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--gapw- rjJTP --ww4ii(f'"i?w-HTsr7trpBy?i - - JCT-V- - ."SR JSCVilV1" -" -&F;T- W ,.-.- " W"33rsJ" -"",.- r)jwr 'W -jar- 4 t?.. : V. It. .: . An American electric manufactur ing company has been awarded the entire contract for the equipment of numerous electrical plants which will be installed along the line of the East ern Chinese railroad. It will consist largely of temporary lighting plants. It is thought that ultimately $200,000 will be involved in the contract pedition, but that he is much inter ested in anarctic explorations, and it is possible that his next trip will be toward the south. He is now engaged . on his large scientific work on polar explorations. You're Gambling! It's too risky, this gambling with your cough. You take the chance of its wear ing off. Don't ! The first thing you know it will be down deep in your lungs and the game's lost. Take some of Ayer's Cherry Pec toral and stop the gambling and the cough. "I was given up to die wnh quick consumption. I ran down from 138 to 9S pound. I raised blood, and never expected to get off my bed ali a I then read of A ers Cherry Pectoral and began its use. I commenced to improve at once. I am now liack to my old weight and in the oest of health." Chas. K. IIartman, Gibbstown, N. V., March 3, 1S99. Yon can now get Ayer's Caerry Pcctorsl in a 25 cot size, just rigat for an ordinary cold. The 50 cent size is bet ter for bronchitis, croup, wboop-isg-coogs, asthma, and the grip. The dollar size is best to keep on band, and is most economical for long-standing cases. aw-laati Requires no Cooxmc g Esiar '---' t im r-j-n nr SrVaO fir Twr mem lens atrc - amj Iwm riitrAflifiDAwi i:7.---."-" :r..'-- riK I MLW. I n HiiT a AXT 5TKEK WgjMED It LAUUPPY PURPOSES ONLY MAMunrmocn uvnJ miM.r.. ...:I.-- 1 mwwmjuw MHIMUtAU TURING CD.j OMAHA. NEB. MAGNETIC The WONDER of the AGE. STARCH assa It Stiffens the Goods It Whitens the Goods It Polishes the Goods It makes sill garments fresh ;::id crisp :s when first bought new. TRY A SAMPLE PACKAGE. You'll like il it yon try it. You'll luij it if you tty it. You'll uvt. Jt if jou 11 v it. Tr it. Sol.l ly all Grocer. PIANOS! Special Offer until Jan. 1st. DO YOU WANT ONE? 15? BALDWIN The Best Piano in the market. We wish to immediately place one in every town in the state, knowing by experience that wherever we sell one other sales are sure to follow. To in troduce these pianos we will, from now until Jauuary 1st, make si K;.ctory wholesale price on the first piano to go to any locality where we have not already sold one. This means a great saving to the buyer. We N Nit MeMieR the Actwl Price Because we will only sell one piano in each locality at this extremely low price, hoping through the advertise ment to sell others at a profit to which every dealer and manufacturer is just ly entitled. Terms cash or easy pay ments. Pianos sent on approval. Write for catalogue and full partic ulars. We also sell the Ellington, Hamilton and Valley Gem pianos and Hamilton and Monarch organs. DICKINSON HUSTON. 1514 Douglas St. Omaha. &Sste-SSJ2i UPg (ftTAipfiue Fr Send your name and addresj on a pastel and we will send you our 156- page illustrated catalogue free. laa KPEATHGAMSCO. AVMHHh MM ttftM Cam -- - ..., wvmi. ?&&sSi aUfaaat Cash Price Bala far Putty, Bine, Bitter, Egs. for tan aad price. aar Parvls. Omaha. Ma, auMHaea ado. W.N. U. OMAHA. No. SO 1899 WfAGNETpl - "flaflalkaalfiV3' U aaWaWaWaaaWawK . "TRADE MARK r H alaaTiafy t hkncstei 9 174 WatinUr SSS0vVVBW6SiSv H Bhb Oaaah ajraa. XastaiOooa, aMaaS Ww ta. ap7-l,7aT,'Msia Louie Ostertag, an Atchison boy who served on the Olympia, says the Kansas City Journal, says It Is all a lie about Dewey's ships drawing off from the fight while the men ate a hearty breakfast He says the ships drew off all right, but the men were too excited and too exultant to eat a mouthful. And sure enough Louie's account sounds human-like and natural. Prunes afford the highest nerve or brain food, supply heat and waste, but are not muscle feeding. They should be avoided by those who suf fer from the liver. Track Taaka for Freight Kastaas, The use of track tanks by which lo comotives of high speed passenger trains may take water without stop ping is almost universal on the larger Eastern roads, where fast expresses are the rule. The B. O. R. R. has a number between Washington and Phil adelphia and intends to equip the en tire Main Line in the future. This de cision was recently arrived at through the use of passenger locomotives, equipped with water scoops, on fast freight trains. It was found that much time was saved, danger from stopping, being reduced to a minimum and cost or running lessened. The extra stops for water take much time and the wear and tear on equipment is no small matter. If the experiment on this part of the road proves successful, track tanks will be installed on every divi sion between Baltimore and Chicago. As a starter, the 50 new Vauclain com pound engines recently ordered will be fitted with water scoops. For starching fine linen use Magnetic Starch. The grand and, indeed, the only character of truth is its capability of enduring the test of universal experience-, and coming unchanged out of every possible form of fair discus- sion. Sir John Herschel. Half IUtt-n Son lli ia Oaialia and St I.nula and lVnliasb Routes. On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month the above lines will sell home-rr-ekers tickets to southern points for one fare (phis $2.00) round trip. WINTER TOiJRIai RATES now on sale to Hot Springs, Ark., and all the winter resorts at greatly RE DUCED RATES. Remember the O. & St ju. and Wa bash, the shortest and quickest route to St. Louis. Remember the O. fc SL L and O., Iv. C. & E. is the shortest route to Quincy. Unexcelled service to Kansas City and the south. For rates, sleeping car accommoda tion and ail information ca.t at the QUINCY ROUTE OFFICE. 1415 Far nara St (Paxton Hotel block) or write Harry E. Moores, City Passenger and Ticket Agent, Omaha, Neb. There are three parts in truth; first, the enquiry, which is the wooing of it; secondly, the knowledge of It, which is the presence of it; and, thirdly, the belief, which is the en poyment of it. Bacon. Near Inreatioas. Last week 413 pat ents were granted to U. S. inventors ) and 121 of these were wnolly or part ly sold before they were issued. Among the prominent firms buying patents were the following: American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York City. IT. S. Voting Machine Co., James town, N. Y., Union Scale & Manufacturing Co., Sacramento, Cal. Universal Accountant Machine Co., St. Louis, Mo., Piano Manufacturing Co., Chicago, 111.. Steel Motor Co., of Ohio, Richmond Cedar Works, Richmond, Va.. American Bell Telephone Co., Bos ton. Mass., f'no Hrncc Xfnnufntiirincr rVi nf . w .-..,, ........... v.vU. ...0 -v.,., .. I Connecticut, Libei ty Bell Co., Bristol, Conn. Under the new practice of some at torneys it is now much easier for in- vpntnic tf nlaA (homcDtvAc mi rnnril in the Patent Office to secure their in ventions. Inventors desiring free in formation as to the best methods of protecting their inventions and selling the same, should address Sues Sc Co., Patent Lawyers and Solicitors, Bee Bldg., Omaha, Nebr. ( Truth is me conformity of expres j sion to thought. The expression of truth is simplicity. Seneca. Your clothes will not crack if you tise Magnetic Starch. Truth without peace is turbulent; and peace without truth is secure in justice. Bishop riall. I FITS Term mntirCnnHl. TCnntsornerTonsnassafter I r.n-t dm - f lr. Kline's Sirat Nerve Keatorer. 1 SVn.l for FREE SS.OO tiUt tattle and treatise. I !a- U. 11. Kline, Ltd., Ml Arch St., lfeiUtlelphia, Pa. Truth is as impossible to be soiled b any outward touch as the sun beam. Milton. ttfMtlimMtMMHaa : Try Grajn-O! li VJIcUII-Vl Ask you Grocer to-day to show yon a package of GBAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it, "GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress, j the price of coffee. 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers. Tastes like Coffee Looks like Coffee Insist that your grocer r,lre yooQBAIKO Accept no imitation. MILLIONS of acres of choice agri cultural LAXDS now opened for settlement in Western Canada. Here is trrown the cel ebrated NO. 1 HARD WHEAT, which brings the highest price in the market of the worlil: thousands of cattle are fattened for market without being fed jrrain. and without a davV shelter. Send for informa tion and vecure a free home in Western Canada. Write the Superintendent of Immigration. Ot tawa, oraddrevs the undersigned, who will malt vou atlases, pamphlets, etc.. free of am. W. V. Bennett. 801 N. Y. Life Building. Omaha, Xeb. AGENTS WANTED To Mil taa products of TIE SWIIE VUCIIE CO. OF WYMORE, NEB. Swine plague or bog- cholera roecewfallr tuaitia by lDoccnlation. We care ss per cent of alek aoaa aad render well nogs Immrac by oar procesa. For further panicalara caU oa or addraM TlaSwltywlatCa,Waw,lw. DR. ARNOLD'S COUQH cwh cawwit aa etas. nEVEHTS.CeMMniPTIM. AUOrasalata, c KILLER ARTCR&IIIK a Ever use it? YoaaaouM. DROPSYSre'Sraalte . book 01 teatimoalau sad m aaTr 1 wmmm- n.a. saawraw,a.iE, FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OP INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Ua-te-Data Hlata Aaaat Cal- tlvattoa af the Sell aad Tletaa Tstareef Hertlcaltare, Vlttealtara mm Ilarlealtare. AsricUtaral Kates. The Talue of animal manure to onr farms is seldom realized. We speak of commercial fertilisers as a necessity to some of our lands and we speak truly. But the correct use of our barnyard manure means the adding every year of many millions of dollars to the value of our farms. For this reason there is a close connection be tween the number of live stock In the country and the fertility of our farms. In the last few years our sheep, hogs, cattle and horses have decreased by many millions. This means that it is possible for us to put many millions less tons of manure on our land than formerly. Consider the manurial prod uct from a single animal, and then consider it from all the animals in the country. It is safe to say that during the late depression our farm lands have deteriorated enormously, due to the lessened supply of manure from farm animals. It the higher prices now obtained succeed in stimulating breeding they will confer an indirect but great blessing on our agricultural communities by increasing the fertil ity possibilities of the soil. a e There are few if any poor farms that cannot be made good farms provided they were ever good farms. A worn out farm is not a necessary result of cultivating a farm for generations. In other parts of the world some of the most fertile farms at the present day are those that have been cultivated for hundreds and thousands of years. The Almighty, when he made the earth for the abode of man, did not so construct the soil that its fertility might be ex hausted in a generation or two. Where there are poor, run-down farms we may be assured that there has been mismanagement in cultivation. Not only is it possible to grow all the crops we now grow without running down the farm, but it is possible to take a run-down farm and bring it back to a state of fertility greater than that known in any previous period of its existence. Nor Is a miraculous amount of knowledge needed to do this. It only requires a study by the owner of the best methods of handling a farm as they are now taught in our agricultural colleges, in the agricul tural press and by many of our best farmers. The Velvet Bean. A bulletin of the Alabama experi ment station says: The velvet bean (Mucuna utills) Is a plant which, in general appearance of leaves and stems, is nearly similar to the run ning varieties of cow peas. The vines attain great lengths, a growth of twenty feet being usually made and much greater lengths being sometimes attained. The beans are larger than cowpeas and usually three or four are found in each pod. The pods are short and stout, nearly black in color and covered with a coat of velvety hairs. The velvet bean belongs to the same family as the cowpea. It is a legume or leguminous plant, and like the cow pea, the velvet bean is a renovating plant, having the power to enrich the land on which it grows. In any comparison of velvet beans with cowpeas as a renovating crop, there Is one point in which velvet beans are conspicuously superior. When frost comes the vines and leaves settle down together In such a way that the force of falling rain is brok en and the network of vines is so complete that the leaves, the most valuable portion, cannot be blown or washed away. With cowpeas the case is somewhat different, the bare stems standing erect and affording no means of retaining the leaves in place. On the other hand better implements are required to turn under vines of the velvet beans than to plow under cow pea vines. It is not advisable to at tempt to grow this bean in the north. Does It Fay ta Feed Liberally. From Farmers' Review: At a Farmers' Institute, Tonganoxie, Kan., a dairyman gave in his report on pro ducing milk for the Kansas City mar ket from common cows, picked up through the country. So far as pos sible these cows were fresh in the fall. During the winter they receive a ration consisting of a mixture of 14 to 16 pounds of bran and corn meal and what clover hay and sugar cane they will eat In summer they receive in addi tion to pasture and soiling crops, four to five pounds of bran. By this sys tem of liberal feeding, a two years' record shows an annual Income per cow of $70.99, the milk being sold at an average of 8 cents per gallon. Last year at the agricultural college our best cow cost us 132.80 for feed, the highest of any cow in the herd and about S3.50 above the average of the herd, and yet the profit from that cow over the cost of feed was $24.12 above the average of the herd. Does it pay to feed liberally? With a good dairy cow I It surely does. Had the herd referred to above or the best cow at the agri cultural college been stinted in feed it would have been an extravagant piece of economy that would have resulted in a diseased pocket book. The dairy cow is a hard working animal and should be fed accordingly. ' D. H. OTIS. Proteetloa far Trees la Wlater. Mr. A. D. Barnes tells in the Wiscon sin Horticulturist about his method of protecting fruit trees against winter injury. He says: "I want to tell the readers of the Horticulturist of a pro tector which I am using with great success, namely, window-screen wire. Cut the wire netting in different lengths and different widths, to suit small or large, short or tall trees. Roll the pieces around a broom-stick before going to the rchard. Use close meshed, jointed, wire screening. Set the bottom end one inch into the earth. This protector needs no tying at all; will expand as the tree grows. It Is all right for protecting against sun scald, atice, rabbits and a multitude of other things and makes no defense or fretectloa for bugs, worms and larvae. This protector is all right aad not patented, so let's not quarrel over the origin of it, but use It at once. It is a daisy. I put It on five hundred trees one year ago. These trees were nearly all planted In the orchard in the spring of 1891, consequently were of quite good size. The wire ready cut at hardware store here cost Just eleven dollars and it took me about a day and a half to form them and put them on. Every one Is in its place now, one year since placing;, and I am sure they have saved a good many trees from the ravages of mice, as the ground was thickly covered with a sec ond crop of clover and we lost- about twenty-five trees the previous winter. The Ash Tree Beetle. We herewith illustrate one of the Isrgest of the beetle family that preys upon our forest trees. This one la called the Dynastes tltyua. It feeds m. . Mai- m a ' vBave' a Dy t tUyut.Aflti SUsy. upon the leaves of the ash tree prin cipally, but it is also found on some of the 6ther forest trees. When present in numbers, these beetles, on account of their size and voraciousness soon strip a tree of the best part of its leaves. The one we illustrate is not enlarged, but shows the natural size. Some of them are even larger than the illustration. Fo. ' u.iately, the grub from which this beetle comes is not destructive to vegetation, but feeds, so far as is known, on rotten wood. When the beetles attack our shade and orna mental trees, the only way to check them Is to jar them from the trees and kill them, or spray the trees with Paris green and London purple. As the beetles are very large, the Jarring method of disposing of them may be preferable to the spraying of the trees. Halter-Breaklaa- for Colts. It is an excellent practice to break a colt to halter at weaning time, for the younger the colt Is taught to lead, the more easily is the operation accom plished. Youngsters halter-broken at weaning time are more than half harness-broken when of age for service. It is quite an undertaking to round up a 3 or 4 year old colt and break it to halter, which feat is necessary before the process of harness racing com mences. At that age they are so strong and frequently make such a protracted and stubborn fight that the animal la spoiled. It not infrequently happens that the horse rears and breaks Its neck In the operation. All danger may be avoided, and the labor necessary to educate the colt to lead will be min imized by halter-breaking at weaning time. A colt will soon yield to the tension of the halter if pulled at an angle, and it quickly learns that to follow the breaker relieves it from pain. The resistance is brief and the subjugation complete. Ex. In fattening old steers it should be borne in mind that the days of growth are past in that the steer has fully matured his bony frame, hence does not require as great a supply of nitro genous food as would a young, growing beast or dairy cow. So long as he is getting the food of maintenance he will neither progress nor retrograde, but to fatten him it is necessary to provide him with an abundance of carbonace ous food, of which corn is the greatest and cheapest example, and to aid the fattening process should have compara tively little exercise in a comfortable barn rather than out of doors in the cold where food is wasted in raising the temperature of ice water and warming up the body against winter's blizzards. It is throwing good feed away to pile such nitrogenous foods as oats, wheat, rye, etc., into old steers when corn, oil cake, hay and fodder will do all that is required. Save the nitrogenous foods for the growing and milking beasts and. feed the corn to the older fattening animals. When cattle come off pasture in fall to enter the stables or feeding yards, an attempt should be made to kill the young "warbles" which are forming upon their backs. Most of our read ers will know that we mean by "war bles," the large grubs to be found in rounded abscesses upon the backs of cattle in winter time. Years ago the Farmers' Review showed in an ex haustive series of articles how serious is the loss caused annually by these grubs which puncture the hide, set up irritation and inflammation and con sequently hinder the fattening procesa or milk production. It is claimed that the young grubs may be killed now by bathing the backs of the cattle with brine and this plan should be tried and again later on, should this method fail, a little mercurial ointment rubbed upon the warble will usually kill the grub, which is also sometimes dis patched by the thrust of a large needle. When, however, the grub has grown to a large size and is surrounded by puss it may be squeezed out and destroyed. High Priced Cattle. The prices of choice cattle on the market sound most encouraging. Sales at over $6 are not uncommon now, and a number at $6.60 to $6.65 have been reported. This gives the owner of feeding cattle nerve, but it must be considered that the class of cattle that is bringing these fancy prices was high and that the country is not yet abundantly supplied with feeding cattle that are capable of being brought to such prime condition. It takes good breed ing to produce the animal of the high beef type and only such animals, even in the hands of the most intelligent feeder, can be made to top the market. It is generally understood that there is only a small proportion of the feed ing stock offered in the market that can be so handled as to finish them up as choice beef or export steers. The men who own them can get big prices whenever an intelligent feeder buyer comes around, but scrub stock must continue to go at less prices. Texas Stock Journal. In the first eight months of 1899. namely, from January to September 1, the exportation of wheat amounted to 71,510,843 bushels with a valuation of $53,852,822. Poultry feed is easier secured than feed of larger farm stock. Almost everything that is at all edible can be made into food for poultry. Charles Curtis, of Topeka, a repub lican leader of Kansas, is nicknamed the "Indian congressman," because, though of New England descent on his father's side, his mother was a direct descendant of Louis Gonvll, a chief of the Kansas Indians. He began life as a bootblack and read law by night. A Ptovidence company has recently made an emery wheel 39 inches in diameter and 12 inches thick. It was luilt upon a special iron center 31 inches in diameter, which ran on a 3 5-16 shaft. The whole affair weighed cvtr 1,200 pounds. The machine was designed for grinding wooden balls. Mexico. On Tuesday, Jan. 23, a special vestl buled train of Pullman palace cars, compartment, drawing-room, library, observation and dining cars will start from Chicago, going to the City of Mexico and to other prominent cities of the republic and back to Chicago again, making the tour of all Mexico complete. The party will be strictly limited and absolutely first class. Tickets include all expenses everywhere. The tour Is under the personal escort and direction of Mr. Reau Campbell, general manager of The American Tourist Association. For maps, books of the tour, tickets, etc., call on agents of the Chicago, Milwaukee ft St. Paul Ry. Of all the duties, the love of truth, with faith and constancy in it. ranks first and highest. Truth is God. To love God and to love truth are one and the same. Silvio Pellico. Beware af Olataients for Catarrh That Coatala Mercury, As mercury will surely destroy the sense of bmell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do Is tenfold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by V. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. O., contains no mercury, and is taki-n internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure bcsurcyougetthegenuinu. It Is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney &. Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists, price 5c per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. No pleasure Is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of tmth. Bacon. If you have not tried Magnetic Starch try it now. You will then use no other. Ecclesiastical log rolling is only dif ferent from political in that it is worse. Winter Excursions. The Southern Pacific Company and its connections operate the best first and second-class service to California, Arizona, Texas and Mexico. Through Pullman Palace Sleepers and Tourist Sleepers from all principal eastern points. Personally conducted Tourist Excursions from Cincinnati, Louisville, St Louis, Chicago, St. Paul, Minne apolis, Des Moines, Omaha, Kansas City. etc. For particulars and descrip tive literature write W. G. Neimyer, Gen'l Western Agent. 238 Clark St., Chicago; W. H. Connor, Com'l Agent, Chamber Commerce Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio, or W. J. Berg, Trav. Pass Agt, 220 Ellicott Sq., Buffalo. N. Y. Time may be money, but the aver age man would rather give you a lot of his time than lend you a little of his money. A Bargain la Guitars. All music lovers will be interested in the "sd" of John M. Smyth Co. shown in another part of this paper, in which they offer an elegant guitar for S2.65. The firm is thoroughly reliable. Get their catalogue of everything to eat, wear and use. The man who is an architect of his own character often puts a job no other man would take off his hands. Try Magnetic Starch it will last longer than any other. There snould be no objection to a lady lifting her skirts a little over two feet on a rainy day. THE CHRISTMAS ISSUE Of the Lake Shore Book of Trains Is something entirely out of the ordinary in the way of railroad literature and will be of interest to all. Copy will be sent to any address on receipt of 2-cent stamp. F. M. Byron. G. W. A., Chi cago; A. J. Smith, G. P. A., Cleve land. The unexpected happens occasional ly but not so often as the expected fails to happen. TO CURB A COLD IN ONE DAT, Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money it it fails to cure. 25c. K. W. Grove's signature on each box. Teacher How do you account for the phenomenon of dew? Boy Well, you see, the earth revolves on its axis every twenty-four hours, and ia consequence of this tremendous pace it sperpires freely. Tid-Bits. 2" a THii aa 3- Bj !Effi2-Ri.tffaJ52!fi! tni. iu BaTimims or sur coacrses w mlJL ? r " . ...... arenas, utners cava adTaaeed tnair pries of Parlor Stores, bat oar contract withth manufacturers compels them 'to famish an with thai, so w can mil tfcaiatasmaJlprofitatazi.il.fSl27and 37.77. VOU would b proud ot ither on of theae parlor stoves. Tha pictures &-. ;iv bat a raiat ids of taeir lsaaoa. pay balanostorour banker or fralabt at O. O. I. oa receipt of 97c. joo to aaent on arrival at roar depot. - .... . . . ew mmf A LarsaStova takes less fuel than a amal lone for beat Send 15cts and onr Irge Supply Cataloauecontaia adven; bear la mind when ordering. lag over 1000 pas and over one hundred thousand ints r.ixUH U3-PAGE STOVE CATALOGCK FREE. aad prices will be sent espres paid. T. M. 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Letters frost Southern members of the Taylor family indicate pretty surely that Lieutenant C. C. Wood of the North Lancashire British regiment, who was recently killed at Kimberley, South Africa, was a great-grandson of President Zachary Taylor, but not a grandson of Jefferson Davis. Jefferson Davis married General Taylor's daugh ter, Sarah. Dr. C. Wood married Gen eral Taylor's daughter, Ann M.. and the late Lieutenant C. C. Wood was their grandson, his father having been Lieutenant Wood, of the Confederate navy. C. S. Fateat Oalee Baalaeas. Applications for patents prepared and prosecuted by us have been as follows: To J. Rice, of Belle Plaine, Iowa, for a rat trap. One animal after being caught sets the trap to catch the next one until the trap is filled. To T. D. Norris of Madrid, Iowa, for a weighing wagon. The wagon bed is mounted upon a scales platform which rests on the wagon frame, and the weight of the load on cue wagon may easily be determined at any time. To W. O. Nelson, of Caraforth, Iowa, for a railway splice bar that overlaps the web of the abutting ends of the rails, has a groove at its top that ad mits the balls, a flange that overlays the flanges of the rails and also con tacts with a chair or tie under the rails and has inclined planes at its ends on its top and front face adapted to serve as cams in directing car wheels. To W. C. Sedgwick, of Grinnell. for an electric belt in wuich one or more cells can readily be made operative as required to regulate the force of the current to suit different persons, 0 the same person at different times. Printed matter and consultations and advice free. THOMAS G. ORWIG, J. RALPH ORWIG. REUBEN G. ORWIG. Registered Patent Attorneys. Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 5, 1899. In life's battle the safest leader is the captain of our own salvation. 2nred A Iter Kepeated allurr Wit h Ut hers I will Inform addicted t Morphine Laudanum. Opium. Cocaine, of neierfalllDK. Smrmlos, home cure. Mrs. M. II. lUldorln. Rox 1.112, CblcaKo, 111. What you are within, that you will be without. Magnetic Starch is the very laundry starch in the world. best We are wielded by our wishes rath er than by our wisdom. Piso's Care for Consumption is our only medicine for coughs and colds. Mrs. C. Belts, 439 Stb Ave., Denver, CoL, Nov.Sy. Songs of triumph are possible only to the sons of tribulation. OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA Tells Hou He Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters by Using Pcruna. Mr. Isaac Brock, the Oldest Man in the United States. Mr. Isaac Brock, of McLennan county, Tex., baa attained the great age of 111 years, having been born in 1788. He is an ardent friend to Peruua and speaks of it in the following terms: "During iny long life I have known a great many remedies for coughs, colds, catarrh ana diarrhoea. I had always sup posed these affections to tie different dis eases, but I have learned from Dr. Hart man's books that these affections are the same and are properly called catarrh. AsforDr. Hartman's remedy, Feruna, I have found it to be the best, if not the only reliable remedy for these affections. "PertfMct has been my stand-by for many -years, and I attribute my good health and my extreme aye to this remedy. It exactly meets all my requirements. "I have come to rely upon it almost en tirely for the many little things for which I need medicine. I lielieve it to be espe cially valuable to old people.' Isaac Brock. Catarrh is the greatest enemy of old age. A person entirely free from catarrh is sure to live to a hale and hearty old age. A free book on catarrh sent by 1 he Feruna Medi cine Co., Columbus, O. Use Magnetic Starch it has no equal. S"f25 CLEAR TOOT ruriiiiiniwn ! I . tnwcuu2Sc ITtltt LAND CatalaaaM shtesbv or for a 2 cant mi STUMPS.stamp: A furniture. B Harness and VehirlM and Kansas. O Asricnlt ural m Dlament. Babr Carriage. F Droit and l'ataet Medicine. : .arnicai jnttrumem. n vrsana ana oewin la4ti!tM I It(4w4lAa .1 flnna Ana Hnftrtin Goad. K Ladi" and Gents' FnrnUbina Goods. L lry Goods. SJ Itoadj.madel.'lotninsioraien ananoj. M D.. ...A Uk.u T .JIu.iim anil rl.ab. ""i&rtan AW noiw a naiod aw WWH . !! 1TW Headache aarsli n utiiln mawnanl Swreanal ar A French paper has this droll story of a laundress who lately gained the first prize in a big lottery with the number seventeen. When asked how she hit on that number, she said she had dreamed three nights running of the number seven, and said. "Three times seven are seventeen! Seventeen will be a lucky ticket. S I bought it and won the prize!" It will be seen that, in spite of "education," super stition still lingers, and is often foun 1 in unexpected quarters.' Perfect men belong to an order of things not yet in effect. FOJt SO BATS TOT CAW READ WHAT A VJ au mis TOW OUT ZXT XX FOB lO CXBTa. PROMINENT PHYSICIAN las to Mf wht has ha. 35 YEMStf mH. PracUsa af bMMmi a aac aerr r oeiore in my ja years 01 practice of medicine (m my testimonial of recommsa datwa to any patsitt medicine, bul there is a remedy, the result ofwhich BAsramtTaadm -. observation: far there Is no WseSe which ha. so baked tte mrtlcTl skiiro? SuU. . Rhrasa.! T i2w? lBd Re"Ni wniedy for the same. At last we bare foaad it in a Breaa' raamT factored by the 5waasea Rheaasatlc Care Cesaaaay, Chicago. M. The n DsrOPSka. ,Zl teell woaOerful .'or lu curatWe power ia RMaaShW Sota, aeaormVrao'MST! give a Perateeeat Care anions an? others rapral scrib iiuiaiiri ui.u io mj i weeas alter titer i .-.. -.. .,. (TRADK-MARK.I war in which they are placing these Wonderful Restates anions; sufferinR humanity, which they told me to write to the Cotntvuiv as an acknowledgement. As I Iian m-n th CumIu d. uitur s wop Kiasisrs, in a ereai many instances. 1 can Truly recommend tbeea and also that the firm is perfectly honest and reliable to deal with. " SWANSON'S c. A. JAfcKSON. Physician and Surgeon. Kearney. Neb.. Aug. ?). 19W. K nPADQ" Is the most powerful speeine known, free f ivtn opiates aud trfctW hum. ... 3JKX9 ,cv- R0"0 nsuatlyfelt the flrst nlaht. It Is a lUiecwtotmitmSSi m. Sciatica Jteuralatn. !; it a. aukstkc AatfcnB. Sfluv BV... r-w a, a tiiinaii toaaaesa. Xcrrsataew, .errai and Kearalcle "aeaeaehea. Earatkt, Ttaaa! Weaaaess, Croup. Swelltov. La CSrtaee, Malaria. Crvepla Xaataea, e.. etc. 30 DAYS 10 euaoio miner to sirs "a prepaid br mail, for 10 eta. A aosss) I1.C0.S bottles for U. Sold by in and acents. IWAKSOX KMEVbUTIC CVas MAMMOm MAILORDER! HOUSC rD Gaiter fc made of the fine imita tion mahogany with cttbCTSolkTrotewoocl pearl inlaid position dots aad Gcrmas silver raised f rets: it has fancy in lay around sound hole and best quality Americas patent heads; the top of Guitar is beautifully bound with celluloid; it is strung; with a full set of best quality steel springs and k ready to play upon. r&i wm I r 'tuntmtuMiii fit OUW SAVE YOUR STAR "Star" tin tags (showing small stars printed on under tide of tag). Horse Shoo," "J.T.," "Good Luck," "CroHaBow," and "Drummond " Natural Leaf Tin Tags are of equal value in securing presents mentioned below, and may be assorted. Every niau, woman and child can And something oa the list that they would like to have, and can have TAGS. 1 Match Eos 2 S Kn'fe. one blade. kimhI steel Si S Scissors. H Ineuei Si 4 Child' t--t. Knife. Fork and Hroou 21 ft bait and Pepper H-t. one each, quad ruple plate on whita tuetal o French Briar Wood Pip. 2 7 Itasor. hollow KroiinJ. fine Kni;IL-ih Bntter Knife, triple plate, best quality 9 HuKur Shell. tril plate, brtt qua... 10 Stamp (x. ttrli:ig silver 11 Knife. "Keen Kutter."two bladm . 13 Butcher Kuife. "Kteti Kutter." S-iti CO 7l blade 75 1 13 Shear. "Keen Kutter " 8-ini-h.. . 76 I 14 Nnt Set. C-acker aud Pick. Mirer ! asS)sla , v li liane HaIl,"AwocinMoii."bet qual.lou , 18 Alarm Clock, nh-krl I'M 17 Siv. Genuine ltoKers'Teapoont.ber ! i Lite-l io(i!h llu 14 Watch, nickel. Htem wind and et . :?0u I Carver, good t!e, buckhorn bandit. 'X9 30 bn Gentling Itouer' Table Hoi.. belt plated k-mmI SJO St Sis each. Kni. eva-id Fork, buck horn handle . . iit 33 Hti eai h. Genuine Itouer' Knive aud Fork, l-ent .lt-! ( di. . Mi l THEMBOVE OFFER EXPIRES N0VEH1ER 31m. 1903. Cnarial Mntira f I'lin "Star" Tin Taic Ithat i4.Sar tin ta with n- srmll jpOL-ltfl HUUL-P . n-arnprlntel on under side of ta.i. ar n. 31 fr prfrnt; ... . but will be paid for In CASH on lb.!H of twentycentiper hundred, if received by us on or before M-ch lit, ttwo. UTRKAK IN .1IIM ll.at.it afase'a worth at STAR PLUG TOBACCO will last loader ana aaaril as are alraaare thaa a dlase's warlk af aay cl herb: and. MAKETHETE8TI Send tag; to JOTI.KTAI. TOBACCO CO., St. Louts, Ma. ataer anaoal piB-BOiasa la Cascarets. Caaeartta proatpUy, effectively aad One of the most important Americas) exhibitions at the Paris exposition will be a model, fome twenty feet long, or the Chicago drainage canal, in con nection with this will be shown mod els of all the great variety of ex cavating and conveying machinery which was used in this important en gineering work. The models will be shown in operation and it is believed that it will be one of the mast inter esting of the engineering exhibitions at the exposition. The art of making work pay is a work of art. TBT XT FOB evea in chronic cases. Sometime ..' 1 hA bed for these patients the very hest Remedies which 1 sklllfullr set Khnmtii sa ... .. . . T " . Iectcd.bat without dotrable results. 1 then heard of "a DROP5" and of its Wonderful Cares, and prescribed it to a few patents who found cin-i iiuoiiuuK wiimuu icw usys. Aiier mat i presents! it toai within a few days. After that I prescrilied it to a great r surprise. 1 will say that in the course of Two or Three had used 5 DROPS" and Drop" Plasters they jng these were a few who had. Tor a number of years. "v"- "; n'R '"" wc a lew who nan, lor a numwrol Years. lcen suffering with Chroaic Rheaatatlsai. who had piloted themselrea around on Cratches. They came to my oftce without Crutches aad told Be tliey were perfectly WeH. They give all the credit to "a DROPS' and to "s Proa" Plasters and this U their testimony to the 5waaseei BheumalL: Cure Cmhmi fnr ttirir fcintnMa n.,1 i- .- -i . " VKUI-S'' at least a trial, we will acml a See MMaple boltl. i - ample bottle will roDTlnt Ton. al ! fcntti.. m 1CUTS W4Vr ia Sw TottMw. WBJTS C9 TO-SAT. CO.. 1 to la lak .. CJUCAttwV ss-W, YTHCO t50 to iggN ?WeT MADISON St hm CHICAGO GUITARS AT $2.65 THIS ELEGANT GUITAR FOR $2.63 No more, no less, than 5,000 of them, probably the largest contract in saltan ecr nimle an instrument that post thcly sell- from S3JO to $7.(11. Whenthts Iiit is exhausted e eannot duplicate this offer. Quantity talks. Only by oper atiutc on Mich a bur wrule. together with onr well-knownsmall profit policy.could such an otTeriui; bo ix-.ille. Another reason for didpensimr such a bargain broadcast is tho contluenco we feel that eeryituitar Mild will win for us a per manent patron ami a friend whoso recommendation wo ran count upon. Wo will forward tlio K'litar to any address C O. D.. subject to examination, upon receipt of ol)c. We, however, advise that ca.sli in full be M-nt, as tliut sares return charges for money anil wo stand per fectlr ready to refund moncv if tho Kuitar i not all and mora than we claim uiaa we ciaim $2.66 for it. Keiuomber our special price oa 5.U1) of litem only w 'n which is listtd at lowest whafcsals ftrics avsrything to sat wear and us.is furnish ed on receipt of only 10? to partly pay. postage or exprtssage and as tvidance of gooo faun me iuv is nawvo on iirsi purchase amounting to I9? or above. 4 MQHTHCV SBOCCBV PWtCt LIST WtT1fj TIN TAGS TAOS. la Clock. S-day. Calendar. Tlirrinotu etrr. Biruran'er kit 34 Gun rase. Ithr. no better made, stftt 35 Keviilver. automatic double action. or W caller JO J Tool Set. nut plaything, but rval tOOl M(J 17 Toll.it 9it dooratisl imrrelalii. vory hamiwmi.. wu S lC-iulnRloii Ulita Ni.4. 3Jn.-Ual. "00 Watch, sterling iilw.full jwi-.e 1 HKM 30 I)rr Sul rai. lratiixr. Iiaint-ioiiie and iliirri . luuo 31 Hfwiii MaWiiiio. Unit rlvn, with filla:tacb.iiiMit .... . ..la) J SJ Ii)olver. Colt's. .M-calibt.-. blue! htei rue St lllnV. Colt's. 14-iot. a-cli'e.-. .. IStM M Guitar (Wanhburn), nw hwixmI. ln laul .. .."Juki 3J Imt lin. rj- hand m 'JiMI W Wint'biMtrr liViK-.it in.; Shot Gun. ISrsii.. aw 37 Iteniitix.oti. 1-mb'n hirrrl. Ii:n- iiH-rMiot Gun. toor li(;aii .2MM 3 llirvcl. Mantlanl make. Ia.li-i or J aS m m . dBa.aj y Shot Gtiti. Kmuiii.ttoti, tlouM bar rel, haiiiiiitrlii . .....&0UV il Kiviui Mtule li v. I3i iurli Ulz .UmO Mr KMXMXMXMXI We. 25c 50c DRUGGISTS 3 P . si a!'-, saU