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Jt -»w v. i, I can see no other way in which they •.can be got to an extent to satisfy .object' to this method and'say that they would never vote to bond the county for any .purpose, and. if a ma jority of the voters of a county should so votfe, then I cau not see that that county can ever get good roads. Some object, saying that to bond--the county' would cause every body in it'to help pay for such roads and that a portion of the expense should be taxed to the abutting land owner.' This proposition, I claim, is faulty.- The land owners should not pay. any more ..than 'the same tax that others pay.. Take, for Instance a piece of road, say, ten miles long, leading out from a market town. Tie owner living nearest this town uses the road no more -than the twen ty-five or thirty land 'owners alon, the road use it and as he uses only oiie twenty-fifth as much as is used by the abutting land owners It would not be just that he should pay the same as the owner living farthest from the town. Add to that the persons com ing in from a half mile to a mile out.and you might add twenty-five or thirty" more users of the road. Then take -the number of people from town and from ••other places that use the road. It would soon reach over one hundred whq_ travel that road, and •would it be right for him to pay for more than the ordinary tax when his use is not more than one-hundredth part as much as the public? ,The road 'is, not his—does, not in any manner 'belong to the abutting land owners, but is for the people, and the^ underlying principle of this propo sition has been followed ever since wis commenced making roads. Our Constitution provides that private property "shall not he taken for pub lic use without just compensation to the owner'', and this idea has been followed all along from the estab lishment of the road up to as near a perfected road as we now have. No part of thq improvements of roads, not-even the building of bridges, is taxed to the abutting land owners. In apprizing the .land taken for road purposes,, the benefits to the owner are .never taken into account (oui* Supreme Court says they should noi •be. 29 Iowa 475), and why should the line be drawn when we reach the point when we want permanent roads and then tax a portion of the exnense to the abutting land owners' 'In the building of good roads in states where they are now doing it •this is never done and I think it ought not to be. Another objection is that we are not prepared for permanent roads, but when can we be better prepared' If -they can he built only by the issu ing of bonds, then we may wait twen ty years or more and will be no bet ter prepared than we, are now, for we'will then have to issue .bonds and' why not issue them now and have the use of the roads for that period? Another objection is that the an nual- interest charge on the bonds wil' ibe great, but that will not amount to any more, nor as much as we are now paying for the repair of roads. Four and a half per cent, on twenty or twenty-five year bonds, can readi ly be sold in the market and the four and a half per INGS concerns. mtm BOND COUNTY FOR ROAD FUNDS? MANCHESTER CITIZEN'S VIEWS ON "PERMANENT" ROAD QUESTION. 'N Editors Democrat: It goes without saying that every body wants good rouiis, and perma nent, If possible, and the question is how we can obtain them, and when. 1 am of the opinion that there is one way, and only one, (by.which we ui obtain them, and that Is by having a law which permits lis to bond our county for that purpose. This seems ?*to be the way in which good roads are buiit in every state where they have tliem, so far as I can learn, -ana A Vacuum Sweeper s, & s. Special Price—either or Oak Finish— FURIITURE DEPT. •bonds on $400,000.00 would amount to only $18,0000.00, while the annual amount paid out for repairs varies, of course, in every county, but they reach from $20,000.00 to $40,000.00 a year. Another objection urged is that these bonds have got to be paid when they mature. This is not necessary. These bonds are sold to bond deal ers who sell them .to parties who Have money to loan and expect to live on the Interest of their money. They greatty prefer to have their in vestment certain and running for a long time at less interest than it can be loaned for on short time, because thn- do not have to take "their mon ey after a short time and then put it out again—even at it larger rate of interest, and often some time ciapses before they can make the loan.. Therefore, they prefer securi ties, running a long time at-a small er rate of interest than they might get If they should loan it out them selves at a higher rate. When the Golfils mature, the bond holders are generally^ the lafct to ask for their tay. They prefer that thtey run longer and in fact municipalities who cent, interest on those stone the same width and seven No housekeeper should be without this machine takes up every atom of dust and dirt. It will outlast any number of brooms and carpet sweepers. Mahogany Order now and receive this, the greatest of all labor saving devices, before house cleaning time, Dimensions: 9 1-2 inches wide, 16 inches long, 7 3-4 inches high. Weight 10 pounds. bonds are compelled to provide for calling them in in order to pay them and usually do so by providing a tax sufficient to call in say ten per cent, a year. But sup pose these 'bonds should all be called for when matured. The- tax payers would not oe disturbed, if they paid them all at once. The value: of property is advancing every year on an average of three, per cent, so that in twenty years the value of their property has advanced sixty per cent, and this value has not been earned by the owners. lit is simply an increase caused by the settling of a country and Improving It, among them get ting good roads, and a person would hot be burdened, if all were paid. Further, permanent roads enable a person,to haul heavier loads to mar ket than they could on dirt roads. Three tons can be hauled as easily on permanent roads as a ton and a half pn dirt roads. I saw a man in western .Michigan, living on a ma cadamized road, digging potatoes, I called and talked with him. He said he had fourteen acres of potatoes which, as they-were turning out, "would yield 2,800 bushels. He said he could haul four loads a dfly to market at. 100 bushels to a load while on dirt roads he could haul but 50 bushels to a load. He could thus haul-'his entire crop to market in seven days, while on a dirt road it would take fourteen days. Calling his time and that of his team but $3 a day he would thus save $21 •. on that potato -crop alone, less the amount of liis share of the tax on the bonds issued for building the road, which was.$1.80 a year. Thus he saved $19 a year on this one crop alone. This saving would amount to nearly $400 in 20 years, the length jf the- band issue. Some say that the payment of these bonds might fall upon heirs of es tates. If so, no wrong can be done. Most of the present owners started ut in the world with little, and by hard work, economy and good judg ment hav-© amassed what to- them is sufficient fortune to carry them through life and when they die these fortunes will go to heirs who have never earned any of that inheritance. They ought not to complain if they had to pay their share of the bonds. "Easy comes, easy goes." .Many will not ue their inheritance with muc-h judgment and so far as they are con cerned no hardship can he worked to them. Now, it seems"to me that what we want is to have our legislature pass law authorizing counties to issue bonds to an amount sufficient to make good roads in the counties and also to provide how those roads shall •be built- In Michigan, whose laws for good road makine I think, meet our condition better than that of any other state, the law provides that the road bed '(that is the traveled portion) shall be twentv feet wide oetween ditches and the ditches suf ficient to carry off all of the water— the road bed to be rounded up and the ascending grade not to exceed six per centum, and when made of ma cadam shall be nine feet wide and six inches deep when of crushed The Greatest of All Vacuum Sweepers Nothing to get out of order. Has BALL BEAR THROUGHOUT, four bellows with 162 cubic inches of vacuum to every revolution of the wheels, rubber tired absolutely noiseless, never need? oil, and is manufactured and guaranteed by one of Iowa's leading Vacuum Sweeper That will save time and labor. It Steams & McCormick «!. iihuin'iT TIIBII Mik. all of the necessdry machinery and appliances and are experts in, the business and can make, roads easier, cheaper and faster than can possi bly be made by the counties them selves. I thin}g' we are as jvell pre pared, today for the making of- ner maneht roads as we will be in thir ty or forty years hence. I think our legislature should be urged to pass a -law ait the present session to give the people of each county an oppor tunity, to say by their vote whether •they wish good roads or not. .Some counties may turn it down and others may issue bonds.. Take two of these counties situated as nearly alike as possible. Ih the^jne the|&ipte to bond the county and buUd^'ermanent roads and in the other they turn. it down on the ground that they a!re not prepared for good roads. After wait ing and using, the dirt roads for twen ty years, they are where they w-ere when the others started to build per1 manent \oads and the other county has had the use of the good loads all that time,- and it has cost them no more annually for the good roads than it has, this other county which is usin~ nothing but dirt roads. The cost of building good roads, of courso, depends upon the kind, and nearness of material to the- road to be built. If gravel is near, it.is the cheapest of any material that can be used. If no gravel and plenty ,gf stone is near, then crushed, stone should be used, and if macadamized roads are preferred/ crushed .stone and asphalt will have to be used. In some plaftes, where neither stone nor ravel am found, a cement road may be built, and probably at no greater expense than a macadamized road, if built but nine feet wide. In some counties of this state, particularly on the Missouri slope, they are lacking in material for permanent roads, but the time may come when they will find something, which, united with the bluff deposit, will give them per manent roads. Perhaps cement will do, but if the law is passed, author izing the bonding of counties,' no county is obliged to take a' vote on the question. /The counties where the material is at hand could take a vote at once and by mid-summer could begin on the building- of perma nent roads, and we would have the iaw, so that whenever a couuty dis covered that they could get material at a reasonable cost, they could then get a vote on it and would not have to wait for another session of the legislature to pass a law. I have seen a bill for the making of good dirt roads, which, I under stand, has been agreed upon by a conference committee appointed by both, houses of this legislature, and will probably be passed soon after the present recess. This is. undoubt edly the best bill that can be passed for a dirt road, and will be the only one which will probably -be necessary in a great many of the western coun ties of the state for many years to come, because of no good material at han- for that purpose but that fact ought not to prevent the many coun ties in most parts of the state from having the right to pass upon the question of bonding their county, where there is plenty of good ma terial at hand for such purposes. The regulations provide that the parcel must bear the amount due from the addressee and the collection will be made, provided the amount is not in excess of $100. MANCHESTER, IOWA. inches de^p, and of gravel eight inches deep. These roads are made] E. F. Main was an over Sunday, vis under the supervision of road com- itor with his son, Cliff, in Alonticello. missioners. 'ihe building of the. The neighbors of Mrs. H. B. Sill roads is let to road builders who have took their lunch and spent a short A. S. 3LAIR. COLLECT ON DELIVERY FEATURE ADDED TO PARCEL POST. On July 1 next the collect-on-dellv cry feature will be added to the par cel post department of the postal, ser vice of the country. An order putting this into effect was yesterday signed by Postmaster General Hitchcock. Under the approved regulations parcel bearing the required amount of parcel post stamps may be sent anywhere in the country -and the amount due from the purchaser col lected and remitted by the postoffice department. HOPKINTON. time with her Saturday afternoon, be fore she moved away from the neigh borhood. Miss Carrie Brooks went to Edge wood Tuesday to visit her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Porter vis ited their daughter in Monticcllo on Tuesday. Mrs. Connolly was a Delhi visit or Wednesday. E. M. Loop made, a buijess trip to Arlington Monday. H. B. Sill and family have,moved to their farm west of town. Miss Eva Keith-visited her brother Clay at Delhi last week. H. L. Main was a Monticello vis itor Tuesday. Mrs. Irish and Mrs. King visited Wednesday in Oreeiey. The Hopkintoii High school played basket ball at Arlington Saturday and won, 37 to 35. Miss Jennie Strane, who was vis iting here, was called back to Dn bubufme by sickness in her brother's I familyv W. Hardy came from Montana last week: He wishes to'ship some stock if he can get it. A little son was born to Mr. and Mrs. B.-'H. Smith Friday. Charles Wilson has engaged to work for the Farmers' Supply com pany, where he formerly-worked. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. AlcConnell ar rived home on Tuesday from Shenan doah, where they have been for a lit tle more than two months with: Dr. Mackintosh and family. The Hopkinton Military band re-or ganized last week, with A- C. Martin again as leader, A. N. Trevarthan, manager, and A. W. McDonald, treas urer. The remains of Maurice Davis, who died in Sand Springs on Wednesday, were brought to Hopkinton for burial, as his parents expect to remove to this place. He was the only son of and Mrs. R. J. Davis, who, with one sister, survive him. Hon E. C. Perkins was in town a fsw hours Friday. The senate had ad journed for a few days' vacation. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wheeless en tertained a dinner party of old peO' pie, all of Whom were over eighty, on last Tuesday, They were Richard Cook of Hazel Hill, 90: Peter Guth rie, 90/ William Danford, 87 A. Wheeless, 87 David Gearhart, 85 Mrs. Gearhart, 80 H. .Mouiton, 83 Died at Marshalltown on Thursday, February 27, aged 90 years, Martha A. Deily, widow of J. D. Deily, a for mer resident of this place. The re mains were brought to Earlville on Saturday afternoon and interred in Fair View cemetery.! Those who ac companied the remains here were Wm. Vandewere, with whom she had made her home for several yeArs past and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Houser. De ceased was well known among the older residents of this vicinity and in strumental in organizing tlfe M. E, church of this place. Mr. and Mrs. Krageubrink are the parents of a son, born Monday, Feb ruary 24. Louis Schaller was a Waterloo vis itor Friday. R. H. Lowe'visited in Des Moines the fore part of the week. Mrs. S. S. Douglass and daughter Gladys were Dubuque pasengers Sat urday. Miss Lizzie Millen was a Dubuque visitor Saturday. Mrs. Arthur Murley and children of Mt. Vernon arrived Saturday for a visit with home folks. Mrs. Jake Billmeyer and daughter Ethel were Key City visitors Satur day. Miss Emma Mertz returned to her home in Dubuque Saturday, after a two weeks' visit at the Werkmeister home. Miss Laura Werkmeister spent Sat urday in Farley. Died, at Delhi, Iowa, on Monday evening, February .24, Harry Scott, aged 35 years. He leaves to mourn his death one sister, Mrs. Jay Long of Doland, South Dakota, and one Mrs. Mouiton 84 R. Millis, 81. Their I'spent Thursday at the home of his average age being So years, 4 months brother,,Arthur Johnson, of tfcis city, and 17 days. No doubt the old-time Mrs. Abbie Kahl and daughter Lil istories related wohld fill a book. lian returned Thursday from a visit The members of the Covenanter at Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, congregation gave Mr. and Mrs. Rob- Miss Hester Hamblin is the pos ert Guthrie a house-warming in theirUessor of a Fuehr and Stermer piano, new country home last Saturday, tak- which arrived this week. ing their dinner with them. Miss Orra Larson departed Satur Mrs. I. T. Wilson wa,s an over Sun- day on an extended visit in the states day visitor in Cedar Rapids. of Washington and California. A sad accident occurred near town) Prof, and .Mrs. Ozeas entertained Friday afternoon, when Curtis Blan- the members of the Senior class of chard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry the High school at their home on Fri Blanchard, lost his life. He was in day evening. Elaborate refreshments the woods and the tree he had justlwere served at a late hour and cut fell, striking a large stick of most enjoyable time is reported by cord wood, which flew and struck all present. him on the head. He was able to "wedding hells will soon be ringing, get to 4 house near by, hut at oncel The Frauen Verein of the Duther becam^ unconscious and remained solan church was entertained on Friday until his-death. His parents had just afternoon at the home of Mrs. Julius moved to town/and he was brought sichwantes. to their home/ He was between 25 Married, at Immanual Lutheran and 3ft jtears of age The funeral church, on Wednesday, February was held Monday afternoon at theLennie Gienapp, daughter of Mr. and .Presbyterian church, Rev: S. T. Fos- Mrs. Fred Gienapp, living east of ter having charge of the services.) town, and George Glantz, son of Mr The family has the sympathy of the and Mrs. Louis Glantz. Both par entire community in their bereave- ties are well known here and their ment. many friends extend congratulations. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Orr came Sat-j They will make their home in this Urday from Savanna, Illinois, not city. hearing of the death of their nephewl The ladies of the E. W. C. were until they arrived. I pleasantly entertained by tl'^ gentle- The friends and neighbors of Mr-1 men contingent of the club at the and Mrs. Homer Bj»oks gave them home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loom is a surprise not long ago, taking with on Wednesday-evening, February -6 them a present of a rocking ehair. A three-course six o'clock dinner' waa The ladies of the Methodist church served and the evening was spent in held their social afternoon Wednesday! playing games. at the home of Mrs. E. M. Hucker. O. W. Smith is going to move his, office from the Schuster building to the basement room under Doan Bros.' Mr. and Mrs. Mobley of Indiana drug store. ai-e visiting at J. D. Keith's. -Mrs. Charles Kehrli of Ryan has come .Mobley was formerly Miss Nellie here from Ryan to engage in the Keith. automobile business. .Harry Scott died at the County Ehvin Browder and E. E. Place, home Monday of last week. Burial -who have been visiting relatives here, at Earlville-Tuesday. returned last week to their home in Silas Crahb will soon begin work Albion, Nebraska. on a new building to be used as a Mr. Pierce of Deep River is hero garage. visiting his son and family. F. A. Doolittle spent several days Mr. and Mrs. Speed of Arlington hn Dubuque last week.' were over Sunday visitors with their E. E. Penningroth of Justin, Min daughter,. Mrs. Truesdell. nesota, is visiting friends at this The annual Praise meeting of the piace. Woman's Missionary society of the Clyde Doolitttle is home from Des Presbyterian church will .meet on Moines for a few days. Wednesday afternoon at the home of The friends and neighbors of- Ed Mrs. Livingston. Leader,'. Mrs. S. T.I Gleason helped him celebrate' his Foster. An address will be given by I birthday last Thursday! Miss Myers, who has been a medical Hazel Erisman has been out of Ad missionary in Ceylon and China. Jams' store the past week with an in jured knee, as a result of a fall on LENOX COLLEGE. I cement walk. Norman Landers and Dean Morgan entertained the other members of the orchestra at a six o'clock dinner on Tuesday evening at the Landers home. The evening was devoted to music. Vesper services were held on Sun day afternoon in the association rooms, led by Ellery Reed. Jessie Greenup was in Ottumwa last' week, attending the state asso ciation of the Y. M. C. A EARLViLLE. brother, Frank, of this place, besides' paid 3S cents per pound for butter numerous other relatives His broth-jfat. er Sherman preceeded him in death! The following officers of Delhi but two weeks ago. The funeral was Camp. No. "7709, 31. W. A. were re held on Wednesday afternoon. Inter- cently installed: ECONOMY mm 0i The Lenox boys came out victoriusl Mrs. Nellie Stone was in Delaware scrofula. Appendicitis, Gravel, itheuma tisui of joints "and muscles, etc. in the game with the Charles City Wednesday. boys last Thursday. The score was Dr. E. J. Wintenberg and O. A. 36 to 17. The team expects to play Holdridge were ia Dubuque Thursday, a game with the Coe college hoys on James Norris of Nebraska is visit Tuesday evening, and a special train ing relatives at this place. has been arranged, to leave .here at Airs. C. A. Bencke is visiting- with 4:30 and return after the game. friends in Waterloo. Word has been received of the death of Charles Doolittle in Idaho. .Mr. Doolittle was for many years a resident of Delhi and the body will be brought to this place for burial this week. John White of Dakota is here for a visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Swinburne en tertained a company of friends Fri day evening. E. C. Perkins was here from Des Moines Thursday. Arthur Wilson had business in Ce dar Rapids last week. Fred Harder visited his brother Will and family last week. He goes this week to Montana to make home. Roy White is moving into the Har ris house. Will Barker of Edgewood visitod at the John Wheeler home latt week. Fred Pulver has bought the res taurant business of Bert Pulyer. Bert is going to Canada this spring. 'Will Toomer was a recent Dubuque visitor. Royal Furman of Troy Mills vis ited relatives here the past week. Miss Gladys Adams entertained a company of her friends Friday even ing. It was her 14th birthday. Mrs. George Long was a recent vis itor at the Beal home. Misses. Jessie .Moody and Josephine Hatten were Dubuque visitors Satur day. Mrs, John Downs visited relatives in Waterloo last week. Mrs. Perry Haight of Oneida vis ited her parents,, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Near, last week. Chas. Dudley is home from Dixon Illinois, for a few days. George Davis was down from Man chester Saturday. Silas Smith, of near Hart\vick, and Miss Emma Lewis were married a* the M. E. parsonage in Masonville one day last, week by Rev. D. C. Perry. The M. E. Aid society meets on Wednesday afternooon of this week with Mrs. W. S. Skinners. S. F. Crabb was in West Tuesday." Saturday was pay day for Spring Creamery company. y-!M- Mone/ i-ujire but it is the a earn lmttnoniy looks like an up-hill a :una when von first beu in, unci some-fi/nes /?OAD Silver, They it IS un up-hill TO J*ROS und iiyou-eim persevere in your sinnl I eeonom ies you will find this out. jPJi1-tTV, our does not druw interest. Some dnv you will pnv interest on youi- present extntvilni^nnee. Ii'you put that money in the some. day ufl'ord to buy the luxuries .you entve without niissiiiir the mune v. Do YOUJi. banking with US: We pay 4 per cent interest on tiine and suviuu deposits. Farmers' and Merchants' State Savings Bank Manchester, Iowa l.urton Clark, President J. F. Graham, Vice-Pres. A. W. Maui-er* Vice-I'res. uient ih Fair View cemetery. Harry Johnson of New York city exti'uvasxunee JJ.LVA" .\'bUr, vou can F. E. Dntton, Cashier \V. W. Matthews, Asst. Cashier. Counsel—H. P. Bancroft. Advisor— O. A. Holdridge. Banker—E. G. Adams. Clerk—F. E. Stimson. Escort—j. p. Reed. Watchman-—R. P.White. Sentry—E. J. Hopkins. Manager for 3 years—J. W. burne. Jvvm- GEO. S. LISTER JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. All colleo 'sons s'ven i»:ompt attention. Real estate loans and insurance. Office City Hall Clock. Second floor. Dr. Wilbert Siiallenberger The Regular and Reliable Chicago Specialist, who has visited Manches ter, e\ ery month since 1901, will be at the Ciartnce House, Manchester (one day only) and return once every 28 days from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., Thursday, March 13 Independence Hotel Gedney, Mar. 14 Dr. Siiallenberger is an eminently suc cessful speeiullst in the treatment of Chronic Diseases. He has long es-1 labllshed reutation acquired by success in his large practice and hospital ex perience.. He is so proficient that he' can locate and name a disease hi a few I minutes. He has successfully treamu thousands of tbe mast difficult cases of! Chronic diseases of jntn and womeu. This is why his refutation spreads and why he continues liis visits year alter year, while other doctors have made a few visits and stopped. 1 Dr. Sliaheuburger successfully treats diseases of the eye. Ear, JS'ose, Throat, Lungs, Heart, Blood, Skin, Nerves, Liv er, Stomach, Intestines, Kidneys. Blad-, der and female sigans. Consumption in an early 'stage. Catarrh. Ulnyinjr in ears and deafness, Paralysis, A'euraisia. Kpiiepsy, Sick Headache, Goitre, Eczema. PILES, FISSURE, FISTULA and all l-eotal diseases given special at tention and treated without surgical op eration. Special attention given to all SUUG1CAL CASES anu KUFTlUtE. NERVOUS DEBILITY. Are you nervous arid despondent? weak and debilitated tired mornings no ambition -lifeless memory poor eas ily fatigued excited and irritable eyes sunken red and blurred pimptes on face restless haggard looking weak oack deposit in urine distrustful want of confidence lack of energy and strength. PRIVATE DISEASES A SPECIALTY. Cases of long standing .especially de sired. Wrong treatment and incorrect diagnosis, have often resulted In the worst afflictions, verlcocele, Hydrocele debility, nervousness, diziness, defective memory, which ruius body and mind, it is -highly important that you obtain the services of a physician who has an established reputation for treat-l Ing these diseases. 1 UK. SHALLENBERGER has made years of study of Private Diseases ui men and wonien and knows the quick est way to handle them. Hundreds ol Women suffer untold agony. Diseases that have been neglected or unsklllful ly treated. Dr. SHALL.ENBERGE.lt has special remedies that have been used success fully 'for years hi cases of Leucorrhea. rainful Menstruation, Displacement, Ov arion troubles and various other diseases Dr. SHALLENBEKGEtt has made Wonderful- Cures and you should consult him if you have chronic disease. No matter what it is. If you are sick you need treatment. A specialist who has made a lifetime study of such diseases is certainly pre pared to give you the best results. Dr. Shallenberger spares no effort on his part to cure his patients. When he can not help you he will frankly and truthfully tell you so. He treats patients to please them, knowing that good re sults mean as much to him as to the patient, .for moijt of ills new patients come recommended by a friend whom he has treated. His medicines are mostly prepared from his own formulas perfected by years of experience, and are guaranteed to be made from pure drugs. Consultation and Examination Free and Confidential. REFERENCE: Drexel State Bank. •Chi cago. Address Letters to DR. WILBERT SHALLENBERGER. 766 Ofikwood Boulevard, CHICAGO. ILL. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell' and completely derange tKo wlWe system whon entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be usod except on proscriptions from reputable physic-inns, as the damage they will do Is ten fold to the good you can posslblv derive from them. Hall's Union Catarrh Cure, manufactured by P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.. contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh-Cure bo sure you get the genu ine It is taken internally and made in Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Tes timonials free. Sold by Druggists. Price 73c. per bottle. Take Ball's Family Pills for constipation. .1 Spring Announcement Our Ready to wear wool, silk and challie dresses. A complete assortment now on hand. LACE and EMBROIDERIES Allouer lave, laee lands, lace edge and insertion to match, shadow, Venice, velvets and others, laces 18, 27 and 45 inches wide. 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