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HE FARM
IN-
THE HILLS
BY FLORENCE
nospitlum ana aisaptrettrw into what
.was now aloft over the cowhouse.
Without moment's hesitation Mas
ton ran up the ladder In pursuit, burst
open the door of the loft and found
himself face to face at last with Ooch
Tal.
There was enough light left for blm
to see the peasant's face as be stood
just Inside the doorway. It was Unsh
ed, lowering, desperate. The moment
he saw that bis pursuer had set foot
In the loft he passed him quickly, un
fastened the ladder and flung It ont up
on the ground.
Then he folded his arms and stood
towering over the other man In an atti
tude of sullen defiance.
And Masson saw that In one hand
he held the open clasp knife with which
be had cut the cords which held the
ladder In Its place.
Masson drew back a step. Be saw
that he was caught in a trap.
CHAPTER XI.
coon TAL'B STOBT.
In the first moment of surprise and
alarm, on finding himself thus Im
prisoned by the man whose antago
nism he had so much reason to dread,
Beglnald Masson instinctively glanced
round him for some available weapon
of .defense.
The loft In which they both stood
was long and wide and very ban, the
sough stone walls being much In the
same state as in the time of the
monks' occupation, and the roof being
of the rudest and most primitive sort.
In one corner was a small bedstead.
In another was an Iron washatand.
This yas all the furniture which could
be distinguished from mere lumber.
But as Masson looked, the sotting
sun, which had been obscured by
heavy snow clouds, struggled through
the mist ana shining in through the
small west window of the loft threw
Into strong relief the face and figure
of the angry and menacing Coch Tal.
For the first time the doctor was able
to see him perfectly, and as his eyes
net those of the mduntalneer his fears
died away.
For this wild son of the hills was no
dull, brntish creature, such as be had
ntpected to see. True It was that the
animal was strong In him, betrayed in
heavy jaw and full lipped mouth true
that the expression of bis face at that
moment was fierce, threatening. But
to his blue eyes there was light, there
was fire they looked out upon the
world with a steady, open gase, the
so It seemed to Masson, of an
All the fear of the savage mountain
eer which he might have momentarily
felt melted away at once as be looked
at him and recognized the charm
which this rugged face must have had
for his 111 fated brother. It was strange
that this very first look be was able to
give straight into the eyes of the man
he had longed so ardently to meet
gave him his first doubt as to the
man's guilt.
"I am glad to meet you," ha said at
last, after a pause, during which they
had stood steadily measuring each
Other, eye to eye.
Ooch Tal never moved.
"Well," said he sullenly, "and what
have you to say?"
He spoke in a rough voice, with a
strong WelBh accent, but his tones
had In them something of the strange
charm of his look and manner. His
defiance seemed manly, not coarsely
aggressive, and his eyes still looked
out Bteaaily as an honest man's should.
There was another short pause.
"I want," said Masson at last, "to
know all you have to tell about my
brother."
Coch Tal frowned.
"You have heard," said he shortly,
"from Tregaron all there Is to telL"
"Not all," returned Masson firmly, In
a tone which showed that he did not
mean to be put off. "I have heard his
version, but I want to know yours.
You accompanied him from Trecoed
as his guide, remember that"
At this reminder Coch Tal's face
Unshed, and be turned angrily upon his
questioner.
"What can a guide do when a man
chooses to go his own way?" asked be
Iftey ttood steadily measuring each
other,
eve
to eye.
shortly. "And foi' the matter of that
you have no way of proving I was his
guide, only my own word. He left
7T»ecoed before me."
I "But you own you caught him up
land came on with him?"
Ooch Tal nodded.
"Yes, I do own that I came on with
him, up into the valley, and there he
left me."
"He came up here to see the ruins.
You know that"
Ooch Tal stared at him with the
Wme steady, defiant gaze.
"Did he? Tregaron must have told
|rou that He didn't come up with
'What do you mean? You must
'jhave known he came? You must have
talked the matter over with Mr. Tre
garon 1"
Hnni.t
"What does it matter to you what 1
talked about to Tregaron?" retorted
'£)och Tal sullenly. "A man's words In
private are his own, as much as his
thoughts are. All you can ask about Is
what I did and what he did while he
was with me. And that I'm ready to
tell you."
Still, in spite of his sullenly defiant
attitude, of his rough and aggressive
tone, Masson felt an instinctive liking
to. the man. It
waB
all based upon
what he saw, upon something indefi
nite In the mountaineer's personality
which fascinated and charmed htm.
tnaa whom fa* bad
A tantai
KTftJ
A TALE
OF
Copyright, 1899, by Florence Warden.
MYSTERY. ii
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WARDEN.
wuurn a giuny rfrcret mtist be wrung
at all costs, now oxercised over blm,
In spite of tils doubts, a mysterious
charm.
For a few seconds tlu\v stood again
eye to c\vi\ each examining attentively
the face of the other.
"Very wr-11. then," said Masson
As there was a pause, Masson asked:
"And under what circumstances did
he leave you?"
Instead of replying straightforward
ly and at once, as, in spite of himself,
Masson had begun to hope that he
would do, Ooch Tal for the first time
looked at him askance, and, turning a
Uttle to the left, allowed his profile
only to be seen.
"He wanted to climb where I told
him there was no safe footing," he
answered at last. In a slightly evasive
tone.
And then he stopped.
"Well, you reasoned with" him, of
oourse? And, of course, he would trust
to your experience and take your ad
•Ice?"
'•No, he wouldn't," retorted Coch
Tal roughly, and turning to face his
questioner again. "If he had, he'd
have been alive this day!"
An exclamation of horror burst from
Masson's Hps as he sprang forward
and, regardless of the mountaineer's
superior stature and of the open knife
In his hand, seised him by the throat
"Allvet He would have been alive!
Then he Is dead! You know HI And
you know how he died! You saw blm
die!"
AB
the young doctor blurted out
these short sentences, In a low, throb
bing voice that seemed to come
straight from his heart, the other man
turned a curious purplish white and
seemed for the moment to be stunned
by this fierce and unexpected attack.
At last, however, he made a sudden
effort, drew along breath and wrench
ed himself out of the grasp of his com
panion, who, however, returned to the
attack.
Then Coch Tal raised his right hand.
In which was the knife he had been
holding. And with his left hand he
made an Imperious gesture of warning.
"Don't touch me," said he hoarsely.
"Don't touch mo, if you're a wise man!
You can squeeze lies out of a man, but
the truth don't come out like thatl"
Masson stepped back and staggered,
though he was not conscious of the
fact
"The truth!" gasped he, "the truth!
What Is the truth?"
To which Coch Tal answered, with
solemn earnestness, as he dropped the
hand which held the knife and raised
the other higher In the air:
"That, sir, neither you nor me will
ever know while the breath remains In
our bodies."
His earnestness made so great an
Impression upon Masson, excited as
the latter was, that he made no imme
diate retort or inquiry. But after a
tew moments of uncanny silence be
said, in a low voice:
"Can you expect me to be content
with that? You have told me nothing,
nothing. But yon know more."
"Not much more," retorted Ooch Tal
grimly. "But I can make a guess.
And if you'll come with me, you'll be
able to do as much yourself. Your
brother, as you may say he was—the
clergyman—left me In the valley to
climb up this hill by a way I told hlin
was not safe. I never saw him again."
"But Mr. Tregaron saw him after
that?"
"So he says. But I know nothing of
that I can only tell you what I
know, what I saw," retorted Coch Tal
stubbornly.
There was always behind the man's
strangely honest and reassuring man
ner this suspicious, undoubted reti
cence.
"And that was the last you did see
of my brother—dead or alive?"
"That was the last I saw of him,
dead or alive*"
"Yet you took it for granted be was
dead! How was that?"
The man was silent
"Had yon any reason to suspect foul
play?"
"No more than when a man who
cant swim throws himself Into the sea
where lfs ten fathoms deem" re
sponded Coch Tal grimly.
"You mean that when he left you,
you never expected to see him alive
again 7"
"I may say 1 do mean that—aye, I
may say that, sir."
There was a terrible pause.
"In fact, you gave him up for dead
when, In spite of all your warnings, he
persisted In having his own way and
In going up In spite of you?"
"Aye, I may say that"
"Yet, when you missed him, wnen he
never came back, you did not even look
for his body?"
After a moment's silence Ooch Tal
uttered a short laugh.
"1 don't think, sir, as you quite un
derstand," Bald he in a grave tone.
"This place isn't London, and the
mountain ways aren't quite the same
as your paved streets. Come with me."
Although the ladder by which they
had both ascended Into the loft had
been thrown down, there was another
way out. Coch Tal pulled a piece of
tarpaulin away from a square hole In
one corner of the floor and revealed
another ladder, more rickety than the
outer one, by which he proceeded to
descend Into the cowhouse below.
Masson followed. The beasts, whose
had been strain
Ml tkrtoft
tzren went on chewing the'etid at tneir
stalls.
When they got out in the open air,
the sun was RO ucar ills setting that
only a few red rays came struggling
through the nills, dimmed by the gath
ering clouds. Coch Tal glanced up
and pointed with his thumb.
"There'll be more snow before morn
ing," said he.
Then he led the way among more
fragments of the ruined buildings, to
a bit of smoother ground beyond,
at
last, noting oven as he uttered the
words the chauge which had come Jnto
his own tones. "Tell me Just what
happened while you were together."
"In the first place," said Ooch Ttal,
"I caught up with him about a mile
from Trecoed on this side, making for
the hills here."
"He had engaged you beforehand,"
Interrupted Masson. The man gave
him a quick, Inquiring glance. "Oh,
I know that, for he wrote to tell me
80."
A slight frown crossed the face of
Coch Tal, who was silent a moment, as
be apparently tried to fit in this state
ment with the facts in his possession
and to consider It from the point of
view of his own advantage. At last
he said abruptly:
**0h, he wrote that, did he? And
what else did he write?"
"Not much more, beyond saying that
you were to see him safe through the
hills safe, mind!"
"I saw him safe as far as I saw him
St all," retorted Coch Tal sullenly.
/MB|
Coeh Tal proceeded to descend tmto th*
cowhoiise b€lo\v.
which sloped gently upward. It was
all one undulating white sheet, untrod
den by any footsteps but their own.
Maseon had begun to speak, asking
some further questions about his
brother, when Ooch Tal, who was now
walking by his side, called out In a
warning voice:
Take care, sir."
And then Masson turned sick and al
most giddy, as he fell back a step.
For not many Inches from his feet he
suddenly perceived a narrow chasm,
not more than five or six feet across at
the top, but some 60 or 60 feet deep. It
was hollowed out and half choked
with snow. And at the bottom, foam
ing and swirling among sharp pointed
green and gray rocks, ran a mountain
stream, milk white with froth and
foam.
"Here's one place," went on Coch
Tal energetically, "wliero a stranger
might come by his death without a mo
ment's warning. And I can show you
a dozen such. There's been four men
lost In these hills since I've lived here,
that's seven years. And only one of
them's ever been found. And if you
want to know where they're lying you
must dredge Llyn Foel. And that's bot
tomless, so they say!"
And, grimly shrugging his shoulders,
Coch Tal turned away, and Masson,
shuddering with ugly fears, followed
him.
CHAPTER XII.
"A VISION OP DEATH.*
The sight of the chasm, sprung upon
his vision so unexpectedly, had had so
great an effect upon Masson that at
first ho was inclined to take the view
suggested by Coch Tal and to believe,
that his brother had met with his
death in some rash exploration, under
taken at his own risk and against the
advice of his guide.
Granville, though frail of physique,
had been stubborn of purpose, difficult
to advise or to lead. But then, on the
other hand, there had never been in
his character any taste for wild or rash
adventure he, In his delicate state of
health, was the last person who could
have been expected to lose his life in a
mad attempt to climb to an Inaccessi
ble rock or to dash forward with such
precipitancy as to lose sight of the
fact that a chasm lay across his pro
posed path.
Besides, the farmer had said dis
tinctly that Granville had come up to
explore the ruins, and then that Mer
rick had "set him on his way."
He turned at this point in his
thoughts abruptly to Coch Tal.
"So, when you Baw him attempt to
climb a path you knew to be unsafe,
you went on your way and never tried
to find out how he fared?"
Ooch Tal frowned uneasily and again
looked at his questioner askance.
"I was only a paid guide and was
dismissed when he sent me away, sir,"
said he.
"And you didn't watch him as he
went?"
"I did. I watched him out of sight.
And then he was safe, safe, I tell you."
"And can you show me the way by
which he went?"
"I could, I can—as soon as the snow's
cleared away."
"And this was after be had been up
to explore the ruins?"
Coch Tal hesitated.
"I suppose it was," he said at last.
Maseon did not question him again.
He saw that It was useless to hope to
get at the truth among these people,
who told him different and Inconsist
ent stories, who evaded inquiries
which they did not choose to answer,
whoso one object In speaking seemed
to be to throw a mist of doubt and un
certainty about every fact. Before
such a determination to hide the truth
as ht seemed to feel everywhere
around him he felt that he was power
less.
They had reached the back of the
farmhouse before either of them spoke
again.
Then Masson saw Coch Tal glance
up at the drawn curtains of Gwyn's
sickroom.
"I must go up stairs now," said the
doctor, "and see how my patient Is."
"She's better, they tell me," said he
shortly.
"Yes, she has had some sleep," an
swered the doctor.
He entered the house and Coch Tal
followed, with the Bame sullen and
menacing manner. JuBt as the doctor
reached the foot of the stairs Coch Tal
apnifft again:
To be continued.
What do the Children Drink
Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAIN-O? It Is delicious and nourish
ing and takes the place of coffee. The
more Grain-0 you
give the children the
more health you
distribute through their
systems, urain-0 1b made of pure
grains, and when properly prepared
tastes like the ohoice grades of coffee
In the District Conrt of Town, In nnd for Dela*
ware County. February Term, A. 1).
ERWIN E. MCCI.OUD.1
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and Jonx KIKIJ.Y,
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PlR,nl,ffs* loRIOlNAL NOTICI!
PKTElt GONSOLKY,
OT
al. defendants,
To Peter Gonsoley, Mrs, Peter Gousoluy. Pet
er 0. Gardner, Maroa K. Gardner. Joseph W.
Taft, Dexter S. Sergeant, Amelia K. Sergeant,
diaries Brady, Benjamin F. Ellsworth, Mrs.
Benjamin F. Ellsworth, John Blgelow, Mrs.
John Blgelow, W. C, Beach, George w. Palmer,
D. M. Brown, Peter S. Johnson, Mrs Peter 8.
Johnson, W. J. Millet. Elmer Millet, Maria
Olemans, Rufus Millet, Anthony Kellar, John
Mackenzie. Mrs. E. H. Stearns. Alexander W.
Stearns, Samuel A. Thompson, Mary A.
Thomp­
son. Joseph P. Slack, Henry H. Folsom. Lorenzo
Sergeant, Henry Thompson, Henry F. Bond,
Samuel 8' Piantz,Mrs. SamuelS. Piantz, Thom
as Maxwell, Mrs* Thomas Maxwell, Daniel
Leonard, Sarah A. Leonard, Samuel Mathers,
Mrs. Samuel Mathers, John Smith. Mary Luck
enblll, Ezra Luckenblll, Elizabeth Grapes. Sim
on Luckenblll, Mrs. George Detrlck, Matilda
White, Fred Luckenblll, Charles Barr, Mrs.
Charles Barr. Edmund Fuller, Edmund Fuller,
jr., Thomas Rogers, Thomas Rogers, jr. Mich
ael Slattory, Mrs. Michael flattery. Alblthea
Richardson, Chajles Schultz, Fred Schulrz, J.
Frank Bruce, Alice I. Loban, J. Arthur Bruce,
Preston T. Bruce, Carrie P. Strong. Alma Bruce.
Ernest L. Bntce, Gottfred Donatn, Mrs. Gott
fred Donath, Samuel Webster, John A. Cooley.
George Dean. Walter A. Blrkett. The unknown
claimants of tne southwest quarter (U) of the
northeast quarter (H) the east half (K) of the
southeast quarter (H) of the southwest quarter
(H) the southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter (M): the northwest quarter (k) of the
southwest quarter u] the nontti haifAo of the
southeast quarter the south half [KJ of the
utheastquartor [$4fof the northwost quarter
[fc] the northeast quarter of the southeast
quarter [K] of the southwost quarter [kl and
tne south half of the southwest quarter [Ml
of the northwest quarter [fc]
of section nine [91.
The southeast quarter [Vfc] of the southwest
quarter [Ml the
southwest quarter [ii] of the
southwest quarter Ifc] of the southwest quarter
the southwest quarter [Jf] of the south* ast
quarter [H] of section ten [IOJ the north three
of the northwest quarter (it of the
-it quarter f$43 of section fifteen U6].
Also a tract of land commencing at a point forty
NA1 AAB* A# A ...
.1. k.. ,t
[40] rods east ot the southwest corner of the
southwest quarter 1*1 of the northwest quarter
[Ml of said section fifteen [15], running thence
east to the southeast corner of said forty 1401
acres, thence north alone the forty acre line to
the Maquoketa river, thence northwest along
said river to the west line of the east half I 1 of
said forty aores to a point dlr?ctly north or the
placo of beginning, thence south to place
of beginning, except one acre in the
southeast corner thereof owned by Wlntaker.
Also commencing at the northeast corner of the
west quarter (X) of the southeast quarter Lfcl
of the southwest quarter [*4l of said section fif
teen [1M, running thence south 40 4-5 rods to the
center of highway, thence westerly along center
of highway to the west line of said ten aeres,
thence north to the northwest corner of said ten
acres, thence east to the place of beginning, all
being In said section fifteen. Also Ine south 4
91 of the north 21-40 of the southeast quarter [kl
of the northwest quarter [!*J the northeast
quarter Ifc) of the northeast quarter Ik] the
west half [41 of the southwest quarter LUl of
the northeast quarter [HI of the southwest quar
ter LKJ of section 16 tie], all being in township
ninety [90], north range six [01 west of the rth
P. M., In Delaware county. Iowa, and George H.
Dubolse, John Dubolse, S. V. Dubois©. Mary
French, A. Dubolse, Jane Commerford, Mrs.
Joseph W. Taft and Mrs, Charles Brady, de
fendants:
You and each or you are hereby notified that
there Is now on file In the office of the Clerk of
the District court of Delaware county, Iowa, the
Riat
etltlon of the above named plaintiffs, claiming
they are the absolute owners In fee of all
and each aud every parcet of the real estate
above described. Tnat they became such own
ers by purchase from LorUig R. Loomls and
wife, tnat said Lorlng R. Loomls and
Belle, his wife, on the 7th day of October, 1899,
made, executod and delivered to the plaintiffs
a warrantee deed of all of said real estate That,
said deed was filed for record In the Recorder's
office of said Delaware couuty on the 10th day of
October, 1890, and Is recorded In Book "43'r of
Deeds on page 473 in saU Recorder's office.
That said Lorlng R. Loomlfl obtained title by
several conveyances made to him and his grant
ors by sundry and divers persons, all being
shewn by the Abstract of the Title to said prem
ises attaohed to their petition herein, and made
a part thereof. That the plaintiffs and those
under whom they claim title to said premises
now are and for more than ten years preceding
the commencement of this action have been in
tte actual, undisputed, open, adverse, exclusive,
visible, and notorious possession of said prem
ises tinder color of title ana claim of right. That
the claimed Interest of said defendants and each
of them, Is shown by the Abstract of Title at
tached to and made a part of said petition.
That diligent SF-arch has been made and the
plaintiffs have been unable to learu whether the
said defendants, Peter Gonsoley, Mrs. Peter
Gonsoley, Peter G. Gardner, Maroa E. Gardner,
Joseph w. Taft, Mrs. Joseph W. Taft, Dexter
S. Sergeant. Amelia E. Sergeant, Benjamin F.
Ellsworth, Mrs. Benjamin F*. Ellsworth, John
Blgelow, Mrs. John Blgelow, W. C. Beach,
George W. Palmer. Peter S. Johnson, Mrs. Pet
er S. Johnson, Michael Slattery. Mrs. Michael
Slattery, Alblthea Richardson. Gottfred Donath.
Mrs. Gottfred Donath, Samuel Webster, George
Dean, Walter A. Blrkett. Thomas Maxwell, Mrs
Thomas Maxwell. Daulel Leonard, Sarah A.
Leonard, Samuel Mather, Mrs. Samuel Mathei
John Smith. Charles Barr, Mrs. Charles Barr.
Edmund Fuller, Edmund Fuller, jr., Anthi nv
Kellar, John Mackenzie, Samuel A. Thompson
Mary A. Thompson, Joseph P. Slack. Henry B
Folsom. Lorenzo Sergeant, Mrs Charles Brady.
Henry F. Bond, Samuel Piantz, Mrs. Samuel
S. Piantz, Charles Brady, or either of
them are now living. That the places
of residence or whereabouts of said
defendants, or either of them, or their heirs or
any of the heirs, of either of them or any of
them, are unknown to the plaintiffs, and that
thevcan not name or more particularly describe
said unknown defendants, aud the unknown
claimants of said real estate or parts thereof.
And the plaintiffs in their said petition asv
that tho mortgages on parts of said real estate
made to and In favor of the defendants, Charles
Brady, John Mackenlze, Samuel Webster, John
Rle
And was It conceivable that a guide
would warn a man that the path he
was taking was unsafe, and then
shrug his shoulders and leave hjm,
and then trouble himself no further as
to what had become of his companion?
laware County,
be decreed to have been paid In full and satis
fled. That the title of the plaintiffs In and to all
of the real estate described, and to every part
and parcel thereof, be established and confirm
ed against the adverse claims of the defendants
and each and every one of them, and
their heirs and aslsus, and the heirs and
aslgns of each or them, and against all
of the unknown claimants of said real estate or
any part thereof. That each and all of said de
fendants, their heirs and asigns, and the heirs
and assigns of each of them, and all unknown
defendants and all unknown claimants of said
real estate or any part orparts thereof and all per
sons claiming by, through or under
them, or any
of them be barred and- for ever estopped from
having or claiming any right, or title adverse to
the plaintiffs or either of them In and to said
remises, or any part or parcel thereof,
and that
tide to all of said real estate be quieted In
the plaintiffs, and for such other and further re
lief as may be deemed equitable In the premises.
And that unless you appear thereto and de
fend on or before noon of the second day of
the next February, 1900. term of said District
Court, of Delaware County,Iowa,to be begun and
holden at Manchester, In said County, on the
--31
ou and judgment 1
a
12th day of February, A. D. iOOO.defai
entered against you and judgment and decree
rendered as prayed In plaintiffs' petition.
Dated this 26tn day of December, A. D. 1890.
BRONSON & CARR,
Attys, for Plffs.
I. A. S. Blair, Judge of the District Court of
the Tenth Judicial District of Iowa, do hereby
approve of the foregoing Original Notice, ana
I do hereby order that the same be published in
the Manchester Democrat, a weekly newspaper
f61consecut!ve
iubllshed at Manchester, In said County, for six
weeks.
Dated this scth dav of December, A. D. 1690.
A. S. BLAEK.
Judge of the loth Judicial District of Iowa,
Notice of Appointment of Administrator
STATE OF IOWA,
DBLAWAHE COUNTY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the un
dersigned has been duly appointed and quali
fied as Administrator of the Estate of Katherlna
Lammers, late of Delaware County, deceased.
All persons indebted to said Estate are request
ed to make Immediate payment, and those hav,
log claims against the same will present them
duly authenticated, to the undersigned for allow
ance. HENRY LAMMERS.
Dated December 20th, 1B99. Administrator,
BRONSON
&
CARB, Attorneys for Estate.
52-8W.
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Aa
No. 51
Dining Room Table
Cloth.
Table Cloth, white with red bam
Blze 60 68 inches.
Sent postpaid on receipt of a cent
postage stamp and OO nicnattres
cut from wrappere of Arbuckles'
,, Roasted CoQee.
No. S2.
Lady's
Apron.
Fine quality
white lawn,
wide strings
and fancy lece
Insertion. Size
82 40 inches.
Sent post*
paid on ro*
celpt of two
cent post
s«e stamp
and 95 sl|.
natares cat
from wrap*
pera of Ar
buckles'
Boaatsd Cof-
No. B7.
A Pair of
Scissor*.
Made b? the beat
American tnaaa fao
tarers and well flash
ed, 6H Inches Isag.
Seat post-paid oa
reeelpt of 9 sent
postaco stamp aad
15 slcsattrti cat
from wrappers of
Arbucklei
a**
('i
1
No. ©•. AGontleman*s Pocket Knife.
I Two-bladed knife made of best
materials and finished In work
.. ..xi''...-'., manlike manner. Sent post
paid oa receipt of2 cent post
ace stamp and 40 signatures
cat from wrappers of Arbuckles'
YOU AKB A DEMOCRAT.
anil, of course jou want a democratic news*
paper, the Chicago Dispatch Is the great demo
cratic newspaper of the country. ft advocates
the readopllon of the Chicago platform and tlie
ronominatlon of William Jennings Bryan.
There has never been a political campaign
that will equal In Importance that of the ono to
befou|hluexkyear The Republican party.
by the money power of this country
We will furnish the Chicago Dispatch and the
Democrat one year for.li.86. Apply to Manches
ter Democrat. «tf
When you want
Fine Furniture
AT
Fair Prices
GO TO
Werkmeister's
AT
No other part ol the Coffee
Wrapper wll. be accepted as a
voucher, nor will this Picture be
accepted as such. SOME OF OCB 6I6KATPBEa ABE POINTED ON BED BACEQBOimn.
Flushed
and Europe. Is al9rt and aggressive.
with the victory of three years ago It will seek
by every meass In Its power to mantaln Its su
premacy.
Democrats must be up and doing. They must
wage an unceasing war upon their enemies. In
no better and more effective way can this be
done khan by the circulation or good, sound
democratic newspapers. The publisher of the
Chicago Dispatch will send a copy of the Chi
cago Dispatch from now until Jan. 1st. 1901. for
fifty cents.. If you are not already taking this
great political weekly, send In your subscription
at once. You should not onlv uo this yourself,
but should (nduoe your friends to join you. By
a little effort you can easily raise a club of ten
or twenty subscribers. An extra copy for club
of ten.
The Chicago Dispatch is indorsed by William
Jennings Bryan and other Democratic leader*.
Address The Chicago Dispatch,
120 and 122 Fifth Avenue,
.... Chicago, 111.
Earlville.
Undertaking Solicited.
F. WERKMEISTER,
Earlville, Iowa.
0. K.
BARBER
SHOP.
If you wish a first-class haircut,
shampoo, singe, sea-foam or
shave, give me a call. Prices, 10
and IS cents. Satisfaction guar
anteed why pay more.
None but FIRST-CLASS
WORKMEN employed.
PETER DRESS
PROPRIETOR.
"I
rnmrnatimtimM
Arbuckles' Coffee
Is the Standard of Coffee Excellence by whic': 1 Coffee Quality is Compared.
No. 53. A Dress Patter.
2 yards
Printed Or
gandle, 29
laches
wide, 0 co'
ors to selcLt
from. Ph
ordering.
be Mire
color desired
No aaiDi'lc*
will
and 65 sig
natures cut
from wrap
pers of Ar
buckles
Roasted Cof-
strle, grain leather tao color Hi
tn. wide, nickel plated buckle. Bulls are
following sizes only, pire size in inches
when ordering, from 22to2a In.: from 27
to t2 in. from 33 to 36 in. Seot post
paid on receipt of a 2 cent pom
ace stamp and 20 signature* out
from thswrappersot Arbuctcles' Roosted
No. 64. A Kitchen Knife.
Roasted Coffee.
No. 08. An X-L Revolver,
•igheet grade material aad
workmanship, 32 calibre, centra-fire
double actios. Sent by sxpress,
charges prepaid by us, oa reeelpt
of 9 cent postage stamp aad
150
slgnatares cut from wrappers of Ar
buckles' Roasted Coffee. When ordering
Kz press Office
as well as yoor Post Office.
Thlt It picture ot the sig
nature ea Arbuckles' Roasted
Gelee Wrapper, which you are
te cut eut and send to us at a
veachtr.
Will cot bread, slice bam and saw the bone. Serviceable, and should be In
poor nearest
taim* all ossMiunioatioss to ARBUCKLE BROS., NOTION DEPT., NEW YORK CITY,
HELL
DO WE HANDLE THEH?
Well, we should'ejaculate!
IS Kl NS
W. D.JlIoyt.
Well, We are busy now.
New Stock Firm
—OF—
Hoyt 6c Davis.
We have formed a co partnership for
the purchase and sale of hogs, at Man
chester, Iowa, and invite all persons in
this locality to give us a chance to bid
on their r.tock. We expect by fair deal
ing to secure a share of the business.
Hoyt & Davis.
ill
No. 66
Six Handkerchief.
Blue, Blm
Pearl anu
Nile Green. I
Sent
receipt of
2 ccr
»:ntnp nnd
MiiiiififiutiniiTiiiinij
lOOnjann*
lures cue
from wrap-
pera of
Arbiicklcs
Hoaati-d
Lotree.
be
No. 84. APairof Window Curtains.
Each Cur-
wide two and
three-quarter
yards long
Sent post
paid on re
ceipt of 2
cent post-
Six Ladioe* Pookti Handker
chiefs, hemstitched, colored bord*
ers,sizei2xl3incbes. Seat post
paid on receipt of cant
postage stamp and SO sift*
natures cut from wrsppsrs of
Arbncklea* Roasted Coffee.
A Pair of Shttra.
Of the host American make, 8 Inches loog. Sent post-paid
on receipt of 2 centpostnee stamp and 15 sliiataros
cut from wrappers of Arbuckles' Roasted Coflfcs.
Ho. eo. Lady's Belt. No. 61. Man's Belt. No. e. A Oarvlng Knife and PorluP
Grain leather, tan color, nickel-pJated
buckle and rings. When ordering give
size of waist in lnchoa. Belts run from 3-i
to 42 inches in length. Sent pont-pr.id
on rcceipt of2 cent po»mac Ntamp
nnd 20 signatures cut fr wrappers
of Arbuckles' Roasted Coffee.
A Butcher's Knife.
No. 63.
•Ix loch blade, hard wood handle, good muterlnls and well tlnished. *onr
Sift J.5"
yecof
*tpt nf 2 cent poMtnee ntninp and 20 signature*
cut from wrappers Arbuckles' Roasted Lutleo.
every kitchen. Scnt poHt-paid oii receipt of 'i cent poiitTge stuiiip nmi signatures cut from wrsppsn
1.4 euputtures cut from wrappers of Arbuckles' Roasted Coffee. cf Arbuckles' Roasted Coflhe.
No. OS
A Lady's Pen Knife.
I Tla* two finely finished K1a4—
Handle beautifully variegatsd
I in imitation of onyx. Seat
post-paid oa receipt of 9
u.
crnt potftane stamp and SO
No. 69.
A
Gentleman's Watoh.
The "New XIaven"ls a watch of the ordinary slaa.
wind and stem set, duet proof, nickel-plated case, *^"1 back.
Quick beat movement, highly polished Bteel pinions. Modsisd
after a standard wutch. reliable time-keeper. The printed guar
tre of the mak iu.-cump:u*iea each watch. Sent post-paid
on receipt of 2 cent postage stamp and 90 slgaataree
cut from wrapjera of Arbuckles' Roasted Coffes.
No. 70
A Porcelain Clock.
Imported jiorcelain frame, beautifully de
corated. Movement made by New Haven
Clock Co., guaranteed by them a Koei time
keeper, S inches hi^h, same width. Sent
by express* charges propuid by
UH.
tin
rcceipt of 2 rent pontagn stamp and
115 Nignatures cut frum wrap H*rs of
Arbuckles' Routed Coffee. Wheu ordering
name your nearest Express Office as well as
your Post Oillee.
Cooper Buggies, Surreys
Road and spring Wagons
But we must cloy, chem out.
POSITIVELY WILL NOT
Carry them over until next
Season. NO!
Do we need the money?
WE
We will give them awifty
First or sell them so cheap you'll think it's Christmas and we are
Santa Claus.
Do we want much Dro fit,?
JL
'T| TOO BAD to have to sell them so cheap, but we
must. Not a job on hand January 1st,
No. SB
Four Handkerchief*.
FoarGsa*
No. 50. Razor mad* by J. R. Torray.
The
J,
R. Torts? 1—or fs|
is the best mads to the United
Ststss. The piloted gssraatm of the maaafao
tsrsr goes with seek war. Soat post-paid mm 'i
receipt of2 cent postate stamp nnd tfcwa tares sat from eiappsissf titiasklw
Roasted Coffee.
A flrat-clau set, moaol,
8 inches long. Sent by express, obareos propeld, oa reeelpt er
2 cent postace stamp aad slgaatares sat Item wmppam of
Arbuckles* Roosted CoOSa. Whm
Office as well as yoor
No.
#7.
PIMfro Framt.
sOTarplatsd.
post-paldeare*
eelpt ef esai
pesiago stamp
aad 12 -'j-
tares sat fvem
wrapped ef Ar
backlss'
Coffee.
This represent, on. put of Liat whlah 1* (band In Moh
iot Arbaokli ...
pound packag. ot ArbuoVlM' BoaaMd Coflto, an4 wltb men
package In which lb. List la toud tta. por.kaMr hu taught
a definite part ol urn. artlol. tm b. mIMM by klat »r hw
(rom the List, iubJ*ot only to th. oondltloa UM Ika atKutar.
on the package la to b. out oat and
That's what we are aiming fort
ntarmti
IS A HOT PLACE, BUT THE
"WARMEST" THINGS YOU
ever heard of those
Go odsGuaranteed? cot?PKRSJ
That's Guarantee enough.
YOU
ASK?
Daily Paper $1.00 a Year.
The l)es Moines Daily News is sent
to mail subscribers for $1.00 [a year, 75
cents for six months, 50 cents for three
months, 25 cents for one month. The
Daily News is a member of the Asso
ciated Press and publishes all the news
of Iowa and the world condensed for
buBy readers. Fullest and earliest war
news, congressional and Iowa legisla
tive news, telegraphic markets ana all
the features of a metropolitan news
paper. Address, the NEWS, Dee Moinee,
Iowa.fi cd til
Residence Property for Bale.
A good house, barn and large lot in
Manchester for sale at a bargain.
Long|time given'on half of purchase
money lldesired..^.* cn 1 1
inquire of BRONSON & QA.BR
AJbukl. Broa.
as a voucher. In aocord.no. with th. dlraotlana printed la
connection with each Ham ftlloatratod anddaaorllMdla th
Thla List will be k.pt g..d only till Haw *1. IMT
page of thla List will appear la thla paper ahortly.
You know it! And what's More,
WE NEED THE ROOM.
Notacent We
expect
to lose money on
some jobs because we must sell them al
1900.
COO PERS.'
WHATMORECOULD
Come in and we will talk to yoa.
IF YOU'VE HEART TROUBLE, be careful. Our price* are SUDDEN
SHOCKS. Your's busily,
DUERST & DUERST,
DUNDEE, IOWA. THE BUQOY flEN
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Baadker-'
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hemstitch
ed,
It
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borders,
sits lb£f
Ittglnebea
P«st-
receipt of
9 coat
postals -i
•tamp and-'
4
ii3
SO sl«*
natures
eat from
wrappers ot
Arbucklee*
'tf
$
Roasted
Ooflss.
$
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IM
fv¥
fa
I
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No. 71.
Enameled Alarm Oleok.
Highest standard of Alarm Clock.
Ssaailess Crams, otaamsatal hands,
Visach pettsra and sscsad hand.
WSU ma tatrtg heamwtth oas wind
lag. Seat by expreea, obarges
prepaid* oa reeelpt ef 2 oeat
peerage stamp aad slaaa
tarce out from wrappata of Ar
buckles' Roasted CoObs. When or
dering name jour nearest Sxprsm
Offlcs sad yoor Post Office ss wsll.
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Patent* taken through Munn &Xo. receive
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