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The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
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QUEER AND QUAINT.

"Horseshoeing parlors" is the sign
over blacksmith's shop in Traverse
City, Mich. And culture, not facetious-
ness, caused the inscription.
An old gentleman of Odessa has left
. million rubles apiece to four nieces
on condition that they work for Is
months as chambermaids, cooks or
farm servants.
A st. Louis man, having failed to
persuade his wife to discard bloomers,
arrnyed his hens In that style of gar
ment. When she saw the fowls thus
attired, she solemnly vowed never to
wear bloomers again.
A newly-made grave in a cemetery
of Lancashire, England, was decorated
with unmber of floral tributes. One
of them had attached to it q card bear
ing these written words: with Mrs
IS deep sympathy" and, printed In
q corner, "At home on Fridays"
A Hindu who stammers has found
out that he stammers more on moon
light than on dark nights, and that
when he sleeps in the moonlight he
stammers more on the days succeeding
the full moon, and not at all on the
day before and the day after the new
moon. Nature says this agrees with
other observations.
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,pIoMs OF THE PRIZE RING.
Sporting Reporter Taken to Task by Ills
Chief

sporting htpoFtcF dhoh w -
Chief
"Where's that sporting reporter
yelled the end-of-the-century editor,
as he finished reading the graphic de-
scription of prize fight.
"Here, sir. What's wanted?" and Mr..
Biffs stood before his chief.
"You state here,o said the editor,
without looking up, that Young Maui
sea and the Pawtucket Pontoon en-
tered the ring in the pink of condi.
tion"
''If it's there / wrote it," Mr.. Biffa
proudly replied. "They never monkey
with my copy"
"Were the men pink?'
The sporting editor looked startled.
mo, not exactly" he replied at
length.
what color were they, then9'
"Yellow, l think" Mr.. Biffs con.
fessed, as he shifted his weight to the
other leg His work had never before
been questioned.
''Why in thunder didn't you say so,
instead of deluding the public with
the belief that we have pink people in
this country. Now, your account
states that the men tipped the beam
at 154 pounds What did they tip 1t
with?"
"Themselves. That's what the men
weighed" Mr.. Biffs answered. He was
growing warmer.
"Oh, it is, is itP Very singular
II = n
the men fought2 Did you hear any
thing rattle?'
| Mr.. Biffs sat down and wiped his
moistened brow.
81 also see that a fat purse was
hung up. On what was this purse sns-
pended?"
'The MILL" said Mr. Biffs feebly.
"Then you forgot to mention that
the fight took place in mill. Young
Nausea, you remark, was hog for
punishment That is an elegant term,
l must admit, but l do not understand
1T Kick hog in the face and he will
quit. Isn't that so?"
The talented and versatile Mr. Biffs
groaned aloud in the anguish of his
| spirit. The horrors of the printed
prize fight were beginning to dawn
upon his darkened intellect.
in the fonrth round, went ON the
remorseless editor, young Nausea
reached for the Pontoon's wind. Was
this gentlemans wind visible to the
naked eye, or did Young Nausea use
forceps?'
Mr.. Biffs arose and staggered weakly
toward the door
"Rallying quickly, the Pontoon
landed lala-cooler in his opponents
bread basket, sending him to grass.
That's funny" mused the editor. Il
never knew before that pugilists car
ried their lunch into the ring; but then
you were there, Mr.. Biffs, and
But wild yell in the corridor an
nounced that Reason and Mr.. Riffs had
flown together.-N. Y Journal
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IN MERRY MOOD.

"Your friend is nn actor, isn't hep"
"Yes." very amusing fellow" "Ies,
off the stage" Chicago Record.
Will somebody please tell me why our
lawmakers are never arrested for pass
ing worthless bills? - Boston Tran
script.
Benny Bloobumper-"What do they
do in bucket shops, papaY" Mr.. Bloo-
bumper-"You should say: Whom do
they do In bucket shops?' They do the
bucket shoppers."-Life.
I'm sorry now, mamma" sobbed
Bobby, "that 1 stole those apples"
"Oh, yes" said his mother, your con-
science hurts you, does itF" NO re-
turned Bobby, 'it's my stomach that
hurts. IN. Y. Herald.
Romantic Miss-"Have there not
been moments In your experience when
life seemed full OF unsatisfied wants p
Mr.. Hardhead-"Y-e-s. that's So" Ro-
mantle Miss-"At such times l alway.
fiy to music for relief. What do you do
Mr.. Hardhead?" Mr.. Hardhead-"I ad'
vertise. ."-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
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The Hogr Man was Weary.

Talkin about Texas and Texas poll
tics, recollect good one that come to
pass one day on q railroad train some-
where's between Hillsboro and Fort
Worth, 1t was only few days after
the State convention met in Houston,
and the war between tho Hogg men and
the Clark mon was goin on fast and
furious. 1t amt for me to say which
was right and which was wrong. l
was then a stranger in strange land,
and somethin like a thousand miles
from Rocky Crock. But the Hogg men
said the Clark men had bolted, and they
made the air red-hot with the cry of
"bolters."
The train stopped at little station
and strappin big man got on board.
The car was crowded to standin room
only, the weather hit was meltin hot,
and the big man was tanked up to the
guards with 'spirits-of-cats-a-fightin, i"
as Blew Scroggins were want to say.
But you could look at him and tell
that he was Hogg man. 1t stuck out
as plain as painted horse rack in his
general appearments.
'Fellow citizens" said the big man
presently, whilst sweatin great drops OF
perspiration, sis there Clark man in
this carp"
Eyes, sir" said a passenger at the
other end OF the car; 81 am Clark man. y
SWELL, dadburn you, boltl" said the
big man. I'm weary and want your
seat" .......
But the other man didn't bolt, and
took fifteen passengers and the conduc
tor to prevent the spillin of human
blood,
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Hard sum to Work.

Oncst upon time a stranger driv up
to the Buckalew place to spend the
night In them days they use to Keep
a stage stand and run public eatin
house at the Buckalew place. When
the stranger driv up that day the old
man sent Nick Buckalew, which he was
the onlyest boy on the place, cut to the
gate to take tho horse and tend to him.
And when Nick showed up the stranger,
which it seems like be had nibbled at
his bottle till he was about six bits in
the dollar, went on to say:
"Young man, extricate that quad
ruped from the vehicle, stabulate him,
donate to him an adequate supply Of
nutritious ailments, and when the au-
rora OF mornin shall oncst more en-
tighten the eastern horizon will award
thee pecuniary compensation for thine
amiable hospitality"
Well, Nick he run back into the
house and told the old man that there
was Dutchman out there that wanted
TO see him. The old man and Nick and
amongst 'em got the stranger to put it
down in writin, and after he left every
body in the settlement put in and tried
to figger out what he was drivin at when
he made that speech to Nick Buckalew.
The old man is dead and gone now. but
Nick is still livin and We derin what
that stranger meant, and whether he
was drunk or crazy.
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NEW AND NOVEL.

Aluminium is likely to be employed
largely in the future for the manufac.
ture of travelling trunks.
Old glass bottles, whit are more OF
less useless, are now ground up and
employed as substitute for sand in the
preparation of mortar.
A Hungarian has discovered meth
cd of spinning wood pulp into yarn
so that il can be woven into fabric
that may be converted into various
articles of clothing.
A match-cutting machine is quite an
automatic curiosity. II cuts 10,000,o0e
a day, and then arranges them over
vat, where the heads are put on at q
surprising rate of speed.
A machine for drying the hair after
shampoo has been produced. A lower
chamber containing a lamp is connect
ed with an upper chamber in which a
fan can be made to revolve at enormous
speed. The hot air is drawn up and
forced through "a perforated top over
which the hair is spread
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
HE WAS LITERARY, TOO.
His Sister Was Employed in Book Bind.

His Sister Was Employed In Book Bind.
cry.
l was prowling through Mulberry
Bend one night to see the darker side
of tenement life, when boy about ID
years old came up to me as l stood foI
a moment on corner, and queried:
"Gittin' stuff fur a sermon next Sun,
day?"
"No Pm not a preacher" l replied.
That's lucky fur you! They gin
preachers the cold chuck around here.
Stranger doin' the slums, mebbe?"
"No"
cause if you was I'd whistle fur de
gang and we'd be on to you like a
housel Gittin' pictures wild a kodack,
mebbe?"
No"
"De last kodack feller down here got
away wild his life, but dat was all.
Say, Gully, was you an artist wild de
brush?"
"No, I'm not an artist" "
"Cause | wanted to remark dat you
might possibly git away, but you'd be
lame all de rest of your lifel You
don't look like one of de purfeshl"
mo, Pm not a thief burglar or pick
pocket" l answered.
''Cause if you was you'd hev to
whacl1 up half a dollar to buy beer fur
de gang, you know, or some of 'em
would put de peelers on. What is your
perticlller lay, Gully, if it wouldn't
break yer neck to give it away?"
Writing for the newspapers.
Oats literary, hain't it?'
"Yes"
"Cully, put it dere!' he said, as he
extended a hand which hadn't felt
water for four weeks I'm right in
it myselfp'
"As how?"
'Ive sister in a book-bindery, and
me daddy runs the engine in a jot
Office. Shake agin, Cully-a literary
shake"-Detroit Free Press.
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that uornin In a little railroad town

that m51nin In little railroad town
way up there clost to the Red river. IL
was election day, and as usual the State
had won't a windin for the Democratic
ticket After supper that night the
brass band turned out and the boys pro-
ceeded to paint the town red and put on
some extra touches and fancy trimmins.
had went down town to see the show
out, and the man come up to me whoopin
with every breath for the winnin ticket
He was then about three sheets In the
wind and the other one a-hutterin, but
he had somethin to talk with and he
went on to talk.
"It takes man With q backbone as
big as gatepost, stranger, to be honest
In politics. And when man runs OH
on the wrong trail, and then turns
round and comes back to the old lick
lock- fiat. footed and erect, you can bet
your Sunday boots he is brave as seven-
teen lions in a pack.
"Look at me, stranger, and you see
Texas hero in the flesh. Twoyears ago
| took the cold water route and went oil
with the White Ribbon Army. For
three months was in the fight for the
prohibition ticket or course | didn't
know what tremendous big COB OF toll
and trouble and worriment had bit of,
but took 1t for my own personal busi-
ness to reform the fallen human race
from the Red river to Mexico l went
out on the plains and down in the forks
of the creek and rallied the boys to the
best of my ability. l took in thirty-six
big dinners and made twenty-seven
stump speeches for the dry ticket. But
it was vanity, stranger-perfect vanity.
When election day come and the re-
turns rolled in, the great State of Texas
was wet, and tho white flag of the White
Ribbon Army floated of down the shaggy
fork OF Salt river.
"oncst more this year / went forth
preachin the doctrine OF retrenchment
and reform, and | have now fit, bled and
died under the flag of the Third party.
But the fly-wheels and the sidetshows
uOh WOfk WOTbu u COu III
Texas, stranger. / can say this much
for the Third party and the White
Ribbon Army, stranger, and when l
toll you eAat, the song is sung and the
story is told They can hold the biggest
meetins, and git up the finest dinners,
and turn ont the longest professions,
and reel off the most music and then
return the durndest most fewest votes
of all the political parties In the round
created world.
80 finally at last, stranger, | made
eross-mark and spit in 1t and turned
round and come back. When you look
at me now you see brass collar Demo-
crat. Do you know what we mean out
here in Texas when we call man o
brass collar Democrat?"
1t so happened that l didn't know,
and the man went on to tell me.
well, don't know how it is back
there in the States, stranger, but out
here in the great and CROWN State Of
Texas brass collar Democrat is man
that never refused drink nor scratched
ticket"
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His Retort Courteous.

She had yielded to the destinations
of the new woman idea, and was at
least neck ahead of the most ad-
vanced Her husband was meek and
lowly, and they lived out on Fannin
street After supper she put on her
bloomers, got her hat and cane, and
said she was going down to the club
for an hour or two. Henry had gone
to bed, and was trying to figure out
why he had been born. She reached
up to the gas burner and said: "Is
there anything | can do for you, Hen
ry, before put out the light?' "Yes,
my dear; I'm feeling rather nervous to-
night. Would you mind looking un-
der the bed to see if there's a woman
there before you go out?"-Houston
Post.
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INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL

The total acreage in Germany this
year was 52,203 acres, an increase of
s,966 acres over 1894.
Brazil had 7,54O miles of railroad
in operation at the end of 1894 and 4.s44
miles in course of construction.
The ten savings banks of San Fran
cisco have assets aggregating S116.ooo.-
600. They have S1o4, 4,OO0, coo on deposit.
Australian wine to the amount OF
olS,l6s gallons was imported into the
United Kingdom this year. an increase
OF l6s.2e9 gallons over 1894
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tism. but his face was almost angelic In

tism. but his face was almost angelic In
its sweetness and his gratitude to God
for His goodness was marvellous. That
good mans influence over the family
that gave him food and shelter and over
the neigh bors was sublime. The poor
have more opportunities to show true
sublimity of character than the rich.
Every man and woman should begin
here in this life the rudiments OF an
education for the life to come. The
more we learn here of truth, patience,
virtue, gratitude and love to God and
man the higher stand we will take
among the saints. Heaven Is school
and is as progressive as the schools OF
earth. 1t was given only to Moses and
Elias to be present at the trensigura-
tion. They had graduated Win the
highest honors, but any of us can learn
enough here to enter grammar school
II not a college in life to come.
What does all this Thanksgiving
mean7 Is it in earnest or is it sham?
Are the people thankful or just hungry
How can man be grateful unless ha
knows something OF the Giver and how
can he know unless he communicate
with nature and natures God. But /
didn't start to write sermon. Let the
preachers do that. We have had our
Thanksgiving and my wife and re-
ceived the benedictions of score Of
children and grandchildren and our new
daughter is fairly introduced to her
Southern kindred. Just now her politics
and much of her religion is concentrated
in her husband, and will remain so as
long as he is kind and faithful and true.
May the good Lord bless them and keep
them happy.-Bill Arp, in Atlanta Con-
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SPORTS AND ATHLETICS.

The average cost of keeping race
horse In England is 81, ,625 per year.
Fashionable young ladies in Paris,
when out on their wheels, are at
tended by grooms or governesses who
are also on bicycles.
Gray squirrels are scarce in Vermont
this fall, though there is q plentiful
crop of nuts. Partridges and other
game are plentiful there.
The girl students at Mount Union col
lege, Alliance, did not like to go through
their gymnasium exercises before a
male instructor, demanding a female
instructor. They gained their point,
nnd the gentleman was bounced.
Women can no longer ride the bicycle
In ST. Petersburg streets. The only
woman to whom permission was grant
ed by the police few weeks ago has
fallen off her machine, hurting herself
SO badly that she had to be taken to
the hospital. and the police will issue no
more permits.
Peter A. B. Widener, the Philadelphia
traction company magnate, has given
orders for a yacht which will be finer
than anything afoat. The vessel will
be about $50 feet long, and the million
aire owner intends to sail it around
the world. 1t will be completed next
June.
Monte Carlo has had disastrous
summer season. Instead of II roulette
tables there are only three, and there
was but one trente-et-quarante table
instead of four. Except for couple
of hours in the afternoon and after
dinner even these were half empty. One
hotel which is under contract with the
Casino people to keep open lost $1,000
n week. and all the others were closed
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
Two Men From Kentucky.

One thing brings up another, as the
old lady said when she took a dost of
epecac.
Oncst upon time l was ridin on
railroad train through Tennessee.
There was mule drover on board and
he had bottle of corn whisky-"white
ink" as Andy Lucas would call It, He
went down into his saddle bags and
brought forth the bottle, but he couldn't
pull the stopper. He broke both blades
out OF his knife and turned red in the face
and cussed, but the stopper wouldn't
come. Finally at last he stood up and
said:
81 would love to ask IL there is man
from Kentucky on this train?"
II am from kentucky" said man
on the other side, as he rose up and
stood full six feet in his socks.
well, by CAD, sir, loan me your
corkscrew."
Then they shook hands and passed
the bottle round. RUFUS SANDERS.
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Rus.la's Great Grain Yield.

The minister of agriculture of Russia
has issued statement of the yield Of
grain in 60 provinces in European Rus
sia, including Russian Poland. Tue
figures are given in stchetverts, equiv
alent to SOFT English bushels: Rye,
l22 $4,000; winter wheat, 16,9s3, 900;
summer wheat, 5000, 900; oats, i0u,-
5000; barley, 29,622, 900; buckwhest.
,234, 900; miIlet, 6.254, 900; corn. S,61s,-
900; peas. 2,5l2,O00.
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Denmark Expedition Ha. Returned.

Denmark's deep-sea exploring expe-
dition TO the coasts of Iceland and
Greenland has returned. Bad weather
interfered with the scientific work, but
the Ingolf took soundings from Iceland
to Cape Farewell, the greatest depth
found being 1870 fGthoms, and secured
much geological material. The lngolf
will be sent out again next summer.
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Roam. In Western New York.

Mrs. Mary Winslow is travelling
through western New York as pro-
prietor and operator Of a peripatetic
photograph car. She wears mans
hat, carries a revolver. is a first class
artist. and has more orders than she can
attend to.
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Once in the flight Of ages past
There lived a man

A man or a woman in the humblest
walks of life can live sublime and thou
sands Of them doit. Longfellow says it
is sublime to ''suffer and be strong" l
remember a poor bed-ridden invalid
whose knees were drawn to his chin and
his fingers to his wrists and his spine
bent like bow from chronic rheuma-
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11

pearmen Is, bu {
/ have seen some
genuine. t h o r
ongh bred heroes
in my day and
generation. Now
| DOM t N Q a n
gene rails an d
capt a s an d
presidents, and
governors b u t
plain, everyday
heroes, which
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A anrn.. Collnr nemocrat. .

But took my seat with pen in hand
to write few lines concernin everyday
heroes. And it comes to mind now that
met grown man in Texas oncst that
vas somethin Of hero. had landed
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Repartee. 9.

You are liar. ="
The words rang out clear in the air.
A hush Of dread fell upon the spec.
tators
Curse you'll Repeat those words,
and"
"Bahl" cried the first speaker ~
defy you; do your worst"
The two men sprang to a table and
seized
Pen and ink They were puglists. -
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11

-Wickedness, when properly pun.
ished, is disgraeeful cnly to the of.
fender; unpunished, IL is disgraceful
30 the whole community. Simmons.
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SQUIRE RUFUS SANDERS.
The One Gallus Statesman Tells
Short Stories.
Some Everyday Heroes-That Brave boy,
"speck"-A "Brass Collar Democrat
anda Hero In Texas PolItios-A Hard
Sum to Work-Two Gentlemen
From kentucky.

Copyright. 1851
You maybe mought hot think 1t to
hear me talk and from my general ap-
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But the other man didn't bolt, and
took fifteen passengers and the conduc
tor to prevent the spillin of human
blood,
Evening star., 1896-11-28
LEGAL NOTICES.

Issued November "a, 1885,
Estate of Lizzie Joseph, late Of Washington, D. c.
No. 1921. Doc. q.
Application having been made to the Supreme
Court Of the District Of Columbia, holding or
phans' court, for probate Of last will Of Lizzie
Joseph and for letters tes:amentary said estate
to all concerned to appear in said court on FRI
DAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER
A, D. 1885, AT TEN O'CLOCK AM, to show
cause why such application should not be granted
3. 4 LEE, Jr.. Register N Of wills, n B. q.
Proctor toe Applicant, n02s-law,sw
Evening star., 1896-11-28

FOR SALE-BICYCLES.
For SAIE-S SIS WILL Buy A IIHGIIEST-GRADH
World bicycle; cost Sl23: used only weeks; in
perfect condition. Call l52 ST. ne. IL
Evening star., 1896-11-28
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

20 PER CENT OFF FAIRBANKS
BanJos, Guitars and Mandolins.
To create brisk ewing OF ,he celebrated Fair
haihs iianios Guitars and MandolnS We will
allow - per cent of regular prices II.-sp make
DOL lm,S " . '''
Evening star., 1896-11-28
FOR SALE-HOUSES.

FOh
BARGAINS COLUMBIA HE1GHTs-BARGArNs.
HIGH; HEALTHY; no sHANTiEsi sTREETs
121 GEr aEET Es M1E y1M So g FEEE 4H q sK rAhKNG
SesisS ,a LARGE reception hall; tiled bath; laun
aoes aoT sE01sl WGR IES ST rs' hn
Gsa s y on Yale st. .t,es T. rooms
lot l91l45 to alley Ne '''' . '''' - ''o'
,.IIl PRICE $1,000: on 18th st. 8 stories, cellar,
PRICE $500; built hy days days Work; 10 rooms;
on nj LIST floor; starways; tiled bath; first fiooi
10 PRICE $500; on Harvard ST. room for stable
,ot rooms; ms * rooms deep; baths; hot water heat
Price $1,000; brown-stone front; 10 rooms; lot
FOR sAi.E.well-built new houses on 14th st..
at $500 .$1l 900. $500. on COLUMBIA ST.
at sfR ssoG; & hrSwn,s.ons aG17T & fronts n,
1t d. d. STONE & SONS sO4 and SOC F st. NV.
FOR sALE-coRNER HoUsEs-
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS.
S.w. OF 18th and Iydecker ave.; q very hand
some new dwelling; wide frontage; 10 rooms.
FOR sALE-on 18th ST. s.w. corner of Kenesaw
sssd nor Watch HEAT o'E{e[e {et 25ssl2s: asd
STORY BRICK STABLE with cOachman's rooms.
PRICE $4,000.
FOR sAIE-s.w. and s.e. corners of 18th anl
Koanoke sts; magnificent houses; IL rooms; hot
For Sales.w. and b. corners of 18th and
kenesaw sts; s.w corner OF 18th and Columbia
These corners have parking 80 feet deep on
1t D. D. STONE & SONS sO4 and 500 F st. NV.
FOR sAlE-s5,Oo0 WILL BUY IT. $500, Is
what II has cost present owner He is Obliged 10
1t D n sroSB II sons 8. % so4 % and sos St NV
FOR SAIE-OR EXCHANGE
Tnnt 81, I,l4
st; one Of the choicest locations; house untsu-
ally we'll built; IL rooms; steam heat; sanitary
1t b. D. STONE & SONS so4 and sos F St. NV.
on COLUMBIA Heights
Roanoke ST. de,v bet; Il ,sts so6 and 14th sts'
Beautiful front; stone porch and steps; grano-
lhic walks; house unusually we'll built: 10 rooms.
tub: elegant manteis and gas hxtures laundry
back yard: alley.
ONE Of THE CHOICEST SQUARES OK THE
1t b. D. STONE & SONS. so4 and sos st. NV.
FOR SALE AT s. .oomoS 4 WIDE ST, wrrHISS
bath; HOT WATER HEAT; back yard; ard alley alley.
When you can buy new house like this fOI
$1,000 In this fashionable section, through
ST.. 1t is sure bargain; owner must sell. is rea
son for sacrificing.
1t d. D. STONE & SONS. so4 and so6 st. NV.
FOR SALE-l2o-l31 ST. NV
Price, $500.
$500 cash. Monthly payments.
Don't Miss This Opportunity.
Eeautiful Hcme
On Easy Terms.
Two-stOry and cellar:
Brick and stone front:
Cemeited cellar; furnace heat;
Handsomely papersd:
Three cabinet mantels;
Tiled bath room.
First floor:
Parl9r, reception hall, dining room, Iantries
AMI kitchen.
SecO-d floor:
-Four bed rooms. hath large closets.
Lot 17x.5.5 to 1T. alley.
Open for inspection every day.
Only $500
W. II. BARNES & CO..
1t 929 L IT. NV.
FOR SALE-CALIFDRNIA ST. Ne
Price only $500.
Two-story preSs-h brick dwelling;
Six rooms. hath: all mi;
COncreted street:
Paved alley in rear;
Excellent rtIufr