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M A R Y THfc MAID OF THE INN..p? v£ • • • A Story of English Life. By JOSEPH HATTON, V*i "'fvVf ' r-.t - _ iiWikiiittH v - : CHAPTER XL--(Continued.) There waa something so melancholy, •o dejected In the young man's man- Mr, something so forlorn, that Jack's .Attention was riveted upon his face, and the next moment he was in the (rip of Foster, who had sprung upon him from behind and pinned him to the floor, his hand upon his throat, be­ fore Jack had time to realize what had happened. Parker had suddenly come_$o Jack's aid, and Foster the next moment was as helpless as Jack bad been. "It was his own fault," said Parker, **you should not trifle with desperate .men." His blood boiling at the treachery of Foster. Jack struck him a blow in the face that sent him staggering to the. other end of the room, and brought ia the landlord. "It Is nothing," said Parker, "only ft little tussle for a wager. "That's all," said the coward Fos­ ter, wiping the blood from his face. "Hand over your pistols to your com­ panion," said Jack, addressing Foster, when the landlord had disappeared, "and sit over yonder. I can trust Par­ ker, and don't mind if he does pistol me; he has done worse to me, and might as well finish his work; but you, you Qod forsaken coward, I'll tear thee limb from limb if we come together once again." : - Foster handed his pistols to Parker, who laid them upon the table and said: **Young man, there is no word bad enough in your mouth for you to use against me; lam all you-have called my companion, but the difference be­ tween us is, that I suffer from remorse and he does not; that I did love, do love, and shall love to the last, the woman who has had the misfortune to meet me on my way to commit--not the murder Qf Belllngham,-. but the robbery." "JBellingham!" exclaimed Jack, "was It Bellingham! Qreat God! One of the best and bravest men in the whole country! Was it Bellingham! What have I done in all my life that Fate should place you in my hands, and that I should be bound to let you -go." i "Then you did not know who the man was?" • "Not nor she; it was enough tor her that murder had been done and that you were Implicated." "How did she know that?" ; **By your hat." , "Well," said Barker, for the first time deeply interested, "and how came 'she to see the hat?" "She was in the abbey; you passed her hiding place carrying the body. Your hat fell at her feet; she picked It up." "She in the abbey," exclaimed Par­ ker. "Yes, beneath the elder tree in the aisle." "When we passed carrying the body?" "Yes," said Jack. "It was a wager; they said she durst not go to the ab­ bey in the storm. She went; she was standing by a favorite seat of hers when she heard voices, saw what I have said, and, knowing you to be one of the--well--murderers, she had faith taough In me--in me, of all men--to be her messenger to you to warn you from the country, to. get you beyond the seas. And now my job is done; she'll know all In good time as it is done. And so I wish you good-night." "Stay a moment," said Parker, deJ taining him. "But I can send her no message by you; I will take it myself." "Then you'll swing for it, I make no doubt," said Jack. "I've no more to say." Whereupon he strode out of the room as he came, went into the bar, called for a drink, had his horse re­ freshed with a warm mash, and rode away. "It's all up, Foster. Save yourself, don't mind me. Fate Is against us." "Your own cursed folly," said Fos­ ter. "Yes, the folly that trusted the word of a liar such as you," responded the remorseful confederate. "Begone, Fos­ ter, or I may do you mischief; save yourself. Qlve no further thought of me." "Shall I go alone?" "Alone, or with what other company you choose; but without me." "Your share of the money," said Foster. "I am not quite so bad as you make me. Here it is." "Keep it, Foster. I honOr in you that one emotion of honesty. Forgive me if I seem to suggest you are worse than I." out his Tiaad. "Report me well to the boys; bjd them seek fresh occupation, or a better leader than Gentleman Dick." "Good-bye. and a better frame of mind to you," was all Foster said, as he left the room, went to the stable, ordered his horse, paid his bill, and started on his way, glad to get outside maudlin influence of Parker, and not a little delighted to be master of the plunder for which they had mur­ dered "one of the best fellows," as Jack had declared. "In all the country." * CHAPTER XII. trial at York of Richard Parker "It is the pot calling the kettle black," said Foster. "But no matter, ril keep the money In trust for you; if I get free, follow me to France and hear of me at the Cafe d'Or, in the Latin quarter, of Paris.** "Yes; good-by," said Parker, putting for the wilful murder of Stephen Bel­ lingham was one of the most exciting events of the March Assizes for the East Riding of Yorkshire. Richard Parker was known by several aliases; his training and education, his courtly manners, his handsome face and figure had all been themes of admiration even occasionally with the ladles whose coaches he had stopped, it was also known that it was his boast that he had not only never shed blood, but had •owed he never would except in the last extremity of self-defense. At the same time he was known to be mixed op with a gang of plunderers who were. less scrupulous than he; and many deeds of desperation were laid to their charge, and more particularly to the charge of the confederate Foster, whose complicity with the abbay murder was now a matter of public notoriety. Locally the affair had many points of absorbing interest. Mary, the Maid ofthe Inn, was a pathetie figure in the story, and the name of Jack Meadows was on every lip. It had been rumored that his condtict in the awful business was more or less compromising. The fact that the principal witness against Parker was his sweetheart Mary (who would have gladly laid her life down for him rather than com­ promised hie safety), gave to the trial Its most dramatic interest. Mary, her uncle, Morley. Jack Mead­ ows. Jack's mother, and brother, a gouty old fellow of 60, were a party by themselves in charge of the clerk to the solicitor who had got up the de­ fense, and they were accommodated at a little inn near the river, whence they had a picturesque, but, to them, very gloomy view of the castle where Rich­ ard Parker was imprisoned, where he would also be tried, and where in all probability he would be hanged; for, apart from the murder of Bellingham, there were other charges, which only awaited the result of the verdict in this case to be formulated against him as the authorities might think necessary or desirable. It wasr not likely that the prisoner who had captured poor Mary's heart would leave the Castle of York alive. Meanwhile Richard Parker had been placed at the bar. Counsel had told the tragic story of Bellingham's death, and indicated the nature of the evi­ dence that would be sworn against the prisoner, and had further called upon the Jury to dismiss from their minds any romantic or prejudiced influence which might have taken possession of them arising out of the stories which had been circulated in cdhnection with this case, and the attachment that had sprung up between the prisoner and the young woman, who, as if by the interposition of Divine providence, had been made the chief witness against him. Then witnesses had been called touching the murder, the discovery of the body, the appearance of Parker and Foster in the neighborhood; the con­ duct of Mary Lockwood on the night of the murder; her interview with Mead­ ows; his presence at ttie Heather-bell Inn, in company with Poster and Par­ ker; what the landlord overheard, and the strange, obstinate refusal of the prisoner to seek safety in flight until he had seen and said good-by to Mary Lockwood; together with his arrest at the very door of the Star and Garter, and his saying good-by to her not as he had hoped a free man, but a pris­ oner in the hands of the constable of Kirkstall and his assistants. At this point of the case, John Meadows was called. He was consid­ erably harassed by the learned counsel for the prosecution, who was more than once reminded even by the court that he had no right to treat his own wit­ ness as hostile; but the learned coun­ sel's ire had been raised somehow by the witness's fearless obstinacy, and his examination in chief gradually as­ sumed the offensive character of the severe cross-examination of not only an unwilling, but an untruthful wit­ ness. Having taken the, witness through a brief narrative of his first seeing the prisoner at the Star and Garter, and getting from him an account of his having seen Stephen Bellingham, the murdered man, there, the examination proceeded as follows: "You knew the victim of this cruel murder?" " 'Squire Bellingham," said the wit­ ness. "Yes," said the learned counsel; "he was well known in the district." "Yes.' "Known to be rich?" "Yes." "Rich and eccentric?" "I don't know as to that." "He carried large sums dt money about him?" "I've heard so." "Was not afraid of highwaymen?" "He was a brave man," said Jack. "Yes, he was a brave man and rich? That was his reputation?" "Yes." "And you saw him at the Star and Garter the night when the main Foster, of whom we have heard, and the pris­ oner at the bar arrived at Kirkstall?" "I saw him; but not them; I heard of them the next day." "Yes, we cannot take that; but it is of no consequence. You saw the wit­ ness. .Mary Lockwood, on the night of the murder." "I don't know as it was on the night of the murder." "What night was it?" "I forget." "You forget?" "Yes." "Did she not give you a message to the prisoner?" "A message?" echped the witness. "Yes, a message. Are you deaf?" "Well, not particularly," Meadows re­ plied. "On the 20th of October did not Mary Lockwood give ypu a message to the prisoner at the bar?" "I have a bad memory for dates." "Do you think if you took your place beside the prisoner at the bar it would improve your memory?" The learned counsel asked this question with some ferocity, and was understood in a low key to say something about an acces­ sory after the fact, which sent a thrill of anxiety through a little company of friends who were following every word that fell from Jack with intense inter­ est "A man cannot be hanged because he has got a bad memory," said Jack de­ fiantly. » - "I'm not so sure of thft," said the judge, with something of a ghuckle. "Listen to me. You had better answer this loarned counsel without attempt­ ing to prevaricate; answer to the best of your ability; that is all the re­ quires from you." "Yes, my lord," said Jack. . ? "And the learned counsel sfibtlld not require to be reminded that he Is treating his own witness in a very un­ usual manner." "I note your lordship's kind re­ mark," said the learned gentleman, but without relaxing the severity of his manner. "On any night within the year--I will make it easy for you--did Mary Lockwood send a message by you to the prisoner at the bar?" "She has not denied it," said the Judge, now addressing counsel as if to suggest that he should not Waste time. "Yes, my lord, I thank you," and, turning once more to the witness, "I will only ask you one or two more questions. You were at the Heather- bell tavern on the 22d of October? "I don't remember the date." "Do you deny that you were there at any time?" "Well, no. I don't" "You would If you could, eh?" "Yea, I would." "Oh, you would! Why?" Here coun­ sel for the defense rose to protest against this line of examination. There was a wrangle for ten minutes* and many legal books were mentioned that bore upon the law of evidence. Finally the learned zounsel suggested to the witness to say that he did not reply to the question because he did not feel called upon to criminate himself, which was indorsed by the counsel for the defense. But Jack Meadows was made of obstinate stuff, and he had an idea that the counsel for the prosecu­ tion was endeavoring to make him say something against Mary, and that the other learned gentleman only desired to protect him out of a feeling of pity. "You have heard what the learned counsel has said," remarked the judge speaking to Jack, but looking in an­ other direction, as judges very often do to this day; "you had better attend to bis advice." "Thank you, my lord." "You decline to say whether you Were with the prisoner at the Heather- bell tavern cn the night of October 22 because you do not wish to incriminate yourself. Is that your answer?" "No, it is not my answer! I am not afraid of incriminating myself." "Oh, Jack, my dear Jack, for your mother's sake?" said an agonized voice in court.. "What is that?" asked the judge angrily. "I'm his mother, my lord judge, and a kinder, better son never •" "Yes, yes," said the judge, "that wi'n do. You Inust not disturb the court, or it will be my duty to have you re­ moved. (To be continued.) AGRICULTURE IN CHINA Vtolda im Treated Like Gardens In thr Celestial Empire. Notwithstanding the great antiquity of agriculture among them, the Chi­ nese have failed to make any great progress In it. Their system of culti­ vation is very careful and marked by attention to details; but it shows ig­ norance of the principles of rotation of crops and adaptation of soils to par­ ticular grains, and an extremely primi­ tive knowledge of agriculture imple­ ments. -Their fields are treated like gardens, being subjected to the most constant and watchful care, both at the time of planting and during the growth of the crops. When ripe the crop is gathered by hand, with the utmost completeuess; not a straw or lejif scarcely even a root, being allowed to remain, says the Hon. Charles Danby in the Century Magazine. The two most characteristic features of Chinese agriculture are the use of manure and the system of irrigation. Manure is gathered from all conceivable sources. In the cities the night soil deposited on the sides of |he streets and alleys is gathered by men and boyj^ It is mixed with clay, dried in the sun, an* sold to farmers. On country roads boys, and often women an<? girls, are seen at places where large numbers of pack horses, camels and mules pass, gathering the material, which is after­ ward, with beneficial effects, spread on the fields. Earth from canals, rivers and streets is carted away for the same purpose. "Other substances are dili­ gently collected," says Williams, "as hair from barbershops, exploded fire­ crackers and sweepings from the streets, lime and plaster from kitchen eBs and old buildings, soot, bones and fish and an!mal remains.** The quanti­ ty of these fertilizers used and the im­ portance the Chinese attach to them are proved by the number of people whose livelihood is gained by their collection. NAME Of" CAPE NOME. Discloses It Prof. IMivMson'a Search Origin. Professor Davidson, in the National Geographic Magazine, says that dur­ ing the last four years he has made numerous inquiries concerning the origin of the name of Cape Nome. He searched every available chart and narrative of the region until the ad­ miralty chart of 1853 was found, which proved te contain the earliest use of the name. This discovery convinced the professor that the name must have been given during the voyage of the Sir John Franklin ships Herald end Plover. So he wrote to the chief of the admiralty asking if any officer dn these ships was named Nome. The following is the reply: "When the M. S. chart of region was being con­ structed on board H. M. S. Herald at­ tention was drawn to the fact that this point had no name and a mark (? Name) was placed against it. "In the hurry of dispatching this chart from the ship this (?) appears to have been iaked in by a rough draftsman and appeared as Cape Name, but the stroke of the "a" being very indistinct it was interpreted as C. Nome, and has appeared with this name ever since. This information is from an officer who was on board the Herald when the chart was made." There are more Chinese (107,000) in the United States than Dutch (81,000), and almost as many as French (113.000). Fools make fashiqnli and fife xosp follow them. X . OLD JOE, THE NIGHT WATCHMAN. (From the Pall Mall Gazette, London.) How often on returning home late 4-on a dreary winter's night has our Sympathy gone out to the poor old Jiigtit-watchman as he sat huddled up over his cage fire, overlooking the ex­ cavations which our city council in their wisdom or otherwise, allow the different water companies to make so frequently in our congested streets. In all weathers and under all climatic conditions, the poor old night-watch- man is obliged to keep watch over the companies' property, and to see that the red lights are kept burning. What a life, to be sure; what privations and hardships; no wonder they have aches and pains, which nothing but St. Ja­ cob's Oil can alleviate: s "Old Joe" Is In the employ of the Lambeth Water Works, and is well and favorably known. He has been a night-watchman for many years, In the course of which he has undergone many experiences. What with wet and cold, he contracted rheumatism and sci­ atica, which fairly doubled him up, and it began to look a serious matter for old Joe whether he would much longer be able to perform his duties, on which his good wife and himself depended for a livelihood; but as it happened, a passerby, who had for some nights no­ ticed Old Joe's painful condition, pre­ sented him with a bottle of St. Jacob's Oil, and told him to usei it. Old Joe followed the advice given; he crawled home the next morning and bade his wife rub his aching back with the St. Jacob's Oil "a gentleman gave him," and undoubtedly hiB wife did rub, for when old Joe went on duty at night he met his friend and benefactor, to whom he remarked: "Them Oils you gave me, Guv'nor, did give me a doing; they was like pins and needles for a time, but look at me now/' and old Joe began to run and jump about like a young colt. All pain, stiffness and soreness had gone; he had been tell­ ing everybody he met what St. Jacob's Oil had done for him. Old Joe says now he has but one ambition In life, and that is to always to be able to Icedp a bottle of St. Jacob's Oil by him for he says there Is nothing like It In the world. St. Jacob's Oil serves the rich and the poor, high and low the same way. It has conquered pain for fifty years, and It will do the same to the end of time. It has no equal, consequently no competitor; It has many cheap imi­ tations, but simple facts like the above tell an honest tale with which noth- lng on earth can compete. President's Diplomatic Reception. The diplomatic reception at the White House is the great after-dark social event of the year In Washing­ ton. The diplomats get out their most gorgeous uniforms. The women of the embassies and legations wear their riefcest Qigtbes aafl their piQflt costly JetfSlS. The wlVifi of high American officials or rich society people who make annual pilgrimages to Paris save their most elegant costumes to be crumpled and crushed at the diplo­ matic reception. There Is always a crush. The fact that it is the society event of the year makes the demand for Invitations irresistible. Two thou­ sand persons this year were invited to the White House, which can com­ fortably accommodate about one-fifth of that number. Everybody goes who is Invited. On the day preceding the late diplomatic reception American beauty roses sold for $30 a dozen. Af­ ter the reception more than four bush­ els of them were swept up by the White House cleaners In the outer halls and corridors, they having been torn from their wearers before half the distance to the receiving party had been passed. . Is Diabetes Curable? Halo, Ind., Jan. 27th.--In answer, Mrs. L. C. Bowers of this place has this to say: "I had Kidney Trouble which, neg­ lected, finally ran Into Diabetes; my teeth all got loose and part of them came out; I passed from one and a half to two gallons of water in twenty- four hours, and such a burning sensa­ tion attended it that I could hardly bear It. I lost forty pounds in flesh and was very much discouraged. "Two doctors treated me and I took every Kidney Medicine I could hear of, but got qo relief whatever from any­ thing till I began to use Dodd's Kid­ ney PillB. 'Seven boxes of this remedy drove away" every symptom I have men­ tioned." Sand Eaters at St. Loala. St. Louis has a peculiar sect in the shape of a community of sand-eaters, composed of seventy-flve men and women. The sand-eaters take every day j^Aoonful of sand. They believe that/gw|\is necessary in every animal, and that many stomach troubles are due to the absence of grit in the stom­ ach. SaLZER'S LiGHTNING CABBAGE. This is the earliest cabbage in the world wad a regular gold mine to the market gardener and farmer. By the w&y, there is lots of money to be made on ear­ liest cabbage. beets, peas, radishes, cucumbers and the like. For Me, and this Notice the John A. Salzer Seed Co., LaCrosse, Wis., will send you their mammoth catalog •nd 150~Einds of flower aud vegetable seeds. Market gardeners' catalog, 2c postage, w. N. u- and a regular gold and farmer. •nd 150 kinds of f Millions la Coal-Tar Colors. The joint capital of the six largest manufacturers of coal-tar colors In Germany amounts to quite 112,500,000. They employ together about 500 chem­ ists, 350 engineers and other technolo­ gists, 1,360 business managers, clerks, travelers, etc.; and more than 1,800 workpeople. This Will Interest Mothers, -- Mother Gray's Sweet Powders . tor Children, used by Mother Qray, a nurse in Children's Hojic. New York, cure Feverishcess, Teething Disorders, Stomach Trouoks and destroy worms. At all druggists'. 25c. Sample FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, N. Y. FROM SASKATCHEWAN, WESTERN CANADA. In a letter written from Prince Al­ bert, Saskatchewan, one of the dis­ tricts of western Canada, by Henry Laughlln to Dr. C. T. Field of Chase, Michigan, and which appeared in the Reed City (Michigan) Clarion, ap­ peared the following: * "If any one should ask you how I like it up here, tell them I am perfect­ ly well satisfied; for me it is just the place. I have as good a piece of land as ever laid outdoors. Wouldn't ex­ change it for the whole of Lake Coun­ ty, or at least the township of Chase. "Of course, I have not been here very long, but as much of the country as I have seen it cannot be beat any­ where. We " had as good crops here last fall as I ever saw, and everything gets ripe in good shape. We had as good ripe potatoes as 1 ever ate In my life. There Is no better place for s$pck on the continent than here. Horses and cattle will do as good run­ ning out all winter here as they do where they are fed all winter there. Have built me a residence and now all t want is a wife to keep house for me. I have some breaking already done on my place; but next summer I intend to have more done and then I will be ready for business. "We have had a very fine winter so far.. It has not been much below zero, if any, excepting about a week in the middle of November. It has been quite cold the past day or two. We are in log shanties, and they are just muddied up on the outside, and noth­ ing has frozen on the inside as yet. There is no wind or rain, just nice steady weather all the time." Apply to any agent of the Canadian government. Another Honor for Edward. King Edward is to be proclaimed emperor of India, at Delhi on Jan. 1, 1903, in the presence of the viceroy and the Indian princes and there is a possibility that the prince of Wales or the duke of Connaught may attend the, function as his majesty's repre­ sentative. . In Winter Cse Allen's Foot-Base, a powder. Your feet feel uncomfort­ able. nervous, and often cold and damp. If you have Chilblains, sweat­ ing, sore feet or tight shoes, try Al­ len's Foot-Ease. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. New Jersey is one of the states which retain the custom of making their treasurer an appointive Instead of an elective officer. Mrs. Austin's quick raising Buckwheat makes tender, crispy brown cakes. Your grocer can tell all about it. The trade of all South America is not equal to that we have with Canada. S0Z0D0NT A PERFECT LIQUID DENTIFRICE FOR TMI TEETH BREATH 9SC •ll EACH S0Z0D0NT TOOTH POWDER HALL.dk RUCKEU New York PIT*" °POST Being A Magazine Of The Markets For raders and investors We publish a new monthly magazine called "Pit and Post," which should be in the hands of every invest­ or and trader in se­ curities, grain, and provisions. It can be had for the asking. KNIGHT, DONNELLEY & GO. 217 LA SALLE ST. ROTUNOA OF THC ROOKEM u KM Htm l HBW YORX STOCK EXCHANM 8bicaoo Stock ^xchanob HICAUO VKLAIU) OF TIIADB NEW Youit COFJIEIC KICUA.NOB JUST THINK OF IT Every farmer his own landlord, no inonm> branceH, his bank account increasing year by year,land value Increas­ ing, stock increasing. splendid climate, ex­ cellent schools and churches, low taxation, high prices for cattle ai d grain, low railway rotes, and every possi­ ble comfort. Thisl* the condition of the farmer In Western Canada-- Province of Manitoba anil districts of Assinl- bola, Saskatchewan aid Alberta. Thousands of Americans are tow settled there. Reduced rates on all railways for homeseekers and set­ tlers. New districts are being opened up this year. The new forty-page Atlas of Western Ca­ nada sent free to ail applicants. F. I'edley, Superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa,Canada orC. J. Broughton. 9:7 Monadnock Blot k. Chi­ cago, E. T. Holmes, Room 6, "Big Four" Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind., or H. M.Williams, Toledo,0.« Canadian Government Agents. Briggs--It won't be long now before tbe United States will have to act as peacemaker (or those South American republics. Griggs--Well, we never sball own them unless we iaa^f jdnning some time.--Life, CAPSICUM VASELINE (PUT CP IN COIJIaAPSIBLS TUBES ) A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other plaster, and will not blister the most delicate skin. The pain-allaying and durative qualities of this article are wonder­ ful. It will stop the toothache at once, and relieve headache and kciatica. We recom­ mend it as the best and »ufest external counter-irritant known, also as an exttrnul remedy for pains in the chest and stomach and all rheumatic, neuralgic and gouty com­ plaints. A trial wijl prove what we cluim for it, and it will be ^ound to be invaluable In the household. Matov people say "it is the best of all of your preparations." Price 15 cents, at all druggists or other dealers, or by sending this amount irj us in postage stamps we will send 7m u tube by mail. No urticle should be accepted by" the public unless the same carries our label, as otherwise it is not CHE5BBROUGH MFG. CO., State Street, NkW TaHK CiTT. 17 A Car* for th« Tobacco TIaWt, Mrs. J• Kay, A. W. High street, Des Moines, Iowa, has discovered a harmless and lnexpena- ive remedy for the tobaoco habit, which has cured her husband and hundreds of others. Any druggist can put it us. The prescription and directions sent free for a stamp to pay postage. There are very few--only seven-- contested election cases in thl present House of Representatives. , PUTNAM FADELESS DYfiS color silk,wool or cotton perfectly at one boil­ ing. Sold by druggists. 10a p»r package. An essay on happiness in the Balti­ more Sun resolves itself into one rule: Pay all bills promptly. Piso's Care cannot be too highly spolten of M a cough cure.--J. W. O Briin. 328 Third An,, K-. Minneapolis, Minn.. Jan. 6.19GO. Paper twine stockings at three cents a pair are the latest thing in hosiery. KIDNEY JRQUBLES. Hrs. Louis© H. Gibson Sajs That Tills Fatal Disease is Easily Cured by Lydia E. Piiikham's Vegetable Com* pound. " Dear Mrs. Pinkiiam : --I felt very discouraged two years ago, I had suf­ fered so long with kidDev troubles and other complications, and had taken so much medicine without relief that I began to think there was no hope for me; Liftt looked so good to me, but what is life without health? I wanted to be well. MRS. LOUISE M. GIBSON. "Lydla E. 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Douglas' name and price stamped on bottom. Noticexncreasr of 1890MB 748,106 P»lr«. J900^M|259j75^aJrfc 1901 = 1,560,780- Pairs. B mlnesi More Than Doubled in Four tears. HHE REASONS I W.I.. OoutfUiB maki'sand Bellsniorenien'n ss.oonnri $3.60 Kliuea than anv ullu-r two liiaii'f'rs In tile m>i Id. W. I.. Dmttdas $).OOnml S3.N)»hoeB placed t>ide t>y side with 86.00 and $0.00 stioea of other makes, are found io U- juat as xo»d. 'i liey will outwear two pairs of ordinary $3.00 and $3.60 alioes. Made of tha best leathers, including Patent Corona Kid, Corona Colt, and National Kangaroo. Fail Color K.eloli and Black Hook> bm4. W.L.Uoaflu (4^00 "Gill Eilge Liar" eaaaot b* *,aalled. l(bo«> by mull Sac. CatalogfHe. x, Jti'orkton, Mma. !• by mull til W. L. Uoufflu KING REX having Issued his proclamation, it no wremains (or hia loyal aubjeots throughout the land to proceed to the Festive City of NEW ORLEANS and pay tribute to His Majesty toy participating Id the festivities of MARDI GRAS Vhich tor the year IMS will he held on FEBRUARY IO AND II For this occasion the Illinois Central R. R. Company will sell tickets on certain dates to New Orleans from stations on its line at VERY LOW RATES Your local ticket agent will tell you the dates of sale, specific rates and limits of these Mardi Gras tickets. Jf'ItiA A CIA L. Beardless Bartep fli prodigally proline, vtaEU I'JOl for Mr. Kcw York, lift MsoeUper Does everywhere. Tk>| nj| SOth Century OatSa Th« o&t nxftrrel, prodadfif freia 300 to 300 bus. per SaIcct*s Ofct* are war* r*ot«d to produce gr* The tJ. 3. Ag. Dept. cell* them the very beetl Tlifei pays. Three Eared Corn. J0x) to 250 bus. per acre, le •xtremc'.y profitable ai pre#* euia. Satan's produea «T«rjwhare. Marvel Wheat yllUeMftSOfiUWalutjetr ever 40 bat. per eere. Wcaiao tliacclebrmted M tWheat*which yielded 63 but. per Spelts. I* MMt •nlk-M tw. (rata Ml« •a«i>HI--t knr TErtTgayh Victoria (tap* •takes u poatfkH to hag;, nbeep Hi costor&utUafe. Minwl :j pvolltta, 4*M Vatt tTprrwhere. Tkal Bromui Cnermle. woni«rfttX (rata eff Dtary. ProdnoeeS of hay en l lets end tote bet-iJw per toll t0 fotu-'l. ftaKor'-n 1-9*4 fci trerr&ated. 1 feux jpajftk S .O.OO for tOo. iih jou to try greet farm n \ 10 fenc templet, containing Tbooeea4 KVic1, T<2OSUU«, CUfrty Alfalfa. Sjxhi, cic. (fully worta fl0.00tognastwt) together wtlfe ear freetaaulog, fey 10a po«;*ge. SALZER'S MAGIC CRUSHED SHELLS. Beet on earth. Sell at £1,46 per 2u0 lb. •3.75 forM0 lbo.; «S.50 for 1,0001 John A Salzer Seed Co.LAw?s ALL ABOUT THE GREAT NORTHWEST "OPPORTUNITY" a 20-page illustrated month­ ly magazine, for one year, and our special "Coed News Package," containing pictures and Ml information about the fine climate, rich Isn4» magnificent crops and grand opportunities of tip wonderful Northwest, for ONLY TEN CENTS IN SILVER, if yoj mention this paper. THE OPPORTUNITY COMPANY* 168 NEWSPAPER «0W. ST. PAUL. MINK. ONLY IO CENTS. UK At, ESTATE. APRPC Kiaaouri. improved Mvriba FARMS for sate.tnslxea from 40 to 2.000 aer.'S. Writ* fully wlmryou want and I will • end descriptions. Address J. S. KYLE. Clinton,Jb. STAR CAI C KM) »oro (nrm near this city. 650acTW rUIl MLC bottom corn laud. C!r«at stock ftn. ?3u i><>r acre. W. T. HiCKS, BlooniiuKton. lad. 27,000 FLORIDA For Homev Fruits. Vegetable* St Ci send f<T sample copy of SU B-THOPH', F»latka,n Washington Farms Williams, 56 Snlllvau Bldg., Seattle, Wash. bolt Co.; good soil; lays K»Od; tiled: all tillable, . Nothing better In !•>»•* at 50 Iowa farms. Voutiitei tuau. M«/Isi«/w, lotPA* FOR SALE. FARMS la the beat e'ooncr,ID the tK'st mm'.o !n tho Union. Send .r lit. We arconlv'iOmllealraat Kansas City. Parker ft Keepers. Olathe, Kaaaaa 6REAT BAB6AIHIHIAHD. S.VSKSB brisk*, well linprored, good soil, do waste laad.flM place for grain and stock. Only KS tOuscn. Hicks Farm Land Agency, Omaha, Neb. Evergreen Farm seat Kidder County, North Dakota. 1,300 aerss 3.0 acros under cuitlrstten, 8 0 acres meadow and pasture, T rooin farm bouse, barns to accommodate 100 head stock, granaries 5,000 bunttel capacity,l)alld- lnKS, wltblu H mllo of depot, court-house, churches, ••ehools, Prlco S18 per acre. i*cash. balaae* long time. Address owner, F. J, LYONS, Steele, I.Mi AUKSTS. ANTKD--<iood relleble $IUU a^euta to soil coun:y rights; big rnoMl: ilytily recommend"'!. Aildieaa 1>. KKIX.OQO & CO.. Alexandria, Minn. OODTUINO Otrered can assart and a permanent bos- hies.1, Writol'. M. 0>..sn0 Wabash Ave., Chicago. AQENTS Kltbersex, High Grade Article everybody n uscH. Prem. given, Oola Filled sample aud par.lQci men; ion pa|>oi-. Danville Supply Co.. Panrllle, IB. ARZllYQ UflNTCn In (Tery town In theU.B. AUCN 1 5 VVAHICU big money seiiteg household necessities. WrltJ for particulars. The Frauco-Vturrk an Perfumery Co.. Cleveland, Ohio. AGENTS a (listening tin If not n»tl»rt<'.l •iningn-.onry. A"D.ir.dy" patentedB*lf- 1; sample, etc H. 11A MILTON (listening button; sample, etc., lOc; iiioneTreftoaded S* Clark St..CmcAeow hold necessities and agents' light, fMt. BCilltiK articles sent free. Big money lu if. I>cpt.C» J. II. Keutler & Co.. !l K. Seventh, KrIe,I*». *nn A WEEK Straight tmlary and 5&U peases tc- r'ar t« our l'oultrv Mixture in country; year's com- ttnel; weekly pay. A«ldr^*», with stamp. *•»«« •>* f*- IQ. AGENTS WAM'EU-- SKLL ABC LIUHTS 9M cand.e power. Cost only I c nl^Ut. Write us at once, (imliaiu l.lirht Co.,tiOl Madhoa8uChlea(ei Positlvaly Mm#• Mommyt LADIKS OR <iKNTLXMKX. We guarantee !t New article of merit and daily Particulars F£EE. WA1. F. SUAW, Huryrue,& MISCELLASXOUJS. CCUlTnC 5 CENTS silver) and we'll send «o« 9LRU (IO »*THE PEOPLE'S COMPANION MAGAZINE" 6 months on trial. It will plea-- Vim. 81:N I> TO-DAY PEOPLE'S COMPANION l)ept. 20, Hathaway Bldg., Milwaufe'e, Wis. #0 nfk per day addressing envelopes at home, ft* #£sUU ticuluru for ten cents silver \|oivani|M^ tritmting Co., Campbell ami MarketSt*.. I.oulfcvtlte, Ky rYES-BOKINE. Antiseptic eye wash; cures weak, ~ burning, Inflamed, ted eve». Dime postpaid,(egli* lar size 35c. Dr. Mueller, 1607 N. Clark St.. fthieage. HOW to DEVcLOP the Independent Remedy Co., 232 Mich. Ave., fihieage. UA Ciurl Will make carpets lonk new. Easily HU rAAC» n'uae. WORTH SlO. FO* ISC. Chemical Carpet Co., 7o4,£i3 Dtarb'uM.CbiCagtt. SPORTS OWN JEST BOOK^^ft rty talk, funny saylnc*. wftty remarks 1 ' a - .. -! Box S48. Cilice iokes tbat w.iuld make a tombstone laugh. Price IERNER KFG. ft SUPPLY CO OATEN1ED and unpatented Inventions booglit«B4 » Kohl at Anhur's Office. MS Sta^e St., Ct" , Chicago. |||EW SK IN" Liquidcutirt plaster. BestthkagMU ™ Always Ready. Mall 10c. H. X Bllyeu,Ob«lla,Oi CEN O for cataiii-ue and price list ot Aiiaarl « Gold Fish to James Pntchard, Racine, Don'tbe Bothered with Corns. c^leSSSfiS A.TWIX('STHAXl). 17:8 W. Dunning St. Chief Was It Gracia'* F'-ult? Sample and wholesale prices, 10c. Ad. Lock l^ox 2163. San Francisco Calm. EGGS. ^ l.ay aonofwuttti I*. T HAFT.KIBT>«A}OLNCY»UL* Poultry in ea. l.ook out for Lo**. Puritan Chick Voo« •ares ttie i>r»ou. Superb circular free. America'slarsnel plant t'urltau Poultry Karma, inc.. Bo» A. St&uifoni.C>. A Great Hold Up. Cieut's Drawer Supporter. Da pair Send vie, stamp for catalogue of useful article^ norelties. etc. I'UKMIKU. 713 Lake St.. Chicago. LADIES WANTED aud cushions. So euce required. We futulsb materul* and fntyttJtk 65.00 to *15.00 per week. Send stamped oitvetop* to STANDARD 00 , 4847 Icaiana Avenue, Ckiea^ew cunco WHILE VOWSlKKfc. T w o m c i t h s t r e a t free. Hard cases I cum co., chica***. CATARRH 1111 Kit ft RHEUMATISM, U.50per bottle. Kor circulars and te*umoul«if. PiaaM Medietas Co , 734-786 Valencia St., San Fraaetsco. Oat. WOtTNG LADita v*AWXiiU. any distance, ie«r * ters, home evenings and return to us. We pay C9 per thousand, Send eddrewieii en»el'>pe. particjian and copy. P. X. C , Dept.C., Box 1411.Phiiadeiplji*. Send for ca(»:o*u««f rmANXUB TTPi- WK1TI&, a TtalbM _ _ writer.price97A.M gold by Cutter Tewe* Oe.. tU Dear bora St. fTfci-- nDADCV new DISCOVERY: (troi ^9 » quick rellefandcttlllllWM cases. Book of testimonial and le MTV I ran. H. M. ttBULt-a BOSS, ttt *. i Typewriters To Investors. Those wanting to make money, answer this adver­tisement. You can become a partner In an Invest ment guaranteed from start to finish. Wo want live agents in every communtljr. who can give good refer­ ences. You can make SAO i er week aud upw ard*. ^end .01 for complete outfit; no attention paid to letters unless accompanied by dr«ft, poat office or ex- f reaa money order, made payable to the -OiriSJANA PI'KCH 8E KVNDI('ATI> «uite 15X1 t'heuiUal Bldg.. St. Louts, Mo. ENTLEMEN Hf,RE YOUR CHANCE! Are you married* If not, why m>tiiMurfya£b€treMl wit)give the name*. a«1rirt>^!H*udd«**crlptKm3of twttre ladies who wish to marry. from 17 to _ have from $10,000 to $77.OOO in cash. Weienl : """ 4 . ̂ . . sealed tiveof these iiauie-.foril.00 or all twe!vefor«.l*. I KhCt AaSWCITtag AdvertlS€«tttS KiMV Send for all and take your choice. Earliest offers the moat favor.-d. WHY NOT MAHKY KR'tit Ark- drifts. CON BTOOA COItRK8PONDJ£..CS CLUB. Drawer 677, Lancaster. Pa. FOR LIST OF RMIUMATIC 8UFFERCM tnd t>*AuUfu: pivture laU P. M. CO.. 2140 WtbMb Aveuuo. Clxtcatfo. .-^Thompson's Eft Mm Si W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 5, 1902. SPECIAL INDUCEMENT! $1000 $10.00 we havoM) ajrenO. B • BBH M at wholesale ERtand M^VATURS. SH0vEUN« BOAH08, "AfMNF* CORN SMELLERS, SEED ESS. Etc. Writ* TODAY lu Catai^ei, Prices ind putif* «. WILLIAMS M**4?. CO., DeoatUr, ill. Wo wil) sell to th" farmer(where oar CORN ?LAM CRS. WEIGH* .lentton This Taper. CONSUMPTION