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lv n A Valuable Agent. The glycerine employed in Dr. Pierco's wedicines greatly enhances the medi cinal proiwrties which it extracts and holds in solution much tetter than alco hol would. It ateo possesses medicinal properties of Its own. being a valuable demulcent, nutritive, antiseptic and anti ferment. It adds greatly to the efficacy of the Black Cherry bark. Golden Seal root, Stone root and Queen's root, con tained In "Golden Medical Discovery" in subduing chronic, or lingering coughs, bronchial, throat and lung affections, for all of which these agonts are recom mended by standard medical authorities. In all cases where there is a wasting away of flesh, loss of appetite, with weak stomach, as in the early stages of consumption, there can Ikj no doubt that glycerine act as a valuable nutritive and aids the Golden Seal root. Stone root, Queen's root and Itlack Cherrybark in Sromotiug digestion and building up the eshand strength, controlling the cough and bringing about a healthy condition of the whole system. Of course, it must not l)C expected to work miracles. It will not cure consumption except in its earlier stages. It will cure very severe, obstin ate, chronic couciis, bronchial and laryn geal troubles, ar.d chronic sore throat with honr.-ene.ss. In acute coughs it is not 50 effective. It Is in the lingering couehs, or those of long standing, even when accompanied by bleeding from lungs, that it has performed its most marvelous cures. Send for and read the little book of extracts, treating of the properties and uses of the several med icinal roots that enter into Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and learn why tins medicine hab such a wide range of application in the cure of diseases. It is pent free. Addre-s Dr. It. V. Pierce, ISulfalo, X. Y. The "Discovery" con tains no alcohol or harmful, habit-forming drug. Ingredients all printed on each bottle wrapper in plain English. Sick tK'ople, especially those suffering from diseases of long Mainline, are invited to consult Or. Pierce by letter, free. All correspondence is held "as strictly private and sacred I v confidential. Address Dr. It. V. Pierce. Buffalo. X. V. Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing mily. Send 21 one-cent stamp? for paper-covered, or 31 stamps for cloth Lound copy. A THE BEST COUGH CURE No cough is too trifling or too serious to be treated by the rl0ht method, and the rizht method is f the use of the best cough cure, which is Kemp's Balsam This famous preparation cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, grip and consumption in its first stages. Irritation of the throat and bron chial tubes is immediately removed by the use of Kemp's Balsam. Sold by all dealers at 25c. and 50c. Heat Your Building With BOVEE'S Ventilating Furnace Anil save 40 per cent on cost and fuel. Thousands in use. Guar niitccil. Send for free cata logue Manufactured and sold by the Eovcc Grinder & Furnace Works, Waterloo, Iowa. rtr-riflftinr CTIDPU ealct to work with and ULrlHnbL OlfMbll starches clothes ulcctt. More Every Every I led IjjbOUHCESf k3 ' 'M a see ifc.v-.i CO t'v,!t?"s' vhh W1J quality, and makes healthful baking. Send postal for " JAQUES Chicago, III. It is wrong for you to suffer from Constipation, Bowel and Stomach Trouble when there is a positive, natural and harmless cure Mull's Grape Tonic Have you noticed the large number of Typhoid Fever cases lately? Typhoid Fever. Malarial Fever, Appendicitis, Impure Blood, Pimples, Sick Headache, Skin Disease, Piles, Female Troubles, Stomach Troubles. Heart Troubles, etc., are the result of Constipation. There is a remedy now to be had that cures these troubles absolutely. A full sized bottle is furnished ou tree to prove it. Remember we give only one bottle to each family. If your druggist fails to supply you with Mull's Grape Tonic send us this coupon together with name amd address of the druggist and we will mail jou a loitle. Try all the druggists before you write us as the bottle he is authorized to give yon for this coupon is three times as large as the one we are allowed to send by mail. The following coupon will not be honored unless it is cut out of the paper in one piece including the Patient's coupon. Retail Druggist's coupon aad Wholesale or Jobber's coapon, they must not be separated. CUT OUT THIS COUPON. SIGN AND TAKE IT TO YOUR DRUGGIST WHO IS ,-, AUTHORIZED TO GIVE YOU A FREE 3?c BOTTLE FOR IT. I hereb certifr that I have never taken Mul! Grape Tonic that I will apply for only one free bottle, that I will not .-ll or rive it swwsnd that I will take it myself fcr Constipation, liowel and Stomach Trouble a soon as I obtain it. Patient sign your Write yoor full an:rr KOKE BUT THE RETAIL DRUGGIST MUST SIGN THIS: TO THE RETAIL DRUGGIST: This rouj-ii voi I ti'e m ien yorr rtanw and ldres on the lice below. Send this fell coupon to the jobber f wumji ou pure based th:s remedy, and lie will eive you 55 cents in ch or tiarie It -h -r.nwn. tjroprrly sicnt4. which yon send hinv All jobb-r have in- "- 50s and 1.00 sue. The IX.00 Louie contains; ceiiy b time the 35c size end 3 time the cOc Mie. Retail DrucsKCsisn Yoar address herj. TO OXE BUT THE WHOLESALE TO THE JOBBER: Yon will rae accept thi coupon if the ame is aror-erly sir-ed. and tie to the tet-ii-r buying the reiuedv from jon. 3s rcnis ia c?a r trade for June. This coupon void unl- "fa sicn mar linn name and addr.-. Forward ell conrons to us. and we will remit you 35 cents for each coapon prooerb sined fcj the consumer, icuiler end yourself. Jobber, sign your Address Cat out the above three coupons in MULL'S GRAPE TONIC CO.. Makers, Let Us Do Our Duty. Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle, and we knew that victory for mankind de pended on our bravery, strength and skill. When we do that, the humblest of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the world. Theodore Parker. Postage Stamp Lore. More than 17,000,000 postage stamps are used in this country every day in the year, according to a postofnee of ficial. This is about one stamp a day for every five persons, and means $18, 000 a year in the cost of gum alone. The daily consumption of stamps has increased by 2,000,000 during the last five years, or in other words, 730,000, 0000 more stamps are used each year than five years ago. Tioress Hides Her Cubs. A tigress in a Paris menagerie has three cubs, but no one has seen them yet. Should anybody intrude, the tigress wouid eat them at once. She and they will have to bo severely let alone, until she considers them large enough to appear. A Language Lesson. Hans Hansen called to see how his friend Ole Olsen was making out with his fine new job street sweeping. Says Olsen: "Vail, I tank I like the shob all right" At which angrily re torted Hansen: "Shob? Doan say shob'; say 'yob'." Salt to Relieve Pain. We all know, more or less, the agony of toothache and other pains, and how comforting a bag of salt is, often giving immediate relief, while a weak solution, used as gargle, is good for sore throats, not forgetting it is also beneficial as a dentifrice. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use In the market and who Is reafonahly satisfied with the old. we would suggest that a trial of j Defiance Cold Water Starch be made I at once. Not alone because it is guar , anteed by the manufacturers to he su perior to any other brand. but because each 10c package contains 1G ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. Favorite Trees of Birds. Birds of different kinds have their favorite trees. Blackbirds, rooks and jays frequent oak trees; the ash shel- ' ters wood pigeons and thrushes, the hawthorn all kinds of finches, whilst the woodpecker's favorite is the beech. When Your Grocer Says be does not have De".ance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance Starch is not only bet ter than any other Cold Water Starch. J but contains 16 oz. to the package and I sells for same money as 12 oz. brands. Converts Year day in every year that comes, more housewives are giving up their exhorbitant priced Baking Powders and turning to K C, the honest and reliable, which has stood so well the test of years. They are find ing out that BAKING POWDER costs one-third the price of powder anywhere near K C better, purer, more 25 ounces for 25c. Hook of rrcsctits." MFG. CO. n-me here eiy plainly. - s licte vety p'i.nl.. year name Cere. DRUGGIST MUST SIGN THIS: name here. here. one piece. Do not separate. No. 148 Third Ave.. Rock Island, HI MORGAN TO SUCCEED SQUIERS. Former Minister to Cuba May Be Given Higher Position. Herbert G. Squiers, recalled as Min ister to Havana at the request of the Cuban government, will be given a JOOOCOOOOO JZW27ri0 'ZK2PG4V more important post, according to a dispatch from Washington to the Chi cago Inter Ocean. When the "revolution" occurred on the Isle of Pines President Palma made the direct charge that Squiers was in sympathy with the revolution ists, and practically demanded that a representative of the American gov ernment who would not interfere with the domestic affairs of Cuba be sent to Havana. Edward V. Morgan of New York, minister to Corea, has been selected to succeed Mr. Squiers. Mr. Morgan' came into the diplomatic service in January, 1904, when he was appointed consul at Dalny. Owing to the war, the Russians refused him entry to Dalny. He then became attached for twm I J v' a time to the Peking legation. He re turned to Wahington in February last, and a few months ago was made min ister to Corea. IMPROVING LOOKS OF CITIES. America in This Respect Behind Coun tries of Europe. We shall need to bestir ourselves more than we have done if we ever catch up with some of the cities of Europe not only in the matter of good municipal government but also in the less important, though none the less valuable, particular of municipal adorn ment. France and Belgium are far in advance of us in laws and regula tions affecting bill posting and other forms of public advertising and also in the encouragement offered in va rious ways to private citizens to co operate in the work of beautifying streets, parks, residences and public buildings. An annual prize has been granted by the Paris municipal coun cil for some years past for the most artistically designed house front, and recently a competition has been op ened in Paris tinder the same auspices for the most artistic sign boards, the prizes offered being sufficient to stim ulate the efforts of the best living French artists. The possibilities lying In this direction of adding to the beauty and attractiveness of business streets are obviously very great Les lie's Weekly. Value of Open-Air Exercise. Occasional reference to a thermome ter might not be amiss in the house holds, the public buildings and the business establishments in which the temperature is permitted to soar up to summer heat while the doors and windows that admit the outside air, that will keep the indoor atmosphere fresh and pure, are almost hermeti cally sealed. Coddling in the form of too much bundling up of the throat and chest is as prolific a source of colds as insufficiency of clothing. Lack of exercise in the open air has much to do with reducing the power of re sistance against the whole category of diseases that are summed up un der the name of colds. A brisk walk every day In the open air, without regard to the weather, is one of the best preventives against colds. Balti more American. Exchange of Words in Languages. Curious exchanges of words some times take place between two lan guages'. Thus English has borrowed the French "poseur" and has given to France "snob" in trade. French men have a way of taking a polysyl labic word and using half of it. Thus of "steeplechase" they have appropri ated the "steeple" and now the French "sportsman" speaks of "mounting a steeple" when he means to ride a race over the customary obstacles. A smok ing jacket Is with him a "smoking" and a sleeping car is a "sleeping." Sleepy Brethren at All Times. There has probably never been a time when sermons have not had a so porific effect on some hearers. So long ago as the eleventh century we find TJlric. a monk of Cluny, issuing instructions for waking sleepy breth ren by flashing a lantern before their eyes; and, according to the Essex County Records, "In 1G43 Roger Scott, for -repeated sleeping in meeting on the Lord's day, and for striking the person who waked him, was sentenced to be severely whipped." OOOqCQCQI o - v rfri-Or4oi TftCRCiCC.cSb sPBsaHaRRk W7i LEADS PARTY IN COLORADO. United States Senator Patterson Also a National Figure. United States Senator Thomas M. Patterson, who was fined $1,000 and costs for contempt of the Colorado supreme court, was elected to the sen ate as a fusionist to succeed the late Edward O. Wolcott. For many years previous he had been the democratic leader in the state and one of the leading attorneys. SLOW TO PROCLAIM HOLY WAR. Sultan Will Hesitate Long Before Arousing Mcslem Fanaticism. When Turkey gets into serious trou ble sensation mongers always have an opportunity to revive the time-worn story that the sultan is about to pro claim a holy war and rouse the Mos lem world. Now the cry is being rais ed again. It was never less impres sive to those who take a sober survey of conditions. Abdul Hamid has been in many tighter places than the one in which he finds himself now. His capital was at the mercy of Russian armies before he had reigned two years. He was obliged to stop his victorious troops when they had crushed the Greeks in a brief and easy campaign. The island of Crete has been virtually wrenched from Turkey. A liberal slice of territory south of the Balkans was handed over to Bul garia early in the sultan's reign. All these losses and crises he suffered to pass without an appeal to Moslem fanaticim. Cleveland Leader. REMOVED BY THE PRESIDENT. William S. Leib Loses Position as As sistant Treasurer. William S. Leib, removed as assist ant treasurer of the United States stationed at Philadelphia, was ap pointed to that position on March 2, 1902. He succeeded Major John F. Finney. He makes his home in Pitts ville. He has also been prothonotary of Schuylkill county and is said to be the boss of the Schuylkill county Re publican machine. Charges against Mr. Leib were made before President S-JZZ? Roosevelt and were referred to the treasury department. The specific charge was breaking the civil ser vice regulations. Gives Up Position for Love. Herman Von Wetter, a young Ger iran whose title is baron in his own country, was married a few days ago in Stamford, Conn., to Miss Louise Hurlbutt. The groom, a strapping fellow 26 years old and 6 feet 2 inches in his shoes, gave up his title on com ing here to wed the girl of his choice and will start out for himself as an electrical engineer. Ho met Miss Hurlbutt in Dresden, where she was studying art. He takes much pride in the fact that his great-grandfather, Baron Von Wetter-Rosenthal, was an aid to Washington in the war of the revolution. Cheap Houses for Workingmen. Miss Elspeth McClelland, who caus ed rather a sensation in the "trade" in England recently by announcing herself as a builder, has built a model nouse for the cheap cottage exhibi tion. This is a home for a working man and its entire cost does not ex ceed $750. On the first floor there is a combination living room and kitch en with scullery and bath and there are three bedrooms on the second floor. The house Is built partly of concrete and is picturesque and at the same time is well ventilated and lighted. Comfort for Workers Pays Well. A little wisdom and welfare being deemed good things for workers, a building has been reared by a New York company with library, reading room and assembly hall. The libra ry will contain 1,000 volumes on tech nical subects, interesting and instruct ive. The auditorium will be open to the various departments of the com pany for entertainments and lectures. Of the latter a number will be given by experts eminent in the various fields and on subjects in which the men are most interested. Ink Spots on Leather Chairs. To remove ink spots from leather chairs try washing the spots with milk, renewing the milk till it is no longer stained and the spot on the leather has disappeared; then wash with warm water and, when dry, pol ish with boiled linseed oil and vine gar, mixed in equal proportions. But an Inkstain should really be removed as soon as possible after it is made. If it has dried and hardened it is doubtful even if, with several applica tions, you will be able to remove it entirely. wC JKr trx- yT Floating Islands. History tells us that islands made from reeds, which were not only moved about by the wind but by oars, were the means of the escape of many Roman citizens during the Mith ridatic wars. Indian legends are full of interesting stories of the marvel ous escapes of fugutives on "came otes," which were floating islands composed of green rafts of canes or brushwood. Needs of California Juries. The jury that recently tried State Senator Emmons for bribery, at Sac ramento, Cal., sat twenty-six days. During that time it consumed thirty six SI meals a day. 150 quarts, of claret, 200 bottles of beer, sixteen quarts of white wine and thirty-six quart bottles of whisky. All this at the restaurant, besides over two dczen bottles of whisky sent to the jury room. Mine Under the Ocean. The Levant mine, situated near the Land's End, England, goes down ver tically for 2,100 feet, and is worked laterally under ..he bed of the Atlan tic, considerably over a mile from the foot of the cluffs. The mine gives em ployment to 515 men and 175 boys, and practically runs the village of St. Just What Sairey Said. Mrs. Gamp was not a philosopher, but her remark that "we live in a wale," embodies the concentrated es sence of all philosophers. We can im prove the conditions under which we live, but we cannot, take what thought we may, change our "wale" into a Garden of Eden. The Practi tioner. Fre Manners. Manners appear to get freer with every generation. Modesty, which is the crown of maidenhood, never ap pears to characterize sweet seventeen. What one generation thinks dreadful ly fast, if not shattering to the repu tation, is the common practice of the next. Lady Helen Forbes, in Black and White. Mother Cray's Sweet Powders for Childrea Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse In the Children's Homo in New York, euro Constipation, Foverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 tes timonials. At all Drussrists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy.N. Y. Danger in Overwork. Whatever tends to diminish disease is conducive to longevity, but in our endeavor to promote it we must have regard to mental as well as to bodily hygiene. A great deal of premature decline in force and energy is due to overuse of the brain aad nervous sys tem. Try me just once and I am sure to come afrain. Defiance Starch. Would Reform Japanese Writing. Japan has a new periodical, Tegarai Zasshi, the aim of which is to teach the writing of sensible letters. The editor warns his readers, among other things, against the habit of introduc ing sentimental phrases into business letters. TO CURE A COM IX ONE DAY Take I.AXATIVK IlKOMO Oululr.e Tablet!. Drus pM refund money If It ihIIh to rtire. K. W. UltOVE'S sliniatMre Is on each box. &c English Book Club. The books of a club at Leicester, England, ostensibly established for 'mental and moral improvements, mu tual helpfulness and rational crea tion," showed, in court that about 14 cents a week was spent by the club on literature and about $35 a week on drink. UTJTTllIun'5 l.ll H ! 4 MM Ul.t'.lt 4t.vU.ttMl, te '7 A. m y. 'AJ Atfrgetable Pfeparationfor As similating iheFoodandBegtila ting theStomachs andBowels of k?J I raa -la4 Promotes DigesliopXheerfuh nessandRest.Contains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. Not Narc otic . j9eafauisiMaamaKR JkSmmt Al rRMfMHsaC Aperfecl Remedy forConstipa lion. Sour Sloniach, Diarrhoea and Loss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. EXACT. COPY Or WRAPPER. MUCC 25Cts. THE GOP, ivetsiHn runt fWWBPWE w&mvmratu tTtMMp3ti' Eyt Water When Answering Advertisements Please Mention This Paper. DEFIMCE STMGH '&.TS a . I i I nl'ii'itiU 1 iliiMl.H.u Mt diim't" Tnl'ViTtt ti K.nvti! LYDIA E. A DRIEF SKETCH OF HER LIFE How the Vegetable Compound Had Its Birth and How the -Panic of '73' Caused it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores. THE STORY READS This remarkable woman, whose maiden name was Estes. was born in Lynn, Mass., February 9th. 1819, com ing from a good old Quaker family. For many years she taught school, and during her career as a teacher she be came known as a woman of an alert and investigating mind, an earnest seeker after knowledge, and above all, she was possessed with a wonderfully sympathetic nature. In 1843 she married Isaac Pinkham. a builder and real estate operator, and their early married life was marked by prosperity and happiness. They had four children, three sons and a daugh ter. In those good old-fashioned days few drugs were used in medicines; people relied upon nature's remedies, roots and herbs, which are to-day recognized as more potent and efficacious in con trolling diseases than any combination of drugs. Mrs. Pinkham from her youth took a deep interest in medicine, in botany the study of roots and herbs, their characteristics, and power over dis ease; she believed that as nature so bountifully provides food for the body so she also provides medicine for the ills and weaknesses of the body, in the roots and herbs of the field, and as a wife, mother and sympathetic friend, she often made use of her knowledge of roots and herbs in pre paring medicines for her family and friends. Knowing of so much suffering among her sex, after much study and re search, Mrs. Pinkham believed that the diseases of women have a com mon cause, and she set to work to find a common remedy not at that time as a source of profit, but simpls that she might aid the suffering. How her efforts have been rewarded the women of the world know to-day. In 1873 the financial crisis struck Lynn. Its length and severity was too much for the large real estate inter ests of the Pinkham family, as this class of business suffered most from this fearful depression, so when the Centennial year dawned It found their property swept away. At this point the history of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound com mences: The three sons and daughter, with their mother, combined forces to re store the family fortune. They re solved to giv to the world the vege table compound that Mrs. Pinkham for Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years GASTORIA K'wiH OASTOBIA AJ 1 afl1 AMTI-6RIPIK IS GUARAN1BCD TO CURE CUP, BAD COLO, IEADACHE AID MEUR1L6U. Iwtmtaell Aatt-Orfplae to a dealer mhn won't Guarantee It. Call tor your afOXatT BACK If IT B05TT CVSX. . W.IHemerM.M-ltoitvituTtT.8pringt1leid, Mo. W. N. U. Omaha. No. 501905. flaal H"latiaa!elKaaiar1rl iB CUKS WHflE HI F!vf- fall ST H Beat Congo Syrup, TaateaGo. Va eti in !?!. s"oiaDTilru2irit. IttsfeMbtSsHlU PINKHAM LIKE A ROMANCE had so often made from roots and herbs for such of her women neigh bors and friends who were sick and ailing. Its success in those cases had been wonderful its fame had spread, and calls were coming from nvles around for this efficacious vegetable compound. They had no money, and little credit. Their first laboratory was the kitchen, where roots and herbs were steeped on the stove, gradually filling a gross of bottles. Then came the question of selling it. for always be fore they had given it away free. They hired a job printer to run oft some pamphlets setting forth the mer its of the medicine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and these pamphlets were distributed by the Pinkham sons in Boston. New York and Brooklyn. The wonderful curative properties of the medicine were, to a great extent, self-advertising, lor whoever used it recommended it to others, and the de mand gradually increased. In 1S77, by combined efforts, the family had saved enough money to commence newspaper advertising on a small scale, and from that time the growth and success of the enterprise was assured, until to-day Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound have become household words every where, and thousands of pounds of roots and herbs are used annually ia making this great remedy for woman's ills. Although Lydia E. Pinkham passed to her reward some years ago, the per petuation of her great work was guarded by her foresight. During her long and eventful experi ence she was ever methodical in her work and was careful to presi rve a record of every case that came to her attention. The case of every sick woman who applied to her for advice and there were thousands received careful study, and the details, includ ing symptoms, treatment and results, were recorded for future reference, and to-day these records, together with thousands made since, are available to sick women the world over, and repre sent a vast collaboration of informa tion regarding the treatment of wom an's ills which, for authenticity and accuracy, can hardly be equaled in any library in the world. Another act of foresight on the part of Lydia E. Pinkham was to see that some one of her family was trained to carry on her work, and with that end in view, for years before her death, had as her chief nssistant her daughter-in-law, the present Mrs. Pinkham. Therefore, under the guidance and careful training of Lydia E. Pinkham, and a vast experience of her own. covering twenty-five years, the present Mrs. Pinkham is exceptionally well equipped to advise sick women, which she is always glad to do free of charge. The record of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made of simple herbs and roots, is a proud and peer less one. It is a record of constant conquest over the obstinate Ills of women, greater than that of any other one medicine of its kind in the world, and will ever stand as a monument to that noble woman whose name its bears. 3&i For Health and Recreation come to Texas! Get away from the cold, damp, wintery weather here and find health and pleasure in the Winter Play-grounds of Texas. The rest, the perfect sunshiny winter weather and the exhilerating air will benefit you. Tourist tickets are now on sale daily to the following points: Dallas. Ft. Worth. Houston. Beaumont, Galveston. San Antonio. Rockport. Corpus Christ!. Brownsville and El Paso. Texas, with a final limit of June 1st, 1906. Ask your near est railroad agent for rates. Come to Texa! The exeejtfona!!y low re- the exreilpnt train ervlca U ttie M.. K.iT. Kr. make tl a Journey of txttamall cost and cot of ttrco:iie length. Vo a helpful little pamphlet, "Winter Trtpn." whl.-ti I know mill aid you In planning a trip. I'll ltly acud It oa ia queau Addrcaa W. S. ST. GEORGE Ceacrai Passcagcr icd Ticlct Agent Bex Ulla ST. LOL'IS, MO. Kmrnssmmm $16 AN ACRE in Western Canada is the amount many farmers will realize from ttieir wheat crop this year. 23 Bushels to the Acre Will be the Average Yield of Wheat. The laaJ that this wai grown on cost man y at the farmers absolutely nothing, while those , who wished to a03 to the ICO acres the CoTera- ment grants, can buy land adjoining at t run M to $10 an sere. Climate splendid, school convenient, railways close at band, taxes low. Send for pamphlet "90th Century Canada" and full particulars regarding rate, etc., ( Superintendent or Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to the following authorizes Ca-iidian Government Agent W. V. Bennett 8ol New York Life Building. Omaha. Nebraska OlenUoa this paper.) - '-'-