THE OMAHA DATLY BEE : WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 28 , 1898 , D
ARTIST'S ' KIT ON WHEELS
Description of a Perambulating Studio
Abroad in Illinois.
HOW THE AFFAIR WAS RIGGED UP
Convenience * Clrvcrlr ArrntiKeil
a Woman A'nlnnhtc
fur ArtlnlK
I'lnln Air nrTeeti ,
As a group of festive picnickers were pass
ing some of the most picturesque and lovely
Bpots on Hock Klvcr , 111. , a few days since ,
they descried a curious looking object In the
distance. It seemed to bo a wagon , yet not
all a wagon. It was certainly mounted on
wheels and a comfortable looking bay horse
was grazing under a tree at a little distance ;
but every hero and there were extraordinary
cxcrcscnccs.
Some ono ventured to suggest that It might
be a pop-corn roaster and soda fountain com
bined , but was met with the jeering retort
that ono would hardly select a cool seques
tered dell for setting up In such a business.
On nearer approach It became evident that
two women were engaged In some sort of
occupation within the Inclosurc.
"Well , if ithey arc only women , " exclaimed
ono of the party , "I am going to satisfy my
curiosity , " and she boldly advanced to the
subject of debate.
What she found was In reality a perambu
lating studio , Invented by ono of tbjjjartlsta
at work Inside , who bad become eonl-and *
body-weary of dragging around stool , um
brella , easel , camera , paint and brushes ; of
having to sock shelter when It rained ; of
bolng obliged to remain Indoors when It was
cold ; of enduring the heat , cold and moisture
of the ground ; and what Is worse , working
in Its reflected light , and a thousand other
ills that only out-of-door artists know.
In vlow of llicso discomforts she had de
signed this studio-wagon , which a carriage
maker had made for her at a cost hardly
above that of an ordinary wagon. It waa
perhaps six feet long and from two to three
Rtatlonnry ; and In still another case , also
a double road , the roll nearest the middle
way moved more than the outer rail , but In
the direction of the trafflc. "
The committee of the New England Road-
masters' association reported that "It Is n
well known fact that rails move or creep In
the direction trains run on the track. On
double track and on slngto track rails move
In the direction of the heaviest traffic. " In
fact , about the only safe deduction to be
drawn In the present state of knowledge Is
that rails do move. '
The reasons for the creeping of tracks
hayo not been determined any more defi
nitely than the direction of the movements.
Tratman , in his treatise on "Track and
Track work , " says :
"Kails have In many places a decided ten
dency to creep or travel along the track ,
both up and down grade , due to the wave
motion , the unbalanced traffic In ono direc
tion , the action of braked wheels , the con
traction and expansion due to changes In
temperature , etc. This creeping Is more
especially troublesome , as a rule , on steep
grades , on bridges and on swampy roadbeds ,
but may develop at any place. "
Of the reasons given tbo undulatory move
ment of the rails given them by passing
trains seems to be the principal one. In a {
perfectly rigid track there would bo no
creeping. During the undulatory movemsnt
referred to the tracks are free to assume
a new position In the direction of the great-
eet force or In that of least resistance.
The momentum of the train may carry the
track along with It , resulting In a move
ment of the track In the direction of heavi
est traffic , or It may bo that the freedom of
the rail during the undulatory movement
permits the operation of ft stronger force
than that set In operation by the train , and
this stronger force , which might be gravity
or elasticity , might cause the track to move
In nn opposite direction.
No satisfactory method has yet been de
vised to prevent the creeping of tracks , other
than the use of heavier rails and the general
Improvement of the tracks. Many years ago
It was customary to cut out a pleco about
an Inch square from the flange of tbo rails ,
about one pair of rails In every six being so
treated. The spikes which fastened the
rails to the sleepers were driven in thess
feet wide. In the top were two skylights
with canvas sides , which could bo let down
when a cart , not a studio , was wanted. The
bottom was neatly covered with matting and
held two comfortable chairs , one back of the
other , in which Hho two artists wcro sitting.
Tn front of each chair were firm steady
rests for ( their canvases. On all sides were
convenient places in which to slip sketches.
Slides covered with black oil-cloth wcro at
hand to Blip In whenever It was desirable to
Ehut off a part of the light , and others of
plate gloss for use If ono wished to paint
during a storm. Perfect arrangements were
made for a tiny stove , or for a lamp when
only a little additional heat was required.
A confortablo awning spread its wings on
the sunny Bldo on this occasion , as It
chanced to bo a warm day. This could bk
easily lifted off , folded and laid away In a
snug place designed for it under the wagon.
A dozen other conveniences testified to the
cleverness and Ingenuity of' woman when she
really sets her brain to work. In this
sccuro retreat free from anxloty as to wind
nnd weather , they coiild' work until tired ,
and then Instead of the weary tag home ,
they had only to drop the skylights , fold
away thb awning , adjust the sides , put
Jack into the , cart , and then a delightful
drlvo iu the fn'dlng day.
CHEIZI-IXG HAIL.
A Common Phenomenon Under DH-
citavlou liy llnllroiiil .Men.
The creeping of rails Is attracting atten
tion among railroad builders , although at
present there is but llttlo knowledge ob
tainable about it. The matter is ono which
concerns practical road builders qulto as
much as those interested only in the theory
of the thing. U was up for discussion at
the recent convention of the New England
Headmasters' association , nnd is to be
brought up before the Headmasters' Asso
ciation of America at its meeting In Denver
this month.
A writer In a recent Issue of the Hallway
Ago discusses the matter at some length.
It appears that U has not yet been deter
mined whether the movement of the rails
Is with , or ngalnst the direction of heaviest
travel , but there Is no doubt that there is a
movement , sometimes of considerable
amount. Well authenticated Instances are
giver of creeping in both directions , nnd
some of them are qulto remarkable. Refer
ence Is made to a rail on a pile trestle at
Galveaton , which travelled nlno feet per
month. Ono on the St. Louis bridge Is
mentioned by Prof. J. D. Johnson. The
bridge has a rise of flvo feet In its length
of 1,500 feet , and the railroad tracks re
quire constant attention. In the latter half
of 1893 the creeping on the east and west
approaches averaged sixty feet per month
on each side , and on the bridge structure It
\\nrlcd from eleven Inches to thirteen feet
thrco Inches per mouth for the six months.
The creeping of the extreme south rail was
only two Inches mow In July than In Decem
ber , while on the north' rail the difference
between the two months was twelve feet
two Inches , in favor of July. The direction
of the movement was with the traffic , but
this docs not account for the fact that In
the case of ono track the outer rail , and
in the ather track the Inner rail , does the
most creeping.
Aa to the general direction of rail move
ment , aside from specific Instances , R. 0.
Ward , formerly engineer in charge of main
tenance of way. South Carolina railroad ,
who Is supported by other authorities , says :
"Heavy loads pulling constantly In ono di
rection have a tendency to drive- the rails
in the opposite direction.
The railway cornralMlonera of Now South
Wales , after making an Investigation , re
ported three Instances , as follows : "In
i
ono case the rails on a double-track road i
traveled both together in the direction of I
the traffic ; in another , on a double road ,
the outer rail on the down line moved In the
direction of the trafflc , while the rail near i 1
pw way between the double tracks remalnedei
PREPARING FOR HOMEWARD JOURlvEY.
gaps , so that the rails could not move with
out taking the sleepers and ballast with
them. A long list of broken rails which
were sot down to the cut rails soon led to
the abandonment of this practice. Later a
semi-circular hole was cut with a milling
tool nnd every rail was anchored through a
hole cut In the flange at the joint sleepers
only , but this method , which was stigmatized
by Sir Benjamin Baker as "a barbarous
practice carried out only In Ireland , " is a
treatment of symptoms rather than ot
causes , and most of the methods since pro
posed are open to tbo same objections.
LOST THE PUKSIUEXCY.
Tuo Men Who Mltflit Ilnvc Hnil a
Term in the Executive Munition.
The New York correspondent of the Phila
delphia Press says : Mr. Benjamin SHIIman
describes his experiences at the whig con
vention of 1840 , and the most Interesting ot
them is the story of the manner In which
two men throw away a chance to become
prealdent of the United States. After Gen
eral Harrison was nominated for president
the desire was to name a citizen of Now
York or of the east as a candidate for vice
president. New York had strongly favored
the nomination ot Henry Clay , curiously
enough always unsuccessfully favoring his
nomination when ho could have been elected ,
and then beating him at the polls on the
single occasion when his nomination in all
probability meant victory. The convention
urged Senator Tallmadge of New York , a
man now forgotten , but then ot national
Influence , to accept the nomination for vice
president. Mr. Tallmadge would not do It ;
he had favored the nomination of Clay , and
to accept a nomination with Harrison would ,
be thought , bo an Imputation upon his
honor. Then the convention went to New
Jersey and offered to nominate Mr. South
ard , a man as llttlo remembered today as
Tallmadgo Is , nnd Southard declined the
honor. Then , in despair , the convention cast
about for a candidate representing an east
ern state who might worthily be placed
upon the ticket with General Harrison. Mr.
Sllltman says that a report was spread
through the convention that John Tyler of
Virginia , a Clay man , had wept -when he
learned that Henry Clay had been defeated
for the nomination. Those tears appealed
to the convention. It offered to nominate
John Tyler for vice president , being moved
thereto by the report that he shed tears at
Henry Clay's defeat. Mr. Tyler's tears were
wiped away by the offer of the nomination.
Ho accepted It , and "before the peach tree
blossomed after General Harrison's inaugu
ration Mr. Tyler became president. That ,
In Mr. Sllllmnn'a opinion , was the first of
many blunders which finally cost the whig
party Us life.
A similar story might bo written of the
republican convention of 18SO. After the
nomination of Garfield It was generally
agreed that to appease Conkllng the vlco
presidency should go to New York. It was
offered by the New York delegation to
Stewart L. Woodford , who , after considering
the matter , declined. The nomination was
then offered to Chester A. Arthur , who be
came the nominee , and on the death of Garfield -
field became president. Had Gencial Wood-
ford accepted he would now be ex-Prcsldent
Wood ford.
The Same , but Dlfrcrrnt.
Baltimore American : The returned sol
dier paused briefly and poised tbo fork dex
terously.
"ThU pie of yours Is not "
Wearily the wife sighed. "You need not
finish the sentence , Henry , " she said , with
somewhat of sadness In her tones. "I know
my pies are not as good as those your
mother used to make. "
"You are entitled to another guess , " ho
rejoined , softly. "I was about to say that
thin pie of yours Is not only better , but
Infinitely more prepossessing In appearance
than those we ate at Tampa. "
Ah , yes. The relentless march of time
makta it possible for us to remove the cobweb -
web costume from the joke ot the put and
dress It in tuo golQaa garmwiU of the pr i-
Dt.
STORY OF A FAMOUS HOAX
How a Tenderfoot Was Introduced to High
Life in Hew York ,
FIGHTS ARRANGED FOR HIS BENEFIT
Itccollrctlonn of the I'rnnkii 1'lnreil an
n Visitor by American Actor-
Anil They Cant n Pretty
Penny , Too ,
In years not long past the belief was
pretty general among travelers from foreign
shores that civilization In the United States
was confined to a very narrow strip of land
on the North Atlantic 'coast. With many
the Impression took an exaggerated form.
They believed that savage Indians over
ran the country outside of a few cities and
that scalping affairs and ghost dances wcro
cvery-day occurrences. Whenever a
pilgrim showed symptoms ot that belief ,
natives east and west frequently helped It
on with weird and startling exhibitions.
What Is regarded as the greatest joke of
this class was perpetrated on Philip Lee ,
husband ot Adelaide Nellson , and the chief
perpetrators were W. J. Florence and E. It ,
Sothorn of happy memory. The story Is
told by Megargce In the Philadelphia Times
as It came to him from the lips of Florence.
"Philip Lee , " said he , "was the husband
of the beautiful and gifted Adelaide Nellson ,
since whose death wo have never seen a
Juliet upon the stage to equal her. Lee was
the son of an English clergyman , and In demeanor
meaner and apparel was a gentleman. He
accompanied his wife to this country , not
as her business manager , but simply as her
husband. Ho was a harmless , pleasant ,
gentlemanly fellow , with but little know
ledge of American ways. It Is not true , as
has been frequently stated , that ho knew so
little of this country that ho expected to see
buffaloes plunging down Broadway and In
dians tomahawking people In Central park ,
New York , nor was his astonishment at th
absence of such surprising adventures the
inspiring cause of the joke of which ho
was made the victim. Its Inception was In
this way : At the time Leo was in New York
City , in the fall of 1877 , he was a patron of
the Fifth Avenue hotel , where I waa also
staying , as I had been for years , and Mr.
Sothern was quartered at the Gramercy
Park hotel. Ono night the three ot us met
at the Lotus club , which was then far down
town , and , as wo were about leaving there ,
Sothern and myself , desiring to pay the
Englishman sorao attention , Invited him to
accompany us to the old chop house kept by
George Brown , and there have a blto and
sup before going to bed. Wo walked up
Fifth avenue tocether , and , as wo were
opposite the Glenham hotel , our attention
was attracted by a disturbance across the
way , evidently caused by a brawl between a
policeman and some Jovial youne blades.
Lee , who was very curious about everything
he saw , exclaimed : 'Bless mo ! what's that ? *
Mr. Sothern replied In the most nonchalant
manner , as ho continued walking on : 'Oh ,
only another dead man. '
" 'Another dead man ! ' gasped Lee ; 'Lord
bless me , what do you mean ? '
" 'Oh , that's nothing , ' exclaimed Sothern ,
with a wave of his hand ; 'I stumble across
them every night on my way homo. They
are killing men around hero all the time.
I trip over them , but pay no attention to
them , but keep right on my way home. I
don't care to bo summoned as a witness
before the coroner every day of my life. '
" 'Bless me ! ' exclaimed Lee ; 'what a re
markable country ! '
How the Tronhle Ilcgan.
"Wo finally reached Brown's and , having
secured a table , we ordered chops and ale.
Sothern and myself had not prearranged any
joke upon our guest , but he had given me a
wink , which I knew meant mischief , and I
was eady to play second to any part he pro
posed performing. While we were eatlnc
Sothern suddenly reached over and placed
his fork in one of my chops , attempting to
remove It to his plate. I prevented this by
the Insertion of my own fork , and then said ,
in calm but determined tones , 'Ned , I don't
like that , ' to which Lord Dundreary re-
eponded , but not In the feeble tones of that
stuttering stage nobleman , 'Mr. Florence ,
I don't care whether you like it or not ; I
want that chop ! '
"With that I sprang upon him with up
lifted knife and grabbed my dearly-beloved
friend by the throat nnd he seized mo In a
similar way , while ho apparently made des
perate efforts to cut my Jugular vein. In the
melee which ensued the table was upset and
chops , ale , dishes , knives , forks and all the
other appurtenances descended upon poor
Lee In a shower. Brown , the proprietor of
tbo establishment , who knew us both Inti
mately , rushed forward and separated us ,
and at his solicitation
, he thinking we were
entirely in earnest , we finally shook hands
and renewed our vows of eternal friendship
upon one another's bosoms.
"That was the inception of the famous
Leo dinner hoax. Sothern came < o me after
ward and said he desired to give the Eng.
Ilshman a dinner at the Gramercy Park
hotel in order to Introduce him to the cus
toms of the great American people , and said
that the only part he desired me to take In
It was to bo sure that Leo should be on hand
at the appointed hour , which was noon of
the following Sunday. To this I agreed ,
I know , of course , that some sort of Joke
was to be perpetrated upon Miss Nellson's
husband , but I pledge ray word that I was
not fully let Into the secret , and was not
advised of the program. At the designated
time I escorted Lee to the banquet room ,
which was on the first floor In the rear of
the hotel office. I found out afterward that
by special arrangement with Mr. Judson ,
tbo proprietor , the doors and windows had
been well padded and covered so that no
noise from within could reach beyond them.
The apartment was lighted with wax can
dles. Those assembled were John McCul-
lough , Harry Montague , J. S. Polk , Charles
Gaylor , all of whom had achieved fame
upon Oho stage ; Dun Bryant and Nelson
Seymour , the most famous negro minstrel *
of their day ; Commodore Dickinson of the
New York Yacht club , George Brown of the
chop house which bore his name , a gentle
man named Cooper , and , ot course , Sothern ,
Leo and myself. None other than these was
present. "
Think of how few of that jovial party are
left today ! Florence , McCultough , Mon
tague , Sothern , Lee , Seymour , Bryant ,
Brown and Cooper are all dead ; the only
survivors ot that occasion arc possibly Polk ,
Qaylor , Dickinson , and they may have
passed away.
More of the Snme.
"The oysters had been disposed of , " con
tinued Florence , "and the soup had just been
placed en the tabla when Charley Gaylor
arose , and , In very Impressive tones , spoke
about as follows : 'Gentlemen , I think 'bis '
is a raojt auspicious occasion to bring about
peace between two men who , while stran
gers , were once devoted friends. I do not
think that rancor could exist In any hoait
at a gathering of this. kind. To bo sure it
may 111 become mo to net the part ot a
peacemaker , for , while It Is true that I liavn
shed human blood , that my right hand has
been red with the gore of nnot'n'r , It must
also be bornu In wind that I was trium
phantly acquitted of the offense and that a
Jury of my rcers said that 1 had n'ed only
In self-defense. '
"You can readily Imagine that this took
the breath out of my friend , Lee , who had
been seated upon my left. Ho whispered to
me : 'What has ho done ? Did ho kill any
one ? ' I looked at him warnlngly and put a
finger on my lips , as I whispered back :
'Su-h-hl It was nothing ; only his mother. '
I heard him mutter : "My God ! ' as ho
shrunk In his chair , and then ho leaned to
ward ino and whispered : 'Of whom Is ho
speaking ? ' As I didn't know myself I
couldn't well tell him , but I warded him oft
by saying : 'You will learn It all In a
moment. Ills words might apply to any two
men about the board , because every fellow
here has killed has man. '
"Just then Gaylor threw light upon the
subject by saying , ns ho pointed with one
hand toward that clever negro minstrel ,
Dan Bryant , nnd the other toward that
equally famous delineator of cork humor ,
Nclso Seymour , 'of course , gentlemen , It Is
hardly necessary for me to say that I refer
to America's most famous poet , William
Culleu Bryant , nnd that equally distin
guished gentleman , M. Seymour , the son of
the talented ex-governor of the state of New
York , Horatio Seymour , and I now request
that those two gentlemen shake hands
across the table and let the bloody feud
which has existed between them end here. '
The Lew Act.
"I had scarcely time to give an affirma
tive reply to Lee's whispered Inquiry , 'Is
that really William Cultcn Bryant ? ' when
there ensued the most remarkable scene
which I never witnessed In my life. I cannot ,
even after many years have elapsed , think
of it without the tears of laughter coming
to my eyes. Seymour was a man over six
feet In height and with legs the- length of
which were absurdly out ot proportion to
the rest of his body. Ho appeared to bo split
up almost to his neck. Ono of his most
famous feats upon the minstrel stage waste
to suddenly throw one of his feet about
a man's neck and draw the other fellow to
ward him. Upon this occasion Bryant , In
obedience to Gaylor's summons , had reached
forth his right hand , when
Seymour suddenly threw that dread
ful right leg of his across the
table , caught his friend and fellow-min
strel by the back of the neck , drew him
toward him and hit ) him squarely between
the eyes. In another instant both men were
on top of the table amid the soup dishes ,
and were snarling and biting nnd tearing atone
ono anot'her llko a pair of bulldogs. Cooper
and Dickinson , who . \\ero not Iu the se
cret , bccanio so alarmed that they got un
der the table , while I could only hold Leo
in his chair by main force. In the midst of
the contest ! the table upset and the poor
Englishman was almost drowned In soup.
Whlto Bryant and Seymour were making a
mockery of struggling beneath the debris ,
Seymour , by wetting tlho fingers of ono
hand , secured a quantity ot blacking from
ono of his shoes , and with t'hls gave him
self the Bcmblnnco of a black eye. When
some appearance of order had been obtalud
a truce was patched up between the com
batants , and , after Seymour's blackened
eye had been bandaged , they were induced
to shako hands , whereupon the other mem
bers of the company , who wcro In the te-
crot , exclaimed admiringly : 'Onco a gen
tleman , always a gentleman ! ' and declared
thai & true American gentleman can al
ways be told by his willingness to seUtle
a littfe difference amicably. '
"Lee whispered to mo In tremulous In
dignation , 'This Is moat shameful ! ' to
which I replied , 'I don't sco how you Bay
that. There was no one killed. ' Thereupon
ho amended his remark by saying , 'At least )
It was most fortunate. I am dreadfully
sorry it occurred. '
Shooting DcRlun.
"Tho table was got In shape again , and
things moved along smoothly and pleasantly
for some time , until Polk and Sochern became -
came engaged in apparently a very angry
and excited dispute about the merits ot the
north and south , In tbo midst of which Mr.
Sothern suddenly arose to his feet , and ,
drawing a revolver , fired It directly over
Folk's head. Immediately a scene of the
wildest excitement ensued. In less than
twenty seconds twenty shots from revolvers
had been fired across the table. Polk , Qay
lor , McCullougb , Montague , Seymour , Bry
ant and Sothorn were not only firing blank
cartridges from revolvers , but wera bran
dishing huge knives over ono another's
heads. Dickinson , Cooper and Brown had by
this time discovered the affair was a Joke
and simply added to the tumult ) . The terror
of the Englishman was most pitiable. He
begged to bo ali'owed to go , but his friends
were so thoroughly In love with him
that they would not let him de
part , There was upon the table
at this particular juncture a largo dish
of asparagus covered with drawn butter ,
and most of the combatants , who were
crawling across the table to carve one an
other's hearts out , managed to get their
hands Into the mess , and , while thus be
smeared , they would take turns In Jumping
around to where I was holding Lee In place ,
and , bringing their palms down upon his
shoulders , would beg of htm to be seated
and assured him that the difficulty was sim
ply a trifling one , and that they would regret
it to their dying day should he leave them.
So frequent were these expressions of hospi
tality that Leo was smeared from head to
foot with drawn butter. I shall never for
get the spectacle that the lamented John
McCullougb presented on that occasion.
Having fired his revolver , ho drew a long
Roman sword from his boot , and with a
swirl cut off the neck of a champagne bottle
ns if he. were decapitating a foe , nnd then ,
waving It threateningly over the heads of
Lee and myself , exclaimed : 'Why does not
the gallant Florence stand by his friends ?
Where is his revolver tonight ? I have
traveled with him through the west , and
then he never went without bis arsenal , and
scarcely a day passed without his killing a
man '
"In the midst of the fracas Seymour , who
had temporarily disappeared , appeared In tbo
doarway attired in a white hat and apron ,
which he had procured from the hotel chef ,
and announced that tbo landlord declared
that the entire party must vacate the room.
He had not finished his speech when every
thing on the table , Including even the large ,
heavy dishes , waa hurled at him , and It la
really a wonder that ho escaped the shower
unhurt. By this time everyone In the room ,
and especially the Englishman , was a la
mentable sight to behold , Each one was
smeared and crushed and tumbled and torn
from bead to foot. Lee could stand It no
longer. He got on his feet finally and man-
cd to any that while he had heard such
scenes as ho had witnessed wrro enacted In
the purlieus ot the great cltlra ot Amcrlcii ,
ho was astounded and disappointed to nnd
that they were the custom among gentle
men , und further said that hoould have
to Icnvo to keep a dinner engagement. It
was 4 o'clock , I escorted him to the street
and put htm In a carriage to concent his
dilapidated condition. When we cnrno to
settle for this little Joke we found that our
bill was ( COO. The Item for breakage alone
amounted to $ SO. "
Men will sometimes become boya again
and very silly
To Snvc * Doctor Hill *
Use "Garland" Stoves and Ranges.
A llufttlu I'd nor.
"When Isns a young man , " says a well
known civil engineer , "I was surveying the
route of a proposed railway. An old farmer
with whom I stopped for a time admitted
ono day when ho saw me figuring In the
flcld that mathematics always seemed a
wonderful thing to him. Being young and
enthusiastic I began to enlarge Its won
ders , telling him how we could measure
the distances to different planets , and even
weigh thorn ; how we could foretell accu
rately the coming of a comet or an ecllpso
years In advance of Its actual occurrence ,
determine the velocity of the fiercest pro
jectile , ascertain the height ot mountains
without scaling them , nnd many other
things which I meant should astonish
him.
him."You
"You ccn Imagine how ho set mo back
when ho replied to this brilliant array
of facts by saying : 'Yes , yes , them things
docs seem klnde cur'us. but what allus
bothered me was to understan' why j'ou
have to carry one fur ev'ry ten. Hut If
you don't , the durned thing won't como
out right. "
When you call for DoWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve , the great pile cure , don't accept any
thing else. Don't bo talked Into accepting u
substitute , for piles , for sores , for bruises.
.Supply anil Do ill n nil.
A story Is told of a prompt nnd witty
retort made by nn Irish drover to a re
mark of the present solicitor general , Sir
Robert Flnlay , Q. C. , M. P. Once when in
Ireland , Sir Robert when Mr. Flnlay met
a drover proceeding with a number of cat
tle to a fair In the south. "Where are you
going to ? " said the eminent barrister.
"To Watcrford fair , yer banner. "
"Indeed ? And how much do jou expect
to get for your beasts ? " said the Q. C.
"Sure , an' nv I get 8 the head I shall
not do badly , " replied Pat.
"Ah , that's n sample of jour country' "
said Sir Robert. "Now. take these helf-
cra to England , nnd you average 14 a
head. "
"Just BO , ycr lianner , " said Pat
promptly ; "and nv yez were to take the
Lakes of Klllarney to purgathory , yez would
get a guinea a dhrop. "
A stubborn cough or tickling In the thrcnt
yields to One Minute Cough Cure. Harmless
In eflect , touches the right spot , reliable and
Just what IB wanted. It acts at once.
All lliliir
Washington Star : "Has your majesty
heard anything more about the partition
of China ? " Inquired Li Hung Chang.
"No , " answered the Chinese emperor , ab
sent mlndedly. "But I guess wo may as
well sell that historic wall of ours to some
building contractor. So far as keeping these
foreigners out Is concerned , It doesn'
amount to any more than a lath nnd plas
ter parlltion. "
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A SPECIALTY
Primary , Secondary or Tertiary
BLOOD POISON permanently
Cured in 15 to 35 Days.
You can be treated at home ( or same
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prefer to come here we will contract
to pay railroad fare tnd hotel bills ,
and no chaige If we fall to cure.
IF YOU HAVE
taken mercury. Iodide potash and still
have aches and pains , Mucous Patches
in mouth , Sore Throat , Pimples , Cop
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of the body. Hair or Eyebrows falling
out. It Is this secondary
We Guarantee to Uuro
We solicit the most obstinate cnies
and challenge the world for a case we
cannot euro. This disease has always
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physicians.
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IMUVATlfi ilUcunc * of men and
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Might Emissions , Lost Manhood , Hv-
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pay the expenses of the war with Spain.
pays four million dollars' tax into the U. S.
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WEAK MEN CURED SYPHILIS OR
AND BROUGHT TO PERFECT
BAD BLOOD.
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Growers p.nd manufacture of all formi of
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DRUGS.
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421 South 15th St.
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Material , Ueltlnf , Hose. Ktc.
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