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"Now," said Darront to himself an
alone he entered tho library at The
Grange, "I'm not going to wait for
any hocus poena of moonlight and mid
night I'm just going for this orna
mental scroll work, and if there's a bit
of It loose I'll find it and wlmt's behind I
it too" In the gathering dusk he took
the wall notcoverod by the bookcases
eight inches or ten inches long came
With the Made of his penknife lu care
fully withdrew the little scroll.
.hind, in which lay a small leather cov
ered volume. Darrent took the book out
and pushed back the panel then, seat
ing himself in one of the corners by the
fireplace, proceeded to read:
JOSIAH MARS DEN'8 D1ABY.
PAftXfi, Oct. 8, 1871.—Back in my
hotel at last, and now I can pause and
think of what I have gone through in
thi* aooanad city, Paris, the city of
light) Bah! Paris, the city of death!
Was it fancy or did each passerby
shun me as I walked through the de
aerted streets this morning? Did they
g" see murder in my eye, the coming brand
of Cain upon my forehead? Let me
write clearly what has befallen me, so
•y Chat if it should ever chance that this
is read it may speak in my defense. It
may show at least that I am not an as
eassln by choice, but by circumstance.
Who can say what guides us to our
.•fate? If there had been a seat at the
opeca tonight, I should not be what I
am now. But the opera is a great suc
cess, there was not a seat to be had,
and
bo
I strolled about until I lost my­
self in the labyrinth of squalid streets
1 and alleys on the south side of the river.
Suddenly a scream broke out upon the
the cry of a woman, proceeding
from a house in darkness, save for an
upper story, where a beam of light cut
pathway through the blackness. It
would have been well if I had passed
on unheeding, but without thinking I
rushed to the entrance. It was open,
and I sped up the shaky staircase and
pushed open a door upon the third floor.
Not a light, not a sound. I paused, ir
resolute, and then felt the cold barrel
'of a pistol against my temple. A dozen
hands held me powerless while my arms
were tied to my Bides.
"Who is it?" I gasped.
"Shoot, you fool, shoot!" a man re
plied, and I gave myself up for lost.
"It is a pig of an Englishman," one
'growled, and then there arose a sub
dued mutter of voices in German which
I could not follow.
"Why did you come hero?" some one
"asked in French.
"I thought I heard a scream."
A Detective Story
Of a Chicago Suburb. The
Murder at The Grange and How
lis Mystery Was Solved by
Darrent, the Amer
ican Lecoq.
"BY NORMAN HURST.
1800, by the American Press Association.
aT-v
"You're a spyl"
"Why don't you shoot instead of
talking?"
"What's the good of that? What are
we to do with the body?"
Once more the consultation was held.
Now and again I caught a word in
French, but most of the language was
in German, with occasionally a sentence
.in an unknown tongue. Perhaps it was
Bussian.
And all this time I was securely
bound, with not a glimmer of light to
show me who my assailants were. The
consultation became moro excited, and
then at last it subsided into grunts, and
some one addressed me again.
"You have put yourself in this posi
•tion," he said, speaking in French,
with a foreign twang, "by interfering
in other people's business. You will be
allowed to depart '—my heart beat
wildly—' 'when you havo become one
I-
"Who are you?" iC*
"That will not concern you if you
were born under a lucky star. If not,
you will have cause to know. We are
abottt to draw lots with "an object."
The pistol barrel touched my temple
"Will you share in the drawing or
say goodby to life?"
"What do we draw for?" I gasped
In terror.
"To decide who shall kill the daugh
ter of a traitor. We never kill tho cul
prit himelf. Our revenge is more ingen
ious. We leave him to the last. Do
you consent to become one of us in thin
lottery?"
"No,*' I faltered, and then ere the
word had left my lips, so strong is the
love of life, I relented and gasped,
"Yes."
"Then drawl"
A box was placed underneath my
hand, and again a voicecried, "Draw!"
I thrust in my hand and drew out a
small marble
"You have had a fair chance," the
same voice said. "You are the first
There are 80 white balls and 1 red."
... And still we were in darkness as the
box went round.
A lamp was lighted, a lamp only
throwing a small circle of light upon a
black table, land each man approached,
held Mb hand in that circle and open
edit
White, white, white, white I I knew
mine was the red. I felt it burning my
-flesh as I gripped it within my hand,
.and as I opened it beneath the light it
rolled forth—red!
W a a a it
tance, you will be one of us," the
spokesman said, and then I was con
ducted down the pitch dark' stairs and
thrust out into ths street
I gaaed ftiggM io locate myself and
SniiH! and to rij I cannot "believo
the nvents of tho ni^-ht I am too ill to
realize them.
It cannot bo true! It is too horrible!
Oct. 10.—It is trnol Pinned on the
cov,'rU!t
and fonnd that that was exactly the I °ct
height of the ornamental scroll work on
the paneling. Then, with a portable
electric lamp and a large magnifying
glass, he carefully examined tho carv
ing. Presently ho came to apiece where
a join in the wood could bo discerned,
and, pulling it forward, a panel some
of
'"5" '"''1
,hlH
1,1000 of
m,thi8
morning was a
p"lL'r
arulefrom his pocket and measured six "U -™n K° to inform tho police, yon
feet from the ground on the portion of
whlcU wna
1 Wl11 bo
Y°rW'
with it, disclosing a narrow space be- °nly'md,Vec?u,,°
watchcd hor for nn honr
her
sla'vo-
Nov. 4.—I have fooled them. A half
written note urging her to meet me in
an unfrequented part of Paris, which I
intentionally left in my room, drew at
tention from her for one night, and she
has left Paris to wait for me in London.
While a man was dogging me as I
walked she was far away. Perhaps they
will revenge themselves upon me, but I
care not She iB safe and well provided
for.
Nov 10.—I have heard from her.
She has passed through London and is
staying in Scotland, where I know she
will be safe.
Nov. 25.—Her father was discovered
shot dead in Paris this morning. I dare
not tell her. Who will be the next?
What is this nameless gang? What is
their purpose I dare not say here. I
am overcome with dread at every hour
of the day. Every shadow is a lurking
Bomb, May 8, 1872.—Six months
since I have written in my diary, six
months of misery. Touring through
southern Europe, always followed, al
ways watched, my heart aches to see
her again, but I dare not. for with me
I should carry death.
Marseilles, May 20.—Free! I can
scarcely realize it There has been a
terrible railway accident, and the one
who has tracked mo through Europe is
dead. I could almost pity the poor
wretch as I saw him lying torn and
mangled in the fearful chaos. Only a
dozen unharmed out of that trainload
and I one of them. Goodby to horror,
misery and concealment. Tomorrow
morning I leave for London by sea, and
let them find me if they can.
The Grange, Norcombe, Ills., U. S.
A., June 80.—We have fled to this
quiet spot in tho United States, and
here we shall be safe—safe from the
fiends who have pursued us. What a
gloomy diary! I ought to recommence
today and write in one all gold and sil
ver, with a white silk cover, embossed
with orange blossoms. But why should
I write at all? Let me close the book
and, forgetting all the past, live only
in the happiness of the present It is
an ugly dream. Let me forget it and
close the book forever.
[Here thero was a blank page in the
diary, and then in darker ink it went
on.]
The Grange, Norcombe, May, 1884.
—I havo come home broken, despairing,
ready for death, anxious to die. All I
Only a lying telegram of yesterday upon
the table.
had is gone, all that I valued lost. Let
death come—a happy release, be it by
the assassin's knife or otherwise, but
let it come. Speedily, now as I sit and
write, come death and bring me peace I
Death only comes to those who fear
him. Death shuns those who would
welcome him with open arms, grins his
ghastly grin and cries: "Live onl
You'd be too happy if I took you. Live
on till yon fear me more. Then I'll
strike 1" But I cannot seek death. Life
is nothing to me, and yet there's my
son Astray. I feel I am mad. I almost
hate him because he reminds me so
much of her.
Twelve years since I last opened my
diary. Twelve years ago my hand
touched these pages, and I bade goodby
to gloom—bade goodby to gloom when
it was yet to become blacker than ever.
I remember it ai thoofh it war* but
hak fwtiiiWr rwaiiniw
mi
LI, W1.1W W-
•&
scrawled,
nominated as yon loove the
ofhce-"
I write 110 more. Itistrnol
115 —1 havo 80011
her'
80en the
woman wliom 1 havo been bidden to
kill—to kill bocimso her father has of
fended a bloodthirsty clique. It was at
the opera. I was sent so that I might
know her and rcmomber her. Can I ever
forget her? My stall was closo to her
box. I havo seen the lovoliest woman
she Doticod
it. She blnshed, and yet looked kindly
upon me. She did not, could not, real
ize that she had been marked for slaugh
ter for her father's sins.
Oct 18.—I have met her, clasped her
hand, gazed into her eyes and told her
with mine that I adore her. I could al
most bless the evil minded gang who
made all things so smooth for me, who
gave me tho entree to her. Fools I They
do not know that I will give my life
willingly for her. But of what avail
will that bo? They will kill me first
and then choose anothor to murder her.
Astrea de Lanez 1 The sound itself is
music 1 I must warn her. I must save
her. Bat how
Oct. 80.—It is all over. She is mine I
A month ago I knew her not, and to
day she has owned—owned with the
blushes of innocenco—that she loves
me, loves me, Josiah Marsden, one not
worthy of her lightest thought The
world is a dream.
Oct 81.—I have received another
note from the assassins, pinned on my
coverlet, as before. They call me "com
rade" now, but show impatience and
say I must earn admittance within the
next 14 days—kill her and earn admit
tance.
Nov. 2.—It has been a terrible day.
I have told her everything, told her
my history, and wo have considered
what to do. She trusts me. She will
?[uit
Paris suddenly, leaving it to me to
ollow when I can without drawing
those fiends upon her, and we shall be
married. I have seen her father. He
consents.
lit* jm
looking over me as 1 wrote, Tier arm
upon my shoulder. had nothing more
to write then. Every day would havo
been tho same, all happiness, and that
read* so feeble wben net down in black
and white. Misery becomes intensihud.
Tho writing makes it colder and harder.
Then Astray was born. I loved him
then, perhaps becauso she did. Now I
havo no Jove for any one, only for the*
past My heart is filled with hatred—a
hatred deep and bitter, that will keep
mo alive until It is satisfied. Here at
Tho Grange we wero happy and wanted
nothing moro.
Business called mo again to Paris. If
I did not go, I would lose a fortune. I
remember now how Bhe clung to me
and beggod mo to let it pass, but man
is human, after all, and human nature
says, "Get money," and I wont—went
and was discovered. I knew it I saw
tho man start. He spoke to me. I recog
nized his voioe and he mino. I was back
in tho past, and the past was alive
again.
I dared not go back to America, but
went to London, shadowed every step
of tho way. Tho past ever with me,
alive again. Then I wrote to her. Her
first thoughts were for her boy, not for
herself, not for me. I write it because
I know it Perhaps I am jealous of my
own son. Well, I'm getting hard and
cold now. What if I am She sent him
to a place of safety, parted with him,
a little mite who could scarcely speak,
in case the evil minded gang should do
him injury. She staid at The Grange—
Btuid there because I commanded it. be
cause I said that no one knew we were
married and the time would come when
the gang would tire of watching me,
and finally I very stealthily prepared to
join her in Norcombe.
No stranger she wrote me had ap
peared in Norcombe. I grew confident
again. What I had thought was shad
owing I told myself was imagination.
I grew careless, and then—I write it
firmly—then I murdered her, I mur
dered her!
Throwing aside all thought, I paid a
flying visit to America and saw her in
Norcombe—saw her for the last time.
I went again, arrived to find the
house deserted, only a lying telegram
of yesterday upon the table:
Gome to Chicago by the 10 o'clock train.
JOBIAH.
She had gone, and that is ten years
ago. Ten years I have spent in search
ing—searching in vain—and I have
come home now to await the end.
The boy, my boy, I have brought to
The Grange—brought him here five
years ago—and now I live for him only.
[Again there was a blank page in the
diary.]
The Grange, June, 1804.—I am
calmer than I have been for years. 1
am revenged—a life for a life. I set out
for Paris, not thiB time to hunt for her,
but to demand the Scriptural forfeit, a
life for a life. I gloat over it, only I'm
mad now. They call me Mad Marsden
in the village and shrink as I pass.
How they'd shrink if they knew all! I
have killed him, murdered him, stabbed
him! It wasn't wrong. "A life for a
life"—there'smy excuse, the excuse 1*11
shriek to my judges a command—a
command from the Scriptures, "A life
for a life." He and his gang killed her,
and I am revenged. He was getting old,
and so am I. Wo were both young
when we first met, and now he is dead
—dead by my own hand. He shrank
back when first we met. He saw his
doom in my eye. He could use the
knife, and so could I. I think I laughed
as I felt that blade go straight to its
mark. I suppose I am mad, but I'm re
venged.
To Paris and back in a month. What
luck to have met him as I did! More
than a year ago since Astray left—left
because I would tell him nothing of the
past He was always asking what mys
tery there was about his life, always
flying into a passion because I would
not tell him all. I was a fool to let him
know there even was a mystery, and
he's a fool not to see in my every action
I try to guard his life. I should like to
see him once more—see him and tell
him he can marry the girl he wants to.
I've been hard and cold ever since the
day my wife was lured away. I've op
pressed every one till I'm hated by all.
They don't think old Marsden was ever
young.
Jan. 11, 1806.—Astray has been and
gone. He came back after two years to
be good friends, and we have quarreled
again.
He has gone—gone for good, I sup
pose, this time. He did not plead as he
used, but stood above me and demanded
to know who be was and who his par
ents were. He little knew he spoke to
his own father, and I would not tell
him—why I know not, but after my
death he will know all. The ivory
queen, as I have told him all his life,
will reveal the secret. The ivory queen
he has sworn he will not touch until I
am in my grave. Why don't I tell him
all? Because I'm mad perhaps—per
haps because I cannot bear another,
even my own son, to share my misery.
If he knew, his soul would go out in
pity to his mother. I am mad, for I
should be jealous eveu of that But,
no I feel softer. Abetter light breaks
in upon me after these years of misery.
I understand now why I have kept this
secret, why I will keep it to my grave
and past the grave to eternity. I might
have found sympathy in my son years
ago if I had obeyed the promptings of
my heart, but for his sake I have kept
it to myself. He shall never know. Let
him live his life happily with the girl
he has chosen. Tonight I bury the past
tomorrow I will begin afresh. I have
yearned to recognize him as my son all
these years. Tomorrow the parchment
in the ivory queen shall be destroyed,
and I will tell him his mother died, in
vent some story why I could not recog
nize him before, and all will be well.
Tonight I bid my book goodby for
ever. I dare not read its pages. Let
them die. Tonight I place it whero it
has been hidden for years—place it
there and forget it
Tomorrow I shall awaken in a new
Ufa Astray, my son, and his wife that
is to be shall brighten the last years of
my life. I feel happier and brighter in
the thought of what will be. Goodby
to the past, to my diary and its horrors,
goodby to thoughts of hatred and death.
Let me think of her with softer mem
ories of how she lived. For Astray's
sake I want to live now—I want to live!
The Clark farm, consisting of
J. M.
And there the diary ended.
CHAPTER IX.
HERBERT DARRENT VISITS PARIS.
Three days had passed since Darrent
had pored over the secret pages of Josiah
Marsden's diary. He had spent the time
in working back upon his clews, trying
to find a different set of circumstances
to fit into tho story of the diary, and
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sensational novel
Ho had had a lengthy interview with
the authorities, but they had not been
overcome with the idea of any miscar
riage of justice having taken place and
had asked if every morsel of evidence
had not pointed to tho guilt of Astray
Marsden. The cuso had been so evident,
so obvious, and yet improbable as it
read there might perhaps be some truth
in the diary. Justice did not seek a
victim, but wanted the guilty man. If
he were not Astray Marsden, then Dar
rent had permission to use the short
time at his disposal to find the-man,
and justice would be satisfied. To Dar
rent, who now earnestly believed the
innocence of Astray Marsden, it was a
fight between himself and tho law. He
had obtained the necessary permission
to see Astray whenever he chose to do
so and now sat watching him as he read
the pages of Marsden'a diary. Astray
finished his readiug and laid the diary
down with a sigh.
[GOK1IMJED.]
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Something NEW IN
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CASES,
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Cases. Just what
bo
bring about Astray Marsden's release.
That he was innocent now he felt as
sured. And yet would the law accept
the diary as a complete refutation on
Astray's behalf of the crime for which
he was now condemned to death? It
seemed to Darrent so wild, so out of
place in this nineteenth century, that a
man should be dogged all over Europe,
followed to America and practically
hunted to death by a secret society of
which he knew nothing, so out of place
in life, only suited for the pages of a
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nature on Arbuckles' Roasted
CoffM Wrapper, which you are
to cut out and ttnd to us as a
The Chicago, Milwaukee© & St. Paul Railway
will sell homeseekers excursion tickets at ono
fare plus two dollars for the round trip Novem
ber 7th and 22nd and December 5th and I7tli,
You never know what form of blood
poison will follow constipation. Keep
the liver clean by using De Witt's Little
Early Risers and you will avoid trouble.
They are famous little pills for consti
pation and liver and bowel troubles.
H. 0. Smith.
YOU ARE A DEHUCRAT.
and, of course you waut a democratic uuws
paper, the Chicago Dispatch Is the groat demo
cratic newspaper of the country. It advocates
the readoptlon of the Chicago platform ami the
renominaUon of William Jennings Bryan.
There has never been a political campaign
that will equal in Importance that of the ono to
be fought next year* The Republican party,
backed by the money power of this country
and Rurope. Is alsrt and aggressive. Flushed
with the victory of three years agu it will seek
by every means In its power to mantaln Its su
premacy.
Democrats must be up and doing. They must
wage an unceasing war upon their enemies In
ub better and more effective way can this be
done than by the circulation or good, souud
democratic newspapers. The publisher of the
Chicago Dispatch will send a copy of the Chi
cago Dispatch from now until Jan. 1st.
No othsr part of the Coflee
Wrapper mil be accepted as r.
voucher, nor will this Picture be &
accepted as tuch. 801TB OF OPB 8IQKATUBES ABE PRINTED ON BED BACKGROUND.
looi,
Chicago, 111.
We will furnish the Chicago ]lsiatoli and the
Democrat one year for$t.85. Apply to Mauches
ter Democrat. 44tf
LaGrippe, with its after effects, an
nually destroys thousands of people.
It may be quickly cured by One Minute
Cough Cure, the only remedy that pro
duces immediate results in coughs,
colds,
croup, bronchitis, pneumonia and
throat and lung troubles. It will pre
vent consumption.—H. C. Smith.
Personally Conducted Tours to Cali
fornia in Pullman Tourist Sleep
ing Oars.
via the Chicago Great WeBtern to
Kansas City and the Santa Fe Route to
Los Angeles and Southern California.
The true winter route avoiding cold
weather and enow blockades. Com
mencing Monday, October 23rd, and on
every Monday following, one of these
new Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars
will leave Oelwein, at 2:65 p. m. via the
Chicago Qreat Western for Lob Angeles
and Southern California via Kansas
City, and reaching Los Angeles the
following Friday morning, thus avoid
ing all Sunday travel. These tours
are personally conducted by an experi
enced railway official, who accompanies
the train to its destination. The care
ara well equipped for a long journey
and are as comfortable as the Pullman
Sleepers, while the price is only ©fi.00
for a double berth, less than half the
price in the Standard Sleepers. For
full information inquire of any Chicago
Great Western Agent, or address H.
Lord, General Passenger & Ticket
Agent, 113 Adams St. Chicago.42wll
The New Blacksmith
oil South Franklin Street, does
HORSESHOING and GEN
ERAL Repair VVoik, guar
anteeing satisfaction. Experi
enced workmen.
HARRISON & SMITH
•{L S.
Arbuckles' Coffee
ordering
to
»ure to
itate tho
color desired
no tatuplci
given out
No.54. APalrofWindowCurtains.
a
No. B3. A Dress Pa'tern. I
Kooatod
Coffee.
Each Cur
wide two and
three-quarter
yarda lone
Sont post­
paid on re
oeipt of
cent post
age stamp
ana 65 sis
natures cut
from wrap
pers of Ar
buckles'
Roasted Cof-
No. OO. Lady's Bolt. No. 6 Man's
style, grain leather tan color 1}»
In. wide, nickel plated huckle. Ik-its arc
following sizes only, give site In iucbus
when ordering, from to 26 In. ft cm 27
to S2 In. from 33 to 36 In. Sent pout
paid on rcceipt of a 'Z cent
puku
age stamp and 20 nisaattire* cut
from thswrspperaot Arbucklus' Roasted
Coffee.
No. 63. A Butcher's Knife.
Six Inch blade, hard wood handle, eol materials and well finished. Aotir
post-paid on receipt of 3 cent poitinxe stamp and 30 signature"
cut from wrappers of Arbuckles* ito&ated Cctfre.
No. 64. A Kitchen Knife.
Will cot bread, slice ham nnd saw tlie^booe. Serviceable, and should be In
No. 70
A Porcelain Clock.
Imported porcelain frame, beautifully de
coraieu. Movement made by New ITaven
Clock Co., guaranteed by them tv pood time
keeper, ft iuchos htgli, same wiiitli. Seut
by express* charges prepaid by us, on
rcceipt of 3 cent poMtuao stnmp nnd
113 signatures cut from wrappers of
Art)uc.iles' lloustcd (offee. When ordering
.au your newest K-presa Otilce us well as
your Pust Offlcti.
AddrMS all eonmunloaiions to ARBUCKLE BROS., NOTION DEPT., NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.
Homeseekers' Excursions Via B. 0. R,
& N. By., Nov. 7 and 21, Deo. 6,
and 19.
On these dates Homeseekers' tickets,
good 21 days from date of sale, will be
sold to all points on this line in Iowa,
Minnesota and South Dakota, north of
and includiug Shell liock and Abbott
Crossing and to Waverly at rate of a
single fare plus two dollars for the
round trip. Also these tickets will be
sold to large numbers of cities and
towns in Northern, WeBtern and South
ern states. For further information
call on B., C. R, & N. agents or address
JNO. G. Fabmisk, A. (J. P. & T. A.
44-7 Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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S Five Dollars ($5.00) permonth thereafter.
S A reduction of 10 per cent. Is granted by
S paving c«sh within 30 days after the receipt
$ of the work.
ANDERS & PHILIPPj
Manchester, low*.
Coffee Quality is Compared.
No. 86
Six Hand kerchieft.
12 vnrrln
Pnnteii Or
gandie. 29
tnehos
wide, 6 col
ors to select
irorn. Pink.
Blut Bluett.
Pearl and
Nile Green.
Mnt post
paid on
rccvipt of
'i cent
pounce
mmnii nnd
lOOatcnn*
turns cut
irom wrap
pers of
Arbuckles'
knnmnmiMiiiMJ
Six Ladles' Poeket Haadksr
obiufft. hemstitched, colored bord
«rff,aizeUxl3inohss. Sentpast
paid on receipt of 3 cent
postage stamp and SO sig
natures cot from wrappers of
Arbackies' Roasted Coffee.
"58. A Pair of Shears
Of the h' r. ri--.m 8 inches long. Sent post-paid
on ri'ceitot O .-oat pohtace stamp and 15 signature*
cut from -vrapiwiu of Arbuckka' Roasted
rcceipt of
Roasted Coffee.
Beiu
Grain leather, tan color, nlckel-plattfl
buckle and rings. When ordering g«v»
size of waist in inches. Belts run from
to 42 inches In length. Sent j»os -p"
on rcceipt of
'2 cent poxtutf
80 Acre.
Farm adjoining this city for sale, Terms easy
Inquire of Bronson & Garb. tf
Notice—Life insurance companies will reduce
tbe rate 39 per cent to all whoagree to use Kocky
Mountain Tea. A wise measure.
35
No. 58
Pour Handkerchief*.
CoflHe.
No. 5 3. Razor made by J. R. Torrey..
and 40 signatures cut fri wrappers Arhuckta' Roasted Coffee. When ordering name your nearest Express
of Arbuckles' Roasted Coffee. rvoll as your Pott Offlct. 4
No. 65
A Lady's Pen Knife.
Has two finely finished blades,
Jlandle beautifully variegated
In Imitation of onyx. Sent
poat-pnld on receipt ef 3
',4k
rfnI
every kitchen. Sent post-paid on receipt of 3 cent postage stump nnd signatures cut from wrapper!
14 signatures cut from wrftp|*ni of Arbuckles' Roasted Coffee. ot Arbuckles' Roasted fftfPtt.
cents.—
Smith's Pharmacy and Gregg & Ward.
"I had dyspepsia fifty-seven years and
never found permanent relief till I used
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Now I am
well and feel like a new man/' writes
S. J. Fleming, Murray, Neb. It is the
best digestant known. Cures all forms
of indigestion. Physicians everywhere
prescribe It.—H. C. Smith.
COTSWOLDS.
Flock beaded by IMPORT
ED BAMS. A nice lot of
breeding ewes and a dozen
ram lambs FOB SALE.
Eight hundred head to se
lect from.
W. J. STRAIN & SONS,
Masonville,FIa.
This
Store
of
ours
isn't a
rich
man's
store
Fonr Gen
tlemen's
Handker
ohitfs,
banutitch»
eda colored
borders,
•iie lfettx
IBM inches.
Sent
post*
paid on
receipt of
3 cent
postage
stamp and
20 sig
natures
oat from
wrapper* of
Arbaekloa'
Roasted
Coffee.
The J. R. Torrey Rator tl
known as the best made in the United
Btstss. The printed guarantee
of the manufac
turer goes with each rasor. Sent post-paid on
cent postnge sintap and 38 signatures cut from wrappers of Arbucklse'
No. 62. A Carving Knife and Pork.
A first-class set, mounted with genuine buck-horn handles.' Knife blads
iuches -g. Sent by exprcssi charges prepaid, on receipt of
cent «*tage stamp and 90 signatures cut from wrappers of
No. 67., Picture Frame.:
stamp and 90
No. 69. A Centieman's Watch.
The Now Bavcn"l3 a watch uf the ordinary else. Stem
wind and stem sfct, dust proof, nickel-plated case, solid back.
Quick beat movement, highly polished steel pinions. Modeled
after a standard watch, reliable time-keeper. The printed mar
tee of the maker accompanies each watch. Sent post-paid
oa receipt ofti cent postage stamp and 00 signatures
cut from wrappers of Arbuckles' Roasted Coffee.
Csblnetelie, brass,
sllverplated. Seat
post-paid on re
ceipt of I cent
postage stamp
and 13 signa
tures cut fron
wrappers of Ar
buckles' Routed
Cofffee.
No. 71.
Enameled Alarm Oloek.
Highest standard of Alarm Clock.
Seamless frame, orno mental hands,
French pattern and second baud.
Will run thirty hours with one wind
ing. Sent by express, charges
prepnid, on receipt of 3 cent
postage stamp and 80 signa
tures cut from wrsppers of Ar
buckles' Roasted Coffee. When or
dering name your nearest Express
Office and your Post Office as well.
This represents one page of a List wblob la found Id eaob
pound package of Arbuoklee' Roaated Coffee, and with each
package Id which tbe List ta fonnd the puroboaer has bought
a definite part of tome article to be selected by him or her
from the List, snhfeetonly to the condition that the signature
on the paekage is to be out oat and returned to AroncUle Dros.
as a voucher, In accordance with the directions printed In
connection with each Item Uluatrated and described In the LiaW
Thla List wUl be kept feed osly till May 31,1000. Another
page of thia List wfll appear la this paper shortly.
Chicago
News Stand
Agent for all periodicals.
Any newspaper or maga
zine published can be se
cured if desired.
Also a complete and fresh
line of confectionery, cigars
and tobaccos.
N. P. Malvin,
Proprietor.
DOUGLASS, the Photo
graphr.
Goto Douglass
For FINE PICTURES.
Renr
*?ar
HutchinsoE
Breeder of Thoroughbred
Shorthorn Cattle.
JOSEPH HUTCHINSON
Hftsohes ter,Iowa
It's a store for everybody. It's a
a place where the poor man's dollar
will buy the biggest one hundred
cent's worth he ever saw and where
the stylish man's money will pur
chase the latest styles. Needn't take
our word for it. Look around and con
vince yourself.
^5- "Jr
New Fall Hats
are here In the greatest variety.
L. R. Stout,
Postofflce Bl'k., Franklin St,
Largest stock of clothing be- '5 isa'
tween Dubuque and Waterloo
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