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Grandfather Traded With Us"
M,e J th ,eatcft! J0 of Is great business is tho many kind letters wo rccclvo dally from our
customers, expressing their pleasure and satisfaction with our goods and methods.
Often the most significant part of tho letter is embodied in tho few words: "My grandfather traded with
you years ago. It is the complete confidence of our customers in our honesty, born of past experience In
dealing here, that enables us to hold their continued trade.
UnC-tlme SPeCial belOW COSt Offerings" to Mtfh n nrwirtrmfll minlnm.r -ir.,1
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32 years ago wo occupied ono room "UMB "pine ioss on suDsequent orders, would never build a business like ours.
with two clerks and published a rata- It Is the constant saving and steady stream of pleasant business relations which
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We Want You to Try Us
and test for yoursolf our ability to'pleaso you. Tell us what kind of goods you aro
Jntorested In and wo will send you without charge any of the followlnc Illustrated
special catalogues quoting wholesalo prico3. Merely mention the number or
letter of tho catalogue you want.
100 Artists' Sup
plies 105 AthlotlcGooda
110 BlncksmitliB'
and Machinists'
Tools
115 Bnildors'Bard-
waro and Sup
plioa
120 Oarponter and
Builders' TooIb
and Matorlnla
125 Crockery and
Glasswnro
130 Qntlory
135 Dry Goods
HO Fancy and
Novolty Goods
115 Farm Implo-
monts
150 Fishinc tacklo
155 Popnlarpricod
Furuitnro
160 Harness
170 Kitchon Sup
plies 175 Laces, Embroi
deries, Ribbons,
Trimuiinus
180 Lamps and
Lanterns
185 Llnolonmo,
Garpota and
Curtains
100 Mon's Ilats
and GIovob
195 Mon's Shoos
200 Mon's Wear
ing Apparol
205 M u s i o and
Musical Instru
ments 210 Notions
215 Saddlos and
Snddlory
220 8ilvorwaro
225 Sporting
Goods
230 Stationary and
Ofllco SupplioB
235 Stoves
210 Toys, Dolls
and Games
215 Underwear
250 Vehicles
255 WnconMakors'
Snpplies
260 watches and
Clocks
265 Wo mon's
Shoos
300 Women's Cat
alogue (Cloaks,
Furs, Suits,
Skirts, WaiBts,
Hats, etc.)
B BIcycloB
O Baby Carriages
D Dairy Supplies
G Drugs and Pat
ont Medicines
J Telephones and
ElcctricalGoods
K Camoras and
Photo Supplies
M Books
165 Jowolry
-Out this slip out and send It TODAY
It Fancy Grade
Fnrnituro
T Trunks
U Youths' and
Bov'oOlothlne-
VI afon's M ado-to-order
Clothing
with Bamplos of
fabrics. Suits
$10.50 to $10.50
V2 Samo as VI ox
copt suit prices
$18.00 to $30.00
VO Mado-to-ordor
Overcoats with
Bamplos
W Men's Ready
Mado Clothing
Mackintosh Cats
logno Buttcrlclc Fash
ion Cataloguo
GL Grocery Lis
(publfshod
ovory COdnys).
Enclosed find IS cents for partial postage on Catalogue No. 72, four
2c stamps for Wall Hanger or 20c for both.
Namo
Postofflce
Routo No..
(Bo suro and write very plainly.)
County
.State.
03 at every opportunity.
Our prices are 15 to 50 per cent below regular
retail figures.
Our Big Catalogue TwhoS
sale prices on Groceries, Dry Goods, Crockery,
Hardware, Furniture, Harness, Implements, Ve
hicles, Clothing (all kinds for Men, Women and
Children), Millinery, Musical Instruments, Sewing
Machines, Bicycles, Sporting Goods practically
everything that anybody could want.
It also contains freight rates, full instructions
for ordering, and telb you everything you might
want to know about us.
Ordering is easy from this wonderful book,
which cost3 U3 almost ono dollar apiece to print
and send out.
Send for it today and save the profit you pay
your dealer. You can get your money back If
your purchases aro not satisfactory. Fill out this
slip, enclosing 15 ccnt3 for partial postage as a
guarantee of good faith.
Send (cut 2-cent ttunp
for our
10 Color
Wall Hanger
ahewinc the Inrida
of this building, with
tho goedfl and the
derks at work. Ono
cf the most complex
and complicated
pi ccescf lithography
ever attempted.
Verylntercstlngand
attractive. You can
get It for what It colt
ua four 2c ciamps.
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Today, wo occupy more than 200 times as much flocr
cpaco, employ over 3000 people and our cataloguo con
tains over 1100 large pages.
Montgomery Ward r Co.,
Michigan Ave., Madison & Washington Sts., Chicago
48 Complete satisfaction or money refunded without question.
said to never fail. Tincture of iodine
painted on the gums is said to remove
tartar and to cause soft and diseased
gums to become healthy. Advise with
your dentist.
For tho Little Folks.
Take a lemon, stick in tooth-picks
for legs and shoe buttons for eyes;
slit a little of the rind for the ears;
put a little darning cotton on a pin
and add for the tail. "This is a pig."
For a bug, choose a good-sized
prune, using cloves for feet and aca
cia buds for the nose; one with the
blossom off is best for the tail.
Clowns. A chocolate drop, and an
English walnut, with different colored
paper frills stuck on with paste, are
excellent; different expressions are
cut in chocolates and painted on the
nuts. ....
Quito a "Noah's Ark" of animals
can he manufactured out of prunes,
nuts, raisins, and other fruits, with
bits of wire, tooth-picks, horse hairs,
etc., if the children will exercise a
little ingenuity.
Fecial Habits.
The methods of removing wrinkles
are not many, as this can be done suc
cessfully only by massage. Preven
tion Is better than cure. Do not frown,
or screw up the face in any way,
sirce repetition is sure to cause lines
to appear. A woman of placid nature
has few wrinkles, even in old age.
When the lines are formed by facial
habits, such as frowning, nothing will
remove them except to stop tho habit.
Stop making faces, for, unless you do,
even massage cannot afford your per
manent relief. Some women distort
their faces when doing any kind of
work; it is a habit that must be over
come; they who hold to it usually
have wrinkles at thirty, and lootc old
ftt fifty.
Drooping lines from the nose are
Oils Cure Cancer.
All forms of cancer and tumor, Internal and
external, cured by soothing, balmy oil, ana
Without pain or disfigurement. No experiment,
but successfully uso ten years. , Write to he
Homo Ofllco of tho originator for free book Dr.
D.M.Bye Co.,Drawer 505Dopt.2 Indianapolis.Ind.
sometimes called laughing wrinkles,
and, although they are not unsightly,
they are not exactly becoming. The
vertical lines which pain, habit, or
deep thought cause to appear between
the eyes are the hardest of any to re
move. The best remedy for or prevention
of wrinkles must come from within.
Cultivate a cheerful, hopeful habit of
thought,, and forget how to worry.
For Linon Cushion Covers.
Manv of the nictures which embell
ish the covers of the monthly maga
zines, as well as those of many adver
tisements, are really works of art, and
if one is skillful with the needle or
brush, they may serve as in the mak
ing of fancy work. Try this:
Cut a piece of suitable linen, white
in color, sixteen inches square, tack it
onto a smooth board and lay it on a
table; over this place a sheet of
transfer paper, and on this the picture
to be transferred. Fasten all so there
will be no slipping. With a dull lead
pencil trace every part of the picture;
lift the picture and the transfer paper,
and if you have worked carefully you
will have an exact copy of tho pic
ture Trace every mark and line left
on the linen with India ink, accentuate
the dark parts, as buttons, ribbons,
shoes or other shades, by using a
brush, applying the ink at such places
in solid black; a cover mau ui y
will launder beautifully. India ink
is equally beautiful on silk or satin
back-grounds, wash silk making ex
ceptionally handsome covers.
If one desires something more elab
orate, the work may be done in oil
paint use the paint stiff enough not
to spread about the edges. In the
lichter parts, dilute with turpentine,
making a wash of the paint. With
wv great care, the painted covers
may be washed without injury to the
paint-Ladies' World.
Soul Growth.
A correspondent asks: "Do you
believe that it helps any one to think
loving thoughts of tbem?
It may not directly belp them,
whbevS "they" are, but it certainly
helps the ono who does the thinking.
Nobody can think loving thoughts of
others, bo they friend or foo, with
out a growth of tho love element
showing in their own life. Every
thing grows by what it feeds upon,
and if we feed our better nature it
certainly will broaden and deepen,
filling greater space and throwing out
influences that shall make tho world
better and happier because of them.
It is not alone our own "Good nook"
which tells us that "as a man tlilnk
eth, so ho is," and "as we sow, so
shall we reap," but this Is the teach
ings of the sacred books of all phil
osophies and religions. The seeds we
sow, whether wheat or tares, will
grow and bring forth a harvest for
good or for evil. If wo sow in anger,
wo reap In tears; if we sow to the
wind, we 'reap the whirlwind. We at
tract to ourselves just the Influences
wo send out. If we are hateful, wo
engender hatred in others. Envy,
covetousness, jealousies, malignity,
and the whole brood of unhappy emo
tions, if Indulged in, will not only ruin
our own lives, but will drive from
Us every lovely thing in life.
By all means, let us think the kind
ly thoughts even of our enemies, for
every one has some good qualities,
and in striving to discover me goou
in others, we develop its like In our
selves, and these some-time enemies,
brought to 'recognize these good
points in ourselves (which our kindly
emotions bring into prominence), are
themselves disarmed, and before they
know it are saying kind things of us
or, at least, they will say less that is
unkind. Let us try to make our own
lives beautiful, thus beautifying all
other lives by tho radiance from our
own.
Some Timely Recipes.
"About these days," the egg-basket
is seldom full, and tho "store" eggs
are seldom satisfactory. Here are
some recipes which are recommended
as worth a trial:
Eggless Fruit Cake. Two cupfuls
of brown sugar, one cupful of mo
lasses, one pint of boiling coffee, one
pound of fat salt pork chopped fine,
one tablespoonful of soda dissolved,
ono teaspoonful each of cloves, cinna
mon, allspice, ginger, a half teaspoon
ful of pepper, ono pound of seeded
raisins, one pound or currants, one
half pound of mixed shredded orange,
lemon and citron peel, one-half pound
of chopped nut meats. Freo tho pork
from rind and lean parts and grind or
chop very fine; over this pour tho hot
coffee, then molasses with soda stirred
in, then the sugar and spices, with
flour to mix quite stiff. Add the fruit,
well floured, stir well and bake slow
ly two hours.
Eggless Layer Cako. Cream to
gether one cupful of sugar and a picco
of butter the size of a largo egg; add
ono cupful of milk, three tablcspoon
fuls of bakjng powder mixed in threo
scant cupfuls of flour. Flavor with
lemon.
Favorite Cookies. Two cupfuls of
sugar, half a cupful of butter, cream
together; nutmeg to taste, one cupful
of rich sweet milk, and two tcaspoon
fuls of baking powder rubbed into
flour enough to roll and cut them.
Surprise Puffs. Two cupfuls of
flour, a pinch of salt, one tablespoon
ful of baking powder, ono cupful of
milk. Beat well together, and have
ready some very hot fat in a kettle.
Wrap a little cold mashed potato in a
thin slico of cold roast pork, quickly
whirl this in the batter so as to cover
on all sides, and drop into the hot fat
and brown on both sides. A little
practice will turn out beautiful sur
prises, and any kind of meat or
vegetables can be used.
Now, the new year dawns again.
To us another chance may be given;
It may be the last Tho sheaves wo
garner now may be the offering to
be borne across the dark water. Many
a new mound has been made in our
cemeteries; we may lie witb these
when the year is ended. But If we
toil all day until tho evening, wo
shall not fear the shadow. Thero
will be golden days; but the dark
days are God's days, and if we accept
them In loving trust, we shall reap
our harvest "beside the living wa
ters," in the light of God's changelesi
love. .
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