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LIEUTENANT BOWMAN : Cold Affected Head and .Throat Attack was Severe. Chas. W. Bowman , 1st Lieut , and Adjt. [ 4th M. S. M. Cav. Vols. , writes from Lanham , Md. , as follows : "Though somewhat averse to patent ipedicines , and still more averse to be- ciyaihg a professional affidavit man. it leems only a plain duty in tUe present instance to adU my experience to the fislumns already written concerning the , curative powers of Peruna. " / have been particularly benefited by its use for colds in the head and vbroat. I have been able to fully cure fo seof a most severe attack in \torX-clght \ hours by its use accord" Jng to directions. I use it as a pre ventive whenever threatened with wn attack. i "Members of my family also use it { for like ailments. We are recommend ing it to our friends. " Cbas. W. Bowman. ( Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac for 1907. Farms That (63 Pounds to the Bushel ) Are situated in the Canadian West where Homesteads of 160 acres can be obtained Nf. free by every settler willing and able to F comply with the Homestead Regulations. During the present year a large portion of New Wheat Growing Territory has been made accessible to markets by the railway construction that has bei/i pushed forward so vigorously by the three great railway companies. For literature and particulars address the Superintendent of Immigration , Ottawa , Canada , > r the authorized Canadian1 Government cent , \V. D. Scott , Superintendent of Immigration , Ottawa. Canada , or E. T. Holmes. 315 Jackson Bt. , St. Paul , Minn , and J. M. MacLachlan , Box ti6 , Watertown , So. Dakota. Authorized Govern ment Agents. Please say where you saw this advertisement. An Old. Proverb. The proverb , "Necessity is the mother of Invention , " can hardly be traced to jone independent source. The Idea was expressed by Persius , the Roman sat- 'irlst , about GO A. D. , and is found in the precise form now quoted in Richard Franck's "Northern Memoirs" ( printed in London jn 1094) ) and in various later English writers. * * . . . . _ . . _ iPlLES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure an ; case of Itching , Blind , Bleeding or Protrud Ing Piles In 0 to 14 days or money refunded. 60c. Itcvcnsro. George ( making a call ) Dora , where Is the parrot this evening. Squeaky Voice ( from inside of closet ) Jack , you stop it right now ! That makes six. BIr * . WlBlow * § BooVxzx ? Bmror tar ' ethlnn often * th sun * , rdae * inflammation. nl > ttji pain , cures * wind colic. 25 oanu a bottl * . Una to Do It. "You must believe in special provi dence , " gasped the man in the back seat of the new $10,000 automobile , as the Biachine fairly flew along the boulevard. "I do , " chuckled the chauffeur. "Don't you see how everything 'turns out' for the best ? " Chicago Tribune. MARK TWAIN'S HARD FATE. Palnfnl Stories Reflecting : on HI * Personal Pulchritude Current. The first critic that ever hud occa sion to describe iny personal appear ance littered his description with fool ish and inexcusable errors whoso ag gregate furnished th.e result that I was distinctly and distressingly unhand some. That description floated around the country In the papers and was in. constant use and wear for a quarter oi ! a century. , It seenis strange to me that appar ently no critic in the country could be found who could look at me arid have the courage to take up his pen and de stroy that lie. That lie began its course on the Pacific coast in 180-1 and it likened me in personal appearance to Petroleum V. Nasby. who had been out there lecturing. For twenty-five years afterward no critic could fur nish a description of me without fetch- iug In Nasby to help out my portrait I knew Nasby well , and he was a good fellow , but In my life I have not felt malignant enough about any move than three persons to charge those per sons with resembling Nasby. It hurts me to the heart. I was always hand some. Anybody but a critic could have seen It. And it had long been a dis tress to my family including Susy that the critics should go on making this wearisome mistake year after year when there was no foundation for it Even when a critic wanted to be par ticularly friendly and complimentary to me he didn't dare to go btyond my clothes. He never ventured beyond that old safe frontier. When he had finished with my clothes he had said all the kind things , the pleasant things , the complimentary things he could risk. Then he dropped back on Nasby. Mark Twain iu North American Re view. Many n. True Word. When , a few years ago , someone in an idle jest worded an advertisement for a housemaid saying that the advertiser - ! vertiser would and could give "refer ences" we all laughed and thought it too funny to be true. But It was prophetic. Recently in the newspaper of a suburban city an advertisement ap peared for a cook and a housemaid , and the one In want of the servants added hi a manner unmistakably meant to be persuasive "first change in ten years. " But who among us feels like laughing now ? Rather it is sobering in its ef fect upon us , since it but tells in one more way a story that is vexing and perplexing thousands of housekeepers in the State. Boston Transcript. \ The \number of murders per million population is 3.13 in England , 5.45 in Germany , 11.55 in France , liJ.42 in Aus tria , 7G.11 in Italy and 44.70 in Spain. THE FIRST TWINGE Of Rheumatism Calls for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills If You Would Be Easily Cured. Mr. Frank Little , a well known citi zen of Portland , Ionia Co. , Mich. , was cured of a severe case of rheumatism by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. In speak ing about it recently , he said : "My body was run down and in no condi tion to withstand disease and about five years ago I began to feel rheu matic pains in my arms and across my 'back. My arms and legs grew numb and the rheumatism seemed to settle in every joint so that -could hardly move , while my arms were useless at times. I was unable to sleep or rest well and my heart pain ed me so terribly I could hardly stand it My stomach became sour and bloated after eating and this grew so bad that I had inflammation of the stomach. I was extremely nerv * ous and- could not bear the least noise or excitement. One whole side of my body became paralyzed. "As I said before , I had been suff ering about five years and seemed to be able to get no relief from my doctors , when a friend here in Port land told me how Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had cured him of neuralgia in the face , even after the pain had drawn it to one side. I decided to try the pills and began to see some improvement soon after using them. Th-is encouraged me to keep on until I was entirely cured. I have never had a return of the rheumatism or of the paralysis. The pills are for sale by all drug gists or sent , postpaid , on receipt of price , 50 cents per box , six boxes $2,50 , by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company. Schenectady , N. Y. You can always depend on the wearing qialify o ! Mayer wsrfc shoes for all uses and in all kinds of weather. Built solid , of selected and seasoned leather , k they are by far the best work shoes for Fanners , Miners , Prospectors , Lumbermen , Mechanics , and Working Men to wear. Mayer"Work Shoes" like all Mayer ohoes are feaili on-honor and wear like Iron. Get them from your dealer , but be sure the" Mayer trade-mark .appears on the sole. Fora"dres3-up" shoe wear the "I .for men. F.Mayer Boots Shoe Milwaukee , WIs. CIAL. CHICAGO. Favorable developments of tiie , past few days are most consnicuor.s in money , the return of currency from the West being of.Increased volume , and the failure record including none of special significance. Leading branches of production started up promptly with out an indication of diminished activ ity. ity.In In iron and steel there is the pressure of an unprecedented accumulation of tonnage booked for deliveries running well toward late fall , pig iron and rails making an exceptional showing as to assured forward work. Specifica tions for structural shapes compare favorably ha extent with these of a year ago , due to increased oar and ship building needs. A slight decline in quotations for hides is not accompanied by falling off in demand for leather , consumers of which remain busy , especially on foot wear , belting and novelties. Improve ment hi receipts of- lumber is maintain ed , but prices hold firmly. Distributive lines are yet handicap ped by difficulties arising from inade quate railroad facilities , and this may interfere with plans to'make early for warding of spring merchandise. Orders coming forward reflect a fair demand for the principal textiles , boots and shoes , clothing and hardware. Interior advices testify to enlarged sales effected last year. Country stocks are well reduced and the conditions satisfactory for liberal purchases of new goods. Leading retail lines in the city require colder weather to make rapid January clearing sales. Failures reported in the Chicago dis trict numbered 29 , against 17 lost week and 25 a year ago. Dun's Review of Trade. HEW YORK. Quiet prevails in distributive trade , but industrial lines were never so ac tive at this season. Post holiday and weather conditions affect both whole sale and retail trade , the latter . line noting slackness in demand for heavy wearing apparel. Clearance sal-s by jobbers have cleaned up stocks , which were at no time burdensome , and many cities report retailers already beginning to stimulate sales in winter goods by cut prices. Business failures in tie United States for the week ending Jan. o imm- ber 185 , against 1G1 last -veek. 220 in the like week of 1900. 278 In 1005 , L l' in 1904 and 330 in 1903. Canadian failures for the week number 1 < > , as against 18 last week and 32 m Ub'fi. Wheat , including flour , expects in the United States and Canada for.rhe week ending Jan. 3 , aggregated 4.- " > .i bushels , against 2.494,832 last week. 3.839,941 this week last year , 1,411,947 in 1905 and 4,818,471 in 1902. For the last twenty-seven weeks of ihe fiscal year the exports were 97,923.504 bush els , against 09,020,020 a year ? go , 30- 175,274 in 1904-05 , and 151,009,774 in 1901-02. Corn exports for the week are 1.074- 599 bushels , against 1,000,008 last week , 0.205,333 a year ago and 3,380,532 in 1905. For the fiscal year to date the exports are 25,804,088 bushels , against 43,218,281 in 1905-00 and 1 ,080.800 in 1904-05. Bradstreet's Commercial Re- oort. Chicago Cattle , common to prime , $4.00 to $7.15 ; hogs , prime heavy , $4.00 to $ G.50 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.00 to $5.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 70c to 71c ; corn , No. 2 , 39c to 40c ; oats , standard , 32c to 33c ; rye , No. 2 , G2c to G4c ; hay , timothy thy , $13.00 to $17.50 ; prairie , $9.00 to $15.50 ; butter , choice creamery , 27c to 31c ; eggs , fresh , 22c to 25c ; potatoes , 32c to 43c. Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to $ G.50 ; hogs , choice heavy , $4.00 to $0.55 ; sheep , common to prime , $2.50 to $4.75 ; wheat , No. 2 , 72c to 73c ; corn. No. 2 white , 41c to 43c ; oats , No. 2 white , 35c to 37c. St. Louis Cattle. $4.50 to $6.50 ; hogs , $4.00 to $ G.45 ; sheep , $3.50 to $5.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 74c to 7Gc ; corn , No. 2 , 3Sc to 39c ; oats. No. 2 , 34c to 35c ; rye , No. 2 , Glc to G3c- Cincinnati Cattle , $4.00 to $5.75 ; hogs , $4.00 to $ G.G5 ; sheep , $3.00 tc $4.75 ; wheat , ' No. 2 , 74c to 75c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 42c to 43c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 3Gc to 3Sc ; rye , No. 2 , 70c to 71c. Detroit Cattle , $4.00 to S5.10 ; hogs , $4.00 to $6.45 ; sheep , $2.50 to $5.25 ; wheat , No. 2 , 74c to 75c ; corn , No. 3 yellow , 43c to 44c ; oats , Xo. 3 white , 35c to 37c ; rye , No. 2 , G9c to 70c. * Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 northern , 75c to 77c ; corn , No. 3 , 3Sc to 39c ; oats , standard , 34c to 35c ; rye , No. 1 , G5c to GGc ; barley , standard , 54c to 55c ; pork , mess , $16.00. Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers , $4.00 to $6.00 ; hogs , fair to choice , $4.00 to $6.65 ; sheep , common to good mixed , $4.00 to $5.50 ; lambs , fair to choice , $5.00 to $8.00. New York Cattle , $4.00 to $5.90 ; hogs , $4.00 to $6.90 ; sheep , $3.00 to $5.50 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 7Sc to 79c ; corn , No. 2 , ulc to 52c ; oats , standard white , 40c to 41c ; butter , creamery , 30c to 33c ; eggs , western , 22c to 25c. Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 74c to 75c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 42c to 43c ; oats , No2 mixed , 35c to 37c ; rye , 2so. 2 , 65c to 66c ; clover seed , prime , $ S.GO. "Wbnt Cl zr 'i < r . * .Vcars. Of every hundred nien who profess ttAvriety for the quality of their cijjara owii-c-to tlnj Culxui rebellion , scarcely one could , if put to it. interpret the meaning of the various words which are stamped on the lid and sides of a cigar box. These are not mere fancy names , but terms actually descriptive of the cigar. On the lid i's the name of the cigar , as Pedro Murias , Villa y Villa. . The front of the box describes the shape and size , as Conchas. Reina , Regalias , which stnr ? the s'n ; > o. .M.:11 Perfecto Infantes , Princesses , which signify the size. These may be com bined as Conchas Specialcs , Conchas Finns , to state both shape and size. At the back of the box , where the lid turns over , is stamped the quality of the cigar Superfina , Finn , Flor , Supe rior and Bueno , being the terms in the descending scale. The color of the ci gar is declared on the right-hand side or end of the box. Clare signifies the lightest colored. Colorado Clare rather darker , Colorado dark , Colorado Ma- duro darker , Maduro very dark , Oscuro extremely dark , Negro darkest. Lon don Chronicle. Ton1 > lc Ahead for Johnny. "George , " said Mrs. Ferguson anxious ly as she straightened the bed clothes over her sleeping boy , "what makes John ny's fingers so yellow ? Docs jaundice ever attack anybody that way ? " "No , Laura , " answered Mr. Ferguson. "It isn't jaundice. It's worse than that but dt will yield to proper treatment. I'll apply the treatment to-morrow morn ing. " UTTERLY WORN OUT. Vitality Sapped by Years of Suffer ing With Kidney Trouble. Capt J. W. Hogun formerly post master of Indianola , now living at Austin , Texas , writes : "I was afflicted for years with pains across the loins and in the hips and shoulders. I had headache also and neuralgia. My right eye , from pain , was of little use to mo | for years. The constant flow of urine : kept my system depleted , causing nerv ous chills and night sweats. After trying seven different climates and using all kinds of medicine I had the good fortune to hear of Doan's Kidney j Pills. This remedy has cured me. I ! am as well to-day as I was twenty ! years ago , and my eyesight is perfect" i Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. ! Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. ! I Vain Regret. | "But , Bertie , " said his mother , "you t isked for two cakes and I gave theme : o you. Aren't you satisfied ? " "No , I ain't , " growled Bertie. "You j , tvas so easy I'm kickin' meself 'cause j [ didn't ask for four. " Philadelphia Ledger. Always to , Be Depended Upon. When a person gets up in the morning [ with a dull headache and a tired , stretchy ' feeling , it is an almost certain indication that the liver , or bowels , or both , are de cidedly out of order. At such times Nature , the wisest and , best of all doctors , takes this means to ' give warning that she needs the help and ' gentle assistance which can best be obj j tained from that old family remedy , i Brandreth's Pills , which has been in use ' for over a century. They are the same fine laxative tonic pill your grandparents used , when doctors , were few and far between and when peo- ' pie had to have a remedy that could absolutely - ' solutely be depended upon. | Brandreth's Pills can be depended upon i and ate sold in every drug and medicine ' store , either plain or sugar-coated. The Cheerful View. Her But , Herbert , dear , do you think wo can afford to go to housekeeping on your salary ? Him Sure. After ' we're married , you know , I won't have to buy you any more flowers , chocolate creams , or theater tickets. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. [ Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. ! Drugglata refund money If It falls to cure. ' E. W.uEOVE'B signature Is on each box. 25c. i That Shnggry Effect. I Visitor ( at flower show ) What sort j of posey is this ? Exhibitor That is a John Alexander Dowie chrysanthemum. Visitor ( passing on ) I've no use for It. I thought maybe it was a Paderew- ski. 3or Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of feadn't liost Much. "Why do you look so worried ? " "I hare swallowed a pin. " "Well , good gracious ; they're two papers for a nickel ! " Houston Post Of LydiaE , Pinkham's Vegetable Compound , thel Great Woman's Remedy for Woman's Ills. LYDIA E. PINKHAM No other medicine for Woman's ills in the world has received such wld spread and unqualified endorsement. I No other medicine has such a record of cures of female illnesses or sue * hosts of grateful friends as has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. . For more than 30 years it has been curing all forms of Female Complaints , ) Inflammation and Ulceration , and consequent Spinal Weakness. It has cured more cases of Backache and Local Weaknesses than any othey one remedy. It dissolves and expels tumors in an early stage of development * Irregularities and periodical pains , Weakness of the Stomach , Indigestion , Bloating , Nervous Prostration , Headache , General Debility quickly yield to it $ also deranged organs , causing pain , dragging sensations and backache * * Under all circumstances it acts in harmony with the female system. It removes that wearing feeling , extreme lassitude , "don't care" am * "want-to-be-left-alone" feeling , excitability , irritability , nervousness , duj ziness , faintness , sleeplessness , flatulency , melancholy or the "blues" . Thea are indications of Female Weakness , or some derangement of the organs which this medicine cures as well as Chronic Kidney Complaints an1 Backache , of either sex , , . , , , - i u Those women who refuse to accept anything else are rewarded a nundre thousand times , for they get what they want a cure. Sold by Druggist * everywhere. Refuse all substitutes , J SPECIAL TRAINS LEAVE CHICAGO For Manitoba , Saskatchewan and Alberta Homesteads. Canadian Government repre sentatives will accompany this train through to destination. For certificate entitling cheap rates , literature and all particulars , apply to W. D. SCOTT , Superintendent of Immigration , Ottawa , Canada OK. E. T. Holmes , 315 Jackson Street , St. Paul , Minnesota J. M. MacLachlan , Box 116 , Watertown , South Dakota AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT AGENTS Pleum : nay where you aw thl ndvertlaemciit. Stealing : a March. "Hang It all ! " exclaimed Mr. Sububs. arriving home from the office , "we'll have to call on the Dubleys to-night" "Why , George , you said you wanted to stay home with me in comfort to night , " exclaimed his wife. "Yes , but Dubley told Balklotz he and his wife meant to call on us to-night We can leave their house earlier thau we could make them leave ours. " Philadelphia Press. ii i i Only One Condition. "That eccentric Mrs. Thistletop Brown Is going to give a sailor dance. " "But she doesn't know any sailors. " "Xo , but every man who comes with out a collar will be admitted. " Cleve land Plain Dealer. , STIFFNESS , STITCHES , LAMENESS , CRAMP , TWISTS AND TWITCHES , ALL DECAMP WHEN YOU APPLY i THE PRICE OLD-MONK-CURE 25 AND 50 CENTS f A Positive ' CURE Ely's Cream Balm is quickly absorbed. Gives Relief at Once. It cleanses , soothes I heals and protects the diseased memj j brane. It cures Catarrh - J tarrh and drives j away a Cold in the i Head quickly. E < stores the Senses of Taste and SmelL Full size 50 cts. , at Drugj gists or by mail ; Trial Size 10 cts. by maflj . . Ely Brothers , 5G "Warren Street , New Yor3e FARiViS FOR I ? CUT AKJ > 8A1E iicni CHOP i j. MUL.HAL.L. SIOUX CITY. ' I'OWJL MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN , A Gerttin Oara for JFeveriflhneefc Constipation , Hen.fln.chQi Stomach Troubles , Tccthiaj Disorders , sad DestroJ Eolher Gray. Worms. Th y Creak np Cold Nurse In Child in 34 hours. At all Druggists , 25ctw ren's Homo , Sample mailed FREE. Address. Hew York O j. A. S. OLMSTED. Ls Roy. N core Eyes , UZB tor cr ir n r - PRINTERS line of STATIONER samples. The completes * evafe Issued. Sioux City Newspaper Union1 Sioux City. Iowa , S. C. X. U. - - Xo. 3 1907. PYTTP CoFwrore Doojte brleStw Md faster colon than any otherdy ? . Dec lOe packaoe colors ail faers. Tfiextfre In cold watev betttr tUaa aay ol&er dye. Too can My meat wittowt rfcfeg ifart. Writ * for free boofciei-lfce2 * Dye , Keaca aad Mix Ceter * . MvJVROB 2) "RJG CO. , VmcnoflMfjjo