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A SAVORY AROMA Of Trace By MA.UTHA MCGULIJOCH WILLIAMS. Copyright. 1:.H, By :v Ciill(i-!i WHllama. ^^SC'OOOOCOOOOOC^' Fur answer the mulatto flung off his cent and baml Uls back. It was mark ed all over with cruel crimson welts. •Nobody ever dared io touch me befo\" he said. "1 was a house nigger, and I don't belong to tbe nian that done it." How came you In the army?" Flow tow asked suspiciously. The negro looked full In his eyes and said: "I went to take keer of my mar ster's son. He—he's dead now. I want ed to go, and they tried to make me stay." Humph! Who is your master?" Flowtow asked. "Major Hilllard—that is, he used to be major. He's colonel now under old Mr. Forres'. If he had been there, no body would 'a' dared to touch me," the negro said. "That's how I come to know all this country so well. I used to live at Wake Fores'." So!" The exclamation was one of pleasure. "Then you may be worth keeping, if you will be a true guide." Flowtow said, pursing his lips, then brutally, "This major—he is your fa ther, too, ehV" "I hears 'em say so," the negro said, looking down. "Please, sir, take me to wall on you. I can cook"— "1 may have better use for you, Flowtow interrupted. "Ride you here beside me a little. If you serve me well, you shall have money aud free dom. If," with a stern look, "you try to trap me, then I will cut you alive into little teeny bits." "I don't want money, only to be free and to learn readiu and wrltln," the ne gro said. "As to trapplu you, no nigger caiu't do that. You are too smart for even our white folks." So Yellow Ned came to be free of Flowtow's quarters, following the colo nel like a dog wherever he went, crouching patiently beside the hearth while Flowtow wrote or talked, alert for any service, but seemingly heedless of all he heard. He had found an old notebook and stub of pencil. The sen try at the door had set him copies of letters aud figures. These he repro duced In a thousand unheard of combi nations. The sentries as they changed were much amused at his efforts and said oue to another Yellow Ned must be crazy—you simply could not teach him that two and two made four or that A was not Z. It was mid-May four years from the month when Colonel Ililllard had sent the Hlntons away. Old Nat had come back very soon after the Federal vic tory. He claimed indeed to have a mys terious connection with those In au thority and swaggered among the other fisher folk as to the vengeance he meant to take on the slaveholdlng aris tocrats who had formerly oppressed him. A year of riotous living had wast ed the HiUJard money. Luce and Prude now chose to go their own way, but Swan came with her father because her mother came perforce. With the wreck and remnant of their sudden wealth old Nat had chartered a -trading boat, miRRrnUa cr»YTOiiio»-Af fair, which was towed up or down stream as occasion served. Ostensibly it was a sutler's boat. In reality it en gaged In all manner of contraband trading. A cotton cargo once Bafe un der hatches meant more profit than many weeks In camp. Old Nat had planned to smuggle such a cargo aboard before the Lucy tied up at Wake Forest landiug. He had slipped outside the lines, spying where best to seize it. leaving his wife and Swan in charge of the boat. Soldier villages gossip even more than ordinary villages. Everything at headquarters is soon the common prop erty of the camp. Thus Swan came to know very soon all the particulars of Yellow Ned's arrival, she pondered what she had heard a day, then just at sunset startled her mother by saying: "I'm goin over ter the outpost. Funny I never thought o* Jt before, but there is my chance ter see the inside o' Wake Forest." There was no protest. Mrs. Hinton never wasted breath in trying to turu Swan from her purposes, but some thing, she knew not what, made her kiss her daughter once shyly, fearfully once, as she felt Swan tremble at her touch, out of the fullness of her mother heart. "I wish I could take yer, too, but that would spoil everything," Swan said, patting her check aud almost running away. She had rummaged out her old fiddle and put on a short frock, much frilled and spangled, which she had worn in the days of the band. It was black and came low in the neck, so she threw over her shoulders a blue artil leryman's cape, disposing one end so the scarlet lining would show. At the very last she turned back and thrust something deep into her bosom, saying, with a lazy smile, "Yer don't never know what may come in handy when yer go 011 a possum huut this time o' the year." As she picked her way through the compaiij' streets there were hulls from every hand—cries of admiration, invita tions to supper, banters for a tune, just one—but she staid for none of them. Words she flung back in plenty. Her tongue had gained in license, in piquan* 6y and point. A very young officer, riotously full of beer, ran out and tried to kiss her in the face of all, but was rapped smartly over the nose with the fiddle bow and ran back howling with pain. As 6he came to the outpost the pick ets made a feint of halting her. She stuck the fiddle under her chiu, played three discordant bars and said, "Let me through or yer'll hear worse than that." All the camp knew her. She had in deed the freedom of more than one army corps. She was kind in sickness or trouble, a good comrade in health, square—every man of them would have slaked his life on that—and straight for all her freedom, both of speech and ac tion. So she won easily to Colonel Flowtow's door. She would have pass ed the Bentry there as she had passed the others but that Flowtow himself was just coming out, with Yellow Ned, as usual, at his heels. "You! What do you do here?" he said roughly, catching her arm In a hard grip. "Me? Oh, I just came ter find out ef yer all were dead," Swan said jauntily. "1 didn't know but 'Mr. Forrest's crit ter company' had slipped in an made crow's meat o' the lot." "What is that to you? Women are not for lighting," Flowtow said, still roughly. Swan laughed an airy, happy laugh. "Noi Women are ter kissin," she said. "I'll kiss yer. Colonel Flowtow, an play yer a tune inter the bargain ef yer'll do just one. little thing I wont" rti NfiJl'j u^ui Vl/"""lli!^,^''l»l .*» •IWirfltfi.J'lr .J.vr *v Ohol I am to be bribed—in race of the articles of war!" Flowtow roar ed. "Well, bribe me, Swanchen. I will hear what It Is about—afterward." 'Sfer shall take the tune first," Swan said, throwing off her cloak and settlug the fiddle beneath her chin. Before Flowtow could protest she had struck up "Run, Nigger, Run!" looking as she played straight at Flowtow's new serv ant Without a break she glided into another strain, almost an Improvisa tion, full ot swelling chords and soft walling minors. She had played it first upon her weddiug uight. Morris had suatched the bow from her hands and had dragged her breathlessly away with Ulin to find a minister. "My kiss! I cannot wait!" Flowtow said, clutching her bare shoulder. "Mauy things impend, Swauchen. Pay now—good measure, mind. When they are settled, I will hear what it Is thou hast paid for." But maybe yer'll bo dead. Mr. For rest is a bad man, a mighty bad old man," Swan said, fending her lips. Flowtow pushed her hands aside aud took a long kiss. The next second a stunning blow stretched him full length upon the floor. As he sprang up, livid with rage, he saw Swan struggling vio lently with the mulatto, who was gasping and had the blazlug eyes of a pautlier. "Oh, yer Dutchman! I never thought that little love pat would knock yer down," she cried. "But look nt this nig ger, will yer, tryin ter murder me? Must be he thinks ycr're like his white folks—tco good ter bo touched by the common sort. That's whut all the high toned niggers think. I know. I used ter live down south. Where did yer skoer him up. IJutchy? Did yer have him made special fer yer guardian an gel?" Come agaiu, wild Swanchen, and you shall hear!" Flowtow said. "Or, .valt! 1 shall come back before the mid night. We shall drink together and have much games, and you shall play. As Cor the man. 1 shall send him to company with his horse. The darkness shall teach him better manners." 'Ho! I'll teach him myself!" Swan sold to the sentry as Flowtow galloped pff, stepping past him to the edge of the veranda. There she began to play gay, rollicking tunes that very shortly drew all the idlers about her. Presently she liung down her fiddle, whirled about on tiptoe and said, sniffing vigorously: "Wait till 1 come back, everybody. I feel It in my bones that there's things ter drink close by." She darted away, followed by a cho rus of uproarious laughter, but she did not seek the cellar. In half a minute she had reached a picketed horse and was whispering to the man standing beside It: "Morris, get away, fer God's sake! Old man Nat will know yer. He has come back. He is eomin here ter see Flowtow this very night. That was why I—oh, why didn't yer keep quiet? What did er kiss more or less matter? Yer have bought yer freedom." "Some things one cannot buy," Mor« rls said, breathing hard. "Swan, I shall stay until you agree to go with me." "Yer are crazy—crazy as er loon!" she cried. "First ter come here then all those papers—I know whut they are. So will old man Nat. He taught yer, re member, the Murrel clan cipher, so yer could write all sorts o' things ter me. Go away, I tell yer. Flowtow will lian yer at sun up as sure as he finds out how he has been fooled." "If you will come with me," Morris said, springing into the saddle Swan thought a minute, then waved him down. "I must ride an lead yer with a halter." she said, "or wo shall "Jl/orrte, get a way, fer Qort'e mtkc!" never get past the pickets. 1 will eny I'm drlvln yer out o' camp, back ter yer own side, because 1 hate yer. Then when we are outside"— "You will Lave to keep on," Morris said doggedly. Swan shivered faintly. "We will bettle that as happens," she said. "You are my wire still. I will never let you go back." Mortis said when the last picket was 200 yards behind. .Swan had slipped from the saddle and was unbinding his hands. She had driven him unmercifully, flourishing a hilvvr mounted derringer above his l.ead. The pickets had laughed at ber. but had not tried to stop her. It was only one of Swan's freaks, and Swan in their eyes could do no wrong. The two halted in a broad clear road. The moon shone so bright it was nearly as light as day. As the last knot came loose there was a elir in the bushes at the roadside. (.1.1 Nat's ambling mule sprang thronrh them, and old Nat him sell cried: .er've been er-spyln—eh, Morris- an ye wife's hclpin yer out? .Mighty nice game, but I'll block It, though I r: in't stop yer now. I owe yer lather er day in harvest. I reckon the time's eoniiii when I can pay In full." The last words came faint. He had set the mule off in a headlong gallop. Morris sprang Into the saddle, leaned down and snatched Swan up before him. She tried to writhe out of his anus. In three minutes at most the mounted pickets would be alter him. How couid he escape with his horse doubly weighted? "Be quiet! Give me that pistol!" he said, his mouth close to her ear. "Weight! You don't know Black Doug las as I do. They could uot catch him jaded. Tonight lie is a wild horse. He has had nothing but little niggling trots since his run the other duy." "There! I told yer they were eomin!" Swau cried as they caught the souud of shots behind and of hoofs gathering in volume. .Morris laughed grimly and shook his reins. Black Douglas knew what that meant. lie went away at a long stretching gallop that quickened, quickened into the plunging full ^un. His head was low his stomach almost touched earth as he stretched himself a ifjiNinwiiaii Mi long, leaping Uounils. .Now mid 1 again he snorted disdaiufully. ouce there was a keen whinny of defiance. "Blood tells. He knows it is a race," Morris said, patting the satin shoulder. With one arm he held Swan close against his breast. Her weight, thus over the withers, hardly told on lite gallant beast. They had left the cluise a mile behind. Morri« was about to pull up and turu Black Douglas' nose a minute to the wlud when they heard sabers jingling down a crossroad a hundred yards dead ahead. "There is.Flowtow himself." Morris said under his breath. "Hold tight, Swan. Now we have got to ride for our lives." lie had neither whip uor spur. He must trust solely to the speed and cour age and Intelligence of h.s horse. Lie filcked the reins gently and gave a soft low whistle. Black Douglas reared as he heard it, then lunged forward ami tore along the road, devouring it as flame devours dry stubble. He shot past the crossroad's mouth while Flow tow and his men were 30 yards away from It. They cried halt and fired after him. The shots only urged bim to keep at his best speed. So did the thunder of their hoofs behind. Flowtow was nearly as well mount ed, but his horse had been ridden hard before the chase began. Still, he press ed forward, urglug his gray with whip and spur, beyond the speed of all but two of the best horsed troopers. They had emptied their carbiues without ef fect Flowtow had a revolver, but the rauge was too great. Besides, he had recognized Swan as she flew past and yearned to overtake her and tear her bodily from the arms of the man who had tricked him. Rage over the tricking wholly swal lowed up apprehension. He knew the chase led him straight toward the Con federate lines. On, on he rode, the wind singing in his ears, liis eyes fixed In straining gaze on the space between him and his quarry. It had lessened. In a little while he would come up with the black, would taste the savage sweetness of vengeance. They could not a second time escape him, those audacious ones. He could not doubt now that the woman had been full partner in the scheme. He gained on them swiftly. They were Just 30 yards in front. He rose In his stirrups to cry halt after them. But the cry was drowned in a louder noise, the blurring boom of cavalry guns heavily charged. The flash came straight in front a little way down the road. Undervoiclngthesound,hecaught the stifled murmur of many men sprlnglug suddenly to arms. It was not a picket post but a vauguard he had surprised. Wrathfully he fired his six shots In the air, then wheeled and rode for life toward his owu camp. "Morris! Oh, thank God we didn't touch you!" the captain of the guard said as Morris leaped from Black Douglas. Morris had no word for him. Swan lay inert in his arms, and ho felt her head drop prone against his shoulder and knew that the bullet which had stilled her heart was In tended for Ills own. The next day but one Colonel HI1 liard walked into General Forrest's headquarters to say: "My dear gen eral, please send in a flag of truce. My son's wife has died very suddenly. We wish to bury her at Wake Forest beside his mother." As he spoke, so it was done. -aud SHOULDERS over all|4 other CURES FOR PAIN IS IT CURES ALL THE WAY DO It Is pnre white—doe* not soil elothintr. Sold bv most dri'KKlrts in 56c. and 6tx\ boi tU«. ltuokln on application. GOODRICH & JENNINGS, ANOKA. 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Who of all the dwellers of the plains and prai ries and fertile home forests of rouud headed oak and maple, hickory and elm, ever dreamed tlmt earth could bear such growths—trees that the familiar pines and flrs seem to know nothing about, lonely, silent, serene, with a physiognomy almost godlike and so old thousands of them still living had counted their years by tens of centuries when Columbus set sail from Spain and were In the vigor of youth or mid dle age when the star led the Chaldean aages to the infant Saviour's cradle? As far as man Is concerned they are the same yesterday, today and forever —emblems of permaneuce. Soniid of Gun.. A remarkable instance of tbe far rcacliing power of souiul is irlven in the interesting diary written in Latin in the seventeenth century, admirably translated by tbe Hov. liohert Isiiani, of Mr. Thomas Is'nam of Lamport Hall. It is there stated that durins the naval engagement between the English and French combined fleets on the one hand and the Dutch on the other in 1(J72 the report of tbe guns was distinctly beard at Brixworth, Northamptonshire. It was in this action that Lord Sandwich, the admiral, wq^ blown up in bis ship with 800 of Ills men, though the Dutch were defeated aud were pursued to the coast of Holland by the English fleet. If this story be correct—aud some may be tempted to say "Credat Ju dseus"—the voice of the cannon mus( have traveled a distance of over 120 miles, Soutliwold, where the battle took place, being at the mouth of the Blythe, 28 miles northeast of Ipswich. In 1827, during the battle of Navarino. Mr. John Vere Ishani, then quartered at Corfu, distinctly heard the tiring at a distance of nt least 200 miles, aud on tbe naval reception of the sultan by tlie queen at Portsmouth the Bound of guns discharged on the Welsh coast was plainly distinguished at Ports mouth.—From "The Pytehley Hunt." Five Day. It V.'n». A Canadian soldier told a story of an Incident In South Africa between Lord Kitchener and Colonel Girouard, the Canadian engineer, which recalls some bridge building exploits of the Union army in our civil war. Lord Kitchener wanted a bridge which had been blown up by the Boers repaired In Ave days. Colonel Girouard said It would lake ten days to make the bridge as it was. "I said five days," said Lord Kitchen er In his most decisive tones. "I shall use the bridge then." He turned on his heel without an other word, but in live days his men were marching over Hie bridge. Colo nel Girouard never quilted the-scene of operations during tin. five days. 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No. 6 fcotumlny I Oneida at n:85 a.in, arnvi'bat Manchester atG 05n. in. Train No. 4, loaves Manchester at 15 a. ro arrives at Oneida at 7:45 a. in., coo nects with east bound 0. O. W. No, a&s 6. Returning leaven Oneida at 7:50 a. in., arrives at Mi &> a. Train Nc Manchester at 8:20 C, leaves Manchester at 8:43 a. in., ar rives at Oneida at u:t4 a.m. Cou tiectswltli the north bound C. M.& St. P., No. 22. JieturjiiDR leave* Oneida at 0:20, arrives at Manchcstei at9:50a. m. Train No. 8, leaves Manchester at 2:o&p. m., ar rives at Oneida at 2:1G p. m. Con nects with C. \V„ Nit. 4, east bound,and No. 9,westbound, lie turning leaves Oneida at 8:30 p. ni. arrives at Manchester at 8:50 p. m. Train No 10, leaves Manchester at 4:20 p. arrives at Ouelda at 4 4«J p. m. Cot. nects with south bouud C. M.& St. P.. No. 21. heturnlng leaves Oneida a*. 4:6rp. m„ arrives at Mantihesln 5:25 p. m. !fp ..ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R. TIME TABLE. Main Line Passenger Trains. WKST BOUND- MAIN L1VR BAST BOBND NO 1*12:13 a No 8* 8:10 pm. ^081*6:22 pm No5 18:5.1 am No 9it2:U5pm. .. Fast Train.. Thro Express.. ....Clipper.. Local Kxpress ..W»y Freight. .Thro Freight. UDA RAPIDS URANCH North itound Arrive— Bet Cedar Rpds South Bound an Manchester Leave—— No.800 6:tup.m No K828:40a.m No. 8661:80 p.m .. .'Passenger.. (No 8- 6 9:00 a. ..tPttAienger.. iNo3JJ 3:125p.m ... tFrelgi)t....|No.8r8fi oup NaL'e.6 8 6 & run between Dubuque and Albert Nos. *1 Sc 82 ran between LyJe and Dubuque with connection through to Ft Dodge by train No 31. New train 4 irakes same stops cast of here as No, 2 except that *ast of Hockford it stops a: East Rocuord. Genoa & oleman, This tra!i is a through vestibule train with dltilng car from Omaha to Kockford. No 2 & 4 onl\ stop at DyersvUle between Manchester and L)u buque.i No 8-4-6-1-3 & 81 Ruu dallv Sunday Included NEW 8HORT LINE CHICAGO GREATWESTERN RY. |p "The Maple Leaf Route.' March 3. tool. Time card, Thorpe, Iowa. Cblcaso 8ieclat, Daily,Going Eaat.....7:3? a Day Express dally 2:28 tn Way Frelghtoally ll:8oam (i rg West, North and South. WayFreigh- daily 11:80 am Day Express dally except Sunday. 8:20 St Paul a Kansas City Exp, dally ex cept Sunday 5:41 am For Information and tickets apply to W. T. Brander, Asont Thorpe. B. C. R. & N. R'w. CEDAK RAPIDS TIHE CARD. MAIN LIKE GOING JEA0T AND BOOTH. Arrive Leave 8:3o No. 2 Chicago Passenger.... 8:40pui 9:80 a No. 4 Chi. & Burlt'n Pass -9:85 a 8:10 am No. Chicago & St.Louis Ex. 8:80 am il:45 ngt No. 8Chicago Fast Express. i2 0Gogt No. 18 Burl. A Davnp't. Pass 8:25 pin No 2—Pullman sleeper, free chair car and •ouches to Chicago. No. 0—Pullmau sleepers md through coaches to Chicago »ud St. Louis. No. 8—Pullman sleeper and free chair car to Chicago arrives Chicago 7:59 a, m. Dlnuig oar will serve breakfast from Jollet to Chicago. Ngt.—night. MAIN LINE GOING NORTH. 7:85 a No. 1 Minneapolis Pass 8:05 a 12:10 No.8Rockford Passenger... 8:80p ro i2r 6 ngt NO. 6 Minneapolis Express..12:80 ngt *:46 a No. 18 Chicago Passenger. No. 19 Chicago Passenger. No. l—Free chair car and coaches to Al bert Lea. No. 5—Wide Vestlbuild Pullmau Buffet sleepers and coaches to Minneapolis and *t. Paul, DSCORAH DIVISION. 8:10 pm DecorahPassenger, .... 8:80am »:20 am -West Uulou Passenger 8:40pm 4:05 Decorah Freight 6:'*ia IOWA PALLS DIVISION. 7:30 m....lowa& Minnesota Pass 8:15 am :45 X. BAKE BAKEHS a. m..Minnesota 6 Dakota Pass.. 12:80 a ni IOWA CITY, DAVBNFOBT.BUUL. AND CLINTON. rt:l0 m. Burl. & la City Pass 8:25 pin 7:45 m... Clln.,laCity, DvptPas8~....7:i5am 7:85a in. Burl. & la city Pass ~8:4o "Trains numbers 5.0, fe, is. 19, and Minn & Dakota Pass run dally, all other tralus dally ex cept Sunday." JNO. G. FARMER, J, A. LOMAX. tien'l Pass & Tkt Agt. Ticket Ag nt Cedar Rapid* Iowa, One .Fare Plua $2, Ther^ ire still some good lands in northwestern Iowa, southwestern Minnesota and South Dakota, aud il you are expecting to make a change in location, you should take advantage ol the low excursion rates in effect. On -he first and third Tuesday of each 3iontb sccursion tickets, bearing 21 days' limit, can be purchased to all points on the Burlington, Cedar ltapidt & Northern Railway, north of and including Abbott, Shell Rock and Waverly at One Fare Plus 82. Fail information relative to tbese lands will be cheerfully given upon ap plication to Messrs. Ilten & Brooks our Industrial and Immigration Agents, Ceder Rapids, Iowa. If you are thinking of making a trip lo any point in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, British Columbia, Canadian Northwest, Colorado. Florida, Georgia. Idaho, Indian Territory, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Minne sota, Michigan, Missouri, A1 laefssfppl, Montana, New Mexico, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Okla homa, Oregon, South Dakata, South Carolina,'Tenne66t e, Texas, Utah, Vir ginia, Wisbington, Wisconsin and Northern Michigan aud Wyoming, cal on agents of tbe "Cedar Rapids Route' for rates, etc., or address JNO. G. FARMER, A. G. P. & T. A., B., C. R. & N.Ry. Cedar Rapids, la Homeseekere Excursions. Tickets to nearly all points in the United States on Bale at all ticket cilices of the Chicago Great Western Railway on tbe first and third Tues Tuesdays of January and February at the low rate of one fare pins $2 00 for the round trip, GooJ to return in 21 days from bate of sale. For detailed Information address an Chicago Great Western Agent, or J. P. ELMER. O. P. A., Chicago, 111, 3w6 LINOIS CENTRAL R. R. 0 I A eulral excursion lo wO/n Cuba will leavo Chicago, Si. 1 oul. i. iliitiKtft.l Uiulsviiie Juuuary afitli re ic lug soim- on the r«iuro Kebrn jyu. A delightful vojago across the Gulf t( Mexico,a six daw* stay ou lh« Island of Cuba, including a visit to Havana, Mrtanzas, the Val ley of Yiirmt, the caves of Bella Mar and other iHtereMl- polnrs unl« the escort ot the Airer IRHII Tourist Asaoiilhtion. Rate from the points mentioned will be $155.00, f. tha round trip, which amount will Include all expense «very *here. itineraries, giving full p, rtlculars, of your local Illinois eatrui ticket agent. MARDI GR AS »,'£ leanson Fetru*ry to and U. 1008. Forlt, excur sion rates will be lu effect to New Orleans on speclfh? dates \vhl your local ticket agent will be anle to advi»e you. Full Particulars ageb of the Illinois Central, or by addressing the nearest of the undurs tiued representatives of the cutntl: A.H. HANSON.U, P. A. Chicago, III. J. t-. A. G. p. A., J'ubuque, Iowa. NEW ORLEANS LIFT fully uulque city tor the touilst to visit Winter tourists rates now in enect. 1-oubte dally se r vice and lust a eatn heated vestibule trains with through Bleeping cirx, buffet library smoking car service and all meals eu route in dining cars, MEXICO JOHN L. SULLIVAN, Gen. Tratllo Manager. derlht: auspices of the CALIFORNIA HAMMOND No 8* 8:30 a No 4* 8:iGpm No 3*J+8: fifi it No tit 8:40pm No 02*11:45am No 6G*2:U6 1 and 1 Pan If A? -i jntral between Omaha and connection with tbe Minneapolis and St. !oiip twoenFort Dodge and Minneapolis and St. tul, also to be Inaugurated January 28, ifoo Illinois Central between Omaha and Fort Dodge in coonec" between Paul, Lv. St. Paul 8.oo p. m. Lv Minneapolis 8.30 m. Ar. Omaha 8.t5 a. m. Lv. Omaha 7.85 p.m. "THE 1 Ar, Minneapolis LIMITED" 7M a. nT I Ar. St. Paul 8.00 a.m. A fast vestibule night train, dally, carrying through Pullman sleeping car and couches. Lv. Omaha Lv. Ht. Paul 7.oo a. m. 9.00 a. m. Ar. Minneapolis 1 Lv Minneapolis 7.00 P.m. 0.80 a.m. Ar. St. Paul Ar. Omaha 7 80 p.m. I 9.40 p.m. •THE EXPRESS" Fast day train, dally except Sunday, carrying throughparlor car and coacnes. 1 Ask for au Illustrated book on New Orleans. Tour of all Mexico via the Illinois Cen ral un auspices ot the American T*urlst As sociation, wH leave Chlcag .January 98th, ll«2. Tlcki'ta include all expense. Railway Bleeping aud dlniugcar, fa e. hotels, carriages, etc. conducto^ weefcl) excurslou cars through to Los Angeles ai^d B»u Francisco as to.lows: Ma New Or leans aud the south* ro route every Wednesday from Chicago: every Friuay from rinolnnati. Vla Omah..'and the scenic route every Friday night from Chicago. lnond, Louisiana as a winter resort, a beautifully illustrated fold er showliig a fi of the winter atirat Mona in aud about Huuiinond, copies of which will bo mailed lree on application to J. F. Merry, A. O. I'. A. lll.Cout.it it., Dubuque, Iowa, KERS It.. Jubumie,lowa. lor a free o't»y of a folder entitled "For Horaa ekvrs and Laud Investors "v« It furnishes briel but reliable lufimiatlouas to the rest-ource and pot-blbllHIetj of the states o{ Kentucky, Tcnnusuee, Mississippi and Louis iana. PI ADinA Through "Dixie Fly I L. Vli 1M er" sleeping car lines, .*t. uouu to Jacksonville, and Chicago to Ja kaouvllle. Route via. Nashville- Chatta* nooau aud Atlan.a. U) All above trains carry passengers. •Daily. tDally ExoeptSuoday. i'raM H. G. PIERCE. Station Afft Illinois Central Through to Florida: Beginning Monday, January G, 100S, the llllno Cent alwlll ruu a through sleeping car between Chicagoaud Jacksonville,Flotilla, via Nashville, Chattunooga^inJ Atlanta, it will leave Chicago daily at C:i0 p. nt.amt arr ve at Jacksonville the aecuud morning, running over the celebrated "Dixie Flyer'" scenic route. This Is an exten sion of Itsall-the-year-round Chicagoaud Nash vlile sleeping car line. For Homeseekers and Land Investors. The patEeugt-r dt-panmeniof tbe Illi nois Outrul railroad tiuu just received I rum tbe buudb of the printer, a new (older In the interests of Homeseeketn and Land Investors. Mauy are look ing lor new homes and for land Invest ment#. This tolder furnishes brief but reliable information as to tbe resources and poF.Bibllities of the states of Ken tucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, The opportunities for in vestments In the above mentioned states are unsurpassed in any part of thisgreal country, llomeseekers' ex cursions to points WIDIID tbese st tea are run by the Illinois Ontral the first and third Tuesdays of every montb, at a rate of one fare plus $2 00 and these excursions Bhouid be t&tien advantage of by everyone in search of a home or investments in timber or farm lands. For a free copy of this, address tbe undersigned at Dubuque, Iowa. 1 MEHUY, Asst. Genl. PasB. Agent, Illinois Central liailroad. S&tf LOW-RATE-EXCURSIONS Twlcn each mouth, on 8pe"Me dates, the I1U 110I& t'entr&l will sel at ureatly reduced rate trorn point* on its line north ot Cairo, roundtrtp HomesBekerB' Kxcur.lon tickets Mouth to cer f«ln poltit«onor reached by Its Uaea In Ken tucky, Teuuenseeo, Mlsslbgfpiit, Louisiana and AlsibHinu. A IbO to certain points Westund fcouthwest In Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Jmkow, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory. I'urtlcuiars of your Hit nols Centralagents For a free copy of the Homeseekers' Guide describing the a«va. tages and resources the •outh. address V. Merry, A. U. P. A., 1, C. R. K,lubumie. Io a For Information regard ing landf in the famous Yazoo Valley of Mias lsslnpi, address E. Skcue, Land Commissioner V.&M V. U. .Chicago. Don't Live Together. Constipation and health never go to gether. ueWitt's Little Early Risers promote eaay action of tbe Dowele with out distress. ul have been troubled with costivenesa nine years," Bays J. O. GrewijiA-pauw'jtnd.,"! have tried many remedies but Little Early Hisers give b*»Bt results."—Smith liros. BEACOM'S GrrieLBflR TM« ansaT MiBioat. aiaeovaav Cures ECZEMA, SALT RHEUU, ALL 8KIN ERUPTIONS AND PAOI BLEMISHES. IT HAS NO BQUAL. Bold by druggists or sent express pronald ntwi receipt of price 75c. Address F* N. BEACOM. Manchester TOW* Sold by Denton & Ward, Manchester, Iowa* Johnston, Delhi, lowa, H. Livingston. Hopkinton. Iowa. J.P.Strelgol kyaii.lowu. K- If. Mulvehlll, Masonvillo.fowa. C. A. Kendall, earlvlll0, low». Kerper & Meyer*, r^rsbui-g, Iowa T. Armstrong. Ureeie}, Irva. P. H. Knyden, Kdgewood, loirt. Wheeler® Kutou. Lament, Iowa, Jamas Mussflr, Almoral, Iowa. V. Bush, Colesburg, Iowa. E. B. KMtfgj.-& Co., Dundee, Iowa. Nasal CATARRH r-revoj In all its stages there A should be cleanliness. Ely's Cream Balm cleanscs, soothes andhcala the diseased membrane. It cures catarrh and drives away a cold In tha head quickly. Cream Balm Is placcd into the nostrils, spreads over tbe membrane and Is absorbed. Relief Is Im mediate and a euro follows, it is not drying—does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 60 oents at Drag* gists or by mall Trial Size, 10 cents by mall. ELY BUQTUEUS, 50 Warren Street, New York. ClIEAP—Residence Property in this city. Enquire of Bronson fii Carr. PATENTS^®.! DESIGNS TRADE-MARKS FREE! AND0CB°T®hts^ ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY Notice in Inventive Ago' I Book "How to obtain Patents" I You Will Need a Pair of Shoes To keep your feet dry during-during the wet weather this sprint We can suit you in quality and price. Also rubbers of all kinds. Cj»v it-ai. F. M. FOLEY RYAN, IOWA.