Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 31, Number 41, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 7 December 1910 — Page 5

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SYNOPSIS. Howard .Jeffries, banker's son under the evil influence' of Robert Under worn! a fellow-student at Yale, leads a life of dissipation, marries the daughter of a Rambler who died In prison, and Is dls-owned-by his father. He tries to get work and falls. CHAPTER I.—Continued. "1 wish I could help y6u, old man. As it is, nay own salary barely serves to keep me in neckwear. Wall street's great fun, but it doesn’t pay much; that Is, not unless you play the game yourself ” Howard smiled feebly as he replied : “Nonsense—l wouldn’t accept help Os that sort. I’m not reduced to soliciting charity yet. I guess I’d prefer" the river to that. But if you hear of anything, keep me in mind.” The athlete made no response. He was apparently lost in thought when suddenly he blurted out; “Say, Jeffries, you haven’t got any money, have you—say, a couple of thousand dollars?” ,ft Howard stared at the questioner' as if he doubted his sanity. “Two thousand dollars!” he gasped. "Do you suppose that I’d be wearing out shoe leather looking for a job, if I had $2,000?" Coxe looked disappointed as he replied : “Oh, of course, I understand you haven't •it ou you, only l thought you rnigljt be able to raise it." “Wfiy do you ask?” inquired Howard, his curiosity aroused. Coxe looked around 'to see if any one was listening. Then In a whisper he* said: / “It’s a cinch. If you had $2,000, you and I could make a snug little 'fortune.,, Don’t you understand? In my office I get tips. I’m on the inside. I know in advance what the big men are going -to do. When they start to move a certain stock pp. I’m on the job, - Understand? If you had $2,000, I could raise as much, and we’d pool our qppjtal, starting in the business ourselves—on a small scale, of course. If we hit it right we might make a nice income.” * Howard's mouth watered. Certain ly. . tbatJwan, thp—kind of...life he liked ♦.best. The , feverish excitement of gambling/the close association with „ rich men, the promise of a luxurious style of living’—all this appealed to him strongly. But what was the use? Where- could he get $2,0,00? He couldn't go to his father. He sttpok his head. . “I'm afraid not, old sport,” he said as |hey, left the saloon and he held put his hand tp say good-by. “But I’ll bear it in mind, and if things improve, I'll look_you up. So long!" Climbing wearily up the dirty stairs of the elevated railroad, he bought a, ticket with one of the few nickels remaining in his packet, and taking a seat in a north bound train started on his t£|p back to,Harlem. The day was overcast, rain threatened. A pall of mingled smoke and mist hung over the entire city. Prom the ear window, as the train wound its serpentine pourse in and out the maze-of'grimy offices, shops and tenements, "everything appeared drab, dirty and squalid. New York -was seen at its ugliest. Ensconced in a cross-seat, ••his—chin, leaning heavily on his hand. Howard gazed dejectedly out of the window. The depressing out-look was in keeping with his own state of mind. . How would the adventure T end? JteeeneHration with his father was-out of tjie question. Letters sent home remained without response. He wasn't'"surprised. He knew his pater too well to expect that he would relent -so soon. Besides, if the old man was so infernally proud, he’d show him he had so'pie pride, too. He’d ' drown himself before he and go down on his knees, whining to be forgiven. His father was dead wrong, anyway. His mar.ri.age might have been foolish; Annie might he beneath him socially. She was not educated and her father wasn't any better than he ought to be. Siie did not talk correctly, her manners left much to be desired, at times Joe.was secretly ashamed of her. But her bringing up was her misfortune. not her fault. The girl-herself was straight as a die t . She had a heart of gold? She was far more intelligent, far more likely to make him a happy home than some. stuckup, idle, society' girl who had no thought for anything>save money, dress and show. Perhaps if he had been less honorable and not married her, his father would have thought more highly of him. If, he'd ruined the girl, no doubt he would have been welcomed home with open arms. Pshaw! He’ might be a poor, weak Tool, but thank God, they couldn’t re- J proach him with that. Annie had been loyal to him throughout. He'd stick to her through thick and thin. As the train swept round the curve at Fifty-ufird street and started on its long, - straight run up the West side, his mind reverted to Robert Underwood. He had seen his old associate only onqe since leaving college. He ran across him one day on Fifth avenue. Underwood was coming out cfa curio shop. He explained hurriedly that he had left Yale, and wjhdfa asked about his future plans talked vaguely of going in for art, . His matter was v frigid and- nervous— the attitude of the man who fears he may be approached for. a small load. He Was evidently well aware of the change in his old associate’s fortunes, and having squeezed all he could out of him, had no further use -for him. It Was only, whfen be had disappeared that Howard suddenly £gmembered a loan of $250 which Underwood had never repaid. Some,, time later Howard learned that he occupied-apartments ,- ■ -

at the exclusive and expensive Astruria. where he was living In great style. He went there determined to see him and demand his money, but the card always came back “not at home."

Underwood had always been a mystery to Howard. He knew him to be an inveterate gambler and a man entirely without principle. No one knew who his family were or where he came from. His source of income, too, was always a puzzle. At college he was always hard up, borrowing right and left and forgetting to pay, yet he always succeeded in living oB the fat of the land. His apartments In the Astrurla cost a small fortune; he dressed well, drove a smart turnout and entertained lavishly. He was not identified with any particular business' or profession. On leaving college he became interested in art. He frequented the important art Bales and soon got his name in the newspapers as an authority on art matters. His apartment was literally a museum of European and oriental art. On all sides were paintings by old masters, beautiful rugs, priceless tapestries, rare ceramics, enamels, statuary, antique furniture, bronzes, etc. He passed for a man of wealth, and mothers with marriageable daughters, con-

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sidering him an eligible young- bachj elor, hastened to invite him to "their homes, none of them conscious of the danger of letting the Wolf slip into the lambs' fold. What a strange power of fascination, ■' mused . Howard as the train jtigged along; men of Underwood’s bold aDd reckless type wield, especially over women. Their very daring and unscrupulousness seems to render them more attractive. He himself at college had fallen entirely under the man’s spell. There was no doubt that he was responsible for all his troubles. ~ Underwood possessed the uncanny gift of being able to bend people to his' will. What a fool he had made of him at the university! He had been his evil genius, there was no question of that. But for meeting he might have applied himself to serious study, left the university with honors and be .now a respectable member of the community. He remembered with a smile that it was through Underwood that he had met his wife. Some of the fellows hinted that Underwood had known her more intimately than he had pretended and had only passed her on to' him because he was tired of her. He had nailed that as a lie. Annie, he could swear, was as good a girt as ever breathed. He couldn’t explain Underwood’s Influence over him. He had-done with him what he chose. He wondered why he had not tried to resist,. The truth was Underwood exercisfed a strange, subtle power over him. He had the' power to make him do -everything he wanted him to do, no matter how foolish or unreasonable the request. Every one at college used to talk about it. One night Underwood invited all hls classmates to his rooms and made him cut up all kinds of capers. He at first refused, point blank —but Underwood got up and, standing directly in front of him, gazed steadily into hls eyes. Again he commanded him to do these ridiculous, degrading things. Howard felt, himself weakening. He was suddenly seized with tho feeling that he must obey. Amid roars of laughter hg recited the entire alphabet standing on one leg, he crowed like a rooster, he hopped like a toad, and he crawled abjectly on his belly s like a snake. One of the fellows told him afterward that he had been hypnotized. He had laughed at It then as a good joke, bbt now he came to think of ft, perhaps it was true. Possihly he was a subject. Anyway he was giad to be'rid of Underwood and his - unewnnyHirAueace. The trairf stopped with a jerk at hls station and Howard rode down in the

elevator to the street. Crossing Eighth avenue, he was going straight borne whe* -suddenly he halted. The glitter and tempting array of bottles In a corner saloon window tempted him. He suddenly felt that If there was one thing he needed In the world above all others It was another drink. True, he had had more than enough already. But that waiTCoxe's fault. He had Invited him and made him drink. There couldn’t be any harm in taking another. He might ae well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. By the time he emerged from the saloon hls speech was thick and his step uncertain. A few minutes later he was painfully cllmhlng up the rickety stairs of a cheap-looking flat house. As he reached the top floor a cheerful voice called OtitT r —— “Is that you, Howard, dear?" CHAPTER 11. A young woman hurried out of one .of the apartments to greet Howard. She was a vivacious brunette of medium height, intelligent looking, with good features and fine teeth. It was not a doll face, but the face of a woman who had experienced early the hard knocks of the world, yet in whom adversity had not succeeded in wholly subduing a naturally buoyant, amiable disposition. There was determination in the lines above her mouth. It was a face full of character, the face of a woman who by sheer dint of dogged perseverance might accomplish any task she cared to set herself. A smile of welcome gleamed in her eyes as she inquired eagerly: “Well, dear, anything doing?” Howard shook his head for all response and a look of disappointment crossed the young wife’s face., “Say, that's tough, ain’t it?” she exclaimed. “The janitor was here again for the rent. He says they’ll serve us with a dispossess. I told him to chase himself, I was that mad.”

Annie's vocabulary was emphatic, rather than choice. Entirely without education, she made no pretense at being what she was not and therein perhaps lay her chief charm. As Howard stooped to kiss her, she said reproachfully:' “You’ve been drinking -again, Howard. You promised me you wouldn't.” The young man made no reply. With an impatient, gesture he passed on into the flat/and flung himself down in a chair in the dining room, From the adjoining kitchen came a welcome odor of cooking. “Dinner ready?” he demanded.- "I’m devilish hungry.” dear, just a. minute,”, replied his wife from the kitchen. "There’s some nice Irish stew, just what you like “ , ' - "*** TT 7 The box-like hole where Howard sat awaiting his, meal was the largest room, in a flat Which boasted of “five and bath.” There was a bedroom of equally diminutjve proportions and a parlor with wall paper so loud that it talked. There was scarcely enough room to swing a cat around. The thin walls were cracked, the, rooms were carpetless. Yet it showed the care of a good [housekeeper. Floors and windows wejg clean, the coyer on the table spotless. The furnishings were as meager as they were ingenious. With their slender purse they had been able to 'purchase only the bare necessities—a bed* a chair or

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There Was a Reason. When a negro was arrested the other day for wandering- around the streets, he wore one of those invincible smiles. When he was taken fore Magistrate Briggs ,he was still smiling. "What’s your name?” asked the magistrate. t - “Ah don’t know, sah," smiled the negro. “Where do you live?" * /‘Ah don’t know, sah. v “Whore dq you work?” “At the Tern hotel, sah.” < . The • magistrate thought that perhaps there was some truth iff the-ne-gro’s plate of employment, so hehe would see if the negro

two, • dining room table, a few kitchen utensils. When they wanted to sit In the parlor they had to carry a chair from the dining room; when meal times came the chairs had to travel back again.. A soap box turned upside down and neatly covered with chintz did duty as a dresser in the bedroom,' and with a few photographs and tncks they had /managed to Impart an aesthetic appearance to the parlor. This place cost the huge sum of $25 a month. It might Just as well have cost SIOO for all Howard's ability to pay it. The past month's rent was long overdue and the janitor looked more insolent every day. But they did not care. They were young and life was still before them. "-Wi Presently Annie came !m carrying a steaming #ish#ef stew, which she laid on the table. As she helped Howard to a plate full she said: “So you had no luck again this mornipg?” Howard was too busy eating to answer. As he gulped down a huge piece of bread, he growled: “Nothing, as usual—same old story, nothing doing." Annie sighed. She had been given this answer so often that it would have surprised her to hear anything else. It meant that their hard hand-to-mouth struggle must go on. She said nothing. What was the use? It would nev*r do to discourage Howard. She tried to make light of it. “Os course it isn’t easy, I quite understand that. Never mind, dear. Something will turn up soon. Where did you go? Whom did you see? Why didn’t you let drink alone when you promised me you would?" “That was Coxe’s failft,” blurted out Howard, always ready to < blamp others for his own shortcomings. •“You remember Coxe! He was at Yale when I was. A big. fair fellow with blue eyes. He pulled stroke in the 'varsity boat race, you remember?” “I think I do,” replied his wife, in differently, as she helped him to more stew. “What did he want? What's he doing in New York?” “He’s got a fine place in a broker's office is Wall -street.- 1- felt- ashamed to let him see me. low down like this. He said that J could make a good deal of money if only i had a little capital. He knows' everything going on in Wall street. If I went in with him I’d be on Easy street.” “How much would it require?” “Two thousand dollars." The young wife gave a sigh as she answered: - “I’m afraid that’s a day dream. Only your father could give you such an amount and you wouldn't go to him, would you?” “Not if we hadn’t- another crust-in the house." snapped Howard savagely. “You don’t waht me to, do you?” he asked looking up at her quickly. “No, dear,’’, she answered eaimiy. “I have .certainly no wish that you should humble yourself,. the tj,ame fjme I am not selfish enough to want to stand in the way of your future. Yqur father and stepmother hate me, I know that. lam the cause of your separation from your folks. No doubt your father would be very willing to help you if you would consent do leave mis.” “ ' * Howard laughed as he replied: “Well, if that’s the price for the $2,000 1 gtress 111 go without It. I wouldn’t give you up for a million times’ $2,000!" - Annie stretched her hand across the table-A .Jkd/; - -—-l*. "Really?" she said. . . -CTO BE CONTINUED.)

Engineering in Hospitals. Practically all the important inflrmaries and hospitals in England have their own electric generating stations, and the size of the Installations would surprise the majority of engineers. The equipment has to be designed with unusual care, owing to the special conditions which prevail in hospital work. Even wffiere a public supply is available, the use of an independent system is justified on account of. the security which it gives against failtfre of current at a critical -moment. The installations- are used for lighting, heating 1 , ventilating, telephoning and other purpose?, and many hospitals have laundries operated electrically. One county asylum has its own private electric railway for conveying supplies from the nearest railway station. The Duration of Dreams. Something regarding the duration of dreams can be gathered from this experience of a man, who. On sitting down for a dental operation, took gas and dreamed. He saw himself finish his work, go to the club; leave for the station, run for the train and miss -it. • He returned to his club and reclined on a settee in the library. There he passed a miserable, restless night, getting gradually colder and colder as the fire died down, and with a pain gradually- growing about his head and face from" the Karffness of his couch. Five-o’clock in the morning came, and the steward roused him to say that the club must now be closed. The sleeper got up feeling very stiff—to find that the steward was hi? dentist, and -that the night’s adventurer) had lasted exactly 42 seconds.

knew any of the students in the college near' this particular hotel. “Do you know any’of the Students at Tem college?” , “No, sah,” answered the negro, his smile bigger than ever. “Ah nebbei goes in de bar!"—Philadelphia Times. Butter and Microbes. —e Butter ft an excellent breeding place for bacteria which tend to decompose it until it is useless as food, unless it is keptrin a cold place.-Salt also retard's their growth., but h-as'lhis disadvantage, that it v makes the decomposition difficult to Retort either by taste dr smell. Hence the prefer ence for sweet butter by Ihoso who are particular about having \trsih.

MARY B. 6. EDDY DIES HEAD OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH SUCCUMBS TO OLD AGE. END IS PEACEFUL AND QUIET Body Lies In State at Boston Home— None But InUmates View Remains—Leaves Estate Valued at $1,500,000. Boston.—Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, head and founder at the. Christian Science church, died Saturday night at her residence at Chestnut Hill, aged ninety years. Mrs. Eddy had been ill two days. She had received no modlcal attendance. The end came so quietly and peacefully that Mrs. Eddy’s most intimate who stood at her bedside thought siie had fallen into a calm sleep. The last written words of tbe mother of the Christian Science church, penned as a message to her disciples were, “God Is My Life.’.’ The body now lies In state in the large room on the grand floor of her home. Only the leaders in the church were permitted to take a list look at her face. According .-.'to an announcement preparations may. be made to allow the members of the Boston church to pass the bier before the funeral takes place. It Is doubtful, however, at the present time whether any such arrahgements will he made. It was Mrs. Eddy’s last expressed desire that the utmost simplicity might be followed after she had passed away. No arrangements for the funeral have yet been made. Mrs. Eddy had been Indisposed about nine days, but she did not take to her bed until Friday night. She never rose after that. She ate her. meals regularly until Saturday night, when h§r supper was served while she lay In bed. She was in possession of all her faculties until the very end. About her at the time death came were persons who have been Intimately associated with her In her household for the past several years. No physician was in attendance at the bedside of Mrs. Eddy. While no one of those present, all of whom Vere devoted Btudents, realized Just when death had come, It was believed by them ajid so stated that Mrs. Eddy had spent her final moments In the body In a spiritual communing with God, flighting against death according to the principles which she had herself set forth in the Bible of the Christian Science religion, her book, “Science and Health, With Key to the Scriptures." After' Mrs. Eddy’s death came those about her set -themselves to do the necessary duties. A telephone call was put In for Dr. George L. West, the medical examiner of Newton Center, whose presence was required under the law, as Mrs. Eddy had not had medical attendance. Doctor West immediately responded and after making hls examinations of the body, pronounced that death was due to “natural cause?” and issued the customary certificate. The estate left by Mrs. Eddy probably will exceed $1,500,000. It consists of real estate in fiewton, “Pleasant View,” her former home In Concord, N. H., copyrights on her' books and publications and about $1,000,000 In municipal and state bonds. Tt is known that she made a. will, but no hint as to its contents ever has been given.

TORIES GAIN THREE SEATS Unionists Fall Short of Their Clarms In First Day’s , Polling In. British Election. London.—The first day's polling in the British parliamentary elections Saturday greatly disappointed ■ the Unionists. Returns from 54 constituencies show that they gained only seven seats, while the Liberals gained tony. The Unionists had confidently counted on making a net gain of 20 seats, -~=' " The feature of the results that gives the Liberals most cause for rejoicing is that Instead of losing five seats in London, as they had feared they would do, they gained one. MAJ. GEN. "MERRITT DEAD Distinguished Veteran of Civil, Indian and Spanish Wats Dies at Natural Bridge,, Va. Natural Bridge; Va'.—Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt; retired, died here Saturday. His home was in Washington. He was known throughout the country for his War sefvices, as military governor of the Philippines, and as commander of the-.various-army departments in the United States. General Merritt's service in the United States army was an uninterrupted one. Hls promotion was gradual and in recognition of fine qualities as soldier and gentleman. Shoemaker Mgets Fate He Feared. Johnstown, Pa. —For many jrears Hichael Domenlck lived in fear of sadden death by heart failure and candles aiwifye burning at. hls bedside. Saturday he rose suddenly to a sitting posture and then collapsed and passed •WAV. 4 Root Is Given High Honor. Washington—Senator Elihu Root of Hew York was Saturday, -appointed ’permanent arbitrator of Amerjca at The Hague tribunal, succeeding the late Chief Justlee Fuller. * Warships Are Off Macao. Hongkong.—The authorities at Peeking Saturday ordered'a Chinese flotilla to Macao, where there recently was a. revolt In the Portuguese army and navy, forcing the governor to make certain concessions. Carnegie §wella Poet’s Fund. Atlanta, Ga” —-Inspired by hls love for Joel Chandler Harris, Andrew Carnegie Saturday donated $5,000 to the Uncle Remus Memorial furfd. Tho association has SB,OOO of which Roosevelt’s lectures brought $5,000.

TALK ON IMITATIVE SUICIDE Writer Has Recently Said That Much Harm la Doneilby Pictures and Deacriptlona. - > The subject of Imitative suicide has recently attracted attention In the public press. The mental condition of an individual who commits suicide Is difficult to fathom. In one case a person will fancy that he is being constantly persecuted, that he Is always watched, or that he Is financially ruined—all these. ideas being contrary to fact; he destroys himself in order to escape those Imaginary evils. Such a^man is obviously of unsound mind. In another class of case a man has committed a crime or disgraced himself in some way, and in order to free himself from the consequences of his act he takes his own life in preference to facing exposure or the punishment entailed. Such an individual is not necessarily insane 1 J But there is yet another class—people who are subject to attacks of depression and who are apt to brood over • real or imagined Injuries. These are weak-minded, or may be on the border line betwee# sanity and insanity. Or another class likely to act upon some sudden Impulse are the alcoholics. In these a passing suggestion is likely to result in some deed of violence often of a suicidal nature. Such Impulses are susceptible of being spread by imitation. Reading in the newspaper of a mode of selfdestruction which is likely to excite great notoriety has been known to induce a similar act in the reader; a suicide by coal gas, especially when a description has been given of the*exact manner in Which the deed was carried out, has found imitators. ■' More particularly, however, the sight of a particular spot or locality* where previous suicides hr.ve taken place may induce a person, who may hitherto have been unsuspected of any such disposition, to destroy himself' Falls from heights especially come under this heading. Numerous suicides have taken place from the Suspension hrldgtt at Clifton, A writer In the York shire Evening News has recently said that much harm is done by pictures and descriptions, and that Imitative suicide may follow. We agree with him that the necessary suggestion may be evolved by such means. The suggestion may act on the conscious mind or the subconscious. ■ ,/ . ■.-— 4 - Kabyle Rugs. With what greed does the lover of beautiful weavings handle the cream white fabric, with its blue, jewellike, intricate border, or the all over figured rug, indigo blue figures with but little white showing, the blue lsterspersed with bits of fine red and yellow, so small in quantity ass compared tq the blue that it only serves to warm* and mellow it. But seen near one finds that there are innumerable tiny patterns In color running through the blue, which sparkle as do the red and blue lights in the black opal.—Handicraft. Baby’s Screen. To raako an attractive screen sos the nursery get a light bamboo screen (an old one will do) and remove the silkoline with which these are usually covered. Substitute dark red or green cambric' and cover It with colored pictures, pasted on bo that each panel is given over to one kind, such as flowers, animals, children, etc. The aceeen will prove ftß value in the early morning hours, when the baby will lie and look at the pictures instead of starting an untimely concert.

Good Companions. It makes no difference, in looking back five years how you have%been dieted or dressed; wnether you have been lodged on the first floor or the attic; ’whether you have had garden or baths,, good cattle and horees, have been carried' 1 in a neat equipage or in a ridiculous truck; these things are forgotten so quickly and leave no effect. But It counts much whether we have had good companions in that time; almost as much as what we have been doing —Emerson. - ,' : - * ■ • Tough Material. “Would you marry a self-made man?’Vftsked tbe girl who had never even been seriously engaged. "No, my dear, never -again,” replied the still lovely widow. - “They are awfully hard to make over.” Spanish Luxury Popular. A fine article made, in Spain Is boneless sardine stuffed with ham. This sells as high as $13.50 a case of one hundred cans, as against only $3.60 a case of one hundred cans of ordinary sardines in oil. THE MARKETS, r —~ * ~ New York, Dec. 3. LIVE * STOCK-Steers $4 25 & 7 00 Hogs. ... - 9 ,00,-oiaia "Sheep 2-50. @4# FLOUR-Wlnter Straights.. 415 @4 25 WHEAT—December 97 & 97& CORN—December 55%@ 56 OATS—No. 2 39 & 39(4 RYB-No. 2 Western.. 28 @ 32 -BUTTER—Creamery 21 @ 28 EGGS “ 2L (and 28 CHEE5E*...,.,.......,, 6 @ 14 CHICAGO." CATTLE-Fancy Steers $6 50 @ 7 40 Choice Beef Cows 3 10 @ 6 25 Beef Steers ; 440 0 540 Good Beef Heifers 575 0 7 00 Calves 3 00' @9 00 HOGS—Heavy Packers ...... 7 10 @ 7.30 Butcher flogs 725 @ 7 42(4 Pigs 6 90 & 7 15 BUTTER-Creamery 23 @ 32(4 Dairy 22 @ 27 LIVE POULTRY 11 @ 15 EGGS 18 <h> 32(4 POTATOES (per bu.) 3S @ 47 FLOUR-=Sprlng Wheat, Sp’l 620 @ 6 25 GRAlN—Wheat, December.. 904i@ 9114 Corn, December 4.V-,-? 46(4 Oats, December 37(4@ 38(4 MILWAUKEE. GRAIN Wheat, No. I Nur'n $lO7 @108(4 May 96 @ 97(4 . Corn, May 47 %(rl 4774 Oats, Standard 33(4® 34 Rye : 80(4® 81 - KANSAS CITY. GRAlN—Wheat, No. 1 Nor’n $ 92 @ , 98 No. 2 Red ” 94 @ 96 Corn, No. 2 White 44 @ 47 ,- Oats. Hd. 2 White —...33 @—34— Rye 70 @ , 74' ST. LOUISA' ..CATTLE—Native Steers..l. .$6 50 @7 25 ' Texas Steers 4-50 @ 650 Butchers .................... 730 @ 740 SHEEP’—NatMes 3 50 @ 400 OMAHA. CATTLE—Native Steers $4 00 @ ?75 Stockers and Feeders— 3 00 ’<v 5 40 Cows and Heifers 2.85 @ 4 65 HOGS—Heavy @7 15 SHEEP—WetherS*'. 4 00 @6 15

$3.50 RECIPE CUKES WEAK MONEYS, FREE RELIEVES URINARY AND KIDNEY TROUBLES, BACKACHE, STRAINING, SWELLING, ETC. Stops Pain In the Bladder, Kidneys and Back. Wouldn’t it bo nice within a week or #o to begip to say goodbye forever to the scalding, dribbling, straining, or too fret quent passage of urine; the forehead and the back-of-th e-head aches; the stitches and pains In the back; the growing muscle weakness; spots before the eyes; yellow skin; sluggish bowels; swollen eyelids or ankles; leg cramps; unnatural short breath; sleeplessness and the despondency? I have a recipe for these troubles that you can depend on, and If you want to make a QUICK RECOVERY, you ought to write and get a copy Os It. Many a doctor would charge you $3.50 Just for writing this prescription, but I have It and will be glad to send tt to you entirely free. Just drop ms a line like this: Dr. A. E. Robinson, K-250 Luck Building, Detroit, Mich., and I will send it by return mall in a plain envelope. As you will see when you get It, this recipe contains only pure, harmless remedies, but It has great healing and paln-conquerlng power. It will quickly show Its power once you use It, so I think you had better see what It Is without delay. I will send you a copy free—you can use It and cure yourself at home. NOT PAGE FROM A ROMANCE Conversation, However, Reads a Whole Lot More Like a Scene In Real Life. “And so your father refuses to consent to our union?” “He does, Rodolphus.” The sad youth swallowed a sob. “Is there nothing left for us, then, but an elopement?” said he. “Nothing.” “Do you think, Clementine, that you could abandon this luxurious- home, — forget all the enjoyments of great wealth. Banish yourself forever from your devoted parents’ hearts, and go west with a poor young man to enter a- home of lifeless poverty and selfdenial ?” “I could, Rodolphus.” The sad youth rose wearily and reach for his hat. “Then," said he, “you are far from being the' practical girl I have all along taken you to be." And with one last'look around on the- sumptuousness that some day he had hop€d to share, he sobbed and Bald farewell. —Browning’s Magazine.

16 YEARS OF SKIN DISEASE “For ,sixteen long yearn I have been suffering with a bad' case of skin disease. While a child there broke out a red sore on the legs Just In back of my knees. It waxed from bad to worse, and at last I saw I had a bad skin disease. I tried many widely known doctors in different cities but Ho no \ satisfactory result. The plague bothered me more In warm weather than In winter and being on my leg joints -It made It Impossible for me to walk, and I was forced to stay Indoors In the warmest weather. My hopes of, recovery were by this time spent. Sleepless nights and restless-days made life an pnbearable burden. At last I was advised to try the Cutlcura. remedies [Cutlcura Soap, Ointment and Pills] and I did not-need more than a trial to convince me that I was on the road of success this time. I bought two sets of the Cutlcura Remedies and after these were gone I was a different man entirely. I am now the happiest man that there is at least one true care dor skin diseases. Leonard j A. Haytof, 11 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, N .Y., July 30 and Aug. 8, ’09.” Acmg of Cautiousness. Seymout—Young Ticer looks like a cautious man. Ashley—He Is cautious; he’s so cautious that he wouldn’t ask the prettiest girl in all the world to let him see her home unless he had learned how far away she lived.: Thousands of country people know’ that in time of sudden mishap or accident 1 Hamlins Wizard Oil is the best • substij tute for the family doctor. That* is why it is so often found upon the shelf. Some women jump at conclusions, because they want to see how the stoFy is going to end. MIX THIS FOR RHEUMATISM Easily Prepared and Inexpenalve and Really Doea the Work, Says Noted Authority. Thousands of men and women who ■have felt the Bting and ftrture of that dread disease, Rheumatism, which is no respecter of age, persons, sex, color or rank, will be Interested to know -that it is one of the easiest afflictions of the human body to conquer. Medical science has proven It not a distinct disease In Itself, but a symptom caused by Inactive kidneys. Rheumatism Is uric acid in the blood and other waste products of the system which should be filtered and straineand function of the kidneys Is to sift these poisons ana acids out and keep the blood clean and pure. The kidneys however, are of sponge-like substance, the holes or pores of which will sometimes, either from overwork, cold or exposure become clogged, and falling In their function of eliminating these poisons from the blood, they remain In the veins, decompose and settling about the joints and muscles, cause the untold suffering and pain of rheumatism and backache, often producing complications of bladder and urinary disease, and general weakness. The following simple prescription Is said to relieve-i-the worst cases of rheumatism because of its direct action upon the blood and kidneys, relieving, too, the most severe forms of bladder and urinary troubles: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, f three ounces. Mix by srfhking well In a bottle and take In teaspoonful doses after each meal and at bedtime. The in- , gredients can be had from any prescription pharmacy, gnd are absolutely harmless and safe to use at any time. A.' .. A. i,. ,