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SMALLER WkMt§ TOWIB CRUSHED iv/.- Sfi: H. " Z lW' ,< ** Assisting In Jtht Centralization Wealth, Patrons ef These I*. ^ stitutions Contribute to Their* .^4 • Own Injury. topyrlrht. 1901, by Alfred C. Clark.) very year millions upon millions of dollars find tlieir way from the towns, Tillages and rural districts of the coun­ try to the coffers of the mail order houses in the cities, and go to the up­ building of enormous institutions in the centers of population. Naturally, the sources from which the ceatrlbu- tkms are made suffer accordingly. figures eyer tell a better story than leords. Here are figures which tell * story so stupendous 4&a£ its full sig­ nificance cannot be grasped in a mo- Blent, but the mere sight oil which are •jre inspiring: In the year 10OS two mail order houses, located in Chicago, did a bust ness amounting in round numbers to $10,000,000. in die year 1904 these same concerns did a business of about $|2,000,000, a gain of $18,000,000 or nearly 30 per cent in a single year be­ ing thus exhibited. These figures represent the sale last year of one dollar's worth of merchan­ dise for every man, woman and child IS the country by two catalogue houses Thfciftwe, the man who sends away from his own community money which he might haWtMt irifttte and per­ mitted a f«^ pro5t te<li».liome mer­ chant to be tetialifeeil . for the benefit of the community, is injuring his community, i&dh|hereby the pros­ pects for his own ftttttre prosperity. In a large number of instances he is doing more than this. Unwittingly, or unthinkingly, perhaps, he is violating his own principles of right and justice, for, at the expense of his own com- ttnn&lty, he is needlessly contributing profits to the capitalistic combinations which lie continuously cries out are menacing the country; The mail order giants direct their energies particularly toward the peo­ ple of the smaller towns and the agri­ cultural districts. In hundreds of thousands of the homes of these the catalogue of the mail order house is as regularly received as the home paper. The man on the farm last year sent a very large portion of eighty millions of dollars to two of these institutions, in one community, alone. In all sincerity we ask: Admitting, purely for the sake of the argument, that the farmer or the resident of the small community can save a few dol­ lars on some of his purchases, or even that he could do so on all of them, can he afford to continue to impoverish his own community, upon which his own prosperity, the very value of his lam* lepends? If he will ask-himself this question #and consider it soberly and fairly "in all of its phases, including the many which cannot be touched upon within the limits of a single article, we think his answer must be that he cannot. The wonderful productivity of this country has been sufficient to over- Many stories have been told of mean men, such as he who used ft wart for a collar-button and he whose birthday gift to his son consisted in washing the windows so that the iad might watch the cars go tar. This man, however, seems to have won the palm: There was an extremely , mean matt in New Hampshire, who was the pro* prietor of a hotel. By his direction rules were posted in the hostelry for­ bidding almost every conceivable priv­ ilege to those not guests of the place. There was absolutely no chance for the casual loafer to get newspaper*, pen, ink, stationery, etc. There were not .even free seats in the office. Ote day, relates the Success Maga­ zine! he chanced to observe a chronic loader gaxink&t the old clock that hung on tBp wall. The next day a sign wjQcpraced over .the clock. It read: "TaOtr^gock to/tor the dm 'Of USe guest#|B>jBpB hOtol only.** •- AWFUL ECZEMA. Covered with Yellow Sorn-Qnw Worse-- Parents Discouraged--Cu­ ticura Drovi Sores Away. alone, and those operating from the j come the various adverse economic in- same .central point. Dozens more of j fluences which have existed during the varying sise and importance are oper-1 period of years In which the mail or> ating ail over the country from coast der business has accomplished Its wm fesS III >19he "Man Behind the Plow* last year contributed a large portion of the vaet number of mllllone which found their way Into the coffers of the mail order houses. The smaller communltiea to whleU It belonged, and which were thus deprived of it, suffered accordingly. greatest growth. Everyone has been "getting along pretty well." While the increasing flow of golden millions from their source in the land of the coun­ try to the already great centers of money and population has held back the growth of the smaller communi­ ties, it has not yet occasioned a great disaster. The test will come with the first pinch of "hard times," a condi­ tion which no country ever has been able to escape at recurring intervals. When this time arrives those com­ munities will best stand the test which have best conserved and husbanded their resources. Xy „ . - * JOHN 8. PQTT#. - r. . - , ,, • I > > , H i s t o r i c T o y . In Independence hall at f*hfla&el- phia there is preserved among not­ able revolutionary relics a quaint lit­ tle doll dressed in the fashion of Louis XVI. Long before there was a United States this pretty Parisienne found her way\over sea, carrying with her into William Penn's woodland a little of the folly and fashion of the old world, for she was not only a plaything, but the fashion platet of her time. Can you picture to yourself the countless multitude of dolls that has followed in her way? In the last six months, for Instance, Paris seat over to New York toys worth $218,819-- and oyer half of that sum was repre­ sented by dolls. In recent years France has lost a little of her" su­ premacy in the toy market She can no longer compete with Germany in homely toys--the trifles that are sold for a song; but in playthings of a finer sort she still holds her own. Not without effort, however. The local authorities of Paris offer tempt­ ing rewards for the invention of new toys.--Vance Thompson, in Every­ body's. to Coast and from border to border. A fact not generally known is that hundreds of concerns throughout the <•*} country which now are doing business , through the regular trade channels are awaiting only a parcels post law to ^ unloose literature, already prepared la many Instances, which would pro- jr» ^7'"' jeet them into the mail order field, and V this does not take into account the • ? hundreds and perhaps thousands of t , entirely new mail order concerns f~ \J which inevitably would spring Into ex- f&y istence under such friendly auspices. L 3% The two Chicago institutions re- t* j ferred to, already occupying immense [. . f buildings, found themselves cramped [ . for room. One of them expended not 4 A to* than $1,000,000, and probably more, for a new home. The other lately has h^:») secured a new location and also Will *£ jV: expend at least $1,000,000 for an im- •'!;/* mease new building. ^ Anyone who will reflect even casual­ ly on the subject must become Im- , • pressed that the influence of the mail " order business is toward the central­ ization of wealth, and how enormous a part it la playing in this direction will be understood from a second glance at the figures which have been given above. It is due to himself that every patron of the mail order house should inquire honestly of himself What the final out­ come is to be if the mall order busi­ ness shall continue to make the great strides which have marked its prog­ ress during the last half decade. It is useless to repeat the well worn argument of the mail order concerns that they are selling goods enough •vff more cheaply than the merchants in So) the regular channels of trade to leave "iff! their customers more money than |f|| ever to devote to home enterprises fsf and institutions. The fallacy of this ,!j| statement has been proved over and over again by actual and minnte corn­ el pari son b of goods, as to their quality and prices. Te refute it finally and indisputably by a simpler and more direct method it is accessary only to ask the reliable business men ^ | of the smaller communities jS the evidence from their books ^ counts of the harm the maii sit der habit Is doing their commuaiticw. It is a truth as old as the hills and Iff: as certain as the rising and setting of the sun that no country or section of ^ a country can prosper unless the peo- pie as a whole shall be prosperous, j Such general prosperity as may exist cannot be retained if the" Institutions of the already larger and wealthier f communities are to continue to be built up by contributions that should , be spent at home from the thousands of smaller communities. Hie need of the country, a desper- x '|j ate need upon which the welfare of .f| the individual depends, is for the g upbuilding and continued progress of '.WJ the smaller communities, so that the W weai$ Of the country may be dlstrlb- oted tyfrir the entire country, and not congested and controlled In large "Our little girl, one year and a half old, was taken with eczema or that was what the doctor called it. We called in the family doctor, and he gave some tablets and said she would be all right in p. few days. The eczema grew worse and we called in doctor No.. 2. He said she was teething, as soon as the teeth were through she would be all right But she still grew worse. Doctor No. 3 said It was eczema. By this time she was nothing but a yellow, greenish sore. Well, be said he could help her, so we let him try It about a week. One morning we discovered a little yellow pimple on one of her eyes. Of course we 'phoned for r,doctor No.. 3. He came over and locked her over, and said that he cculd not do anything more for her, that we had better take her to some eye specialist, since it waa an ulcer. SO we went to Oswego to doctor No. 4, and he aald the eye­ sight was gone, but that he could help It We thought we would try doctor NO. 6. Well, that proved the •ame, only he charged $10 more than doctor No. 4. We were nearly dis­ couraged. I saw one of the Cuti- eura advertisements in the paper and thought we would try the Cuticura Treatment, so I went and purchased a set of Cuticura Remedies, which Cost me $1, and in three days our daughter, who had been sick about eight months, showed great improve­ ment and in one week all sores had " disappeared. Of course it could not restore the eyesight, but if we had used Cuticura in time I am confident that It would have saved the eye. We think there fa no remedy so good for any skin trouble or impurity of the blood as Cuticura. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Abbott, R. P. D. No. 9, Fulton, Oa- ^ego Co., N. Y., August 17, 1906." •lightly Mixed. A Raveling salesman died saddenly in Pittsburg, Pa., and some of his friends telegraphed the undertaker an order to make a large wreath. Investigation showed that the tele­ gram ordering the wreath read as follows: " 'Rest in peace,' on both sides of the ribbon; If there should be room: 'We shall meet in heaven."' The undertaker was out of town, and the new assistant handled the job. It was a startling floral piece which turned up at the funeral. The ribbon was extra wide, and it bore the inscription: "Rest in peace on both sides, and 1' there is room we shall meet in heaven." % Rich Men Work for Pleasure. Theodore Q1U, the world's greatest authority on fishes, works for the United States government, receiving one dollar a month for his services. He is a rich man on whom many univer­ sities have conferred titled and de­ grees. Dr. Harrison G. Dyer, another wealthy man, who knows more about mosquitoes than any other living per­ son, devotes much of his time to gov­ ernment, receiving $25 a month. Qif- ford Pinchort, a millionaire. Is head of the United States forestry service, but he is <C#mparatively well paid, his sal­ ary being $45 per annum. Several other rich men are on the government pay roll at nominal figures, working for the pleasure of "doing things,,", as President Roosevelt puts It. > ; r f "* PI*# Weeks In Bed' With Internet/ 4 Painful Kidney Trouble. Mrs. Mary Wagner, of 1867 Kossuth avenue, Bridgeport, Conn., says: "X was so weak­ ened and gener ally * run down with kidney dis­ ease that for a long time I could not do my wOrk and waa five weeks in bed. There was con­ tinual bearing down pain, ter­ rible backaches, headaches and at times dizsy spells when everything was a blur before me. The passages of the kidney secretions were irregu­ lar and painful, and there was con­ siderable sediment and odor. I don't know what I would have done but for Doan's Kidney Pills. I could see an improvement from the first box, and five boxes brought a final cure." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foater-Milbura Co., Buffalo, N. < Evejgy time a man accepts a iO-cent gift it costs him a dollar. H , ;-- ; i-r Lewis' Ton always get fall value in ingle Binder straight 5c cigar. Yc e&Ier or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Dl. If yon want to see a man act silly hunt up one who is jealous. te OVSI A COtD IS ONE BAT There is no cure for the indigestion caused by being compelled to eat your own words.' v Garfield Tea (the Herb remedy which is Guaranteed under the Pure Food and Druas Law) should be taken to regulate the Liver, Kidneys, (stomach and bow"l8, and to purify the blood. Some day a long-suffering genius will invent a safety razor with a pho­ nograph attachment--then it will be good-by for the garrulous barber. Judges on Their Dignity, The ceremony of the United States supreme court judges marching from their robing room across the corridor to take their seats on the bench, which occurs at high noon every week day while the court is holding session, is always a matter of interest to the average visitor at the capital. Every day there is a small crowd waiting to' see the stately procession. The other' day Justice Moody, as the youngest member of the august body, brought up the rear. A flicker of a smile ap­ peared on his face as he noted the black-robed figures ahead of him, but it passed away Instantly and he be- cape as'solemn and grave ts. . the others. A Big Bargain for 12 Cents Postpaid. The year of 1906 was one of prodigal plenty on our seed farms. Never before did. vegetable rnd farm seeds return such enormous "yields? f Now we wish to sain 200,000 new cus­ tomers this year ana hence offer lor 12c postpaid lpkg. Garden City Beet lOe 1 " . Earliest Ripe Cabbage lOe 1 " Earliest Emerald Cucumber.... 15c 1 " La Crosse Market Lettuce 15c 1 " 13 Day Radish 10c 1 " Blue blood Tomato 15c 1 " Juicy Turnip 10c 1000 kernels gloriously beautiful flow­ er seeds 15c Total $M» All for 12c postpaid in order to intro­ duce our warranted seeds, and if yeu will tend 16c we will add one package of Berliner Earliest Cauliflower, together with our mammoth plant, nursery stock, vegetable and farm seed and tool catalog. This catalog is mailed free to all in­ tending purchasers. Write to-day. John A* Salzer Seed Co., Box W, La Crosse, Wis. '7 Woman Is Adventurous. In proof of the assertion made by the German authorities that all is well well in Morocco, an officer of the re­ cent German expedition to Fez tells how, In the heart of Morocco, he had met an English woman touring alone. This fearless woman is Mrs. Frances V. Campbell. She is reported to have traveled all the way across Morocco oa horseback, with no other escort than ft few servants. V1 * >,s FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous Diseases permanently cused by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free $2.00 -rial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline, Ld., 931 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa. v 4, Then They Went Off. "It strikes me that you are loaded," said the pistol to/the doable-barrel shotgun. "Oh, not quite," rejoined the latter. "I'm only half-shot" Whereupon they both exploded with laughter.--Chicago Daily New* ^ Thoroughly Reliable. 7 ; If ever there was a reliable arid eafe remedy it is that old and famous por­ ous plaster--Allcock's. It has been in use for sixty years, and is as popular to-day as ever, and we doubt if there is a civilized community on the face of the globe where this wonderful pain reliever cannot be found. In the selec­ tion of the ingredients and In their manufacture the greatest care is taken to keep each plaster up to the highest standard of excellence, and eo pure and simple are the Ingredients that even a child can use them. Allcock's are the original and gen­ uine porous plasters and are Bold by Druggists all over the world. Berth Was Rseervsd. * Franklin K. Lane, Interstate e6tn- merce commissioner, went west last week. He wanted to reserve a berth from Chicago to Minneapolis. He wired the request and this reply came back: "Can't do It Interstate com­ merce commission will not allow It." He fired a wire back reading: "By what authority do you say interstate commerce commission will not allow you to reserve a berth in a sleeping car?" The Pullman agent answered: "By the authority of a recent ruling." Mr. Lane was interested by this time and he telegraphed: "I am a member of the interstate commerce commis­ sion and am not familiar with the rul­ ing. Give me a reference." And a short time afterward he received this telegram: "Berth reserved." How's This? WHITE BREAD The Puzzle 8olved. 7 Bone time ago a merchant fe llar- blehead, Mass., was discovered in his store at"a very late hour, and in reply­ ing to inquiries, he said: "My confidential clery Is missihg." "And what of it?" "Why, I'm looking over the books, but they seem to be all right." "Have you counted your cash?" "Yes; and it is correct to a dollar." "LookeJ over your bank book?" "I have, and it 13 satisfactory. That's the puzzle, you see. He's skipped, and I cant make out what for." k , \ y - 'v . "Been home since noonf*-"' "No." , , "Perhaps he's eloped with your wife." He burrled home, and found to be the case. " y •' Wlse Oawld/ Wife--"Why do you always *lt at the piajao, David? You know you can't' play a note?" David--"Neither can anyone else, while I am here!' Makes' Trouble for People with Weak Inteatinal Digestion. «A..'!ady in a Wis. town employed a physician who instructed her not to eat white bread fofr two years. She tells the detafl8 of her sickness and she certainly was a-sick woman. "In the year 1887 I gave out from overwork, and until 1901 I remained an invalid in bed a great part of the time. Had different doctors but noth­ ing seemed to help. I suffered from cerebro-spinal congestion, female trou­ ble and serious stomach and bowel trouble. My husband called a new doctor and after having gone without any food for 10 days the doctor or­ dered Grape-Nuts for me. I could eat the new food from the very first mouthful. The doctor kept me on Grape-Nuts and the only medicine was a little glycerine to heal the alimentary canai "When I was up again doctor told me to eat Grape-Nnts twice a day and no white bread for two years. I got well in good time and have gained in strength so I can do my own work again. "My brain 1>»: wmu a**d I know that the Grape-Nuts food did this, too. I found I had been made ill because I was not fed right that is I did not properly digest white bread and some other food I tried to live 02. "I have never been without Grape- Nuts food since and eat it every day. You may publish this letter if yon like so it wiU help someone else." Name given by POetam Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Get the little hook. "Th* Road to Wellville," fit pkga. W« offer Om Hundred Dollar* Bewmrd for sav MM of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hau'I Catarrh Cora. _ **. J. CHEXET A CO., Tolado, O. We, tbs nrienliMl. km kavwa P. J. Ct>ea«r for-tbe last It nan, and beltere him perfectly hon­ orable la all biMloeM tiiaiKttoM and Bnaoctallr able to carry out any ofetigattoaa made bjr bU Arm. WiLBiia. Eixim S Kuril. Wholesale Dfnggtati, Tetedo. O. Ball'* Catarrh Can to taken latanally, actios Iractljr upon the blood and maeou* NRMM ~ qrmm. Teatimoniais atnt free. Fries » setts per i of the hottla. Sold by all Drugging. Take Haifa Family Pills fur Virtue is its own reward--or its 0#S punishment, as the case may be. piLKB cum KB nrsTOU oaia. PAZO OINTMKNT is guaranteed to core any oaa* of ltchinit. illliid. Bleeding or i'rotradlBC Pile* la 0 U> It cUjrs ur money refunded. fiOc. Naturally a man would rather part bis hair than part with It. Lewia' Single Binder straight fie cigar. Made of extra quality tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111. Yon can also tell a man by the cms? pany he doesn't keep. Mrs. WIMlow'i Boothia* Syren. teethina, Mfteas the gains, redness ft* SawmathM, allays Ha. cates wtndeeUn. IBoahottle. Por children 1 AND NEWMLflM Proved R OVcr SO Y Price 23c and SOe 1 Love your enemies--but not John Demijohn. Ttoaport Ex Witir A. N. K.--A (1907--4) 2182. For Inflmts and Children. he Kind You Have Signature Promotes DiggstionJCheeffulr Mt.Contalitt nether ness andl«st.Cofitalft3 Oriura.Motpiiine nor¥!iHfttoL NOT XARC OTIC. L'9 "•*. A perfect *kn^/forCon«»ijpe- flon Sour StomKJv£*airtioea rorcns £onvuls»ck«s .Fewerish- andLosSG lac Simla Signature NEV7 YORK. m w 0 M E N drifta?^ftwi» bad to jrorafeioM»p»: in? well that they <mght to have Immediate assistaace. How many women do yon who are perfectly well and stror Thecause may be easily some feminine derangement wl manifests itself in depression '•MM MISS JULIE FLORENCE WALSH { spirits, reluctance to go or do anything, backache, dragging sensations, flatulency, nervousness, and sleeplessness. These symptoms are but warahBge that there is danger ahead, and VB- . less heeded, a life of suffering or U - aerions operation is the inevitable result. The best remedy for all % these symptoms is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made from native roots and herbs. No other medicine in the country haa received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. No other medi­ cine has such a record of cures of ills. Miss J. F. Walsh, of 328 W, 86th St, New York City, writes:--"LydJa E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been of inestimable value in restoring my health. I Buffered from female illness which a dreadful headaches, dizziness, and dull paiss in my back, but medicine soon brought about a change in my general condition, me up and made me perfectly well." Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures Female< such as Backache, Falling and Displacements, Inflammation and^ tion, and organic diseases. It is invaluable in preparing fbrehUd-Wrth j and during the Change of Life. It cures Nervous PrOStratkm, Headache* General Debility, and invigorates the whole system. > Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited ta j write Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free. \h * V; [i® HI k r' • ftor CougK, Cold. Croup, 5orellux«t,Stif| Neck Rheumatism and _ia At all Dtoltn. :e 25c 5Qo 6 »t.00 Swl- Frw Sloans Book on Horses CoHte, Hogs & f\>ultry ! Addnis Dr. Earl S. Sloan ^615 Albany St 6o&ion.M«ss. NO MORE MUST A THE SClWtTtWG JWto ' v.-X '<k .. • pM CAPISICUM V A S E L I N E BXTRACT OF THE CAYENNE PEPPER PLANT OUICK. SURE. SAFE AND ALWAYS READY CURE FOR 15c.-IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES- AT ALL PRyCOISTl AND 1 BY MAIL ON RECEIPT OF fSc. IN T I L L T H E P A I N C O M E S - A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other piaster, blister the most delicate skin. The pain-allaying and oaratfve the article are wonderful. It wiU slop the toothache at once,, Headache and Solatica. We recommend it aa the besfcard i counter-irritant known, also aa an external remedy for pain aad stomach and all Rheumatic, NeuraJffc and Gouty < Will prove what we claim for it, and it will be found tj be I household and for children. Once used no family will be \ people say "it is the best of all your preparations.' of vaseline unless the same carriea our label, as otherwii it Unnlfemilnft SEND YOUR ADDRESS AND WE WILL MAI OUft VASE- UNE FAWI JL5T WHICH WILL INTEREST/ " . < CHESEBROUGH MFG, Ca ' Ml**- •• I7STAT*'«TI«ET. NEW YORK C^TY ' mam tM, 11 . . I Hi If I I I HIP IJ IJ l iM Before You Paint, This Spring bear in mind the fact that it costs yon as much if not more to paint yonr ba" " with inferior paints than it would to use paints of good quality. More har dissatisfaction is caused by the use of poor paints thaa ataasat any jthf<r. used tor preserving or beautifykig property. / / « fey f s Buffalo Paints lV V are the highest grade nab"* Made. «Th«y contain the purest and moat laatinf pig­ ment* p-oond in Aged linssed OD ln correct proportion, are hoaestly alilt, oaik no more than inferior aalnts and stand every test for exterior aad iaterior werit Before yoa decide en the kind of paint to use, it vriU be to year iaterttt to aaa# for our 1907 odor chart of the latest shades for modern uses, abo valuable infona>, ation and iwat facts that vou oiumt to know. We wani everyvmmer o/otmiUine in this locality who sends us his name and address to have one of our beautiful Buffalo-head souvenir sitverea siidt fins. The pin is neat and unique in appearance and will be sent without charge, n name is received before April 1st. BUFFALO Oa PAINT S TARNISH CO., BUFFALO, Y. CHUM IU. - : "** 'ii ^ ; IWPI (60 ACRi Fi FREE ht •• ^ V '• * wcaJ if § ̂ IfifilM Homesteads WESTERN Special Tiraias Leave Clucago, March Itty \ L-%] ' y . ' Manitoba, Sas Alberta Canadian Government representatives accompany this train through to destination. For certificate entitling cheap rates* liter*-* tire and all particulars, apply to 1 C JLJBROUGHTON, Room 430 Qmncy BMf.y CUnf^ E; W. H. ROGERS, third fl®or, Tractioa Tetwhwl idiiiiapofis, hd.; or T. (^ CURRIEy Block, Milwaukee, Vis. / ' t */ 'a*; . .