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jlJIE OMAHA DALLY BEE: SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1001. 19 DISHING UP YELLOW BACIS How tlit Woidtrful Orifttnrti of the Dime Nt1 Aie Had. to Ordar. JENNY DREADFULS FOR A STATED PRICE liliiill IKc, ncnilirixiil Dun, Ilareilcvll Ulek mill Other lint Heroin Ground Out liy I'nliifttnklliir. Sulnrlcil Writer. To tho romantic imagination of the email boy thy writer of dims novels la ot tho samo heroic and Oro-eatlng typo as tho heroes ho portrays. Tho actual fact Is so different that if It were known tho re eultnnt loss of glamour would undoubtedly ho accompanied by u corresponding de crease of sales. Tho men who write dlrao novels do not wear their hair long. They carry no six shooters or bowio knives and many ot them novcr saw a Uvo Indian or cowboy. Tho writing of such literature is a business rather than a profession, and tho only special qualifications requisite to rucccss are an Imagination of great re source and fertility and an unlimited ca pacity for hard and rapid work. Each publishing house engaged in the business employs a staff ot regular writers, paying thoso who do nothing clso a Bulary and to thoso who do other work a fixed sum for tho manuscript and copyright of each ntory. Thus Is carried on the business ot embodying and re-embodying tho good old heroes, Alkali Ike, Gentleman Joe, Dig Foot Sandy, Ono Eyo Tcto, Dcadwood Dan, Daredevil Dick, Tho Man with thu Iron Hand, The Uoy Detective, and all tho other popular favorites who aro still on duty, trailing Indians, hanging horso thieves, rescuing kidnaped maidens, finding lost heirs, recovering lost fortunes and In other ways helping good pcoplo out of bad scrapes, and leaving bud pcopto "clinging, weak and despairing, to a yielding twig that holds them tor ono thrilling moment suspended between tho edgo ot tho cliff and tho yawning, rockboum! abyss a thou sand feet below." In addition to tho men who aro engaged to produce u certain amount of copy within a given tlmo in order to supply the regular IstiUCH of tho "libraries," each publisher has n list ot men who can writo n story to order at short notice. They arc classed as "extras," or "specials," and aro called upon when a regular writer Is 111, on vacation or falls behind In tho production of copy. These extra writers nro usually newspaper men employed on somo other class of lit erary work that docs not fully occupy their time. Nine-tenths of nil tho co-called "blood and thunder" stories produced uro written to order. As a mlo tho author docs not oven select tho tltlo of his story nnd in many cases ho is compelled to follow a plot suggested by tho publisher or to uso somo Incident in real Ufa as a basis. Hot from the 1'roNN, The publishers keep n cloeo watch upon tho dally papers for stories ot sensational crimes and adventuro that may servo as in cidents in tho fiction prepared tor tho small boy, and when n great event or an incident of national Interest occurs there Is an ex citing raco botweon publishers to bo tho first to put upon tho market a dime novel relating In some way to tho affair that Is In tho public mind. Within a week ot Dewry'e victory In Manila bay a scoro ot thrilling stories In which that battlo was the chief incident wcro on tho news Rtands. When tho sailors ot tho United States cruiser Baltimore wcro attacked in tho streets of a South American city a few years ago nnd thero was much wild talk of war a publish ,lng house In New York put on salo forty eight hours after the news of' the affair reached thin country a dlmo novel with tho murdered boatswain's mato ot tho crUlsor as tho hero. Tho author ot tho story wrote for thirty-six hours without rest or sleep, producing -10,000 words of copy, which went to the printers shoot by sheet as ho wrote It. This Is probably tho record tor rapid literary production, It often happens that a writer ot such lttcraturo is called upon to produco a story of 40,000 to 00,000 words In thrco days. Writers of dlmo novels do not as n rulo attempt a polished stylo ot English and rarely ro-read or revise a pago of their copy. Tho publishers want action, plot, In cident, dlnloguo and thrilling situations. successful writer ot dlmo novels must ,ossc8s at least superficial knowlcdgo of a great variety ot subjects. Ho must bo Able to wiito a story of Ufa in tho slums of a great. city, ono of adventuro on tho western plains, of war in Cuba or tho Philippines, without making any material error In tho descriptive sections. It Is a rigid rulo that the plot and incident must bo plausible. No mutter how lmprobablo tho deeds of the hero may be, tho author must bo careful to avoid Impossibilities and absurdities It Alkali Iko scalps an In dlan In tho Mack Hills In the morning and cleans out n faro bank In Dcadwood at night tho story must explain satisfactorily how ho mado his Journoy from ono point to tho other In tho time specified, llernca Mnde to Work, Tho dime novel writer must also be able to take up a character created by another writer and carry the Imaginary individual along through other stories and new ad ventures without changing his habits or permitting him to repeat himself In deeds HALF A MAN. When a man is sick and can only work half the time he is practically half u man. It requires his whole physical energy to do Halt a man's wont. In general the weak run down condition which cuts the strength and energy in half is due to dis ease of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. You could not expect a half starved man to work more than half the time. The coudition of the man with weak stomach is that of the half starved man. lie is weak through lack of nutri tion. Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery currs diseases of the stomach and other or gans of digestion and nuttition. It enables the periect nutrition of the hotly nnd so re stores the strength. "I liad stomach troub le from birth," write Mr. Willi Be a ma ii. of Wakhitigtanvtlle, O r unite Co., N. Y "and suffered wllii it mote or leu u I grew up. At the nge of JJ I vrm broken down niili ilyincpl. My suffer ing wax terilble. Could not eat without tllWrM. Could only ml a few critaln thing and was not able to work half the time. liv ery tiling I tried only save me temporary relief. My wire finally persuaded me to trv Dr. rirrce'a (tolden Medical Discovery and Pleasant t'ellrts.' I took six bottle of'OoUlen Medleal DIa cuvery ' unit two vials of Doctor rirrcc's rieasant rellets. I then felt tn vtell that I stopped taking medicine. Several mouths have pasted and I can do the hardest Lied nf woik, can rat anything ihal is set before iiir and euloy t, I am 37 years old aud tills s the first time I hare ever been well." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation. H4m saalH IS 1 Labor and the Trusts Tho Industrial conditions reaulrlnc tho attention and consideration of organized labor have assumed a now aspect through tho recent great combinations of milts and factories. Of especial significant Is tho control ot a group of these by one organiza tion wnich plans to devoto tho resDectlvo plants to special work, and to that work only, so that this milt Is set to producing one small part or division of the general product, that mill to another branch, nnd bo on. Trobably there Is greater economy n this process of specialization, and the end, therefore, Justifies the means. Dut with this division nnd subdivision a hugu and complicated machine Is produced, so Interdependent In Its parts that the least disarrangement at any point may clog or stop the whole mechanism, If this bo eo, then, In a machine eo cum bersome and complex, tho labor organiza tions, in my opinion, have a ucw strength. Labor tends to specialize under the trusts, and thus its productive power my bo In creased. It also acquires another power. Tho withdrawal of any specialist's mill would reduce the trust to a mass of silent and inert machinery, one part being so de pendent on another. Of course, this tmw power of labor In Its own bchalt is predi cated upon ono thing namely organiza tion. Unless tho workmen In tho vnrtous departments of a trust get together, to act under discipline, their specialization as pro ductive units will mean their weakening as working men, for tho man who works In ono branch ot Industry .has far Ices Inde pendence than tho old-fashioned working- Why Combinations Thrive The evils ot trusts aro renl. Much of tho talk about them is vague. Those who com plain of tbcm seldom define their grieanccs clearly, und still less oftcii perceive tho compelling causes which aro at work. Tho result Is that great confusion of thought Is manifested nnd conflicting and chlmorical remedies, bewildering in variety, aro pro posed. Ono ot the moat prevalent notions Is that combination Is, in Itself, nn ovll, ar that It ncceBuurlly results In ovll. According to this view, all combinations of men and ag gregations of capital, If not absolutely pro hibited by law, ought to bo regulated and restricted, and, more specifically, It is said that tho law allows too much freedom for corporato combinations. Others, strangely moved, say that competition Is at fault, and they would havo tho law interfere, and, by regulation nnd restriction, torco men to act as it Is conceived they ought to. With nil this I havo no sympathy. It Is plain to my mind that competition Is the natural order nmong freo men, and that Immense benefits to the wholo community result therefrom. Not tho least of tho ben efits is tho fact that competition, under proper conditions, results In combinations ot Individuals and aggregations of their capital nnd abilities. In this way enter prises can bo undertaken which otherwiso would bo Impracticable; wasto Is prevented, functions nro specialized, Information necessary for the highest business develop ment Is obtained anil opportunities nro fur nished tor the various kinds of natural ability. Wo havo no right to say that either com petition or combination and aggregation should bo considered Inherently evil, or that they necessarily produco evils, so long ns wo havo 'tio experience with n social organi zation whero It Is possible to havo competi tion and combination nnd aggregation freo and unrestricted. Our laws now, by re-' strlctlons and by direct grnntn, glvo somo' men advantages which others do not enjoy, and this has always heretofora been tho case In every country nnd In every kind of civilization that has existed. In my view, tho evils of which thero is such loud complaint nro duo to tho restric tions created and tho special prlvllegcu granted by law, and tho truo remedy will be found in removing tho restrictions and abolishing tho special privileges, giving to all parties an equal chance. Everybody who has had nn opportunity to observe tho formation of a syndlcnto for tho promotion of a now cntcrprlso knows very well tho great Influence which tho consid eration of special advantages has. You havo to show tho amount of capital In vested nnd how much is needed for further Investment, also tho earning power, both by what has been done In tho past and by what may bo reasonably expected. Dut this la not enough. Unless you can show somo special udvantago that tho corporation which you sock to form will havo over the organizations that may be formed in the same way, you will find very great difficulty In making tho combination. And, on tho other hand, tho moro certain and clear you can ronko It nppear that there will bo par ticular benefits, tho moro easily and quickly will tho combination be formed. It wo change tho laws so that It will be Impos sible tor somo men to acqulro theso ad vantages over others, wo shall have re moved nil, or substantially all, of tho ovlls ot trusts that aro now complained ot. What aro the most Important restrictions nnd special privileges against which com merco and Industry now strugglo so vigor ously? First ratent Monopolies Tho policy of encouraging and rownrdlng Inventors by tho grant of monopolies, openly avowed In tho constitution ot tho United States, Is tho last distinct survival ot a policy which once had a very much wider application nnd which, In every case, has been abandoned becauso It was considered unsound. At ono tlmo It was common enough to rowan! pub lic servlco of almost any kind by tho grant of a trade monopoly. Soldiers In war were tempted by the prospect ot such a grant, and often got It ns tho result of a victory. Statesmen wero tempted, nnd wcro often rownrded In the samo wny, for services to the stato or services to their party. Now, this is universally acknowledged to be an error. Tho patent monopolies are supported by the argument (hat they encourage Inven tions and develop tho useful arts. I do not ot daring. It often happens that one cen tral character Is carried along as tho hero through twenty or thirty stories published In tho modem "library" style of such Ac tion. While tho samo name or nom do plumo may appear on tho tltlo pago of each story a dozen different authors per haps contributo to thu series, each taking up the characters whero they wore left by the preceding writer and carrying them on to new fields ot adventuro. - A publishor who bad created a romantic western adventurer with a name that proved popular with tho boys contracted with ono ot his regular writers for a series ot twenty stories. After sixteen of the series had been Issued, ono every two weeks, and tho other tour extensively advertised to appear on certain dates, tho author fell 111. The publisher sent for one of his extra writers, who was employed on a dally nowspapcr, and arranged with him to tako up tho work and carry on thu central characters unchanged. In order to prevent delay In getting out tho stories as advertised, the extra writer had to read up tho career of the hero from tho start and write four novels of 0,000 words each man who could with equal facility apply . make united movements for offense and de himself to a number of different Jobs. tense. I bcllovo thoughtful workrden appre ciate this fact as well ns their leaders, and they will see tho benefit ot organiza tion more than ever before. .Fortunately, the era of prosperity nnd tho consequent demand for labor In nil fields of Industry Is helping this. Tho worklngmen Individ ually aro doing well and, ns Is generally tho case, prosperity breeds aspirations. They deslro to do better. Their thoughts turn to thu trade unions. Those who hava been delinquent pay up and those who have been outside come Into membership. For theso nnd pcrhops other reasons the unions are now recruiting as never before. In this era ot trusts It may be said that labor represents organized numbers op posed to concerted power. Looking merely on the surface of things It might nppear to ninny that the trusts ore so strongly Intrenched In power as to bo able to crush literally the life out of organized labor, but tho Interdependence of tho different parts of their organization already nlludcd to shows 'cully where their great weakness lies. I fear no blow that trusts might aim nt labor on account ot tho changed condi tions. As a matter nt fact the concentra tion ot productive nnd monopoly powers has been accompanied by n movement among the workers, who, realizing that what wcro frequently separate plants nnd separate Industries had como under one management, quickly saw the desirability and necessity of uniting the scparnto unions Into largo federated bodies so as to bellcvo that they really havo this effect. On the contrary, they cut off from us tho opportunity to take lmmcdluto udvantago of tho world's Inventions; they exert upon many men nu lulluenco as baneful as thu most corrupt lottery, by tempting them from regular work and useful occupations, and they Interfere with what, In my Judg ment, is the natural development of inven tion. Useful inventions como naturally nnd almost Inevitably as the next necessary step to Industrial evolution. No attempt Is mnilo to patent most of them, Tho patents thnt aro granted lntc'rfero with the nutural development. Tho Hlmplo remedy Is to repeal tho patont laws, which would at once limit this par ticular form ot governmental favor to not moro than seventeen years, that being tho Ufo of the longest existing patent. If inventors must be rewarded, would it not be better to pay thery a bounty than to continue a system productlvo of so much evil? Wo could then measure accurately In dollars, at least, tho cost ot the folly.- Second Municipal Monopolies They con sist of rights nnd special privileges in tho public streets nnd highways which, In tho nature of tho case, cannot be possessed by all tho people and can bo enjoyed' by only a few. A constant struggle goes on to ob tain such privileges, with the result of checking and retarding, tor a long time, necessary public Improvements. Rival claimants, not strong enough to obtnln what they want, often succeed In checkmating each other nt the expenso ot denying to the public needed advantages. Only a very slight observation ot and reflection upon tho needs of peoplo crowded together in a city, as to facility of moving about, as to com munication, ns to supply of water,' or ot artificial light, is nucded to satisfy any candid man that such businesses are, In their nature, monopolistic. In other words, they can bo carried on, with the best pos sible results to tho public, under a singlo management and with a singlo consistent policy. Where competition prevails In such matters, almost invariably tho public serv lco la Inefficient nnd defective. Wherever thero Is unity, tho condition ot things Is much better. My proposition on this sub ject Is to enlarge tho functions of munici palities so that tho means of transporta tion nnd communication nnd tho supply ot wnter and of light shall bo furnished by public authority and not by private enter prise, nnd extend this prlnclplo to its logical result, of taking under public ad ministration all businesses which require tho grnnt of any special right or privilege. Wo havo nlrendy started on this road and made considerable progress. In many cities tho water supply Is a public business; In somo cities gas and .electric lights aro manufactured and furnished by public au thority; In many cities of Europo and1 Aus tralia street railroads aro owned and oper ated by tho publls. Why not go bn In this direction till thero shall be no more private property In special grants or franchises nnd till all business requiring such grnnts shall bo carried on by tho municipalities? Undur present conditions tho adoption of this policy would rcqulro tho taking over by tho public only of tho water, gas, electric light and power supply and of tho telephone and street railroads. Tho evils which a great many timid people fear as likely to arlso from enlarging the scopo ot tho functions of municipalities, nro tri.vlal In comparison with tho ovlls which are inseparable from tho present system. As long as tho great rewards which theso monopolies offer to private cnterprlso nro possible our Indus tries will bo hampered, our politics will bs corrupted by bribery and fraud nnd our pcoplo will havo to pay unnecessarily high prices for theso kinds of service and they will bo subjected to dally and hourly In convenience and vexation, owing to the poor quality of tho service. It would bo no Injustlco for cities to erect tholr own plants nnd to compete for tho business with tho present private owneru. It would not bo Inequitable for cities to uso their powers of taxation so ns to compel tho present prlvato owners to bear the samo proportion of public burdens, accord ing to tho value of their property, includ ing franchises, ns owners ot other kinds ot private property havo to bear. It would bo no violation of vested rights, whero tho power has not been bartered away, tor thu cities or tho states to regulate fares and rates ot compensation, bo as to mako them yield only a fair return on tho actual In In twenty days, Tho task was successfully accomplished, and tho writer In question did not lose an hour from his regular work as a reporter. Devoting only nights and Sundays to tho stories, ho dictated them to a stenographer, working sometlmos six and seven hours at night at a rato ot ,000 words per hour, HxtiMit of the Orlmt. Tho regular writers of such stories, men who do not attempt any other work, are able to produce one story ot 40,000 to 00, 000 words a week for six months or a year with comparative case. Under pressure they can readily write two a week, but could not long continue that rato without a period ot complete mental and physical rest. Tho nuthor who at tempts to lay out a schedule of his story, to work out a plot to tho end In his mind and name all his' characterters In advance cannot write dlmo novels. Ho must bo ablo to tako a tltlo, a name and nn Incident suggested by the publisher and write a story of a specified length, letting the plot grow and develop as ho writes. He must Invent names as he forms the letters that spell them and create a thrilling Incident Samuel Gonipcrs in the New York Independent. In nny contest with capital we must con sider tho value of a favorable public opin ion and to secure this labor must bo right In Its demands. It must possess might to enforce tho right, but It must bo right In order to appeal successfully to public Ben tlment. This can be done only on ethical grounds; wo must seek tho broad basis of Justice. In a strlko crisis tho masses of the people, apparently passive at other times, are stirred to thought and glvo Judg ment on questions that nro complacently Ignored In normal periods, Tho suggestion Is mado that tho monopoly trust should bo met with a labor trust. The Implication is that somo new kind ot an organization of workmen should bo formed. I deslro to say that whatever action tho workers want to take to pro tect or promote their Interests can best bo taken through the American Federation of Labor. This, It seems to me, Is bettor suited to their purposes than any other form of organization. Thero Is no limit to Its freedom ot nctlou. Its members merely have to dctoruilno their courso nnd then act. Tho twenty years of experience In building up tho American Federation of Labor Is too valuablo to bo thrust asldo by the formation of a. now organlntlon. If such a new body Is to bo formed on tho old lines, then It will be nu attempt to form nnow what wo already have. If, on tho other hand, tho proposal bo to strlko out on new lines, that can with least effort be dono by the existing organization. Mayor Tom L John son in Success. vestment mnde, rather than upon a fictitious capitalization, bused mainly upon franchises or spcclal-prlvllego values. In short, municipalities ought not to hesltato to do what private persons In business do ns a matter of course. Thoy should re spect tho grants which they have made, ac cording to their truo limits, but, doing this, they should tako ndvautngo of every right that is left to themselves to get rid ot tho present system and substltuto therefor n rcglmo of public ownership nnd operation. Third Transportation Monopolies While thero aro other Independent forms, and also forms that aro tho direct outgrowth ot rail road favor, such ns special freight lines, sleeping enr companies, express companies and telephone companies, yet I shall, tor tho sako of clearness, restrict myself to rallroada alone, being confident that tho principles that apply to them will apply to nil classes or subdivisions ot this form of governmental favor. Tho original Idea behind the railroad was entirely different from tho Idea attached to It In common thought today, and to tho de parture from this original Idea I shall trace tho evils now complained of. It was at first simply tho Idea of providing a roadway or passageway a highway for vehicles moved by steam, Just as thero wero, then, roads for vehicles moved by horses. It did not provldo for exclusive use, but for general use, subject to a chargo or toll, just ns charge b wcro mado on somo horso roads. But, Beelng tho udvantago ot cxcluslvo uso, tho companies building theso steam high ways, by means ot heavy or discriminating tolls, or by other methods, prevented gen eral use, stopped' competition and mado themselves tho solo users. Tho rail or steam roads In tho. United States, Instead of becoming what thoy wero Intended to be, as tho term applied to them, "public high ways," Indicates, beenmo prlvato highways. And what has been tho tendency of these private highways? Sixty years ngo railroad building began In tho United States, each rood separately organized, with its own officers and Its distinct Interests. But sep arato Interests melted Into common Inter ests nnd many small companies formed Into singlo largo companies and ono set of offi cers effected economies that grow out of concentration of management and combina tion of effort. This centralizing movement has proceeded so fast, within tho past de cade, that now substantially tho wholo rail road business of tho United States Is undor tho control ot a scoro ot men. Tho multi tude of little roads has given placo "to com binations, which, in turn, must soon very soon glvo way practically to ono system, controlled by ono man. This Is a natural process. Concentration means greater economy In operation and greater public facility and must occur wherever railroad development Is given froo play undor pres ent conditions, whether under prlvato own ership, ns In this country, or under public ownership as In continental Europo and Australia. But lot us anticipate tho end ot this present and perfectly natural tendency. We must see the appearance of tho ono direct lng mind, tho klng-ptn, tho dictator, tho supremo monarch in the-railroad world. If present railroad princes are giants among magnates, this man will be a Titan, a Gul liver among Lilliputians. Indeed, compare In your mum s eye tno powers of such oj mnn with tho powers ot tno president of the United Stntcs. Which could command moro men? Which would receive the larger revenues? Which would hnve tho larger pay rolls? Which would havo greator con trol of the pockets of tho pcoplo? In short, whoso favors would bo moro courted? One might distribute honors by tho appointment ot foreign ministers nnd Judges at small pay, but which would appoint most men at joO.000 salaries? Which, then, would havo the dominant power the man representing tho peoplo or the man representing prlvl lege, tho ono voted for by men or tho ono voted for by shares of stock? Can inter stato commerco commissions prevent It? Why, railroad owners themselves cannot prevent It, for It Is In the natural order under present conditions. If government control failed beforo railroads were consoll dated, what can It do aftor consolidation Is perfected? If discriminating rates have worked such evils on trado in tho past, what must be 'tholr effect In the future? If railroads havo hitherto controlled legisla tion, what will thoy do when all their powor Is vested In one man? or climax for each chapter. Virtue, must always triumph In the dlmo novels and vlco bo overthrown, the deslr abo consummation being achieved Invari ably In the last chapter, and tho hero must bo an example of all tho virtues. Nor must tho villain bo too wicked, for In certain re spects tho novelty of tho dlmo novel Is very rigid. It may surprlso. many persons who denounce such fiction as wholly bad to know that tho publisher will not per rait a line or situation that might so much as suggest indecency or vulgarity, Tho villains ns well ns tho heroes all swear "undor their breath", and oaths aro nover used In the lines of the story. 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Ooebllns, 27-lnclt 11k ured silk Volour-worth $2.o nnd $1.00 per. ynrd ( for this snlo only ... IpI.yO 25 nleci'H extra lino silk Tapestries, nrooiitelles, Armuro. lienvy. Im ported Kronen 1'iipestrlen, rogulur price $1.00 nnd $3.00 per (Cl KA yard this salo only ; ipO.tJVJ Jlemnunts of uiinolstcry goods, 21 Inchest Bquurc, for cushion, seats nnd backs 13c, iv nnd ,5c each. Cords, Blmp, button tncks, webbing, springs nnd twlno. Hammocks July and keet) cool. go 1414 - 1416 - Women Should Seek Relief. The great proportion of women who suffer never make a serious effort to benefit themselves. The most of them go on paying no attention to their little menstrual disorders, believing they will eventually wear off. But menstrual troubles don't wear off. They grow worse, and worse every day. At the period of menstruation a woman is peculiarly susceptible to cold and other external influences and it is also the most favorable time for the development of hidden disease germs which may be lurking in the system. Any physician knows that disordered menstruation, falling of the womb and leucorrhoea are blighting lives In almost every home. No woman should neglect herself a moment after she sees indications of female disease. Almost instant relief can be secured by the use of WINEoCAEDUI It will relieve you right in your own home. Will you accept the testimony of Mrs. Beiglcr and thousands of other women and really seek relief to-day ? All druggists sell $1.00 bottles of Wine of Cardui. diseases, all cttects or seli-abuse or excess and indiscretion h KorVQ Tonic and Blood Builder. Brings the pink glow to pale cheeks and restores the fire of youth. By mail 50c per box, 6 boxes for $2.50, with our Bankable Guarantee Bond to (YELLOW LABEL) NOTE SOME OF THE VALUES wiae, a rows deep tufts, uphol- Leather, dark green or maroon v 15.75 GOeflRTS Largo assortment, some $3.50 go-enrt 2.85 ROeKERSFull size arm rookor, ma- 2.25 LAWN SETTEES Tho bent wood Kind painted or green, special 4- foot Settee 3.65 5- foot Settee 4,00 6- foot Settee 4.45 REFRIGERATORS Special dls- count of 20 per cent from rcgulnr marked prices on refrig erators nch und overy ono guaranteed. Buy a hammock for tho Fourth of 1418 Douglas lllaT Memory, all wasting 60 PILLS 50 CENTS circular and copy of EXTRA STRENGTH Immediate Results