The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, April 23, 1896, Image 6

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    RUINED FARMERS.
Losses op a billion and a
half dollars a year.
i Democratic Destruction of the Value of
Vara; Crops and Lire Stock—Disaster
Wrotght by fnl Trade Fanatics—
Lessen Cayasamptlon.
We hereby give a brief summary of
tbe aggregate losses to farmers In the
value of, their principal crops, and In
their live stock since 1892.
Depreciation In Annual Farm Values,
— Value.—. ,-Total value*.—
■ 1691. 1896 1831. 1893.
i a —Cents.—
Corn, bu.4Q.6 28 4
"Wbeat, bu,...t3.9 50.9
Kve. Inl.'U .54.8 44 0
*838 439 228 *667,506,166
513.472.711 237.938,938
11.081,828
153,855,083
279,181.840
893,185,615
78,981.901
26,486,795
19 812.413
6.936,325
35,574,000
©atn.bu.v.31.5
Cotton, lb.,,. .8.60
Hay ton.....a8 89
potatoes. bu..87.3
Wool, lb.17,0
'Barley. bu....Si.O
Bue.U4rheat.bu53.4
Tobacco, lb... 8.4
h 21,542,000
19.9 23|.312.2 -7
7.60 237,377,014
8.35 Clll, 110,900
26 6 83.475,000
9.0 52,2’8,2'6
33.7 49,500,0.»
45.2 6,!M8.003
7.2 c 40,000,0 0
ToiaUfe,'j,..i.12.639,484,476 *1,810 712,697
a DoUtt*,, *i b Cincinnati Price Current.
; «ClIp'a *
• Annual Loss on Crops la Four Years.. 1728,721,879
Depredation la Live Stock Values.
-Value per—
heud.
#8a,l, Jan. 1, —Total values.-,
v 1892. 1896. Jan 1,1892. Jan. 1 1896,
gheep!}.12.50 *1.70 *116,121,270 * fl5.167.7J5
Bwlno*.. 4.00 4.35 241,031.415 188,529,745
{Milch Cows.Jl.4* 22.55 £61,878.132 363,955,645
othpr tattle lUjia 15.86 57.1,719,155 508.924,416
Horsed ...65-101 83 17 1,007 593,036 509.140,185
(Mules.....:;-J»,55_ 46.29 147,882.070 ll3,204.457
, ToWvilues....... .*1.461,755.678 *1.727^084
—Annual Loss on Live Stock In Four
}:€, Vcars.1733.829 634
Annual'KASsonCropslnFour Years. 728 721,679
TotSl Annual Loss to Farmers .*1.462,56:,478
ThW1' stupendous loss of nearly a
'bllllop anjl a half dollars has fallen
upon American farmers since the Mc
Kln)ej[ tariff period of 1891 and 1892.
It takes no account of the shrinkage
tn the value of the rice crop^of the
crops of nurserymen, of seedsmen, or
of the'enoj-mous supply of farm truck
from market gardens, or of our dairy
products ot hog products.
It is noteworthy that the aggregate
. unnu«l'shrinkage In values Is practl
cally^thc same for live stock as for the
•taplagtfarm crops. This is Interesting
because many were inclined to attrib
ute the losses In the value of live stock
to some extraneous causes, whereas the
Itact that t»oth live stock and staple
crops have suffered equally only tends
to stregfethen the belief in the ruinous
^ X Hart on X Bonds.
effect of the “deadly blight” of Demo
cracy upon. American (arms.
' Fnrmya are well aware ot the dis
aster tpt bps befallen them since 1892,
and tn'esbaTtse of it. They have looked
hack Wjth rpgret to the era of our
jgreai eat \ prosperity under the Protec
tive tirflt theft bears the name of Hon.
IWIIllaiurMcKlnley. They have felt the
effects^of a lower tariff—a Democratic
tariff, wlthMtB “touch" of free-trade up
on ourAheep and wool Industries. They
•mow'that they need a restoration ot
the MdKlnlly tariff rates upon their
own pf^ducts. and upon all other prod
ucts an<^ manufactures of the United
8tates.; nothing less, than this will
hestoreto the farmer the conditions ot
w lt?3h They demand; they in
oUraponaigkd they will vote tor, next
November/ a restoration ot a tariff
policy that will not give less Protec
tion^ AipeHean farmers than the Me
KMay tariff did, because they want,
and'.'traln need of, a return to the
ircpifflejC'protection period and Its
proeperltyi' They demand similar
American statesmanship. Nothing less
prilfliatls^r .them.
•'ifl So« Cannaclleut Facts.
IJmc jtou U5 make no mistake about
itheT tmnp£r of the American people;
the^ prepMS to brtrg about the returr
drf,,tM8gipnecttoa -..nder which there
was work tor all, and comfort for all
that Protection that shall fill our Na
tldnaJ Trewury and the pockets of out
laaonewnnat Protection which shal
IMP jjftNfAold at home for the natura
sujfo0t4 redemption of our paper cur
rency _aub whatever policy puts Itsel:
In JM isay of.such return will be amlb
, teo bv the mighty hand of populai
sentiment—United States Senator O. H
Platt of Connecticut
.eiw.
Bad at Iks Fraa Trad# Bs>*
stive Qroevenor said, : u
the present condition o
political affairs, that "then
never was a time In the history of the
j United States when there was greater
! demand for Republican statesmanship
| than there Is now. Whether this Con
J gress will be able to achieve anything
> I do not know, but I do know that the
; House of Representatives, with its great
| Republican majority, has already made
an impression upon the business of the
country.” This is true. Whatever the
present Congress shall be able to do,
the people are confident that the Free
Trade party in this country has reached
the end of its power to work destruc
tion to American industries. The Gor
man Tariff act may remain for the
present inviting ruinous competition to
American industries, but its doom is
sealed; the hours of its life of destruc
tive work are becoming less and less.
Montana for Protection.
I am a firm believer in the policy of
Protection to American labor and
American industries. A large majority
of the people of Montana are devoted
to this doctrine, and they have con
sistently supported it, notwithstanding
they are purchasers of Protected ar
ticles generally and only receive a
meager direct benefit through the duties
on lead and wool. Their adherence to
the doctrine rests on broad, patriotic
views of enlightened national policy.—
Hon. Thomas H. Carter, U. S. S., of
Montana.
I mcKrniau 1 Gotmcov J
On January 1,1892, the market price
of No. 2 Milwaukee barley was 57*4
cents a bushel. Granulated sugar was
quoted at 4 cents a pound the same day.
therefore a bushel, of barley was worth
1414 pounds of sugar. Four years later,
January 1, 1896, barley was worth 32V6
cents and sugar 5 cents. The farmer's
bushel of barley could be exchanged ior
only 6V4 pounds of sugar.
PmmtItuImi on Protection.
Hon. John Dalxell, M. C., of Penn
sylvania, recently said: “What this
country wants Is more revenues
through the custom houses, more men
in the mines, more blazing furnaces,
more factories, more mills, the music
of more spindles, more and cheaper
transportation facilities, a wider field
for labor, an enlarged home market,
more consumption to stlmi^ate produc
tion, to Increase wages and to decrease
the hours of labor." These necessary
and much desired conditions can only
bo brought, about by a return to the
policy of Protection to American In
dustries, such as we enjoyed in 1891 and
1892, when our Industries were pro
tected and our treasury receipts were
adequate to meet the requirements of
the government
True Progress Possible.
True progress Is only possible when
the farmer finds the market for his
produce in the neighboring towns, and
the manufacturer a market tor his
goods among the surrounding farmers;
hence the Importance of such a policy
to the Southern people as will result
in the opening of our mines, the manu
facturing of our timber and the utili
zation of the unsurpassed water power
within our bordera—Hon. Jeter C.
Pritchard, 17. S. 3., of North Carolina.
Clothing for Farmers and Artisans.'
How tar local firms are Justified in
producing a showy but halt-worthless
' cloth that will be sold to the American
retail buyers—farmers, artisans and the
like—Is another matter. The possibil
ity even a tew years ago of manufac
turing a cloth at Is. 6d. per yard was
scouted, but to-day there are makers to
be found able to produce good-looking
masses of the poorest shoddy, kept in
form by low cotton warp, at from Is. 3d.
per yard.—Manchester, Eng., Guardian.
How Kaunas Works Roon4.
Where the Protective Tariff raises
revenue it is serving the Industries ol
the people. While It puts money into
i the public treasury it u furnishing em
! ployment to American labor.—Hon.
i Wm. McKinley.
FARM AN!) GAB,DEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
; 5om« tip-to-Da to Hints About Cuttlra
j tton of the Soil rind Yields Thereof—
| Horticulture. Viticulture and Flori
culture
OW that we have
learned that by
planting varieties
adapted to our
climate and giving
them treatment
that shields them
from the peculiar
hardships which
they are obliged to
undereo. we can
! raise an abundant
I supply of apples, the next question that
interests us is how to make the most
economical use of the fruit we have
learned to grow. Nearly all the varie
ties our State Society is, thus far, will
ing to recommend, are fall and early
winter sorts. The only really hard alt
winter keeper outside the trial list la
the Mnlinda, and that is handicapped
with two important failings. First, it is
an extremely tardy bearer, and, second,
it is of only secondary hardiness, a very
bad combination for this climate.
If our orchards are like most of those
already fruiting, bearing only the fall
varieties, like the Duchess, we still do
not need to be without home-grown
apples for a good share of the year, if
we live near a town where there is a
cold storage plant, for we find that if
the fruit is picked with great care. Just
as soon as ripe and placed in cold stor
age, without any bruises or rough hand
ling, it will keep till after mid-winter
in perfect condition. Indeed, the
Duchess makes a far more palatable
eating apple when kept in this manner
than it is when freshly picked from the
tree.
We find also that a barrel of Duchess
taken from cold storage in January will
keep without decay for several weeks
in an ordinary cool house cellar. We
have paid 15 cents per barrel per month
for the 6mall quantities we have had
so stored, and, considering the poor
quality and high price of the apples
usually found in our markets, we have
generally found it an economical ven
ture. But our people are now begin
ning to have quite a little surplus of
the Wealthy, and are likely to soon
have still larger quantities of the hi
bernal and Longfleld varieties, that in
our latitude may, with proper treat
ment, be kept until February, but with
careless and ignorant handling may he
half spoiled in a month after gathering.
None of these rich, mellow varieties will
keep until cold weather if allowed to
drop on the ground before picking. The
same care should he taken in handling,
as with the summer fruit, and all wormy
and diseased apples rejected.
After the apples have been properly
picked, the common mistake is made'
of placing them immediately in the cel
lar, which at this time of year is the
worst possible place. A clean, cool
shed or outhouse is the best place for
them until there is danger of freezing
weather, when they may be removed to
the cellar for the winter. It is probably
best to allow the boxes or barrels to
remain open for a few days after plac
ing in the Bhed, but they should soon be
closed up tight to prevent too much
drying out and to protect from rats,
mice and the boys.
We have not tried a straw shed, but
have been told that such are cooler aud
preserve a much more even temperature
than a board shed, and we are so far
convinced of its merits that we propose
to try a straw shed next season. A moist
cellar is preferable to a dry one for
keeping apples. Indeed, one excellent
Western authority says that a cellar
cannot be too moist for apples. We can
not close without a word of encourage
ment to orchardists in Southern Minne
sota. We have within the past few
weeks seen numbers of line, healthy
trees of the Duchess, Wealthy and the
better varieties of crabs on the prairies
more than a hundred miles northwest
of where we are to-day. Many of these
trees measure two feet in circumfer
ence of stem and are bearing very
profitable crops.
We found one orchard alone in Yellow
Medicine county from which there was
sold $200 worth of apples in one season.
If so much has been accomplished on
the God-forsaken, wind-swept prairies,
intended only for the home of the grass
hopper and buffalo, what shall be said
of the farmer in grand old Mower coun
ty, who has not sand and sense enough
to raise an orchard for his own comfort,
and for his boys ami girls to anjoy and
look back upon in later years os the
pleasantest 3pot in the dear old home
stead.— C. Wedge in Farmers' Review.
Rndtllnff and Grafting;
If the apple trees which C. Andrews
wishes to bud are small,one Inch or less
In diameter at the ground, he can get
trees one year sooner by grafting than
by budding. Tie time for budding In
this latitude Is July or about the time
when the new growth Is completed,
and must be performed before the sap1!
goes down, so that the bark will not
peel readily. To bud, take a sharp
knife and make a cut with tho point
of the blade downward on the stock,
about one and a half inches long, then
make a cut across the upright cut,
turning the back of the blade out so as
to open the upper ends of the bark.
| If the bark doesn't open readily .use
a quill to open it. Cut a bud from a
twig of the new growth, about one
i inch long, cutting down and taking a
; very thin slice of wood with the bark.
; Take the bud by the leaf stalk, with
' the leaf cut off and push it down under
1 the bark. If necessary, use the sharp
point of a knife blade to push the bud
down. Then tie It with a very narrow
strip of calico. The next spring cut
, the stock off just above the bud, and
. keep all other sprouts rubbed oft.
If the trees are large, the best way
Is to trUp out the tops and next sum*
mer bud Into the water-sprouts. No
wax Is used In budding. Grafting, ex
cept nursery grafting, is performed
just as the sap is coming up(and the
buds beginning to swell), by cutting
the stock square off and splitting it
with a knife, then cut the scion four or
five inches long, make it wedge shaped
at the but-end, and insert in the stock,
with the bark of each together. Then
wrap the union with strips of old calico
dipped in wax made of equal part3 of
rosin, beeswax and tallow melted to
gether.—D. R. Dunihue.
Starch from Potatoe*.
Starch is made principally from two
things, corn and potatoes. In the west
most of the starch is made from corn,
but in New England potatoes .are ex
tensively employed. In Aroostook
ciyinty, Maine, immense quantities of
potatoes are thus used, and we are of
the impression that the potatoes are
paid for at a fair price. We know that
some years the factories have paid as
high as 50 cents per bushel for them.
We are glad to see that the matter Is
being taken up in the west, where po
tatoes have been sold this year at a
price as low as 8 cents per bushel, simp
ly because there was no other way of j
disposing of them. Factories have been
started in Minnesota, Wisconsin and j
the Dakotas. There is one great advant- !
age in making potatoes into starch: the j
starch can be held indefinitely, while ,
the potato in its natural state cannot j
be. The same advantage does not ac- j
crue to the farmer when corn is made j
into starch for the corn can be kept for j
years if need be. If any reader of the !
Farmers’ Review has been selling his \
potatoes to one of these new starch fac- j
tories we would like to hear from him
as to prices paid.—Farmers’ Review.
We cannot overestimate the value of :
the reports being furnished every j
month by our consuls. They are par- J
tieularly valuable to the agricultural
interests. A great many good things
have been reported during the last two
years. Some of these reports have been !
printed In large volumes, like the con- j
sular report on cattle, Issued some
years ago. This was a volume of over
a thousand pages, illustrated with sev- j
eral hundred- full-page cuts.' 'It was a !
revelation to those people that sup
posed that the chief breeds of the world
could be comprised in a score of titles.
The monthly reports are issued In
pamphlet form. They have given us
information of the style of living in all
foreign countries, with opportunities
for the sale cf American goods. Be
sides that we have received informa
tion of the latest inventions. It Is to
be hoped that the consular service will
suffer no deterioration.
Velvet Soup.—Make a stock with a
fowl weighing four or five pounds and
two quarts of water: strain and when
cold ffee from fat; return to the fire
and when it boils add three thick slices
from a loaf of stale bread, tied in
.cheese cloth, a slice each of carrot and
onion, several stalks of celery, and a
bunch of parsley; simmer for an hour.
In the meantime pound the breast of
the chicken fine with a vegetable mash
er and set aside. Now rub the stock
and bread through a sieve, add the
pounded chicken meat, and salt and
pepper; when it boils up pour it slow
ly over two tablespoonfuls of butter,
melted and stirred with one of flour,
and pass all again through a fine sieve;
lastly, add a quart of hot cream or
milk.
Forestry in India.—The English
government is trying to conserve the
forests of India and is having a hard
time of it. The people do not take
kindly to the idea and set the woods
on Are whenever they can do so and not
get caught. This makes it necessary
for the English to keep on hand a
large number of guards for the forest
it protecta Of the total forest area
very little has as yet been placed un
der government protection. In the
province of Bengal alone 1,889 square j
miles are protected by guards and has
been for eighteen years, yet last year I
fires swept away 689 square miles, and j
most of the conflagrations were of in
cendiary origin.
At a Mexican home potatoes were
cooked and served in the following
way: Peel large potatoes and then cut
in halves, scoop out the center and fill
the space with a mixture made as fol
lows: Take two eggs boiled, hard and
then mash fine, one tablespoonful of I
chopped parsley, one of onion and one
of melted butter; add one raw egg beat
en light, and make the mixture thick j
with finely chopped cooked chicken or
meat. Heap the mixture in the pota
toes and sprinkle over the top crumbs
and grated cheese. Bake to a brown
and pour tomato sauce around them
to serve.
Non-Worked Butter.—With the pro
gress of dairy science there is a con
stant change in the methods of hand
ling butter. The latest innovation is
the process of making butter by which
all working is avoided. The cream is
churned until the butter has appeared
in granular form. Then the butter is
taken out. salted with brine, put into a
machine that, throws out moat of the
moisture and buttermilk by centrifugal
motion, put into molds and shaped for.
use. It is thus made to retain all its
delicious flavor.
• The League of Argos, formed B. C.
421, was a combination of Argos, Cor
inth, Elea, Mantinea ad Chalcidlce
against Athens. It was designed to
curb the power of the, Athenians, but
its purpose was frustrated shortly after
by the unexpected incident of Athens
joining the league and becoming one of.
ita members.
Walk in the Spirit, aad ye shall not
fulfill the lust of the flesh.
A SAD ROMANCE.
Bow Sir John MIIU1. Won Raskin’s
Wife Away from Rim.
So it is Sir John Millais, upon whom
Lord Leighton’s mantle will fall as
president of the Royal Academy, says
G. W. Baxter in the Cincinnati Trib
une. It is doubtless the best and most
praiseworthy selection that could have
been made.
But I wonder what poor John Rus
kin thinks of it?
One woman, fair as a poet’s dream,
has so commingled these men’s lives
that it is Impossible to think of one
without recalling the other also.
She was the wife of John Ruskin
when he was still a young man, filled
w,ith hope and high ambition, and al
ready the chief critic of England, when
he gave his promising friend, John Mil
lais, a commission to paint her por
trait.
Millais was a handsome fellow, with
a good big vein of materialism and a
wholesome love of everyday day in his
composition, whereas, Ruskin was sev
eral degrees removed from an Adonis
and so given over to study and dream
ing that the woman who bore his name
suffered for companionship—a most
grievous thing, my brother, to permit
any woman to do.
Nathless, Ruskin loved his wife ten
derly and treated her with so much,
consideration and good nature that he
left her alone with his friend Millais
for hours at a time, while Millais paint
ed and chatted and laughed and sighed
and finally fell to loving her with a
love that could have but one con
summation.
About this time the woman also made
a discovery. She found that her regard
for her husband was only a vast re
spect for his manliness and his schol
arship and that her woman’s heart had
gone out with all its strength to the
handsome young friend of her husband
who had so long been engaged in paint
ing her likeness.
Then came remorse and agony of
soul for the guilty love that possessed
them. Conscience smote lover and
mistress like a two-edged sword—for
they were both honorable people, de
spite their wayward affections—and
they decided to awaken the husband
from his dreams and confess every
thing, abiding, for the future, by hip
Judgment.
So one day they went into the dream
er’s study hand in hand and on their
knees, all contritely, told the story of
their passion dolorous.
John Ruskln, deserted husband and
outraged friend, heard them through in
patient agony, and then, great-hearted
man that he was, he gave them his
blessing and put peace into their
hearts. -
They passed out into the world, leav
ing the husband to hide his pain as
best he might, and in due time a di
vorce waB secured and John Millais
and the woman of his heart were made
man and wife.
At the altar it was Ruskin who gave
his former wife into his friend’s keep
ing. And then he threw his whole
soul into his work and to-day ranks
first of all art lovers of all lands, while
Millais has since risen to the foremost
painter of Victoria's realm.
ToTday Ruskln is almost a recluse.
The irony Of life has smitten him heav
ily. Millais is a petted child of for
tune, who confesses that he makes pic
tures only for the money they bring
him.
Such is the heart story of two of
Britain’s foremost men.
Everyday Heroes.
Out from the tenements and factor
ies and shops come as noble examples
of heroic self-sacrifice and service as
ever came from palace or mansion. All
human inequalities must give way un
der the test of God’s righteous meas
urements.—Rev. P. A. Baker.
LocomotlfM Are Heavier.
Ten years ago the heaviest locomo
tive psed on the Pennsylvania express
trains weighed forty to forty-eight tons.
Now the through express trains are
each hauled by an engine that weighs
from sixty-five to seventy tons.
WOMEN OP NOTE.
The Crown Princess of Denmark Is
over six feet two Inches tall.
Let the ladles devoted to the bicycle
take heart. Max O’Rell says that noth
ing but heaven can be prettier than an
American girl on her bicycle.
Mme. Modjeska Is an admirer of a
London fog, and the first time she hap
pened to see one she ordered her car
riage and went for a drive in the park.
Two New York women were up the
Nile last winter, for, In addition to the
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the
names of the Earl and Countesp of Cra
ven appear among those who have
made that charming trip.
The will of the late Lucy Ann Hartt
of Chelsea, Mass., gives $30,000 to the
Old Ladies’ Home Association, Chel
sea; $5,000 each to the Woman’s Board
of Missions, the American Missionary
Association and the Woman’s Home
Missionary Society, and $3,000 to the
First Congregational Church, Chelsea.
The marriage of Princess Maud of
Wales and Prince Charles of Denmark
is to take place at the Chapel Royal,
St. James’ palace, early in July, and the
arrangements will be much the same
as on the occasion of the wedding of
the Duke and Duchess of York, with
carriage procession from Buckingham
palace, and a luncheon there after the
ceremony. The honeymoon will be
passed at Sandringham.
The Athenians passed a law for
bidding the exportation of figs from
Attica and those persons who Informed
against the violators of this law were
! known as sycophants. Sykon Is Greek
[ for fig and phaino means to bring to
light. Nowadays sycophanf. has a dit- j
' ferent meaning.
Spring
Medicine
Your blood in Spring is'almost certain to
be full of impurities—tlie accumula
tion of the winter months. Bad ven
tilation of sleeping rooms, impure ail
in dwellings, factories and shops, over
eating, heavy, improper foods, failure
of the kidneys and liver properly to do
extra work thus thrust upon them, are
the prime causes of this condition. It
is of tho utmost importance that yoo
Purify
Your Blood
Now, as when warmer weather comes and
the tonic effect of cold bracing air is
gone, your weak, thin, impure blood
will not furnish necessary strength.
That tired feeling, loss of appetite, will
open the way for serious disease, ruined
health, or breaking out of humors and
impurities. To malto pure, rich, red
blood Hood’s Sarsaparilla stands un
equalled. Thousands testify to its
merits. Millions take it as their
Spring Medicine. Get Hood’s, because
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. CL
Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
HrtrvH’c Dillc iir8 11,8 only plll> to tak8
11UUU S rlliS with Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
The
Unscrupulous
Merchant
who tries to make you believe
some other skirt binding is as
goodas .-atlr
1 cU»
Bias Velveteen Skirt Binding
should be taught a lesson
buy it elsewhere. , ,
Look for “ S. H. & M.,M on the Label,
and take no other.
If your dealer will not supply you
we will.
Send for samples showing
lot he S. H. &M.C0..P. O. B
labels and materials.
>x 699, New York Citv
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR
W. L. Douglas
*3. SHOE BnJo(a.oTH‘
If you pay S4 to S6 for shoes, ex- a
amine the \V. L. Douglas Shoe, and 9
see what a good shoe you can buy for ■
OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS.
tONUKESS, BUTTON,
and LACE, made In all
kinds of the best selected
leather by skilled work
men. we
make and
•ell more
$3 Shoes
n. than any
manufacturer in the world.
None genuine unless name and
price is stamped on the bottom.
Ask your dealer for our 85,
•4, 83.50, 82.30, 82.25 Shoes;
82.50, 82 and 81.75 for boys.
TAKE MO SUBSTITUTE. If your dealer
cannot supply you, send to fac
tory, enclosing price and 36 cents
to pay carriage. State kind, style
of toe (cap or plain), size and
width. Our Custom Dept, will fill j
your order. Send for new Ulus- ‘
trated Catalogue to Box R.
w. 1. pouclas, Brockton, Mass.
The Woman’s
Bicycle..,
In strength, lightness, grace, and
elegance of finish and equip
ment Model 41 Columbia is un
npproached by any other make.
COLUMBIA
saddles are recommended by riders and
physicians as proper in shape and adjust
ment, and every
detail of equipment
contributes to com
fort and pleasure.
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to all
alike.
The Columbia Cat
alogue, handsomest
art work of the
year, is free
•from Colum
bia agent, or is
mailed for
two 2-cent
stamps.
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