Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 5, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 July 1897 — Page 7

AN OPEN LETTER.

let me tell you, through the medium of the press, my wife. What I'd dare not say If facing yon alone— That to put a.*ide all prejudice, I guest, my wife.

There are oth-r babies as pretty aa our own.

Now, tin-re's tiot the slightest use in getting ri!-1, tr.y wife I'm at present far from thee), When I my that though I dearly lore oar child, my wife.

Yet I kiKi'T Homo others are as Kmart aa be.

And I ofiniH/S longer bold from you the truth, JiiV Wife, TliMuyli I know 'twill likely set you in a r:t :•, rhere MJ-.V h/ive lx*jn some kids besides our y.\: !i, my wife,

Wh'iv. !n just an much aa ho did at hi* a?". I

As you l,i eyea are bright aa any atar,

Ari'l he no doubt has a charming

And irw iwu 1 havo had a cliance to tell, my

To y. she thing* I long have wished tc

Plcaw |i!t me—-imrch your inmost bosom

lis,

—:h*n

wife In coming home today,

-i ,f. ./ion in New Orleans Times I:mo"r:i-.

A O O E

Mr. Marehmont sat alone in his city office, j,-l(.iinily ronlizims? tho fact that he W.'IH a ruined man, and, worse still, that lin biiil Involved OI.1U.TH In hia own IJnantl (lisnsltTH without- either their knowl ed^f or t,}i• ir eofiM-tit. It was the old, old tali'. Ill fortune in business, rat-h spoculative InvcftinentH to meet extntvagant expemliture. then misappropriation of trust funds lo repair past, los^enand enable him to continue his Kamblintf ventures with the wild hope that previous misfortunes could le retrieved. Now all wns gone, the fortune of his orphan clients as well an his own, anil In another month or HO, when Harold Williams would he 21, and the "trust" would, liv the tonus of his old friend's will, have to I in rendered up, discovery of the real condition of affairs must ensue. "If you will consent to become their truHtee, Mare.hinont," the dyintf man had fluid, "I shall appoint no ono to not with you. I can trust you fully and shall leave everything In your hands until Harold is 24. I know you'll do your lu st for hini and KUIe, and keep tho money where It Is —In K""l, safe, nonspeeulatlvo Investments.

Mr. Marehmont, then a prosperous merchant, had readily undertaken tho charge laid upon him, and fullllled it honestly enough until within a year or HO before the time when our story commences, but there had heen a time of great financial depression, and Mr. Marehniont's ilrin had HulTered like the rest of the world, and then in a fatal hour he had been tempted to gamble on the Stock Exchange. Had wot), had lost, lost again, grown reckless, and now that jLHO.UOO which should ho handed over to Harold and his sister In another six weeks was as nonexistent us was Mr. Marehinont'a own private fortune. Huslncss was much depressed still, and .Jenkins, the other partner, had begun to advocate boldly facing tho real condition of things and "winding up" tho linn's atTnlrs, hut Jenkins was, of course, Ignorant of his partner's embezzlement of trust funds.

It is one thing for a business man whoso affairs have become Involved through unexpected mlsfort unes to "call a meeting of creditors" and lay the facts plainly bofore them and another to have to confess that a trustee has—to put. it bluntly— made away with money \vhi-n does not belong to him. It. was no .small addition to the torturing anxiety of the situation that Jenkins was so perpetually advocating a "voluntary winding up" of the tlrm and a candid statement of their affairs. Of course the crash and the discovery were bound to come shortly. Kveti already Mr Marehmont fancied that some suspicions were arising in young Williams' mind, for the youth had become rather pressing regarding the fixture of a date on which to go into all the trust accounts and have the investments duly transferred. Alas, all these "in\ostmentV had liven nonexistent for som time. It hud often Iteen a desperate struggle to pay tho interest on the vanished capital, ami tho delays which had occasionally ensued had perhaps aroused some suspicion of the truth in Harold Williams' mind. On

reasonable In the ma tier, and

carrying on now at

woree every day True,

the

far a* io»-u

one

pretense or another Marehmont had hitherto contrived to put off the evil day of reckoning, but had lieeu obliged to fix

date for It at last. In another six week* the truth must ho revealed Mr. Mnrchluont must stand Iwfoivtho world as a convicted thief, a Initrayerof the trust

of a

dead friend, and Harold and his sister must learn that owing to hts embexalement they were reduced from comparative affluence to absolute U-ggary. Small wonder that, as the wretched man sMt alone In his private room, his face looked gray and lined, or th.1t lie glanced often at a certain locki-d drawer, in which some weeks prevlusiy be had placed a tlnv phial

I In re Is always that, mean- of «*dtpe. I can never face the lad and his sister and tell them that I have ruined them. thought Marehmont. who, to do him jus tiec. was even more concerned to think of the calamity which he had brought upon his young friends than of the probable consequences to himself of his rash acts. "If IM only drunk the contents of that bottle thnv years ago. In-fore all this took place thought the merchant (utterly.

Heavily the days dragginl on. Jenkins growing daily more Insistent that

they

should put up the shutters." "It's not our fault, but simpl? our misfortune. Marehmont, that wv an* In

such

straits, the junior partner would often SHY. "It was th.tso unexpoct«"d failures abroad that dr ^--d us down,

hut

w*»'rp

quite clear. tii«. t» hoaven, from any imputation of nekievs trading.' and

havo

nwd

no objection to face our creditors fairly and let them go .ncr our books for thcmsclve*. As busi:a«« men

they will

we're only

low. and getting

account#of the firm

ware clear

and clean enough. It was in his private onjsicity that Mr Marvhmont had

gam

bled and nle.*sl«t. but to "wind Up" bit In**4- would precipitate the discovery #private malpractices, and with

the

«firnl desire of putting off threvll day

I. Mr. Marvhnmnt still

to doUy Six

and then—at

clang

«ivk« yet

remained

the

content* of the

vial.

him.

worst—ther» werv the

"Truth stranger than fiction" Is trltv remark, and the "singular aecidenU" which novelist* are often ridiculed fat adapting Into their tale* tKK infr*qo«oUy

take pUcti in real life. One morning b*r. Marehmont, who was usually the lass to arrive nt the offlcc, found Jenkins, usually so cool and quiet, in a state of extreme, though suppressed excitement. "Come in here,'* said this gentleman, dragging his partner by the arm into their private sanctum and carefully shutting the door, "I don't want the clerks to get an inkling of what I have to say. You remember those farms at the Cape which we took over—as the onl^ asset we could lay hands on—when that South African firm failed and let us in so heavily?" "Yes, and valueless enough tbey have proved," said Marehmont- indifferently. "Haveihcy?" cried Jenkins exultantly. "Just wait and see. I have received private information—from a source I am not at liberty to disolope—that gold has been discovered in some part of this land, and that if we wait and play our cards well we may make a fortune yet out of the sale of that 'valuable estate.*

But I' .t \v. uler if soino other babes there ii Wis!. u! fa'-en just as nice as his.

And sucb, In fact, proved to be the case. Jenkins, shrewd and catitious man of business, successfully negotiated the matter, Marehmont indeed being too dazed by this sudden change in the situation to intertneddlo much in the affair.

There were delays and many discussions and much correspondence, but the matter ended—thanks to Mr. Jenkins' good management—in these erstwhile despised "African farms" proving a veritable "gold mine" to the original owners, who sold them for a sum which entirely recouped Mr. Marehmont for his private losses and enabled Mr. Jenkins to retire from the Arm—as he promptly announced his intention of doing—with a comfortable-com-petence. "1 have made my money and I don't mean to risk it in any business again," remarked this gentleman.

Thanks to this unexpected stroko of luck, Mr. Marehmont was able to look forward to tho dreaded trust audit with more composure. It was necessary, of course, to prepare a very eluboralo and fictitious scries of nct^junts to conceal the real facts, but at least the money was there to bo handed over, and recipients are usually sati.slJed to receive their own without indulging in too close scrutiny as to how it has been dealt with before it arrives in their hands. Mr. Marehmont winced, however, as lie saw that Harold Williams, when ho kept the long deforrcd appointment at the merchant's office to "go into tho accounts," had brought his solicitor with him, a shrewd, keen eyed, middlo aged man of well known ability in the profession. Nothing, however, could be more courteous than this gentleman's demeanor as ho explained that "his young client, being somewhat ignorant of business," had suggested that he should accompany him and check over the trust accounts. At least the money was forthcoming, as Marehmont thought with an infinite sense of relief, but as tho quiet lawyor examined the accounts in silence the miserable trustee felt well aware that the shrewd solicitor had accurately gauged thu real condition of affairs and could penetrate till tho ingenious devices whereby figures had been manipulated to conceal facts.

Indeed as Mr. Vivian, tho lawyer, turned over the accounts ho was saying to himself: "Exactly aa I expected. These trust funds havo been made away with and replaced. Well, it's no businoss of mine to point this out, and anyhow my client has got hack his ovyn in tho end."

Hut there was a decided coldness in tho tones in which Mr. Vivian thanked Mr. .Varchiuont for the opportunity he had given them for inspecting his trust accounts, which wero all in due order. "And now we havo only to arrange for the formal transference of the property to Mr. Williams and Ills slstor," remarked tho lawyer ns he laid down the last paper. '"No," exclaimed Harold, who, like Mr. Marehmont, had noted tin) coldness of his lawyer's manner to the trustee. "No. I'vo something else to do first."

Moth the other men looked at the speaker in sumo surprise. "I havo to ask your forgiveness, sir," said the out li ingenuously, advancing towan! ir Marehmont and duing out his hand. "lam utterly ashamed to confess that for snmo time 1 have wronged you. my father's oldest friend and the kind and faithful guardian of my own and my sister's Interest:!, by wicked and unjust suspicions. Circumstances—not worth recalling now—had led nio to funcy that— well, I'm fairly ashamed to say the words —that—our money was not quite safe hi your keeping. I see now how mistaken— how wrong I was"—here Mr. Vivian mentally ejaculated, "Was he?"—"and I ask your jxirdon for the wrong I did you in my thoughts. I feel it only due to you, sir, to make this confession, ashamed as I am to havo to do it, but you will forgive me, will you not?"

There was a pause. Mr. Marehmont did not take the offered hand, but sat still, with a strange, fixed look upon his face. "I was so anxious about Ellie, my little sister," went on the young man. "We are all alone In the world, as you know, but If I cruelly misjudged you, sir, I am at least rwuiy to acknowledge myself utterly in tho wrong and to ask your forgiveness. Were my dear father here," added tho young tunn, with some emotion, "I am sure he would fully appreciate your kindness to his orphan children and thank you as sincerely as I do for your noble and conscientious fulfillment of the trust he reposed in you."

Mr. Marehmont slowly staggered to his feet, an awful grayness overspreading his face. "It Is—very—touching—and—gratifying." he began in a strangely altered voice.

Then ho suddenly collapsed and fell on the tloor—dead. "The fellow had some conscience, after all," thought Mr. Vivian to himself, whenever he looked back on the awful occurrence, hut. lawyerlike, kept hia own counsel. "Failure of the heart's action,"

was

the

medical verdict, with the addendum that Mr. Marehmont

bad

long been in a critical

state of health. Harold William# often reproached himself for having by

little additional ex

citement possibly accelerated the fatal catastrophe, but yet, the

young man

once remarked to Air. Vivian:

"I cannot understand how my metely thanking poor Mr. Marehmont shea Id have affected him »o much. It was not as If anything had been wrong with his ac counts."

-i

Mr. Vivian only coughed in raply, and to the end of their lives Harold and bis siter believed their trustee to bare been a model of honesty and reetitode. Yet farbaps, as the lawyer had surmised. It was Marehmont'*"conaeteooa" that had killed him, after all.—Household Word*.

The Actios of Water t'poo Ktcla.

Sediment®, or ««ratUfed rock*, are Invariably tboee which have been laid down omkr water. Tbey art always recognisable as such becauM divided Into those layers wbicb the action of the water al ways prod ace*.

HARMONICS.

Dear, when my eyes told the age old story, Ton (roe tied, faltering breath quick drawn, Say, did you see where a crimson tinted glory,

Star shot, trembled to anew day's dawn

Dear—but I aaw it! And the rich light leaning, Moon hung, marvelous, warmed by breeze. Gave to the dim dusk a new and vibrant meaning,

I laughed. "I agree with you," I said. "I shouldn't have any objection at all to chnnging places with tho mummy, say betwoen tho hours of midnight and 2 a. m., but I don't quite see how it's to be done." "More don't I, guv'nor," returned Diok moodily.

He then relapsod into silence, Wowing great clouds from his pipe, and tho business passod out of my mind. It was recalled to me, however, in a very sudden ma.--er some two months later, when, passing down a street near tho Htrand, I espied close to a pillur box a letter already stamped and addressed for posting, but which had evidently missed the box and fallen to tho ground. Acting on tho principle which has always led ine to obtain as muoh knowiodgo as I can, I opened tho envelopo and was astonished to And that It was from Messrs. Wood & Sons and was addressed to Mr. Pontifex. This is what it said:

DEAR SIB—^Tho mummy to your esteemed order has nuvv arrived at Southampton, and we expect it in London tomorrow. Will you kindly say if wo can deliver samo tomorrow afternoon Wo understand the mummy is to bo deposited first of all on your promises at Moore lane. Awaiting your reply, we are, yours very obediently, WOOD & SON.

As I read these words a happy thought flashed across my brain, and I rosolved to put it into execution at once. Going straight to a telegraph office in the city I sent the following messagoto Wood & Sons:

Leaving London for a few days Retain mummy till further notice. PONTIFEX. The messago having been duly dispatched, I took my way at onco to my lodgings, where I found my chum, Herring, sitting disconsolately on tho sofa. "Buck up. Dick, my lad!" I cried. "I we're in luck at last. Read that

W." I handed him tho note which I had picked tip near the pillar box, and he read it carefully. Then ho said: "Where's the luck in this, guv'nor?" "What would you say If I told you that I intended to Impersonate tho mummy which Mr. Pontifex has ordered, and that, moreover, I intend to carry off all that I can lay my hands on during the night following ray being delivered into his keeping?"

He smiled incredulously. "How's It to be done, guv'nor? It's a knockout plan of course, but how's it to be done?" "It will be by no means an easy task," I made answer, "and it's risky, but it may be done with care and discretion. Being extremely thin, I havo the 'make op' of an Ideal mummy. The first thing we have to obtain is an ancient mummy coffin, which I will go and buy at once."

I then proceeded to the establishment of the Messrs. Woods, where I bought an imi tation coffin. The rw»l article would have been exceedingly deer, and so I contented myself with a colorable imitation. Deep down in a huge recess I packed a long overcoat with capacious pockets, a few necessary tools, a lantern with matches and a few other handy appliances.

This being done, I obtained a quantity of butter cloths In which I was to be swathed. To give the same an ancient and brownish appearance I smoked them at the fire, the effect after that process being admirable.

Herring gave me valuable service, and we also enlisted the help of Jaek Tovey, an Ingenious youngster who bad often done good, work for us in days gone by.

He showed himself an apt pupil at the mac business, and when I had rebear-'.- the attaching of the batter cloths to Herring's figure, ac an example of the manner In which It should be dene, be expressed himself as being quite able to do the «roe office for me when the time came.

It was a dangerous game, and only too well did know It, but I determined to hope tor the best ami trust to the lock which always seemed to belong to me.

I determ*-^ tc !nse no I4—* In carrying oat the sc: ic aoe*,* ©ugh delay* are dangerous everywhere, they are especially eo in our profession, therefore arranged that 1 should be eonvcyed to Mr. Ponyfsx's bouse In Moore lane arrayed ae the mummy to his order on the following afternoon, Friday.

Fortunately the weatbee was

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, JULY 31, 1897.

World wide, scented with the soul's heart's

Dear, then my lips #.v no need of any telling! Dear, then, trembling, caught I up my crown! For, by that overglow, my own love's dwelling

Saw I, lying in your heart deep down. —Post Wheeler in New York Press.

A CONVICT'S YARN.

Egyptology in the days when I was at college, before I took to the profession which I followed for many years, was my ohlef delight, and to the fact that I was a student of the ways of ancient Egpyt

gloomy at the time and King Fog was

owed one of the luckiest hauls of my life. It fell out in this way: Wo had long turned our eyes with anient looks toward the establishment of Mr. Pontifex, jeweler and valuer, of 2 Moore Lane, city, the eontents of whose shop were said to be worth some £20,000.

Mr. Pontifex, in addition to being a jeweler and valuer, was also a bit of an enthusiast on Egpytlan relics, and one often saw paragraphs in the paper regarding recent additions made to his Egyptian museum at Norwood.

One day my chum, Dick Herring, lounged into my room smoking a clay and reading a newspaper. "Listen to this, guv'nor. Seems a waste, doesn't it?" "Firo away," I returned, "and I'll give you my opinion afterward." "'We understand that Mr. Christopher Pontifex, the well known jeweler of Moore Lane, E. C., has just ordered a mummy from Messrs. Wood & Sons, tho curiosity dealers. The mummy is supposed to be the remains of Ptolemy II, and thero is no doubt that thero will bo a great rush on the part of all Egyptologists to the Pontifex mnseum to see the new importation from the land of the Pharaohs.'" The paragraph then went on to say that £1,000 had been stated as tho price of tho mummy in question. "Ain't that a waste o' money?" ho said angrily, "and all on tho mummy of a bloke as died thousands and thousands of years ago. Still, I shouldn't mind changin places with that ere mummy, purvidin, o' course, that it was to be lodged over tho shop. What hoi" he concluded, with a wink at me.

over

all things. We engaged a spring cart to convey the coffin containing me to Moore lane, and at 4 o'clock on iYiday afternoon we set out, my two chums and I. In speaking of myself I should perhaps use the word "it," for never did any live man present so dead an appearance as Ion that occasion. If it had not been for fear of bursting some of the butter cloths, 1 honestly think I should have broken out into hearty laughter, for the whole affair seemed to me one of the finest comedies on record.

At length the coffin was duly deposited In the room, and then I heard Pontifex tell the carmen to withdraw the lid. This they did, and then I could feel that the jeweler was gazing at me fixedly, and I knew that if detection were to come it would come now. Thank heaven, it did not come! On the contrary, the worthy dealer in precious stones seemed greatly impressed with his purchase and insisted on delivering a short homily to the car men on the subject. "See here, my good men," he said in on unctuous, satisfied voice "see here, and admire the work which the ancient Egyptians knew so well how to perform. Think of the ages which have rolled by since Ptolemy II lived and ruled! Think of the millions who have since then turned into dust, and yet here am I able to look tonight on the intact body of that very king! Ah, a marvelous science, the scienr* of embalming! Marvelous indeed!"

The hours went by with a slowness that tortured me. My face was on fire with perspiration, and though I could breathe through some small holes we bad made In the butter cloths, my whole position was so exceedingly painful that I do not think I would go through such an ordeal again even for twice the temptation.

I hoard the church clock in Cheapside strike the hours, and tho interval between each hour seemed like a week. At length midnight struck, and then I knew that my awful rest was near its end. I could hear the servants locking up for the night.

I could boar Pontifex bidding thorn good night es he passed up stairs to bod, and half on hour later the house was as silent as the torn b. "The time has come,"I thought, "for Ptolemy to come to life. Hero goes!"

I had provided myself with a ring to which a small blade was uttached, and working away with the same I was able after much toil to free my urms, and afterward, of course, the work was comparatively easy, but for ten minutes or so I could not rise, my limbs being too cramped to allow of my doing so.

At the end of that time I pulled myself together, and making mighty effort I leaped out. Seizing my lantern I lit it, and then put on tho overcoat and other olothing which I had concealed in tho deep receptacle.

Having put on my India rubber shoes and collected my professional instruments, I wont down stairs silently, and soon found my way into tho shop toward te treasures of which we had so long turned our eyes and which treasures now lay within my reach. I made a deliberate selection, filling my pockets with the proolous stones in generous profusion.

A low whistle outside told me that my faithful pal, Herring, was watching to see that the coast was clear for my exit. I therefore took my way out into tho passage, and using my best efforts to make no noise I slid back tho great bolts and turned the key of the masslvo house door.

Everything wont perfectly. The lano was deserted, and I walked rapidly in tho direction of the Mansion House, where I was joined by Herring, who burst into loud peal of laughter when ho saw me. 'Ow aro yer, Mr. Tollerrmy?" hesaid. "Givo us yer 'and. Blow me if yer ain't the coolest bloke wot I ever set eyes on."

Then he said no more, and we walked on silently till we reached our den in St. Luko's. Next morning a train from Charing Cross convoyed us to Folkestone, whence wo journeyed to Paris, and from there to Brussels, where the swag was duly sold and split up into shares.

My companions, Herring and Tovey, decided that as I had had the lion's share of tho work I should also havo the same share of the proceeds, and tho rosult was that I was richer by tho night's transactions to the tune of something very much like £8,000.—London Tit-Bits.

Priceless Trophies of the Hunt* W. A. Baillie-Grohman writes of "Sports In tho Seventeenth Century" for The Century. The author says:

Tho stag was oltogother the most highly prized animal of the chase, and his antlers, if they were of great size or showed any abnormity in their growth, were the most treasured trophies of the hunt. When potentates made one another presents, these usually consisted of some famous deer head, for these nlmrods not only vied with one another in tho quantity of game tbey laid low, but also regarding their collections of antlers, upon which enor mous sums were spent. For the famous 66 tined head killed in 1696 by the elector of Brandenburg and which is still preserved at tho castle of Morltzburg, near Dresden, it is said that the elector of Saxony gave a company of the tallest grenadiers in his army. For an abnormal 36 point head one of the dukes of Wurtemberg gave a whole village, with its inhabitants, land, houses and church, including even tht parson's pretend, as the chronicler does not forget to mention. A duke of Poineranin offered for a celebrated 82 tined head which he was anxious to have for his col lection a sura which would correspond tc $25,000 of our present money, and, what is more, bis bid was refused. Upon tht spots where great stags were killed mon uments were erected, and in more thac one instance monasteries and cloister* were founded in such localities as well of In those where some great nlnmxl had es caped mortal danger.

North and Sooth.

The traveler who journey* southwr.n through William Penn's "low counties finds himself on this line of

deinamitiu

between "the north" and "tho south Philadelphia, tho last of the "norther, cities." lice behind bim, and when Balti more Is reached

the traveler begins

specch

and a softer man net

are, .more than anything elsa, the fit* southern characteristics to strike th« stranger. The

colored

folk become roor»

plentiful, and pick-ininnies at the doors whitewashed cabin* firm a not unfaroilia faregKH. to In the landscape

of tbec. of

i'-

The Mother's Pay Day.

What pay does a hard-working mother of a family receive for her labor at the end «*f a week The husband may bring home his regular wages. Some of the children may be old enough to earn theirs. But the mother, what is her pay for her days of toil and often nights of anxiety? Well, she is either paid in love or she isn't paid at all.

The majority of mothers are perfectly satisfied with the

simple recompense of loving appreciation. If any mother doesn't receive that mucht it's an awful pity.

It's a sad thing when the mother comes down sick with overwork or wony, or because some little weakness or disease has been neglected until it gets to be alarming.

It should never be allowed to get to this point. She ought to be looked after right away. She needs the help of common sense medical treatment. Of course no one medicine will cure everything. A medicine must be specially adapted to its particular purpose.

If the digestive organs or the liver are out of order Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is a perfect and scientific remedy. His "Favorite Prescription" is specially devised for weaknesses and diseases of the womanlv organs and it is the most potent remedy for these troubles which has ever been invented.

Where both these conditions exist these two medicines taken alternately constitute a thoroughly scientific course of treatment, which has been marvelously successful with thousands of dyspeptic, debilitated and nervous women. "I take great pleasure in recommending Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, Golden Meuical Discovery' and Pellets,' writes Mrs. Jed Ijiwrence, Sonth Hero, Grand Isle Co., Vt. My trouble was female weakness, kidney disease, neuralgia, change of life and bad flowmgj spells. I took eight bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, seven bottle of

Golden Medical Pis-

covery, and seven small vials of Pellets. The doctors did not help me any. I could not sleep night nor dav. 1 suffered everything before I began to take Dr. Pierce's medicines. When I began to use them I weighed 100 pounds. Now I weigh 145. pounds. I can now do all my work.

"IE

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LAKE AND RAIL

Chicago

fee

that be has pawed Into a different ataw pbere. A certain unmistakable differenct In voice and

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the way, with a keen fostlnct for thin* a: °d, comes tbe knowl je of just wiser ti» ch»"—e take* i^-ace, for it is bs the range of «-«.. 3try that a bird Inhabit or whe«»Aw particular tree or

and

Milwaukee

Graham & Morton Transportation Co., steamer lines from Benton Harbor and St. Joseph. Mich., to Chicago and Milwaukee, connecting at St. Joseph with the andalla line. This line operates the first clajjs side wheel steamers "City of Chicago" and '•City of Milwaukee" and the propellers "City of 1 Anlavlllo" and "Wnnrfn." mftkinir trltM twice Louisville" and "Woods.''making trips twice dally to Chicago during June. July. August and September, dally trips remainder of season. and trl-weekly trips to and from Mllwoukee. Service first-class, fare lower than all rail routes. Through tickets on sale from all Vandalla line stations.

J. U. GKAHAM. Prest. Benton Harbor. Mich.

Chicago, foot of Wabash ave. Milwaukee, foot of Broadway. St. Joseph. E. A. Graham. Benton Harbor. J. H. Graham ft Co.

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TT' siwde an 1 when you ran get to at on where 1 M-'-nce is delightful. Look at our BUI of Fare!

Points In Michigan.

St. Joseph and return. SOW Ottowa B«*ch and Macatawa Park and return, f:: 5S Traverse City nH return, fM-W Bay View, and rlevolx and return, 09J»: :'n( Iftlaiiti and return. •"*-25, and an -K' l»er points a very reaao: le rates. j-i,.-se are good to return until Or- 'er5.'-' 1.

T• -n tl. "S is' Maxif «kee, THi" "v'j a ilti over four hoars distant, and .*vef ft *y over" ticket—the ten '. "a, -on tic tlow r.-.-'*. li „»h slee cars leave Ten* Haute at'- p-m..'.:'-I- Sni.'i '-ndreach all

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Call

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Presents the best possible service from Northern to all Southern cities, and will carry you through Nashville, the location of the Greatest Exposition this country has ever had, with the possible exception of the Columbian.

OUND TRIP TICKETS AT

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Will be 011 sale from nil points to Nashville on every day between May 1 and Oct. 31, t897. For full information write to

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