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The Governments iCSiain
The commissioner of the general land of
llco has Mihmlited his report to the Secre
tary of the Interior Compared with last
year It shows a decrease of aJOS homestead
entries isrejHtlnr acres Quite
proportionate to this Is the falling off in gen
eral health when no effort is niad e to reform
Irregularity of the bowels This can easily
be accomplished with the aid of HostetterB
Stomach Hitters also a remedy for malaria
dyspepsia rheumatism and liver trouble
Twenty two pons of China are open
to foreign residence where Europeans
are allowed to own land ou which they
live
Given Awny
For only three dollars a genuine guar
anteed watch worth S300 with your order
for three dollars worth of any of our
music Send for catalogue of our 5 ceut
and other music All sent by mail pre
paid Agents wanted F P Deax Sheet
Music Store Sioux City Iowa
Some men are bora great some
achieve greatness and some become al
dermen
A LETTEK TO WOMEN
A few words from Mrs Smith cf
Philadelphia will certainly corroborate
the clam that Lydia E Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound is womans ever
reliable friend
I cannot praise Lydia E Pink
harnsVegetable Compound too highly
lor nine
weelcs I was in
bed suffer -
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flammation
and conges
tion of tho
ovaries I
had a dis
charge all
the time
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down all
the time I
felt quite
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able but as soon as I would put my
feet on the- floor the pains would
come back
Every one thought it was impossi
ble for me to get well I was paying Si
per day for doctors visits and 75 cents
a day for medicine I made up my mind
to try Mrs Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound It has effected a complete cure
for me and I have all the faith iu the
world in it What a blessing to wo
man it is Mrs Jennie L Smith No
224 Kauffman St Philadelphia a
In JJ or 4 yearn nn Inilo
pcndcncc Is assured Ifyo j
take nj your HOME la
Western Canada the land
of plenty B2f Illustrated
J nnmnTilnta MvTinnvnn1
forff yiwS cnco farmcra who hav
ItfrffifffffvB fifl become wealthy In row
Ins wheat reports of dclccntcn etc and full Infor
motion ttft to reduced railway ralcM cun bo Lad on
sppUcaUon to Department Interior Ottawa Canada
or to
X Bart Iiolomcw Dcs Moines Iowa
X II Murphy Stratford Iowa
W H Itoerrt Watcrtown South Dakota
W V ISennelt New York Life Bide Umuhn
Xcbraska
Ken Davies 154 East Third Street St Paul
Minnesota
Agents for the Government of Canada
SkJvlERL
WILL KEEP YOU DRY
Dont be fooled with a mackintosh
or rubber coat If you wantncoatl
that will keep you dry in the hard
est storm buy the Fish Brand I
Slicker If not for sale In your I
town write for catalotruc to
A J l uwtK boston Alass
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WHEAT
40 cts a Bushel
With Salzers new crea
tions in isprinc Wheat to
be sown before April 35
you can raise wheat at 40c
a busheland make money
How Why Salers Mar
vel Wheat jias a record of
i0 bus per acre in Iowa
Illinois Wisconsin JUin
ncbota Mich lnd etc
OATS
209 Bus Per Acre
Salters Silver Mine OatB
still leads tho world with
a record right here in
Wisconsin of 231 bushels
per avire in 1K90 What
more do you wish Bont
this heat all You see
Salzers Seeds are bred up
to bijc yields S400 in
roUI we pay for name of
our new Oat wonder
BARLEY
1 73 Bus Per Acre
Jno Brcider M ishicotr
Wis qrrew in 1S9U 173
busc aixcrsSilverCiiuc
liarley from ono meas
ured acre sworn to by
live witnesses Thats
meiise lint von sec
zers Seeds aro bred to
Tha ts why you
et tuch IIj yields
CORN
iXV 1CR hns nornpro Hintd
nzZZt voxderful Well Salzerc
Seeds aro bred to yields
POTATOES
J 1057 Bus Per Acre
W V SVJWV J VIA b UJ
llcvoit its too bie But
t Salzers Seeds are bred to
oigT yicias
GRASSES
Tarjjcst growers of fresh
live tirasses and Olovnr
r SixxXa in the -world hnncn
r or seeds are guaranteed
ou can Det on our clover
anil Grass Need growing-
And su h yields C tons of
hay per aero
VEGETABLES
Finest earliest to be had
Our Wisconsin S eed cant
bo heat Why bny your
seeds in stores -when for
less money you can buy
them delivered f rco of us
35 pkjrs Earliest Vegeta
bles fei0O postpaid
For 1 0c Stamp CN
and THIS NOTICK
wo will send yon 11 Rnro
1 arm cced Sampes and
our Orcut VAll f
ftuOK f3Scnd this no
tice along
lOHitf A SALZER SEED CO
C J LA CKOSSE WIS
RUTH
She stood breast liigh anions tho com
Claspd bj the golden lipht of nioru
Like the sweetheart of the sun
Who many a glowing kiss had won
On her cheek an autumn flush
Deeply ripend such a blush -
lii the ml nf brown was born
Like ted gro vn with corn
Round he her trusses fell
Whi h blueljst none could tell
But long voMed tt light
That had en all too bright
And her hat av itn shady brim
Made her tressy foreheid dim
Thus she stood uniid the Btooks
Praising God with sweetest looks
Sure I said Heavn did not mean
Where I reap thou shouldst but glean
Lay thy sheaf adown and come
Share my harvest and my home
Thomas Moore
THE RUBY HEAIIT
UXT JESSICA had
been round the
world more than
once She had been
w hat is vulgarly
called a globe trot
ter Iu her day
she had collected
many rare and curi
ous and beautiful
things but now she
was an old woman
and her time was come to die in the
great silent house filled with the furni
ture that had belonged to Aunt
forbears many score years ago
and enriched by the spoils of many
lands brought home by the energetic
hands of Aunt Jessica herself
There was one treasure above all that
I coveted and that I would have sold
my soul to have had for my own my
cousin Edith
As for the money well 1 am not
more disinterested than mo t people
but 1 would rather have had Edith
without a penny than all Aunt Jessicas
money without Edith
William and Bertram and I were sit
ting in the dining room Edith was
above helping poor aunt in the hard
work of dying Three raps came on the
tloor Wt knew they were a signal -that
we were to go up and that aunt had
asked for us and up Ave went
I have left everything divided
among you four she said and the
ruby heart is to go to whichever of you
three boys can liud it She spoke slow
ly and with difficulty
1 remembered the jolly old days when
she used to come and see us at school
and tip us and I wished that death and
time could have been more merciful
She went on
You know it has a charm to make
you happy in your love It would have
made me happy but he died and it
hadnt a chance to do its work and
now my times come it has been
weary waiting
And with that the first and last hint
we ever had of a romance in mj aunts
life she turned her wrinkled old face
to the pillow with a sigh like a tired
childs and yere were only four of us
left in the
After the furore and the reading of
the will Ave three in set to A ork to
find the charm
I shall take the library and aunts
bed room first said Bertram As
these Avere the rooms she had most
used I imagine be thought be had
made the best choice You other fel
Ioavs can arrange as you like
William chose the drawing room and
the guest chamber and they took the
whole day searching systematically
inch by inch for the ruby heart I be
gan to look in the dining room but
Edith came in
Do you care so very much for the
ruby heart said she
I confess I should like to find it I
answered
Shall I help you to look
She pulled out a book or Iavo from
the shelves in an aimless desultory
way and then said
Its very sunshiny out of doors dont
you think
So Ave went on the river
The nexa day I began to look for the
heart again Edith sent her duenna
companion who had once been her
governess to ask me if I did not think
it would be nice to drive Of course I
said I thought it would and off Ave
went
That evening she asked Bertram and
TviUIani if they A ould like to come out
next day to see some ruins
Thanks said Bertram but I think
my first dr io my poor aunts mem
ory is to finu that heart
Besides -aid William avIio never
had much sentiment like Bertram its
Avorth thousands of pounds I believe
To say nothing of the charm I
added
But youll come Wilfrid she said
looking at me with her soft gray eyes
Of course I ansAvered
Bertram and William scowled at me
They would have given their ears their
lives anything in short but their
chances of a ruby heart Avorth thou
sands of pounds for the privilege that
was to be mine to morroAA
To be in love with cousin Edith was
a mode a fashion among us Besides
Edith Avas uoav an heiress
As soon as I have fulfilled dear
aunts last wishes said Bertram he
talked the silly fool as if aunt had
wished him to find the heart I shall
be only too glad to accompanj my
cousin Edith on any excursion she may
propose
So shall I said William
So Edith and I went to the ruins
alone together
I hope it does not seem like disre
spect to poor aunts memory she said
as we drove snugly back iu the dog cart
bitev irr 6 mlrs w ke fhjji j
But I couldnt bear- to stay in the old
house alone where she was so kind to
me Its better to go out and Im sure
she would have wished it
I felt that it was foolish of me not
to make an effort to find the ruby heart
So next morning I got up very early
and came doAvn before the seiwants
were about I had pulled out half the
drawers of the Chinese cabinet anil
looked into them when my heart leap
ed into my mouth at the touch of a
hand on my shoulder Ediths
Still after that wretched ruby she
said Hoav you waste your time
Why Dont you think I shall find
it
I dont know she said looking at
me with her eyes Avide open but I
dont think you avIII find it there be
cause Bertram has been through that
three times already Did you ever eat
strawberries before breakfast and
So A e went into the kitchen garden
and ate straAAberries till the gong rang
for breakfast Bertram and William
Avere getting quite sulky and saAage
from the non success of their search
and the little time I had deoted to It
annoyed them
I believe said Bertram with an
air of gayoty a little overdone thai
Wilfrid thinks he knows where tin
heart is and that he can put his hand
on it at any moment
I wish I could I said
So do I said Edith almost in the
same breath
You AA ish Wilfrid to find the heart
said AVilliam Why
Oh no I dont mean Wilfrid I
meant at least Well avo shall all be
glad when its settled one way or tho
other shant Ave
I had never told Edith I loved her
because I didnt Icuoav how my aunt
was to leave her money and if Edith
was to be heiress of the whole but
anyone will understand my reasons
It Avas a week after aunts funeral
that I went into the rose garden where
Edith Avas snipping roses into a bas
ket
Ive been looking for the
acrain I said but I havent
heart
found
it
No she ansAvered and I dont sup
pose you Avill Would a Gloire de Dijoi
be any compensation
She began to stick one in my coat a
she spoke Her slender waist in Its
black goAvn Avas very near my left
arm Avhere she stood
I AAill take the bud I said but not
as compensation for the heart
Dont you think she asked me
that it might be possible to live hap
pily without a charm to help you
No I said not AAithout a charm
to help you But ruby hearts are not
the only charms In the world
My arm fell on her Avaist
Let them find their ruby heart Let
them chop it into pieces and divide it
betAveen them and sell the bits said 1
And you are content Avith what you
have she asked
I am content with what I have 1
ansAvered and my other arm went
round her
They never found that ruby heart
though the poor old house was tapped
and tested from top to bottom At last
wearied out they took the portion of
goods that fell unto them and went
fortunately for us into a far country
And Edith and I were married
We didnt go on a wedding tour but
came straight back to the dear old
house
On the evening of our Avedding day
Ave walked in the moonlight through
the rose garden to listen to the night
ingales I stopped to hold her in my
arms on the very spot Avhere I had first
kissed her and the light shawl she
Avore round her head and shoulders fell
back
Whats that you haA e round your
neck I said for something darkened
amid the Avhite laces on her breast
She did not answer I put up my
hand touched Avith a thrill the Avhite
ness of her neck and found in my fin
gers the ruby heart
Then she gave it to you I said It
is yours
She gave it into my keeping an
swered Edith dropping her chin till
her lips rested on my hand but she
left it to the man who should find it
And I have found it here The
Argosy
Once Wastf2
Modern man is gradually AA aking up
to the fact that he can utilize every
thing Coal is not only a source of
heat and light but a storehouse of
colors tastes medicines perfumes and
explosiA es From 140 pounds of gas
tar in a ton of coal over 2000 district
shades of aniline dyes are made
The same substance furnishes qui
nine antipyrine atrophine morphine
and a host of other drugs
Of perfumes there can be obtained
heliotropine cloAe queen of the mead
ows cinnamon and bitter almonds
carnphor and wintergreen
It gives to us bellite and picrite tAA o
powerful explosives and supplies
extracts which cannot be told
from currant raspberry pepper and
vanilla
Scientists also get from the coal tar
benzine and naphtha and the photog
rapher gets from it his hydroquinone
and likonogen
It gives forth paraffin pitch and cre
osote material for artificial paving
saccharin -which is 300 times SAveeter
than sugar lampblack material foe
red inks oils varnish rosin and a
great supply of ammonia
Mr Holiday So you think that you
would like to take the position of su
perintendent of the works Dont j
think It better for you to seek a re
humble place at first Rollo Why
sir you have told me that there is al
Avays plenty of room at the top Surely
you would not have me crowd the
worthy men who are lower down
Boston Trauseript
A BENEPACTKESS KIND ACT
From the Evening Xe rs Detroit Mich
Mrs John TauSev of 1M0 BokeMtreet
Detroit Mich is one of thofbfncn
who always know what to do i5uble
and sickness One that is a itJOSEllO
those in distress To a reportor3tKsSnl
I am the mother of ten chinlren and
have raised eight of them Several years
ago Ave had a serious time with my daugh
ter which began when she was about
sixteen years old She did not have any
serious illness but seemed to gradually
waste Jiway Having never had any con
sumption in n ir family as we come of
til
Most of the Time She Was Confined to Bed
good old Irish and Scotch stock wo did
not think it was that Our doctor called
the disease by an odd name which as 1
afterward learned meant lack of blood
It is impossible to describe the feeling
John and I had as we noticed our daugh
ter slowly passing away from us We
finally found however a medicine that
seemed to help her and from the first we
noticed a decided change for the better
and after three mouths treatment her
health was so greatly improved you would
not have recognized her She gained in
flesh rapidly and soon was in perfect
health The medicine used was Dr Will
iams Pink Pills for Pale People I have
always kept these pills in the house since
and have recommended them to many
people I have told many mothers about
them and they have effected some won
derful cures
Every mother in this land should keep
these pills in the house as they are good
for many ailments particularly those
arising from impoverished or diseased
blood and weakened nerve force
Postoifice Penmanship
I never say anything write so badly
as this fountain pen of yours ex
claimed Mrs Dukanc avIio A as trying
to write a letter
No replied the patient manThen
you ought to try one of the pens at the
public desk iu the postoffice Pitts
burg Cnronicle Telegraph
Change in the Program
Smith Isnt SmaAvley a lecturer
Jones lie Avas before his marraige
Smith And now
Jues He is the audience
THE NEW WORLD
Interest Is Aroused in the
West
r 3
Canadian
The
hibirs
grains
gr
ex-
of
and
a s s es
roots and
v e g e t a
bles t li e
product of
t h e f e
tile lauds of Westeru Canada which
were made at he several State and
county fairs iu some of the Western
States this fall have awakened consid
erable interest in the lauds which the
Canadian Government has opened for
settlement and which are given free
to settlers The agents of the Govern
ment who are to be found in these
States are Hooded with inquiries re
garding the conditions on which these
lauds may be secured Large numbers
have located on these lands during the
past year and send back to their
friends most encouraging reports They
say they have entered on an era of
prosperity and are well pleased with
both the agricultural possibilities and
the climate The provinces of Mani
toba Assiuaboia and Alberta are spe
cially adapted to diversified farming
In some parts the country is specially
adapted to stock raising and it is be
ing profitably pursued In these parts
snow seldom remains a week at a time
the warm breezes from the ocean af
fecting the climate thus favorably
When the desirability of these lands is
fully known there will be a rush such
as has scarcely ever before been
known Information as to low railway
rates illustrated pamphlets etc will
be forwarded with pleasure by the De
partment of the Interior Ottawa Can
ada if you are uot in possession of the
name of nn ncrent of the Government
His Winiunu ilaii
Does your wife ever ask you to go
to church with her
No I broke her of that long ago
How
By goins
asked
without waiting to be
noxvare or Ointm uts for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury
As morcury -will surely destroy the sonae of
amoll and completely derange tho whole system
whon entering it through tho mucous surfajc ri
Such articles should uever be used oxcept on
tu eeciiptions from reputable physicians m tin
damaga they will do is teufold to the good you
can possibly derive frnrn them Halls Catarrh
Uuro manufactured by F J Cheoev Co To
ledo O containu no mercury and is taken in
ternally and acts directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of tho system In biuin
Halls Catarrh Cure bo sure you get th geuuine
It is taken internally and made in Toledo Ohio
V 2 J Chenoy Co
-Sold by Druggists price 75c per bottle
Truthful Sarcasm
Hall What are you doing now
Gall Oh Im making a house-to-house
canvass to ascertain why people
dont want to buy a new patent clothes
wringer
Pisos Cure for Consumption is onr only
medicine for coughs and colds Mrs C
Belts 431 8th ave Denver Col Nov 8
1S05
Dont look for a leak iu the gas wltb a
lighted candle
the coroner mij
you
You could find it
ht not be abe to
but
find
TO CUKK A COLI IN NK DAT
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All Druggist
refund the monpj If It fail to run 25c
Scotts Waverley Novels upon
which his fame now mainly rests were
all written between 1S14 and 1S25
It Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry
And is the only cure for Chilblains
Frost Hites Damp Sweating Feet
Corns aud Bunions Ask for Allens
Foot Ease a powder to be shaken into
the shoes At all druggists and shoe
stores 25c Sample sent FREE Ad
dress Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y
Adversity borrows its sharpest sting
from our impatience
Struck One
Oh Jack I am so terrified when
there Is lightning
Get under the bed and it will never
touch you
But we have folding beds
Very thing Chance for you to
shut up Truth
5 DROPS
Is the name of a sim
ple but effective
remedy Tor rheuma
tism neuralgia asthma and kindred
ailments The trade mark Is self-explanatory
Five Drops make a dose
The effect Is magical In days gone by
other alleged cures have been marketed
with the promise to take effect iu thirty
days or more Five Drops begins to
cure at once Immediate relief is felt
The manufacturers of Five Drops have
thousands of testimonials from reliable
people copies of many of them gladly
sent upon application In order to more
effectively advertise its merits the com
pany vh for the next thirty davs send
out 100000 of their sample bottles of
this positive cure for 25 cents a bottle
by mail prepaid Large bottle 300
doses 1 for thirty days bottles
250 Those suffering should Avrite
to the SAvansou Rheumatic Cure Com
pany 107 109 Dearborn street Chicago
111 and take advantage of this gener
ous oFer This company is reliable
and promptly fill every order
Gold filled teeth have been found in
the jaAvs of skeletons exhumed at Pom
peii
OH WHAT SPLENDID COFFEE
Mr Goodman Williams County 111
Avrites From one package Salzers
German Coffee Berry costing 15 cents I
grew 300 pounds of better coffee than I
can buy in stores at oO cents a pound
A package of this and big seed cata
logue is sent you by John A Salzer
Seed Co LaCrosse Wis upon receipt
of 15 cents stamps and this notice cu
God never made a 1iav Avithout also
making a penalty for its violation
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for
Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray nurse
in the Childrens Home in New York
cure Feverishness Bad Stomach Teeth
ing Disorders move and regulate the
Bowels and destroy Worms Over 10000
testimonials They never fail At all
druggists 25c Sample FREE Address
Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y
Judge
not of men oi
things
lldH
ions x
at first
sight
MRS WIXSLOWS Soothing SvittP for
Children teetliiritt sof tens the minis reduces in
llanunation alLivs nain cures wlnil rrfilio -
cents a bottle
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FOR 14 GENTS
We wiih to gain 150000 na w cai
tomers and hence offer
1 flcir 13 Oair Rui nh
1 Pig Erlj Spring Turnip
x arjiesi jea Ceet
Bismirck Oncnmhpr
QffMn Tnmim T V
Klcndyke Melon lc
Jnrabo -Slant Onion 15c
BriUiMt irioner Seeds lc
Worth 109 for 14 eents
Aboro 10 pips worth 8100 wo will
mll yon frte together with oar
great Plant nnd Seed Catalogue
eiDti
upon receipt oi tnu notice and 14c
101
10c 9
10c
in
pottage We mrite your trade and ft
know when yon once try Salzers
seeds yon will never get alone with- Q
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bUHtb WHtKh AIL FISF Fills
Rheumatic Pains
Confined to Her Bed but Hoods
Sarsaparllla Cured Hor
I was taken Avith rheumatism and suf
fered a great deal of pain and at times
I Avas confined to my bed I obtained
only temporary relief from medicines and
a friend advised me to try Hoods Sarsa
parilla which I did and it cured me
MRS P P HAY Centralia III
Hoods Sarsapariila
Is the best in fact the One Tme IHood Purifier
Hoods Pills cum sick houdacbe 25c
A Perfect Type of the Highest Order of
Excollenco in Manufacture
wait6rBaKerGos
5Breakfast
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f Le sure that you get the Genuine Article
made at DORCHESTER MASS by J
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Q in Amurica 50U0 ncrcs Uur Urnss Mixtures last gn
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Jz rousingcrop in July Prices dirt chenn Mam
w ninth ratiilorrue and 11 tilrcrp ras ftncl Grains tt
KKEE for but 10c and this notice Catalogue Go
JOHN A SlLZKR SUED CO LA CU08SE HIS lNB
Qocoo saoooooooooooo39
ROQRNO
Trie best Red Rope Roofing for 1 ct
per i root cms and naia included
Substitutes for floater samples free
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