOM. Mona Onfrrl tn St. Ln\tlt roal- I nppronch tills cjilBOilo in my Hlo which presents Hpolf to my memory thus ontUlotl with dlslllto mingled with fascination. 1 hnto the whole subject , but I can't leave It alone. Those ac cursed three weeks spent under the Bnmo roof with Vnnora Ilaydoit scorn to have deprived mo of myself , unhinged mo , destroyed the balance of iriy char acter. I feel as If I might perhaps throw off this absurd spell by calmly smoothing out the rufllcd momoricsiuid studying them scientifically. Vanora's aunt , Miss Clementina Thorno , was u nice , appreciative old maiden Indy , who thought mo the most citimablo and charming of men. I had long regarded her with warm affection tempered only with a mild resentment of her perpotuahittompts to got mo mar ried. In her pressing invitation to como once more to Fall-field , wlioro the fresh air would bo so good for mo niter my dusty and dingy ofllco , I read at sight that another matrimonial schema was fermenting in trial most hymeneal brain. I know that this time she hud destined mo for ono of hur own nieces , ns she mentioned that they hud .no visitors at present , and that Vnnora would bo at homo. Though I hud hovered - ored about Claru with vague udmiru'tion for over a year , her aunt mentioned in her much underlined onistlo that her his denr wife's brothnr-in-luw , since death , had let the girls have too much of thcirown way , and Hint Vnnora ( who had received permission to decorate and furnish the drawing room at Kali-Hold exactly us she pleased ) had unworthily employed her liberty by producing a room of brilliant , yellow. I had u prejudice against Vanoraand this lust freak made inu think none the better of hor. Evidently she was rather n headstrong and probably affected young person. Kvory ono said that she lined to make herself conspicuous and that you never know what she was go ing to do next. I bate that sort of u girl. The true woman is retiring , un obtrusive , indistinguishable oven until you como to know her well , and then Bho Is very much like what every other true woman would bo under the sumo conditions. I had pronounced views in these mutters. As for ayollow drawing-room ! I felt iv sort of scornful amusement in that drawincr-rooml I was anxious to BOO just how far Vanora's mania to bo out of the com mon had carried her in this instance. Arrived at Fuirlield I was at once shown into the notorious drawing-room. It was yellow. The color had been washed out of the vury daffodils , which looked prcon with jealousy ; the bun- Bhino was confronted in a spirit of re spectful independence , brotherhood be ing acknowledged , but the principle of equality uncompromisingly assorted. Miss Theme sadly shook her head. "Wo want my brother-in-law to liuvo the room done over again , Air. St. Vin cent , but ho wont hear of it. Wo did nil wo could with Vanora wo told her that nobody used such a brilliant color , but she only said that she found no body , when you como to talk to him seriously , was a person quito open tea a reason. Dear Vanora is BO quaint. " "Hor taste seems to be rather quaint , " I said. Several visitors were passionately ad miring the prospect , the pictures , the chairs and tables , anything to protect themselves against a threatening sum mons to say something about the gen eral coloring. Miss Thorno seems to bo Tiitcously endeavoring , by her manners , her attire , her sentiments to ntono for that unpardonable drawing room. The sisters also , Wary and Clara , were doing tholr.bost in the name direction. But hopeless was their protest. The room was in a glow of golden light ; no lady like antidote , however strong , could load ono to Sgnoro it. It was radiant , bold , unapologetic , unabashed. It was not the room that any Ideal woman would have created. My ideal woman would unfailingly choose a nice tone of gray-bluo for her drawing-room. My suspicions that Clara Hayden was my ideal woman grow stronger as I watched her quiet English face bent over the tea-tray. I liked the straightforward look of the girl , her blue eyes and fair complexion. If i was to give up my liberty the reins should bo handed over to a kind. sensible young woman like Clara , who would hate to make herself remarkable. I think the hot afternoon sun and the unceasing bound of Aunt Clementina's voice must have made mo drowsv , for I was think ing mistily what a wonderfully and con spicuously clean girl Clam llaydon was , who n the door opened and I found my self llounduring ( I cannot do more than describe those dreamy impressions ) in an ocean of laughter. I my efforts to keep my head above water , I discovered rather sharply that I had unset my tea , which Clara's ex ceedingly clean fingers had just poured out for mo. This brought mo to my "I appear to bo graduating for an idiot asylum. " I exclaimed , furious at " > ny clumsiness and stupidity. Vanora laughed in a friendly manner. "Wo have all boon yearning to got rid of this cup , " she wild , "and wo really fee- grateful to you for your opportune as istance. " In the few bewildering moments of apology and assurance , I found myself presented emphatically to Vonora , and lightly by indication to a dark and lank young man who followed her into the room. Vanora herself was simply radi- nnt. She had a mass of glistening , { /olden hair , a color full , varying , emotional - tional , eyes llko the sea ( I IOKO my tem per whoa people ask mo to describe their color ) . In llguro she was robust , orcot , nliiint , firmly knit. Though her movements were so swift , there was nothing restless 'about hor. Aground tone of repose sounded up through the burfaco scintillations. She was vital , not galvanic. That was the rovoaliug word vital. In the human color-spectrum she took the place of the yellow ray. This was all out of keeping. According to my doctrines it was oven impossible. Women ought to take the place of the blue or violet rays. In my huhomu of the universe they always aid so , except in the cabo of distinctly unwomanly women. But this in splto of offend ing against every cnnoi I hud over setup up Vanora certainly was not. She supremely , ovorpoworlugly womanly. The womanhood of her sisters paled before the exuberant feminine quality which I could not but acknowledge in Vnnora. Everything was wrong and contradictory. I scorned to bo taking part in some comedy of errors , wherein Vnnora played a sort of fantastic Col- umblno , ana I the part of fool , I began grimly to suspect. For already ( I bhruggod my shoulders nt myself In contemptuous duspiUr ) I found that I hated the lunk young man who had been introduced as Mi * . George Inglis , simply and solely because I saw that ho was head over ears in love with Vnnora , mid that she treated him with n sort of Indobcribablo good fellowship , mingled with a peculiar tenderness. ( I never . EUW anything to equal Vnnora's tondor- tiofu when she was moved that way , ) " Miss " I said "thn "I hoar , Vuuora , , the credit of this room IB cntirol yours. " The lank admirer looked round. Vnnora glanced at mo alertly. "You have every reason to bo proud , " I continued , determined not to spare her ; "you must have surprised moro people than you could easily count , though I have no wish to impugn arith metic. They will all bo grateful to you for a now sensation. " "Forgive mo for disagreeing with you , " she said. "It is so cnsj to surprise - priso people ; they are all amiable ; they keep themselves always prepared for astonishment ; they are like a sensitized j.lnto which Is ready at a moment's no tice to bo surprised in a photograph. You como with your dogma or your self- evident fact , or simply with your pot of yellow paint , and , behold , forth spring the various amazements. Oh , no ! ( thanking you all the same , ) I am not proud of lm\ing startled n few people whoso mission in life is to bo startled. " "I raised my eyebrows withoringly. My ideal woman would consider it al most indelicate to play with words in this fantastic fashion. 1 glanced at my gray-blUo goddess. How comfortably certain one felt with her of enjoying conversational repose ! Dear Clara ! how admirably she carried out one's cherished ideas ; shu fitted thorn like a glove. I completely , ardently approved of Clara. To her I rather ostentatiously devoted u\vbclf for the rest of the after noon , but I was furtively watched by her sister And now I como to the disagreeable and inexplicable part of my broken and absurd episode. I know not to this day why or wherefore , but Verona began to exorcise over mo the most extraordi nary fascination. If thuro were any other word t would use it , but I cannot find ono. I fell into the strangest state of mind. Verona's personality boomed to unwrap mo as a garment ; she was like some great radiating center of light and warmth ; I was penetrated with the glowing atmosnhoro. I never approved of the girl. I don't believe that I then liked hor. I know that I often hated her , and yet I felt miserable out of her presence. She became a ne cessity to mo. A feeling of misery which I cannot describe assailed mo in her absence ; a sick fooling of senseless despair. I used to pace the terrace among the pea cocks ( the boys impertinently insisted that they wore unable on such occa sions to distinguish mo from the con ceited birds ) ; and as I thus worked off some of my restlessness , I used to try and understand what had happened to inc. Ono morning before breakfast , Vanora came out on to the terrace. Seeing me , she walked straight up tome mo and said , "Good morning , I think you want to talk to mo , don't you ? " I looked at her in despair. If she lived and improved for a thousand years she would never uo an ideal woman. "You disapprove of mo , " Verona con tinued calmly. "I wish you would tell me why. " "You really wish nip to bo frank , " I baid , stopping and facing her. "I really do. " she replied , offering crumbs of bread to a haughty peacock , who eyed them superciliously. 'Well , then , Miss Hay'dcn , your blood bo upon your own head ( beautiful was that golden head in the morning light ) . You seem to have so many qualities and ideas that are not suited to you sox. ko doubt I am old-fash ioned about those things , but I confess that I cannot rejoice when I BOO our beautiful ideal of womanhood sot scorn fully ntjinught. " "NoV" said Vanora. "Do go on. " "I scarcely know how to approach a subject of which you do not seem to un derstand the rudiments , " I said severely. "This Interests mo , " cried Vnnora. "I particularly desire to bo awakened on thin drowsy side of mo. I can't boar to be blind and stupid. I want very much to be shown at least the gates of realms that are forbidden to me. " D 'The bacred realms where woman is queen will teen be forbidden to you if you persistently continue to think and act in disharmony with the feminine nature anil genius. " , "Do you moan that I shall not marry ? " she asked. "No , I inenn that if you do marry you w'll fail to fulfill your true mission ns a wife. You may have a brilliant and remarkable career , but the moro bril liant the moro complete will bo your failure , the moro I shall mourn the loss of n real woman from the spheres where she was intended to create and to main tain those sacred ties and sentiments , without which this world would bo a howling wildornesss. " Vanora tossed another crumb to the supercilious peacock. "Do go on , " she repeated. "If women only realized where their true power lay , and how mighty was that power , they would never seek to snatch it in directions where they are inevitably weak , and if I must oay it inevitably ridiculous. " "All these true feminine proclivities scorn to have slept in mo , " said Vanora. "I was born to bo ridiculous. My father never sought to arrange a 'sphoro' for me , and in my case instinct scorns at fault. At one tune I used to make any amount of antimnccassars and sofa cushions , and to this day my sisters do all that can possibly bo required of a fajnlly as to being lady-like and having nice quiet tastes , and so on , and what IH especially satisfactory , they think a baby far moro interest ing than a grown-up creature with a soul , or oven than a child who can think and feel. They are keeping up the feminine traditions admirably. Don't you think it would bo a little mo notonous if I wore to go over exactly the samu ground ? It scums to mo that that ground is getting rather trodden in. " "i am sorry to hoar you sneer at our good and charming sisters , and at the true instincts of the sox. " Vanora burst out laughing. "Oh ! Mr. St. Vinccntyou really area llitlo stupid BOinet.imort " she said She turned , and I saw a change como into her face as George Inglis appeared from the wood at the far end of the terrace - race and walk towards us , That filled mo with unaccountable fury. My criti cal mood which I had maintained with no llttlo dllllculty fell olt mo , and Iwas , Hwaylnp as a wind-tossed rood with btrango , uncontrollable emotion. 'You don't know what it has cost mete to speak to you thus , " I baid , catching her hand , "You interest mo , you yes , I must gay it you ftibcinuto mo , and it distresses mo , maddens mo to fool myself led away by qualities which ought to repel mo the attraction is morbid and unwholesome. I am angry with myeolf for oven fooling it. Vanora , you must release mo. " "Koloiiso you , " she repeated , "what do yoft momiV" "I " I "that moan , replied cnutly , you must learn to love mo and to bo a woman in the old swcot sonao , for my sake. " "You uro very naif , " she said , smil ing ; "you seem just now to mo llko a nice , ogotibticul child. " I turned abruptly away. I know that George IngliB joined her , and that they walked down the terrace together. I suppose I must have boon in love with her , yet all the time i seemed to hate hor. I longed to make her yield to mo , to love mo with an up-looking lovo. I bad u burning desire to subdue hor. She Boomed to evade mo nnd my lioorlcsiv * If she were iv creature from nnotlior sphere. I ciinnot describe the irritation of mind which nil Uila caused mo. I sot about my wooing ns If I hnd boon going to fight n duel. To my intense - tense disgust 1 found thnlGcorgo Inglis had discovered my nccurscd secret , t chanced to overhear him saying to Miss Thorno , "Tho contest Is n typical ono ; if ono could imngino the eigh teenth century ns n lover wooing the nineteenth century , that this is the sort of nn angular labyrinth in court ship wo should l.ivvol" t wondered what the chattering fool monnt by ill "Sho shall love mo , nnd she shall learn , through love , the sweet lesson of womanly submission , " I snld to myself all the dominating Instincts of my man hood roused Into activity by this stranpo and hatotul experience. I felt that she was utterly wrong , that she hnd mistaken her own powers mid her own noblest impulses. It was for mo , through the might of an overwhelming alToction , to sot alight the true wo manly llnmo within her heart. I would make her proud of her subordination1 I would turn the splendid stream of her powers of nlTcctlon into the truolchun- nol. nol.After After n day or two of lovo-Uko devo tion , I bogau to slacken In my pursuit and to transfer my attentions to Clara. Clara cocaine u now drcnturo. Tier ex- nresslon softened , her oycs brightened , but t waa too absorbed in my own llttlo drama to consider what part Clara might bo liUoly to play In It. T watched Vanora soerntly. She seemed depressed and restless ; n. woman after the old eternal pattern 1 therefore to bo wont Dear , erratic , foolish , brilliant Vanora , you shall bo brought back safe and sound to .vour true destiny ! I followed her to the garden , whither I know she had gone to ( rather flowers. Very lovely she loolted in her white dress , with a bunck of daffodils In her bolt. I plunged headlong. "Vanora , I love you ; I want to know my fate. " "Mo , " she said , with a gasp of aston ishment , "I thought it was Clnrnl" I clasped her hands , I protested , I told her how my love for her had over whelmed and shattered mo. "And ClaraV"sho repeated in dismay. Did she not understand. Tt wasout of pique to make her jealous "When I become jealous of rny sisters - tors , " said Vauora , "you can come and preach mo your doctrines. I shall un derstand them then. " "Vanoral" "At present they seem to mo llko soapbubbles ; full of emptiness. ' ' "But vou don't understand " gJ"True , " she returned , "they have never before assailed mo in this stift- baeKcd fushio-n. I ollonded ngni nst them unconsciously. My father never constrained mo in any particular direc tion because of my sox. IIo has per haps spoiled me. I have hitherto nnd only a jovcus souse of drawing in what was outside , and radiating what was within me. When you describe vour ideas I seem to see tfio doors of a dark prison openin.fr out of the sunshine , and strange to say , I feel no divine , uner ring instinct prompting mo to walk in. "I ott'cr you onprison but n homo , " I cried excitedly. "You would Uirn'aU homes into pris ons , " she returned. "Prisons whoso bars are golden bars of love ami duty. " "Yes , you take a woman's love and duty and fashion out of them her prison bars. It is most ingenious. But I don't like even golden bars , Mr. St. Vin cent. " "You have evidently not a spark of love for mo , " I cried passionately. Her face suddenly changed. "Ah , that's the horrible absurdity of it ! " she exclaimed , coloring painfully. "You enthrall ono part of me and leave the other scornful and indifferent. Wo have not one thought in common , but I am miserable when you are absent stop , don't misunderstand mo. Your gods and godcssses are to mo creatures of no moment ; your world of belief seems to mo like a realm fashioned out of tissue paper. To live with you would bo like living in n tomb ; I lack the sense of fresh air. And there is no sunshine within miles of you. Yet when I am not with you there is a sort of ache ; your personalty seems to fas cinate mo I wish to heaven you had never conic hero. You have disturbed my happiness , destroyed my delight in lifo , loft mo miserably dependent on you ; yet to the end of time I should continue to shock and distress and Irri tate you , and you would stifle , depress and perhaps utterly unhinge mo. I wihhyou would go to-day , now.1 She looked white and distraught. I pleaded like a lunatic , argued , urged ; for ono supreme moment my arms were round her , and I thought that bho would viold. But whether or not bho would have yielded I shall never know , for suddenly wo both started witli dis may. Before us , pausing abruptly ns she came round tlio band of the laurel shrubberies , stood Olara. I shall never forgot the look on her face at that mo ment. It was like that of seine gentle animal mortally and wantonly wounded. Without a word Clara turned awayand Vanora , and I stood in dismayed and miserable silence. At last , slowly moving away , Vanora spoke. "I can forgive you the Injury you have done to mo , but I can never ' 'forglvo what you have done to Clara. " Slio passed out of sight. I loft Fairflold immediately , nnd I hoard that Vnnora and her sister hail gene abroad. I could not lind out where they were , nor hud I the temerity to think of following them. I know that Fate had no reprieve for mo. The episode remains in my mind as a haunting , incomprehensible dream. Ponder as I may , I cannot understand what impulses of our nut uro Vnnora and I had power mutually to sot at vari ance ; what irresistible attraction wo had for ono another , combined with what inevitable antipathy. Wo could never have lived together ; I see that now. Vet I think sometimes , when the memory of those ton days returns to torment mo , that neither can wo live apart. 1 have never boon the same man slnco I mot Vanora. I am neither my former self , complete and comfort able , nor am I thoroughly n now being , I am a sort of abortive creature , strid ing between two centuries. The spirit of a coining ago has brushed mo with its wing , but I resent and resist the spirit , anil I pluck on" the tiny feather which ho dropped from those great plowing pinions of his that shadow the firmament of the future. ROMANCE OP A SAILOR. Chicago Times : Whetoor afloat or nshoro , drunk or sober , the sailor man can always bo depended on to distin guish hinibolf In a mutter which , for pure and unadulterated idiooyor wildly hilarious deviltry , can not bo equaled outside the violent ward of a detention hospital , This is hard on the mnrinor , in whoso life joy and borrow have much the biuno effect. It mutters not if ho had the rnnldng of an nngol In him be- ore taking to the sen , or whether ho follows Balling ono year or thirty , some mysterious und demoralizing influence gets in its work , und the ubovo char acteristic nt all times iiolus good , It is with n cuuious commingling of pleasure and pain that I recall an inci- dent in the cnrcorpf"\iiy \ boyhood chum and shipmate , Bob Shivers. Wo were boysin the same totyiiMonmouth , III. where wo early acquired a reputation which would have'landed ' us in the pen itentiary had not \yo not loft town when wo did. Bob- was ono of the roughest and toughbfit , but nt the same time best-hearted follows that over trod the deck of a manjqf-wnr till the ono great sorrow of his llfp forged across his bow and hovohlm tu.i Wo lived in ihommo block , tortured the same school-marni , hunted , fished and fought logothor.stolo chickens and fruit from the same farmers , attended the same Sunday-school , harrassed the same cats and dogs , read the snmo books , and when the proper time cnmo wo setout out together to circumnavigate the glebe in quest of pirates 'without the knowledge or consent of our parents or guardians. Wo didn't got any pir ates worth mentioning , but wo got lots of other things oqurlly useful. Among my private collection of cur ios io ono from which noonrthly induce ment could tempt mo to part , and which I will hold and cherish while life lasts. It IB a ixmutiful , hand-painted India-ink portrait of a light-red Wallet girl , with imvy-bluo logs , standing on ouo foot while engaged in a prolonged endeavor to kick a hole in othoral space with the other. This picture was committed on my person by a man whom 1 hired for that purpose , and was the cause of some premeditated agony and bloodshed on my part , followed by robust installments of intermittent remorse. Bui this feel ing faded away In time , and my reward came when l" returned and mingled ag.iln with my former associates , who followed mo around town and got oil' the sidewalk to let mo pass. When wo went to sea Bob loft a sweet heart behind Lulu Idoll McUasto a tiny , delicate little maid , with a great wealth of wavy brown hair , largo , moist eyes , and a plaintive , piping little voice , which , when it Haul , "Oh , Bob , now please don't , " metaphorically lnl.1 that exceedingly tough and tormenting individual prostrate at her feet. Lulu loved Bob , doubtless , for the undevel oped good that was in him , but he wouldn't admit it. Ho said girls were no good , anyhow , and the night wo made our exodus ho sneaked away with out bidding her good-by ; for Bob was a long-headed youth and feared , so he said , that Lulu's confidence would bo disastrous to our plans. But wo getaway away all right , to our subsequent sorrow and in strict accordance with the rules laid down for our guidance in the last book wo reada , haudbomoly bound and il lustrated work entitled "Tho Mariner. " And in duo time wo became a couple of handsomely bound and illus trated mariners ourselves bound by the oath of allegiance for three years on board a United States fight-ship and illustrated witlijfndia ink pictures of mermaids , anchors and other works of the same school-wliifh captivate the artistic eye of the sailor. At the beginning ) ! the cruise wo oc casionally heard from homo , but after a while our ship was ordered to the far- otT South Pacific , where for eighteen months wo cruised among the islands , entirely cut off from nil communica tions with the rest of'tbo ' world. For at that time there was several bad wash outs in the regular mail routes to and from that region. Bob and I were in tnc same watch , and often when stand ing on pur lonely trick deck , with the ship sailing along under easy canvas in the effulgent love-inspiring" of a tropical moon. Bob Would slop over and toll me how much he' loved Lulu Idoll , and that when his.cruiso was ended ho intended to settle down and marry hor. Ho meant it , too. When wo finally struck the coast of South America , at Callao , Peru , the mail bag was sent aboard , und in it was a letter for Bob , which nearly broke his heart. I have forgotten the exact words of the letter , but its substance is still fresh In mem ory. ory.It appeared that over a year previous to the unto of ho letter Lulu's father , who was a widower , had eloped with the wife of our resident horse doctor. The poor woman , it seems , had boon driven to desperation ; for , in addition to having enjoyed very poor health for some time back , her husband , who was on the road to wealth , insisted on treat ing her himself. By his philanthropic net the great hearted Mr. McUasto loft his daughter Lulu , his only child , without homo or protection , anil though numerous kind friends und neighbors offered her a homo she gently refused all assistance , and , liito the high spirited girl she was , determined to shift for herself. She wont away to a largo city , and after many trials and tribulations obtained a position as cashier in a moat shop. But ono day , and before sno had drawn her first week's pay , the butcher got into a dis pute with an ice man who was full of words. The debate grow somewhat heated and was running along with no apparent advantage gained on either side when the butcher sought to lend emphasis to his remarks by enlisting the services of a largo 15 cent soup bono , with an osseous lung on the end of it. The butcher's delivery was powerful but faulty , and the unhappy result of it was that Lulu Idell caught the cold and clammy butt end of the argument on her nock. Her deam of lifo was o'er. Poor Lulu Idoll McIIasto. She had gouo out into the wide , wide world In all the glad , winsome beauty of her young womanhood to make or lose a reputation for herself ; but alas ! Cruel fate and the uncertainties of metropoli tan lifo had decreed otherwise , and she returned to the scones of her childhood as perishable goods on the front , plat form of a baggage car. The letter closed with thobomowhatdishuartoiiing statement that Lulu's remains were lying in a lonely , unmarked grave in an obscure corner of the village burial plot , forgotten alike by friend and foe , and that the butcher was still at large. The receipt of'this , doleful onistlo dated a remarkable change in Bob's usual happy-go-lueky disposition. IIo allowed his oath Vbdabulary to fall Into a state of innocuous desuetude a euro indication that the sailor is affected in wardly Fomowhore ; s.woro off on poker , paid some of his' debts , held himself aloof from our llttlo1 social gatherings in the forecastle , and lost his appetite , which , when staked against govern ment food , uas an i/nconsluorcd / trifle. IIo was frequently seen in tears , or , as a grizzled old maliltopmnn fooHngly expressed it , "ho itu-iied ) to on his for- nrd pumps an1 flooded his llggor head. " But wo respected'his ' grief. When ho wont ashore , instead of carousing with the boys as had boon his wont , ho haunted gravo-yards wherever ho could find ono und studied the designs on tombstones. In time , however , ho re covered his spirits in a measure , and , though ho made a confident of no ono , the light of a noble resolve shining in his oycs was apparent to all. For sev eral hours a day for a week or two Bob was closeted in the hold with a sailor who was nn adopt with India ink and needles. But whatever was being done was kept to thonisolveH , Well , the three years' cruiEO came to nn end at last. Wo were pu'.d off , and turning our prows homeward wo sot sail for Monmouth. On the way Bob was fidgety and absent-minded by turns ; evidently had something on his mind wli'ch ' I thought ho was several times on the point of unloading , but ho hold in and reached homo with his secret in tact. During the ovation which waa tendered us by the boys Bob brlglitoneil un wonderfully and was apparently his old self ngaln ; butono morning ho waa missing , and my mind was filled with Btrango forebodings of something , I know not what. Along in the afternoon I noticed a steady stream of pnoplo straggling off in the direction of the grave-yard , and ns they ecomod in no hurry to comeback back 1 took a trip out that way myself. As I suspected , Bob Shivers was the attraction , and there ho was , the center of an amused but orderly crowd , standing placidly drunk at the head of Lulu's grave , wearing on his face a pathetically blended expression , in which love , devotion , determination and defiance struggle for first place , but the contest ended in a draw. IIo was stripped to the waist , exposing a monument ment of the broken-shaft style of archi tecture tntoocd on his breast and stomach , and extending from the gunwale - wale of his trousers to his chin. The monument bore this pathetic in scription in largo red and blue letters : Sncrod to the Memrvof Lui.u Inni.i , M'HcusTB ' , Whom Fnto Overhauled on or About October 4 , 1SS3 , In the 17th Ycnr of Her Ace. This Simple Shaft Was Erected By Her Faithful 1 over and 1'romlscd Husband , H. SII1VU1I9 , BINPBBOBDNTED ATTRACTION W OVE3 A 1IILLION DISTRIBUTED. Louisiana State Lotter/ / Gorman ? . Incorpciateil by the r.oKUlixture , for llducn- tloiuil mid Clmrltiiblu purposes , unit Its friu- clilso miulo u part of thu present Htntn Const- ! tut'oii , lu 187'J ' , by tm ovirwholmlng popular vole. Its MAMMOTH DUA\VINC39 1nko plnco ppml-niuiuiilly ( Juno and Iicscmberl , and Its GRAND SINUIiB NUMIiliU DRAW INGS tnku place In cncli of tlio other ton months of the yenr , und nro nil drawn in public , nt the Academy of Music , NewOrlonns I.a. FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS For Integrity of its Drawings , an'J Prompt Payment of Prizes , Attested ns follows : " \Vo do hereby certify that wo supervise the nrrnngementB for nil the Monthly aim Seml-An- nual ltft\\lnKBof the Louisiana Utato IjOttvry Company , and lu person miinagn and control tne Drawings Ihemselves , nnd that the same are conducted with houoaty , falrno'ji , nnd in coed faith toward all parties , and wo authorize the company to ute this certlllcate , with fac similes of our signatures attached , in its adver tisements " COMMIRPIONIJHS \\'e. the undersigned Hanks nnd Hankers will paynlll'rlzes drawn in the Louisiana State Lotteries which may bo presented nt our coun ters : U. M. W-AfiMSLRV , Pros. Louisiana Nnt.nante PIKUKCLANAPX , 1'res. State Nat. Hank. A. 11ALDW1N , I'rvs New Orleans Nnt. Hank CA11I , ICOHN , I'res Union National Hank. GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING , At the Academy of Music , Now Or leans , Tuesday , July 16,1889. CAPITAL PRIZE , $300,000 100,000 Tickets at $20 ; Halves $10 : Quar ters $5 ; Tenths 25 ; Twentieths $1. LIST OP I'ltl/.KS ] PIUZE OP JMXUWJ Is PW0001 I I'lll/.K OK 110,00313 ICHHKX ) 1 PltlZK OF MJ.OOO is UW ] I'UIKi : OF 2.VKKMS iiVOOa S I'Kl/.KS OF lO.nciOaro. . SiO.lKX ) I. I'RIXKS OP fi.OOOnre * 2.VOOJ ! ! Ti I'ltlZES OP ] ,0o0nro JWOOO 1IK1 PltlZKS OP MKInro nOX ( SMI PUIZK8 OF IlOOnro fiO.flO ) 600 1'ltlZES OP i-TOnre 100,003 AI'PIIOXIMATIOX 1'ltlZKS. IfiOPrlzcuor JoUOaro 850,000 100 Prizes of liOOare : W,003 ICOPrizeaot ' . ' ( Karo ) 20,000 TCUMIN.U , i'iims. : OK ) Prizes of lOflnro f.lUKTO . IKK ) Prizes of ICOare lia.ooo 3,131 Prizes , amounting to tl.K4.fO ) NOTK Tickets drawing Capital Prizes are not entitled to Terminal 1'rlzea. AGEXTS WAMTED. t2T"Fou Ci.un HATK-or nny further luformn- ion desired , write leclbly to the undersigned clenrly stating your residence , \vltli StateCouii ty. Street nnd Nutuoer. Moro rapid rettnn mall delivery will bo assured by your enclosing an envelope boarlnir vour full adurosi. IMPORTANT. Address M. A. DAUPHIN , Now Oilcans , La. HyorrthiarvleitercontalnlnK Nlonny Orrlor Issued by nil Kxpress Companies , New Yort Exchange , Draft or Postal Note. Address Regis crod Lotion Containing Cur rency to THE NEW OHLEANS NATIONAL IJANIC , New Orleans , La , REMEMBERTIof \ < $ ' , OlJAHANTKKI ) 11V KotW NATIONAL IU.NKS of New Orleans and the tickets uro signed by the President of nn institution whoso chartered rights uro recognized in highest couits ; there fore , beware of all imitations or anonymous schemes. " ONE DOLLAR Is the price of the smallest part or fraction of a ticket ISSUED IIY US in any drawing. Anything In our name offered for loss loan a dollar is u HWlndio. JUchisQnJopeka& Santa Fee O The Popular Itoiito to the Pad lie Const. THROUGH PULLMAN And TOURIST SLEEPERS Itehvfon Kniipa * Clly ami SAN DIKti ! ) , LOS ANGELES anil KAN FIl.VMUISCO. Short Line Houtc lo I'OHTIiAND , Ore- gon. Double Dally Train Scnlco. Btttwron Kaunas CUy mill I'UIOBIjO COLORADO SI'UINOS null Dl'JN- ' VI3K. Short Mno lo HALT IjAlCIJ err v. The Direct Texas Route Hnllcl Trains ISotwiion JCniikiiH City and GAIWKSTON. Tim Hliort ; Irno Itntwcnu K'ltiFma City nnd OA1NICH- VlIjIjR , FT.VUIITII , JAMj < VS , AUSTIN , TKSIPI.ii : , SAN A.NTONIA , HOUSTON and till points In Texas. Ttio only Mno Ilunntna Throned the OKI < AHOMA COU.NTIIV. The Only Direct Iilno 10 ihn Texas 1'aii-H in tile. ForMiipuml Ttmu Tablet ; ami and Information Itouitrdlui : Jtntoa end HoutcH , Call oil or AililrnsH , c. L. I AIMIK ; , Frrlulit imtl I'IIOM. Auont. 8 , M , OSGOOI ) , Gonnrnl Aumit. litOH Farnnm Hcrnct. Oiunhu. Nebraska. . Arrests discharges j r0m llio urinary or- 5 cans in elthf r BCX in'18 lionet lit 13 superior to Copaiba , cubelw , or llniectloni and free from all bad smell | or oilier inwmvenlencea SANTAL-MIDY S,1,1 ! i Oftptfulcfl * vrlilch bc&r llio iituo I black letters.without MlilcU uono en. ' | genuine. OMAHA N. W. Cor. 13th and Dodge Sts. , Omaha , Neb. THE LARGEST MEDICAL INSTITUTE IN THE WEST JTOU THE TUKA.TMRNT OF. . Chronic and Surgical Diseases and Disaasos of the Eya and Ear. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO DEFORMITIES , DISEASES OF WOMEN , DISEASES OF THE URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS , PRIVATE DISEASES , DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. LUNG AND THROAT DISEASES , SURGICAL OPERATIONS , EPILEPoY OR FITS , PILES , CANCERS , TUMORS , Etc. J.W. MoMENAMY M. 15. President . . , . . , , And Consulting Physicluu and Surgeon. tti Organized with a full staff of Skilled Physicians , Simeons and Trained Nurses , I i , This establishment isv : permanent medical institution , conducted by thoroughly educated physicians and surgeons of acknowledged Bkill and cxporfenco. The Institute bindings , situated on the northwest corner of Thirteenth and Dodge streets , Is composed of two larpe three-story brick buidlnps of over ninety rooms , containing ourHedical , Surgical and Consultation Rooms , Drug Store , Laboratory , Offices. Manufactory of Surgical Appliances and braces , and the Boarding Depart ment for Patients , in charge of competent persons , constituting the largest and the most thoroughly equipped Medical and Surgical Establishment in the West , ono of the three largest in the United States , and second to none. Wo have superior advantages and facilities for treating diseases , performing surgical operations , bom cling and nursing patients , which , combined with our acknowledged ability , experience , responsibility and reputation , should make the Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute the first choice. You can come direct to the Institute , day or night , as we have hotel accommo dations as good and as cheap as any in , the city. . We make this explanation for the benefit of persons who may feel inclined to go further cast for medical or surgical treatment and do not appreciate ) the fact that Omaha possesses the largest and most complete Medical and Surgical Insti tute west of Now York , with a capital of over $100,000. DEFORMITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY. M I APPLIANCES POll DEFORMI Q TIES AND TRUSSES. [ Q Best Facilities , Apparatus and Remedies for Success-fill Treatment ol every form of Disease rcciutrintf MKDICAL or SURGICAL T1U3A.TMENT. in tins department wo are especially Buccussrui. Our claims or superiority over all others are based upon the fact that this is the only medical establishment man ufacturing surgical braces and appliances for each Individual case. We have throe skilled instrument makers in our employ , with improved machinery , and have all the latest inventions , as well as our own patents and improvements , the result of twenty years' experience. The treatment of disoa.sos by electricity has undergone great changes within the past few years , and electricity in now acknowledged by all schools of medicine as the great remedy in all chronic , special and nerve diseases , for nervous debility , par alysis , rheumatism , diseases of women , etc. , and in many eye and ear diseafacs it is the most valuable of all remedies. In order to obtain its full virtues , It is absolutely necessary to have the piopcr apparatus. Wo have lately purchased three of the largest and most complete batteries manufactured , so constructed as to give the most gentlo.as well as the most powerful current. Person's treated at this Institute by elcclA'icity reeogni/.o lit once the difference between our expensive ) and complete electrical apparatus nnd the common , cheap batteries , in use by many physicians. Over 15,000 dollars invested in electrical apparatus. PRBVATE , SPECIAL , ERVOOS AND BLOOD OSSEASES. Wo claim to bp the only reliable , responsible establishment in the west making a specialty of this class of diseases. Dr. MeMenamy was ono jf the first thorough ly educated physicians to make a special study of this class of diseases , and his methods and inventions have been adopted by specialists in Europe and Amuiiea. IIo Is the inventor of the Clamp Compiess Suspensory , acknowledged the best in use. All others are copied after his invention. By moans of a simple operation , ' painless and safe , recently brought into use , wo euro many cases that have been fjivon up as incurable by medical treatment. ( Itcud our book to men , sent free to awj address. ) DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR. Wo have had wonderful success in this department in the js , " past year , and have made many improvements in our faclli- ' ties for treatment , operations , artificial eyes , etc. Wo have greatly improved our facilities and methods of V * ' 83S2 < 25 ! ' ' treating cases by conospomlonco , and are having bettor success In this department llian over before. < ll AVe are fully up to the times in all the latest Inventions In medical and snrgjcal 4 operations , appliances and instruments. Our iiihtituUon is open for investiga tion to any persons , patients or physicians. Wo invlto all to correspond with or visit us before taking treatment olsowlicio. believing Unit a visit or consultation will convince- any intelligent person that it ia to their advantage to place them selves under our caro. . Hlnce Hits adrertiMmfnt first appeared , many lioastiny pretenders and frauds nave come and ' /one / and mun'j ' more will corns and yet remembered only lnj their U\fortunat ) \ andfooliuli victims. "A wise man'im'estiijutea first and decides afterwards , A fool dtcldtHjlrst , then investigates. " H The Omaha Medical and fiunilcul Institute in indorsed by the people and the press. More canilal invented , more skilled physician emplaned , more nndcrn appliances , instrii- mcntt and apparatus in use , more casts treated and cured , wore mtcccssfttl surgical operations performed , than in all other medical establishments in the West combined. 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Cull nnd commit us orBuiul history of rouraiM ) , ami wii will ciid In- pluln wrfipj.Vr , our HOOK TCI BIISN , KltKHs UiKml'ilvalo.Speeral or Nervous Ulscasea , I'npo U'ucy , BypliUli , Gleet uud Vmloocolo , wllu question list. Ad'Iross. ' OMAHA MEDICAL & SURGICAL INSTITUTE , 1VIU und Voile * i Ouiulin , 1\ I > i _ Jf. . . " _ . I-1