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|: Buooies i eo EJ Road Wagons | ’ Spring Wagonsi _ Surries; $100 Reward $100. Bryan Advocates Fusion. The readers of this paper will be pleas- ae = ed to learn that there is at least one Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 20.—The lead- dreaded disease mi science has ,been ing editorial in this week’s Common- ble to cure in all its stages, and that is | ep jg ; >a by Williz 5 a Steet» Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the | 3 ds : 3 William J. Bryan sor nly positive cure known to the medical | ‘USion of the Democratic and Popu- ernity. Catarrh being phrenic list parties. He holds that the par- TWjisease, requires, a constitutiona Sl aA re! ent. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taxen | “®S agree Of three great principles, niernally, acting directly upon the) amely: Government acquisition of blood and mucous surfaces of the sys- tem, therebv destroying the foundation ot the disease, ar d giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work, The proprietors haye so much taith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it | ) . a : n : tails tu cure. Send tor list of testimon- ;PIY. White’s Cream Vermifuge will jals. Address F. J. Cneney & Co., destroy these parasites. The verdict Tuiedo,O. S@PSold by druggis — 75c. | of the people tell plainly how well it pa | has succeeded. Price 25 cents. For REDUCED-RATES TO CHICAGO | S#le by H. L. 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Targest cir- ARTOMUT any eerentne youn —Weene, Wa ‘our months, $1, Sold by all newsdealers, WN .Co,srrme New ork 00 Weak Back Omega Oi The weak spot in many men and women is the back. It gives out before the other parts of the body. It gets tired and aches terribly after a day’s work or night’s pleas- ure. A tired, weak back pulls a person right down and renders life miserable. The kidneys are often supposed. to be the cause, but usually the muscles and ten- fons in the back have Oil is the proper and on nt—reme= 522 dy. Rub it into the pores of the back, and a feeling of re- newed strength and vigor will come im- mediately, and a few such treatments will fix you up all right again. Omega Oil takes out soreness and inflammation. It invigorates and freshens all the muscular tissues. t contains ingre- ients that you naver used before. railroads, redeemability of green-| backs and imperialism, and advo-| Worms take refuge in the small in- ; Fleeing from the Turks. Cologne, December 20.—A Berlin | dispatch to the Cologne Gazette says that the number of Armenians who 'are fleeing from Turkish territory is daily becoming greater. Their con- dition is terrible. Many show signs of shocking maltreatment. It. in- stances the cases of a boy of 13 whe | had his tongue cut out and his toes | Slashed through, and of bent old men with their backs covered with wounds. The hopeless wretches declare that the robbery and murder of Arme- nians are every day occurrences of which no notice is taken by Turkish Officials. The Gazette adds that if the statements are substantiated Russia will once more protest strong: ly to the sultan. ——<—_____ Will You Sleep Well To-night? Not if you have a cough that begins to torment you as soon as you lie down. You can conquer the cough with Allen’s Lung Baleam, which will relieve the pain in the chest, the irritation in the throat and the hard breathing. Since it eon- tains no opium, this remedy may be given freely to children, and to the most delicate adults Exposure to Wet, dampness and cold, invariably results ina sudden chill, wkich if not attend- ad to immediately will eause a cold, By mixing a teaspoonful of Perry Davis’ Painkiller in half a glass of warm water or milk, the whole sys- tem will be heated and the danger of cold avoided. Avoid substitutes, there is but one Painkiller, Perry Davis’, Price 2 Broken Tooth Saved His Life. Trenton, No 1. Dee, 26.—William Shumar, who has been dangerously Jil with lockjaw, is likely to recover because of a broken feont tooth whieh made it possible to inject Tood and medicine. ranarusty pin in his arm, causing blood poisoning. This developed in- tockjrw>— He hid numerous con | vulsions and the physicians declared his death only a matter of time, but during a convulsion a broken tooth | was discovered and tubes were pre- pared at once to utilize it. periments were a success. The jaw has relaxed an inch or more and the convulsions have been less frequent, Shumar three weeks ago The ex- Educate Your Bowels. Your bowels can be trained as well as your muscles or your brain. Cas- carets Candy Cathartic train your bowels to do right. Genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. All druggists, roc. Serious Feud in Joplin. Joplin, Mo., Dee. 27.—The old feud between the Fine and Staves families culminated last night ina street bat- tle between Charles Staves and. his HID HER MONEY AT HOME. Rich Wisconsin Woman Leaves Her Wealth for Heirs to Search Out in Strange Places. Mistrust of bank$ and the accumula- tion of a large sum of mon ugh the most careful frugality extending over a quarter of a century are the chief points in a story which comes from Rush Lake Junction, a little place four miles north of Ripon, Wis., chiefly noted as the abiding place of wild ducks at this season of the year. The revelation came from the death bed o Mrs. Rosanna Fuller, who for more than 30 years has been selling butter and eggs at market at Ripon and else- where. Just before breathing her last she notified a lifelong friend and neigh- hor that if search was made in the pan- try and in an old bureau drawer which she specified some money would be found. This neighbor, fearing a possible ac- eusation of bad motives if he made the search alone, told the attendi clan, De. FLA, Everhard. of R the Woman's dying statement, at the same time t to make the nec- Te assented, and irch in the pantry resulted in the ng of $1,290 in gold in an old Delft pitcher, Some unwashed fruit cans were in the pitcher on top of the In the bureau drawer were seven packages of money wrapped in ved into the lining of an These packages were found to contain curren ed three times money, yarn and old skirt. y fo and so old and musty that the bills stuck t¢ er, The aggregate sum was $1,590, This g ts of money finding only rinvestigati next suecess was some reney tn older Bible, $800 tn me and first ss secur » $1,000, x hundred yvund behind an old picture on the wall and several hundred more in old Tn a safe in the dining- eom was aver $3,000, The heirs have put the money in the bank, NEW SECT IN AN ARK. id the ¥ old cur- The inspired fur an vmounti lars was tin cans, Members Study pect Millennium to Come in 1940, Astronomy and SW inodern Noah’s ark, be ig 96 members of a new relig et Who purpose navi- gating the Mississippi until the millen- nium, which they belie will begin within 40 wears. This craft arrived at St. Louis the other day. The study of astronomy is one of the principal oe- cupations of the Association of Chris- tian Brethren, as the members of the new sect term themselves. The Me- giddo is the name of the craft oceu pied by the brethren, Tt is no amere houseboat. but a typjeal Mississippi steamer. “Megiddo” is an ancient Te- brew word for “the Lord of Iosts.” “We believe that the millennium will come in the year 1941,” said one of this sect. “We believe that at the end of the 6,000 years of man’s earthly exist- ence, which will come in’ 1941, the earth will become paric . and man, with his earthly body restored, but with new powers and propert will be able to soar to the most remote planets until all of God's creation hi yus ve been traversed. The sun, Neptune 2,856,000,000 miles from_ the .sun), Jupiter, turn, the fixed stars all EAT °EM LIKE CANDY Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Tas |. DoG Never Sicken, Weaken, or Gripe, 10, Pe dom, White for treo xampie, ealth. “Address BTERLING REMEDY COMPANY, CHICAGO of NEW YORK. KEEP YOUR BLOOD GLEAN Harness’ and Saddlery, - and Fron fives. “gay ope, Cason, Wagon Sins als) sve ud; gel our prices aud you will surely trade with $7 to $25; Second-hand Hurness $3 to $15; and Bows. Our Vehicles are the latest in *McF ARLAND sons, George and Chester, on_one | will be ted bys‘uan in thosedayer —psite and Marion and Frank Fine on] Therefore our memiersanake agtron- the other. Revolvers and stones wag their princip ' study, ane to fers used. Mision ives wkettavrs eat pore .iuph Hes ofthe Gas: fractured, while Frank Fine and i ; | George Staves both received bullet BIG DEMAND FOR OUR COAL. wounds, : Foreign Orders for Anthracite (re Greater Than Cap De billed and Supply Home pe . saves rh W nde ly 1 4 1 e t, most per , w he | cledrand clean is to | CANDY CATHARTIC : he Readi Is are prine’pal cign dem. 0 French ton, th four dollars, ports now ¢ ‘ price formerly bein n railway of Fran thousands of if the t this price. ons can eontinue HISTORIC WARSHIPS DOOMED. Three Old Monitors to Be Sold at \ue- tion as Junk by the Gov- Three old-time w stricken from the lisi « sold as junk to the They are the monitors Catskill, M hattan and Mahopae, all of which served in the civil war and with Spai on the inner line of defen are modeled after the origin tor, and one of them, the Cats’ * constructed by John Eri » the de- signer f the famous little, “cheesebox destroyed the con- federate ram Merri and revolution- ized naval architecture. It was on the Catskill that the body of John Wilkes Booth lay at the Washington navy yard before it was consigned to its unknown burial place. The Catskill, the Manhattan and the Mahopac are at the League Island navy yard. The cost of maintaining these useless hulks is the reason for the navy department’s intention to sell them. hips are to be f the navy and phest POWDER MILL BLOWN UP Around Broken Five | Windows for Miles Passing Train Shaken and Persons Injured. Scranton, Pa., Dec. 27.—An explo- | Sion itf the barrel mill of the Moosic Powder Co., at its Jermyn works to-| |day blew the mill and some adjoin-| ing buildings to pieces and broke| | windows for miles around. The; distance of 14 miles. Jacob Hiller, | |} Who was in the engine room in an| adjoining building, was fatally burn- jed. John Gibbs, George Gebhart and | | George Forkel were caught by tlying debris and badly injured. Glass blown from a window in Al bert Curey’s house struck his dangh- ter-and-cut-adeep gash in” her neck. It is feared fatally | Searcely a store or residence in Jer-| she is injured myn escaped with a whole pane of| glass. A Delaware & Hudson passenger train, which passed about a quarter of a mile from the seene of the explo- siongat the time of the ‘accident, was swayed by the force of the explosion and the passengers screamed with terror and the train gave sudden lurch, ‘The cause of the explosion is unknown, : Congress Wen't Get a Chance. 19.—There are no Tess than 20 bills and resolutions before the house on thesSehley-Samp son Washington, Dec, controversy, all) indorsing in some manner the attitude of Admiral Schley, but it is quite unlikely that anything will result from the deluge In the senate the resolutionggin the Subject probably will from the committee on naval affairs not emerge The house committeoonnavalatiairs but the most potent influenceagainst attitude of Speaker Henderson who, while ox congressionat action is) the pressing vo opinion as to the merits of the case, wants neither side to be aired in congress. His powers are such as to prevent anything of the Kind from reaching open floor, A cablegram from Berlin says that the “bankers and throughout Prussia and the German manufacturers states are apprehensive of the pres- ent finaeial conditions, and we fears of a serious crash areentertain- ed.” [tis also stated that meat has become a greater luxury thamat any time for twenty years. This recalls thestatement made a couple of years ago by the German minister of the interior to the effect: that Germany would be forced the to a silver basis if balance of trade continued Snatcher toraew nore yearssptttetessiess ir pick Aud vet there are people who adro- cate a unive sal gold standard ~The commoner — May Start Boom for Schley. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 20, of the Democratic newspaj Theeditors rs of the ter state met at Columbus this It is possible that sonu tion will be taken on the candidacy of David B. Hill for the Democratic Ou ¢ hoon ey hominatjon for president. count of Hill's attitude toward an, the Democratic press of thestate, is almost unanimousiy opposed to him. attendance | will try to launeh a boom for Admir- al Schley. Some editors in The story is being told of a Rock- ville young man who went te make his usual night call heart, The youngster was met at the door by the man of the house. This is what(he said: “Young man | do not object to your calling on my daughter, but you will have to make your little bow and hit the ground on this occasion, as we are going to have a select party here to-night, and no one is invited but two old women and the doctor.”"—Ex. on his sweet- Still Costs Heavily. Manila, Dec. 23.—Every-effort to decrease theexpenses of the American army in the Philippine islands ishav- ing little effect, owing to the increase of army stations, due partly to the activity of the insurgents on the Island of Samar, in Batangas and in other places, and also to the estab- lishment of municipal governments in many towns, which has necessitat- shock was plainly felt in this city, a|! LIFE A ROMANCE Interesting History of a Traveling Man Dead at Kansas City Kansas City, Mo., Dee. 25.—DeWitt Clinton House, who is dead at his home in this city, one of the known traveling men in the United States. He was born in Vermont, and 50 years ago established at Peoria 174 years, was oldest: and best steam bakery and cracker trae- tory in When the war oi the rebellion broke out Mr. H went to Minnesota, enlisting in st Paulin the Sixth Minnesota Shortly after his enlist: Minis volun- teers. tis regiment was sent to subdue and punish the Sioux Indians under Chief Little Crow, who ittacked the tried killed many people in’ the massacre of New Ulm had settlers in— Western Minnesote While engaged in bury- ing the settlers Mr, House and abe 10 other soldiers were corratled by a aA ter a heroi®@Tetense of four days, dure the bund Were either killed or wounded wt band of Indians at Birehacoola, ing which time most. of littl and the survivors were reseued by At this battle We vere we the other troops House received a the left lew st yur MASO OUITS THE CAMPALG) midied at st, Mar jthis morn The coroner this evenit .j be taken to his former bomear Bet ed the sending of troops there to pre- serve order. A Millionaire a Suicide. Rome, Dec. 25.—Henry Eagle Shaw, an American, committed suicide yes- terday in his bed room in the Hotel Washington in Florence, cutting his throat with a knife. The manager of the hotel says he was a millionaire. He was forty years old. The reason for his act is unknown. Gomez Credited with Threatening am Stirring Up Opponents Havana, Dees 26.—cden, Bartok Maso, candidate of the De pa demonstration Ving as wellias th Dt the puilroad station tide tect - brought out a large crowd A Havana newspaper quot “ Maxime Gomez as threats have Civil Governor Recio. Principe province, expelled from ottice when he returns te Hayan for having permitted demenstratic ‘ against Gomez in the course o s c political tour of that province, ‘Phe sathie ‘per saves also ut tue od as ten 5A Gomes has threatened to “erring ap afew others when the Cuban repuls lic is formed. H. FE, BOHON KILLED BY A PRIEND Revolver Was Not Empty as Supposed Victin’ a Missourian Quincey. HL. Dee. 26.—Harland | Bohan, age ) lead “ the result of Ander : i vo whi “didn't ed MeCleland Bohon's el, Shelby county, Me 1 ing for burial. Met nd is the Hannibcal ands hh " friend were out shooting ata r On his return he laid his rev beside that of Bol ho Was telegrapler at West Quincy wards he picked up Bouhon's revol- ver by mistake, and pointing him, fired This Ieeburg A Hot Number Peoria, Hls,, Dev. 24.—At \ ea City last evening Aurist leebure. a BA prosperous farmer 69 years old. liv : ing at" Parmington, shot his w through the abdomen and then shot * ? his 14-year-old stepson, who inter-. BS jred, three times. Walking 17 ail ig to the home of his dat Mr 4 Davis, near Farming 4 shat £ 4 himself in the head and died in three a hours. His wife is dying. but the a | boy will reeover, His wif Se hii, because he had deeded pr Det to his son, and he shot her be ae she had refused to return to him, ot 3; let him get a divarce =4 Shotgun Quarantine es Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 16.—The ; Cole county board of health to-day ae ordered the store and saloon at Bell a tunnel, a railroad camp, 20 miles 4 A from here, quarautined on account q of smallpox. Three cases have de- veloped in the eamp of 150 men. The camp is guarded by men with guns. It was diseoved when the British steamer (oth ieft St. Helena thata Boer prisoner had been smuggled abroad ina box. He was delivered to the British authorities at Island Ascension.