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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-16

"ohm she cried. This Is foollshi this is absurd.
Who can have accused herP'
81 do not know. But will find out before long"
"She has left Mr. Murridge, she tells me-"
"Then 1t must be Mr.. Murridge-Or-Dlok."
"Hugh! Can It be that Dick has himself"
She did not finish her question, because Hugh
answered 1t by a responsive light In his eyes.
II will go presently" he said. This morning there
Is too much TO do, but in the afternoon or tomorrow
! will go and see Mr.. Murridge myself. Somehow or
other. Calista, we will get to the bottom Of this"
"Dick could not" said Calista. 'Oh, 1t Is impOssl-
BILE! Consider. We have always known Dick. He
is almo.t "A brother He has been our friend and
companion all the days of his life. He thought he
was in love with Norah. Can a man make love to a
girl. and ask her to b. hlS wife one day, and the next
day accuse her Of abomiiable and shameful thlngs2
It is impossible. Hugh. pon't let us suspect Dick"
Why then, did he give YOU that warning, Calista2
Yet we VIII not suspect him until fave seen Mr..
NuTridge and learned all that can be learned. Mean
time, what are we to do with NorahF
Leave her 10 me. Hugh"
But she S crying and unhappy. She should be
with me-"
Leave her with me, Hugh, for to-day. When you
have seen Mr.. Murridge we can consider what is to
be done, Perhaps you will be able to lay this spec
tire. Then you can see her and console her as much
as you please
Norah sat on Calista's bed, crying. Presently she
left off crying and began to wonder how a man
could be so revengeful and wicked. Because now
she understood quite clearly that the thing must
have been done by no other than Dick, who, in order
to screen himself and divert suspicion, had deliber-
ately, and in cold blood, accused her. And this was
her old play fellow, the man who had told her he
loved her!
She sat there until the evening. Then she got up,
bathed her fearful face, brushed her hair, and went
cut into the ward.
81 am come to work, Calista. NY dear, l must
work. 1t will do me good to sit up all night. If lie
down l shall hear voices and see figures. Let me
stay here among the babes and help to nurse"
The day nurses went away and the night nurses
came to take their places, and among them NOrah
stood al. the brief summer night till the early morn
ing, when the sun rOGe over the silent city of labor,
and then she sat dow in a chair and fell fast asleep.
AT five O'Clock Callsta came out in her dressing
gown, and the nur4 IS carried NUrah to the sisters
room and lail her { n the bed, just as she was, in her
clothes, and sleepin heavily.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-16

by a young lady who can also, if neces.
sary, be identified. And on Thursday last
another for the same sum of twelve pounds
was presented at about a quarter to one bv
a young gentleman whom the clerk declares
he would recognize at once He is described
as a handsome boy, with light, curly hair
and an easy manner; he wears a pot hat and
has a red tie. Well, that is nearly all we
know at present. l have nothing more to
tell you. Stay, one thing more. The forced
checks, with the check book from which
they were stolen, were all in my sons nri.
vate drawer, which he keeps locked, on Sat.
urday morning. Of that he Is certain. Thew
have now disappeared. They, too, have
been stolen. My sons drawer has been
broken open, and the checks have been taken
from it. Do you quite understandP'
She tried to speak, but she could NOT Tn
the young lady she recognized herself. She
had, with her own hands, presented that
check and received gold for #; she remem-
bered who had given her the check. and tn
whom she had given the money more than
this, in the handsome boy with the red tie
she recognized her own brother Daft: not
because he, too, wore a red tie, but because
he had told her, talking trifes over ar even.
ing pipe, how he had cashed one of Mr.. Muir.
ridges checks that morning, and for whom
he had cashed it.
Are you quite sure-are you positive that
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-16
CHAPTER TX.

$500 DAOhhN EtlNG.
"Calista, ) said Norah, half an hour later,
walking into the infants ward, Ihave come
to stay with you a little"
ITO stay with me' My dear Norahl What
has happened"
Nothing. I have left Mr.. Murridee. thai
is all. am come to stay with you"
TELL me, Norah. What is itT'
Nothing"
In proof of this assertion she burst into
tears and fell upon her sisters neck.
''Tell me, Norah."
II ca~nnot-yet. Write to mother, and
tell her that l an ~here-say, if you please.
for a holiday. Yes, tell her l am here for a
holiday"
'Go into my room, dear. 1 will be with
you directly, and then you shall tell me as
much as you please"
The sisters room is at the end Of the ward
so that even when she is asleep she is never
rea ly away from her charge. II Is at once
her bedroom and sitting room, furnished
with a table and easy chair, as well as a
bed. In Ca'ista's case-but this, l believe.
Is a matter of individual taste-there were
books-in case she might find time to read a
httle-and pictures aud work. Here Norah
sat down and took off hat and jacket, Won
derlng how long people live who are accused
OF dreadful and shameful things.
Don't ask me why l am here" she said,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-16

~ VNJ ~ oUtNs OEt Oh JuSLeE.
Il returned to my desk, and considered
what was best to be done. OF ccurse-I adj
init this freely ought to have gone di-
rectly to you and informed you of my dis
covery. In not doing this l committed a
great error of judgment, as we'll as breach
ofduty. For | should have considere that
when the absence of the checks was di,coy-
cred, it would be remembered hat there
were only two persons-not counting the Of
hte boy-who had access to your office.
These were Norah and myself. One of US
must have taken them"
'Why, NO" said Mr.. Murridge. "For it
annot be proved that no one came into this
office except you two. There is the office
boy; there is the housekeeper; there are any
number of people whom the housekeeper
may have admitted on the Sunday or in the
evening; there smoothing to prove when l
left myacheck book lying about. 1t might
have been lying on the table all night, or
from Saturday until Monday. 1 cannot adj.
mt that the thing lies between you and
Norah Cronan'
Very well, sir; / am glad you think that
1t may lie outside us. That, however, was
how ! put it to myself, l confess"
"You ought to have told me at once.
You find my check book with six checks
torn out, and you did not tell me. Were you
madP'
perhaps; but remember that 1 only saw
leaves, or what seemed to be leaves. torn
out and folded up. 1t was not till after
ward, l repeat, that l suspected Norah Of
stealing checks 1t was not till you told me
Of your loss that really connected her with
those checks"
''You ought to have told me directly you
heard of the loss"
II confe S again that / ought to have told
you. Well, l did not. That is all l can
say. First, / had passed my word to Norah
that l would not mention her visit. Next, l
was confused and bewildered on her ac-
eount, and then l was afraid Of you.'
'Oh, afraid of mel"
'Yes, afraid Of you. Norah has been your
Eavorite always. You give her the confiden-
tial work, and me the office d~rudgery. l
thought you would not believe me. Perhaps
l hoped that she would get off altogether.
But when you placed the whole case in my
hands, the first thing that forced itself upon
me was hat the forgery must have been
committed by means Of these very missing
well, the numbers prove that"
$50 that nothing was left to me but to con-
Tess what / knew, and to follow up that fact
rs a clew."
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-16

He tried TO hold herr he implored her to LET him
speak, but she broke from him and fed swiftly down
the corridor to her sisters ward, NV"
Presently Calista came out, and found tho ro,,.o..
medical stand ng beside the opan window conSuea1
and bewildered. S0"useu
10 not contradict her, she said. "Iet her bava
her WI way She tells me that she has broken of
ner cngasement' ana she is crying and sobbInp in
my room Hugh, 1t is something that Dick has doro
| am certain Of 1t He was here on SUNDAY o,o o
and " He told niche warned me.6e said
that whatever happened was Norah's fault To Sahu
you know, she refused him." ' 'e'"uSe'
pa ne use those wordsf He is a cur, Callsta! He
was a cur at school, and he is a cur stIlI b.. III ~
could he do or say2 She has been acrrsaI T nna'
Calista' the very whisper makes ones cheek bho oth
she mas been accused Of somethlng-somctbina ~.
says for which people are sent 10 prison Think Ha ~
Calista laughed s,ornfully.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-09-02
An Elegant Equestrian and Gym.
mic Entertainment.

While the magnificent equestrian
isms ut Wallace & Cos. show will
exhibit in this city, Is Il theme Of
general conversation, its other at
fractions must not be forgotten.
There is the menagerie, for instance
filled with specimens OF qnecr ami
mails, including tho colossal ANA
extremely rare black Barbary camel
and mahy equally strange creatures
that nature has made in her time.
II q fond parent would like TO give
his boy or girl Il lesson in natural
history, with living illustrations.
here Is the place and opport nifty.
You may see In their cages the rug
ged Russian BEAR" and the "Hyrcnn
tiger" SO POLITICALLY designated by
thai great naturalist, William Shake.
speare, long before Goldsmith or
Cuvior or Button didactically de.
scribed the same.
The circus has redeemed it, prom
ises and justified It's reputation. IT
has brought the finest horse,nen In
the circus world. an interesting me.
nagerie, beautiful and intelligent
horses and excellent performers IN
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-09-02
National Greenback Congressional
Convention.

A delegate convention Of the
Greenback electors OF the 4th dis
trict of Iowa, will be held at Charles
City, Iowa, on Monday, Sept. 6, 1886,
ut 3 O'Clock /. m, for the purpose
of nominating candidate for
representative in Congress from
said district.
The ratio OF representation will be
two delegates for each county and
one delegate for every 400, or frac-
ton Of 200 or over, cast at the Gen
eral Election in 1885 for Hon. E. II.
Gillette for Lieut. Governor.
The counties OF the district are en-
titled to representation as follows:
Allamakee Floyd
Cerro Gordo, 4 Howard
Ohickasaw, 6 Mitchell,
Clayton, 8 Worth, 8
Feyette, 8 Winneshcik Z
Dated July 50, 1856.
BY order Of the Committee.
W r. MEAD. Chairman.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-09-02
Democratic District Convention.

A delegate convention OF Demo-
cratic electors OF the 4th district OF
Iowa, will be held at Charles City,
Iowa, on Monday, September 6, 1856
at o'clock p. m, for the purpose Of
nominating one Representative in
Congress for said district.
The ratio of representation Will be
two delegates for each county and
one delegate for every 400, Or frac-
ton OF 200 or over, east at the Gen
eral Election in 1885 for Hon. Chas.
e. Whiting for Governor.
The counties OF the district are en-
titled to representation as follows:
Allamakee, Floyd, 9
Cerro Gordo, 4 Howard 4
Chickasaw, 8 Mitchell )
CLAYTON, 8 Worth, 3
Fayettc, 8 Ninnesheik, I
Dated July 90, 1886,
BY order OF the Committee.
WALT. H. BUTLER, Chairman.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-09-02
Hay Fever.

I have been Il hay fever sufferer
for three years; have often heard
Ely's Cream balm spoken Of 10 the
highest terms; lid not take much
stock in it because OF the many
quack medicines. A friend per.
suaded me to try the Balm, and !
did SO with wonderful success-T.
S. Geer, Syracuse. N. T.
l can recommend Ely's Cream
Balm to all hay fever sufferers, 1t 10.
III my opinion, u sure cure. I was
afflicted for Is years, and never
before found permanent reliel,-W.
Fl. HaskiRs, Marsh6eld. Vt. asa
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-09-02
National County Convention.

The National party Of Howard
county is requested to meet in mass
convention ut the Court House in
Cresco, Saturday Sept 4, 1856, at !
p. NJ, to elect 4 delegates to the
Congressional Convention which
meets at Chas. City, Monday, Sept g
]. J. Lowry,
Chairman Co. Com.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-09-02

Gunder Olson, who grew from
childhood to the mature years Of
manhood in this county is spending
a few days with friends and will re-
turn today TO his home in Grafton
d. r. taking with him a 9 BOD wife.
the blessing and JOY OF every well
regulated home. At present he Is
sheriff OF Wash county the county
seat Of which Is Grafton. He lie a
candidate for reelection this fall
and from q long personal ac1uain-
lance we are proud to commend him
to the people there as a man Of
high moral character, the most UNI
questioned integrity, Of strong con-
victions Of duty and right, and zeal.
GUS 10 its pursuit.. He is social in
his habits, congenial as q companion
afiabble In manners and OF q good
and commanding presence. His po-
litical opinions we arc ignorant Of
but We know and respect tho man
for bis manly qualities, nature aud
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-09-02

almost every department. There Is
very little to disappotnt; and
although all circusses, like all min.
strel performances, present nearly
the same features, there IL In the
present exhibition bit Of novelty
here and there which redeems the
programme from absolute likenesa
to that of former shows Sisnches.
ter Press.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-09-02
Some Figures Of Interest to the
PEOPLE.

In 1883 M. B. Doolittle received
car load of salt in car No. 25,522 over
the g n & st. P railway on waybill
No SO45, the freight on which from
Chicago to Cresso was SC7.5O for
q 900 pounds. It is unnecessary
to say here that any amount ofkick-
ing at the charge was the result for
every body here, many in congress
and all officials Of the road could
realize it and remember ii with no
uncomfortable degree Of pain.
In 1854 another car load came over
the same road from the same place
20 the same party In Cresco, the
weight Of which as billed, waa ln3
pounds more, in car LOST, On way
bill 9776, the freight charge tn
mhich was exactly S3O.62 from Chi
cago to CrescO. Tie number Of
Barrels brought in car is ninety
the saving on the car load lot !
t3668 u trifie over Al cents an IL
barrel, saving to tile p.opl. III this
congressional district with lis Ii, e
stock interest us large rs they are.
more than $4,000. a year.
II this saving Is the result OF tie
controversy OF Mr.. Doolittle over lie
first freight bill with The railroad
officers, then that Is about the
measure Of benefit one determined
man who knows the RICH. and dare
contend for it has bestowed upon
the people Of not only this dis:ric,
but for the state. Now can some
admirer OF Mr. w. r. Fuller tell Us
OF what particular benefit he has
been to the district. when, whore
and how 1t is felt aud whether it is
the great industries Of the country
that his methods assist, or Is rather
the interests which appropriate the
profits Of labor without earning 1t,
that he has favored? What Nr.
Dcolittle has saved to orr people il
about the sum the various forms OF
monopoly assessed upon itself to
send Mr.. Fuller to congress,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-09-02

II your hair is turning gray, don't
use the poisonous dyes which burn
out its life and produces many dis.
enses Of the scalp. Ayers Hair
yigor is harmless, and will restore
the natural color OF the hair, stimu-
lates Its growth, and bring back Its
youthful gloss and beauty.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-09-02
". Il. MEAD, Editor.

DemOcratic-NatiOnal state Ticket
For Secretary OF State,
CATO SELLS,
OF Biackiawk County.
For Auditor OF State,
PAUL GTELICH,
or Des Moines County.
For Treasurer OF State,
DANIEL AMPBELL.
OF Monona County.
For Attorney General,
Oh. MACKEY,
OF Kcokuk County.
For Clerk OF the Supreme Court,
WILLIAM THEOPHILUS,
OF Howard County.
For Reporter Of the Supreme Court
FRANK r. BRADLEY,
or Audubon County,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-09-02
Indopendent Judicial Ticket.

For Judges OF the District Court.
i. @. HATCH. OF Clayton County,
IF. DAYTON, of Allamakec County.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-27
(Opp's Landowner.

Henry N. Copp, the land lawer of
Washington, has just issued the tenth
edition Of his Settlers Guide. 1t is an
indispensable book for all or who expect
to be, interested in public land. Settlers
will save money by purchasing it, and
all who expect to take up land should
get posted on the several laws under
which land can be entered. A chapter,
illustrated with numerous cuts, shows
how to tell township, section and quar-
ter section corners, and explains the
system of surveys. 1t gives Commits
sioner Sparks orders and several decis-
ions and instructions, and full iDfor-
nation about the homestead, pre-emp-
ton, timber-culture, desert land, and
other laws. The price of the book is
only 25 cents.
1t will tell you who is entitled to
enter land; how continuous your resi-
oence mnst be; what Improvements
you must make; whav aiildavlts you
must swear to; all about contests and
on what grounds they can be COM
menced also about state lands, stone
and timber lands, mineral lands, desert
entries, saline, railroads, coal. townsite,
and other lands: script, warrant and
other entries, &c. Its purchase will
save you money and trouble, as erron'
eous statements circulated by conver-
sation among settlers may, if acted
upon, cost you contest, perhaps your
land and improvem ents.
Mr.. Copp wishes to secure the ad-
dress Of every Mexican war veteran
and widow.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-27
THE LEADER !.
Has a Coed Outfit Of "a
JOB PRINTING
MATERIAL
And is always ,preparedto do
FIRST CLASS WORK
IN ahort noIina ~ roaannah1. ration

In the next place we are told that
prohibition cannot be enforced. How
do we know that it cannot be enfCrcedY
Most of the men who say this are not
trying to enforce it. The enforcement
of the prohibition Of the liquor traffic
has been quite as successful as any
other laws formed against crime. Sa-
looms are either right or wrong. They
are either benefit to community. or
curse. There is no middle ground.
The laws against gambling houses and
places Of lewdness have never been en-
forced in our large cities. That is, II
we mean by enforcement Of law, that
which extinguishes them. They 60 on
in spite of all laws against them. but
what voice is raised in their defenseY
Who proposes to license them? An
other reason given for high license is
that the saloons will run anyway, and
it is free whiskey or tax. Very well.
suppose that is true. III the enemy Ii
to come in like food, il sin is to 60 on,
if Sabbath-breaking and the corruption
of the morals of the young are to be
unrestrained. let Christian people have
no hand in it. The Bible says, Though
hand join in hand, the wicked shall not
be unpunished. 1t does not help tho
matter to call the license tax. It 10 .
license, and is 50 regarded. Every
young man in the community where
saloons are licensed feel in q certain
sense that the open saloon Is an en-
dorsement by the majority of the citi-
zens of the place, and he Is right.
Another argument which is quite
strong with certain class Of taxpayers
is that the money is needed in municipal
affairs. That is the lowest and mean
est argument that is ever used. A curse
attaches to all fraudulent gain. 1t IL
putting the case very mildly to call
such revenues blood-money. 1t is the
price of the souls of men. 1t is the
reward of iniquity, and the curse OF
God will rest upon il as surely as 1t has
rested upon the liquor traffic itself. In
the name Of truth and purity, in the
name Of honor and decency, let Chris
tian men wash their hands Of this
whole business. Let them stand
shoulder to shoulder, presenting 9
united front against all forms OF
iniquity, never consenting to the licens-
ing Of any sin Chicago Id
r1ncP.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-27

Vice presidents and members of the
Kingsbury County Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, pastors, and other
friends, contemplating holding memo
rial services in their respective
churches April IL, 1886. in love and
honor of John b. Cough, will find
special aids for snrh nonnt;.ss Ia the
memorial number of the Union Signal,
to be issued April 8.
Published n little in advance, this is
to be mailed to the more distant points
first. To insure receiving it in time
orders should be mailed Immediately to
G.. G. Hall, Business Manager of the
Union Signal, l6l La Sale street. Chi
cago.
The call for making April IL a me-
mortal day throughout the United
States for great Cough, dead. is issued
by the national officers of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, and those
of the Good Templars.
MARIE w. OWEN. Pres,
Kingsbury County w. c. Il. U.
March q, 1886.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-27
Stand Firmly for Statehood.

DE SMET, OAK, March 4, l8S6.--It
seems we ought not to say that ii Con-
gress will divide Dakota on the 46th
parallel we will consent to postpone
ment and admission. We cannot make
bargain with one Congress that the
next Congress shall admit us. Every
word uttered by friends Of admission
tending to show any let up in our de-
mands will be seized upon as an argu-
ment for denying us our rights.
Enemies will say: 1.-The people are not
urgent; witness their disposition to
parley and compromise. We will get
into the Union quickest by pressing
forward. The people, who alone create
States, have made Dakota south of the
46th parallel State in pursuance Of
successive acts of Congress and by the
consent of all Dakota. through the
Legislature, in February and March,
1885. Let us be consistent and look
forward only to such legal measures as
are in harmony with what We have
done. Thirty wears ago we should have
had no doubts as to our legal status.
The law is the same now. In view OF
the Democratic solidity of the South,
the rapid development of large cities
throughout the Union which by fair
means or by fraud are Democratic, We
may look forward to the probability
that parties for some time to come will
continue so balanced that partisan feel
ing, instead of regard for legal or actual
rights, will control Congress in the ad-
mission of new States. Some embryo
State will have to give occasion for
further judicial decisions upon the
status of people claiming to be State
| prior to admission. The Michigan case
Il Douglasl clearly declares-and it is a
decision-not dictum-that Michigan
before admission was State, and as b
State legally created private corpora
ton. This was before the war. Some
way we have come to feel since that
war that the United States government
has usurped the place Of the Almighty
and that law Is in allegiance. 1t is well
to realize that we are a nation whose
power within its sphere Of action can
not be resisted by anybody on the face
Of the earth, but it Is we'll also to call
and recall attention to the lac which
makes and unmakes republics. We
should steadfastly refuse to abate one
iot'or little Of our claims upon the law.
i II God and one man make majority,
the law relating to the reserved apj