ROPING A BUFFALO.
BY FRANKLIN CALKINS.
JT
WAS Zeb Ryerson who did it.
Zeb is a genuine specimen of the
exas cowboy—a complete specimen,
1 may say, of the reckless, rollicking,
ready-f or-any thing rider—whom one
meets with so frequently among the
mesquite bush and upon the great roll
ing prairies of the southwestern stock
range.
A fellow who has spent his life, al
most from the cradle up, bestriding a
huge, red-leather saddle, mounted upon
a slim but mettlesome "range pony" of
racing speed and. wonderful endurance.
A dangerous-looking feUow this
wild rider—judged by his reckless air
and his accoutrements, yet withal a
generous-hearted chap* who would
share the last crumb with you in a
"tight pinch," and at whose camp the
lost, belated or hiungry traveler may al
ways find a hearty welcome and a blan
ket to spare.
Such a one is Zeb Ryerson, who rides
the Brazos Range—a trifle more dar
ing, perhaps, but neither better nor
worse than the average of his species.
Like all the rest of them, Zeb has had
his adventures—a host of them'—and
can spin yarns by the hour, if you have
a mind to listen.
His crowning achievement—a feat,
indeed, which has given him a wider
reputation than falls to the lot of many
•upon the range—was won early in his
career, when, in fact, he was but a lad
of 18 years.
Zeb was at that time working with a
party on the September "round up,"
and, as the cattle were well scattered
and their circuit was a large one, they
found themselves during the last
of the month out upon the Clear Fork
of the Brazos, at some diistance beyond
what was usually the extreme edge of
their range.
They had camped on the bank of a
small run or branch of the Clear Fork,
and "that day Zeb had followed the run
clear up to its source, demonstrating'to
his satisfaction that there were then,
and had been, no cattle along its banks
that summer.
He was returning at his leisure, and
late in the afternoon had reached a
point some four miles from camp, when,
he suddenly espied the humps' and
backs of a small herd of buffalo feeding
among the mesquite bush at his right
and almost in the direction he was trav
eling.
Now buffaloes Were' already getting
extremely scarce in the Brazos, and
though he had seen large numbers of
them in his early yorutb, when they were
plentiful as the cattle had become
since, he had never killed one.
Late years, when he had learned
well the use of Winchester and revolver,
his work had been, done on the eastern'
range, where there was no game larger
than the deer and turkey.
.Now was the opportunity to redeem
his record—for never to have killed a
buffalo was little less than a disgrace
among his fellows—and in the wink of
an eye almost he had determined to
slaughter the whole herd.
The buffalo were only a little distance
off. and did not see the young herds
man. for their heads were down and
their big jaws quietly cropping the
rich mesquite grass which grew among
the bushes.
Edging his pony slowly around to
the
right, so us to get the feedingherd be
tween himself and camp, Zeb drew hit
Winchester from the "saddle scabbard"
and chucked the partially-illled maga
zine "jam full" of well-greased car
tridges.
By the time this
was accomplishedone
of the bulls in front had scented the
danger, and with a hoarse snort, which
startled all of his fellows, the great
beast bou tided out from the bush, and
lifting his shaggy front stood facing
the would-be hunter with every appear
ance of bold defiance.
But when Zeb started his pony and
bore down on them, the old fellow
wheeled about and scampered away
.with the others.
Away they went, 15 or 20 of them
rolling over the plain in that long,
undulating gallop peculiar to the Amer
ican bison, and away went the wild
pursuer after them, his sleek, sure
footed pony gaining at every leap.
Soon the excited rider came up with
a fat cow. puffing, as she lumbered
along in the vain endeavor to keep up
with her more fleet-footed mates. The
Winchester spoke once, twice, thrice,
and then the horseman sped on, leav
ing the staggering, mortally wounded
cow to her fate.
A
young bull was the next victim,
droDDed in his tracks at the first shot,
but the young hunter found but a tithe
of the fun and excitement he had ex
pected in this merciless, running
^layghter.
If they had only shown fight, or put
tits pony down to its best speed, he
would have been better pleased.
There was more fun in roping a steer
than in this kind of sport, and suddenly
Zeb became fired with a wild ambi
tion.
There was that big, shaggy, snorting
bull just ahead, and a tremendous fel
low, with a colossal hump and great,
•harp-pointed horns if he could suc
ceed in roping and t3*ing him, that
would be a feat worth accomplishing,
and would establish his renown as a
skillful roper throughout the whole
cattle range.
Be was already acknowledged as the
"best roper and tyer" of his gang. He
could mount his horse, run down, rope
and tie the wildest long-legged steer In
lees time than any the nine camping
But here was a chance for glory suck
as is seldom attained by youth of hla
age,
if he could only succeed. He had
heard of plenty of men who had roped
and thrown a buffalo but of the tying
of one head and foot he did not re
member a single instance.
Now, Zeb not only carried the com
mon "throw rope" which is generally,
used for catching cattle, but, slung to
a ring in the saddle, he also had one
of the best Mexican lariats of rawhide,
such as are used for catching the mus
tang and wild horses of the llanos.
Fired with this sudden desire of cap
turing the largest bull in. the herd,
he unslung the lariat, chucked the Win
chester back into its scabbard, gave
a wild whoop, and whirling the long,
running moose rapidly above his head,
charged down upon the old bull.
The pony understood his business
thoroughly, and the moment that
whirling rawhide began singing its
sharp whirr-r-r above his head, he
knew what was coming, and, once as
sured of the object at which it was to
be aimed, he needed neither rein nor
spur to bring him quickly alongside the
intended victim.
•Then Zeb, leaning well forward in the
saddle, and still spinnig the noose with
a lightning-like movement above his
head, poised himself for an instant,
and then, darting the flying loop for
ward with a quick swoop of his arm,
sent the long, snaky thing whistling
away in front of the lunging buffalo.
Even before the noose fell the rider
had taken several quick twists of the
other end of the lariat about his saddle
horn with his left hand, while, as it
dropped directly under the animal's
nose, he gave it a sudden twitch with
his right.
At the same instant the keen-witted
pony shot out to one side and drew
rapidly away and set back upon his
haunches and stopped.
The throw had been a sure one, and
the big bull came floundering to the
earth, giving horse and rider a shock
that nearly upset them both.
In a trice the lariat was made fast
to the saddlehorn, and, "throw-rope" in
hand,. Zeb dismounted, to try his luck
at tying the fallen animal.
The lariat had securely fastened upon
one foreleg of the beast, and as. he shook
his fierce head, after recovering from
the first shock of surprise, and sprang
to his feet with a snort of defiance, the
knowing horse gave a backward lurch
that again brought him tumbling to the
eurth.
"Good for you, Dandy!" shouted Zeb,
in delight. "Was afraid you couldn't
fetch him but you brought the ole
feller down sure enough."
Meantime, even as he spoke, the skill
ful youth had flur -r his "throw-rope"
over one pawing, !rm:' ':ng hindleg,
and, running round on the opposite
side, he pulled one way while the pony
pulled the other.
Then there was a sharp, hard strug
gle which lasted some minutes—a fight
in which at one instant the chances
were in favor of the buffalo, and at an
other that he would soon be conquered
and compelled to yield to the superior
tactics of his enemies.
A score of times-the huge beast gath
ered his limbs for a bound that would
have brought him to his feet, nerved
to withstand the dexterous jerks of the
lariat, and ready for aheadlongcharge,
when a sudden twist, given at just the
right time tipon the leverage of his
unstable legs, would roll him over
again upon his back.
If once he gained his feet and faced
the horse, the pony's efforts at throwing
him would be of no more effect than
a like strain upon a solid ledge of rock,
and in fleeing from the charge so cer
tain to follow, the horee would lose all
hold upon him, as a half-dozen jumps
of the bull would suffice to throw off
the slackened noose of the lariat, and
then the rope thrower might as well
try to hold back the wind.
Thus, success depended upon the con
stant and concerted action of both
the roper and his horse—and well did
both in this instance do their part.
The horse kept the lariat drawn taut,
lurching backward at every sharp com
mand of bis master, while Zeb himself
tugged and jerked and maneuvered un
til the perspiration rolled off him like
great raindrops.
At last, though, he succeeded, by
throwing a twisting half-hitch, in tang
ling the other hindleg of the bull, and
then drawing the old fellow's kicking
hoofs together, he hung on till the buf
falo greiw sulky and gave the fight up
in despair.
After that he could depend on the
horse in case of another struggle, and
he now boldly approached his huge
victim, hauling in the rope as. he did so.
In almost less time than it takes to
tell it the sulky old bull was a hopeless
urisoner. tied head and foot, and in
tucb a manner that he could not even
make the attempt to rise, much less
get up and walk.
Then Zeb went to camp and told the
boys, but was compelled to wait until
they bad followed him back to the spot
before he could gain credit for his story.
Even then they hunted the animal all
over to find a bullet wound. When that
foiled Zeb's fame was established.—
Golden Days.
Black Skirt with Fancy Waist.
The question: "What is the fashion
able black skirt to wear with the fancy
waist?" Is perhaps more often asked
than any other by the woman who
makes one skirt answer for many oc
casions. In reply it may be asserted
that rich black satin is given the pref
erence where only one skirt is found
in the wardrobe of the questioner. But
if you already have that, then plain
black taffeta, often much trimmed from
waist to hem, is the newest and most
fashionable. But a word of warning.
This not only iaan extravagant pur
chase, bat after comparatively few
wearing* will split, even where there
1s no real train.—Woman's Home Com*
nawion.
GRAPE CURE QAROEN&
•aseessfally Established Fifty Tears
A»® Near Bene.
The happiest and most successful
health seekers of our latter-day world
are probably the summer guests of the
Trauben Kuren, or graipe-cure gardens,
that were established some fifty years,
ago In the neighborhood of Berne, and
can now be found all over Switzerland,
France, the Rhineland countries and
southern Austria, say® Chautauquan.
Guests eat a very light breakfast.
Weather permitting, they then scatter
in quest of a sharp appetite. The seri
ous work of the day begins at ten a. m.,
when the gates of the vineyard are
opened for the forenoon lunch. Help
ing yourself is the order of the day.
Gossipers stroll up and. down the leafy
avenues. culling tidbits here and there
business men gather a good supply and
retreat with a book to some shady nook
to spice their lunch with a utilitarian
by-purpose. If a glutton desires to
eat his money's worth to the last penny
the landlord gives him a fair chance
nobody controls the proceedings of the
lunch party, and the dinner bell does
not ring before three p. m. In other
words, the grape cullers get a five-hours'
opportunity to eat their fill, and experts
can get away with 15 pounds more
easily and with infinitely less risk to
their hygienic interests than a brewery
employe with 15 schooners of alcohol
ized barley swill.
Grapes, it is true, are chiefly sweet
water with a subtle flavoring from
nature's own laboratory but in no
other form can the human organism ab
sorb so large a quantity of blood
purifying liquids with such a minimum
of distressing after effects. The ex
plicative fluid reaches every part of the
system, rinsing out morbid humors and
ri?ltoring congested organs to a
healthy state of functional activity, for
reasons which, traced to their ultimate
significance, mean that man, in spite
of nature, is a frugivorous. not a car
nivorous nor a herbivorous biped.
AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN SOIL.
Scicntlfic AgrlculturlstH Discover a
Way of Dcti'milnlng.
Scientific a-ngricuhurisits have always
had a difficulty in determining precise
ly the amount of moisture in soils, says
the Los Angeles Times. Rain does
plants comparatively little good until it
enters the soil, where it can. be ab
sorbed by their roots. A record of the
actual amount of water in the soil from
daj- to da}' would, therefore, give the
absolute value of the gnoisture condi
tions under which plants are growing,
and even without reference to rain
fall data it would show,
ithe character of
the soil being understood, whether the
conditions were favorable or otherwise
for the crop. Hitherto there has been
much uncertainty in reaching this rec
ord. A plan now proposed is quite
promising, and can be readily put in
practice. It consisits in burying spe
cially constructed electrodes in the
soil, so that by measuring the resist
ance to the passage of a current through
the soil the amount of moisture in the
soil can be ascertain.ed. The possibility
of using the electrical resistance of soils
for the determiniaition of moisture was
suggested by the necessity of thor
oughly grounding lightning rods, tele
phone and telegraph lines. If these are
not carried to a considerable depth, so
that the terminals are constantly ini a
moist soil, the lines do not work in dry
seasons.
COST OF GERMAN COLONIES.
Too Hlah as Compared with Advaa
taacM Secured.
Germany can scarcely be considered
as successful in her efforts to secure
fame as a colonizing power, says the
New York Tribune. The estimated cost
of colonies for the coming year is fixed,
according to tho imperial budget, at
$2,000,000, in return for which She is
able to point to 1,803 colonists, all told,
of which number half are soldiers and
officials. With regard to the trade,
Germany's exports to her colonies do
not amount to $1,500,000 per annum, so
that from a business point of view the
undertaking can scarcely bet on idered
as a profitable one. It is tvi-lent that
the fault lies with the German govern
ment rather than with the German
merchants. The latter thrive and pros
per to a phenomenal degree in the
United States, and in all those English
colonies where initiative, enterprise and
commerce are not submitted to all the
vexatious and hampering restrictions
that seem to be inherent to Germany's
notions of colonial administration.
The Glseb Pyramid.
The great pyramid of Gizeh is the
largest structure of any kind evererect
ed by the hand of man. Its original di
mensions at the base were 764 feet
square, and its perpendicular height in
the highest point is 4S8 feet it covers
four acres, one rood and twenty-two
perches of. ground, and has been esti
mated by an eminent English archi
tect to have cost not less than 30,000,
000, which in United States currency
would be about $145,200,000. Internal
evidences proved that the great pyra
mid was begun about the year 2170 B.
C\. about the time of the birth of Abra
ham. It is estimated that about 5,000,
000 tons of hewn stone were used in its
construction, and the evidence points to
•he fact that these stones were brought
distance of about 700 miles from quar
ries in Arabia.
Oldeat lloniie In Sew England.
A tablet placed by the Society of
Colonial DameB on the old Whitefleld
house in Guilford, Conn., was unvetled
lost week. This stone house was built
In 1639, and is the oldest in New Eng
land. It was used for years as a meeting
house.
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THE NICARAGUA CANAL. 0R™N
Work of Survey Soon to Begin by
United States Commission.
Three Employes Start Ahead for Part
LIBIOB with Part ot the Oat«
Ot to Make Preparatory
Arrangement*.
Three employes of the Nicaragua
canal commission have left New York
with a large quantity of provisions, ma
terials and other outfit for the com
mission's use, on the Atlas liner Adiron
dack, for Port Limon. They start in
advance of the commission, so as to have
things ready by the time the members
arrive. The commission, which was ap
pointed by President McKinley last
summer, consists of Hear Admiral John
G. Wulker, representing the navy Col.
Peter Haines, for the United States
army, and Prof. Lewis M. Ilaupt, a
civilian. They are to survey a route for
the proposed Nicaragua canal.
Hear Admiral Walker said that the
commissioners would leave in the near
future. lie said further:
"We shall go on the gunboat Newport,
which iB now at the Brooklyn navy yard.
We require for our work any amountof
Instruments, in short, a supply of every
thing which foresight suggests that we
ehall need. We expect to take about 40
men with us, but little or no freight, as
the Newport i-s a small boat. The white
labor we shall take with us, but at Nic
aragua we. shall employ considerable
native labor so as to bring our total
numbers of laborers up to about 200.
How long1 we shall be engaged a.t the
work I cannot say. A thorough survey
will be made from the eastern coast to
the western. Of course other routes have
been surveyed before, but we shall pro
ceed independently of them, selecting
that route for the canal as in our judg
ment is best."
RULES FOR PATENTS.
Changes in the Proceeding Before
tlie Department January 1.
Acting Commissioner of Patents Gree
lys has made a number of important
amendments to the rules governing the
practice of the patent oiiice, and the}'
have been approved by Secretary Bliss.
These rules will apply to all cases
filed after Jan uary 1, all cases filed prior
thereto being subject to the old rules.
The new rules provide that no inven
tion submitted is patentable if it has
been described in printed publications
two or more years before its filing.
Heretofore, if a foreign patent has been
taken out before an American patent,
the term of the latter was limited to
the expiration of the foreign patent,
which often resulted in the practical
loss of many valuable patents by giving
them a very short life. The new rules
do not make this limitation, but if the
period between the two patents is over
seven months no American patent will
be granted.
Heretofore preference in acting on
applications was given to inventions
deemed of special importance to the
government, and especially to the army
and navy. Now cases will be made spe
cial only when the department inter
ested is personally represented before
the patent office and asks for such pref
erence.
One year is named astheperiod with
in which failure to prosecute will be
held to constitute an abandonment of
the application for a patent.
MAY COST COLOMBIA DEAR.
American Retnrna and Telia of aa
Ootrnge Suffered There.
George W. Schiffer, who arrived at
New York the other day on the Atlas
line steamer Adirondack from Port
Limon, tells a story of alleged outrage
that may call for interference by the
Washington authorities. Mr. Schiffer
is an American citizen and a resident of
Buffalo, N. Y. He was superintendent
of the gold mine of the Puma Mining
cofnpany at Honda, in the United States
of Colombia.
Mr. Schiffer says that through ig
norance of the customs of the country
he failed to turn in a certificate of the
quamtity of native liquors sold at the
mining- company's stores. For this of
fense, he says, nine armed soldiers en
tered his house in the middle of the
night and attempted to drag him to
jail. He resisted and kept them at bay
till morning. Subsequently Mr. Schif
fer says, he was dragged slowly in the
fierce sun by the longest route to t'he
courthouse at Victoria, 25 miles distant
from Honda. A rope was tied around
his neck and he was jeered at, insulted
and otherwise ill-treated by the natives.
Mr. Schiffer, after his release, instituted
with the United States minister at Bo
gota a suit for $25,000 damages against
the Colombian government.
Colored Preabyterlan Church.
The southern Presbyterian general
assembly in a recent session initiated
a measure which has been contemplated
in the church for several years for or
ganizing a separate colored Presby
terian church. The committee on col
ored evaagelizationbrought in a recom
mendation that the colored members
be allowed to withdraw from the white
churches and form independent
churches, with independent presby
teries, synods and general assembly.
President Williams, of the colored sem
inary of Abbeville, S. C., spoke strongly
in behalf of a separate church for his
people, informing the assembly that
they did not want to be turned out, but
to be given leave to withdraw and es
tablish a church of their own, a request
readily granted by the convocation be
fore which at previous meetings the
subject had received a full measure of
discussion.
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whose liver is in good condition. De
Witt's Little Early Risers are famous
lit1 le pills for constipation, biliousness,
indigestiou and all stomach and liver
troubles. Wonnenberg & Avis.
ON THE GRIDIRON.
Late Presidential Candidate Marts a
Uaine of Football.
William J. Bryan, late presidential
candidate, appeured iu Columbia, Mo.,
the other day, in an altogether new
role.
Mr. Bryan participated in his first
game of football. Clad in a striped old
gold and black sweater, the erstwhile
presidential candidate appeared on the
athletic field of the Missouri univer
sity and took part in the game, it
was a practice game between the var
sity and alumni teams, and Mr. Bryan
had been per&uaded to go out to the
field by the college boys. Once on the
field, it was suggested that the dis
tinguished guest take part in the game.
At the solicitation of Capt. llill and
Coach Young, Mr. Bryan consented to
kick off for the alumni. Capt. llill of
fered the Nebraskan his sweater, which
was pulled on, and amid a deafening
college yell Mr. Bryan strode on the
field. The ball was placed in position
and after a few rehearsals Mr. Bryan
planted his No. 10 fairly and equally
under the 'sphere and the ball went
sailing down the field for 40 yards. Mr.
Bryan retired to the side lines and
watched the scrimmage, continuing to
wear the sweater d:uring the game. lie
was much impressed with the play, and
said that, while it was rot played in
his college days, he was certain that he
would have been on a team had he been
given a chance.
Mr. Bryan was given another enter
tainment at night in the way of an old
time 'possum supper, at which 150
guests sat down.
NO PAPER FROM PONTIUS PILATE
Vatican Archives Do Not Contain a
Cert»iii Document.
A London news agency has revived
the old report to the existence in the
Vatican archives of a communication ad
dressed by Pontius Pilate to Emperor
Tiberius respecting the crucifixion of
our Saviour. It sent out what pur
ported to be a literal translation*.
The papers promptly stamped it as
an impudent forgery, which itundoubt
edly is. Several French journals and
one New York sheet had given wide cur
rency to similar stories, and this pub
licly led to inquiries at Home for trust
worthy information.
The facts are these: Not long ago
the pope was informed from two sources
that fragments of manuscripts concern
ing the crucifixion of Jesus had been
discovered, particularly a communica
tion from Pilate to Tiberius, lie or
dered a careful examination of them to
be made. It was then found that they
were not the originals but some papers
referring to a documentary report
which Pilate sent to Tiberius shortly
after the commeiwement of the Chris
tian era.
The manuscripts containing the ref
erence are believed to be of the date of
150 A. D.. but even this is not estab
lished. There are other documents of
the third and fifth centuries bearing on
the same matter, but they contain noth
ing worth quoting as evidenice concern
iug a subject of such singular and sol
emn interest.
PENSION CLAIM REJECTED.
Won 11 Have Given Claimant llack
Pay Amounting to iJU.j.OOO.
A pension claim which has been pend
ing 27 years and which, it is admitted,
would carry back pay of $25,000, was
decided by Assistant. Secretary of the
Interior Davis. It is the case of Got
lieb Ellersick, of Missouri, whose claim
for alleged total blindness, due to dis
ease of the eyes contracted during the
military service in 1864, is rejected.
The case has.- attracted much interest
and presented many perplexing fea
tures, but it was found that no record
of the existence of any disease of the
eyes in the service existed, nor was
there competent testimony to show the
occurrence of an3* such disability in the
service. The claimant was discharged
from the army in 1865 and did not lose
his slight till 1868. No effort to estab
lish his claim, presented, in 1870, was
made until 1890, 25 years after his dis
charge, when most of those w*ho could
have testified from personal knowledge
were dead.
The decision holds that the claimant's
own statements were inconsistent and
flatly contradictory of his most impor
tant witnesses, aside from which the
physicians and oculists dlecline to ac
cept the case of his present blindness
as due to any service origin.
SHIP GRAZED BY A METEOR.
The Cawdor Haa a Startlln* Experi
ence OH Cape Horn.
The British ship Cawdor arrived at
San Francisco the other day with a
6tory of a remarka/ble escape from a
great meteor during an electric storm
off Cape Horn. The vessel -left Swansea
May 20 and by July 22 had reached Cape
Horn. Storms delayed her in rounding
the cape until September 12. On August
20 a great electric storm prevailed and
after a blinding flash of lightning,
when all hands were on deck, a huge
meteor flashed through the heavens
and plunged into the sea. so close to the
ship that all on board thought the ves
sel was lost. A strong sulphurous odor
hung around the vessel and the water
was churned up so that it swept over the
deck. The ship was not damaged, but
it was three weeks before she could get
around the Horn. The vessel had been
given up as lost and 12y2 guineas had
been paid for reinsurance.
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ELY BROTH KHS, 56 Warren St.. New XorkCita
The Burlington's Beauty.
That is what the St. Paul and Min
neapolis papers call our new train, the
"Minneapolis and St. Paul-Chicago and
St. Louie Limited."
The "Pioneer PreeB" says that "no cars
on any railroad or in any country are
equal to those of the Burlington's
Limited."
"Pullman's latest and richest," "St.
Paul Globe."
"Vertaible palaces on wheels," "8t.
Paul Dispatch."
"Grand beyond discription,". Minneap
olis Tribune."
"The two real advance agents of pros
perity," "Minneapolis Journal."
Electric light, steam heat, wide vesti
bules, compartment sleeping and buffet
library cars—everything that any other
train has, and some things that no other
train has.
To Eastern Canada via
"The Milwaukee"
In purchasing your Canadian excur
sion tickets see that they read via the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway
between St. Paul and Chicago.
Best and most frequent service—four
daily trains St. Paul to Chicago.
Morning train from St. Paul (at 8:35)
connects with morning trains arriving
from the north and west in the union
depot and reaches Chicago in ample
time to connect comfortably with nigbe
trains from Chicago for all points in
eastern Canada.
All ticket agents sell tickets via C. M.
& St. P. Ry.
J. T. CONLEV, A ss't. Gen'1 Pass. Agent,
St. Paul, Minn.
To California Without Change
via "The Milwauke."
Ou every Saturday an elegant Pull
man Tourist Sleeper will leave Minne
apolis (8:25 A. M.). St. Paul (8:35 A. M.),
and arrive Los Angeles, California, at
8:S0A. M. following Wednesday.
Aria "THEMILWAUKEE'S"famous "Hed
rick Route" to Kansas City, thence via
tbe A., T. & S. F. liy. through Southern
California.
A most delightful winter route to the
coast.
Ibis car is "peisnnally conducted"—in
immediate charge of an official and an
attendant through to destination.
Rate per berth, SG.00 through from St.
Paul and Minneapolis.
Leave St. Paul and Minneapolis every
Saturday morning, arriving Los Angeles
evpry Wednesday morning.
For berths, complete information, and
lowest rates, apply to "THE MILWAXJK.EE"
agents, St. Paul or Minneapolis, or ad
dress,
.1. T. CONLET,
Ass'i Gen'l Pass. AgiV
St. Paul, Mifin".
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THERE'S ONLY ONE
RAILROAD
That operates its trains on the famous
block system between the Twin
Cities, Milwaukee and Chicago
That lights its trains by electrioity
throughout
That usee the celebrated electric berth
reading lamp
That runs four splendidly equipped pas
senger trains every day from St. Paul
and Minneapolis through to Chioago
via Milwaukee
And THAT road is the
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE
& ST. PAUL.
It also operates steam-heated vestibuled
trains, carrying the latest private
compartment cars, library buffet
smoking cars, and palace drawing
room sleepers.
Parlor cars, free reclining chair cars and
the very best dining car service.
For lowest rates to any point in the
United States, Canada or Mexico,
apply to ticket agents, or address
J. T. CONLEY,
Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agt.,
St. Paul, Minn.
NOTE—Elegantly
equipped trains from
St. PBUI and Minneapolis through to
Peoria, St. Louis and Kansas City daily.
To Chicago By Daylight.
On your way to Canada. The Barling
ton's "Scenio Express," leaving St. Panl
every morning except Sunday, at 8:15,
arrives in Chicago tbe same evening,
making connections with late trains for
Canadian points. Low rates. See if
vour ticket reads "Burlington Boute."
Your local ticket agent has them for sale
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and cbronio constipation and was finally
cured by using DeWitt's Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for all
stomach and liver troubles. Wonnen
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To Canada via Chicago.
For forty dollars is the rate offered
from Deo. 6th to 31st. In baying your
railroad ticket, get it over tbe beet line—
the Burlington. Electrio lighted and
steam heated "Limited." Yonr local
agent has the ticket.
Oaaoarets stimulate liver, kidney and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grip*.
10 cents.