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IIWI I wpm U ii i ' vm MpW & If The Commoner. DECEMBER 4, 1903, If u llwiiiitfi JillfilirLiJHffSMU -yJ-TJjQ. Christmas Presents For All Christmas time Is spending time. Jolly old St. Nick can success fully manipulate the key to our purses when all other, attempts fall. Let us suggest the advisability of buying all your Christmas presents from the largest and most reliable stock in the world selling direct to the user and saving you the jobbers', dealers' and agents' profits. ' Our prices are always the same the lowest. We cannot take advantage of the liberal Christmas spirit and advance our prices as some do, for our regular catalogue figures must stand for all seasons. We can send you everything you want in one shipment, saving you endless effort and delay in buying from several sources. By purchasing your entire Christmas needs from us we believe you will save almost one-third of the regular Christmas prices you would pay elsewhere. It is easy to order from our 1128-page Catalogue No. 72, with fine pictures of the articles you desire, and you can do it all in ono evening with scarcely any effort. v Once your order is mailed you need not think of it again until you get the goods, for we will take care of it promptly and carefully, guaranteeing safe delivery and perfect satisfaction. Your neighbors who know will tell you it is a pleasure to deal with us. We montion here a few suggestions, all taken from our Catalogue No. 72. " " w -w- mmm v w w W M f WWW W W W W J ...W.. W W W. ...W family, from the hired man down to the baby. If you have never seen our oig catalogue you have missed a great treat. It's never too late to begin, however.' Fill In the coupon and mail to us to-day. Don't wait until it is too late to get your goods before Christmas. Although the catalogue costs us almost one dollar each, we make no charge for it, only asking you to send 15 cents to bear part of the postage expense of sending it. Montgomery Ward r Co., Michigan Ave., Madison Z Washington Sts., Chicago , 32 years World's Headquarters for Everything. For Men: Pialr of alippore. Smcklric jacket. Smoking sot. Half dozen dress shirts. Half wbzon colored shirts. Stik umbrella. Pair of eloves. Dozen initial handker chiefs. Morris chair. For Women: A prettr apTon. Dress pattern. Vrap or bonnet. Toilet set. Manlcuro sot. Sewlnc machine. Piano or or can. Hat. Handkerchiefs. Pair of fine shoes. Shavlnc cabinet. Leather couch. Shavlnc set. Neckties. Match box. Suitcase. Watch charm or fob. Half dozen pairs half ' hose. Pair of suspenders. Pocket or bill book. A good warm cap. Heavy overcoat. Muffler. Docks. Leather pursr. A now carpet or rue. Piece of cut glass. Tablowaror Pair of classes. Warm mittens. Medicine cabinet. Easy chair. Bible. Cut class flower vase. Jevclry. Fleece lined mittens. Warm overshoes. Magnifying class for reading purpous. A pair of tools. BuckskJn mitten. Sweater. Banjo or cultir. Box cf collars. Meerschaum Pipe. Box of cigars. Shot gun. Cigar Jar. Hunting Jacket. Silverware. Ffne-clock.' Bronzo parlor orna ment Sot furs. Up-to-date ault or Jacket. New stove. Dining table. Bor stationery. Talking machine. Pair of gloves. Cut this slip out and send it with 15c In stamps Today. Mohtcombuy Vakd & Co., Chicago mc Enclosed find 15 cents for partial postaco on catalogue No. 6(ij as advertised In Lincoln Commoner. Name (Io sure and Write very plainly.) Poslofflce. Roule No Count -State- The Panama Canal Treaty The canal treaty with the new Pana ma republic licfe been signed bySecre tarjrbf' State Hay and M." Bunau-Va-rilla, the Panama representative. The Associated press describes the provi sions of the treaty in this way: Under the treaty the United States guarantees and agrees to maintain the independence of Tanama. It is said that this clause was inserted in order to set at rest all questions as to tho recognition of Panama as an in dependent nation by other govern ments. Tho United States undertakes to construct modern systems of sewers and waterworks for the cities of Pana ma and Colon, and has the right to collect tolls for the period of fifty years, in order to pay the cost of con struction with interest. A. the end of fifty years the sewers and waterworks become the property of Panama and Colon. The first five articles of the treaty are to this effect: Article 1. The United States, guar antees and agrees to maintain the in dependence of the republic of Panama. Article 2. The republic of Panama cedes to the .United States five miles on each side of the canal and three marine leagues at each terminal and all lands necessary to the mainte nance of the canal and its auxiliaries. Article 3. The republic of Panama grants to the United States the right to exercise tho same power and au thority over such lands "as if it were sovereign" and to the exclusion of such power by Panama. Article 4.-The republic of Panama grants tp the United States the use of all the. rivers, streams and waters x v ACURK FOR ASTHMA Asthma sufferers need no longer leavo homo and Business la order to bo cured, aturo has produced vegetable Tromody that will permanently euro ABtnina and all diseases of tho lungs and bronchial !!..? ifrvlnk tested. Ha wonderful curatl'vo powers n thousands pf casea (with a record of 90 percent. JNTOanenUy'Tiured, and desiring: to reJtovo human "lr.eng I will send f reo ot charge to all Bufforors front ..m i?. 9onSnptloh, ( atarrh.JBronchllis and nor. T.UJ' diaeaifdaf this recipe fa German, French or JJiRIUh, with full dlrebUonsfor nroparlng and using. K,b maUi AUdrewwith 'stamp, naming -this PXer. W.ANoyt,8 Powers JUiock, Hochestcr.N. Y. of navigation, or so far as is neces sary to the construction-of the canal and its auxiliaries, including purposes of sanitation. Article 5. Tho republic of Panama grants to the United States in per petuity a monopoly of any system of communication across its territory by canal or by railroad. Tho remaining twenty-one articles of the treaty deal for the most part with questions of administration. For example, article 6 declares free for all time the ports at either entrance of the canal, including Panama and Colon, and provides that no dues of any kind shall be imposed by the re public of Panama on any vessel using the canal or belonging to or employed by the United States. It provides also that the ports of Panama and Colon and others lead ing to the canal shall bo free to the commerce of the world and that no du ties shall be imposed except on mer chandise destined to be introduced for consumption into tho republic of Pa nama and on vessels which touch at Colon and Panama and do not cross the canal. The Panama canal, how ever, is allowed under this article to establish at these ports such custom houses and guards as may be neces sary to collect duties on importations destined for other parts of the re public. To tho United States is given the right to make use of the ports at the two extremities of the canal an places of anchorage in order to make repairs, for loading, unloading, de positing or transhipping cargoes which are in transit or destined for service of the canal and other work's. Article 6 further provides that all damages caused to private land own ers by .inundation or by the deviation of water courses or in other ways aris ing out of the construction or opera tion of the canal shall be appraised and determined by a joint commission appointed by (t'he governments, of the United States and the republic of Pa .naraa; and the United States again in turn .agrees tp bear.Jhe sole, cost of the indemnities granted by the said commission.' In another artWo tho republic of Panama authorb.oH tho new Panama Canal company to sell and transfer Its rights and concessions to tho United States as well as the Panama rail road and all or part of the shares of that company. It stipulates, however, that tho property outside tho canal zone owned by the company shall re vert to tho republic of Panama. Other important provisions of the convention are: The republic of Pa nama agrees to secure for the United States the lands and rights that are acquired in the towns of Panama and Colon to effect the improvements pro vided for in the treaty and authorizes the United States to impose and col lect equitable water rates during fifty years. At the end of that time the use of tho water shall be free for tho inhabitants of Panama and Colon, ex cept so far as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the water system and auxiliaries. The republic of Panama shall pay no more for official dispatches over the telephone and telegraph lines to be constructed than those required from officials of the United States; that the republic of Panama shall permit im migration and free access to tho lands and workshops of the canal and its auxiliaries to all employes of what ever nationality, provided they are under contract for work in any way connected with the canal; that such persons, with their families, shall be exempt from military service of tho republic of Panama; that the United States may import into the canal zone any materials necessary for the con struction, operation and maintenance of the canal and auxiliary -works, and all provisions medicines, clothing and supplies for use of all persons in the employ of the United States and for their families; that the canai, when completed, shall be neutral in perpetu ity and shall be opened on the terras provided for by section 1 of article 3 of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty of No vember 18, 1901; that the republic of Panama shall have the right to trans port oyer the. canal its vessels, troops nrifi munitions of war at all times free of charges; thpt the. republic o Pa-' J nania agrees to cancel any treaty with a third power which In any manner modifies or conflicts with this con vention; that the republic of Panama agrees, If it should become necessary at any time to employ armed forces to protect tho canal or tho ships us ing tho samo or tho railways and auxiliary works, to provldo tho forces for such purposo and if it cannot ef fectively handlo 'tlfo situation tho Panama government will allow tho (Continued on Pago 14. j RHEUMATISM Cured Without fledicine The Success of Magic Foot Drafts In curing all kinds and condittoas e( rheumatism has been so great that the makers have de cided to send them to all who write FREE On Approval We wont everyone who has rheumatism to scnrl uh his or hor name. Wc will Rend by re turn mall a pair ol Magic Foot Drafts, tho won derful external cure which has brought niore comfort Into the United States than any inter nal remedy over made. If they give relief, eml us One Dollur; If not, don't tend as a cent. Yoa decide. TKMCIUM " "7'A Magic Toot Drafts nro worn dn the soles of the feet and cure by absorbing the poisonous acids in the blood through the largo pores. They curq rheumatism In every pajt of the body. .It natal "be evident to you that we couldn't afford, to tend the droits on approval 1) they dldu'c cure, Wrljc today to thcMnglc Foot Dralt Co., XCo pliver BIdg., Jackson, Mich., for a trial pair of drafts on.npproval. Wo send also a valuable bopjcjet on ilhcdniatbun. 1 ?' ,.,fcpi.!W