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The Master An Imitation.
me. 0 Snare I What lathe truo Idealf
- a m ,, tinl mill pihI.
. Till mo. my frlondl ho was this, mighty
masterr ....
puder what training frrow tils lofty tnlnilT
A. jn oi.'lfl nrit rci emu pcvcnj ....
4. Whit bn re ctowiiimI Iiih work wlin
.. . , .. k anil iirnLnl
A.; Patience awl fi lth innl !ivr, flTed all his
dnr. . . ,
4 And wlifiilc dl-il what vlciorh had ho
arm? ,
4. Humbly tol voimd hij e-hi work was
done.
Wlat nmirnirg nations jrmveil nluvo
hi bier?
A. A 'iiTir -c dropped thcro a torrowlng
). But H.Morj, ihrn,' will consecrate- hla
Shci.?
B'a "imio In loal: anifi ls l In record keo(i.
- William Preston Johnr-ton, in the April
fiilnry.
TIIICi:i: KAVI3ULLOVH.
Pretty Barbara Fcrron would not
narry. Her mother was in consterna
tion. Why are you 60 stubborn, liar
hhra?" she asked. "You have plenty
f lovers."
But they do not suit." said Barbara
oolJy tying bark her eurU before tho
mirror.
-Why notr"'
"I want lo marry a mau who is
brave, equal to any" emergency. If I
f ive up my liberty I wuut it taken cara
Silly child! what is tho matter with
Hp Barney, 'he blacksmith?"
Ho is lie. but I never heard that ho
was brave."
"And vou uuver heard that he was
of. W'liat is he matter with Ernest,
he jMHismiWi?"
"lie is a plat id as goat's milk."
"That's no sirn that he is a coward.
There is Fritz, the tanner; he is quar
relsome enough for you, surely."
"lie is no blpcr than a bantam cock.
It is iittlo good lie cau do if tho house
is ret upon bv robber."
"It's not always strength that wins
a fight girl. It takes brains as well as
brawn. Come, now, Barbara, give theso
fellows a fair trial."
Barbara turned her fac befuro tho
iilrror, letting down ono raven tress,
and looping up another.
"I will, mother,'' she said at last.
'1 bat evening, Krnest, tho gunsmith,
knocked at tho door.
"You sent for me, Barbara?" ho said,
going to tho girl, who stood upon tho
learth, coquottishly warming ono pret
ty foot and then tho other.
"Yes, Krnest," sho replied; 'Tvo
Wen thinking on what you said tho
ther nigiil when you were here."
"Well, Barbara?''
Einef.1 spoke quietly, but his dark
!uu eyes Hashed, and ho looked at her
tatentiy.
"I want to test you."
"How?"
,'I want to see if ou dare do a very
i : . .. LI,, it.!..,.. '
"What is it?"
"There is an old eoflin up stairs. It
smells inuuMv. They say KedniHiid,
the mun.'ercr was buried in it; but tho
Yvil came for his body and left the
totfin empty at the end of a week, and
at was finally taken from his t' nib. It
If up stairs in tho room grandfather
ied in, and they say gramlsire does
ol. rest easy in his grave for some
reason, though that I know nothing
abi'Ui. Dart; you make that colli n your
M to-nigh. ?"
Erncsl laughed.
"Is that all? 1 will do that and
Bleep soundly. Why, my pretty ono,
id you think I had weak nerves?"
"Your norves will have good proof
rlyou undertake it. Hemember, no
Me sleeps in that wing of the hou-o."
"I shall sleep tho sounder. "
"(rood-night, then. I will send a
iad to show you tho chamber. If you
will stay till' morning," said tho impo
rions Miss Barbara, "I will be your
Wife."
I Enu st turned straight away and fol
lowed the lad in waiting through dim
rooms and passages, up echoing stairs,
along narrow, damp w:ua where rats
wuttlcrl, before a low chamber. Tho
lad looked palo and scared, and evi
dently wanted to hurry away, but Krn
st made him wait till ho took a survey,
ky the aid of his lamp. It was very
large and full of recesses, which had
keen barred across. He remembered
that old Grandsiro Ferron had been in
mqo for several years before his death,
M that this precaution had been neces
sary tor the safoty of himself and ot li
ars. In the center of tho room stood a
offlu; besido it stood a chair. The
ium was otherwise perfectly empty.
Ernest stretched himself out in the
effln.
"Bo kind enough to tell Miss Barbara
H is a very good tit," ho said,
t Tho boy went out and shut tho door,
leaving the young gunsmith alone in
the dark.
Meanwhile, Barbara was talking with
the big blacksmith in tho sitting-room.
"Barney," said she, pulling her
hand away from his grasp when ho
would have kissod her, "I have a test
to put you to before I give you an an
swer. There is a corpso lying in tho
hamber where my grandsiro died, in
the untenanted wing of tho house. If
you dare sit with it all night, and lot
othing drivo you away from your post
you will not ask mo again in vain.''
"You will givo mo a light and a bot
tle of wine and a book t read?"
"Nothing."
"Are these all the conditions you
an offer me, Barbara?"
"AIL And if you are frightened,
you need never look me In the face
again."
bo Barney was oonducted to his post
ky the lad, who had been instructed in
the secret, and whose involuntary start
at Ernest's placid faco as he lay in the
offin was attributed by Barney to the
Mural awe of a corpse. He took his
eat, fpd the boy left him alone with
the darkness, the rats and tho coffin.
Soon after, young Fritz, tho tanner,
arrived, flattered and hopeful, from
the fact that Barbara had sent for him.
"Have you changed your mind. Bar
kers?" he asked.
"No, and I shall not, either, until 1
liow that you can do a really brave
thing."
"What shall it beP 1 swear to satis.
, tj you."
i have a proposal to make to too,
Mr p an requires skill as well as cour-
Tell me'
Well, la this bouse then u mil
watching a corpse. Ho is sworn not
to leave his post till morning. If you
can mako him do it, I shall be satislicd
that you are as smart and bravo its a
husband oiulit to be."
"Why, nothing is so cay," exclaim
ed Friiz. "I can scare him away.
Furnish me with a sheet, show me the
room and go to your rest, is:irt:ir i.
You shall lind mo at tho post in t! o
morning."
Barbara did as required, and saw the
taunerstcp lightly away to nis task. It
was nearly twelve o'clock, and sho be
took herself to her own chain her.
Barney was sitting at his igil, and
so far all had been well.
Tho night seemed very long, for ho
had no means of counting the limn. At
times a thrill went throui'h nim, or it
seemed as though he could hear a low
suppressed breathing not far away; he
persuaded himself tint it was tho "wind
blowing through the crevices of the old
Louse. Still it was very lonely, and
not at all cheerful.
Tho face in the colhn gleamed white
and still. Tho rats squeaked as if tliero
was a famine upon them and they smell-
ed dead llesh. J he thought mail. Ii.m
shudder, lie got up and walked about,
but some. Iiing made a noiso behind
him, and he put his chair Willi its back
against tho wall and sat down again,
ifo had been at work all day, and at
last grew sleepy, finally bo nodded
and snored.
Suddenly it seemed as if somebody
had touched hint. He awoke with a
start, and saw nobody near, though in
tho center of the room stood a white
ligure.
"(.'tirso yon. get out of this!" ho ex
claimed in a fright, using tho lirst
words that came to his tongue.
Tho figure held out his arm, and
slowly approached him. Ho started to
Lis feet. Tho spettro came nearer,
pressing him into tho corner.
"llio misetiier tako you: cneu uar
noy, in his extremity.
Involuntarily he stepped back; still
the ligure advanced, coming nearer
and neat er, as if to take him in a ghast
ly embrace. Tho hair started up on
Barney's head; he grew desperate, and
just as tho gleaming arms would havo
touched him ho fell on tho ghost liko a
whirlwind, tearing tho sheet, thiimp
ing, pounding, beating and kicking,
moro and moro enraged nt tho resist
ance ho met with, which told him tho
truth.
As tho reader knows, bo was big,
and Frit j; was little, and while ho was
founding tho little fellow terribly, and
ritz was trying to get a lunge at Bar
ney's stomach, to take the wind out of
him, both kicking and plunging liko
horses, they were petrified by hearing
a voico cry:
"Tako ono of your size, Big Barney."
Looking around, they saw tho corpse
sitting ui) in his coflin. This was too
much, i'hey released each other and
sprang for tho door. They never knew
how they got out, but they ran homo
in hot haste, panting liko stags.
It was Barbara herself who opened
tho door in tho morning.
"It's very early; ono more little
nap," said ho, "ono moro little nap,"
turning iu his coflin.
So sho marriod him, but though sho
sent Fritz and Barney invitations to tho
wedding, they did not appear. If they
discovered the iriek, they kept tho
knowledge to themselves, and never
willingly fared Barbara's laughing face
again.
A Helled Kuaznrd.
Tho boiled buzzard, whoso flight over
Western counties of Georgia h:;s arous
ed so much superstitious fear among
ignorant whites and bhicks, passed over
a tiold near Taylorville, (Ja., recently
whero four men wero plowing. Ono of
them, a negro, quit work at oneo and
said the bird was a warning to the peo
ple of another cyclone, in which hun
dreds of people would be killed. The
story of this celebrated bird is an in
teresting one. Nearly two years ngo
it was a pet in tho farm yard of a farm
er named Freeman, in l'auldingeouuty.
One of tho children one day atlachod a
sheep bell to tho bird's foot, and tho
tinkling sound so scared it that it im
mediately flew away. Tho first night
out it alighted on tho roof of a negro
cabin in Heard county. One of tho in
mates went out to a-oertain the causo
of the licil-ringing, and immediately
the buzzard rose from its perch and
flew away. The night was clear and
cold, and as tho inmates rushed out
and beheld the great black ol ject, and
heard the tinkling of the bell hundreds
of feet up in tho air, great fear seized
them, and they all took to their knees
under the impression that the end of
tho world was approaching. Ever since
tho bird has pursued its migrations
through the state, arousing tho fears
of tho superstitious, who regarded ita
visit as an omen of evil. The negroes,
and many whites, too, along tho track
of tho late storm insist that they heard
tho fateful bell about an hour beforo
tho torriblo wrath of wind had come
upon them. In 1817 a buzzard was
similarly belled in 1'utnam cyunty, and
up until 18.r0, when its presence was
last reported in (ireen county, ho was
vouched for as having visited points as
far as West Meridian, Miss., and in
several northern counties of Tennes
see.
A Californian planted a eucalyptus
tree in his yard ten years ago. For
seven years he noticed no improvement
or growth. 'At tho end of that time,
however, the tree shot up rapidly. Re
cently, while cleaning his well, ho
found tho bottom matted with eucalyp
tus roots, which had forced their way
through the brick wall of the wol! so
as to get at tho water. The well was
lifty -;i vo feet distant from tho spot
whf t ! tree stood above ground.
m
A party of Aineric.'iii travelers were
on tho railroad platform at Heidelberg.
Une of tho travelers happened to crowd
a Heidelberg student, when he drew
himse.f up, scowled pompously and
laid:
"Sir, you are crowding; keep back,
sir."
"Don't you like it, sonny?" asked
tho American.
"Sir," scowled the student, "allow me
to tell you, sir, that I am at your ser
vice nt any time and place."
Oii, you are at my service, are you?"
said the American. "Then just "carry
this satchel to the hotel for me."
KDIX'ATIONAU
From Forup innl.Xntil to Hook and
SI m e ni Nooiit line in it Cir
I'i.ijie factory.
Literary Food We Furnish to Oiil
ilren of I lie IVe.sent (ieneril-
I loll.
j Matthew
Arnold on (ireek Iiiicraturo
ol-i ieil PujnK
BLACKSMITH SC lool, IIOVS.
Mosier's noonday class.as il is called
has been iu operation for several ye r
in tint blacksmith shop of ll cwsii r &
Co.'s carriage I'sctury, at Broadway
and Forty-seventh si reel, N--W York.
Tho shop employs about 5J.SJ men and
twenty to tweiity-tivo bos. There are
no apprentices, and the boys are hired
by the week and advanced as they
show npiitude for tho business. Mr.
Mosier. who is foreman of tho smith
ing sho), devotes the most of his noon
hour to tho education of theso boys, or
such of them as are willing to learn.
Some of them have had a liulo sclioo.
ing in the public schools, but most f
them have gone backward rattier than
forward sine') llicy left school. Mr.
Mosier's Idea comprised the preserva
tion, bv exercise, of what education tho
boys had, as well as tho development
of it and its application to the practical
work of tho boys' lifetime th: art of
carriage building. Merely by the use
of a few minutes snatched from tie
noon hour mo practical neneni to tne
boys is now plainly visible. On Mon
days and Tuesdays the I oys study
arithmetic. Examples aro given on the
blackboard, and oral instruction, to
gether with book study. On Wednes
days they are given technical journa.s
on carriage building to read. On Thurs
day they read bistoiy and ordinary
school readers. On Fridays they again
read the technical journals, of which
there aro half a dozen now printed, re
lating to carriage building. On Satur
days tho boys study and practice free
hand drawing, copying examples from
the blackboard. Each boy takes home
ono of tho technical journals and copies
from it one page eacli woek into a book.
These books are compared, criticised,
and corrected by the tet.chor.
As fast as the boys progress they are
advanced to higher grades of drt.wing,
all leading to lit them to enter the car
riage draughting school in Thirty-fourth
street. In this way the boys become
fami iar with the accurate forms of
every part of a carriage. They al
so learn the process of manufactur
ing the dill'erent part, including tho
painting and finishing, even to the
drawing of crests and armorial decora
tions. There is a chanco to develop
whatever peculiar talent any boy may
have. Tho buys aro taught simple
bookkeeping by being required to keep
their own accounts.
As a stimulus Brewster &Co. givo re
wards to the ino.it prolicieut. Attract
ed by tho novelty and practical com
mon sense of tho tiling some r tno
contractors in the shops have given
suitable rew irds tin 1 a number pu
pils have been s. nt to the Tiiirt.-luurth
street school. -A'. Y. Sun.
MTKKATUKE FOiS CIIILDIIRH.
Julian Hawthorn. in tho April Sorth
American Il vino says: It is not neces
sary thai I should state how earnestly
I depreciate the kind of literary food
which wo are now furnishing to tho
coming generation in such sinister
abundance. I am sure it is written
and published with jrood and honest
motives; but at tho very best it can
only do no harm. Moreover, however
well-intentioned, it is bad as literature;
it is poorly conceived and written, and,
what is worse, it is saturated with af
fectation. For an impression prevails
that no one needs to talk down to chil
dren; to keep them constantly re
minded that they are innocent, igno
rant little things, whoso consuming
wish is to bo good and go to Junday
school, and who will bo all gratitude
and docility to whomsover provides
them with the latest fashion ol moral
sugar-plums; whereas, so far as my
experience and Information troes, chil
dren am tho most formidable literarv
critics in tho world. Matthew Arnold
himself has not so sure an instinct for
what is sound and good in a book as
any intelligent little boy or girl of
ight years old. 1 uev jmlgo onsoiute-
ly; they aro hampered by no compari
sons or relative considerations, inoy
annot givo chapter and verse for their
opinion; but about tho opinion itseli
there is no doubt. They havo no theo
"ios; they judge in a white litrht. They
havo no pn judices nor traditions; they
oome straight from tho simple source
of l fe. But, on tho other hand, they
aro reallily hoeussed and oado morbid
by improper drugs, and presently, no
doubt, lose their appetite for what is
wholesome. Now, wo cannot hopo
that an army of hermetic philosophers
or Mother-Gooses will arise at need
ami remedy all abuses; but at least wo
might refrain from moralizing and in
struction, and, if we can do nothing
moro, confine ourselves to plain stories
of adventure, sav, with no ulterior ob
ject whatever. There still remains the
genuine literature of the past to draw
upon; but let us beware, as wo would
of forjrerv and perjury, of serving it
up, as has been done too often, medi
cated and modified to suit tho foolish
dogmatism of the moment. Hans Chris
tian Andersen was tho last writer of
children's stories, properly so called;
though, considering bow well married
to his muso he was, it is a wonder as
well as a calamity that ho left uo de
scendants. GREEK WILL JioT IIAVE TO GO.
I said that before I ended I would
touch on tho question of classical edu
cation, and I will keep my word. Even
if literature is to retain a large place'
in our education, yet Latin ami Greek,
say the friends of orogres. will cer
tainly havo to go. Greek is the gttind
offender in tho eyes of these gentlemen.
Tho attackers of the established course
of study thint thak against Greek, at
any rata, they havo irresistible argu
ments. Literature may perhaps be
needed in education, they say; but why
on earth should it be Greek "literature?
Why not French or German? Nav, has
not a man of English speech imJels in
his own literature of every kind of ex
cellence? As before, it U not on any
weak plttdings of my own that I rely
for convincing the gainsayem; it is on
the constitution of human natur itself.
and on the instinct of solf-proservatlon
inhumanity. Tho instinct for boauty
is set in human nature, as surely as the
instinct for knowledge is set there, or
the instinct for conduct, or tho instinct
for society. If the Instinct for beauty
is served by Greek literature as it is
seived by no oilier literature, wo may
trut ;o the instinct of seli'.preservation
in Keeping Greek as part of ourcuiture.
We may trust to it for even making
the study ol Greek more prevalent than
it is now. Greek will come, 1 hope, to
be studied more rationally than at pres
ent; but it w.ll be increasingly studied
as men inereasinirly feel the need in
them for beauty, and how powerfully
G eek art and" Greek literature can
rve this need. Women will again
study G eek, as Lady .Jane Gray did.
I believe that in that chain of forts,
with which the lair host of Amazons is
engirdling the Enjf.isli universities, 1
find ih.it in the happy families of your
mixed American universities out west.
they sir.- studying it alreadv. Matthew
Arnold in The Munhut an for April.
WOltltlKI) I'lTILS.
Teachers, in public schools of the
usual kind, aro unable to make exeep-
. , .!... ...:n : i 1
lions io inuii i no s nim win i'iuviuu
(he neccssarv change for worr.ed pu
pils. It Ins occured that they have ob
served tms woiried state in some of
their pupils and informed tlnj parents
of it, before tho latter wore awaro of
tho trouble. Tho frequent conferences
which should be hold . between the
teacher Mid parent aro impossible in
our ordinary school system, which is
so much the greater misfortune for the
children. As a rule, tho better tho
teacher the greater his de.siro to have a
provision for tho needs of tho worriod
children, our present rules being such
as produce every year illness and low
ered vitality nmong somo of tho little
creatures. In privato ndiools there is
opportunity to relievo tho children as
may bo necessary. Tho testimony of
teachers in these schools, who under
stand their work on all sides, should
bo of interest to every parent, as tho
competent teachers m;;o it a part of
their task to watch every pupil ami pre
vent an outbreak of naughtiness, which
usually means nervous distress, by a
quick " change of occupation. Light
should, if possible, bo given to parents,
who are marvellously ignorant of tho
ways of their children in school, and
to
hoards, who have not learned that
the. ,.liy
making
meet.
cian siio ini ii vo Ins share in
the ruic for school
govern-
ftOLLF.'iK IHSU'I.INH.
years ago Amherst
Three
Col lego
on the
made a set of rules founded
principle that cach'student was receiv
ed as a gentleman, and would be ex
pelled when his conduct proved that he
was not. President Seelye says it is
the unquestioned judgement of tho
faculty i hat there has been a groat gain
in regularity of attendance and stand
ard of scholarship. No punishments
aro prescribed. 'Ihe misbehaving stu
dent is not sent away nor even shut
out of tho recitation rooms, but no at
tention whatever is paid to him. The
system of government recently intro
duced at Bowdoin comprehends a col
lege court, composed of a student jury
with a professor as president, to try
and punish offenders. A full test of
this innovation has not been made, but
thus far it has worked satisfactorily.
Harvard, also, has recently put into
practice a scheme which gives the stu
dent a voice in the deliberations of tho
faculty. Professor Thwing says that
tho experiments in this direction havo
been so productive of good results that
a standing committee will be appoint
ed to receive whatever suggestions the
students mar wish to make.
It appears that the brain injury to
school children from "over-study" is
not really from too much study, but a
worried state of mind while studying.
On account of tho elactieity of child
nature the evidences of incipient' brain
trouble are not to be detected even by
a physician, excepting while tho child
is iu school. The recommendation
therefore is that every school shall be
visited by its modieai officer, who is to
pick out tho "worried" onos aud direct
measures for their relief.
A pleasant story comes from Dallas
county, Arkansaw. Some time ago,
just, after a drouth, butter became, so
scarce that the peoplo wero compelled
to forego this almost necessary article
of diet. Old man Reglin and his wife,
Charity, had ever been proud of their
table, and the scarcity of butter caused
them great annoyanco. Tho old lady,
however, had saved up ono "churnin'""
which she took great pleasure in work
ing over, stamping with a fanciful
print, and placing on tho table. Tho
children wero taught not to touch it,
any more than they would havo done
a vase of flowers placed on the table
for ornament. One morning, two
neighbors, Wcbloy and Atson, came
over to help Ileglin perform a piece of
work. Mrs. Kegiin prepared for them
an excellent breakfast, and when tho
gue.sts sat down at the table, there was
tho plate of butter, bearing an angel
surrounded by a garland of roses.
Webley understood the situation, and
would not touch tho ornament, but At
son was particularly fond of butter,
and especially during the drouth, had
mado quite a reputation as a butter
water. Just after a blessing had been
asked. Aton took a biscuit, tore it
open, retiched over and with a slash"
cut off the angel's head. The children
looked at each other in astonishment,
and Mr. Ueglin cleared her throat.
Pretty soon Atson swept off tho angel's
right wing and spread its pinions on
his biscuit. By this time the children
thought that tho timo for eating butter
had come, and reaching out their
knives, begin to dip in lightly. Kegiin,
observing tho outbreak, said:
Children, cut near tho surface."
The children desisted, but when At
son swept away the other wing, to
gether with a rose, they reached out
again.
Children," says Reglin your
mother wauU some of that butter for
Christmas."
When Atson left the table, Weblej
remained near the door to hear any
remarks that might be made. There
was silence for some time. Finally
Reglin said:
"Charity, did you observe how that
man AUoa dot into jour buttor".
Lippert's Moat Market,
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M hncuw-l'ii ilruK turr. ottiiwu, Hi.
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li nim mill sn. , S, KHrlm ptiti'iitlnh .lii in tnk.'r
llll'l llolncin S!l!lMl,:r
J fT Krw Oi iIii i.i 'ill Hri of th rlo .
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FLOUR AND FEED,
ui
'Salt,
an
Cement
Stucco.
Plasteiing Hair
Also tho
LONDON
Horse I Cattle Food
)-pal i luu !r Mipfrlor to nj Co,, titiuft
putvilrr !! inuilr.
Oil ('iihr. Corn Mnil, ,ve.
A, HAMILTON.
IMf
Ill Main otriwi, Ottawa, III.
Money to Loan.
In mini i ( ft ,f nut lipurinJ. mi iinprnM-ii farmhand
on bii-.nt'w. nntiH't-iv,
JAS. F. (J.U.VIN,
Iwin, f nMinimv unit sic ,tuliip A.MirJ.
Ottirr iu B.'Ikiim lll.n-k Olnimi. III.
martvtf
Infants and Children
What rItm our Children rosy cheeks.
Whut cures their feTers, makes them sleep;
i'ntorlii.
When Hnhied fret, and err liv turns.
What cures their colli:, kills their worms.
'itorln.
What quieklv cures Cotixtipntion,
Sour Stomach, (.'olils, Iniiicestion :
'bIoHh.
Farewnll then to Morphia" SyniH,
Castor Oil ami ran-gonc, unl
llllCtorli.
"Caatorifl if so well adapted to Children
thut I recommend it aj superior to any medi
cine known to me." II. A. Ahchkk, M.D.,
111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn. N. Y.
An absolute core for Rhen"
matiam. SpraLna, Pain in the
Back, Barns, Galls, &c. .An in
tantaneous Pain" reliever.
SPRING
1884.
AND
Have just received their
Spring Stock of
WU PAPER AND DECORATIONS
Which f tulirm e a larjre variety of
NEW PATTERNS
FROM
THE BEST MANUFACTURERS.
Their Stock is Unusuall) Large,
and they employ
First-Class Paper Hangers,
And all who wish their work
done ran rely on
QOOD WORK AND
REASONABLE PRICES
MR. W. J. I'ATTON, a practi
cal Decorator and Pajier Hanger,
formerlv of rbiladelphi.t, has
charge of this Department
GIVE THEM A CALL.
WACL PAPER
DEGORATONS
mm i wm
GOING WEST.
PRINCIPAL LINE
KUDH
CH ICA(J0, PKOR I A & ST. LOUIS,
UV WAT OK
OMAHA AND LIUCOLU TO rZUTSi,
OH VIA
2A1TSAS CITY A1ID ATCHISON to TO
Cuiniert iiitf ill t'niiin IeHH nt Kiuimls City
( HiiiqIiu ii in) Denver with t IiivuhIi tmins tor
Ami nil points in lllelirent Vet.
GOING
Connect in,
in (inni'l I'liimi )eMl at Clilcugn
iii t nriiiih iriuns lur
.v : w y o it u . ii o s r o x,
.vml all L.tMern Cities.
At I'enri i with I lii'imuli trains tor Iniliannin
olis, Ciiicitiniiti, CiiImiiiIiiis Mini nil points In
the Smith. Kast. Al l. I.miis A ilh lhroitjl
trains tor all points mhiIIi.
Kleant I ay Couch s. Purl ir Curs, villi He
dining ( hairs (m ats tree), Mimkiiu Cars with
Revolving i'liairs, 'iiinan I'a nee Sceitnx
Cur iiml the (unions C. 11. ,V Ij. Iiinlie,' Cms
run 'luily toainl from Chiei.o it in I Kansas City,
ChiciiKo ami Council lllulls: ci leu' unit Iis
Moines, ( hicaj;o, St. Joseph, Al hlson nnl
Topcku Without chance, only Ihioiitli line
riiuniii their own t iiins lirtvvecn Clilcugo,
Lincoln iiinl Henvur, ami ( hiciio, Kunaus
CitV uti'l Denver. Through cars hetween
Imfiuiiapolis ami ('nunc I Mull's, via li oriu.
;oiN(i Aor.ru amisiu tu.
SoiM Trains ot Kle ant Day Coaches ami
Pullman Palace sleeping Cars a"ie run il l ly to
ami from St. I.miis; via Cuuiiiliai, (juincy,
Keokuk, l'.in llnloii, Cedar Ittipiils ami Albei t
I.eutost. Paul ami M iiincapoliH; Parlor Cur
with Ucciiiiin Chairs lo : nil lioui St. I. out
mill Peoria. Only one cliarifc of cars 1. tweeu
M. I.miis ami Des Moines, Iowa, Lincoln, Nc
brasUa, ami Denver, ( olonnlo
It is :ils:i the mil v 'I Inmuh I. Inn hetween
ST. LOUIS.JIINlTEArOIIS and ST. PAUL.
It is known its the n-at I'llllul'i.ll CAI
LINK of Ainer.ca, ami i universally inluiit
tcil to I e the
Finest Equipped Hailreai in the World for
all classes of Travel.
Tliroimli Tickets via this line tor snle at al
I!. K. coupon ticket ollii cs ill the 1'niteilSt.iti!
iml ( anailu.
T. .1. PiT TK1. PKlJCKVAt, I.OWi:r,r
THREE GREAT CITIES M WEST
CHICAGO v
LINKED TOGETHER. Bf THE GREAT
CHICAGO OLTON R. R,
The Short Line anil tho Best Route to
KANSAS CITY ST. LOUIS
And all points via And all points via
KANSAS CITY. ST. LOUIS.
CHICAGO EAST snd NORTH.
The Popular Line to California.
PALACE RECLINING CHAIR CARS
Free of Extra Charge.
PALACE DINING CARS,
Mtalt, 73 cants.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Carn,
An equipment not equaled by any other line.
Entire trnlns run UitoukIi without change, aot con
nections aro made with other Hues at seasonable
hours In I'liien Itcnots.
Tho (iKKAT fiXCCRSION ROI'TE In sum
nier. to all Watering Places In the Kast, west and
N ort h : V I SCO N M I N , N I N X .T A , M I V H 1 -JAN.
CANADA, KATKUN KTATRH.
UOCKY IHOIiNTAINS, COLORADO. NEW
MEXICO, CALIFORNIA. n whiter, to all the
Winter ljesurts In the South, NEW MEXICO anil
''Exirefon'Riiunil Trip anil RliiBlo Trip Tickets o
ALL LASI (.KANT I'OINT.H In tho West
or South, nud Through Ticket to all points Kast,
West, North and South, are on sale at all times, at as
low rales as by Inferior lines.
For further Information and lowest rates, apply to
Any Ticket Agent CHICAGO A ALTOS B. B.
or to JAMES CHARLTON,
ileneral Passenirer and TIeket Aitent,
210 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO, ILL
J. M. OATES,
General Traveling Aftent Chicago Alton Kallroad,
1'IlllAuO, It,!..
J. C. MCMULLIN, Vice-President
O. H. CHAPPELL, General Managw
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LaSalle Co. Herd
list, necured a wider known ills! nctton as the shiest,
f.e most powerful and the most widely circulated
Oertintu weekly In this state, out.ide of the city of
Chicago. It Is rcciMCUIzed liy every clans and element
ns the worthy exponent and represetctive of the
KCtilus aud itrlt 01 the German population of Central
Illinois.
Its popularity h ml great circulation among intelli
gent and pr.iM",roui' Germans bestows upon It s Tains
as an advertising: medium which Is not pmwessed by
all) other Merniau Jouri.al lu this part of the stale ol
Illinois. ,.
C. ZWANZI3, Editor.
Ottuwa. III.. March 17. 1HH3
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frrrnm. Appeal. Suit fr InfringrmeUt, and
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Patent mors promptly, and teith broader claims,
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