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NEWS FROM THE FARTHER WEST.
GAMES' wife 'BIG STAKES
Kecollecttoni of the Old Day. by Noted
Weittrn Gambler.
GREAT PLAYS ON THE GREEN TABLE
Sport- Public Men nf w Orleans
The ( Jroiit DnyN at Virginia Cltr
Clilnnmcii llpnd flame , EnB-
llubmen llend
A tall , pale , Wack-cycd , gray-haired and
Very dignified man bas been living at Pasa
dena , Cai. , this winter , relate * a corre
spondent of the tttiv York Sun. Hut for a
sparkllnz diamond on his Immaculate shirt
front , his crrjertncss at billiards , and his
a 1m out ceaseleaa reading of French novels
0.1 ho alts day after day among the shrub
bery In the hotel park , people might have
set him down as a Methodlct presiding elder
of the old school. Indeed , he bas been1
polcteJ out several times as a certa'o dis
tinguished Baptist preacher ot San Fran
cisco. ails Bomber clothing , his black silk
cravat , his clean-shaven face , his careful
speech , and his retiring ways , gave him a
clerical air. Nevertheless , the man is
George \Vf. Wright , ono of the wealthiest
gamblers la the United States and the most
famous west of the Mississippi river , tile
has been spending two years In travel , and
tvhllo he decs not say that he .has retired
from the green table he probably has done
so. On a pointer from his old friend , Sen
ator Tabor of Denver , he invested In the
Little Johnnie mine at Loadvllle , Colo. , same
joars ago , and the investment yields a little
fortune annually , .lie owns a 'block ' ot stores
New Orleans , a hotel at Manltou Springs , |
Colo. , and stock In a prospective street car
line In Now Orleans. For two 5 ars ho
lias not sat In a'f professional gamo. Last
winter he was In Honolulu , last summer
In the City of Mexico , and next summer he
will probably be at some Canadian resort.
Ho Is a bachelor , about 57 years of age.and
J his companion Is a son of his dead sister.
nio provides for the college education ot
three ofJila nephews , and last year ho sent
a niece'On o trip -Europe. . * Years ago he
was accounted erie of the most taciturn ot
men. The late James O. Fair sa < ld ho had
never Ttnown a more silent man under clr-
, cumstances that would make ordinary men
wildly -excited. Nowadays he shows a dis
position to talk of Ills travels and experi
ences.
ences.OLD
OLD DAYS 174 NEW ORLEANS.
"I'm getting to that "perloJ ot life , " said
lie the other day , , "when It's time for me to
devote < my attention to the welfare of the
children of my sisters. There's a full dozen
of them altogether , and all are fatherless
r\ and three are motherless. So I have not
had the time or the Inclination to sit In
the * > IK games I used to travel miles to
participate In. I'm not making any prom
ises for mjself , but I have about concluded
that my last professional game was played
Hi New Orleans two years ago last month.
My nephews look to nle as to their father.
I am proud of It. Jf I do my best for them
and steer them Into modern business pur
suits , I cannot keep up the skill It takes
to pliy a successful game with big stakes.
Then , too , gam'ollng'has ' fallen In'to'sueli 111
, leputo In the last twenty ye-ars that I
don't want my eepfcows to hut- anything
J .to do wltte K..vn-1'vo mad a large circle
of friends among church and literary peo-
f plo JB.the lijstsir. { yfijUs , and.I have learned
if some things. IFtor Instance , I never knew
wflen'T"associated constantly with'the
! i fgi's'lo.a.iwA'o.urf twk , . IsT.reiaraeJ , ' 1. . . . many pro- r
"peoplcC " * ' "VVfiy' . il "ha-ve besn Invited 'In the
last few weeks by .tourists , to. vlalt them
next summer at Dar -Harbor , Narragansett I
and > ? avln Jl6ck , and If these people were
told what gamea I havfi fiat in for thirty
jears they might fear that I might disgrace
them by accepting their hospitality.
"How did I b'Kome'a gambler ? I drifted
into It as naturally as the etereotyped--duck
ge' < j In'o ' water. I was a bellboy In the
famous old St. Charles hotel In New Orleans
ta 1853 and 1854. I raw the Idols of the
esuth , the , high and might- men Jn the state
and nation , playing pok r and faro there. I
lioird my father , and mother at home extol j
those same' men , and It was natural' ' that a
boy's ambltlccv should have beno Inspired
to sit an& play for etakes the way they did. [
Gambling was a common avocation of men
nnd women of moina in the south , espsclally
In New Orleans , to a degree which northern
people" of these da > s oan hardly conceive. I
JsBcw how to play a sagacious game of poker
before I was 20 years old. I won $1,000
clean money at poker the year I reached
18 , and you can easily Imagine how little
use a youth who could make monsy llko
tbat would have for bard work at small
wagca. Among the early poker players I
remember having seen at the St. Charles
when I carried fancy drinks to the party
were etich men ail Judah P. Benjamin , 'then
United States senator and afterward secretary
of date In the confederacy : L. Q. C. Lamar.
who died a justice of the United States supreme
premo court : Sergeant S."Prcntlss , the moat
wonterful of all southern orators , and. even
fc'.uff old Sam Houatcn of Texas. I have
* nte-od beh'efl the chair of Senator William. L.
Yancey a dozen tlme In my bojbood , with
a glasa of whtaky on a tray , waiting until a
hacd at poker had been played and the Idol
of Alabama was ready for hla retreshment.
Is It any wonder 1 became a gambler and
Icaraod no other pursuit for a livelihood ?
GAMES WITH NOTABLES.
"Like all the young men of Now Orleans
> who gambled professionally , I went on the
boata on the Mississippi river. I was there
until the war broke out In 1SG1. Then I
ecrvcd two years In the confederate army.
Atter the war was over I went to St. Louis
end opened a private $3,000 gambling place
In tbo Southern Hotel building. Then I
went back to New Orleans. I was In Vlr-
Blnla City In tha early ' 70s , and went from
there to Chicago , then to Denver , then to
. Leadvllle and then to San .Francisco. I have
played poker with all the famous players of
America and faro with the Frenchmen In
Paris. I played two months In the summer
of 1STC at John Morrtascy's place at Sara
toga. and I came in contact with some men
In New York and Philadelphia who re
powers In tbo political and the al
world. I once had a friendly game of poker
with the Russian Grand Duke Alexis In t.
Louis. General Phil Sheridan , whom I
knew somewhat in Denver , told the duke
about me. and I was surprised ono day to
cei a message asking me to call upon the
dute. beef
"Vy to 1SSS I had the ups and downs ofI
the general run of men ot my profession. I
was sitting at the funeral of a gambler who
bad been rich and died poor one day In al
las. Tex. I looked about me and saw a lot
of bristlier and quicker men than I. They
liad been well off once and were then all
broke from gambling. The thought flashed
over mo that I was getting like them and
would bo useless and broke before I knew It.
I determined that samolhour never to depart
from an Iron-clad rule to have a limit for
toettinz and losing and to ealt down one-
fifth of my earnings , no matter what the
inducement to Increase the wagers. From
( hat lime I kept my resolution , and I began
to accumulate property. I helped Senator
Tabor ot Denver once la delicate business
affair , and he gove. me a tip on mining stock
that haa earned many thousand dollars for
me. I have not smoked or drank In twenty-
live years. I have been trying to get all
the sleep I can for twenty years , and tbat
lias kept roe in prime condition , while nearly
II ot my. early comrade * about the green
table have gone to their graves.
"Tho greatest gambling town now in the
United States is New Orleans , but It is not
what It was ten years ago even. It cotton
ever cqmeq up ( again , there may be the 'old- >
time * scenes in cords there. St. Louis is a
fairly good town for gambling. Sau Fran
cisco used to be , but DOW horeo racing and
prize flghts there have taken the minds and
cash ot the sporU. Denver used to be i
wonderful town for big games. There was
a club of sllycr miners there that used coni'
monly to have gamea In which 12.000 and
$3.000 were at stake. I have known $7.0X , (
and $3.000 to be In a Jack pot there on ser
era ! occasions. But the dropping out ot the
bottom ot the silver business haa ruined
garabllng for heavy stakes In Denver. The
tin horn fellow R are as common M ever |
there and In Cripple Creek. I haven't known
much about gambling In New York for half I
ft dozen i yoara. it used to bo a great poker
to < , but faro never was as popular there t
8 In New Orleans and Chicago. I once ,
played with two other professionals In the
Delavan bouse lnAlbany _ for a week or two ,
whan the legislature waa In cccilon and
Senator Warner Miller wanted to bo re-
elected. "
THE UEST GAMBLERS.
"Who are the besl gamblers ? "
"The Chinese. Then the Yankees. The
Hncllsh are the most absurd eamblers and
they think they are wonderfully adroit. A
smart Chinaman will learn more of the art
of poker playing In an hour than an intelli
gent American can learn in days. The Chi
nese are natural born bluffers and readers of
human nature. I never tire of watching a
Chinaman play poker against several Ameri
cans , even if It Is a cheap game. If you
ever wish to see something really humorous
alt and study a Chinaman who Is risking his
good. bard-earnod.jcash In a Jack pot with
some Americans. You will see the most
etolld and indlfforont face on a human be
ing , who , 110 'doubt , secretly burns with
anxiety and excitement. You will see a face
and eyce that I 'doty any one to read , oven In
the most exciting momenta of the game. A
Chlnamau gives a sharp , lightning glance
at the corners of the cards. Then he puts
bU whole attention on the faces of his ad
versaries , wbllo he assumes an expression
of bland childishness. A discharge ot ar
tillery under his chair would not fcaze him
In a poker game. I confess that I have had
three of a kind bluffed out by a Chinaman
with a pair of dueces or trays several times
in my life. I once sat in a game in Cheyenne
with two rich Chinamen and two rich cattle
men in Wyomlnc , and I saw one of those
Chinamen lose his whole year's earnings ,
about $6,000 , with not so much as a wink.
"The Englishmen are easy game for pro
fessional American gamblers. They take so
much for granted. The English cattlemen
In Texas and through the territories have
spent sums running altogether away up In
the millions trying to cope with the Ameri
cano in poker. The fraternity abounds in
stories of the Innocence of Englishmen at
poker. One of the best I ever heard was.
told by Tom Ochlltree. Some years ago an
Englishman and a Texan were going by
steamer from Now Orleans to New York.
The days were long and both men wanted
to kill .time. The Englishman proposed a
Eamo of cut-throat euchre. The Texan ac
quiesced. The men played some time , when
the Englishman suddenly exclaimed :
" 'Dou't you know , my boy , I've a deuced
fine poker hand. '
" 'Do vou know our American poker ? In
quired the Texan.
" 'Know it through and through. It s a
bloomln * great game. '
A BLOOMING SNAP.
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" 'Well , I have a neat little poker hand
here , too , It I could discard a card and get
a jack , ' replied the Texan.- !
"The Englishman drew down his face anj
smothered a chuckle as he proposed to bet
the hands after lhc ! change had been made
In the Texan's had. The betting began.
I First the Englishman raised and then the
Texan raised. The Englishman bit his lips )
and tried to look serious as the Texan i
added his diamoid studs nnd his gold watch i
and chain to the pile. of his wager.
" 'Wihy , my boy , you're making a blcomin'
idiot of yourself , ' said the Englishman as hemet
met the bet arcd planked down his elegant
Jewelry.
"Tho turn was called.
" 'Now , see here , my boy , how foolish you
! are. I've four queens , don't you know.'i )
said the Englishman. I
"That's good , but I've four kings , ' sald.l
the Texan.
" 'Four kings , four kinfjs , ' mused the be
wildered Englishman. Then efter ho had
studied i'he proposition anJ watched the1
Toxan-j-rake In a heap of money and valuable - '
able * , . -he exclaimed , 'Butmy boy , can you'
tell me wihy you wanted that infernal I1
Jack ? ' '
"No , I hove never had much experience
in playing poker with women. I am firm In
an opinion , Ijowever , from what experience'
I liRve had and from what I can learn from
professionals wlho have played much with
women , that women are naturally better'
gamblers than men. Women are not suob
bold , plunging players as mea are , but they
'are apt'at dissimulation. I know a great
many professionals who will , not gamble
at poker with women. A woman who has
been thrownon her own- resources knows
'how to trltk 'a man's vanity , 'when to catch
him 'off- his guard , and bow to play upon
him bettor than the average man does. I
could no more bluff a woman In poker than
I could take wings and fly. T have been
used to quick , hard , concentrated thinking
In poker games for a long time , but I can't
think fast enoilcfi1 to follow a woman In
playing poker. Th'e richest professional
Ramblers. , arcs women. .There Is Senora Al-
marez ot the City ot Mexico. She pays
taxes on $400.000 worth of property. She
may be seen * gambllng'at her bouse in the
City of Mexico almost aay day In the year.
Their there was Amy Cantine , the famous
woman samhjer ot Virginia City twenty-five
years agq. She made more money from
faro than some into djd from rich ledges of
gold-bearing quartz.
GAMBI3ING JN * VIRGINIA CITY.
"The olggest gambling I ever saw was In
Virginia City. . NetfT 'at the ' 'time the Bo
nanza ledger on trie Comstock were being
developed. TJhat was along in 1872 and 1S73.
There are a multitude- gamblers nowadays
who are Incredulous of the truthful stories
of the games played every night In the w < Jak
for about , a ybar froin June. 1$72. to July ,
1873. I confess that I sometimes wonder
whether I was really a participant in Uiose
goldan Hays in Raining , of whether I have
dreamed all ( hat I recollect about them.
\Vhem I was In England a few years ago I
heard of some big games in Australia along
In the GO's , but uoao" compared with those
e had In Virginia City.-
"
"You remember that for months the out
put of gold from seven mines on the Com
stock yielded together $50,000 clear profit
every day. John W. Mackay. James G.
Fair and James Flood became multi-million-
*
alrea in fourteen months , while Sharco
Hobart , Ralston , Cobb. O'Brien and a dozen '
oilier men leaped from poverty to millions
in the same time. Common laborers and
camp cooks of a few years before had In-
ocines from mining Btocks.-of $150 and $300
a day for two years. Lot * of mining labor-
era who-could not re d or write had bank
deposits in Virginia. City in those woadertui
days f $10,000 and IIC.'OOO ; I toave seen
hundreds of men laclean .rod shirts and
grimy overallshaul'otit a .huckaklnbag ; of
$2,000 or so with 'no"'SBore ( heed-to IU value
than -when ono produces. $2 nowadays. 80 you
see what an extraordinary there1 was la
the town for gambling.I never saw gam
bling co common and so open /a * in Virginia
City. There wer . forty .w fifty gambling
games running there day and night. Poker
was too eow andcoqulred too much thought
for move of the suddenly rich men. Roulette
and faro were moat popular.
PALACES OF CHANCE.
"The most superbly appointed gambling
place I have over seen outside ot France
and AuetrU , waa there. It was not so large
as Morrlssey's at Saratoga , or an Lynch' * tn
New Orleans , but it must have cost thou
sand * of dollars more tban either ot these.
It was owned by' Hiram Gentry and Dan le.E. .
Crittenden. They were both men ot
I lion and tfcey planned to establish a Monte
j Carlo there. Crittenden wta neph w of
United State * Senator Crittenden of Ken-
I tucky. They were backed by Senators
. Sharon and Nye , William C. IUI ton and
one or two other millionaires. They add
I credit at tba California bank In San Fran- l
Cisco for $800,000. For about a year their
daily depctlta-ayeraged $ S,000. Tfcft building
waa frame like all others m Virginia City
Down stairs tHere Were four large rooms
and upstairs tbero were three. One room
wa especially devoted to Nevada and Call
fornla state officials , creators and congress
men. Another room waa for miners am
cattlemen. Still another and larger room
was a general gambling room for men o
email stakes , who played to a $50 limit every
*
night. Theretwere , poker , rpulette and faro
rooms , and connecting vWlth all these was a i
most elaborate barroom. The tables. , am
'chain were of'mahogaoyrihe carpets were
the finest that money could bay in New
York. 1 have seen cowboy * and miners In
- great , rough , muddy booU , with pistol *
ping at their hips and spur * at their heel *
come aUlklB * ajcroM 4vtt oarpcta tfcer *
that < cost $10 a yard In these
days , and throw tliplr feet on
poliflhed tablca worth $100 each. The
windows were of the Bneat French statacd
glass , and represented Bacchanalian and
Reman scenes. The bar .was of solid onyx ,
and the floor of Ttallaa colored marble. The
lamps were solid sliver set oft by gold. ( Mir
rors of heavy 'plate glass reached from floor
to celling , and. were held in place by hooks
of solid silver. There were goblets of solid
silver , and delicate drinking vessels of glass
and gold. The pyramid of cut glass de
. canters and bottles at the back ot the
bar cost $1,000 in Paris. Then the cx-
penalvo manner ot running the houpe was
piobably never equaled. In the exclusive
poker rooms bottles of champagne were
opened at the expense of Gentry & Crit
tenden whenever a Jack pot was opened. I
have seen a dozen bottles of clmmpugno
that cost In that mining town $6 a bottle
served free to an assemblage because some
one told a new funny story or because a new
rich vein had beco struck down at the mines.
The house used to .reserve $3,500 a month
from Its proflts for the entertainment of .
Its guests. On the occasion of the visit of
the duke of Sutherland to Virginia City tie
bonanza flrm of Mackay , Fair , FlooJ and
O'Brien must have paid for COO bottles ot
champagne drunk and poured on the car
pets In one day and night at Gentry & Crlt-
UnJen's house.
CH3P3.
"I have sat In games of poker In the
house many a tlino when the cheapest chip i i
was $20. I once played for a few hours '
when the chips ragged from $50 upward , but
It-was too big for mo to play my beat. 1
was so nervous that I could not judge my
opponents as I should. Several times I
saw poker games There that lasted , all night ,
where the chips ranged from $70 to $200
each. But It would be too severe a strain
on me to play Ion ? at such a game. Per
haps twenty or thirty times I have knomn
me > 3 to get up from an all-night poker game
with $20,000 winnings. Winnings of $10-
000 In a night or an afternoon were not un
common' ' at Gentry & Crlttenden's. Once I
heard of a gambler named Jack Sllverwood ,
from Detroit , Mich. , who went awuy from
Virginia City with about $50,000 that ho
had won In two weeks. I believe he quit
gambling and went Into the wholesale
tobacco business In Detroit on his capital.
He was a very sensible mac. The chances
are fifty to one ho woulJ have gone broke
If h ? had plaed there a month longer.
"The biggest game I ever eaw was at Gen
try & Crittenden's in the summer ot 1S72.
Lucky Baldwin , now of San Francisco , Henry
M. Vance , who made a fortune with Melga | i
tn the Andean railroad ; Stnitor Bill Sharon |
and a man from St. Louis sat In the gamo.
I withdrew when the game got too big for |
me. I won't play In an unlimited game .vlth ! !
ree-.css millionaire1 ! , and the honest man I
of small moans who does Ig sure to go broke. ,
Well , the game began at about 7 o'clock one I '
evening. The chips were from $100 upward , i
It lasted until 3 In the morning. There were
Jack pots started ut SOJO and $1,000. If the
real went around the table once there would i
be $2,000 and perua s $3,000 In the pot. f .
Several times the -Joal vent around twice }
and there was $ C,000 In flu pot. 'One pot j '
contained $12,000 when It was opencu. Xot.
a word was snokon and thj sllencu was op-j,9 I
presslve. Thcso millionaires handled thou- '
| Ji coot t * ; * uuou .iitii .uiiait t o uauuicu t.iuu -
Kinds as common cheap gamblers do halves
and Quarters. KaUes of $500 'were common , I
and once I saw the men raho each other
I
$2,600. There was $18OOJ In that' on6 rot. I
Talk about quick thinking ihd concentration ;
of mind. Talk about lightning calculation ] i
of chances and an Instant reading of one's ,
Inmost thoughts. I lell ynti that was a' '
crucial test. Champagne waa wired once
an hcur and the jiUylnc was resumed. I
| taw i three lives win $13,000"that night. Once
II saw Senator Sharon raise Lucky Baldwin
$4,000 I and scoup In a tidy sum of lfG.000.
" 'Talse U , ' was all Baldwin eald to break ,
the I stillness ol the room. \
"I can't conceive of anything that wears' .
the f brain out sooner than sdeh'a nervous
strain i endured for htiura. "When the'earll- r
I est streaks of sunlight were shooting over
I the 1 Washoe valley and were glinting the I
Sierras ! the same came to an erid.
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; Senator Sharon. . I
I "Ho was then $35,000 winner , and the St. '
Louis man was about $12,000 ahead. I don't : ]
doubt that Sharon went home and slept as
easy as If ho had won a haTidful'fof change. "
One Montana Mlnlni ; Coiui an > - .
BUTTB , Mont. , April 21. ( Speci l. ) The ' |
annual report of the Boston and Montana
Consolidated Copper and Silver , Mlnlng company -
pany has Just been completed , rt shows a
large surplus and a reduction In ppcratlcig
expenses. The receipts for the yeac were
$0,949,097 , against $6414,307 for 1S96 cad
about $5,000,000 for 1895. The expenses In
1897 were $3,932.C60 , leaving a mining profit
of $3,016,437. Dividends were paid during
the year amounting to $1.800.0,00 , and tOere
I * a surplus of $1,082,099. The report caya
that during the last year the company haa
been treating ores averaging 2 per cent ksa
copper than the ores totaled In 1896. The
re reserve * ! in sight are greater tban a year
go , and will yield about the usual amount
f silver and copper per ton.
To Invi-ntlKWtu Tliclr KycH.
TOPEKA , Kan. , 'April 21. ( Special , ) Dr. .
Ill , secretary of the state Board of ( Health.
as , prepare-il a circular , havlcg for Its sub-
. . . the eye , which State Superintendent of4
'ubllc ' Instruction -William Stryker will send
o all the public schools -in the state. The
-tojeet of the. circular Is to impress upon
eachers the Importance of the eyej of their
uplls and to advise them whenever defective
r Impaired eyesight Is noted in their pupils ,
Iso notifying parcels-of that fact at once ,
vlth such suggestions as they can give use
o the means of treating the same from a
clcntlflc standpoint. For some reason 1m-
ialrcd eyesight Is becoming very prevalent
.mong the pupils of the state , so much so
hat Dr. GUI regards the matter as very
erlouB.
l.uml for tlif * Indian * . >
FORT DUOHB3NE , Utah. April 21. ( Spe-
clal. ) The allotting commission has suc
ceeded In allotting the Uncompahgre In
diana who want land on their own reaerva-
lon. They have one party on the Ulntah
reservation working and another party will
start up White river and Willow creek to
morrow to mike a plat of ths un-urveyed
and that the Indians want. The plat mu.it
10 submitted ! to Washington before the land
ctn , be surveyed or allotted. There in not
much danger of white men taking unsur-
veyed lan < J from the Indians , as they can
orrty get It by living on It among the In
dians , and that might not be healtty. The
Indians ro la a good humor , and will not
make any objections to their treatment ity
officiate.
officiate.UoM
UoM 'Mine. In the Street.
LOS ANGELES , Cal. , April 21 , ( Special. )
t Randiburg , Kern county , a ledge was
recently discovered 1n the main street of
the town while workmen were making a
trench for the new water line. It was Im
mediately located and a run of ore from
It boa Just yielded $400. The gold Is worth
over $17 per ounce , and it Is said tbat there
la plenty of ore in eight In the ledge. A
number of new discoveries are reported
from the Panamint country , and a quantity
of ere from that region which bas been
handled at the Johannesburg campling works
yielded $70 per ton and more. The tow-
grade ore outbid section , which was once
considered worthless , can BOW be handled
profitably.
Vatamlllnr with Good Clothe * .
SAN FRANCISCO. April 21. ( Special. )
Fifty-three young Japanese , who claimed to
be students , but who were found to bo agri
cultural laborers , will probably be deported
to Japan. Tuey were drcesed in American
clothes ot all styles , and many were abso
lutely unfamlHar with -their novel raiment ,
as they had trousers on backward , and sev
eral had collars reversed , while others wore
'them buttoned around their arms. The fact <
that all were furnished with slop-ahap cloth
ing Increased suspicion that they were tint
bere together under contract byeome J p -
company.
TO CURB COLD IM ONE DAY
Laxative Dromo Qutnlae Tablets. All
druggUU refund the money 1C it fails to cure.
25c. The geiula * bu L. B. Q. < w each tablet.
BROOK FARlfcf OKLAHOMA
Plans for a New ifqperative Colony for
the .Territory ,
NLW TESTAMENT" RBtES TO GUIDE IT
in
Mcniltpm Will He Pnld In' Scrip for
Work Hone nml Will lie lletlred
from Active Service nt the
ABC of SO Ycnm.
OUTimiB , Ok ! . , April 21.-Spcclal. ( )
Platu are being laid here tor an experiment
with a co-operative colony to take advantage
of the fine climate and rich soil of this tor-
.
rltory. The community la to bo known us
the Oklahoma Co-oporatlvo Industrial aaso
elation , and Is patterned largely after the
famous Brook form community founded at
Roxbury , Mass. , In 18i2 , In which George
Hlploy , Nathaniel Hawthorne , George Wil
liam Curtis , Charier ] A. Dana and other well
known Now Englandera were Interested.
There were two stages of development In the
Drook farm community , the Idyllic or Intel
lectual and the Industrial. The first was portrayed
trayed by Hawthorne In "The Dllthedale
Romance ; " the second , a jisrlod of the toll
and struggles of pcrsocs who had' ' no con
ception of the meaning of transcendentalism ,
found an hlstorlaa , not without defects , In
John Francis Codman.
The Oklahoma experiment correaponds
closest to the Industrial slags of iBrook farm ,
but differs vitally In that the New Tcata-
meat Is named afl the standard of morn's
Brook farm was without rellslous restric
tions. The promoter' ot the Oklahoma aciso-
clatlon Is C. B. Powell of Kdmond. lao h
actively at work Inducing persons dUanlsfled
with present occlat conditions to lend tholr
assistance in building this r : w Utopia. Tlie
home of the association has not bom fixed.
WHAT THE COLONISTS BCLIEVE.
Mr. Powell believes that the declaration
of principles and < tfie corstltutlon and by-
laua are the uest that have bcea drafted
for such an a'Tsoslatlon. The dsclaratlcn
of principles re'acls :
"We believe that man has a phjslcal , In
tellectual and spiritual nature and ! ? a ra-
tlonal ' , responsible and ssclal being.
"That his Creator gave him dominion over
the earth and all things therein , and com-
manded . him to multiply , rtplenslh and suo-
duo It.
"Tbat man Is a progressive beln ? . capable
of | Inllnlte possibilities' of intellectual anil
moral development through the Intellectual
ani ; ' ethical resources " , which God haa given
for that purpose" .
"That this development must be attained
,
through education civltralnl | , > s-
"That earth , airj arpj water and all that
Is , implied therein Constitute the natural
. _
resources and are3tipJiicommon ) heritage of
' . , to
"That It Is fey labo tttpcn these resources
that ] TO n Is able joqnPPly his wants.
"That the great ( purppse of man's life Is. ,
'the ] highest possible 'fieyelopmcnt of himself.
"That It Is Impossible 'for ' the- Individual
to carry out 'the pyrpoce of his being by hU
o-vn unaided effort , \i\p \ must have the co-
operatloaof all otfcru.j
"That < H Is olyvthwiEh ) the eo-operatloa
ot human effort th l tie highest development
of man ! attainable , ! } ' , ,
It Is prrposed , thrgygh associated effort ,
to lessen the causes,6l verty and to Increase
line ability of th'elfn'divldua ! to supply hla
wants by rccelvipg ly ? Jull product of , bis
- " offlcers wltf "wfteirt of"a councillor'
Boven" members , eletii annullly. who will'
elect a president , vice prefil.lent , secretary
and treasurer. Only the president w 111 exer-
else appointive p'o'er , The council will ar-
bltrate all differences between members ,
summon UICGMS , hear and determine all
.oiufrfG "arising under the laws of the asso-
elation , Usue scrip to the workers and de-
pcsltors , negotiate exchangey , fix prices on
products | to bo distributed , do the clerical
Vork of the association , purchase real estate ,
purchase llvo stock , building material , mer"
chandlco and produce and superintend public
Improvements , and will also have charge it
the schools and ot all the property of tlie
association. It "will not bo allowed to con
tract debts without the consent of two-thirds
of the members.
A thorough system of physical men tat and
ethical culture will be taughf In the schoo'e.
No religious or wltntific creed \vlll be estab
lished by law , and po , scrip will be' issued ID
any religious preieher or teacher for serv
ices rendered In such .capacity.
The Initiative alul referendum ia to prevail
morning , noon and hlght. 'Members guilty
of crimes and misdemeanors prohibited by
the laws of the state aJe to be turned over to
tlio civil authorities to be tried and punished
according to law.
A townslte will bo laid out In lots.Qf one-
fourth acre each. The association will build
houses for the member ? , and all lands not.
BO occupied will bo used for co-operative
purposes. -1
The labor of the departments will He per
formed by details oTMaborecs , arranged by
th superintendent of'cath department. EacH
detail will choose a foreman from its number
to take charge'of the work assigned to'It ,
keep the time of. each laborer and make a
report each day to the superintendent , who
will make a Vseekly report to the secretary
of the association of the number of days'
labor performed In hts department' Each
person's labor will be accredited to the per- '
ssn performing U ; < iUo the number of days'-
labor bestowed upon each kind of product.
SCRIP FOR MONEY.
A eystein ot finance will be maintained by
a quarterly Issuance of scrip , equal in value
to the proJucta and merchandise In charge
of the > treaeurer In the warehouses. The
value ot the. product will be arcc.talned by
computing the cost of production at the rate
of $1 a day for the labor bestowed upon It.
The laborers will receive scrip according to
the amount of work performed.
The ateociiHlon 'lequlres members to sign
the following pledge ;
"I do solemnly agr/ that I will do all In
my power to carry into.etfect the- objects of
this association as set forth In ltd declara
tion of principles , constitution and by-laws ,
and that I will neither use myrelf , sell nor
fiho to others , nor iA.any way Induce or en-
cauuge : others .to mjjvlntoxlcanls | as o bey- .
erago except that rBUJtfi intoxicants may bo
used when ordered , a phjslclan for medlc-
' inal purposes , and JfljtvlclictcU to the use of
tobapco-that I. y.UL.rfKUlier cell nor give it
to others not In he wblt of using it , but
will alwoysdlseourag $ ) 1U use. " ,
New members mvet-depcalt enough money
or Its equivalent ltd > > maintain them , fix
months. Chllfl.-fdKt members will to con
sidered as warda ofrjth.e , association and will
receive wages for .teflf labor In proportion
to what it la worttAS , compared with adult
labor. i-Vllen child. en ? ver 10 y urs old may
be received on the kijne torms.
An Invalid department will be established
where the sick or ibpae who have been par
tially disabled may ; to supported and fur
nished with euch 14K > r.as they may be able
to perform. All mtraber reared In the - association
sociation will bo Jejtwfd from the general
department of labor AjLuO years ot age ; those
having a diploma frdQOhe school and having
kept their pledge will be admitted into the
council. Members without these qualifica
tion * may go Into the Imalld department.
AlliitMtarCnntured. . In Arlxonm.
YUMA. Ariz. , April 21. ( Special. ) An al
ligator eleVco feet long was cipturtd 'Sun-
day .in a lagoon ten miles below Yumi. The
eiurlcn was roped , cowboy style , while oun
nlng itself on a sand 'bank , by several Yuma
Indians , and was tied up In the same man
ner a wild bull woulji have ibecn handled.
The captors proudly towed , it to Yum-i aiW
hero found a'purchaacr. Alligators are very
rare in I lap 'Colorado river and th.Vs ipeclmen
k the flri-'t Captured for many jearu.
from Colorado.
PORTCOLLINS , Colo. , April 21. ( Special. )
About 100,000 head ot lambs have already
dyr.
been chipped from this place to eastern tear.
kets this season. JThls ie about C5 per cent
ot the total number fed in this vicinity.
Tbe creat bulk have gone to Chlogo. Some
however , hive be-cn sold In Omaha and nutct
falo , N , Y. The prices obtained thus far
average about. $5.50 per hundred weight.
Ti ( ! will pay the turmora for their corn and *
labor and. other Incidental and leave them
about-$3 per ton For their alfalfa bay
SOUTH OAKOTA oilOI * IH'I.l.KTIf.
Condition * for Srcdlnjr Knvornhle All
e State ,
HURON. S. D. , April 21. ( Special. ) The
first crop bulletin for the season was Issued
today from the government weather bureau
hero , 'covering ' crop conditions In-South
Dakota. Director Glenn says the amount
of ! precipitation during the winter was be
low the normal , and most of the time the
ground over most of the Rtate was bare , so
that when the frost was out sufficiently for
seeding there wai no w stc or untlllable
land due to melting snow anJ excess ot
moisture.
During March the precipitation was re
ported < sutllclent In most counties , the soil
amply i moist , in excellent condition , nml
tillable generally when free from front.
Mild weather during the first nnd second de
cades removed the frost In soutlipmtorn
und cNtreme west counties , permlttlnK con
siderable spring whent and rye seeding un
til the 21st , when It was Interrupted liy cold
\\euther , und was not resumed to any
extent until April 1. At the close of March ,
however , other conditions were fuvoralilo
for general feeding to promptly begin When
temperature conditions wou'.d justify. Some
( southeastern and lllack Hills localities be
gun spring wvient seeding ns early ns the
Stfr of Mnrch , consequently , by the 21st some
farmers hud their work well advanced.
Uurlnc tbe first decade of April winds und
only ! light precipitation reduced neil moist
ure , but most fields were still amply moist.
UH
Hlh winds and frcs'y ground retarded s ed-
Ing , but by ths Uth spring wheat seedIng -
Ing was nearlng completion In the southern ,
well advanced In central , nnd begun In
northern counties , but very llttlu had germ-
inated.
Irb Since then the temperature conditions have
been more seasonable , with some quite
warm afternoons , so that now spring wheat
seeding ds about completed In the southern ,
nearlng completion In central and fairly
well mlvnnced In northern counties.
wo In the southern and central counties much
of the early sown wheat Ims sprouted well ,
but In localities Is uneven because of scant
moisture { , nya itul oats seeding Is nearly
completed In 'the southern and well nd-
v.inced In the central counties. Winter rye ,
of which there Is not n Inige aerugo. Is
growing , nlcMy and Is n good Htnnil. Thera
Is leport ot the earliest sown wheat In
some sjutlicrn fields being ilnmaqcd by
subsequent cold weather and frome reseed-
Ing Is necessitated. There Is nlso Home re
port of high winds uncovering some ot the
inter sown , which , however , hnil not nerni-
Innted. A soaking Reneritl rain would Us
very beneficial In aiding the germination
of the late sown grain , nml starting the
prairie rrt s which Is slow this spring.
Some potntoss have been planted and
s-ome gaiclenfng has been done.
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OAXTOX MIMTrA IMiAnV TO flO.
fiiinnlniiicn In 1Iu > htnte
in hn'iply the < lnnn.
CANTON. S. D. . April 21. ( Spaclal. )
"Tip resolution ivjsaed by congress authoriz
ing the president to uuj the state mllltla
if necessary In the war with Spain has
caused much excitement In Company D ,
Fouth Dakota Naticn.il Guard. A special
from Washington also stntes that one regi
ment will be ustd from this state. As there
Is1 only ono regiment in the state Compiny
D will necessarily have to go. The bo > s feel ,
however , as It they would like to partici
pate In a war with Spain. '
. - . Venllet of Aciiilttnl | >
DCADWOOl ) , S. D. , April 21. ( SpclaO )
The jury In the coie of C. A. Aodersca , who
has been tried In the Sundance court for
IhO murder of Eitvard Knoff , his brothBr-
In-law , hcs brought In a verdict ot acquittal.
The cass has been Interesting to many cf
the Black Hill. ) psoplc , because.both partita
arewell knon. Ifor several years thera
'haj been a family feud over the locatlta ol
a dlylsjcn fence between tho. two farms.
One morr.lngiAnder.sorl found Ill's broifier-In-
la\v In \\\S \ \ , Iqtfer liftn ya3 > | niilklng cons ,
Ayorils afcse "aX ,1)31131 ) ant in , the struggle
, lhaXfoIlcwiI ( Kctotf WM i avDed.-ind killed.
Tpe only wjtne'S. ti'tho deed wcs Kaoff's C-
year-old son , wbo , was not allowed to testify
at the trial. Anderson pleaded aelt-defecae.
\o < ricnupilnlth New Home.
CANTON. 'S. D. . April 21. ( Special. )
.Llo d Miller , a young lad who was taken
.
to thti Children's homo at Sioux Falls from
Hudson , thlfl county , wandered Into town to
day. < He had been taken from the liome by
.i farmer-near Sloax Falls by the name of
Whitman , wto premUed to raise the lad as
his own son. Lloyd says the fanner whipped
him so that he ran nway. Sheriff Ulrlckson
this evening took the boy back to the
and will in > estimate the matter.
i Excitement nt Mitchell.
MlTCHELIv. S. D. . April 21. ( Special Tcl-
cgrar.i. ) Within fl.tccn minutes after the
ncC\s was receive. ! here this afternoon the
AmeritAn flag was hung from a number of
buiUIhgs bn'Alain street and flags were nun
otiross th'e main ttioroughfaro. iSxcltement
ran high ecd nearly everSojy was ready
to go to war. < A great demonstration .was
made on the streets tonight and -Wvar was dis
cussed In small groups all over town.
OTlvlnir Cnttle from Cnuuiln.
ABEHDEEN , S , D. . April 21. ( Special. )
Parties In the vicinity of Frederick , this
county , are driving I.'OOO head ot cattle from
the Nortnwest territory to the ranges In
Mcl'berson county. It la asserted a large
Bivlntr can be effected by this plan insteat
ot bhippini by rail.
\Vimiaii 'iVis.t nt \ onieti ,
nOISE , ' Ida. , April 21. ( Special. ) Mrs
George L. Smith , arresteJ at Welser charge
with assaulting Mrs. William AbsTilre witn
her nV.s , was tried today bsfore a Jury com *
posed exclusively of wornn and acquitted.
\\iiiulnK Xenn > olon.
Mr. Craus , a ranchman of Sllvo ; Crown
claims to have made a succe4-a of tobacco
culture.
Mrs. Lizzie Wa'd ol Vancouver , en route
o Des Molncs , bewme deranged while on
the train and was buffering from extreme
nervouD prostration when taken off at CJiey-
FiSHIONABLESICKNESS.
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Physicians Who Treat Women
Often Lack Discernment.
THEY DO NOT GRASP THE
DEPTH OF THE SUBJECT.
Wo oflen read of women who * patronize
the physician for a so-called slight ailment
and seem to bexilways sick and yet are able
to bo round. Out at length these women
abandon the phyalclan and lake up with one
or inpre ot Uio numerous battled remedies
co widely advertised. The real truth of the
matter la that the physician doea not divine
the true state of affairs nor la the bottled
remedy ot ttio gligbUet aid. AVben a woman
suffers with leucorrhoea or wcuib displace'
roent or painful monthly elckntfs she goes
to the doctor la the hope tbat she will get
a medicine tbat will help her. And she al
most Invariably falls. She takes up with the
stomach dopes of commerce with tbe eame
hopeful feeling. And bore too ehe falls. The
whole plan of treating women by such
means la radically wrong and all women
who suffer realize that such Is a fact , There
IB only one method wtiereby w oraan may cure
henielf of tbe dtotrceslng condition known as
female troubles and that Is by local appli
cation. Tbero Is a remedy recently Introduced
that has worked wouders In curing all forms
of womb troubles.
It la called Hazellne , put up In the form of
a suppository whlcli Is applied directly to
tbe dljeaeocl parts. Any woman can apply It
herself and * she needs no doctor nor assist
ance of any kind , , Druggists In Omaha at
1523 Farnam street. 125 South Fifteenth
Birert and at 1613. Dodge street keep Hazel ?
Ine In stock , but If for any reason a woman
dlallkfd to 06k tor It or cannot Induce her
husband or brother to call end get It for
her , tbe tq&y ( send one dollar to the Hazellne
Co. , South Rend , Ind. . and they will mall
prow W no bo * of Haze ) loo. Every woman
wtio suffers should try thl * marvelous rem
edy. It bee never failed. Write to this firm
for their book which , shows conclusively
that their method ol treatment te lust wlial
every woman need * . The book la ( nailed
tree to All.
onnc. She is reported In a ciltlcal condi
tion.
Sheep shearing commenced at MeOlrlno
Lodge on the 15th. with seventeen iCunrrra
In | , , the psna.
The last three wagonloads of machinery
for 'tho Jelm mine nnd a four-Tiorsc load of
supplies Irft Cheyenne a few day * ago.
D. M. Ifolbrcok of Cheyenne has ex
changed places with a .mall rlcrk In the
south and will leave soon to make hla homo
In ' Jackson , MlM.
Agent Nlekcrson of the Shoihone Aftenry
will J eoon put a large force of iron at work
on the Wind river InrlBUtlni-canal for Irri
gating the lands of the Imllanu.
The friends of Mrs. "Wes" Mayer of Chry-
cnne , oondtipd In ( he Evatistoti asylum , QIC
taterratlng thcm elvts In the matter of the
Jut'tlcu of her detention and the disposition
ot the estate of her hunband atrJ tioiarlf.
The valley of the Gray Dull rimIn tie
Big Horn basin , of which Otto Is the prin
cipal toun , Is receiving thin spring a large
nlmbcr ef Immigrants from Illnols , Iowa and
Nebraska , who a-.o faking up farina and
ranchea and ulll become permanent settlers
of that part of Wyoming.
The following lectured will be delivered at
the Cheyenne High school : April 22 , 1'rof.
W. Knight , eubjea. "Great Lizards Which
Formerly Lived In Wyoming. ; " April 28 , I
Plot , nuffiim , Illustrated. ' 'Arbor Day ; " May I
6 , Prof. Slosson , "A Trip to Ku-rope , " Illus- I
t rated ; May 13 , Prof. Rldgway , "Culn and
Spain , " illut'trnted ' ; Miy 20 , Judge Corn.
IXntiiTi Aolrx.
George Daltco , aged I yeans , at Jlockvllle.
swallowed ant poison anJ In four minutes
was dead.
The commissioners of Farmlngton county
have passed a law tbat no house for storing
high explosives shall be 'built ' In the county
nearer than 100 rods to aay highway or pub
lic place.
The mines of Silver Reef , In southern
Utah , are being worked by leasers at pres
ent , and the Itarbeo & Walker mill la treatIng - ,
Ing the ore. The mineral runs from twenty I
to 1,000 ounces In silver to the ton. j
Robert W. 'Morris , a proml-ncnt young bus-
Inssi man and a member of oneof the old-
> > t families , was found dead In 'bed ' In Salt {
/ > ke. 'Heart disease J3 the cju c ct i
death. j
The' rcceot strike In the Utah mine at
Fish Springs Is reported to be holding Us
own , c > : d Curing the week a car of ore uai
hipped , which gave values of 35 per cent
ead and ITS ounces of silver to the ton.
Tlr.tlc , one of the state's renowned silver
camps. Is said to be mrrc active than -at any
Ime In Its history. The big prod.icers , such
as the Mammoth , AJax , Centennial , Eureka
tid Bulllon-'Hc-ck ' , are making fine ship-
ncr.is , and a resumption of regular divl'cnds
s looked for from the latter t o , the termer
bring already a regular pajcr , and the iAJa\
jclng far removed frcm such a condition ,
or.lDg to differences among Its principal
owners. j
Madeto charm the tasrtc of real people !
S. & H. "VIOLETS" the arlstlcratlc ] > cr-
ume for the breath , rive cents.
\VH5T POINT , Neb. , Aorll 21. ( Special )
Mr. Joseph Gnitrup and Ml Margaretlia
Schucth were married . > fisUrday mornlne
at the Parish cliurch cf St. Anthony , In St
Charles prec'uct. by I'lther Uexachcr o !
Omnha. Both the parlies colons to promi
nent and wealthy f.ir.llea ! of Cumlng county.
fJemjtuiil-IJrnilliurj- .
WYMOREV iNeb. , lAprll 21. ( .Special. ) At
the homo of the bride's mother last night at
S o'clock. Miss May Bradbury and ilr. Wil
liam Gwn-and were united In marriage by
Elder Franklin of the Christian church.
.Hnle-TJin teller.
Sir. Hugh W. Hale and ( Miss Dora Thatcher
I
were 'married ' Wednesday qventag. April 20 , ,
at the residence of the bride's parents , 2511
Corby streets , Hey. . Charles. , W. avldge I
officiated. '
ColJ Cure cure * coldi lu the 1 rrd , colds on the
| IIT ; I , oU eil < J % new coldi tml otii n e colds , ni d
55 coins BMau iryuu rrai EITII-.I y" < " .
ITOf. Munyoh , 1504 Arch Street , I'/illaflelpUla. It Is
DR. FELIX LEBRUN'S
Steel § Pennyroyal Treatment
is the original and only FRENCH
safe and roliobla euro on tbo mai-
ket. i'rico. (1/X ) ; ont by mail.
Genuine BO ) 1 only by
Mycr nilloii Dm * Co. , S. n. Corner
tilth niiU Vnriinm Sin. , Uinnlm , Jfi-b.
Drtadtd Rhiumatism.
A WOMIKHFI'I. ItHMKIlY HAS 1IKKM
TII.\T II IS AKVKR KAII.KD.
Cnrril it Tcxnn Aftrr Fnrt-Onr YrnrM
nf Ciiloltl .Miner ) .
Renewed Interr-st has Iwon Riven to Olorla
Tonle. the new rhr-ufrmtlsm euro , by ths
result * of n recent te l nt.Segutn , Tox. John
A. Smith of Milwaukee. WK. proprietor of
thi remedy forwnrded n jinoknuo to thu
family of Mr. Ucrtrnm of Sf oiliiwho hnil
bpcn troublnl with rliruinatl m for forty-
ono ycnr . Ho \ > n * thrn In a critical Btiile ,
cotilil neither Ho down nor w.tlk nml hint
cxlmntfHl every known rrmrtly niul b.illlnl
every doctor who tro-uleil him. The. first two
OP three dnys shiRcvl n nvtrv < > lDU Impiove-
tn cut and ut the end of two \xoks he \ \ \l
entirely cured , had Rained ulna paum * * lit
weight and wn nelitlo and active n .1
yoiitiR man of twenty. In many hundreds
of other case * thi > roslilu htive been the
flntnp. Iteport < of tht'oe C.HM rind circulars *
tel Ingnbout Olorln. Tonic will l ? suit frea
for UiOMulio Mrltu for them.
( ilorla To nlo In nude by John A. Smith ,
21 ! Summerlteld Church HulMlns , Mlhvau-
kee. WK. and ! < for the euro cf rheumatism
only. For sale nt the followlnc druggist * i\t
Jl.OJ a box : Kuha & Co. , 1Z4 South 15th St. ;
Shermun * McConnell Drug C6. , 1313 Uailca
St. : Myers-Dillon Drug Co. , 1523 Fiittum St.
Teftllmonlil * and n trlnl pir-fcnifo are mailed
fren to all who wl 1 send Mr. Smith their
name and address.
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tranjr OTITMIS rjtiM c 9nvvr
DOCTORS
Searles & Searles
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SPECIALISTS
Ganrante * tn euro pcedllr nnd rndU
cuiir mi KBIIVOVS. cimoxic A >
PRIVATE dim-anon of Mn null v ome
WEfiK MEN SYPHiUS
BKXUALLY : cured for lite.
KUht Etnisulons , Lost Manhood , Hy
arocplc , Verlcocele , Gonorihen , Olect. Syph-
111 * . Stricture , Piles , FUtuU and Rectal
Uloirs , Diabetes. Brlght's Disease cured.
Consultation Free-
by new method without pain or cuttlnr ; .
Gallon or addrera with stamp. Treatment
by mall.
FhE
To All
. , I : Y iiir ; oi.n
SPECIALISTS
Jn the treatment f ! nil
Chronic , Nervous and PUV.UC Disciscs ,
and all WEAKM3SSES ( WEM
nnd IIISIHI ) ; iS ! OH UltW
C l trli. all Dl < , ea ei df the Nee , T.iroat , ChtiV
Mtomtcli. U\or , Ulooil , & .kln and Kidney Ul * .
lac ft. Lcist Mhiihood. llyilroccle. Verlcortlt ,
Gonorrhea. Gleete , t5 > plilll . stricture. PlUi , 1'1 -
tuln find Rtclnl Ulcers Dlabetei DUc.n'i Dl -
n § curid. Call on or Hd4re with ilimp tot
Prra Book and New Melhjda.
Treatment hy Mnll , .CfinfuiUatloij , ffc ,
Omaba Medical and Sur ic l instilote
JUoa t. U7M Norlh nth St.
No Detention From Business.
We rolcr to HUNDREDS op PATIKNTS Cuuru
PILES CURED
in Seven to Ten Days Without Pain.
Oxn TREATMENT DOES TUB WORX.
THE EMPIRE RUPTURE CURE
AND MEDICAL INSTITUTE ,
( Sujcouon to THE O. E < JHLLEB OO. )
932-933 New York Life Building , Omaha.
Cell or write for circular *
Pictures of tde Navy and Cuba
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The Bee has arranged to supply its readers with a set of
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have been asking themselves and their friends i'or sometime
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