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T H E G I R L A T T H E H A L F W A Y H O U S E H O U G H , A U T H O R T H B S T O R Y T H E C O W B O Y 1903. A t » l i t e i t •••*& CHAPTER III--Continued, '•ff ttis part of the wood tho dead • ere mingled from both sides of the contest, the faded blue and the faded tP*ay sometimes scarce distinguishable. S'hen there came a thickening of the •Cray, and in turn, as the traveler ad­ vanced toward toe fences and abatlis, ^e Northern dead predominated, ^.Ijhotxgh still there were many faces yel- • low-pale, dark-framed. 4 Franklin passed over tho abattis, v^frer the remaining fences, and into *he intrenchments where the final stand had been. The dead lay thick, Among them many who were young, franklin stook looking out over the welds, in the direction of the town. {And there he saw a Bight fitly to be : <9alled the ultimate horror of all these j'things horrible that he had seen. •: Over the fields of Louisburg ihcre (same a fearful sound, growing, rising, ^felling, stopping the singing and the ^twitter of the birds. Across the land v'fhere came a horrible procession, ad­ vancing with short, uncertain, broken jauses--a procession which advanced, '.paused, halted, broke into groups; ad- -ifanced, paused, stopped, and stooped; A procession which came with wail- jihgs and bitter cries, with wringing !<|f hands, with hcads^ now and then tfeid upon the shoulders of others for jsupport; a procession which stooped •uncertainly, horribly. It was the worn- jan of Louisburg coming to seek their Wain--a sight most monstrous, most jterrible, unknown upon any field of [Civilized war, and unfit to be tolerated iaven in the thought! ! Franklin stood at the inner edge of (the earthworks, half hidden by a little Jclump of trees. He saw approaching ibim, slowly but almost in direct line, •two figures, an older lady and a girl. They came on, as did the others, al­ ways with that slow, searching atti­ tude, the walk broken with pauses and ftoopings. The quest was but too ob- Tious. And even as. Franklin gazed. document which occasioned him con­ cern. That Col. Battersleigh should be using his tent as office and resi­ dence--for that such was the fact even the most casual glance must have de­ termined--was for him a circumstance offering no special or extraordinary features. His life had been spent un­ der caDvas. Brought up in the pro­ fession of arms, BO long as fightiDg and forage were good it had mattered little to him in what clime he found his home. He had fought with the English in Tndia, carried sabre in the Austrian horse, and on his private ac­ count drilled regiments for tho Grand Sultan, deep within the interior of a country which knew how to keep its secrets. When tho American civil war began he drifted to the newest scene of activity as metal to a magnet. Cbanco sent him with the Union army, and there he found opportunity for a cavalry command. "A gintleman like Battersleigh of the Rile Irish always rides," he said, and natural horseman as well as trained cavalryman was Bat­ tersleigh, tall, lean, flat-backed, and martial even under his sixty admitted years. It was his boast that no horse on earth could unseat him. Perhaps none ever had--until he came to the Plains. For this was on the Plains. As all America was under canvas, it was not strange that Col. Battersleigh should find his home in ^ tent, and that this tent should be pitched upon the West­ ern Plains. Not that he had gono di­ rectly to the West after the muster ing out of his regiment. To the con­ trary, his first, abode had been in the city of New York, where during his brief stay he acquired a certain ac­ quaintance. What were the financial resources of Battersleigh after the cessation of his pay as cavalry officer not even his best friends could accurately have told. It was rumored that he was the commissioner in America- of the Ijon- 'Batter*leJgh of the Rile Irish." uncertain^ and unable to escape, it seemed appaient that the two had ;found that which they had sought. The girl, slightly in advance, ran forward a few paces, paused, and then tan back. "Oh, there! there!" she cried. .And then the older woman took the girl's head upon hm bosom. With bared head and his own hand at his eyes, Franklin hurried away, hoping himself iilisten, hut bearing indelibly pictured on his brain the scene of ,w6ich he had been witness He wanted to cry out, to halt the advancing cot- juruns which would soon be here, to jtell them that they must not come lupon this field, uiade sacred by such woe. • Near the intrenchment where the (bitter close had been, and where there was need alike for note of triumph 'and forgcifulness, the band major mar­ shaled bis music, four deep and forty jstrong. and swung out into the anthem ;of the flag The head of the column (broke from the last cover of the wood ;and came Into full sight at the edge •of the open country. Thus there came .'Into view the whole panorama of the ;<leld. dotted with the slain and with Itbose who sought the slain. The inusie of triumph was encountered by fthe concerted voice of grief and woe. (There appeared for the feet of this ;army not a mere road, a mere battle- :field, but a ground sacred, hedged high about, not rudely to be violated. But the band major was a poet, a great man. There came to him no •order telling him what he should do, but the thing was In bi3 soul that should be done. There came to him, warred from the field of sorrow, a note which was command, a voice which sounded to him above the voices or his own brasses, above the tapping or the kettledrums. A gesture of com­ mand, atid the music ceased absolute­ ly. A moment, and it had resumed. The forty black horses which made tip this regimental band were the pride of the division. Four deep, forty strong, with arching necks, with fore feet reaching far and drooping softly, each horse of the famous cavalry band passed on out upon the field of Louis­ burg with such carriage as showed it sensible of its mission. The reins Jay loose upon their necks, but tliey kept step to the music which they felt. Forty horses paced slowly forward, keeping step. Forty trumpeters, each man with hi3 right hand aloft, hold­ ing bis Instrument, his left band at nis side, bearing the cap which he bad re­ moved, rode on across the field of Louisburg The music was no longer the hymn of triumph. Softly and sadly, sweetly and sooth­ ingly, the trumpets sang a melody of other days, art air long loved in the old-time South. And Annie Laurie, weeping, beard and listened, and wept the more, and blessed God for her tears! • BOOK lit The Day of the Buffalo. CHAPTER IV. • ' "«#§v i' % Battersleigh of the Rile Irish# Col. Henry Battersleigh sat In hit tent don Times. He was credited with being a Fellow of tho Itoyal Geo­ graphical Society. That he had a his­ tory no one could rloubt who saw hira come down the street wifh his broad hat, his sweeping cloak, his gauntlets, his neatly varnished boots. In reallly Col. Henry Battersleigh lived, during his city life, in a small, a very small room, up inore than one flight of stairs. Tula room, no larger than H tent, was military in its neatness. Battersleigh, bachelor and soldier, was in nowise forgetful of- the truth that personal neatness and personal valor go well hand In hand. The bed. a very narrow one. had but meager covering, hud during tho winter months its single blanket rattled to the touch. "There's noth­ ing in the world so warm as news­ papers, me boy," said Battersleigh. Upon the table, which was a box, there was displayed always an Invari­ able arrangement. Col. Battersleigh's riding whip (without which he was rarely seen in public) was placed upon the table first. Above (he whip were laid the gauntlets, crossed at sixty degrees. Ou top of whip and gloves rested the hat. indented never more nor less. Beyond these, the per­ sonal belongings of Battersleigh of the Rile Irish were at best few and humble. In the big city, busy with re­ viving commerce, there were few who cared how Battersleigh lived. It was a vagrant wind of March that one day blew aside the cloak of Battersleigh as he raised his hat In salutation to a friend--a vagrant wind, cynical and merciless, which showed somewhat of the poverty with which Battersleigh had struggled like a soldier and a gen­ tleman. Battersleigh, poor and proud, then went out into the West. 'The tent In which Col. Battersleigh was now writing was an old one. yellow and patched in places. In size it was similar to tfiat of the bedroom in New York, and its furnishings were much the same. A narrow bunk held a bed over which there was spread a single blanket It was silent in the tent, save for the scratching of the writer's pen: so that now and then there might easily have been heard a faint rustling of paper. Indeed, this rustling was caused by the small feet of the prairie mice, which now and then r£h over the newspaper which lay beneath the blanket. Batters­ leigh s table was again a rude one, manufactured from a box. The vis­ ible seats were also boxes, two or three in number. Upon one of these sat Battersleigh. busy at his writing Occasionally he gazed out upon a sweet blue sky, uofretted by any cloud. His eye crossed a sea of faint­ ly waving grasses. The liquid call of a mile-high mysterious plover came to him. In the line or vision from the Th( Turning of the Road. At the close of the war Capt. Ed­ ward Franklin returned to & shrunken world. The little Illinois Tillage which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but of­ fered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence. The perspec­ tive of all things had changed. The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, preten­ tious. Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth. As his hand had fitted naturally a weapon, so his mind turned naturally to larger things than those offered in these long-tilled fields of life. He came back from the war disillusionized, irreverent, impa­ tient, and full of that surging fretful* pess, which fell upon all the land. To this young man, ardent, ener­ getic, malcontent, there, appeared the vision of wide regions of rude, active life, offering full outlet for all the bodily vigor of a man, and appealing not less powerfully to his imagination. This West--no man had come back from it who was ndt eager to return to it again! For the weak and sloth­ ful it might do to remain in the older communities, to reap in the long-tilled fields, but for the strong, for the unattached, for the enterprising, this unknown, unexplored, uncertain coun­ try offered a scene whose possibilities made irresistible appeal. For two years Franklin did the best he could at reading law in a country office. Every time he looked out of the win­ dow,. he saw a white-topped wagon moving West. Men came back and told him of this West. Men wrote let­ ters from the West to friends who re­ mained in the Kast. Presently these friends also, seized upon by some vast Impulse which they could not control, in turn arranged their affairs and departed for the West. (To be continued.) THE SOLDIER IN CAMP. Regulation Quarrel With Mis Rations and the Cook. Gen. Chaffee, during the late mili­ tary maneuvers in Maine, went around the camp inspecting things privately. *1 say," he queried of a mournful locking sentry at Fort Levett one fog­ gy morning, "how are they feeding you?" "Pretty poor, I can tell you," grum­ bled the sentry, who belonged to a Maine national guard regiment. "You don't really mean that?' In­ quired the general solicitously. "Why, what are they giving you?" "Wal." drawled the down Easter, sadly, "the other mornin' they served us a ration o' prunes. There is forty on us and v/e just counted them prunes--there was eighty three." "Tho dcucQ yoti ray!" exclaimed the general with apparent surprise; "hy, that's more than two prunes apiece. That's luxury!" With this he depart­ ed, chuckling merrily. I^fer he climbed Into a shack where a darkey was conking the ra­ tions of a company. "Morning, cook," said he. pleasant­ ly, "how do jou like cooking? Do your men treat you nice?" "Purly good, sah," murmured the astonished darky. * "Don't complain at the food or swear at you?" "No, sah," was the deferential re» ply. "I fell you what It Is, you must be a boss cook; that's llie leason." "No. sah," was the smooth answer. "Fact is. I just come sab; they run the last cook out of ramp this mawcin', sah."--Boston Post. Tried to Pull Her Tongue Out. Jacob Gitlel, of Southington, Conn., Is in (rouble. As a matter of fact the gentleman has been in trouble for years. His wife is one ot these un­ bearable nuisances tybich the Purl- tans used to bold under the town pump--a village gossip. He has tried every argument and used every threat to induce her to cease her chatter and let him sleep o' nights, but In vain. Driven finally to desperation, be determined to put a stop for good and all lo her incessant talk by pull- iug her tongue out. The cure would have been heroic but effective. But, weakened as he was by his loss of sleep and by the continued strain on hi3° nervous system, the unfortunate husband bad not the strength to hold his wife with one hand while he pert formed the operation with the other. She got away and complained to the authorities. The result is that, while everybody sympathizes with him, the liusbnnd is in jail and the woman is still talking. He Did Not Mote. The motor cyclist was careering down the remote country hillside at a speed which would have made a Surv rey policeman chortle with glee. Sud­ denly there was a 4.7 report, a Chi­ nese-puzzle view of a motor-cyclist and his machine, and then both repos­ ed in a roadside ditch, each consider* ably the worse for the experience. "Help!' cried the motor-cyclist; and In response to the cry a farm laborer hurrled.out from a field near by. For arhingtant he gazed at the strug­ gling mass in the ditch, particularly focusing his vision upon the still re­ volving wheels of the cycle, the likf of which, as^ he explained afterwards, he had never seen before. Then he grabbed a big stone. "Tell me where to hit her," he shouted, "and I'll dash her brains out!"--London Answers. tent door there could be seen no token of a human neighborhood, ^or could there be heard'any sound \^f human life. The canvas house stood a!one and apart. Battersleigh gazed out of the door as he folded his letter. "It's grand. Just grand," he said. And so he turned comfortably to the feed­ ing of his mice, which nibbled at his fingers Intimately, as had many mice Women in Industrial FleMs. At Oneida, N. Y., a woman has been made one of the five trustees to erect and manage the Carnegie library* The daughter of Mayor Johnson of Cleveland is probation officer of the children's court. The Agricultural Department at Washington has com­ missioned a woman as special field agent of the United States govern­ ment to establish silk culture in this country on a scientific basis. Another has just completed her sixteenth year as observer for the United States tut Professor Evidently Thought He Was Looking for Trouble. The fish commission in San Fran­ cisco is frequently in receipt of ridi­ culous communications from people of the interior who have vague ideas of the fanctions of the bureau. A retired merchant from one of the hill towns, desiring to devote his spare time to the study of zoology, sent the follow­ ing letter of inquiry to Prof. Charles A Vogelsang: "I am interested in natural history and want to get hold of a dear for scientific purposes. Do you know where I can buy one? If so, get a good one and express it in a box c. o. d., together with a permit for keeping same. One of the common varieties will do. I will pay air expenses." After pondering over the communi­ cation for some time Herr Vogelsang dispatched the following reply: "Dears of all kinds are abundant in this neck of the woods, and if you are not particular as to color or breed I can easily comply with your request. Most of them would object, however, to being sent in a box by express. If you will agree to assume the cost of perpetual maintenance I will promise to send you a dear who will be useful both for scientific study and for house­ keeping. I am not authorized by the laws of the state to issue such permits as you require, but you may get one from the county clerk. I await your reply with eagerness." The Retort Courteous. The late Bishop Williams of Con nectlcut, who was famous for his wit no less than for his unique way of preaching the gospel, was sitting in a box with an elderly lady at the com­ mencement exercises of Trinity Col­ lege, at that time held In the Hart­ ford opera house, and always an ex­ tremely fashionable function. The toilettes of the ladies were elaborate and ultra smart, and after sweeping the house with her lorgnette, the bishop's companion uttered a little cry of admiration and said: "Honest­ ly, bishop, did you ever see anything like It in your life?" "Truly, madam," replied the bishop "never since I was weaned."---Los An geles Times. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that aclence has been able to cure In all its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Hull's Catarrh Curo Is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be ng a constitutional disease, requires a constltu tlonal treatment. Ilall's Catarrh Cure Is taken In­ ternally, uctlntf directly upon tlie Mood and mucous surface* of the Bystera, thereby destroying tho foundation of the disease, and Riving tho patient strength by building up the Constitution and as»1*tlng nature In doing Its work. The proprietors have »o much fatih In its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case thkt It falls to Cure. Send for list Of testimonials. _ Adilreis F. J. CUENE7 A CO., Toled», O. Sold by druggists, ?5c. BaU's Family l'llla aits tho beat. Railroad in Ashantiland. Kumassl, in Ashantiland, is now connected with the coast, 180 miles distant, by railroad. Trains began to run In October. The line was be­ gun in 1898. Those Who Have Tried It •W use no other. Defiance Cold Wat* Starch hu no equal in Quantity or Qual­ ity--16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands con­ tain only 12 oz. "Does football make young men bow-legged?" asks a contemporary, Believe it not. It is their padded breeches that make them look that way. Some one makes, a forecast of what will be going on 100 years from now but neglects to say anything about the building of Shamrock challengers. The boll weevil carries a bill two- thirds as long as its body; and Texas feels that it will bankrupt her to un dertake to pay it. better and one-third more for 18 Why It Is the Best (a because made by an entirely different jirocet». Defiance Starch Is unlike any other, oentd. Uncle Sam may not be able to re­ form the unspeakable Turk, but he can scare him out of several smokes. Plao'a Care is the beet medicine we ever used for all affections ot the throat and lungs*--'Wii. O- EIDILIT, Vanburen, Ind. Feb. 10,1900. FiTSssrsss £r. Seodi for FREIS Some women are so meek they are alarmed at their own voice. . curad. No Ota or use of Dr. Kline's Great Wer»e Keatolfc Or. Send ror r'KKti 82.OO trial bottle and IreitlH Eos. R. H. KLINB, Ltd., 031 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Fa If Japan bad the oiouey there would be something doing. Stops tbe Oongb and Works Off the Cold* 'Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet®. Price25c. Tou cannot always tell the sise of a man by his measure. Mr*. Wlnelow'e SootMnff Ryrap. For children teething, softens tbe guros, reduce* ^animation,allays palp,cures windcollu. ttc a bottle. The Hon. Marquis ito seems to be "it" over in Japan. No muss or failures made with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. What shovel? is home without snow At THe Post Up and doing, to live and help to Uva, the old reliable St Jacobs Oil lean universal benefactor to the cure of Hurts, Sprains and Bruises Mosi B5o. and 50e KipfcH fostiu.ES. relief f°»r Asthma. Sold 1>T all LirutriTisia, ituul. It wnUk Hew 8enator Carmack Induced Repre­ sentative to Keep Promise. Representative Cochran of Missouri had often promised Senator Carmack of Tennessee that he would present him with a special growth of fine Mis­ souri tobacco that could not be beat in the world. The Tennessee senator, who enjoys a good "chaw," waited in vain for this precious gat. So the other day be wrote a note to Cochran, telling him to come over to the Senate side of the Capitol quickly, as he want* ed to see him on important business. Cochran, who is a short, stubby man, came down the corridor puffling like a little gasoline runabout. Carmack led him quietly Into the senate cloak­ room and Cochran settled himself into a seat for the anticipated conference. "Cochran." said Carmack," glve.nie a chew of that tobacco." \ Cochran handed out a plug and the Tennesseean placed a good portion of it comfortably in his mouth. Quietly turning to leave the room Carmack said: "That'B all, Cochran."--New York Times. Good News From Minnesota. Lakefield, Minn., Jan. 4.--Mr. Wil­ liam E. Gentry of this place is one of the best-known and most highly re­ spected men in Jackson County. For 45 years he has suffered with Kidney Trouble and now at 77 years of age he has found a complete cure and is well. His cure Is remarkable because of the length of time he bad been suffer­ ing. Cases of 40 years' standing might oe considered Incurable, but the rem­ edy that cured Mr Gentry seems to know no limit to Its curative power. Mr. Gentry says: "I have suffered with misery in my back tor about 45 years and had all the troublesome symptoms of Kidney and Urinary disease. I tried various kinds of remedies, but ail to no effect until I tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. Now I have no pain in my back, and feel quite well in every way. "I am 77 years of age and I feel better than I have for the last 40 years. I attribute it all to Dodd's Kid­ ney Pills." - « To Double-Track Siberian Road. It Is reported from St. Petersburg that the Russian government intends to equip the Transsiberian railroad with a double track. GOVERNOR Uses Pe-rn-ns For Golds OF OREGON In His Family and Grip. ' i"U ?'< CAPITOL BUILDING, SALEM, OREGON. A Letter Prom Tbe Governor of Oregon. Peruna is known from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Letters of congratulation and com­ mendation testifying to the merits of Pe­ runa as a catarrh remedy are pouring in from every State in the Union. Dr. Hart- man is receiving hundreds of such letters daily. All classes write these letters, from the highest to the lowest. The outdoor laborer, the indoor artisan, the clerk, the editor, the statesman, the preacher--all agree that Peruna is the ca­ tarrh remedy of the age. The stage and ros>fum, recognizing catarrh as their great­ est enemy, are especially enthusiastic in their praise and testimony. Any man who wishes perfect health must be entirely free from catarrh. Catarrh is well nigh universal; almost omnipresent. Peruna is the only absolute safeguard known. A cold is the beginning of catarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds, is to cheat catarrh out of its victims. Peruna not only cures catarrh, Out prevents it. Every household should be supplied with this great remedy for coughs, colds and so forth. The Governor of Oregon is an ardent admirer of Peruna. He keeps it continu­ ally in the house. In a reoeat lattK lH Dr. Hartman,' he says: s t - STATE O* ORKGOM, I . K EXECUTIVB DEPARTKKNT. J The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Q,| Dear Sirs--I have had occasion to erse your Peruna medicine in my famity for colds, and it proved to be sn excel* lent remedy. / have not had . to use it for other ailments. Yours very truly, W. M. Lord. It will be noticed that the Governor says he has not had occasion to use Peruna lot other ailments. The reason for this is, most other ailments begin with a cold. Using Peruna to promptly cure colds, he protects his family against other ailments. This is ex­ actly what every other family in the United States should do. Keep Peruna in the honse> Use it for coughs, colds, la grippe, and other climatic affections of winter, and there will be no other 'ailments in the house. Snch families should provide themselves with a copy of Dr. Hartman's free book, entitled "Winter Catarrh." Address Dr. Hart* man, Columbus Ohio. Ask Your Druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1904. WISDOM SOAP AII (Granulated) Get a package to-day for cleaning your wood­ work, floors, pans and dishes. You'll like it ...V ;;-/i ^Groceri'^l'j Have You indigestion. Dyspepsia, Stomach, Liver or Ncrvm Trmubte» or Ctmrntlpaflon? CHYLO WILL CURE YOU Not a ready relief but a permanent cure. iT IS THE REAL DYSPEPSIA CURE not a patent medicine, hut Is a prescription which has made famous one of the world's greatest stomach specialists, who has dreadful affections. ug froui Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Stomach; Nerv® Troubles, "T OfliBfftlpTJiiyim ml * « • iA ( l is practice for 19 years, curing thousands ftom these dreadful affection* a Stt ituul live time <;hylo will sur« any ono suffcriu, ' " Sick lleadachs. Torpid I.iver, or any of the similar disorders, that We will send 30 days treatment on trlalm reqwrecF If t l i i- t reatment does not lielp you more than anything you have ever tried before, we will never ask you to pay us a cent; _Tf Weatjelp i, we shall ex]>ect you to pay us Ji.oo. It certainly is a fair offer, aud oue wccould not afford to make if we were not positive Chylo will do a l l w e c l a i m f o r i t . . . . . , , , . fiNtUOfl^C because it cures Indigestion. 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BALTIMORE. Ma I WERE WELCOMED TO Infla« Astlinu It Cures Colds, Coughs. Sore Throat, Cronp enza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and A A certain curo for Consumption In first atageS, and a aura relief In advanced stages. Use at once. You will act the excellent effect after taking the llrst dose. Sold by dealers averywhec% Lans bottles S6 cent* and SO ceula CLEANER CLEANS CVNYINIM. Ladies' friend USING BRUNSWICK'S EASYBRIGHT 8AVES LABOR AND HEALTM| MAKES HOUSEWORK EASY. ONCE TRIED ALWAYS USED. Cleans and polishes Silverware, Gold. Nickel Tinware and all other metals equal to new. Cleans and polishes Furniture. Pianos and all varnished or painted woodwork and restores the lustre; keeps floors and tables while; cleans all cloth fabrics, carpets, rutjs, lace curtains, cloves and wearing apparel. Used in the gen­ eral washing, it whitens your clothes, removes all stains and makes washing easy. Contains no acid, lye or grit. Harms nothing; helps everything. Indorsed by the United States Government Navy Department. Used exten­ sively throughout the wodd. No housewife can afford to be without BRUNSWICK'S EASYBKIGHT. Ask your dealers; they are supplied by jobbem or send 26 ceets for trial can. prepaid. BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO. CHICAGO, ILL. 60,000 AMERICANS OMED TO Western Canada DURING LAST YEAR. They are settled and settling on the Grain and Grazing I.ands. and are prosperous and satisfied. Sir Wilifred L.aurier recently said: "A new star has risen on the borizou. and it is toward it that every immigrant who leaTes the land of his ances­ tors to come and seek a home for himself HOW turns his gaze"--Canada. There is v ^ ^ Room for Millions. FRKE lioinenteadi given away. Schools, Churches, Railway*. Murkets, Climate, everything to !>« desired. For a descriptive Atlas and other Information, apply to Superintendent Immigration. Ottawa, Can­ ada, or authorised Canadian Government Agent-- C. J. Broughtcn. No 430Quincy Building. Chicaco. III.; T O Cunie. Room 12. Callahan Building, Mil­ waukee. Wis ' M V Mdunes. No. 6 Aveooe The­ ater Block, Detroit, Mi4i. SOUTHWEST If yon are Interested In this new and prosper- on* country, offering so many opportunities, and rich farming lands, which can be beeurid at low prices, we will K'adly furnish yi;u lnfuruiatli.n ah'nit lands, huslnens chances, etc. AdvUe ex­ actly wlmt yon want, what Slate or Territory you prefer, and the amount yon have to Invent. Tho Momcfteekers' Excursions ou the first and third Tuesdays of each month, afford an opportunity to visit the preat Southwest at a small cost. If you are Interested,write today for full Information. Address GEORGE MORTON, «M*x. PAS*. A«SXT, M., A, a T. a'r, II Katy Bldg. St. Louis, Me. a^BBBEBDpe CUItt ttJEIt ta f LSI FAIL! ~ I •at Cough Byrup.TMte* Oood. use I in time, gold by druggist*. 816 60LD MINE! Mine before January 25th. VTe predict they will t>« worth SIO.IW each when our new machinery start*. Write ns for proofs. Address "PRUDHOMME," 632 Stimaon Block, Los Angeles, Cal. DISTRESSING, CHOKING ASTHMA. DR. REED'S ASTHM A REMEDY CURES OR MONEY RETURNED. *2.00 a Bottle; 9 Bsttlse far MOO. MID REMEDY CO.. - Rock ford. III. AreYouSick? Hy Speeisliats ad-viae yea FKKJS. iirm now. ««ib Ehmtyz houscwffe~ float*, ivver finely stmrche4 )incn'and .white roods, Conceit l« Justifiably frfter using Defianc ̂ SUrcb. It gives tfttff, flossy whiter JKSS to the clothe ̂ does not rof [them. It Is ahso* ifutely pure. It 14 the most economical! because It foes farthest, does mors, and costs less than others. To be had of all grocers at 16 oz. for 10c. thb defiance starch qq» OMAHA. ML CAPSICUM VASELINE' (Pt'T V!' IV Hi! : TTBU^) A substitute for and superior to mcsiatd or other plaster, and will not blister the moat delicate skin. _ The pain-allayii-.g and curative ijiiulities of this article are wonderful. It «rtll stop the toothache at once, and reli-ve head­ ache and sciatica. We recommend it as the best and safest external counter-irritant kco«i also as an external remedy for pains in the cheat a:ul stomach and all rheumatic, neurattic and souty complaints. A trial will prove what we claim for it, and it will bo found to be invalu­ able in the household. Many people say "it It th_*best of all your preparations." Price 4A cents, at all druusists or other dealers, or ky sending this amount to us in postagestampewe will send you a tube by mail. No article should bo accepted ty the public unless the sei caliea our labeL as otherwiss it is cot gsnailMI CHESEBROLGH MFO. CO., 17 State Street. Ntw Yo*s Ctrt -:M:I lUlf if IH •pi^i I Secure Employment for ttis Usteplojid no matter where you are. Write t»-4av, tuclostaa Mhf booklet jflvlutf plan*. Kobt. Dawson, TortSmita, Aa& W. N. U. CHICAGO, No. Whin Answering AdvartU 4UADTY M«ATIEA XLUA V