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Ob t what an the Mum to etowsja- n?e, Mas future so dark ud deear What meanings tadaHt nasavsteayT mat MWda doShita iUiwii kMt urioauBoiTewsmaac)oyT ' Ana what et ttMsa&wttkU;vart (ten 1 laugh, e dull 1 weepr la death bat to open a btinlr . Orlettefcarnatateeaf I camot anewer. Id vain I try ' immweiiMemiij Bo at a laasV'MUst The one tkfcsr that efWHtaat ta Thai mutter end feramurtforvie; And further, of this I am certain Soo, That ti ehiefBat tMug on earth Which ehall rale in tbetae nU B'troe iathorue ; ISttOTWUhtOt Hainan sTUath." Intaesylritof mam Km the spirit of food; In his soul toUtesarmidlfn ring; Aad when to a agnee of the IHnats m The njfTit of man te alUed In a noble intent, Um,TlislMirMA Bla Ma to the hlehest la iseST : s. - . ' f; LOLAFVUS; The Victim of Circumstan tial Evidence. BT XSOX H&WAXDft. fCHAPTEB JX- rCoSTrromDl "Ftal, Prince of Mogkeva," said tfce Ma man, solemnly, " am glad joa bare taken anothername. Your fattier cursed mj life and 1 nought oa ifaeae Kjy hatn befow tfc sir timo. In the wee of KTatifyfcuc bis rahon tMHKn toiawcanaa vhonatidkiot, be broke Bp my borne made n , abtre an i aa exile, despoiled mt of my wealtb, asted ray war rjunt , made war child a lumper, k4 seat my fared wife to a Comit Ptdaakiiii tie terribU exciteroeat i the moment me from Ida cbair, aad, reaching oat his hands, he iiedinayoice of ajmy: "CA, God! I thongbt to curse the m as the father earned me and mine. But I cannot; I eamot! Leare met Leave me, befora a sense of my wrongs imrpowera Be, and I forget ywnx wozdav which my broken besot tells me to be There was that in the old man's Toiee imd manner that Oaeral Paal eatdd not diaobey. He wade as he rould extend his hand, er kiss that of the prisoner, hat, (earing thai he woild be scorned, he went qnietry eat ami joined the turnkey, who was paoiof back and forth, and jingting his heyt- in the corridor. The Oeneral has tened down to his sleigh, and, leaping in, said, in response to the drtTer's inqsixy: "lo the palace of 3onnt llawoM." 'When near the palace, Genexal Pan! saw Colonel Orlofl, the Countess 111Tira'a lorer, descending the steps. . The ObLet hadi ever liked General Paul, now ha hatol him; bathe was top well Termed iu bo ilitary etiquette to attempt to pass hs superior officer without the eostomiiry salute. ' TonohiBf; his cap in return, General Paul, who was aa iiulifferent to -Orioff as if he were a servint, bounded up the broad atepa and gave his card to the serrant who met bin at the door. "I wish to see !oant Xmwold," he ana'" :''---T "He s net fe, esoeHeecy, but the Countess lrirs fa, "said the serrant. As the General at this moment eangbt sight of the lady in question at the other end of the grand hall, and as she most hare heard the servant, eonrtaaw demanded that he should go in. "Tell the Countess, if , not engaged, that XwiU pay my respects, "he said. Xfce Countess met GemaialPsul with great afiabQtty, 'and to his surprise, and.it mar be added, hid confusion. she at 4e launched into the subject auxwc wfiicft ail at, Jfetessourg was tmi i"aUW; J. "I Chink, Prmwi aatt," he said, with an artificial laugh, ?thst before the Czar and my father a&nounced our engagement to the world, -they should 1T6 consulted us. "I think so, too," coughed the General. "It is treating yon unfairly. "Oh!" the replied, with another little laugh that made him feel actually cold; "my life has been one continued round of unquestioning obedience, so no matter what I think of the- courtesy due me, I shall go oar-doing as. I amonOn hearnHr this tbe General grew colder, and he looked over her angular lorm and into her dull gray eyes, and contrast ok hex on the instant with Lola Pulaski, lie mentally asked .himself: . "Merciful hearent would not sadden death be preferable to a long life with this woman ?"" "I think,' he said, sternly, "that the wis uwgiowa una eomumm onercourse should he the basis of wnrriaire." "Perhaps so; and yet, as wc ascend nom tne lower waus oi uie, io?e ranishes from maniwe. and-it beconKs a matter for cold diplomacy and mutual interest. . Even the Case eould iUot select his own Czarina." "No, replied tlw General ; "but that did not prevent him from taking a second wife, whom he lores, and about whom all the world knows. "The Princess Dolgorouki?" laughed Elvira. "Oh, well, we do not expect fidelity in men; that is a peculiarly leraimue nrsun. ma to orange uie snbieet; haTeyou sees my father of latet "' "Officially I see him every dav." "And he spohe to you of our matter? - "Tes, in the presence of the Czar," said the General, naing; -where the ceakinK is alwavs one-aided.' "What, going so soon? Well, you will call often now. It is only right that I should see as much of you as possible. Parted sines we were chil dren, we must learn to know each other now, even if we cannot learn to love,' said the Countess, with an for smile. The General made no eommntt, but with a pained face went out to his sleigh. CHAPTKK HI. n ths 5 a or btsbnai, ramc. Half beside himself with anger. mortification, and an acute sense of his own helplessness. General Paul, though it was now after the hour when official business was transacted, drove rapidly back to hie own headquarters. The old soldiers on guard about the palace, who had often followed their gallant young leader amid the din and smoke' of battle, now noticed Mie compressed lip and introverted expression of the eye that told of present trouble to himself or of future trouble toothers. He found Count Orioff in the office smoking a cigarette, for the duties of the day being over official stiffness was laid aside. "I have been waiting to see you," said Count Orlofl, when lie had satisfied himself that he could not be overheard, "Anything new?" asked the General, tfcumfittg himself into a 4hair, and

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"I stopped in to see Madam Eerger and her ' daughter this evening: of course you hi u w of them? "Yea. mt dear fellow, and war interest in fair Elizabeth," said the Gen eral, grimly; "if the Onar knew as much he would either have you charged with treason or send Madam Berger and her danu hter out of the country; ijaa-.it is, l.hsfd an order to arrest the "To arrest Ivaht" "Yes, that the name," said General i memorandum. ked the Count, unable een furnished with the cr man is snspeoted, But tell me, did you fw ."Wa, the Countess Pui you were at Madam iier-"It-.!f saw her. "How doeti she bear the blow?" "She is crished, yet I could see she was despera1." "Poor girl I" signed the General. "She stud she was coming to see you in the morning. "I was going to see her to-night, but as I can tall, better to her here, I shall defer my visit Did she say why she was coming? Tes; to net a pass to visit her father. She asked me if she would not have to apply to von. " "Aad thai was all she said?" "That wat all," said the Count. The young men drew their chairs closer together, - and lowered their voices; and if the Czar could have overheard the conversation, iu which the freely gave their opinions of himself, he would have sent them to Siberia without further investigation. In the mid it of their talk, a tap came to the door, and a man dressed as a courier of the Czar entered and handed the General a note. - It was from Count Lin wold, and commanded the young officer to appear at once iu the presence of the Czar,' 4 It is unnecessary to repeat the formalities by which the General gained admission to the royal audience chamber. - He found the Gear and Count Linwold the sole occupants of the room. The Czar met the General with more courtesy than on the former visit we Imva dflarribed. but, there was a stranse glitter in his cold gray eyes which, told that his manner was not in harmony with his feelings. "General Paul" said the Czar, speaking at but not looking at the young soldier, "have .you carried out our order asto this su speoted person let me see; what is hu name, Count Linwoldr "Ivan Berger . replied the Count, with a profound bow. "Tea, that is the name. Has the person been arrested? I received toe order, your majesty, and at once dispatched; a de tachment of the secret police to make the arrest. "Have they succeeded!" I have not yet had a report, your Majesty, but as tbe young man is a student, and has never been in hiding before, and cannot now suspect our object, I feel certain there will be no trouble m capturing turn.' Another matter, uenerai fuui. Are you acquainted with this JUoia pukski? "I think I am, your Majesty." "Are you aware that she is a Ni hilist?" I am not, sire." We hare reliable information to lhateffiset, : "Undoubted information, your Matesty," said Count. Linwold, bowing to the Cear, and showing his teeth to the General, : v . "I regret to hear it, sure," said the erplexed General. "We were in hopes, said the Czar, 'that after her dismissal from the palace the young woman would at once leave the realm,, but she has not done ST Sire, would you have her fly from the old father, whom she worked and lived for till he came bach a gray-nairod wreck from the qwM-ries of Siberia?" asked the General, - his cheeks flushing and his. eyeroh fire. "Justice and sentiment do not travel together," said Count Linwold, arch ing lua busby eyebrows. "It murht be better for justice if thev did," said the General. The Czar was a nian who permitted no digrfessIanB,because he could only grasp one idea at a time. lie started out to speak his mind and give his orders about Lola Pulaski, and he was not to be thwarted from his purpose. uenerai Paul," ne contained, the safety of the empire requires the sup pression of all such persons as Lola Pulaski It is necessary in this case that you should forget that yon. ever knew this girl-1" "In what ease, your Ma;esty?" "It is my order," said tbe Czar, still sticking to the subject, "that you arrest Lola Pulaski at once, and hold her till we can further inquire into her treason." "Sire! Sire!" cried the General, no longer able to control himself. "I beg to assura you, you have been misinformed, and in the name of God and eternal justice I ask that the royal hand ba held from this poor girl. Her father, whom it pit aacd your Majesty so recently to pardon, is now a prisoner in the Neva jaii, with no knowledge of the offense with which he is charged," "We do not immure men or women hi prisons," sa!d the Czar, angrily, "to please our own whims. We have good and sufficient reasons for all we do." I dare not doubt your Majesty, yet you are surely misinformed, for Count Pulaski is physically unable to do a wrong, even if he thought it." . "Pardon me, General Paul," said Count Linwold, again bowing to the Czar, who motioned for him to proceed, "but it is trained brains, not mere brutat muscles, that tha empire has to contend against. This woman, like her father, and like all his raca, is a natural born conspirator," "I shall believe your charge with regret," said the General, proudly, "when I have proof enough to convince my reason.'' "General Paul, you anger me," said the Czar. "When we placed yon near our royal person, it was" that you might obey our orders implicitly, not that you snouia presume to dictate to us the wisdom or injustice of our conduct." "Then, your Majesty, send me back to my command, and let one more suited to the uncongenial duties take my place: I do not want it. Uut I beg to assure yon, sire, that I had no thought to diotate. Yet in the matter of the Pulaskis, I have had a better opportunity of knowing the truth than 'any other man in the city and I will not except the noble Count Linwold, whose knowledge seems to be of the occult kind." "Sir!" thundered the Czar, "it is your duty to obey. I command you to arrest this woman at once; disobey at your peril" "At my peril, sire." "Yes, at your peril." "I cannot talk as equal to your Majesty, for you are the Emperor; but were we man .to man, standing face to face, I would fell you that the word ' peril ' has no alarms for me. Having faced death for the honor of llusiia, I ' dare to meet my fete without murmur, if ft comes by order of the Ozar,"siiid the General, proudly. "Go, sir; you have your orders. Sep that they are at once carried out."

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eral Paul, with a voloano in hiei heart, withdrew from the royal presonoe. "By the Kremlin!" exclaimed the Czar, when the General had gone out of hearing, "that follow has the most gallant and, I fear, the most rebellious spirit in all otir empire." "I fear, sire, he is a most dangerous man," said Count Linwold, rubbing his hands and shaking his lieud. "He has Cossack blood in his veins, the blood of the hetmau Majseippa. Ho is too valuable a man to put out of the way; but we shall tame him, Count; we shall tame him and drive him to our liking," General Paul left the palaoa, and went at once to the most aristocratic club in the city, where he had an engagement to drive with Count Orioff. . The moment he entered the palatial building a swarm of officers, old and young, gathered about him, and with merry laughter congratulated him on his engagement to "the beautiful daughter of Count Linwold." As the congratulations were well meant, he received them in a proper spirit, but he took occasion to get a private apartment with his friend as soon as possible. During dinner the General told Count Orioff of his meeting that evening with the Czar, and said in conclusion: "This arrest must not be made." "How can it be avoided?". Miked the Count. "Lola must be warned so Shat ehe can fly from St. Petersburg." "But who is to warn her?" "You, and you must do it to-night. It will not do to trust a messenger. The Count said he had an engagement immediately after dinner which he could not break. "Then," said the General, "I shall see her myself and warn her." Prom this purpose he could apt be diverted, so as soon as the dinner was over they parted. The Generals sleigh was at the clubhouse door, but ordering it home he started on foot for Lola's house. He knew the road very well, for he had often walked there with her from the palace. He walked with a long military stride, but a muffled figure with a soft quick step kept close behind him. When he reached the house he acted as if he would knock and go in at onoe, but there was something iu the gloomy aspect of the place that deterred him. He stood hesitating, then walked ahead, and, turning suddenly, came back. . He was too much absorbed in his own thoughts to notice the figure that crowded into the doorway he was approaching. He was about to ascend the two steps, when a pistol was fired close to his left .breast, and be fell with aery of alarm. CHAPTEB US. IS THE JLOT. So unprepared was General Paul for the assassin's act that he could not raise his arm m time to ward off the pistol which, was pointed against his heart. He oould not even make out the form of the assailant. A blinding flash, a crash, and the tall form of the young soldier reeled from the step and fell heavily across the snowy pavement, The uenerai s involuntary cry rang through the dreary house and went echoing along the deserted street. The mounted patrol aud the police, ever on the alert, heard the shot, if they did not hear the err, and, shout ing to each otner to nurry, tney ran m the direction from which the sound came. As they neared the spot the officers could see lances of light falling from the nearest lamp on tbe prostrate form of a man, beside whom a woman stood with hauda upraised and an awful light in her dark eyes. The woman was Lo'a Pulaski, whom the police at once seized, arid the man lyinK with his white lace turned up to the stars was so well known to all that the horrified men shouted the name: "General Paul!" "Release me!" cried Lola. "I had no hand in this foul work." Her -voice must have stirred the wounded man to something like consciousness it was the one voice that would have called him back from the edge of the grave if anything could, but how were these rough officers to know this for the. Uenerai raised jus right arm and gasped : . "Seize the murderer I Then the arm fell, aud the gleam of reason was extinguished, so that he oould not hear the police responding : "We have the murderer, Ueueval: we have her fast" The situation in which she found herself made Lola as speechless as the white-faced man lying thire on the snow. Then she thought of the Nihilist oath, and the 'fatal drawing that assigned her to be this man's slayer. She gave no thought to her own danger, but the lore glow that had been fading out in her heart for the man who, she imagined, had so deceived her, now that he lay as one dead before her, leaped into a blaze that threatened to destroy her trembling heart; and she could have thrown herself on the prostrate form and asked to die for him in her awful agony, but the strong hands of the guards restrained her. Within five minutes of the discovery of General Paul a sleigh, followed by a strong troop of mounted men, appeared on the scene, and all the bells of St. Petersburg were crashing out an alarm on the startled night air. The inanimate form of the young General was placed tenderly in the sleigh, and driven rapidly off to the apartments in which he lived. As the officers were about to march Lola away, the door of the house opened, and Leeza appeared with a light, and Madam Berger and Elizabeth, with white, frightened faces, behind her. Seeing them, Lola broke away from her captors, and rushing to them, she cried out : "General Paul has just been slain at this door, but I call heaven to witness that I did not c.trike the blow," "I believe you, my child; I believe you," said Madam Berger, as she kissfd the distracted girl and folded her in her arms. Elizabeth waa a1out to. follow her mother's example, when the guards came between them, and two of them again seized Lola and pressed their iron fingers into her arms as if she were a desperate giant. "Are you Madam Berger?" asked an officer, taking a paper from his pocket and coming forward to tbo light. "I am," replied that lady, "You live here?" "I do." "And you have a sou named Ivan?" "Yes." "Is ha at home?" : "He is not." "When did you last see him?" "Not since early morning." "Do you know where he is at this time?" "I do not; but why do yon ask?" "Because," replied the officer, "I havo an order for his arrest, and while you may be telling the truth, it is my duty to mnko a scorch through the house." Mndam Berger could not protest, for she know she was powerless, Voar men o;-encl their .dark lanterns, and ordering Madam Berger and Elizabeth to precede them, they ascended the gloomy fttone stairs.

Lola would have followed them, but thi) guards held her back. She had just lost sight of Madam Berger, whom she had followed with her eyes, when - a sleigh that looked like a prison van on runners aad, in-

j deed; such it 'was appeared before the A grated door in the side was thrown open, and Lola was for jed inside. The door was closed with a bang and looked. She could hear men jumping up on the seat in front and at the book. The clatter of scabbards, the champing of bits, and the rattle of bridle cbaius followed. "Forward!" shouted a man in advance. The driver's long whip cracked, and I away went tbe prison sleigh through the parted orowd that had been summoned to the scene by the alarm bells. Lola was thinly clad, aad she was very cold, but she did not heed it. In great mental excitement we become indifferent to bodily pain. She felt like one who tries iu vain to rouse from an awful nightmare. She tried to think that the white face of the man turned up to the stars was all a dream. But the clanging bells, the clatter of arms, tbe snorting of the horses, and the whizz of the steel runners through the orisp snow, all tended to dispel the hope that this was a delusion. 1 The sleigh drew up before the gloomy portals of the Neva prison,, about which a large body of armed men had assembled. Again the door of the van was unlocked, and a hoarse voice called out : "Here our ride ends." Two hands were extended to seize, not to help her, but avoiding them Lola, sprang to the' ground. A number of men gathered about her, and she was rushed into the reception room of the prison. As she advanced to the desk, she caught the words from the crowded soldiers: "Yes, he's dead." "Diedintheelei'gh?" "Guess he was dead when they put him in." , . "How did he come to go there?" Don't know," "Very strange." "It's the old story: a noble and a Nihilist mistress." The same bearded, 'swarthy giant sat at the desk who was thero when Gonerjl Pulaski was received. He had heard of the death of General Paul, bnt it did not seem to shock him in the least. No story of human crime could shock him. He wrote down Lola's name, 'age, nationality, occupation, etc, and then ftS-lcocL "What isthe charge?" "Murder!" replied the man in command of the police. The man wrote the word "murder," but never looked up from his book, ' "The person murdered?" "General Paul, Prince of Moscow, and chief of his Imperial Majesty's secret police," replied the officer. This was written down; and now the bearded giant did look at the prisoner, but it was not to note the raw beauty of her white face, nor the awed expression in her wonderful eyes. He was thinking of another matter. After a few seconds' scrutiny, he asked: "Has the prisoner been searched?" "She has not." replied the officer. "Then search her." "Why do you wish to search mo?" "For "arms," replied the man at the desk; "have you any about you?" "I have." "Then bund them over, and it will save further trouble," said the. man, reaching out a hand that was covered with hair, like the paw of a bear. Lola drew from the breast of her coat the dagger she had received at the Nihilist meeting, and as the man took it and looked at it he gave a start of unfeigned surprise. J'Why," he esciaimed, "I know this dagger! Not a month ago it was the property of Colonel Orioff, of the royal artillery; but go on, my lady; what other weapon have -yon ?" "This," she said, and she laid a fivochambered revolver on the desk. "Ah!" said the hairy man, as he wrote down his own words; "four chambers loaded, one recently discharged." He placed the dagger and pistol in separate packages, sealed them, aud called the officer in charge of tbe guards to witness the fact. These preliminaries being arranged, the man at the desk called out, as he wrote the number: "Cell three!" Lola started, but reasoning that the number of the cell and the number ajie drew that fearful night might be simply a coincidence, she controlled herself, and wondered where she had heard that man's voice before. At the words, "cell three," the lowbrowed man, with the bunch of keys at his belt;, put in an appearance, and approaching Lola, he said: "Follow me." Turning to the men in the room, Lola cried out: "Before I am shut out from the orld, I wish to say in the presence of the God who alone can judge me aright, that I am innocent of this awful crime!" The men looked at one another, and arched their eyebrows iucreduloualy j and the turnkey opened the ponderous oaken doors, with its' rusty iron knobs. Lola whs led down a long, dark corridor, but the light was sufficient to enable her to see the ashy, haggard faces peering through the bars of the cell doors. Exclamations of pity fallowed her from the wretched prisoners, and here and there she heard a deepj hollow cough coming from some cell that must soon hold a dead occupant. "This is cell three," said tjie turnkey, opening an iron door, and revealing a cell that looked like a wild beast's cave. She went in, and the man was about to close the door on her, when she called to him : "My father is a prisoner in this building, but for God's sake do not tell him that I am her." TO BE CONTINUED. The Outfit far a Sea Voyage. Although almost every one has learned by experience the proper outfit for a iiea voyage, a few suggestions may ue useful. A steamer chair is indispensable, since the companies have not yet provided these neop-Ksary conienionceij, as they should. A traveling rng, or a warm, heavy plaid shawl is desirable. In the steamer trunk may be a traveling lamp, one or two pine pillows and metal drinking cups, besides articles of costume. For wear at sea a severely plain cloth dress, not too new, a warm ulster, a soft cloth hat or torjue and a long gray, blue or green gauze veil make a comfortable costume. Low shoes of real russet leather ami cloth gaiters are often worn. Warmth and comfort are the desirable qualities of the whole outfit Sizing Her I n. Mrs. Hard Do have some cream, Miss $4oetootK Miss Sweetooth (hesitatingly! Well, just a little, Mrs. Hard. Only a mouth nil. Mrs. Hard - Bridget, fill Miss Swes I to iths plato up again. U(trpe9

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A Uf BU.Ie lUfeerahU By dyspepsia In scarcely worth the living. A capricious appetite, heartburn, puading nermus symptoms, increased action of the heart after eating, sinking; in the abdomen bctwoen meals, and flatulence after, are among the snccosplvo indicia ot this harassing complaint. Two things only are needful far its removal. A resort to Bostettrs Stomach Bitters, and persistence In Its use. These rronnlial meafniroe being adopted, a oure le certain. Taken ImruedMcly before or after meats, tuie Rreat iitninaebic preniti tea nee re. tion of tho Rastrto jnlee, tho natural solvent of the food. Tho uorvoiie and blllnus symptoms coitooquent ii-on clironlo Indigestion dleappear, as the complaint gradually yields to tho correctIvo and invl;:n sting iifluenoo of the Bitters. Appetltorotunn, nluiip h.-.-onies more refreshing, and aa a sninence, tho liedy In efficiently nonr. iahed, muscular power increases, and tho mind mows sanguine. Use tho Bitters I&r chills and lover and rheumatism. The Boy aud the Bat. A Boy who hud caught a Bat in a Trap was about ta Dispatch it by Drowning when the Bodont began Bewailing his sad Fate and pathetically (inquired : "Have I e rer Injured you that you seek my Lit?" "Never," was tho reply. " Would you be the Loser by restoring me to Liberty?" " "Not stall." "Then why not turn me loose? You scorn to Feel for mo." "That's exactly the Trouble," replied the Boy. "Father has been scattering Poison all over the celler, and I'm afraid you will get some of Hand D'te a Lingering Death. I'm doing the Mercy Act by Drowning you." Moral When a Citizen who "hasn't done nothing at all" is run in bj the Police it saves him from committing Burglary or Murder. Detroit J'ree Press. For Bronchial, Asthmatic aud Pulmonary Complaints, "Bronn't Jiriu -kial Troche" havo remarkable ourotive propel ties. Sold only in boxes. An insulting coinio valentine is sect only by a knave or a fooh To Oklahoma. Farmcrs.merehants.fiieehanios.capltalists. laborers, intending settlers and AH othebs who are going to the Oklahoma Country, should tako the Gbeat Kock Jland Boutb from Chicago via Kansas City aad Caldwell, the nearest outfitting point on the Southern Kansas border, to Pond Creek, in the In

dian Territory. South from Pond Crock, the route tt KrxoFisuEB, where tho Government Land Oflloa is loeated, Is by stage, folng through by daylight, over tho "Old mi.Khti CaIti.e Tbail a so Stage Road." the best in the territory. Fast Limited Vkktiiiuw! F.yvkesb Trains (no extra charge) Chieago to Kansas City, and Fiiee KECLlNipa Chair Oahs through to Caldwell, arriving at Pond Creek dally t 10:15 P. M. For tiekets or further Information apply to your nearest Coupon Tleket Agent, or address leo. II. Smith. Assistant General Ticket and Passenger Agent, at Chicago, Better Than Oklahoma. 1200 acres of the choicest, land in the San Lais Valley, in Southern Colorado, nil under fence, water-rights secured ana ditches reudy for use. It will bo sold as a whole or in quantities tc uji the purchaser. It is tho finest land in the vnlley, and is adapted to terms, etc., address HENRY A. BDXTMs. Alamosa, Colorado. Consumption enroly Ceres. To the alitor: Please inform your roadera that I have a positive cure for Consumption. By its timely use thousands of hopeless eases have boon permanently cured, f shall be glad to send two bottles of my rcmedj free to any of your readers who novo consumption, if they will send me their Express and P. O. Address. Kespoctfully, T..A. 8LOCUM. SI. 0.. 181 Pearl St. H. T., 1 take Hood's SarsaparlTIa as a spring tonic, and I recommend it to ail who have that mlseratle tired feeling." O. Fasxexeb, MS Bridgo streH Brooklyn, S.TC. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all dmsgists. (I : eii for Prepared on It by 0.1. HOOD a CO Apothecaries, Lowell. Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar OF MBS. PETERS. Many medicines lured her. But none of them cured her. Their names and their number nobody 00U M tell; And she soon might have died. But somo Pellets" were tried. That acted like magic, and thou she got weQ. Tor " run-down," debilitated and overwork d women, Ilr. Picroo's Favorite Prescription is tho best of ail restorative tonics. It is a potent Specific lor all those Chronio Weaknesses aid Diseases peculiar to Women; a powerful, In. vigarating, restorative tonic and nervine. It imparts new vigor and strength to tbe win tie system. "Favorite Prescript Ion" is the only medicine for women, sold by dnnraists. under ease, ur price (SI.U0) refunded. This guanuuuu iHtuuuuy win uum ; fur many years. Tss Saar nemu-liAaasaae awor am. a int'tutu? tf txrotttaW wilt oatll f

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Wi nld use Kemp's Bslsaai for ths Ihreitl am i Lungs. It is curing mora cases off ought, Co ds, Asthma, BmnihftiB, Oroap, tnd all Throst and Lung Troubles, thn nj; oflior "pedJcioa. Tbe proprietor has authoriasd any druggist to give you a Hamplo BotUo .'"rce t( convince you of tbe merit of this grctt loin, ed, r. Largo bottles 50 cents and SI. "That wjb an arrow escape," frowled ai old bachelor as be dodged one of C'ipid's darts. regard Jf agf.k's F.mvji.rioh as an ilogant preparation. It contains ll.o threo reeogni sed remedies for the treatment of diseases for nhk-h It Is intended. C. i Jartor, M. D,. Philadelphia. JACOBS Q II For Hhevtm&ti The Latest, Current Cures, Oa Crutches. ruy. tax., Jane sllsM. Iu trottlui from rknnatiia to lane ewatka: aatut St. Jacob! 011 autl n. S rrtaraatirerw J.S.W001I, 3-1. glace the Vfar. warswilii, 0 , Jono II, 'is. Ba-at rat asutlna itaco tlw war I ane; a su .go tir apUcfcttu St. Jacflbi on .irtAau. ntaratlac. S.IU. Po Sleen. JrM-vltta, 0. ,m ti , IMS. Wauwt i" ctflhfc. abria. elia tto Butltai; w wilt tn ti. lectlw 0U; air a tlaunais.. H r.urn la fa. J.0.?rKeVea ATDavootsrs AND Dsauess. ritl CHARMS A VoaCLEn CO., BIBN.M4. !elSra 1HE WORLD iiUOH tc stow a. The world ov know what i.S. S.hes ot a roalirni Jit Cancer, t one for mo In tie euro vhieh was sobud nt to 1 !e by the phjiddan ucnt tobotrcai.-d. One no coneuieieu incurotii Chicago, wbero I of my uci hbora sent tlsement Ic regard to I ae a copy of n ad i f thrift's Succiflc, anil 1 icllef from the lire! few uegan utKil u. i oc I rsdnally towed out of noon cared aoend r.u-I 9 mm auoec; ine poison iton LJ my system and I was ""well. Ic s now ten ! uoatbo since I iutt tot- E-ceS inc fi. 8. s. and I have : tan no sign oi return of tne a reidfni ulst ue. . Mas. Asa Bitowbu, i Su Sal-Ie; Hich-, Doc. SO, '88. Send for books on Blood Diseases aid Canens, mattca free, ,- v. Tub Swipi Ppso wic Co. - Drawar 3, Atlanta, Gs MOTHERS' FRIEHfi HEICM1LD BIRTIOM! XV VHtei HK1TORE CONFINE (KENT. Book to Mnrtretts Mait.ei Fb sk. BAi)FiEr.aitKa r. roRcoi.aaittt,o. .Soul hv a t.i. Dinmoism. ELY'S CREAM BALM Price no Cents, wttLoiirsB GATASIt .J Arply Balm into each nostril. ELY BROS.. SO Wa xen St.. K.T. HULSIOt OF PURE COD LIVE OIL Jt2 HYPO PHOSPHITES. Almost a3 Palatable tis Milk, Bo dtsgittwd that flie most deliate tlomaeh can take 11, Jtemnrkabte at n FLKSH. raODrKH. ivranu GAi Xrapid.y white taking XT, 80OTT8 KMULSION Is acknewln iged by Phy. deiatts to be the F1N1J8X and BB!5.' pteparaUon of its claas for the relief of CONSUMPTION. SCROFULA. OENERAL, DEBILITY, V Wasting Diseases of Children, and CHRONIC COUGHS. SoUl by all XritygiML t. $75,22 toSMO.-M &irtl wbft cm lurmtsh a horse a MONTH can be mao s lor ib. AKoms pi;ainl u i vf their whi' e tmit) xo tne tniuinosB. Soitrc rooinentH may i. wtitabty Miiliyed also. A few vacaicie in town? ami citieaT B. F. J OHM SON & CO. 1003 Main v:. 2icUiuonl, Vu. X. B.lsnlie emplaivd alto. erv mitHl about sending stump far rtpftt. Vvma tfict. Vourr 6f i. JK t Co. Sunday School Song BooksFree TUK IKHO MUSIC CO.,XI ayeM. IrlflTalJCC Catalogue free. Sondatontt). II A I UnCa Cheapest plseo la Amorioa to buy. H. 11. NOUTOM, Oerry, 1?. ' HCT lirt. IsstleeturewSh bint ana rT WSsX M8H''IU nr complete h. mo cure.Kfflg, TWAOQTJAINTED WITH THE MUCH VALUABLE HITOHMATION

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