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Ladies'
Christmas tVlonoy judiciously Expend
ed and Never Regretted!
No (lifts more sensible no jifts that arc more appreciated
than
CHRISTMAS S SUPPERS from the
- World's Best Shoe Makers! -
When we say SLIPPERS we cannot do it justice, for you
must see them to appreciate them, and we invite you to view
our XMAS SLIPPER SPREAD, for it is woith coming to
see.
James J. Hill Discusses the Fu
ture Needs of Both.
LESS WARSHIPS; MORE FARMS
The Distinguished Railway President
and Foremost Developer of Oui
Great Northwest Writes In the
World's Work of the Need for Pros
perous and Scientific Agriculture.
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Chocolate, Ox-Mood or Wine Colors:
65c, 85c, SI, SI50, $1.75
X Felt Fur-Trim RomeosirriT
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live i?ms, of the unquestionable Daniel Green Quality. Green, wine,
black and brown colors $1 10, $1.25, $1.50
Ladies' Felt Slippers 50c to $1 50
Child's and Misses' Romeos (fur trim) 85 and 95c
COMFY SLIPPERS, (like walking on feathers) $100
Indian Moccasins, the kind that wears and hold their shape-suthin
new $2 00 to $2 50
Buy your Xmas presents nt honie-we'll appreciate all you leave here
and if not satisfactory it's convenient to exchange.
Men's Felt Slippers 65oto $1.50 y
Men's Romeo Slippers, side rubber $1.75
Ladies' Felt Lap Slippers (three colors) $1.10 t
Infant's Felt Red Romeos ....50o y
Should Slippers no appeal to you, let us suggest r pair of our Patent y
Leather Shoe fro ur fnmiiim Howard At hosier. White House or Dr. aT.
Reed Cushion Insole' ijboctors recommend them.
- Buster-Brown Shoes
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BOYS and SRLS
BUSTER BG".'.
Rial shoes.-: -
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store:
$1 .75 to $2.75
Infant's Moccasins, Bootees and Soft Soles,
25c to 50c
ft PI OF SHOES, LEGGINS OB
SLIPPERS, BOTH IBT AND
STRONG. IS UN EXCELLENTJjE
MEMBRAHGE THAT WILL BE AP
PRECIftfED THE WHOLE YEAR:
Misses' Jersey Lepgins $ 75
Infant's " " 50
Ladies' " " 75
Boy's Canvas " (in
Men's ' " 75
Ladies' Gaiter Spat? 50
Men's " " 75
" Leather Leggins 2
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THE CHIEFTAIN'S LITTLE JOKE
"Tired at Three O'clock?" "No Sir! I Use the Monarch"
IF typewriters wera machines ruirby mechanical means in
stead of human hands, you would find that, with a ire amount
of purer, a Monarch could be run at a higher maintained speed
than other typewriters.
Run by "girl power," you find that the Monarch is run at
a higher all-day average speed than other typewriters, and
without a "tapering off," from fatigue toward the day's end.
Both these truths are due to the fact that
LIGrlrtT
TOUCH.
iightens the draft, uses rower more economically. Eliminates
the waste of energy that typifies the heavy-touch machines.
This in turn means increased production per machine and de
creased cost of typewriter work per folio.
The Monarch Light jTouch and the
MONARCH
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Magician More Than Willing
Oblige, But Request Had to
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Monarch Rigid Carriage are exclusive
Monarch features, every other import
ant feature of the modern typewriting
machine, such as Back Space.Key, Two
Color Ribbon Shift, Contained -Tabulator,
etc., etcjWill'also belfoundon'.the
Monarch. Let us giv. you 'a demon
stration of jMonarch.;Liht Touch 'and
other Monarch advancem its.
Write For Illustrated Descriptive Literature
The Monarch Typewriter Co.
Ill South 13th Street. Omaha, Nebraska.
Executive Office: Monaich Typewriter Building, 300' Broadway, New York.
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j Thurston, the Irian, had many
Inleri'sting experlein i'h during Ills pro
j fosKionnl tour of the globe several
l vi'iir.u Hp ui'iit In nil KortS of
oiillaiulish places uml appeared before
rulers of ninny clrane lamia and com
munities. Ou one occasion Ills man
ager i.ad arranged that Thurston
should give an exhibition before the
ruler of a province called Tanga-Pan-ga
In the Fiji Islands. In the crowd
that saw the exhibition were many of
the black ami yellow slaves of the
chieftain. All the spectators were
amazed at the many manifestations of
tho black art that Thurston offered,
but no trick appealed so strongly to
the assebled retinue and to the chief
tain as that In which a white duck
was made to appear with a black head
and a black duck, after a minute's
manipulation, with the head of the
white duck. The trick had to be re
peated, and then the chieftain en
gaged in a long whispered conversa
tion with the interpreter. "What is
desired?" queried the obliging trick
player. The Interpreter coughed apol
ogetically and then responded: "Re
spected sir, our honored sire wishes
you to take two of his slaves and put
a yellow head on a black man and
the black head on the body of a yel
low servitor. Our honored sire thinks
It would he verv funny." "Tell his
royal highness," Thurston replied,
"that I could give a yellow man a
black eye, but I would not like to at
tempt to make his entire head black."
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IX 11 M II - , .i ":ii. ,;,-, 1 V INK III A MOM llll AM.
li 19 H II II n i. All Kecill LiiscaraLui iu,uu. ; X7-'N ' ! Ak rn.pliruKii.il. r
I li II K oneration. No Chloroform, Lther or other gon- JQ)A ;w-'k;!..r'.iiUm,,,1JtiP,1.i,
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Plan to Reintroduce Sturgeon.
Horace O. Knowles. recently rnitetl
States minister to Itouiuatila, Servia
and llulgnrln, Is leading a moveuient
to reintroduce sturgeon into the rivers
of the Atlantic coast. He ohtnlned
the consent of the Roumanian govern
ment, to the shipment of n carload of
fry of the Itlnrk sea sturgeon, the best
In the world, to the I'nited States.
The Trilled States fish commissioner !
has told Mr. Knowles that he believes
the abandoned sturgeon fisheries can j
be revived. The lllai k sea sturgeon j
grow to enormous size. In the old j
days before the sturgeon were routed
a Clin pound sturgeon in the Delaware j
river was a monster. In the lianube j
Ton and SOU pound fish are the aver j
:i8e. These yield between and 1
: ! 00 pounds of caviar each. Some of
Land without population Is a wlldei
tiees, and peculation without land l
H tnoh, The I'bIUmI States hon many
social, pIHIcal ami economU- qnes
tlosi, wvflc old, nome new, to settle
In tJii nwr futre; but none s fueda
niMtnl m trw ntatkm of th la ml
t tie nitftomi Hlit. The first art tn
the prngrsiw rf My clvltliatloii to to
prrrlia fcontrw tor tkoM mhn 4Mr to
tt vstsVr tMr own vis ami ftg-tre.
A mwasxrswsi aptoeMsval InsvrMt it
t a niKKm what imod dlgeUon ta to
a msa. T farm la Uw bat of all
iMtmlrr. TV noil Va tW oury rmurc
that Tmm rtsrf ouiUauaily aft?
harmv nr4uwt rsfcie. I do not wtoh
to bM1l th lrportce of manu
faotsrro or Rs rrhktiw vab In geaeral
grawta. nut for mtvnj yara this coun
try haa nodn Ux ntosalse of uaduly
aistiDg BAAmifsMure, commerce, and
otar arUrlOs that eenter In cltkw, at
tho exppHfl of tlra farm. Thfl romilt
Is a neglected syom of iiKrlculture
and the dooilno of the dumtnf lntrr
est. Rut all theao other wtlrUlon lire
foutxIrK) upon the agricultural growth
of the nation and must continue to
depoud upon It. Kvery manufacturer,
every merchant, every luiHlneas man
and every gmnl citizen Is tloeply in
terenleU In maintaining the growth and
development of our agricultural re
source h.
"Preserve Jealously the Soil."
It Is most Important that our own
country should realize the situation
and take thought for Its own future.
. . . With our magnificent areas
and the relative sparseness of our
population as compared with the more
densely peopled countries of the old
world, the time of economic trial
should be a long way off for us. With
greater wisdom than we have exer
cised in tho past It may never come.
Hut we mist preserve Jealously the
right and the possibility of free access
Jo the soil out of which grow not only
all those things that make happy the
heart of man and comfort his body
but those virtues by which only a
nation can endure and those Influences
that strengthen the soul. This Is the
safeguard not only of national wealth
but of national character. Tho fertile
fields of this country are Itg real gold
mines from which it will gather a
richer yield than the deposits of
Alaska or South Africa or any other
land can furnish. These are the tru
national Inheritance.
For the first time in the history of
this country thousands of farmers
from states like Iowa, Kansas, Mis
souri, Michigan, Wisconsin and Min
nesota are see! Ii"4 In v.v. In the Can
adian northwest owing to the cheap
lands offered there and the difficulty
of securing such lands in the United
States. Toward saving a supply for
the future something la now being
done. We are at least saving at the
spigot though we have not quit wast
lug at the bung. While we are spend
ing great sums to transform worthless
lands Into orchnrds and gardens by
the work of the reclamation service,
we still retnln as to other areas the
land laws under which for so many
years the grear heritage of the people
has been passing so largely into un
worthy hands.
The Greatest Lesson of History.
For the sake of our national future,
for the sake of the coming millions
who will bo helpless unless each can
be furnished with a piece of tillable
land as a defense against misfortune
we should see that the speculative
abunPR which these laws Lave fostered
are brought to an end. It should not
be possible ( obtain public land of
any kind ai ywhere In the United
States 1 enceli rth except after com
plying with all the terms of the home'
stead li.w. I cannot urge too strongly
upon every man who wishes his coun
try well and wl o desires all to be
prosperous in order that he may pros
per with theni, the importance and
growing necessity of taking such care
of our public domain as shall preserve I
the remnant of it fur the use of gen
erations yet unborn. - - .
Such close u'nd careful cultivation as
will yield the highest profit per acre j
is cultivated in cnmpiiratlvely small
can best be given to and when it
farms. The greater the number of
prosperous fanners the greater will be
the prosperity of every business num.
It takes more labor to earn the same
profit from a tract too large to be
UUc. thoroughly. Ten farmers ear h
(!' I ,nt inn from 10 to ICO ai res nt the
r,i (side, with the most npproveil met!
ols, supplemented wl.rie necessary
by Irrigation, can each earn a profit
equal to that taken from two or three
times the same area by slovenly till
age. Ten farmers Instead of one in
crease the aggregate volume of trade
than five per cent, of the population of
tho world. e are producing 43 pel
cent, of the world's supply of wheat,
corn and oats. We raise more than
70 per rent, of the world's cotton. All
political economy that Is not mere
empty theory rests upon the ratio ol
population to land area, the ubund
ance ami value of the products of the
soil, and the proper balance and Inter
relation of different Industries. W
have been busy as a nntlon helping
the so-called Industrial Interests of the
country-in fact, everybody except the
man on the farm.
lut when we have as ninny peopln
to the sqnrre ''e m Knrooe Ins now,
we will know the ! '.: ..'.;'es
of I'urope. Our tr k will l e fn In
urease correspondli gly the volume .of
M e earth's product When we get
ilown to busitien rid take stock of
! :: e :.;.:! nr.! nTV.'.n In whit h .e are
vitally concert'.".'. ?. " ,r,-er9 ard
home biil'dcrf. ns ci' iz ;.3 aad .v.j
fatrc" of tho cLIMnn w'.io ate
n. :lve ot:r future, we tlml that the main
thing Is the utilization and con
n nation of the poll and the rci.cureei
drawn from It. This Interest must
more and more take precedence of all
others. The ni.-.n must he encouraged
tn go to the farm. The man on the
farm must he considered first In r'1
our policies, because ho is the key
stone of the national arch. When he
I ns irodiiccd the thnre of nr.f.sral
wealth ti nt cor.orpomis to his best
eTort he mint be able to find n pur
(baser nt prices that will enable him
to live in comfort and enjoy at least
a moderate degree of prosperity. ThU
has always been the llnnl test of every
coentty and every civilization; and It
will no more change than the seasons
rre likely to reverse the order of their
mc eshlon.
A Farm School for Every Farming
County.
This country has from the beginning
establshed and maintained a common
school system on the sound principle
flint education Is iwentlnl to n right
discharge of the duties of citizenship.
Another element must be Introduced
Into the educational system. To direct
the minds of the young to work upon
the land as an honorable and desirablfl
career and to prepare for them work
when they return there by suitable
Instruction Is to promote good citizen
ship and national security. To raise
the productivity of our soil 50 per
cent, would be an Increase greater In
valuo than the entire volume of our
foreign trade. Theso result can be
brought about only by a general un
derstanding and practice of agriculture
as modem science and experiment
work explain It; by sch Instruction as
we now give In our technical schools
and Institute for the trades. Anyone
who ha studied the growth and de
cline of nations nnd would rend our
own Industrial future must bo con
vinced that Instruction In farm econo
my nnd management should become an
indispensable, part of the educational
work of this country.
Why So Many Warships?
If I could have my way I should
build a couple of warsl Ipsa year less.
Perhaps one would do. I would take
that $:..onO,no) or Jfi.OOO.onn a year nnd
start at least 1,000 agricultural schoolB
In the United States at Jj.CIOO a year
each, In the shape of model farms.
This model farm would be simply a
tract of land conforming In sl.e, soil
trceatmcnt, crop eelee'lon nnd rota
tion, and methods of cultivation to
modern agricultural methods. Its pur
pose would be to furnish to nil Its
neighborhood a working model for
common Instruction. Cultivating, per
haps from forty to sixty acres, it
could exhibit on that area the advan
tages of thorough tlllcre which the
small farm makes pos:,ible; of seed
specially chosen nnd tf -ited by experi
ment at agricultural r-liege farms; of
proper fertilization, r'ock raising, al
ternation of crops and 'he whole scien
tific and improved rystem of cultiva
tion, seeding, harvesting, nnd market
ing. The fnrmers of a county could
see, must see, as they passed its bor
ders how their dally labors might
bring increased and Improved results.
(Mr.' Hill's striking articles will bo
continued In tho December World's
Work with a discussion of the develop
ment of the northwest.)
eral aneasthetic used. CURIJ GUARANTIED
to last a LIFE-TIME, examination pres.
'WUTB FOR HOOK OM PILES AND RECTAL DISEASES WITH STWONIALS
no r. r. TANK T. ""'"'
the Hantibi
pounds.
sturgeon woluh L',000 1
I with the merchants of the community
rill. In II, d i .j .,hA
l'i"i, tr.lr.1 nh lll.io klJ.,.
Tk olhrp II,,. nt .,
raI.L AsM. MM ll H.TTR ft
rr known , llr, SMtM. A loav, K.llul.l.
SOLO BY DRUGGISTS EVRV WHLRE
and add in the same ratio to the gen
eral prosperity.
The Long Neglected Farmer.
Faults Seen Too Lute. Including Alaska, this country has
It Is lust beinn realized that tho i about the sunie area as Kuropo. It
Trans Siberian rallro id was a poor I has a little moro than ono-flfth as
lob from an engineering standpoint, much population. With a trifle more
SAFER RAILROAD TRAVEL
All American Railroads Report Notable
Advances In the Protection
of Life.
The best safety records made public
by the big American railroads are
now coming to light month by month.
The Pennsylvania railroad set the
example by announcing that not a
single papsenger had been killed on its
rails in the 12 months that ended last
December. Now follow others, says
the World's W'irk. .-,.s;J5r- .-.p.!
The KrTe raiiroad, probably the most
decried of all the big trunk lines,
claims the unique record of having
carried more than 12.',n00.000 passen
gers in the last five years without
killing a single person In a prevent
able accident. The Lehigh Valley
makes a similar report.
Four western railroads-the I'.ur
llngton, the Rock Island, the Mchiso'i.
and the Northwestern -claim that in
Hie past year they killed not a pas
senger in any accident chargeblo to
the railroad. This Is a matter of the
greatest importance.
And Ciere Is a new spirit In the rail
road world. In Hi" pi'srcnfcr depart
ments of our railroads a di ep im
pression was made n ye:,r or so ano
by the announcem lit from Kiii'land
that all the railroads of that Island
had been operated for 1'.' months with
out killing a single passenger. The
Pennsylvania took pride In Its record
of last year In equaling the Kel'sh
record; and there Is no doubt that the
other railroads are engaged In a con
test of this excellent sort.