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“No use for a duster — there ’s no dust on itleAx PLUG where: | G. W. CLARDY, | Estate, Farm Loans AND ABSTRACTS. Iwill continue to do business at | old stand back of Bates County Ziank, and buy, sell and exchange iikinds of REAL ESTATE, fe Abstracts and Farm Loans- if you want to sell or exchange your | operty, list with me. Iam adver hg larger than ever this stason. Respectfully, G. W. CLARDY. ACCIDENT AND—— HEALTEI INSURANCE. HE FIDELITY MUTAL AID) SSOCIATION WILL PAY YOU. Hfdisabted by accident Pilyou lose two limbs 000, you bose youreye sight, $205 to $5,000, Jou lose one limb $53 to $2,000, i} reese 11 $40.00 per mon led, will pay your heirs, $208 to $5,000, Insured, you cannot lose ail your income | fhen you are cick or disabled by Accident. F Absolately protection at a cost of $1 to $ month. “The Fidelity Mutal Aid eccias i M@inently the largest and stron t M0 Health Association in United + Athas $6,000.00 cash deposits with the Walifornia and Missouri, which, togeth 4 hample Reserye Fund and large assets, . Maxeits certificate an absolute guarantee of i of its protection to its memberse_ For particulars address i J. L.M.SHETTERLY, | es. andGen Manager, | an Francciso. Cal 00 per month. 650 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Trave Marks DESIGNS CopyYRIGHTS &c. Anyone sending a sketch and descrij tion may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether, af a tion is probably pat ble. Communica. | sent = ; | hrough Mecial notice vat charge, in the _ Scientific American, wi iinstrat Every dealer who has handled Battle Ax knows this to be a fact. There is no old stock of Battle Ax any- nothing but fresh goods, as Battle Ax sells five times more than any other brand in the world. All who chew it never change. emember the name when you buy again. f3OT3SSO CSO It sells too fast” ! DRIVING SEASON FOR 1898. We are Headquarters for STYLISH TURNUTS Safe Rigs Furnished on Short Notice for Parties, Weddings, and Calling. Horses and Rigs carefully cared fo by the day week or month. The trade of the town and coun- try gensrally solicited. All rates reasonable. E. |. WILLIAMS, Prop. Brick Livery on Main St. SAFE RIGS for FUNERALS. St. Germain Female Pills The only Original and genuine French-Female Regulator, of Mme. St. Germain, Paris. Un- surpassed as being safe, sure and reliable in everycase Sold under positive guarantee or money refunded. Getthe genuine. Price $1 per box by mail. Sole agents for the United States and Canada. KING HARVARD CO, 157 Washington,St, Chicago. 17-ly The Dreaded Consumption T. A. Slocum, M. C., the Chemist and Scientist, Will Send Free, to the Afflicted, three Bottles of his Newly Discovered Reme- dies to Cure Consump- tion and All Lung Trouble, | Scientific Experime | BULLFROG FARMING PAYS. ges with Frogs, and Fur- nishes Hotel Tables in Many Hotels Baltimore, Md., Nov. 9.—Mr. Ja- }cob Frontz of St. Michaels, Md., is eogaged in raising frogs for the market: on the suburbs of St. Michaels about He bas a frog pond just a quarter of a nm Mr. Frontz has been in ile square. the busi- ness a number of years, and says it is a more profitable one than oyster ing. There are at this time about 250 frogs in the pond of variot sizes and conditions. ‘They are not jlike the ordinary ditch frog, wild |and vicious, but sit upon the banke | of the pond and croak in an alto gether friendly and social way, ap | parently delighted with their sur- | | rounding | Early in the spring when frogs first begin to make theic appearance in the ditches, two men are sent out |to catch all the medium sized frogs that can be These are brought to the pond and careful there no them The process is continued until the pond is well stocked. Then the} hunt for the food upon the | frog fattens and grows. | A frog will not eat a dead creature | jof any sort. | food, and even then the food | found examined, to see that diseased ones are among begins which They must have live | must | be moving before the frog will take | it jinsects are the principal food upon The fiog is a can- Tadpoles, very small frogs and which they live nibal and devours his food at one gulp. Mr. Frontz carried two small bags | of frogs and a bucket of tadpoles to the pond, and turned them loose upon the banks of the pond. A commotion among the frogs imme diately ensued, and in a very short while all the little frogs had been devoured, as well as the tadpoles It was a most novel lesson in natural history. The Mr. Frontz for the frogs is far in excess of the supply. For severrl years he has been supplying the John Hop kins University with medium sized frogs for experimental purposes in the biological laboratory. great pride in being the possessor of the skeleton of a large frog which was prepared for him at the John demand made upon He takes Hopkins latoratory. He has also supplied the table of the Rennert hotel fora nusber of years. At present he bas orders for large ship the university of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Detroit College, University of Georgia; Athens, Bryn Mawr Col lege, Pennsylvania; Unversity of North Carolina, and Chicago Uui-} ments from the Jaboratories of SCRAPING THE DOME. Painters Swarm Like Ants Over the Capitol. Washington, D.C, Nov. 9.—The dome of the Capitol has beea scraped from tip to base since the sion, and thousan been sf building a c The work last jollars have ses | AN OPEN LETTER PL piston py dome new was a colossal jobi Scores of painters with rope about their waists were let ¢ down the « sides each morni and hauled again at noon kours} and evening | than $2,600. Thus far the heroic statue of Lib erty has notbeen t ed by work men. The job of g our patrotr | saint with the $7,000 worth « i leaf talked of last year has not yet begun. If this is not to be accom plished the people of Washington would like to see Miss Ti scraped, too The northern and have covered her face with a very visible coat o Even the most critical can be Among other improvements that about the Capitol might be mentioned the new maple doors for the entrance to the senate press gallery, and a complete overhualing of the variouscommittee rooms of both the of representatives £e3 reason why she sho envious have lately been made senate and house Deafness Cannot be Cured. by local li i tt reach There is on that is b Notice of Final Settlement. versity. He has orders to supply} | hotels in Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chi | }eago, Boston and Denver, Cx The average price realized is $1.50 oraco per dc | During the the | frogs bury themselves in the mud, n. winter season and in order to get them for market \large nets are dragged uader the mud of the ponds. The catch has been very small this summer, and jsome of the prices realized are fancy. Beauty is Blood Deep. Clean blood means aclean skin. No beauty | withontit. Cascarets, Candy Cathartic clean | your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all impurities from he body. Begin today to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All druggists, satisfaction guaranteed 1 50c Gen. Wheeler Honored, | Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 10.—Sev-| eral thousand persons attended the| reception given at the Capitol last \night in honor of Msjor Gen. Joe Wheeler, who was presented with a magnificent sword by the local chap- | ter, Daughters of the Amecican Reve | elution. Gov.-elect McMillin made the wel- coming address, aud former con- | E. Washington Gev. Wheeler gressman Jos resented the sword. hap; responded Fioed mm Clioa = , Nov Lend received h beer been people are imminent. | fering and famine is i Friday, Novemt between the hours of nine 0’cloe! noon and five o’clock in the afternoo! @ey for the purposes of satisfying sa nterest and costs. CHARLES A. ALLEN, 50-48 Trustee. | | | n} | | | 7 They looked like ants} | | upon a Jarge smooth hill from unds below ivery iach of the great central ;dome had to be gone over with scrap then calked in the jointe and covered with lead before the sea of paint could be applied. The paint, lead and oil use cost more| | The Kind That Never Failed You. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY STREET, NEWYORK C:THL BOT Republic Sunday Magazine, THE REGULAR PRICD OF THIS PAPER IS $1.25 A YEAR TUTICR & 2 akbivt-s- which alone is $1.00 a year anc 21D ous which alone is $1.25 # year 947 March 24, 18! _ Do Not Be “ The Kind : at lil. “DIRT DEFIES THE KING.” SAPOLIO iS GREATER THAN ROYALTY ITSELF. 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