THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , MARCH 24 , 1890.
THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER
Items Partlculnrly Intoroatlug
Uardlng the Road ,
A LIVELY COMMUNICATION.
Mynterioiis Illsnppcaranco of a Well
Known Traveling Man Siuoltlo
Accident Terse nml
Jcsty I'crsonnl.
The Drummer nml III * Grip.
jtaniiiii'i'i Xetei.
tlia ram and Alcoturo falllnp ,
And the rends nro "awful muddy , "
Though nil men "hnrd ttmcV nro bawling ,
Though n fellow's ' yoso not * ruddy ,
Though the rivers may bo frozen ,
And the frost may bllo and nip ,
They can never stop the ndvont
Of the drummer and his qrlp.
Though the trains may nil bo srrmliinfr ,
Though the hones all go- lame ,
The Ururnmcr , Ilko the bodbuir ,
Will ; ot thcro Just the imtno.
And when Ins time Is over.
Will come smiling from his trip ,
For ho always tnnkns"connfetlon. "
Does the drummer with his
Ah , lin tnachcs us a lesson ,
\Vltli his energy and grit ,
Thing * that "paralyze" most people
Don't nstomsh him a bit.
And hu'n over aright and cheerful ,
And n smlln Is on his lip.
IIo's u tluisy from awuy back ,
la the drutnuior with lua grip.
Oivo him a kind word always ,
He'll give you back the same :
For the doings of seine ' 'black sheep"
Don't give the wliolo tribe blamo.
For down , clear down to bndcs ,
Some so-called "good men" slip ,
Whllu alonp the road to licavon
Uoos the drummer with his grip.
Ho Kadclnntiiit ; .
She lias Bomr > loco about her throat ,
About her wrists some lacu I sea ;
Upon her pretty hat I note
A bit , of lace and now I soo.
For when fllic slightly lifts her skirt
In crossing nome too sloppy street ,
Thuro is a Hash , an Instant's tlirt ,
Of loco that's Bomowhcrcnoar bur feet.
It soraobow fits her , nil this lace ,
It's ilolicato ani | nlcturcnquo ;
It fits her softness nnd-tier grace
Here I sit mooning at my deslc
About-hor and the lace ; ! Egad I
Some other train of thought I'll try ;
Too real n dream of lace 1'vo had ,
She's my wlfo- and lace comes high I
JOB 1SUSII AGAIN.
* * * * _ _ _ _ .
A I'rominmit Trnvollnt : 31nn Goes nt
Him in Grunt Hhnpe.
BLACK Hir.T.S , S. U. , March Hi ] . To
the Editor of TJIB BKK : "Is there any
danger of our being robbed by hlgh-
wayiuon on this romlV" "No , sir ; the
whilom road agent and hia various pals
have gone into the hotel , livery , barber
shop and telephone business , and the
roads arc quite safe. " Thcao remarks
I overheard live or six years
uco while ridincr from "Scoon" to
Uaudwood in one of old man
Smith's hacks. The question was
propound by a cronuino Bpcclrncn of the
genus londorfoot ( tlio down cast brand )
evidently on his llrst trip to the hills ,
and tlio Pickwickian reply had como
promptly from the lips of a grizzled ,
grit IT Omaha grocery drummer , having
the iiiunistakablo appearance of the old
timer. And of this short conversation
1 was most vividly reminded while
perusing the commercial travelers' col
umns of your last two Monday editions.
Tlio communication of the furniture
drummer and the reply thereto by Joe
LJush of KulYalo Grip , ancnt the 50 cents
charge for telephoning the enormous
distance of an entire blonk , succeeded
in jogging my recollection thereof.
Now , Mr. Editor , both parties are
strangers to mo and the furniture man ,
belonging to the drummer brigade , is
jier so expected to hold his own , while
.loo Hush's letter shows him to bo fullv
able to take care of himself. But
oven the worm will turn when
trodden on , and since I have
myself time and again been mulcted
CO cents for n short distance telephone
message , the spirit moves mo to do a
little kicking about this and several
other nuisances and schemes of potty
robbery practiced systematically on us
poor drummers. I know only too well
that my kicking will do no good what
soever for we arc and always will bo
singled out as the legal , lawful prey of
the hotelmen , ( friends , ! . II. U. and'j.G.
1C. , th's ' is not meant for you ) livory-
iieu ) and other benevolent institutions
too numerous to mention. But an in
dulgence once in a while in Round
vigorous "beefing" Uoos the heart good
nd relieves pen tup nature. It soonis
.loo Uiiah goes rather too far in his re
marks. Could ho not have shown sufll-
ciont courtesy to u gentleman * who had
called upon him on business to have
made the telephone communication a
matter of his own and save the CO cents
charges ? Most certainly the drummer's
lirm would do t > o were Joe Dush to visit
them , and so would any wholesale house
in Omaha or elsewhere. But perhaps
Joe Hush thinks with a great many
others that it is the proper caper to
"work a sucker for all you can while
you have him. " Often and often have
[ hoard thitt phrase , often and often has
its practical illustration boon attempted
upon me. Those of our fraternity who
Use the telephone line frequently no
doubt doom it an outrage to pay COcents
for each message , often sent only a dis
tance of throe or four blocks , and in
fact there nro no tenable grounds on
which the telephone company can base
'
such an outrageous charge. 'However ,
this telephone company is not the only
institution Hooping up totally unwar
ranted ante-bellum charges while
prices of nearly all of lifo's commodi
ties have fallen to a normal and hard
times basis in the "hills. " What justi
fication is there in charging $0 for a
team and buggy to go a distance of
thirteen miles , starting after breakfast
and returning boioro simper ? Or
whereby is a combination of liverymen
justified in uniformly demanding & .v >
besides feed and stabling for the team ,
for : v II Hy milo trip , occupying two
days , from three of us ? ( One of my
experience last summer. ) Are hay ,
corn and oats still hauled three or four
hundred miles by wagon , at enormous
oxpoiibcs. or do not the "hills" produce
them ? What right , and reason is there
in the bnrbtva holding us up to the tune
of CO cents for a hair out and 12-5 cents
for each shave in a country which sells
beer for fi cents a'glass ? Is the freight
on thuBonp used by them so enormously
high that su"ch charges are-warranted ?
1 know they will say : , , Kverybody is
charged those figures. " Hut to a great
extent this Is.not so , for the native gets
a reduction in almost every case and
can and docs buy commutation tickets
from the barbers at muchly reduced
nxtcs. Besides , wo drummers pay spot
cash , no collectors are required to run
after us on the 1st of each month , and
that fact alone should procure us re
duced rates instead of advanced rates ,
Far from getting any bonollts
for paying cash , wo got * H
in the neck wherever there is half a
chuuce , Kvorybody boerns U > 'ay ' for us ,
to try for a whack at the dollars In our
pockets. Lot us outer u small country
town , carry our grip * from and to the
depot and bo the only stranger in a
dining room full of farmcra , stockmen
and town folks , lot the grub bo no matter -
tor how ordinary and scant of choice ,
the drummer mil to pay a half dollar
invariably , whllo the old hayseed who
sat in the very chair adjoining him and
ate llvo times the quantity consumed by
the drummer complacently hands a
quarter to mlno host and as often act not
is treated with a cigar by the landlord
Into the bargain. It is less than a week
ago that a traveling man under pre
cisely the above circumstances was
compelled to pay CO cents for a so-called
dinner , said dinner consisting of n
quarter section of dried apple pie ac
companied by a. glass of water. Shades
of Sbylock.I How often have I paid 10
cents for a cigar and within five min
utes observed the genial landlord
openly hand two out of the identical
same box to a "native" in return for a
dime ! But a comparatively few years
ago the puanuto on several trains used
to demand and obtain from us 10 cents
for H daily paper , until the newspapers
put a stoD to this species of robbery. If
today wo attempt to buy any fruit or a
book on n train , the original selling
price has been soruped oil tlio front
pngo and the price raised to double the
original llguro , where as the "poanut"
will in most cases soil us his
apples and oranges , etc. , by the quar
ter's worth onlv. Lot us stop into a saloon
"
loon to refresh" the inner man in com
pany with a friand or- two , and three
chances out of llvo an uninvited
stranger of the genus bum stops up to
take a drink with the drummer. I am
not exaggerating , I have experienced
all these things time and again.
But enough of the kicking for today ,
I will reserve the rest for some other
occasion , and indeed I hnvo plenty
"stulT" loft. But I fear , Mr. Editor ,
this letter of mlno has already out
grown the limit of space you liavo set
apart for communications from the
boys. If so , you may publish my screed
in quarter sections or in any manner
you see lit to.
With my best wishes to the fraternity
of which 1 have the honor to bo one of
the oldest members , I remain ,
It. lliiino IJutclior.
No sadder message was over tele
phoned from Fremont than the one re
ceived Tuesday morning by the Consol
idated Coffee company announcing the
death of their salesman. Mr. It. Ilumo
Butcher. Mr. Butcher arrived in Fre
mont Saturday and stopped at the Now
York- hotel , complaining that ho was
not feeling well. When called upon
Monday by some of the traveling men
ho complained of pain in the region of
his heart and by their advice sent for a
physician , who said that ho was suffcr-
ing Irom neuralgia ; of the heart , but did
not think at first that ho was in a dan
gerous condition. Everything possible
was done , but instead of rallying under
treatment , as was cxuceted , ho grad
ually grow worse , becoming unconscious
about midnight and remained so until
1:30 : o'clock u. m. , when ho died.
Mr. Butcher hud been in the employ
of the Consolidated coffee company for
a number of years , and was highly re
spected ind regarded by them as not
only n flrstulnss salesman , but having a
higher quality , in that ho was
the .soul of honor in all his dealings
with his follow men. No man over had
the entire confidence of his employers
to any greater extent than Mr. Butcher ,
and none over deserved more. On re
ceipt of the message Mr. Gates , treas
urer of the Consolidated coffee company ,
telegraphed his friends and relatives
and wont immediately to Fremont and
took charge ; of the remains , bringing
them to Omaha. On the next duy his
brother -arrived and the body , after
having boon embalmed , was taken to
Fort Uoyal , Vn. , for burial.
There is a sad home in old Virginia
over the loss of the most loyal son it has
over been the writer's pleasure to know.
The Etkhorn road has lost one of its
pioneers and the traveling fraternity ti
companion who was bravo asalion , tender -
dor hearted as a child and one of the
noblest works of God an honest man.
" F. P. . .
The W. O. I'utrlck runci.
The following named traveling men
have contributed , through W. L. East
man , to the support of the widow and
two children of their late brother , W.
C. Patrick , who died on January 10 ,
1800 , from mountain fever , contracted
on his December trip to the Bluck
Hills.
F. U. Daniels , $2 ; M. Doe , $2 ; M. D.
Hnrvoy , iKt ; W. B. DingniKn , $ U ; E. .1.
Cullonil ; W. I. Sholos.Sl ; S. B. llol-
loway , $2 ; Baird F. Hill , 81 ;
U. S. .Martin , Si ; K. 11. .Mos-
grove , Si ! ; Mllnor fc Marnoll , 82 ;
S. H. White , 82 ; George N. Hall ,
liftv cor.ts ; W. A. Sherman , * 2 ; Bob
Branch , 81 ; Star Play Whiting , $1 ; W.
A. Gould , $1 ; E. D. Lord , 82 ; C. A.
Diamond , $2 ; E. Mclntire , $2 : J. V.
West , 81 ; Charles A. Coo , 82 ; E. J.
Roe , $2 ; W. H. Harrison , $2 ; W. E.
Place , 82 ; J. F. Wort-/ , $1 ; J. W. Rich
ards , $1 ; W. U. Chapman , 81 ; E. A.
Walter. $1 : J. C ) . Kohl , 82 ; William
Murr , 81 ; S. II. Hart , 81 : W. .T. Dun-
kin , SI ; E. S.Strutor , $1 ; Kent Cunning
ham , 81 ; John N. linrphaml ; .lames T.
Thompson , 81 ; .Tamos Hamilton , $1 ; J.
L. Houston , jr. , 81 ; John Cintollo , $2 ;
O. L. Livingston. 81 ; W. II. Brown , $1 ;
W. L. Eastman , 82 ; making a total of
iOU.oO. This amount Mr. Eastman lias
forwarded to the treasurer of the N.
W. T. M. A. to bo added to that pre
viously collected.
The appeal sent out by the board of
directors contains borne terse and prac
tical words , in speaking of the de
ceased :
"Big hearted , large nouled , in-lus-
trioos ; always going to save money next
year ; and to this kind of man 'next
year' never conies. Ho had a good in
come , and each year spent , it all and
some more. Ho was always 'hard up. '
Ho is deadl Ho had good points ; lot us
remember them. Ho was a kind hus
band and an indulgent father. His
faults are in the grave with him. His
widow and his two little children sur
vive him , and nothing but our contri
butions will keep thorn out of tlio poor
house. "
Nntiou. *
Will the traveling man who wrote
the llrst communication that appeared
in TUB BKI : regarding Joe Bush's telephone -
phone charge of CO cunts please send his
name to this ollleo again. It will occa
sion him no trouble whatever , und may
rojult in good to him and many other
traveling men.
Driimmot and latitude.
Mr. E. C. vnnsu Dos Moines travel
ing man , had an experience about ton
days ago that he will long remember ,
and one whloti ho does not care to re
peat. Ho was working towns on the
north end of Rock Island , just south of
Ruthvcu. Ho boarded a train about S
o'clock in the evening for Uuthvon.
Ho had just comfortably located him-
in the car when an insane man rushed
in und uuulu himself lord of all ho sur
veyed. He was wild with rage. The
conductor was not long in giving way
and imulo his way to the head end and
rode the rest of the distance to Ruthvon
on the engine. The brukomnn and
other traveling man mounted the eun-
ola goats and considered themselves
well out of danger. Mr. Evans ride
with his unwelcome companion was not
nil sunshine , but ho states no conductor
over appeared on the scone for railroad
faro.
< Snort Hid Firm.
J. E. Atwood has brought an action
against the firm of John Anisfiold fc
Co.Topoka , Kan. , for $1,000. Atwood
declares that during the year 1839 ho
had a contract to travel for Anlsflold ft
Co. , in the states of Iowa , Nebraska ,
Kansas and Missouri ; withaguarantecd
salary of 81,000 ho was to have a com
mission of C per cent on all sales over
820,000 , but the firm paid him only the
81,000 and refused to pay him his ad
ditional commission which amounted to
8100 , and instead of leaving him to
work the territory alone according to
contract tliov put on another man for
part o ! the time and refused to accept
Atwood's sales , keeping him idle ; ho
says ho is 1111 experienced salesman and
could have sold 830,000 worth of goods
if the firm hud kept its contract. Ho
has also como Into possession of the
claim for $100 by E. P. Atwood , formerly
salesman for Anisfiold < fc Co.
A Trnvnllnir Mnn's Sulcltlo.
John Pike , aged thirty-nine , a. com
mercial traveler for Collin & Co. , har
nesses , Boston , committed suicide last
week at Reading. The suicide was a
very deliberate one. Mr. Pike loft his
homo about 5:30 : in the morning , taking
with him a double-barrelled shotgun.
Ho wont to the orchard on the Putnam
farm , some distance from his house , und
removing ono shoo and stocking , evi
dently placed the muzzle of the gun
against his stomach and pulled the trig
ger with his toes. The deceased had
suffered for two weeks past with la
grippe , and it is supposed his mind be
came alTocted , Ho leaves u widow.
Strinco : Disappearance.
John M. Bulkloy , a , traveling man in
the employ of N. C. Fairbanks of Chicago
cage , on a visit in Minneapolis , is miss
ing , and his family in Chicago and his
friends fear that ho has been foully dealt
with. lie was last seen at the company's
ofilco in St. Paul Monday morning , lie
arrived in Minneapolis Monday night ,
intending to remain over visiting
friends till the next night. Leaving his
satchel in Minneapolis he went over to
St. Paul the next morning , left his card
at the company's office and has not been
seen since.
Snmplefl.
W. B. Lanius , formerly of Paxton &
Gallagher , but now traveling for a Chicago
cage house , was in Nebraska City
Thursday. Will Is one of the most pop
ular men on the road , and his old
friends will all bo glad to see him back
in Nebraska.
J. R. Brinkor , with Reid , Murdock &
Fischer , Chicago , made his regular
thirty day trip through eastern Ne
braska last week. He snys ho is going
to slaughter the ducks on the Loup this
weou.in company with a few Lincolnitos.
Frank Martin , of C. Willman &Sons ,
St. Joseph , was in Nebraska Citv the
first of last week. Frank is partial to
school inarms.
L. P. Utterback , the Chicago dry
goods man , spent a few days with his
family at Nebraska City last week.
A. S. Wilier , the popular young drug
salesman from Omalia , registered at the
Grand Pacific , Nobraslta City , Wednes
day.
Clarence Eagle of the Consolidated
ColToo company , went south on the
Missouri Pacitio the lirst of the week.
J. II. Mehl , who has boon on the road
for Klopp , Dreibus < fc Co. for the last
four years , has accepted a position in the
housn and will no longer carry u sam
ple case. He was very popular on the
road and will bt greatly missed at his
old haunts , but John was married about
two months ago and can't stand it to go
away from homo.
Frank B. Ridonour. who travels for
Kirkondall , Jones & Co. of Otniha. just
finished a very successful trip through
western Missouri and southern Iowa.
Frank has a great , faculty of making
friends and has a larger coterie ot w.irm
ones in his territory than almost any
other man in the west. His face is al
ways wroathea with a broad gmilo when
he comes in contact with an old cus
tomer. ,
McCrackcn , the popular shoo man
who travels for W. "V. Morse & Co. of
Omaha , mot with an accident at Tecumseh -
cumseh last week. G mo ono mixed
mucilage with his hair oil and "his
every hair stands on end like quills upon
the fretful porcupine. "
.1. U. luinl makes the main line of
the Union Pacific. Ho is sollinggoods
in the territory formerly worked by
Billy Eastman and lie is getting the old.
names on the list. John is a rustler.
Ed Culver , E. H. Stnpp , Arthur Shutz
and Dan Fuller liuvo formnd a quartette
and am now mnging , ' 'United ' We
Stand , Divided Wo Fall. "
Billy Stevens , the crankor man from
Omaha , was at Corning. In. , last week
attending the merchants' carnival.
Barnett , tlio rcprcsontrtivo of Dar-
row & Logan in Iowa , is always at the
frpnt in taking orders in the wholesale
hat. dud cap lino.
"Burl" Eastman , who travels for the
Phelps , Dodge & I'.ilnicrcompany , Chicago
cage , is always at the Indies' waiting
rooms when "McGinty's" express comes
in from Columbus. "Hurt" is a con-
noisour of womanly loveliness.
O. J. Kenyan , the passionately hand
some wall paper man. always parts his
hair in the middle. lie was in western
Nebraska last week , ,
A sad , sweet hmilo struts o'er Jack
Garrott's face when you" mention the
n a mo of Lincoln. Jack is a dandy and
travels for an Omaha hat a.ml cap house.
W. H. Hogan carries the loft hind
foot of a "possum" in his back , left
pocket. It is noedlc.ss to state that
llogan sells shoos.
Sam Kohn travels for the Kilpatrick-
Koch dry goods company , Omaha. Ho
carries a Waterbury watch and when
ho is not showing samples ho is invaria
bly winding the watch. Sam spent
forty-two Sundays last year in Ware
Lake , la.
John Baty. jr. , of Kirlcondnll , Jones
& Co. hits sold foot gear for tills well
known hoiibo for a decade r.nd has his
headquarters at Ogden , Utah. Ho en
joys a very satisfactory trade which is
constantly increasing.
Frank Hunter , who travels for a largo
clothing house from Cincinnati , is very
popular with his trudu in Nebraska anil
Iowa. Ho is very fond of society and
frequently attends church societies and
parties in the small country towns.
10. S. C'lay sells hardware for a Chicago
cage house and now has headquarters at
Red Oal : , In. lie also sells buggies and
wagons.
George Marty sold dry goods at lino-
gcno , la , last Tuesday. Ho reported
several scalps in the wuampuni bolt.
G. F. Martin throw the augur into
several Iowa merchants last week in a
very successful manner. He sells hard-
wnro for Leo Clark , Andreson & Co. of
Omaha.
At the llotrl * .
At the Barker C. E. Thompson , Hoa-
tou ; Robert A. Mansfield , Now York ; C.
Mullen , Now YorhJ H , W. Gavnn , Now
York ; John W. Sa.iJ.llir , Lincoln ; .T.lB.
IJUhop , Red Oak ; W , A. Fisher. Red
Oak ; L. B. Brady , New York ; Vf. F.
Conner , Boone , In.lr'D. nofTernnn , An-
solmo , Nob. ; M.WDunlnp. Chicago ;
George Shoppoy , Chicago ; P. C. Hal-
linger , Fremont : AY-iUlatn R. Morse ,
Cincinnati ; William Hnrtlngton , Chicago
cage ; A. Hlrsh , ChlcAgo ; L. H. Thomas ,
Portland ; P. M. ChnipToll , McCook ; J.
D. Draper , Mnrfoii" Harry Squires ,
Arkansas City ; W.-Ki'Gattsldo ' , Chicago ;
J. J. Moorhcnil , Dunlnp , In. ; Charles
Knapp , St. Louis : Cl A. Wilson. Fre
mont ; M. D. Mcrarlnnd , Bolievuc ,
Colo. ; T. C. Marshal. Canton , O. : W.
M. Gentry , QuinoyV E. Rich , Lincoln ;
Bon Tuthlll , New Vork ; John A. Koheo ,
Platte Center ; D. Ray , Grand Island ;
R. F. Hill , New York ; T. H. Krausc ,
Port Huron , Mich. , J. H. Roach. St.
Paul , Minn. , J. T. Ackornmn , Ains-
wortli ; M. Anderson , Hastings ; J. S.
Taylor , Kansas City ; M. T. Cox , Du-
biique ; C. Dichl , Erie , Pa. ; N. Gorman ,
St. Joseph ; J. E. Roper , Davenport ; M.
Mora. New York ; J. M. Woodruff , Denver -
vor ? L. T. Bralnard , Nebraska City : A.
H. Socholm. Baltimore , Md. ; J. Wat
son , Kansas City ; II. C. Goodman ,
Louisville , Ky. ; Thomas J. Blocker ,
Baltimore ; J. B. Pardce , Rochester. N.
Y. ; W. E. Pcarce , Philadelphia ; Wil
liam Urquhart. Seneca Falls ; H. Lodor ,
Statcn Island , N. Y.
At the Murray S. S. Moore , Jr. , New
York ; E. C. Carroy. Oawego , N. Y. ; V.
C. Chase , Oswego , N. Y. ; J. McElroy ,
Chicago ; F. O. Whltford , Chicago ;
Frank Baldwin , Now York ; S. D. Babcock -
cock , Now York , G. L. White , Indian- *
apolls ; J. Vosburg , St. Louis ; R. E.
Woodson , St. Louis ; E. C. Baker , St.
Louis ; J. F. Trout , Chicago ; J. M. Layton -
ton , Chicago : W. N. Decker , Cnicngo ;
C. F. Kuso , F. Davis. I. L. Adlu , W. A.
Nolslot. L. M. Bushnoll , G. II. Bixby ,
C. V. Woodward , R. G. Gerling , John
A. Condor. W. D. Adam ? , A. W. Pul-
Ion , H. II. Kelsey , H. M. Rood , . ! . Halt-
ney. Chicago ; P. R. Blnksell , Buffalo ,
N.'Y. ; W. B. Shuyurk , N. M. Drake , C.
M. Spencer , A.I3abcoek.LoulsvilloIvy. ;
C. R. Bacon. Grand Rapids. Mich ; J.
R. Tassrv , Now York ; L. R. Townsand ,
R. -Woundd , M. Curtis , George M.
Rouse , St. Louis ; R. O. Rullors , J. P.
Nathan , C. G. Cunningham , H. H.
Branch , P. R. Goodrich. New York ; E.
U. Stapp , M. Sherman , DCS Moines ; T.
M. Block , E. M. Connell , Now York.
At the Merchants * Benjamin How
ard , II. Link , Kansas City ; si. L. Ganun ,
Miles City , Mont. , J. L. Richards , Bu
chanan , Mich. ; C. F. Heintz , Austin ,
Tex. ; H. O'Hara , St. Louis ; O. N. Wil
son , Nobrabka City ; Harry E. Sloano ,
Pcorla , 111. ; A. M. Wheeler , Minneap
olis , Minn. ; Martin Ilonsel. Richmond ,
Va. ; J. II. Mockett , Lincoln ; M. T.
Cox , Dubuque ; G. W. Quinn , St. Louis ;
N. J. Biiss , Lake City , Minn. : W. G.
Mercer , Burlington ; J. B. C'rutn , Dun-
sieth , N. D. ; J. M. Hammnr , York , Pa. ;
J. A. Richardson , San Diego , Cal ;
John J. Hnllignn , Ogallulu ; C. E.
Chandler , Chicago ; B. W. Henshaw ,
Denver ; H. S. Kuhl Aspinwnll , la. ; O.
N. Hartshorn , Boulder , Col. : L. An-
geoo , Fostoria , O. ; 'Frank E. Hartigan ,
Crete ; J. A. Eylor' . Omaha ; Ben liny-
don , Omaha ; C. N.'Brewster , Omaha ;
W. E. David , Ft. Calhouu ; E. G.
Thomas , Sioux Oty ; D. H. Thomas ,
Elk City ; Fred Brqqson and wife , Sioux
City ; C. II. Tatej Cincinnati ; E. D.
Shomnkor , Kansas , , City : N. K. A'an
Huson , Sioux City : G. D. Urly , New
York ; William F. Paine , Chicago ; W.
H. Hess , Lanark. Ill , ; H. C. Kolf , Den
ver ; A. "J. Motcalf , Kearney : H. C.
Metcnlr , KcarnoytF. ; G. Cusack , St.
Louis ; John N. Middelldorf , Coving-
ton , Ky. ; H. H. Kcideckcr , Covington ,
Ky. ; G. C. Kirby iiifd wife , Omaha ; H.
A. Ijoe , KingmanKan ; Thomas I. Neill ,
Council Bluffs ; J. Bartu , Chicago ; C.
C. Higgins , Hiawatha. { Kan. ; Henry
Baker. Kearno.r : El Hildobrand."Chi-
cngo ; David Patterson , North Platte ;
W. D. Thompkins , Omaha ; -H. L. Mc-
Williams , Ogallala. <
At > the Paxton. Jonn M. Gormes. St.
Louis ; J. Simon , St. Louis ; C. M. Hahl ,
St. Josenh ; J. V. Dver. St. Joseph ;
Alfred Clifford , S. Louis ; H. E. Lantry ,
Colorado Springs ; N. W. Lovitt , Kan
sas City ; George A.ahwoll , Now York ;
W. J. Mayer , Chicago ; C. S. Huffman ,
'St. Louis ; S. Drcyfuss , Now York ;
John R. Wilson. Deadwood ; N. C. Chap
man. Minneapolis ; A. Emdon , Chicago ;
Charles Stein ' , Chicago ; E. D. Hasten ,
Washington' D. C. ; Robert B. Bonham.
Washington , D. C. ; H. H. Robinson ,
KimKill ; L. D. Russ , Chicago : V. C.
Chase , Chicago ; E. L. Olds , Racine ;
William B. Taylor , Now York ; C. F.
Carnoi , Elmirn ; E. H. Johnson , Chicago
cage ; F. Craft , Clbcinnati ; II. Brady ,
Chicniro ; W. J. tloncock , Gorvorsvillo ;
M. D. Hathaway , Chicago ; C. A. Dodge ,
Salt Lake City ; D. W. Rcdtield ,
Chicago ; D. B. 'Mcllwaine , Now
York ; Wells Gorhn , Chicago ;
George A. Dascomb , Atohison ; W. D.
Drake , Cleveland ; George L. Shoup ,
Idaho ; George A. Robinson , * Louib-
vflloj Frank Hunter , Cincinnati ; Alex
Williams , Ilailoy ; Jesse Rose , Denver ;
J. L. Woods , Fort Dodge ; D. M. Woods ,
Reed , 111. ; G. E. Elsov , Chicago ; G. II.
Gun , Hastings ; A. Moore , Auburn ; O.
W. Greene , Kearney.
At the Casey tj. G. Underwood , St.
Joe ; J. V. Studley , St. Louis ; F. II.
Streiby , Chicago ; S. H. Chase. Salt
Lake City : John Englo , Chicago ; M. F.
Allanbough , Salt Lake City ; M. Harts-
bin. Lexington. Ky. ; B. W. Tobias ,
Now York : J. T. Clark , Alma ; J. K.
Sodon , Chicago ; M. W. Millnrd ,
Burlington ; C. W. Wommolp-
dorf , Omaha ; O. H. Phillips. Beat
rice ; W. H. Putolle , Minneapolis ;
John Mullownov. Omaha ; A. H. Hampt ,
Buffalo , N. Y. ; J. C. Junill , Boston ; J.
W. Porterfiold , Detroit ; B. P. Morinn ,
Dunkirk , N. Y. : Honrv Do Lainnter ,
Jackson , 111. : H. R. Toft , Glovorsvillo ,
N. Y. ; J. D. Calton , Jackson , Mich. ; E.
W. May , Das Moines ; L. D. Robbing ,
Boston ; Charles W. McKean , St. Joe ;
Frank Hall , Chicago ; W. W. Nichols ,
St. Louis ; T. B. Ilutchinson , Chicago ;
Thomas Porter , Detroit ; K. WjDohlon-
dorf , St. Louis ; J. H. Chambers , lint-
kiiison. N. Y. ; Oningo .lull , Orango-
villo , Fin. ; Thco Kaibenhoft , Daven
port ; O. G. Walrojh , Pittsburg ; J. J.
Jones.William Miner , Chicago ; II. W.
Look , Milwaukee ; R. C. McCanyhoy ,
Chicago ; J. H. Dixou , St. Joe ; G. W.
Jones , Chicago ; .l. Y" . Lusk , Pittsburg ;
Thomas F. Krintron , Chicago ; L. W ,
Robbing. Jersey City : Charles Gilmore ,
Missouri Valley ; M.1 C. Roberts , Chicago
cage ; W. F. Hammond , Chicago ; E. L.
Streod , Woodhall.'lll. ; A.M. Walkins ,
Miln'Samuel ; W. rTdmunds , Washing
ton. D. C. ; G. W. l.ovolady , Detroit ; A.
H. Saobohm , Sun Francisco.
Won't Go Off ItcJ'urp , You are Heady ,
Particularly on a lontf Journey. Ho fully
prepared. You cannb bo , permit us to say ,
unless you are accompanied with the travel
ers und tourists viulo mociim. Hostuttor's
Stomach IJHters , most ponlal of appetizer * ,
nccllmati/crs and promoters of digestion.
Against sen sickness , malaria , uranips and
colics bo otton of badly cooked or unwhole
some food and brackish water. nervouHiiosi.
increased by travel , chronic billlousness and
constipation , the Hitters is a sovereign pre
ventive. U imparts n relish to food not alto
gether to your taste , and prevents it from
disagreeing with yon. Never was thcro
such a capital thing for the unfortunate
dynpoutlu who stands In dread of the best
cooked nml. Stomachic trouble causud by
ill prepared viands aboard ship , on stoaui-
boats , and rations hastily bolted at railway
restaurants , Is sooa remedied by tbo Ulitors ,
wtiich K\VOH \ a quietus , also to rheumatism ,
kidney trouble * and lasomula.
Dr.Birnoypractice limited to catarrhal -
al diseases of nose and throat. lieu bldg.
AUNT ANN.
Eva Best , In Detroit Free Press ! A
low , louden cloud hangs over Crowdon
lodge. Up from the valley , whore the
arcok lies rigid In its pall , n little gust
has como , bringing already a few sharp ,
stinging , icy noodles , and many soft ,
slowly-falling flakes of snow. Night
closes in. The 0 o'clock bells ring out
a glad release to the tellers in the big
foundry on the western , suburb of this
city , and lights nro nt last shining
through many a window pane , sending
golden shafts across the fast-whitening
pavement ? , now filled with bustling
homo-goers.
When Kerry Owen Flings open the
gate and advances toward the kitchen
door of his own domicile ho feels the
nearness of some unusual happening.
Somebody is In that kitchen besides Jo ,
and ho knows it. His quick intuitions
are not at fault , for ho soon hoard voices
as well as the melodious clatter of
dishes ; hears what sounds oddly to his
unaccustomed ears a peal of laughter ,
bona lido , and , well , yes , a bit boister
ous ; -Josephine Owen is n strong ,
healthy , hearty woman , and her laugh
ter is wortti the hearing , when at rare
Intervals it can bo provoked into some
buch manifestation of hilarity as the
present outburst.
"Oh , Aunt Ann , you are too ridicu
lous ! " comes through the key-holo
along with a tiny stream of light ; and
then Kerry knows.
Aunt Ann how well ho remembers
her ; the swoot-fncnd woman who used
to hold his boyish heart captive by her
manifold charms the cider collar , the
great barn at Mlllicoro , the buckeyes ,
the paw-paw bushes , the persimmon
tree down by "tho run ! "
And when the door swings bacic be
neath his hand anil he carries a pretty
well tij'ed out , homely-clad form into
the warmth and light and cheery bustle
of the little kitchen , ho sacs Aunt Ann.
A great lump rises in his throat and
the light from the lamp on the cozy-
looking rod tnolccloth multiplies itself
strangely in his tear fillcd-oyos ; and in
another second Aunt Ann has clasped
him in her pontlo embrace and nas
given him a kiss of greeting.
"Why , Kerry , lad , I'd never have
known you what a great handsome
follow you've grown , for a certainty !
Your eyes are are still as big as saucers
and your crop of curls keeps coming on
beautifully ; but bless met if thcro isn't
a suspicion of white about your temples.
How old are you now , my boy ? ' '
"Only forty. Aunt. Ann ; only forty
this fall , and it has boon ' '
"Just twenty-five years since you tried
to ride the colt the colt wo decided to
christen 'Jordan , ' because , you said ,
'Jordan was a hard road to travel ! ' "
How they laugh together at the
nmusing recollections ! How ho ques
tions his dear relative about tlio thou
sand and one things beloved in nis boy
hood , and how completely Jo seems
dropped out from their sympathetic ,
cheery chattering. fc > ho hears Aunt
Ann tell Kitty about selling the Rich-
land county farm and directly a frown
chases Jo's smile away. It's a little
frown n very little scowl but it seems
Ho have coino to stay. Not exactly ugly
tempered no , Jo is not that yet ; but
she has grown to take life so seriously
and talk so littlo. As a girl she was
sympathetic and responsive to a degree ;
but after seventeen years of married
life after the nlaeing of three precious
little forms out of sight she , the wife
of the "foundry boss , " Kerry Owen , has
como to count her shut in life a simple
round of thankless duties , with what
soever of sweetness and lightness it
once promised long since ( lend. She
has. in all these prosoy , homely years ,
grown silent and unresponsive and what
one might bo excused for calling self
ishly borrowful ; and tender-hearted
Kerry , respecting her sorrow , has al
lowed the gloom to bottle about his
homo , until under the dark shadow of
unconscious oppression , life has grown
into a monotonous noutral-hucd length
of days at the foundry , and evenings
where ?
If Jo could answer that question she
would bo a relieved woman ; that ho
goes each night to some reprehensible
headquarter where there are cards and
dice aijd bomothing to drink , she never
for a moment doubts.
Aunt Ann is the cheeriest of old
ladies alive. Her memory is reliable
enough to fetch back oven the wrath of
Blue John , the Cochin China rooster
that Kerry was so fond of because of his
"gamoneas ; " the ghost of Mooly , a
bovine , that , in very opposition to her
name , possessed the longest and most
terrible horns on record. Now he rev
els again in the thought of the leaf
shadowed spring house , the corn crib ,
the smoke house roof and the martin
boxes above it. While the cold , soft
ifUkes fait without the pinkest of ajiplo
blossoms drift in roseate showers just
witliln the radius of memory's quickest
hedge ; and ho only leaps the stream of
consciousness at the bound of Jo's curt
call to supner.
"Jo , dear , what uolicnto muffins !
Kerry , aren't they meltingly good ? "
"H'm ! Sh oh yes of course. Aunt
Ann , do you recollect tno frog pond ? "
"Yes , 1 reinbmbor. But aren't these
chops done to an exquisite turn , Ker
ry ? "
"Il'm. Chops ! O yes , our butcher
lias good moat always. And thau "
"And-this milk toast isn't it "
"AuntAnn , Kerry is no epicure. "
Tlio key note of .Too's voice Is discord
ant. "He cats what I bet before him
und that's all. I really think that ho
doesn't know half an hour after what
I've given him. I'm glad you like my
cooking Aunt Ann ; I have had nothing
else to do nut perfect myself in that art
over since since " but poor Jo dis
appeared within the pantry.
"Thinking of the children , Aunt
Ann. Her life is dreary enough these
days. "
"It needn't be ; it has been seven
years since little Jim died. Has she
had nothing to feed upon in all this
time but these snd memories , Kerry ? ' "
"Don't know , I'm sure , Aunt Ann.
ii
j
"Have yon over tried to cheer het-
up ? "
I ? "
"You ! Not the butcher r.or the
baker , did you think they are all the
persons she seems to too daily except
yourself. "
"Aunt Ann , you speak in riddles. "
"A prize given for the best solution , "
says this old lady , as Jo reappears ,
'fetching , as a very evident "make be
lieve" reason for her recent disappear
ance a dish of golden honey in Us comb.
"Kerry , Jo , do you remember that
bright winter wedding day ot yours
when the farm was dressed In white
und every herb and twig hud donned
diamonds for your bridal ? Only a week
until its seventeenth anniversary In
what reckless dissipation common to
such n day shall wo indulge ? " asks the
elderly guest , bending the dainty lav
ender satin roBotto of her cap full upon
her host and hostess in turn. "To
Chink how old and big the children-
bless mo ! " For Jo has again hurriedly
taken refuge within her sanctuary , the
pantry.
"You cannot mention the word 'child
ren , ' Aunt Ann Jo can never stand
it. "
"Why ? "
" 'Why ? ' Because because "
"Because she has grown BO terribly
selfish In. her sorrow -that's the blunt
and homely truth. U would do horgood
to talk of them Kerry , do you over
keep nny holidays hero birthdays or
Christmas or anything ? "
"What ! .Jo ami I ? 1 should think
not , indeed ! "
"Humph ! Going ? Well. I'll promise
not to worry Jo nny more. Kerry. Hero ,
I'll hold your overcoat. "
The outer garment Is donned , and in
n moment more the door shuts Kerry
out into the white night.
"Jo ! "
"Yes , Aunt Ann. "
" has . "
"Kerry gone away.
"That'ri nothing now. Ho never stn.vs
nt homo with mo in the evenings any
more. "
"Jo , wlmt do you moan ? Wlioi-o has
ho gone ? "
"Goodness knows ! "
"Well , I'm glad badness doesn't !
Look how the snow hnspllml Itself up in
the window ludgvs ; how cold It must begetting
getting ! Seomi to mo I'd rather sit by
fire in the Bitting room " '
"There is no fire in the sitting room ,
Aunt Ann. Kerry can sit out hero in
the kitchen as I do. Ono fire saves
coal. "
' "Saves coal' well , yes , I suppoao it
does. But I'd gladly put a bushel of
coal against a glass of strong drink.
Docs Kerry drink , Jo ? "
"I suppose so I don't know. Ho
never did buforo little Jim "
"No , " catching at Jo as she rushes
past her towards the protecting dark
ness of the pantry , "you shan't bo such
a weak woman as that any longer ! Why ,
bless you , child , you can't moan that
you find it too hard to say , 'Thy will bo
done , ' after all these years ? "
"Oh , Aunt Ann , " sobs poor Jo , "I
believe I could if only Kerry
would bo the man ho once was ! "
"Tho 'man' the lover , you moan ! "
mighty drily this.
"I could stand it. " wails on Jo , me
chanically , beginning her task of put
ting away tbo little printed teacups ,
"but ho goes off the minute ho has
swallowed his supper heaven knows
whore ! "
"And the better if heaven does know
whore. "
"And I am left alone with with
my my memories ! "
"Strange ho should care to leave you
so , " mu od the little old lady aloud.
"A supper done to a turn ; u handsome
wife you are hnjidsomo , Jo ; a co y little
tlo nook by the bright grate fire in the
sitting-room "
"I said that I never used the front
room. Aunt Ann. It is the parlor , you
know ; I have no real sitting room "
"O , yea , to bo sure I forgot. So
you're keeping it clean , dark and ready
for whoso funeral , Jo yours or Ker
ry's ? "
"Aunt Ann ! "
"That's who I .
exactly am. my dear ;
and if you don't both live to bless 'Aunt
Ann' for a few years before either of
those funerals takes place , why , there's
no power in the spirit of love that actu
ates mo ! We'll have a wcdrting anni
versary this year if wo never had ono
before. What if our bodies do grow
old and wriuuled our hearts are young
and , our real solves , the rejoicing souls
of us , are basking , even now , in the sun
shine of perpetual youth. Wo shall
have a bride's cake and a groom's cake ;
and I , myself , shall make angel food
that I promibo will melt in vour mouth1 !
"Aunt Ann ! "
"Present at roll-call ! But this indig
nation meeting is too one-sided. Hang
up your dish pan , Jo , and como and sit
bcsido me. When Kerry was a lad I
used to tell him stories by the hour ;
and now I'm going to toll his wife one ;
will you listen ? "
' Gladlv. Aunt Ann. "
"Once upon a time thcro was a happy
family who lived inn bustling , thriving
little manufacturing town in the very
heart.of America. The father and
mother were strong , healthy people ;
but their anxiously watchcd-over chil
dren grew to bo strangely delicate.
Once when the parents were in an
agony of dipuir over the frail tenure
their little ones hold upon life , there
came a knock at the door , and a man ,
wise and benevolent entered the house.
Ho tried to speak to them of the boau-
ful works of life and its laws ; but Ho
spoke in an unintelligible language
which sounded like a profanation in
their ears. At hist , nispairing to make
himself understood , Ho offered to take
all the little ones to His o.vn homo ,
whore , under the golden sunshine and
beside the still waters , they should
never again know suffering , sickness or
sorrow. Ho promised to lavish the
great love of his wealth upon them ;
and after awhile to como Himself and
show the father and mother the way to
thnir precious little ones. And
then , knowing best , Ho , with
out more ndo , took tno
children with Him and wont away. The
father was grieved , but ho comforted
himself that he should sec his dear
ones againand n thought of the beauti
ful country to which they had journey
ed , of their freedom from sickness and
sorrow , lessoned the grief of parting.
But the mother moaned and wept and
would not bo comforted. Her maternal
heart kept tiie loneliness uppermost-
she could not joy in. fancy at the thought
of her children's ' bliss , at their freedom
from pain , at their beautiful homo in
the Summer Land ; but over about hoi-
was wrapped the somber shadow ot her
griet , until the house was u house of
perpetual mourning , and all who came
therein shuddered at the gloom. Jo ,
did you over think just what it is to bo
the mother of three angels ? "
"Oh , Aunt Ann ! "
"Present before. And '
, as can't jou
see that the glad meeting is not HO very
far off , after all ? Why , Jo , dear , com
pared to the life everlasting what Is
this span of little years ? A breath a
nothing ! And there's that dear Kerry
of yours shut , out into the lesser gloom
of the cold night because of the
greater gloom and selfish coldnubs
within doors ! " * * *
The week before the anniversary
passes quickly and almost happily.
Besides the neat little stitches she
puts lovingly and helpfully into a pros
pective wedding present that Jo is man
ufacturing under the rose for Kerry ,
Aunt Ann inserts in the poor worker's
heart wedges of wisdom she has gar
nered during her life-long experience ,
driving them home with the mallet of
truth , until Jo's heart expands and ex
pands under the great and pursistnnt
pressure , and , lo ! it is at last opened
wide to receive Aunt Ann's comforting
lessons , and she comes to comprehend
into what a state of error bho has
fallen. * *
Kerry Owen , now superintendent of
the Mammoth boiler foundry over near
Crowdon Lcdgo , turning to leave the
snug little office to make his way homo
at midnight , finds Mb exit barred. A
tall , well-built young gentleman , of se
rious countenance , stands squarely in
hla path.
"Oh , no , Owen ; not so fast , old fol
low ! Do you happen to recollot that this
Is the eve of tha anniversary of your
wedding day needn't look so aston
ished that I chance to know all about It !
And you needn't think to get off in that
style ! "
"It's u style in which I usually got
off , sir , " laughs Kocry , looking an In
quiry into the young man's quizzical
countenance.
"It's a style well enough adapted to
'
ovor'y-day use ; but , as i said before , to
morrow is your woddiiiL' anniversary ,
and God bloa * you , Kerry Owen 1
must show tlio gratitude of 1115 lunrt in
some waj ! "
"Nay , Mr. C.ooffro.\ "
"Your negations will not stand , u.n < ,
before iiy positlvonffirnmtlonii. F.ir thu
Br.ko of all you have done foraoung
fool upon whoso shoulders too much
responsibility wns thrown at first a
rc.iponslbllity that would hnvo crushed
him had you not nut your strong wlao
shoulder lo the wnuol I give you this
with more love than thu world will
credit George GoolTroy with possessing.
It Is hdavy. I know , Owen ; but my
slolgh Is nt tlio door and lot your wlfo
have the first poop , man ; do , J beseech
you. "
Jo and Aunt Ann heard the chiming
of softly-moving hells , hoard the sud
den eoHS'it on , heard the gate onen , and
in a twinkling Aunt Ann has Hung wldo
the parlor door.
The Jump light makes a gloaming ,
golden patch out across the snow , nml
along this pathway , with a hearty
"Good night ! " pent backward , como *
Korrv.
"Hello-up yet ? "
"That wo are come in ! " laughs Aunt
Ann. amused nt his astonishment.
"What ! n fire in the parlor- Aunt
Ann , did you "
"No. Jo made it. "
"Jo1'
"Yes , I did , Kerry ; and It's novcr goIng -
Ing out again tills winter. "
"And there1 ! ? a warmth in her heart ,
too , Kerry , that's never going out
again. Just look at the dear girl. "
Ho does look at her as he sots the big
fiat box at her feet , marveling greatly
within himself at the rosy Hush upoii
her handsome face.
"Our 'wedding present' from young
Mr. Gooltroy , Jo ; and how ho came to
know the exact date of it puzzles mo , "
bocins Kerry.
"It needn't , " says Aunt Ann laconi
cally.
"Ho asked mo when It was the day
.In and I visited the foundry and I told
him. "
"Really , Aunt Ann ? I never told
you , Jo , because at first I dared not , and
afterward you. I thought , would have
taken no interest in the affair , that
when young Geoffrey cnmo Into posses
sion ho found that , fearful frauds had
been going on that his lamenlod unclu
had been robbed right and loft ; moro
than all , that the whole business rested
on n rotten foundation , needing only n
touch of mismanagement to send it
rumbling to the ground. In his despair
ho appealed to me , and together in se
cret wo began to insert strong und solid
financial props under the wliolo top-
heavy structure. It has boon a dollcnto
wearing task , for appearances of as
sured success had to bo kept up , witli
the demon of failure over threatening
our carefully built plans. But wo con
quered , and by tbo 1st of March all will
be real that for so long a time has been
but Hoomlnc. No one has known of the
nwful strain put upon young Geoffrey
but your husband , Jo , and hero is his
appreciation of my efforts. What can
it bo ? "
"Lot it be the last thing , Kerry wo
want our turn lirbt , " and as Jo speaks
the midnight boll proclaims the birth
of another day a day she shall never
forgot. And with their solemn clan
gor the morning stars aeom to sing
again , and invisible angels \\ulk the
earth crying , "Ponce ! Peace ! 1'eacol
Pence ! "
Kerry Owen wonderingly watches Jo
as she looks out into the wnito darkness
of the street sees her turn her rapt
face towards him and
"How delicious the fireside is , " ho
says , breaking with those words the si
lence thai has suddonlv crept between.
"Why , Jo ! "
"It s vour wedding present , Kerry.
Aunt Ann and I made it , and UIOI-O'H
nothing like it in all the town. Trv it
on , Kerry , dear ! "
Is it the "Korry , dear , " or tlio splen
did lounging coat that most astonishes
the happy follow on the hearth rug ?
Ho foolM 'himbolf gently freed from his
rough workaday coat by two pairs of
feminine hands ; feels the boft satin lin
ing of the new garment touching his
wrists and throat like dainty caresses ,
and looks speechlessly down upon Jo.
smiling , beautiful Jo , who stands draw
ing the silken cords of that marvelous
coat together with the most breathless
of all sweet sighs of content.
Then a cap , magnificently tnssolod
and as softly lined as the coat itself , is
pressed upon his head ; ho is turned
about face and thrust unresistingly back
Into an unexpected world of yielding
plush-covered cushions.
And now the kneeling Jo is at his feet
and in a twinkling the clumsy , snow-
clogged shoes are miido to give place to
an ideal pair of Iloece-lined foot gear ;
and Jo , catching sight of tlio astpnistied
face above her own , sees in it once
again the lineaments of her lover , and
with a cry of love and longing her ahlp
of happiness sails into port.
Aunt Ann seeks Jo's sanctuary , the
pantry , and for a blessed while lakes up
the habit Jo hi'a ' discarded , but. the
teara are tears of tender joy and fiow
long. Kmcrgincr at length , Aunt Ann
makes much fuss over the turning about
ot Goollroy's package ; and seeing Jo
safe harbored in her husband's arms ,
falls to removing the cover herself.
At la l. Ono glimpse , and Jo and
Kerry are before their children ! How
more than pictures to those three heads
are the baby , Archie and little Jim !
All together again that happy home ;
there whore the firelight gleams on the
rich gold of the frame that surroundH
young Geoffrey's gift ; on the bright
unused carpet ; on the unaccustomed
glories of the great now oasy-ohair ; on
the stiff horse hair-furniture ; on tlio
father and mother kneeling upon the
hearth rug ; upon Aunt Ann , smiling at
it all through her happy tears at nil
the beauty , sweetness and joy of life
that has gathered itself into this one ,
little , darkcold , first hour of u winter's
morning.
Not a Onllfririiiii Ihmr.
Anybody om ; catch a cold this It mil of
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taint no Mercury , J'oUeh , Arecnlc , or nny | w ( .
onous imbalance whatever. It bnllili up the pea-
cral health from tbo flrit clnsc , nnd lion never
failed to eradicate eouUcloua blood jiolton end
lUcffucU from tbo y > Um. IJo euro to get tha
gcnuluc. Bend your mldrusa for oor Trtitlsuoa
Ulood ud Sklu DlwoBc * , ublch will bo tuaU > i
froc. BWIPT BPECino CO. . AtlinU. Oa.