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Looking for Something Better. ;j "I assure you," he urged, "that I can 'Support you in the style to which you liave been accustomed." "But why should I change tor no more than that?" she asked. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of De- Sance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot seB any other starch. The ice has gone out of Harry Lehr, and he has appeared with his dog decorated in five different shades of blue ribbon in one day. Uw tl Croat GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS the best That's why they buy Red •Ball Blue. At leading grocers, 5 cents. The inventor of the Waterbury watch is dead. Weund up at last. There are 2,400 mineral waters bot­ tled in New York city. Mrs. Wtnalow's Soothing Syrap. Foe children teething, softens the trims, noun la» Baminat ton, allay* pain, corea wlndcolto. XcabottlA. Comtys are found in the earliest known graves. The letter of Miss Merkley, whose picture is printed above, proves beyond question that thousands of cases of inflamma­ tion of the ovaries and womb are annually cured by the use of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. " Drab Mrs. Pttkham :--Gradual loss of strength and nerve force told me something was radically wrong with me. I had severe shooting pains through the pelvic organs, cramps and extreme irritation compelled me to aeek medical advice. The doctor said that I had ovarian trouble and ulcera­ tion, and advised an operation. I strongly objected to this and decided to try Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vege­ table Compound. I soon found that my judgment was correct, and that all the good things said about this medi­ cine were true, and day by day I felt less pain and increased appetite. The ulceration soon healed, and the other complications disappeared, and in eleven weeks I was once more strong and vigorous and perfectly well. 44 My heartiest thanks are sent to you for the great good you have done me."-- Sincerely yours, Miss Mabg ark* Merhxey, 275 Third St., Milwaukee, Wis.--$6000 forfeit If original of ab000 titter jroolng genulntnt** cannot koproaueod. BABY'S BOWELS are delicate and no drastic purga­ tives should ever be given. Neither should a mother give herchild any concoction con­ taining . opiates. If necessary to, assist Nature to] move the little one's bowels give it ̂ one-quarter^ teaspoonful Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Pleasant to the taste -- contains nothing which can harm the most delicate organism. Physicians will testify to the truth of this state­ ment. See page 21 of our book of "Proofs." Write for it today. Mrs. Allle Jackson, of Fanner City. 111.. writes: "My seven months old baby was troubled a great deal with his stomach and bowels. I had tried numerous remedies with no tfood results, until the baby lost much flesh, and was in poor health. A friend recommend­ ed Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. I procured a 50c bottle at the drutr store and grave the contents to the baby according to directions, after which there was a decided improvement in his condi­ tion. Have been giving him Syrup Pepsin for about a month, with very satisfactory results, his stomach a.kd bowels beintr in pood healthy condition and his former weight regained." Your Hlonoy Baok If K Don't Benefit Yon PEPSI* SYRUP CO., MonllesRa, lit. Delicious Mapl-Fiake is made from the whole of the wheat, toasted to a delicious brown, and fla­ vored with pure maple syrup. IDdplfldkC The LANKFORD HUMANE Horse Collar It Is cotton-fllled.antl-chaflnfj; It will positively cure and prevent galli and gore ahoulders and do away with pads. Ask your dealer ^ tliem. 'Write for catalogue and receive our memorandum account book free. THE POW. UU» MFG. CO.. Waterloo. IowL Rlpans Tatmlea are the best dW> pepsI a medicine ever made. ̂ hundred millions of them hare | been sold In the United States In a single year. Constipation, heart­ burn, sick headache, dizziness, bad breath, sore throat, and every 111- newt arlsln* from a disordered Momach are relieved or cured by Rlpans Tabulea. One will generally Rive relief within twenty min- •tea The live-cent package I* enough lor ordlnar* •ecaalous. All druggists sell them. * lo More Blind Horses Moon Blindness and other acre eyes, Bary Co., Iowa City. la., have a sure curt, THE GIRL H A L F W A Y A T T H E H O U S E C t t r r i f k t t d . 1 9 0 3 . b y D , A t t l t t m * 6 * C t m f a m y , N t w Y * r k CHAPTER XXII.--Continued. At this iplace the/ saw a few men sitting outride the floor, calmly smok­ ing--among these/Sam, the liveryman, a merchant by name of Chapman, and a homesteader, who was known as One-eyed Pennyman. Inside the house, playing cards with Curly, were four other men. Franklin noticed that they all were armed. They all ap­ peared from their story, to have Just dropped in to pass a little time with Curly. From time to time others dropped In, most of them remaining outside in the moonlight, sitting on their heels along the porch, talking but little, and then mentioning any­ thing but the one subject which was uppermost in every one's mind. Yet though nothing was said, it might well be seen that this little body of men were of those who had taken the stand for law and order, and who were resolved upon a new day in the his­ tory of the town. It was a battle of the two hotels and what they represented. Over at the great barroom of the Cottage there was at the same time assembled a much larger gathering, composed chiefly of those transient elements which at that time really made up the larger portion of the population of the place--wide-hatted men, with narrow boots and broad belts at which swung heavy, blued revolvers with broad wooden butts--a wild-looking, wild- living body of men, savage in some ways, gentle in others, but for the most part just, according to their creed. All drank whisky, and drank it regularly. Up to ten o'clock the whisky had produced no effect. At ten o'clock a big Texan raised his glass high above his head and smashed it upon the bar. "Law an' order be damned!" said he. "What kind o' law an* order is it to let a murderin' Greaser like that Mfaare. Tou ain't the Co'te. I koin't give him to no one but the Co'te." Silence fell for an instant, then from the rear of the party there came push­ ing and crowding and cries of "Burn the house--drive him out!" There was a rush, but it was met by a silent thickening of the line at the point as­ sailed. Men scuffled with men.'fewear- ing and grunting, panting hard. Here and there weapons flashed dully, though as yet no shot was fired. The rushers toward the house grew closer, so that assailants and besiegers were now mingled in a fighting, swear­ ing mass. "You're no cowman, Curly," cried one voice, bitterly. "You're a d--d liar!" cried Curly in reply, "whoever says that to me! I'm only a-keepin' of my word. You kain't clean us out. I'll shoot tfcft livin* soul out o' any man that touches that door! This here is the jail, anl I'm the deppity, and, by ! you'll| not have my prisoner!" "Quite right, me man," said a cool voice at Curly's side, and a hand fell on his shoulder as a tall form loomed sprang toward the building. The cries became savage, beastlike. It was no longer human beings who contended over this poor, half-witted being, but brutes, less reasonable than he. Juan left the door. He swept Frank­ lin and Curly and Battersleigh aside as though they were but babes. It was his purpose to rush out, to strike, to kill. It was the moment of opportunity for the leader of the as­ sailants. The whistle of a rope cut the air, and the noose tightened about the giant's neck with instant grip. There up in the crowd. "There's good ma- tayrial in you, me bully. Fair play's a jule, an' it's fair play we're goin' to have here." Backed by a crowd of men whose resolution was as firm as their own, i % r . Ml command you--in the name of--the law!" come clear? Which of us'll be the next he'd kill?" "Well," said a conservative, sooth­ ingly, "let's wait till to-morrer. Let's let the Co'te set another day, any­ how." "Yes, I reckon that's right; yes, that's so," said others; "we'd better wait till to-morrer." A brief silence fell upon the gather­ ing, a silence broken only by tinklings or shufflings along the bar. Then, far off, over the prairie, there came a lit- tlo flat, recurrent sound, or series of sounds, as of one patting his fingers softly together. It fell and rose and grew, coming rapidly nearer, until at length there could be distinguished the crac'iing and popping-of the hoofs of running horses. "It's the Bar O outfit, from the Bra­ zos, coming in,^' said some one. The crowd pressed out into the air. It opened and melted slightly. The crowd at Curly's shanty increased slightly, silently. Inside, Curly and his friend still played cards. The Riant prisoner lay asleep upon the floor. The rattle of many hoofs swept up to the door of the Cottage, where the restive, nervous horses were left standing while the men went in, their leader, a stoeky, red-mustached man, bearing with him the rope which he had loosened from his saddle. Having drunk, the leader smote upon the bar with a heavy hand. "Come along, men," he called out. "The quicker we bang that d d Greaser the better it will be." He moved toward the door, followed by many ^ilently, by others with steps that lagged. "Well, you see--"began one man. "To h--1 with all that!' said the new­ comer, turning upon him fiercely. "We don't need no cowards!" "Nq», that ain't it," resumed the first nan, "6ut we got to respeck the Co'te --fust Co'te ever did set here, you see. The fellers, some of 'em, thinks-- some o' the jury thinks--that the fel­ ler's too crazy fer to hang." "Crazy be d--d! We're goin' to hang him, an' that settles it. Law an' order kin take care of it afterward." All the time they were shifting toward the door. As though by concert they swung into saddle and swept off up the street in a body, above the noise of their riding now breaking a careless laugh, now a shrill yell of sheer joyous excitement. More than a hundred men drew up in front of the frail shelter over which was spread the doubtful aegis of the law. Fifty men met them. The lights went 6ut in the house in an instant, and in front of the door there Bwept a dark and silent cordon. The leader of the in'faders paused, but went straight forward. "We want that man!" he said. "You know very well you-«*n't have him." f "We don't know nothin' o' the sort. We want him, an' we're goin' to have him. Git out of the road!" A second figure stood by the side of Franklin, and this man was recognized by the leader. "Aw, now, Curly, what d--d foolish­ ness is this here? Bring him out." "You know I won't Jim," said Curly, •Imply. "We're tryin' him on the these three fell back in front of the door. Franklin felt his heart going fast, and knew that more was asked of him here than had ever been upon the field of battle. In a moment, he re­ flected, the flrinf^^Ttfbuld begin. . Suddenly the climax came. The door was thrust irresistibly open, not from without, but from within. Stoop­ ing, so that his head might clear its top, the enormous figure of Juan, the Mexican, appeared in the opening. A roar of anger and excitement rose as the prisoner was seep standing there before them, though outlined only by the dim light of the sky. Every man in the a'ssailing party was a surge back upon the rope, a movement which would have been fatal for any other man. which would have been fatal to him, had the men got the rope to a horse as they wish­ ed, so that they might drag the vic­ tim by violence through the crowd. But with Juan this act was not final. As the groat bear of the foothills, when roped by the horseman, scorns to attempt escape, but pulls man and horse toward him by main force, so the giant savage who was now thus assailed put forth his strength, and by sheer power of arm drew his would-be captors to him, hand over hand. The noose about his own neck he loosened with one hand. Then he raised his hand and let it fall. The caster of the rope, his collar bone broken and his shoulder blade cracked across, fell in a heap at his feet as the swaying crowd made way. There came, boring into the silence with horrible distinctness, the sound of one merciful, mysterious shot. The giant straightened up once, a vast black body towering above the black mass about him, and then sank gently, slowly down, as though to curl himself in sleep. There was a groan, a roar, a swift surging of men thick, black, like swarming bees. Some bent above the two prone figures. Others caught at the rope, groveling, snarling. They were saved the last stage of their disgrace. Into the crowd there pressed the figure of a newcomer, a hatless man, whose face was pale, whose feet were unshod, and who bore one arm helpless In a dirty sling which hung about his neck. Haggard and unkempt, barefooted, half-clad as he had stumbled out of bed at his ranch six miles away, Bill Watson, the sheriff appeared a figure heroic enough. With his broken arm bang­ ing useless and jostled by the crowd, he raised his right hand above his head and called out in a voice weak and halting, but determined : "Men, go--go home! I command you--in the name--of the law!" BOOK IV T^e Day of the Plow CHAPTER XXIII. The End of the Trail. ^ The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was. It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at ft place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying. The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried It on and made a success of it. All these wild range meif1 who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens. She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone. Chief mourner at over threescore funerals, neverthe­ less was Mother Daly's voice always for peace and decorum; and what good she did may one day be discover­ ed when the spurred and booted dead shall rise. There was yet no key to the Cottage bar when there came the unbelievable word that there was no longer a buf­ falo to be found anywhere on the range, and that the Indians were gone, beaten, herded up forever. Far to the north, it was declared, there wero men coming in on the cow range who had, silver-mounted guns, who wore gold and jewels and who brought with them saddles without horns! It was said, however, that these new men wanted to buy cows, so cows were taken to them. Mother Daly looked upon this, and it was well. She understood her old boys and loved" them. She was glad the world was full of them. She look­ ed out over the wide, wind-swept plains, along the big chutes full of bel­ lowing beeves, at the wide corral with its scores of saddled Nemeses, and she was calm and happy. It was a good­ ly world. It was upon one day that Mother Daly looked out opon her world; upon the next day she looked again, and all the world was changed. Far ais the eye could reach, the long and dusty roadway of the cows lay silent, with its dust unstirred. Far, very far off, there was approaching a little band of strange, small, bleating, woolly creatures, to whose driver Mother Daly refused bed and board. The cat­ tle chutes were silent, tho corral was empty. At the Cottage bar the keeper had at last found a key to the door. Up and down the Trail, east and west of the Trail, all was quiet, bare and desolate. At some signal--some sig­ nal written on the sky--all the old life of Ellisville had taken up its jour­ ney into a farther land, into another day. The cowman, the railroad man and the gambling man had gone, leav­ ing behind them the wide and well- perforated Cottage, the graveyard with its double street, the cattle chutes with well-worn hairy walls. (To be continued.) Senator Hoar's Advice Ill-Received. A young man from Florida came to Washington to represent a news­ paper in his state, says a correspond­ ent of a New York paper. A few days after he arrived Senator Hoar intro­ duced a bill referring to a lottery in Florida. The young reporter has­ tened to see the senator, with visions of a column interview with him con­ cerning the bill and its effect and all that. The servant said the senator would see him. "What is it?" asked Mr. Hoar, when the ypung man had been shown in. "I want to ask you about the bill you introduced to-day?" "What do you want to ask me about it?" "Why, I am from Florida and rep­ resent a Florida paper, and I thought you might give me an explanation." "Have you read the bill?" "Yes, sir." "Do you understand it?" "I think I do, sir." "Well, if you do not. no explanation I could make would help you to. Good evening." And that was another of those inter­ views never printed. Boy Wanted Full Instructions. "During one of my visits through the country districts," said the profes­ sor. "I happened to reach a small village where they were to have a Hag-raising at the schoolhouse. After the banner had been 'flung to the breeze' there was an exhibition of drawings which the pupils had made and of the work they had done during tne year. ' "The teacher recited to them the 'landing of the Pilgrims,' and after she had finished, she requested each pupil to try and draw from his or her imagination a picture of Plymouth Rock. "Most of them went to work at once, but one little fellow hesitated and at length raised his hand. " 'Well, Willie, what is it?' asked the teacher. " 'Please, ma'am, do you want us to draw a hen or a rooster?' "--Phila? delphia Press. Gallant Warrior. "Suppose," said the fiir grass wid­ ow. "that you and I were out strolling along a lonely road, miles and miles from any house, and where nobody was likely to come along with a wagon or a buggy for a week, and I should suddenly happen to--to sprain my ankle so that I couldn't walk, what would you do?" "Well, I'll tell you." replied the colonel, "there's one thing I learned in the army that seems to come in kind of pat here." "Yes?" she eagerly urged. "Some­ thing about first aid to the Injured? Ah, colonel, you soldiers must be so handy at such times. . What was it you learned in the army?" "Never to worry before a mule gets sick about the kind of treatment he may need."--Chicago Record-Herald Beecher and the Medium. While in England Henry Ward Beecher was entertained by a gentle­ man who believed in spiritualism and was himself a medium, says the Ar­ gonaut. One day he asked if Beecher would like to talk with the spirit of his father, Dr. Lyman Beecher. Mr. Beecher replied that it would please him immensely. After the seance was over he was asked how it had im­ pressed him, at which, with the twinkle in his eye, Beecher respond­ ed: "All I have to say is that if I deteriorate as fast for the first ten years after I am dead as my father has, I shall be a stark naked fooL" ONE DOLLAR WHErtT. Western Canada's Wheat Fields Pro­ duce It--Magnificent Yields--Free Grants of Land to Settlers. The returns of the Interior Depart­ ment show that the movement of American farmers northward to Can­ ada is each month affecting larger areas of the United States. Time was, says the' Winnipeg Free Press, when the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa fur­ nished the Dominion with the main bulk of its American contingent. Last year, however, forty-four states and districts were represented in the of­ ficial statement as to the former resi­ dence of Americans who had home- steaded in Canada. The Dakotas stiil head the list, with 4,006 entries, Min­ nesota being a close second with 3,887, but with the exception of Alabama j and Mississippi and Delaware every state in the Union supplied settlers who, in order to secure farms in the fertile prairie country of Canada, be­ came citizens of and took the oath o! allegiance to, the Dominion. Last year no less than ,11.841 Americans entered for homestead lands'in Can­ ada. , From the Gulf to the Boundary, and from ocean to ocean, the trek to the Dominion goes on. Not only the wheatgrowers of the central Missis­ sippi valley, but the ranchers of Texas and New Mexico, and the cultivators of the comparatively virgin soil of Oklahoma, are pouring towards the productive vacant lands of the Cana­ dian Northwest. It is no tentative, half-hearted departure for an alien country that is manifested in this exodus; it has become almost a rush to secure possession of land which it is feared by those imperfectly ac­ quainted with the vast area of Can­ ada's vacant lands, may all be acquir­ ed before they arrive. There is no element of speculation or experiment In the migration. The settlers have full information respecting the soil, wealth, the farming methods, the laws, taxation and system of govern­ ment ' of the country to which they are moving, and they realize that the opportunities offered in Canada aro In every respect better and greater than those they have enjoyed in the land they are leaving. Canada can well afford to welcome cordially every American farmer com­ ing to the Dominion. There is no question but that these immigrants make the most desirable settlers ob­ tainable for the development of the prairie portion o; the Dominion. Full information can be had from any au­ thorized Canadian government agent whose address will be found else­ where In this paper. Wasn't Looking for Wings. Congressman Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, on his way to Washington, saw an old darky at a station where the train was stopping for a few mini utos. "Hello, uncle," he said, "are yon waiting for anybody?" * "No, sah; jes' waitin' roan* fer de angel Gabriel to call me." / "Well, you're in luck; but what do you reckon you'll do for wings when you get to Paradise?" "Bress de Lawd, sah, I hopes I don' get any." "Why not? Afraid you won't be able to use them?" "No, sah; but I'se 'fraid dat flyin* about'll be too hard work fer an ol' man like me, sah."--New York Times. HOSPITAL SECRETS, - - 'M S-s A Nurse Says: "Pe-ru-na It ft? Tonic of Efficiency." Renan and the Soldier. One summer afternoon while walk­ ing near Treguier Renan, the famous French writer, met a sergeant and four soldiers, and the sergeant, after saluting him most courteously, Said: "Sir, I want you to do me a favor. We are alone here, and as no one can see us I shall consider myself greatly Indebted to you if you will allow me to give you a small token of my re­ spect and admiration." Renan was taken aback at his words, but seeing that the man was in earnest, he replied politely: "All right, sergeant I am sure I am much obliged to you." Thereupon, turning to his four men, the worthy sergeant bade them stand in line as a guard of honor, and then, drawing his sword, he said gravely, "Present arms!" At this unexpected compliment Re­ nan removed his hat and bowed, and there was an unusual tremor in his voice as he thanked the sergeant for his courtesy. How to Keep House. With all the luxuries and pleasures of this life, its big enjoyments and its smaller comforts, there Is an offset or antithesis which we have to contend with in the foi*m of aches and pains. In some way and by some means every one has a touch of them in some form at some time. Trifling as some of them may be, the risk is that they will grow to something greater and rack the system with con­ stant torture.. There is nothing, there fore, of this kind that we have a right to trifle with. Taken in time, the worst forms of pains and aches are easily subdued and cured by the freo use of St. Jacobs Oil. No well regulated household ought to be with out a bottle of this great remedy lot- pain. It is the specific virtue of pene­ tration in St. Jacobs Oil that carries it right to the pain 6pot and effects a prompt cure even in the most painfu cases of Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lum­ bago, Sciatica. You want it also in the house at all times for hurts, cuts and wounds, and the house that ill- ways has it keeps up a sort of Insur­ ance against pain. Maybe the educator who says that bad spelling is a sign of high literary talent is merely making an admission which modesty would forbid him to put In any more direct form. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any other brand. Sometimes a battleship turns turtle, and once in a great while the com­ mander of a battleship turns clam. BO-KO BALM. Cures chapped hands, sore, tired bruised feet, stiff biiek, limbs and joints at night. Hub well externally. Ask the druggist. 5(>e. Anyway, there is nothing wronu with the rabbit foot, or whatever it is that Japan is carrying. Lewis' "Single Binder" straight r>c cigar, made of extra quality tobacco. You pay 10c for cigars not so good. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111. He who has no vision of eternity will never get a true hold of time. DON'T SPOIL TOUR CLOTHES. Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them white as snow. All grocers. 5c. a package. Grand Duke Cyril must begin to think that he is a child of destiny. I do not believe IMso's Cure for Consumption *has an equal for coughs and colds.--John F Botbb, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. i5, 19001 It almost never pays to argue, and yet how many people do it If you want creamery prices do as the creameries do, use Jlh>ifl TINT BUTTER COLOR. It's easy enough to be a great man. Wbaa you kick, kick hard. Free to Twenty-five Ladles. The Defiance Starch Co. will give 25 ladies a round trip ticket to the St Louis Exposition, to five ladies in each of the following states: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis­ souri who will send in the largest number of trade marks cut from a ten-cent, 16-ounce package of Defi­ ance cold water laundry starch. This means from your own home, any­ where in the ab^ve named states. These trade marks must be mailed to and received by the Defiance Starch Co., Omaha, Nebr., before Sep­ tember 1st, 1904. October and Novem­ ber will be the best months to visit the Exposition. Remember that Defi­ ance Is the only starch put up 16 oz. (a full pound) to thg^package. You get one-third more sfarch for the same money than or any other kind, and Defiance never sticks to the iron. The tickets to the Exposition will be sent by registered mail September 5th. Starch for sale by all dealers. His Opinion. "Do you think that only rich men ought to be in political life?" "I should not put It that way," answered Senator Sorghum. "But I am of the opinion that a man in polit­ ical life ought to be rich 6ooner or later." Mother Gray's Sweet Powder* for Children. Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, cure Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. 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In view of the great multitude of women suffering from some form of female disease and yet unable to find any cure, Dr. Hart- man, tho renowned specialist en female catarrhal diseases, has announced his willingness to direct the treatment of as many cases as make application to him during the summer months, without charge. Address The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Looking for a Homo? Then why not keep in view the fact that the0farmins lands of ] ^ Western lezm Canada are sufficient to support a population of 5D.OOO.ON or over? The immigration for tbe past tix yean has been phenomenal. FREE Homastud Ltnds easily accessible, while other lapds may be fT chased from Railway and Land Companies. The • rain and crazing lands of Western Canada are the best on the continent, producing the best train. • and cattle (fed on grass alone) ready for market. Markets, School*. Rallwuya and ell other rondltiouH wake Western taiutda an CDTi- •blu Hpot for the Mtfttler. Write to Superintendent 1 mmteration.Ottawa.Cait* ada, for a descriptive Atlas, and other information, or to the authorized Canadian Government Agent-- C. J. Broughton, No. 430 Quincy Building. Chicago, 111.: T. O. Currie. Room 12. Callahan Buildins. Mil­ waukee. Wis.; M. V. Mchmes. N o. o Avenue T ba­ tter Block. Detroit. Mich. ^91 RKAI. ESTATE. FOR SALE--Four farm* loca.*<e<l In Hunt and ad­ joining c.iuntleR, respectively. TSS, 8S0, l.UUU and 2.UM acres each, with small cash payment, liberal tcruis, wll' tako tsome good pruperty In cxchango as partial paj^ncnt. Write me for description and 8. E. TXPPXXT, - - Greenville, Texai. ASflNlBOlA, (JAN., Dairy Farm far Sale--Conflst- iujf • t 1,4t<) arren of the bent prairie pasture and hay lamlH, 18 miles from station of Canadian 1'actflc rall- r.mil; is thoroughly equipped as a tlrwt-cUssup-to-data dairy farm, comfortable dwelling house, stablea, slit'ilg, c rrals. etc. l'rlce, lneludlui? 70 cattle and # li.nves, $10 per acra. Terms. •»)?. caMi. balance to Milt at Vor spot caah !>£ dW.vmut. H. H. HAS8AKJJ, • Josephsburg. Ana., Can. FOR SALE--Missouri farina cheap; 385 acres I.aclerie co;:nty, $11,(50: 500 acres Green county, m ar Springfield, $15,000; 160 acres I.acledc county, $1,800 ; 240 acres Wright county, $8,000; 120 aerea Green county commercial ori l.urd, near Sprlugfleld, $3,000; 85 acres Green county, 82,550; 160 Rcres Harry county, $1,000, and other bargains. One-halt < ash. Address, JAMES F. ROSS, P. O. Box 23. East End, Pittsburg, Pa. FOR SALE--160 acre farm located 4 tntles V -ft', of t r.ib Orchard and7 uillcs S. W. of sterling. Ni'l> l-it# acres are under cultivation and A) acres In pa*turo and bay land. Is ail good soil and has plenty of water. Improvements consist of 4-room house, bam, gninerv. sheds aud has a small bearing orchard, iif prlc * is $1,000 and will give good liberal terms. JOHN BOATSMAN, - Sterling, Neb. 825 Acres. Florida, flood wharf nnd steamboui land­ ing near citc. Good house, outbuilding, 2.110(1 orauga trees uiulot'her Irult*. On It. B. Price $5,000 cash or $6,"i0 part time. 80,000 acres. FlorlJa, solid body, fine grazing and farming land. 1'rlce $1.50 ca^h.vr 1.75 part time. Wm A. Hudson, Greenville, 3. 0. Do You Want a Good Home, and earn dollar* while you sleep? If so buy N. >V. ot sec. 11 lu twp. '.'1, range 8i. l'ocahontas Oo., I a. All good land, 4 miles fr >m Yarlua, 5-room house.good barn, well and windmill, l'W acr.'s cultivated, 20 Mine grass, balanca pasture. Price $57 an acre, $1,000 cash, balauc* March 1st, l'.v»s, when possession will be irlven. J. K. JORDAN, - Box No. 654, Fonda, Iowa. vf ennlng3, Louisiana, baa -l.OOONorthern people. !Living h. ld Sth) lots, 90x125 for $50 each lo years a«a. ir nf soiling for $500. Will sell lots for $200 to $350 rush, balance live yearly payments with ss; discount 155 for cash. Seed time and harvest last all the year. luqulre of owner. S. L. CARY. A Good Farm or Home in Otse?o County, Michigan. cheaper than elsew here. We have poultry fanni of 5 to 12 acres, improved and unimproved famisfrom up to 700 acres that can be had cheap as dirt. If y m want to know about the best agricultural part of 'Northern Michigan and the low prices and how lb* land will pav for tt«elf writ# HllTOK & HAE .UNGTON. GaylorJ, Kah. T.WiTHrlSaffiTl Only $4 down and $4 per mouth; no intcieat. Any quanuty at per ts. 10, 100 and 1.000 acio tracts; 150,000 acres. The great Sabina] laini »rant on Nuevitas harbor, bi'.est in the world: land guaranteed level; hardwood timber. The landing place of Christopher Columbus. Send for illustrated prospectus, map, etc.--FKLE. CARLSON INVESTMCMT CO. 8 0 Nat'l Life Bids. CHICAGO. BEST IN THE WORLD. W. L. DOUGLAS $4.00, $3.50, $3.00, $2.50 MADE SHOES W.L. Douglas shoes are worn by more men than any other make. The reason is, they hold their shaiv>,titbetter,\vear longer, and have greater intrinsic value than any other shoes. Sold Eryerqtvhere. * Look Tor iiiintr unil (trice «»n bottt Oon^-laj uses t'orona »'o!!sK1ti, v.hlch la evsrvwh*rerimreiletl lobellieliiie.'.l 1'utent Leather yet producetl. Fa st t# or t. ycttts used. Shoes hv m:ul,S'i cents eitrv Write for Catalog. W. 1- DOI UL VS, Brocktou. Stan. Wisdom Soap (Granulated) ' 'Soap that sells to clean, Must clean to sell" Wisdom does the same work at one-half the cost ol any bar soap. All Grocers AOC PENSIONS. Under a recent order of the C'ommix>loner irf Pen­ sions all veterans serving yo days >.r in..re ihmng tha Civil War, at'd honorably dischar^e.l, and over $3 ears of a^e are entitled to pension. Write to ~ to N. ¥.. years. Butte ft Phillips. 142o : . ATe.,Wa»hinftan, ^ Reff>-f>nci>a - washlngtou l> ..«rd of 't'rada, tteiereni.es. ^ Traders Nutlcu.il Haak. To Become Owcar i' Aii JC- -- 1 own aid Offer for sulc t.-rtl.c ••-.••v 6 months a jeeouatof change lubusluos. I 'J liu|>roitHl Karius nearly- .»r. Mint:. Will maWv' prlces:in.l '..tii.-rsht. djacripme n:: i *. LAUBTIS&H.Tyler, Mia*. GREAT OPPORTUNITY It TDIICGBTC Elastic Stockings, Etc. TRUoSco Fiavell, Catalog FKKK. W. N. U.t CHICAGO, No. 19, 190C When Answering Advertis«m«n|| Kindly Mention Thi« Pap«*w :