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TEE STATE AND RAILROADS , Bhall tbo Former Own and Control the Latter ? THOUGHTFUL ARTICLE UPON THE SUBJECT , Over SpcouliUlon and Had Adminis tration tie UntiHouf Many Iloada Guliic Intollatikriiptcy Dur- itiKtlio 1'ust Twenty Vcnro. Edwttrd Everett Hnlo , In Now York Independent : Tlio maintenance of romls nnd their use Imvo nil- Justed themselves , In most of our towns and BtitlcH , on n busis of pure coin- nuinlsnii The town , or county ; or state , owns the right of w y nml maintains the jfoudn't public charge ; nnd every person , citizen or not , uses the road or street without thought of paying any toll for Iho udVuntayo. So far has the system gone , indeed , thut , if the rend is not wall maintained , tind the traveler Is in jured by n failure of the public to main tain It , the traveler may recover dam- ngdfs from the public for the failure. The pconlo are beginning to observe that a railroad is n road also , nnd to usk wiiat reapoiiH there are why the plun or jirliiclplo which has boon generally np- pVovcd in practice rcgwding ether t "roads should not bo applied to thorn. In AlinesthVo the right of way is already In the ' -public , as whore rails are put down on roadways already open to truvcTi this question is pressed with the * snJvpjiu'gcncy. Umlcr tto | feudal system , which was wfiolly different from ours , the inulnto- nfinco"0f r&nds and the profit wore , like everything else , in the hands of the Blrongcst. 'Thus , a baron got possession of the passes of tlio Rlilno.and ho taxed the cqinmorco with all the tolls It would leivr ! or lie built n bridge over a rlvor , and took all the toll the travel and trnille vrguld bear. But the feudal system broke down in America uboutten minutes after nny party of colonists landed and tried the experiments of their now land. Feudalism meant , after all , simply this : "I have bolter armor than you. I can Jdll you , when you cannot kill mo ; " and h series of laws and precedents had grown up , conferring1 what were called "feudal 'rights" on the people that had tliis armor. But the armor was good for nothing after gunpowder came in , nnd the laws and precedents would not wash In salt water ; so that , in about ton minutes after landing , the colonists of any region substituted for the rights of the lord of the manor the rights of everybody , nnd ft sot of communisms came in , under which wo live now. Thus in place of education of the higher classes , comes education of everybody ; in place of land "titles in the muniment chest of n custlo , comes registration of i < titles at public charge , for everybody ; in place of a few thousand land owners , under whom hold some hundred .thousand tenants , there is a state of freeholders , and tsvorybody owns land who wants to. On Iho whole , the drift of centuries follows out this original plan. Thus , In place of eopar- nto hospitals' , which this brotherhood or that establishes , for this class or that , the state establishes its blind asylum , or its deaf nnd dumb asylum for all. Still with this drift toward communism in certain matters , there is the most de termined individualism in ether matters. This comes out curiously in Mr. Weed- en's wonderful book , the "Economic and Social History of Now England. " For Now England , in this regard , is but a typo of what the rest of the country is nnd has boon. Thus , n man finds a de posit of bog ore , nnd ho runs nt once to his donr mother , the state , to toll her about it : "Dear state , you have been eo sonorous about the schools. Dear p'.ato , you have given us all equal rights in the rotuls. Dear state , wo are so glad that all of us Imvo to servo in the train bands.1' And the grumpy old mother says Yes ; that all these things involved un'lvorsal necessities , and she had boon glad to attend to thorn. "And , dear mamma , is not iron a uni versal necessityV" "Tho State ( not quite awake ) UmphI roes ; I suppose so. Jubul ( encouraged ) "Well , dear oumii , t have found over so much iron YroState State ( indifroroutly ) Have you ? Well , you 1wd bettor go and smelt it and lorgo It. Jubal But , dear mamma , I thought perhaps you would llko to go shares with ma , or maybe do it for mo. / Btntb ( wide awake now ) I do your jvork for you , you lazy dogi1 Do it your self. Go about your business. And the Incident is exhausted. This f thing has" happened , again and again , v nil down thb history , nnd no timid people v " .need bo afraid thnt it will not bo often repeated. But whore is it that the dividing line comes InV Why is the state so cross to " > 3nlwv1'with his iron when , she did takofoi liwUina the whole business of education ! ; "Why docs the state make rauskots , nnd make thorn , ono may say , perfectly well , and why does the State refuse to nialco ja'ck-kniyes and axes ? Why does 1 f tlio Btato carry the letters at a uniform T > rieennd at the tmmo tlmo refuse to carry the telegrams ? Why docs the city ol Is'ow York keep .Broadway In condition lor nil travolorw , and the city ol Brooklyn keep Fulton avenue in like , condition , and then turn round and charge a toll on the bridge across the channel ? Broadway , first nnd last , hiu cost the city of Now York moro thai : the suspension bridge cost. Why i > there no toll-gate on Broadway , w'hl'c there is a toll-gate on the bridiro ? Sucli wo a few out of a hundred questions : anil cxir special question now is : Why Is ti macadamized road made by the countj I or state and open free to onch nnd all nnd why must a railroad bo made nut owned by a private corporation ? Whj ehould not the state own the railroad ? Into the history of the distinction ] have no space to go. But it Is very cur lous.I have myself little doubt that w < nro ( Ippronchlng the turn of the tide and-thut the next century will BOO tin American railroads generally controlloc l > y the public , ns the Belgian railroads for inetnncc , are controlled by the stat * today. J3ut it is not a question to bo do cldou by an epigram or an nnalogv. I Is a curious and intricate question , ! might say , with moro than two sides t < it. The experts tire not unanimous , and for the adjustment of details , much wls doin and especially great common uonsi uro needed. It is , however , before ono begins t < dUcusa the question , interesting to oh servo thnt , in many Important instances the nation has already done the thliu proposed , imd is now doing It. What li more , the nation does it well. Over speculation and bad administration hnvi in the last twenty years reduced only toi piany railways to bankruptcy. Tradi mufit bo kept up. The dnlly lines jnunt run , or Iho property becomes worse than worthless. In thceo cases , the notion , noting by a United States court stops in. The na tion appoints "n receiver. " Observe that the poor follow hns not a. cent of capital to work with , ho must tnko the daily earnings to do his daily work with. Yet in many instances of great impor tance , ns our readers know , such men nro now carrying on railroads more suc cessfully than the owners carried thorn on. They make both ends moot , ns the owners could not. Now ono would not say thnt the eu- and district courts of the United tales wore the best conceivable bureau of internal commerce. Hut they Imvo had this thing to do , nnd they have done It. Nobody can sny the thlntf can not be done ; for it has boon done , and is done today. 1 hnvo studied with a good deal ofunro the instances given in Mr. Weedon's book of the assumption by the state of what the Stuart Mill kind of people call the duties of the individuals , nnd of its failure nnd its success. Probably a rough statement of the principle may bo made thus : If the need bo n need'which every ono fools , almost cqilally'lf not quite equally , the state does well to interfere. If , on the other hand , the need Is only indirectly felt by some persons or elnssos , and much moro closely foil by ether persons or classes , the classes most in need will do best to take care of themselves. Thus , all the people need education ; therefore , lot the state educate : All the people need roads ; lot the state maintain roads. All the people need water ; lot the stnto provide water. All the pcoplo of citlos need light at night ; let the city light the streets. ( The blind people say : "Wo do not need it. " But the city replies , and rightly : "You are too few , wo cannot stop to count you. " ] All the people need registration of titles , therefore the state registers. All the people need immunity from smallpox , therefore the state vaccinates. All thn pcoplo need justice nnd protec tion , say from tramps and banditti , therefore the state provides policemen and courts , Now under this principle try Jubal and his iron. Jubal says : "All tlio people need iron. " But this Is not true In the sense In which they all need water ; and Eomo people will bo veay much more profited .by Jubal's iron than others ; nerhapsjio will himself. At bottom this is probably the reason why the state does not undortnko his iron-\yorlc , or re grets it when bho does. < . Do all the people need muskets ? Yes ; if the state is to exist. She must pro tect huru'eli ; therefore she makes mus kets. "But surely all the people need jackknives - knives , " you bay in .triumph. No ; not in the soiiso of' water , or of muskots. And one man wants ono kind and anoth er another. The word jack-knife de ceives you. I am not satisfied with Kobcrt's knife nor ho with mine. The btate cannot interfere , therefore , under one principle. Do not" all the people need light at night in tbo streets ? I should say yes , and that "whore it Is made mechanically tlio state should make it. Do not all pcoplo need broad ns much as water ? There comes in the jack-knife dltllculty ; ono man wants a French loaf , and anoth er brown bread. Now test this approach to a stato- inc'ntof principles , in our question about railroads. It If a practical question of today. The Massachusetts railroads , for instance , are run under charters , which give to the legislature the right to purchase the roads for the state , by paying therefor the full cost , with snch sum as , with the profits which shall have been receivedwill bo equal to 10 per per cent on said cost. The great Boston & Albany road has long since paid 10 cent to its stockholders. It is well un derstood that its great difllculty in ad- ministratipn is to keep down its profits to that r.lto. No it would bo wise for the stnto of Massachusetts to buy aud own thcso railroads or any of them ? AB a matter of principle , I am disposed to think that to answer this question wo nvust deeido whether , on the whole , the use of the railroads has become a neces sity almost equal to all-rof nil the people. Is it like the necessity for water or , is it ratnor , like the necessity for iron ? This question will dotermlno itself practically , and not from statistics. So soon as the very great majority of the people find that they are themselves all the tlmo personally dependent oh railway trans portation , they will assort their right , which is now latent , and will manage the road through the state organisa tion. 'It is clear enough that the time is approaching rapidly , if it have not como in Massachusetts. I do.not moan merely that every man in Massachusetts rides on a railway once a year or once a month. I mean much moro , that the practical daily life of a very largo majority of the people of Massachusetts is directly interwoven with tlio railroad system probably per sonally and physically interwoven. Much moro than half of the population of Mas sachusetts belongs to families some of whoso members travel on railroads daily ns they go and como on their dally business. ' , A railway stoppage for a fortnight would almost mean famine in most Mas sachusetts towns , so steady is the dally river of food by which Gou now answers our prayers for daily bread. Now , so soon ns the tendency which has wrought out this state of things , comes so far that the railroad service is needed by ono man ubout as much as by another , so soon will the government take the rail roads. In my judgment It ought to. But whatever bo the judgment of nny individuals , what is certain is , thnt it will. will."It "It will make a very bad moss of it , " says some grumpy cynic , who has no faith in tb.o people , curses trial by jury , and hates universal suffrage. "A mere put-up job it will bo all along. I do not see that , and I do not believe it. it.On On the ether hand , certain facts must bo noted. Thus , 1. The administration of the postolllco , by the United States govern ment , is the wonder and despair of the rest of the world. oRoad any study on "administration" by a French ex pert , jmd see what ho will say. 2. The experiment of the success nnd the honesty of the "receivers" who are ' now doing 'thid very thing , under infin ite UilllculUes speak a great deal as to the power of government to employ the right mbn. rt. Tlioro is not a town In .America which has tried water supply by the public where any man would dare to propose the sale of the works to a cor poration. In mj own homo , liobton , the engines used by the city are the lineal pieces of machinery. They ore among tlio lions of tno town. The water bor- vice is so good and cheap that a fo\\ years ago the city had to lower the rales and pay ( it * back rates which it hud over charged by accident. 4. There is , on the whole , nn immense advantage in publicity. State owner ship means the printing , from day tc day , * of every account and transactor who.ro any light is needed. 0. As for jobs , thoru are jobs ovory1 whore. I have heard of the nephew o a largo stockholder being placed In i position which he ought not to have lllled. 1 huvo huard of such u man run ningawuy with money which did noi belong to him. TUr" ; twu bo little \ / doubt tlmt the lo of Mftfsachusottsor of tlio United Slates by dishonesty Is us slight as Is ttmt of any largo corporation. 0. Tlio uniform civility of ollleorrt of the stale In n point of great value. Think how civil postollleo olllclnls nro nhvuyn , nnd liow rude the majority of telegraph operators aro. This Is simply because you iiro ono of the postofllco clerks em- iiloyord , white tlio telegraph operator nates you because you innko her work \vhcn nlio Is tlrccl. She does not loolc to you for her salary as the postolllco man docs. 7. And It Is cortulnly a great nil van tage that the stuto at the outside nuods earn but I ) per cent to pay interest on Its Investments , whllo the corporation has the privilege of earning 10. "THIS is JACK'S REVF.NGE. " Written for The lice. It in an odd story from the llfo of a professional burglar in London , but it Is true. My father was the victim of it and I witnessed n , part of It myself , and although a more lad nt the tlmo the oc currence made such n dcop impression on my mind that I can remember all tlio details connected with It as vividly us if It had taken place yesterday. My father kept a jewelry shop sorao years ago at Nos. 4 and 5 Bridge court , which was located right opposite the houses of parliament , but has since been torn down , and the Westminster station of the underground railway now occupies the sito. About this season of the year London is ranornily enveloped in a heavy fog , ana on the occasion of the opening event of this story the log was exceptionally dense BO that It was im possible to si'o an object a few yards In front of you. My father , mother nnd I vrcro all sit ting in the shop when n man of most for bidding countenance whoso physiognomy t'early ' indicated that ho belonged to the criminal classes , entered and said that ho desired to speak to my father alone , but this privilege being denied him lie commenced his story. "I belong , " said ho , "to an organized gang of burglars , and I've made up my mind to have revenge on the captain , because ho has taken my woman away from mo. Now , at 6 o'clock to morrow afternoon whllo you nro up stairs taking your tea and your shop Is locked up the captain , who has a key tea a certain case of jewelry In your window which you always leave openwill unlock the case and make away with it. Ho will have u cab on the corner of tlio courtnnd all I want you to do for mo in return for this Information is to capture him , and when you have done so then just hand him this note. " Ho added , that according to the rules of the gang , his llfo would not bo worth u penny after what ho had divulged , but revenge is sweet. Raising his hat politely to my mother ho took his de parture , remarking that wo should never sco his face again. Feeling some curiosity my father took the liberty of reading the note , which was not enclosed. It was very brief and ran. 'as follows : "This is Jack's re venge. " The criminal investigation department at Scotland Yard was notified of the in tended robbery , and about II o'clock in the nftornoonof the next day a couple of policemen in plain clothes visited the shop and secreted themselves so as to bo in readiness for the captain when ho put in an appearance. But by some strange fatality they both left the shop a few minutes before fi o'clock. My father was very naturally quite anxious about the outcome of the affair and was keeping a sharp lookout and precisely as Big Bou , the enormous clock of the house of parliament , struck 5 , the rob ber , appeared and took possession of the case of jewelry. As my father dis covered that the police wore not there ho rushed after the scoundrel nnd caught him- but being a more powerfully built man than my father ho throw him on Ills back and , dropping the jewelry case and his hat , ran away as hard as lie could. My father jumped up and tore down the street after the robber shouting "Stop thief I" but such Is the apathy of the average Londoner , and to such an extent has the habit of not interfering in anything that they may1 not thor oughly understand been carried , that no ono oven attempted to stop the Hoeing robber. After chasing him about a mile a policeman seized him and ho was inarched oil to the Westminster police court. At the trial my father handed the prisoner the note as requested by the traitorous burglar. The court room was tilled to overflowing with n horde of the captain's palswho watched the progress of the trial with keen interest , and after the judge had pas&od sentence upon the prisoner , the latter turned toward a group of his followers and said : "You blokes , want to llnd Jack and square matters for mo , " which they all very readily nrotnlsod to do. This is an in stance in which the old adage , "Thoro is honor among thieves , " would hardly bo applicable. J. W. Excelsior Springs , Mo. , is the most charm ing autumn resort In America. A. llllIK ! lltirelnr. An entirely now species of burglar has boon run to earth In this city , a blind ono. Joseph Sailes , a 16-year-old inmate of the almshouse , is the curiosity in question , bays the St. Louis Republic. Ho has terrible cataracts over both eyes and is compelled to find his way with the aid of a staff , but notwithstanding his allliction has'been found guilty of breaking into the Lohondn primary school , a very Isolated spot , with a hntchot , which ho used to knock ia a punnel of the door. Once insldo the blind boy burglar took everything of value that ho could llnd nnd carry off and that was very litUo. Ho was de tected by means of the hatchet , which Jio was known to own and which ho left bohlna to take the school hatchet , which wiw sharper. A search of his room revealed tlio school hatchet , half a do/.cn now shirts and ether wearing apparel. A big bunch of keys was also among the things captured , and an owner for the new shirts found in a neighboring storekeeper. Ho had found a kuv to fit the store , and did not have to break the door in this tlmo with a hatchet. Sailos bears a bad reputa tion , having been accessory to the burnIng - Ing of San Rafael orphan nsylum some years ago , where ho was being cared for. A clear CIBO of arson was made out against him in San Kufuol , but Ills ten der ago saved him. Dr. Blrnor cures catarrh , Bee Bldg. A. Fortune Kowcdln Her Orcss. An aged woman was run over by an electric car the ether evening at the cor ner of Jackson and Fifth streets , St. Paul. Nobody recognized hor. nnd she was tnkon to the city hospital In an un conscious condition. Her right log was broken and she was so badly injured internally tornally that she died. In proparlngthe body for burial $ HCOO in greenbacks was found sowed into her clothing in various places , says a special to the Chicago Tribune. The body was identified as that of Mrs. Anna Klotz. She was over eighty years of ago and of Gorman do scent. As she has no relatives in tht country it Is not known what will bo done with the little fortune fount utltchcd in her clothing , Dr , Blrnoy cures catarrh , Bee bldg. IE FACED IIIE DEADLY FANGS The Awful Hhtorj of ft Skull and a Dry Snake's ' Skin. TOLD BY SOME BLEACHING BONES , A Horrible Device Whbli Killed n Man In mi Arteonn Canyon Tlio Kaln , the Indians mill tlio Hnttlcr. There is an old half effaced trail among the rocky canyons of the Arizona mountains between Kaglo crook and Rio 'rloto. It is a lonely place , with uoth- ngbut cactus nnd the cllft grass for ordure. It is deathly still , says an his- orlan in the San Francisco Examiner. 'hero Bcems to bo no.lifo nnywlioro among these tumbled crags. But pass vlong the trail , upset a bowlder , throw a ock into a clump of the olitT grass , you vlll sco something alive. Celled in the dark places are great diamond-backed attlcsnakes. Disturb ono of them and ho whole dell will hum with the muslo of the cnstnnots. In the bed of the canyon , just above ho wash-line , nro some bones , polished > y the drift of the river , bleached by the lorco sun for years. As you pass from ho middle of the heap of riba comes the varning rattle of one of the deadly deni zens of the glen. The remains of n mck-snddio nro there nnd what might once have boon the pack. There Is a ragmcnt of blanket with U. S. on it car by Is the rusted stool of a 'Winches- or rifle. Examine It and you will find hat still sticking fast in the breech is a green and moldy cartridge. That tolls the story. Some time back when this glen , alive vith rattlesnakes , was ovcii.lonollor and artlior out of the world than it Is now , omo prospector , deserter or hunter came there driving his pack mule. Fifty yards away from the whitening > oncs behind that boulder that juts from ho cliff , some empty rlflo shells are scattered. There are moro of thotn con cealed by that patch of greenwood , and still others among the rocks on the hi 11 side. side.Did Did the traveler with the army bla not - < ot know that ho was ttavelingou the liddon trail that only the Apaches know that pu/.zliiig round about path that started north and turned back south , the road by which the San Carlos Indians bund their way unmolested to the Mox- .cnn Sierra Madre , though the soldiers wore all around ? The story is written in what is loft in the glen. Th6"T.mlians Paw the white man come around the benil of the hill far abovo. The canyon was a perfect 'placo for ain- jush. Riding in the stillness is drowsy work. The solitary prospector comes on with his rifle hanging carelessly baforo liim. Down the trail ho comes , past the ijroaso wood patch ho comes to the water-hole in the gully. His animals are hot-nnd UrodJf > Ho.loosens the girth and leads them to the pool. Out of the quiet , crashing llko a thun der clap , comes the first shot. Hosprlngs to his horse and his rifle flies to his shoulder. IIo knows \yhathas happened , and knows that unless" his horse can car ry him back through a storm of bullets the way ho came ho. has passed his last day on earth. But the sudden shot has startled the horso. A jerk has freed the bridle , nnd in an instant ho is galloping up the hill , the saddle turning under him. Then it is die game or die coward. The white man jorka the lever of his Winchester. The cartridge catches , a twig has perhaps got in among the the bearings. , They see that ho cannot shoot his pistol went oil wfth the saddle , and now no is standing unarmed among the jeer ing Indians. There are no white man's bones by the skeleton of the pock mule. Die game or coward ! It was no easy , quick death by n bullet that the man who tied that pack had to moot Quarter of a inilo down the canyon that trail runs up on a knoll. Down there are bones. A skull is there with its face buried in the soil. These little lumps made the spine of the man who was caught in the ambush. If you search close you will find the rest of the man's frame stretched out here. What was once a rope is thoro. It Is knotted back of the skull and the other end is fast in the bush. If you cared to scratch among those bones you would find sotno small strips of rawhide. Ho died with his hands fast behind him. But what is this laco-llko line and uolicato framework of slender bone that lies close to the skull ? When the Apaches closed in on their victim ho fought hard. But how long can ono man light against a scoroV Struggle as ho will , ho is soon over come , and , with his hands bound so tight that the cords cut into them , thov force him ahead of them up tho' kno'll. If they simply meant to leave him there to starve and die under the hot sides they would have maimed his foot and may bo hands. There 'ould bo no need of tying him. A shout from some of tno Indians makes him trv to look up. Some of them are coming toward him. They have a stick with a little noose at the end , and in the noose is ono of the rat tlesnakes of the rocks. } ? ow ho knows how they are going to kill him , Through the skin and muscles of the snake close to the rattles they put two long , thin buckskin thongs. Thoberpont squirms with the pain of it , but they hold his head fast in the loop. They tlo the loose end of the thongs around the stake and jump back. The snake is free from the noose , but bound fast by the cords through its tall. Directly before it Is tlio face of the white man , In an instant the snake Is in a half coil , his rattles going faster and faster. The prostrate man closes his oyos. May bo ho screamed , may bo ho fainted , may bo ho simply waited for the fuel of the hci'pont's fangs. Like a flash the Hat head of the Biiako shoots out. The .cord stood Its spring. It falls two inches short of the white face. face.Two tiny liquid drops come against his face and run down into his board. It is the venom from the fangs that failed to reach. The Indians roar with laughter. But they have wasted much time. The troops are after them. They pick their victim , they tease the snake and then leave him. All the hot afternoon ho lies there , the snake's head playing before his eyes , moro of the venom being spat into his face. face.Tlio sun wont down and the clouds covered the heavens. Tlio umiko has learned that it cannot reach tlmt face. It lies celled at the foot ) f the slake watching. For a whllo ongor it strikes whenever the mini moves his head , but nftor a whllo It does not move but lies in its sullen coll. Oh , the strain of holding his head jtiok. until the cords fairly craokl IIow iong wan It before his niliul gave way nnd madness released him from his deadly ( error ? Now the rain begins to fall and It 1 B growing dark. The coolness revives the nan , but still before him ho sees these ; ells and that Hat head and the snnko's Ino-llko tongue Is darting and ho Is proparliie to try it again , llo strikes , but still ho cannot reach. An inch more and his fangs would have reached the bound man. IIo rubs his face in the dirt to'clear It of the horrible poison that is thickening on it. Still it rains , it is so dark that ho can not HCO the snake ; only a rattle as ho moves tells him that ft Is still thoro. He must have boon unconscious , but tie wakosup and feels the strain of the rope. IIo has been pulling hack on It with all his force , but now lie feels a counter-pull tlintsconis to draw him to ward the rattlesnake nnd death. Why doesn't ho push his face within reach of the snake and onditV IIo know ho was going to die from tlio moment Ills rlflo failed to work. IIo knows that ho must die of thirst , oven if the snake docs not reach him. But ho cannot doit. Ills mad brain refuses to order the iniibelcs to meet the snake. The rope pulls harder. IIo knows now. The rnln is wetting It and shrink ing it. It will drag him up. Two inches moro Is death. IIo digs his toes Into'tho ground. IIo pulls back until the rope sinks into ills llosh. DTho rope is ( rotting shorter. The rain has wet the buckskin thongs that holds tlio snake. The buckskin swells nnd stretches , while the hempen rope shrinksThcs cords that hold the enako are four inches longer than they wore when tied. The rope has shrunk lialf as much. The snake trios to crawl away. The strings in itsllesh hold it back. The pain enrages it and It strikes. The coyotes prowl about the spot ; the vultures hover over it. The white bkull lies with its fueo in the dust , and the dry , lace-liko snake skin , with the delicate bones below , Ho against it. Dr. Birnov cures catarrh , Boo bldg. 31 en on tlio Street. An observing woman's criticism in the Chicago Tribune : "I am no npolo- crlst for the little weaknesses of my sex. But why is il you never hear of the prattle in which men indulge on the street or about the shops ? I am down town a great deal of the day on business. I see men meet ono another on the street and at tlio counters and I hoar their talk. It is for the most part as idle and silly us that of homo women Hero is n talk I remember I confess it isn't worth reinoniborlng : ' "Hello , old man. ' ' "Hollo , yourself. ' " 'How's things ? ' " 'Kinder so-so. HowVt with you ? ' " 'So-so. Anything now ? ' " 'Samo old story. J - "Then they looked each other in the face for a half minute and ono of them asked , 'Whero did you got that tloV The ether ono said : " \vhorodid vou got that hat ? ' "Then they actually shook hands and separated. They wore men. Did you ovoi' hoar any such twaddle as thut'bo- twecn two women ? " * 14O9 Douglas , CHICAGO ANSASCITY MINNEAPOLIS ) j INDIANAPOLIS SAN FRANCISCO LOSANtiELOS JPORTLAND. ! ! OREGON.tIvh' ' Society Devotees will find our fabrics for evening wear of un common variety and excellence Correct Styles , Fresh Fabrics , ( and plenty of them , ) Reasonable Prices , ( i30 to J65. ) are three of the reasons why we make so many evening garments. The season is at hand Christmas , Yonr. and you should provide early. Full Dress Coats nnd Vests , $25 and up. Trousers , $8 nnd up. White \Vulstcoat8 $10 nnd up Cape Overcoats I'll togoultli yourflncet Dress" $25 to $45. Office Suits , $2510 $35 , Storm Coats , $18 to 35. Trouserings , an endless variety Of Tailocing we know and do a great deal. TAILOR 1409 Doug\ \ . well satisfied SANTACLAUS SOAP Islrje BEST LAUNDRYSoAP itjtlje Wb and ( use it in. aJ ! mysliii $ &nd < M/kQt / ONLV Qy An r " * - * ° KEEP IT. N.KFAIRBANK&Co.Chic o EXPERIMENTS ! IMMEDIATE STRENGTH ! THE DE GOROOT Is something absolutely new In medicine , a perfect little wonder , performlnccurcsln the most olislilinto cases of Lout or Fulling Power. Nervous Debility , Atrophy of tlio jmrti , etc. , without trouble or attention ou the part of the person using It. U Is PO plnlu mid Elmtilu In 111 construction that anj one can apply It. IU uflccts are almost imtaiitaucous , uud tlie good reeults go on Increasing from day to tiny , UKLAl'SES AUE NOT 1'OSSIIIT.R because It retains Its power for jenrn , urul nyon feeling jhc slightest weakness can lit once apply U and quickly cut short unyeUl tendency anil restore the parti to full health and strength. v IN LOST OR Forincn , who feel that tholrvlrllo strength Is decreasing , Oils olectrl- ITAII IMf DrVl/CD cn'mirvel ' Is uncqualcd. Reaching , as It doc % tlic very fountain el i"Hll.ll V3 rUndlf ni&nlyIgor , It soon rcstorci the local nems aud muscles to full power. No matter how many tlmci you may have failed heretofore , you inuy uuijiloy this llttla instrument "Kh the certainty of success. IN EXHAUSTION The constnntcurrent ofgalvanlsmflowlnu directly throuRh thu Mm\/ni 1C nrrQII ITVCrt nerves affected , stimulates and strengthens them , nnd by re- lULnvuuo UU.DIL.I I I CBtorliic contractile power to the ecmlnnleslcles and ducts , prevents tbo constant drain and flow of vital fluid which -weakens and destroys. IM Dl AhHCD IMCC ACE ? I'crsons hnvlnc Inflammation of the Bladder , Painful Urlna- 111 DLnUULIA UIOLnOCO tloir. Gravel , Enlarged I'mtato Gland , and llko Dkorden , should never Rive up hope until they have tested the ItPKcnorntor. Its Helton In such com plaints Is marvelous , as the ir.auy testimonials lu our possession very plainly show. , VARICOCELE cured easily nnd painlessly by our new method. IN HEADACHES , NEURALGIA , SCIATICA , RHEUMATISM , and nil painful N rvou .Af. frctlons , the gentle current which flo s from the Kcccncrntor Is truly a natural remedy. It Is easily applied to any affected part , and Its results are almost Instantaneous. THE REGENERATOR RECOMMENDS ITSELFI We depend forthc extension of our business upon the recommendations of grateful nnd pleased patients who Imvo utrd the Ilegonerntor and are willing to acknowledge its merits. SEND 88 nnd pet ono ol these little Medical Marvclr. and If Ills not exactly as represented , vou ran Imvo your money Inck , for e cnn alnayg find plenty of customers. MEN OTHERWISE SOUNOwho nnd their power lost or declining , will find In this appliance a most useful and worthy little Instrument , nnd It vlll prove ol the greatest value to all vUio are weak , nervous or debilitated. BO * Wo number amoneour pntroiiK and pntlrntt Doctor * , T > awyor , .Iuiliro , Concre § iiirn , Clcrsvmpii , linnkum and Mer- c-limitH. 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A. flpui'lnlty niudiXif Una KuUt Illllnxi. cold aiidv I'ou'oliifii CTOWIIH , IjrldKBwork , otc , Teeth j > os- > Itlvuly extracted without pulti. O W. S. ROBINSON , ANALYTICAL and CONSULTING * OHEXMISO ? , WnLors and Oils aSpoolaltu 1112 DODGE STREET , OMAHA , NEB.