SOUTH SIDE.
The farmers arc putting up their ice.
There was a big turn&ut for the preaching ,
Sunday.
Horatio Stone isdoubtless , a happy man.for
a 1tU ! gifl came Jto live at his house , last
.Sunday.u"
A literary society was organized in the
Fitch school-house , last Wednesday evening ,
and starts out with flattering prospects for the
future.
- The people of South Side organized a
Bible class , last Sunday , for the purpose of
studying the Bible ; the first ten chapters of
Genesis being the lesson , next Sunday.
School began with an attendance of four
teen , Monday , and the scholars should remem
ber that they are on the home-stretch and im
prove every opportunity.
The South Side. Endeavor Union has ad
journed until the first Sunday in June. A
large per cent of the members are either teach
ers or high-school students , which speaks well
for the society , and their being away during
the winter months , doubtless was the cause of
the action taken by the Endeavorers of South
Side.
Prevented a Tragedy.
Timely information given Mrs. George
Long of New Straitsville , Ohio , prevented a
dreadful tragedy and saved two lives. A
frightful cough had long kept her awake
every night. She had tried many remedies
and doctors but steadily grew worse until
urged to try Dr. King's New Discovery. One
bottle wholly cured her , and she wntts this
marvelous medicine also cured Mr. Long of
a severe attack of pneumonia. Such cures
are positive proof of the matchless merit of
this grand remedy for curing all throat , chest
and lung troubles. Only TOc and Si. Every
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Every
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there are thousands of wo
men who nearly suffer death
from irregular menses. Some
times the " period " comes too
often sometimes not often
enough sometimes the flow is
too scant , and again it is too
profuse. Each symptom shows
that Nature needs help , and
that there is trouble in the or
gans concerned. Be careful
when in any of the above con
ditions. Don't take any and
every nostrum advertised to
cure female troubles.
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the ailments that are caused by
irregularity , mich as leucor-
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nervousness ; pains in the head ,
back , breasts , shoulders , sides ,
hips and limbs. By regulating
the menses so that they occur
every twenty-eighth day , all
those aches disappear together.
Just before your time comes ,
get a bottle and see how much
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Send for our free book , "Perfect
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Lewis Dennis , Salem , Ind. , says , "Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure did me more good than any
thing I ever took. " It digests what you eat
and can not help but cure dyspepsia and
stomach troubles. D. W. Loar.
Many of the blotches , pimples and other
affections of the skin are caused by the failure
of the liver and kidneys to cast off impurities ,
which remain in the system. Herbine will
stimulate the liver and kidneys , and cleanse
the system of all impurities. Price 50 cents.
A. McMillen.
Prof. Seaver of Yale says Western girls are
"schooner built , " but he knows not whereof
he speaks. Our buxom lassies are built up
with juicy range-fed beef ; not beer.
Herbine should be used to enrich and puri
fy the blood ; it cures all forms of blood dis
orders , is especially useful in fevers , skin
eruptions , boils , pimples , blackheads , scrofula ,
salt rheum and every form of blood impurity ;
it is a safe and effectual cure. Ptice 50 cents.
A. McMillen.
Size doesn't indicate quality. Beware of
counterfeit and worthless salve offered for De-
Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. DeWitt's is the
only original. An infallible cure for piles and
all skin diseases. D. W. Loar.
The longest street in Chicago is named
Western avenue. It probably extends from
of to Omaha.
the banks the-Wabash-far-away
Many a bright and happy household has
been thrown into sadness and sorrow because
of the death of a loved , one from a neglected
cold. Ballard's Ilorehound Syrup is the great
cure for coughs , colds and all pulmonary ail
ments. Price 25 and 50 cents. A. McMillen.
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g lT'Special attention paid to
hauling furniture. Leave orders
at either lumber yard.
BARTLEY.
Wm. Parrish left , Thursday , for York , this
state , on a short visit.
Otis Karrar of Lincoln is visiting his uncle ,
John O. Miller , this week.
W. C. Hanson entertained his brother Ev-
eret from Hloomington , last week.
Miss Maud Vickrey returned to University
Place and her studies , last Thursday.
Henry McKcan and D. L. Ijeaman were
pilgrims to the big west-end town , Mond.iy.
Will Downs has retired from his position
with A. E. Crosby and is working on the sec
tion.
Frank McClung of Indianola was a Thurs
day visitor at \Vet-Grocery-on-tlie-Mid- -
way. "
James Hickerson has rented a farm of C.
H. Haywood near Cambridge , and will move
there , next month.
The week is being observed as a week of
prayer at the Christian church. Reverends
Crippen and Roberts are in charge.
Geo. Moon departed for Indian ? , Monday.
He will visit his brothers at Greenwood , this
state , before going to his old home.
L. Jennings , who has been spending the last
three weeks in Danbury , Conn. , returned , last
Saturdayand reports having had a very pleas
ant time.
Bert Thorndike , tinner for Babcock Bros , of
Cambridge , is putting the tin on the tower of
our new church , which is rapidly nearing
completion.
Albert Price arrived home , Saturday even
ing. He will spend the winter here and in
the spring expects to resume his position with
the Telephone Company.
This week was installation of officers in the
different lodges , and all report a good time.
Willis Gossard of Indianola was down to as
sist in the G. A. R. work.
D. T. Welty and M. A. Ellingson of Cam
bridge went up to Indianola , Wednesday , to
test S. R.'s new town ordinance. They made
us a pleasant call en route.
' 1 here was a "grand ball" north of town ,
Saturday night , where they tripped the light
fantastic and cut liquid air out of "jo-jo"
flasks until the small hours of morn.
Will Cowles is circulating a petition for a
new town hall. The lodges are expected to
take an interest in the scheme , the plan being
to use the upper story for lodge purposes and
the lower one for a public hall.
C. H. Listen has "cut the jimsons ; " destina
tion unknown , but he is supposed to have
gone to the Pacific coast. An overplus of
conjugal infelicity is probably the occasion.
Geo. Zellers was appointed to look after his
stock.
The east end of town was the scene of a
free-for-all scrap , one day last week. W. H.
Gartside. was referee , and Jake Kern , two
Russians and the wives of the three were the
participants. The fun was just getting under
way when Jake fouled one of the belligerents
with a frying-pan and the referee called the
mill off. The Russian "push" did not appear
on the section , next day , and Jake was skirm
ishing for help.
Ed Lohr was holding an exalted position
on the cone of the new M. E. church when he
became imbued with the idea that angels
were hovering 'round him , and he could
spread out his coat tail and join them , but in
stead of soaring into the land of paradise he
took a sudden drop several degrees below his
dignity and sat down hard on a pile of brick ,
reducing them to fragments. There will be a
decided slump in the St. Jacobs Oil market
when he recovers.
"Tim" Merchant created a panic among the
jack-rabbits in the East Valley country , last
week , and it is said that some of them actu
ally ran themselves to death. "Tim" killed
one that George Carr had crippled , but said
they were getting so timid about his "zulu"
that he would have to work a little strategy
on them. His plan was to distribute frozen
peas about their resorts , reasoning that they
would be so hard that the rabbits would shut
their eyes when they tried to bite them , and
while in this attitude he and George would
make a sneak on them with a salt-shaker.
Since the scheme has become public , Curlee
brothers have shaved the price seven cents a
dozen , fearing they will be unable to get carp.
The fragile babe and the growing child are
strengthened by White's Cream Vermifuge.
It destroys worms , gets digestion at work and
so rebuilds the body. Price 25 cents. A.
McMillen.
INDIANOLA.
Mat. Lawritson and wife of McCook were
guests of Agent and Mrs. Lawritson , Sunday.
Harlow W. Keyes transacted business of
the law in the county capital , Monday and
Tuesday.
Hon. J. W. Dolan of the State bank was a
business pilgrim to the big town on the west
side , Monday.
S. R. Smith , the white-winged Populist
newspaper reformer , risked the contagion of
the county seat , Monday.
Commissioner Crabtree arrived home
Thursday , from the county seat , the board ,
having closed the laborious sessions of the
annual settlement meeting.
Whosoever has suffered from piles knows
how painful and troublesome they are. Tal -
ler's Buckeye Pile Ointment is guaranteed to
cure piles. Price 50 cents in bottles. Tubes
75 cents. A. McMillen.
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It artificially digests the food and aids
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The Craving For Stimulant * .
The blood normally contains stimu
lants , and that these stimulants exer
cise a favodug influence on function
and conduce to and may even be a nec
essary factor In the production of tlie
feeling of well being explains the wide
spread liking in man and beast for
stimulating substances. This liking ,
amounting often to a craving , is the
expression of a great physiological
principle. When health Is perfect ,
when the blood Is well provided with
its proper stimulants and not over
charged with depressants , there Is no
craving for extraneous stimulants , such
as alcohol , tea or coffee , but when the
blood Is defective in the one or sur
charged with the other then Is felt the
desire for the glass of wine or the cup
of tea.
In order to obviate this desire the
body should be kept at the highest lev
el of health. The more perfect the
health the more perfect will be the
composition of the blood In respect to
both physiological stimulants and dele
terious toxins. A blood properly con
stituted in these and other respects
will exercise a gentle stimulant action
on the nervous system and induce a
condition of mild physiological intoxi
cation , which expresses Itself In a feel
ing of well being and happiness a con
dition that cannot be bettered. Lan
cet.
The Result of Too Hindi PnthoH.
"One day , " says Jean Francois Raf-
faelli , "Daudet was arguing a point
that on the stage it Is a mistake to in
sist too strongly on any one form of
sentiment , whatever It may be. 'Lis
ten , ' said he. 'I recall a little incident
which may serve to illustrate my
meaning : A woman dressed in black
one day entered an omnibus in which
I happened to be. She was in deep
mourning , and her countenance was
so worn , so contracted , so furrowed
with grief , that her neighbor could not
refrain from asking what terrible sorrow
row it could be that bad thus left its
marks upon her.
" ' amid the
'Whereupon the woman ,
sympathetic attention of all the little
world in the omnibus , including the
conductor , who did nothing but blow
his nose so as to hide his tears , told
how she bad lost first one child and
within a very few days another. Ev
ery one pitied her greatly , but when
she proceeded with many tears to tell
of the death of a third child her hear
ers were somewhat less moved , and
finally , when she launched into a long
account of the loss of a fourth de
voured by a crocodile on the banks of
the Nile every one in the omnibus
burst out laughing. ' " New Lippincott.
Wliy He IB n Walter.
W. E. B. Du Bois. in his book , "The
Philadelphia Negro , " devotes much
space to authentic instances , proving
that. In the words of the author , "the
road to success is to have a white
face. " Professor Du Bois cites many
individual cases in support of his
somewhat bitter deduction , one of the
most striking being the experience of
a graduate of the University of Penn
sylvania.
This young colored man took a
course in mechanical engineering , was
an apt student , was well recommend
ed and by reason of his excellent rec
ord obtained a situation through an ad
vertisement. He reported for work , re
mained only a few hours and was then
discharged for the simple reason that
his skin was not white. The experi
ence was repeated several times until
he became utterly discouraged. He is
now a waiter in the University club ,
where he is forced to serve white fel
low graduates.
He Read Calnc.
While Hall Caine was in this coun
try several years ago the Aldine club
of New York city dined him. Among
those invited to meet Mr. Caine was
one of the most popular of our Ameri
can authors. Soon after the dinner be
gan dinner cards began to circulate
with requests for autographs. The
author in question whispered to his
neighbors :
"I'm going to send my card up to Mr.
Caine as soon as I can , for I am down
for a speech later on. and I want to be
able to say that I've read something
that Caine has written. " New York
Mail and Express.
The Pendnlnm Alone Ont of Order.
An Onion Creek ( Tex. ) darky visited
the establishment of an Austin jew
eler.
" 1 wish , boss , you would regulate
dis heah penjulum. "
"How can I regulate the pendulum
without the rest of the clock T
"Bars nuffin de matter wid de rest
ob de inards ob de clock , so 1 jess leff
'em at home. Jess you fix up de pen
julum. Ef tier penjulum goes all right ,
de rest ob de clock goes all right too.
I know dat much , even if 1 ain't had
no book larnin. " Texas Siftings.
Liver Complaint.
FuddyVhnt is the matter with
Harris ? Qe seems all out of sorts.
Duddy lie is suffering from liver
complaint.
Fuddy Can't he find anything to
help hlmV
Duddy Hi > is looking around for a
new boarding lieu e. one in which liver
is not an inseparable feature of tlu >
cuisine. Boston Transcript-
Fact * .
"I called in. " said the puffy little
man , "to say that your story about the
fire next door to me yesterday was all
wrong. "
"All wrong ? " asked the editor.
"Yes. sir ! Why , hang it , sir , I spell
my name with two s's , and I make
eoap , not shoe blacking. " Philadelphia
North American.
The Arabs show their friendliness
when meeting by shaking bands six or
eight times. Arabs of distinction go
beyond this : they embrace each other
several times.
Did 700 read "In Hti
'Steps ? " If you did not
you mixed the hook sen
sation of the decade. No
book produced In the last
ten years has been more
discnuaed by people of all
stations. No hook pro
fessedly religious In Its
teaching has ever been
BO widely read. The
author of "In His Steps"
Is R v. Charles KI. Shel
don. It Is by no means
his only soccensfal effort
in book making : . He wrote
" The Crucifixion of Philip
Strong , " a story fully as
absorbing In Interest as
"In His Steps. " We have
purchased this story and
It will be printed in this
paper HOOD. "We believe
our readers will enjoy It.
in fii $ Steps
The most talked about book
of the decade recounted the
experiences of a church
company who asked in the
face of every situation ,
What Would Jesus Do ?
They pledged themselves
to do likewise.
Cbe
Crucifixion of
Philip Strong
Tells of a clergyman who
attempted to preach as Je
sus would have preached.
His experiences were dra
matic , absorbingly interest
ing and in the end tragic.
Both books were written by
who has taken his place
among the strongest fiction
writers of the day.
The Crucifixion of Philip Strong
will be published as a serial
in this paper beginning soon
The Crucifixion
of Philip Strong
A story of absorbing
interest by
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon
It is hardly necessary testate
state to the average news
paper reader that Rev.
Charles M. Sheldon is the
author of "In His Steps , "
the book that has attained
the greatest sale of a decade.
The Crucifixion
of PHilip Strong
is another story of the same
character and strength as
' ' In His Steps. " The dra
matic interest is well sus
tained from start to finish.
We have purchased the
f serial rights for this unusual -
/ usual story and it will
be published in this
paper , beginning soon.
If you read the first chapters
you will not miss those which
follow.
January
Bar ams
are better than we have ever been
able to offer. Our stock of winter
goods is too large and must be re
duced.
Ladies' Jackets
Half Price
We still have a good assortment of
Ladies' Jackets which we are selling :
as advertised--50 % discount.
All $12.00 garments go at - - $6.oa
AH $10.00 garments go at - $5.or
All $ 5.00 garments go at - $2.5or.
We also have a few Fur Capes good values at
Greatly Reduced Prices.
Odd lots of Underwear at one-third off. It will
will pay you to call and supply your wants/
Try our
Qrpcery Department
Nowhere will you find prices lowen.
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