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494 #3 JUST RECEIVED! A FINE LOT OF 1i,SriV,fc v- ,rf AT T. N. ARNOLD'S. IT IS A FACT That PIIASBURYBEST and CLEAB QUILL flours are tho two Best Brands ot flour made in tho United States in fact Pittsburg claims that their flour Beats the World. We are selling these two grades of fiour Cheaper to-day than you are paying for the Cheaper Grade. Our flour trade has almost doubled in the last six months, although we have had to compete.with cheaper flour. These two brands of ifiour are never mixed. YOURS FOR YOUR FLOUR TRADE, Cal Atkinson. FOR SALE We are sole agents for the sale of the STRAIN FARM, con listing of tion iS, Coffins Grove township, v,t,J r-' YORK APfI.ES acres of choice, well improved .land, situat in sec 2 $50 per acre. miles north of Masonville. The south half of the section has the best buildings, and can be sold lor The northwest quarter of the section has its separate farm buildings and can be sold for $48. per acre. sfitiis WR Enquire on the premises or at the office of j"-.-- _•, 'ifS Bronson & Carr, Manchester, Iowa. Did you Ever Better Coal? •0+0040+ We don't believe you ever did. 'j his coal is all coal—good, solid, clean, black diamonds, nbthing better to be found. It is Federal Smokeless. Just the thing for Grates, and Soft C01 Stoves. Give it a trial and be convinced you have never hadits equal. MANCHESTER LUMBER CO. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST ia th« way of Vehicles, Buggies, Spring Wagons and Lumbei wagons or any special job in this Iin-e. "•''v WE HAVE WHAT YOU WANT! Anything in our line that can or cannot be had anywhere elst We can manufacture on short notice. WORK POSITIVELY GUARANTEED It must also not be forgotten that we keep constantly on hand everything pertaining to a buggy or wagon and do all kinds of repairing, having expert men in all the departments lequired for carriage and wagon building. POSITIVELY tt I TEN to FIFTEEN DOLLARS CAN BE SAVED on every vehicle by making your purchases of us. 1 ,WE DO AS WE ADVERTISE Kennedy Busey Co. THE TRADER'S WIFE Vivid Adventure* of White Tmtar In Samoa. BY J. F. SOSMOUBY. fh CQPTBIOBT, UNO, BT J. F. HOSI-SQUT. itt tt Hi tf tt tf IP® IWr »v& O, SHE Is not my wife," said the old trader as he glanced at the pretty young Samoan woman who had just entered and greeted the Btr&nge papalangl with a graceful talofa alll. He was not at all offended at my random suggestion. It was quite ex cusable, for In these regions a trader without a native wife Is a phenomenon. But I might, If I had used my faculties of observation, have known better. There was no trace of womanly care in the dingy, unkempt little dining room, the wooden walls were dirty and bare of adornment, the table was littered with old books and ragged, much worn newspapers, while the floor looked as If It were a stranger to the broom. The girl, her smiling greetings over, squatted cross legged on tbe floor and busied herself preparing a bowl of kava, which, of course, had %een sug gested as soon as I arrived. An ample lava-lava of blue checkered stuff was wrapped around -her loins, her full, maidenly bosom was but partially con cealed by the black silk handkerchief knotted carelessly over her shoulders, and a single flower of the red hibiscus lit up her long, carefully dressed black hair. \fe Hi Hi iti SSH It was the ordinary native costume, such as any girl will put on when called In to make kava for a stranger. But she wore It with an air of grace everything she had on was new and clenn she looked certainly more favor ed than her dingy Samoan sisters who passed to and from among the buts outside or hung around the edge of the veranda striving to obtain a glimpse of the new arrival. They could not get any nearer, because the veranda was Inclosed with a high fence of barbed wire, a device of tbe trader to keep the too curious natives at a distance. if? I watched the girl closely, but the trader took no notice. Be seemed ab sorbed in hiB ^2?- WV'v One of the Best Farms in the County on Reasonable Terms. sulul, or native cigarette, which gave forth great clouds of smoke at each vigorous puff. The lithe, slen der wrists, with muscles like fine drawn wire, were wringing out the fau, or strainer of bark fiber, with which the pounded kava root Is sepa rated from the water. The vlsellke grip on the fiber never ceased until ev ery drop of Juice had been expressed, and then, with a pretty, graceful ges ture, she tossed the strainer over her shoulder to a boy standing outside, who shook the dry dust free and threw It back. Again and again tbe process was re peated. With the utmost care every grain of sediment was drawn from the bowl, and the dark brown liquid, nau seous, but refreshing, was ready. The first cup Beemed to arouse the old man's dormant loquacity. "She is strange girl," he remarked, letting his eyes rest for a moment on tbe kava maiden. "Not like any of the other Samoans. I can't make her out She never goes gadding about with the other girls nor flirts with the yonng men. She Just stays quietly at liome and refuses all the suitors who ask for her band. She might have been mar ried a dozen times during tbe past year bad she chosen." "Perhaps"—and I hesitated. He nodded. "Yes, perhaps she has an eye on this establishment. People do say so, and they chaff me abont the girl. But Bhe's nothing to me. She Just washes the clothes and looks after me. That Is all." There was no trace of unseemly lev ity In his tone. I waited In respectful silence, for he was one of those kindly men who wear their hearts upon their sleeves, and I knew that hs would, If left to do It In his own way, tall me the tragedy of hlB life. He took another bowl of kava, rolled afresh cigarette and sighed. I smoked "Thtrc in my u'tfe," he nairf. patiently. Then he rose and, opening a small writing desk which stood in a corner, drew from it an old and faded photograph. "There Is my wife," be said. It was Just an ordinary common pic ture taken by a cheap photographer and, thanks to the climate, rapidly fad ing into obscurity. One could make out the features of a Samoan woman, mther Btout and showily dressed, a baby In ber arms and a little girl cf about 2 holding on by the skirts. As a work of art It was beneath con tempt, but the old man handled it rev erently, and, before he spoke again, laid the picture back In Its receptacle. "It's fading quickly," he remarked sorrowfully, "though I keep it from the light all I can. It was taken by a traveling photographer in New Britain Just before— But It's all I have left of her. There's only the boy and I alone now." A smile lit up his thin face. "Here he is," he exclaimed, as a fine little fellow of about 10 rushed Into the room. "Faa-mole-mole, pa," began the youngster, in that strange mixture of Samoan and English which half caste boys speak In this country. Then he stopped, noticing my presence. "All right, Jacky," said tho father, giving the curly head a kindly pat, "go and say talofa to the gentleman." And bashfully the boy, who had not seen a strange white man for monthB, held out his hand, and then took the first opportunity of escaping from the room to Join his playmates outside. "He's all I have left," continued the trader, "and I'm doing my best to bring him up as an Englishman. But what can I do here? He must play with the Samoan boys, or with no one, and I cannot afford to send him away to school. Tbe little girl's better off she's gone with a missionary to Syd ney, and be takes good care of ber. She'll grow up into a white lady, I sup pose, some day, and won't know her old, tether." There was a lone pause, aafl w» drank more kava and smoked in si lence. Then the old gentleman became "reminiscent. "She was S years old when the old woman died, and the boy here, well, be could Just toddle about, holding on to his mother's skirts. There wene sotn* who blamed me for taking her to that outlandish New Britain, where the peo ple are real savages, and not civilised, like here. But what was I to do? I'd been trading for McAllster A Co.— you've heard of them, I suppose—when the firm broke up, and I was left stranded on the beacb. I hadn't had a chance to save much, and there were the wife and child to keep. When I got the offer to go to New Britain and open up some new trading stations, I Jumped at It, without thtntinj over much of the risk. "I was a fool, I know, and BOW—if I could only take It all back!" He took another cup of kava to hid* his emo tion. I could think of nothing appropriate to say, so I sat and wafted, while the girl, squatting on the floor, looked op In her master's face and thoughtfully began to prepare a second bowl of ka va. At last he resumed the broken nar rative: "We got on all right as long as we were at the bead station, where there were several whites, and the na tives had In away learned some man ners. But when I went away to dis tant parts of the Isle to open op new stations I began to feel sorry that I'd brought the missis with me. But she would not hear of going back, not she! She Bwore she'd stick to me through thick and thin, and so she did till the end. "But, to cut a long story short we opened up three or four stations safely enough. We used to go, Just ourselves, In a boat with our boxes of trade and a crew of four boys from the Duke of York's Isle. They were more afraid of being eaten than we were, they stuck to us pretty close. "It was the cheek of the thing did It and I wonder now, when 1 look back, that we were not killed and cooked a dozen times over. The natives simply conld not understand a whits a coming among them like that all alone, and they pen so astonished that they forgot to attack us. They were a poor lot of savages, going about quite naked, and If you gave one of them a piece of print he would hang It around his neck and walk away as proud as Punch. They were always fighting among themselves and thought no nitre of killing a man than we would of shoot ing a pigeon. Why, I've seen a young fellow executed there Just for stealing a cocoanut off a chiefs tree, and If they had dared they would have killed me as readily for the sake of my trade. "They hadn't much to buy goods with, either—« little copra and some beche demer and pearl sheila. They wanted axes and tomahawks and knives but, most of all, they wanted tobacco pipes—common clay tobacco pipes. What they did with them don't know, for they did not buy any tobacco kept them as a sort of idol or fetich, I suppose. They would'sell ev erything they had to get a pipe, and especially a black one, and It was be cause of those cursed pipes that I lost my wife, and nearly lost my own life too. Perhaps It might have been as well," be added despondently. "Nonsense, man," 1 Interposed, as cheerfully as I could, "but how did It happen? Tell me all about If "It was the fourth place was at I think, a wild part where no mis sionary had ever dared to set his foot. We were a long way from the main station, and I had to depend apon my self entirely. It was np at the head of a deep bay, and there were a let at mangroves, I remember, growing along the beach, and then you went up a steep bank 10 or 12 feet high, an top of which was the village. "Well, the chief was very glad to see me. Be said they wanted a wblte trader badly and Invited me to stay. 80 I pitched ea a likely spot tn the middle of a grove of palms close to the beach, you may be sure. We soon tan up a rough bamboo house, and I got tbe wife and children, for there were two by this time. Into It Then we car rled tbe goods ashore, hauled op tbe boat, and I sat dowa to wait for my customers. "I might have been waiting till this day for all the baslnees I did. The chief was very pleasant and fair spoken and took all the presents I gave him with the greatest condescension. But when came to trading I found the people were ee poor that they'd nothing to trade with. I got abont 100 pounds of copra and a little pearl ahell In a week. That was alL I soon made up my mind that the place waff-no* good enough for my buslnees, and be sides, from one or two little things I'd noticed, I cam* to tbs conclusion that it would be healthier to leave as soon as possible. "It would not do, I knew, to appear in a hurry to get sway, so I took mat ters easily and gradually packed up the trade and got everything ready for starting. But quiet aa I was abont It the natives were too smsrt for me. They saw what I was- up to, and the word went round the village tbat the white man was not to be allowed to go away and to take all that lovely trade with him. I wae In a tight place, and I knew It and the boat's crew Just sat shivering In their naked feet for they felt that their fat* wsald be th* same as mine. "But the old woman was not afnrid at all. It was wonderful the way she kept up, with the two babies to look after, and all cooking and work of the houBe to do. As f*r me, I was pretty well worn out with watching, and did not get a wink of sleep for three nights. The natives would eome around friend ly enough during the daytime and look at our goods, and we had to treat them pleasant, for It would never do to let them see that we were afraid. But at night we had to be all on guard, for we never knew at what moment a rush might be made. I had raised a kind of rough stockad* of bamboo about th* At the tarns instant thi ftll. four men of th* crew, *aeh with a guA. I had a Winchester myself, but what good would these arms be If the na tives should make a rush In a body oa usT I didn't dare sleep, 1 can ten you. I was up and around every few min utes to see that the guards were awake and keeping a bright lookout. At last, on the third night we had everything packed, and I made up my mind to start at once. The boys got the whale boat out from the abed under which she had been lying, and together we pushed her down the steep bank into tbe bay. But we bad no sooner launched her than she filled, the water was up to her thwarts, and there was nothing for It but to haul her ashore again. "I could not mak* It out at an, for a week before she had been a perfectly sound and ssaworthy boat and 1 knew she could not have dried up so much In tbe time. Still there was no doubt about her leaking, and I soon fqund out the raaaon. Those devils of native* had bee* at her, sad some time. It must have been duriag tbe previous night had managed to knock a let of hole* la "her bottom. They were quiet over th* work, t*e, for, though th* boat was eloss by, we aever heard a souad. Thsy had staved In th* plaaks with th* heads *f their stone axes. It waa a good Job I had not sold them any trsa tomahawks, sr slse tbs boat would havs been cut to pieces beyond .repair. It was bad enough, but, as the wrecked eraft lay there In the man grove swamp, I saw a glimmer of hope. If w* conld pateh her up we might still get away. If we couldn't—well, I knew none *f us would se* another dawn. It was touch and go, but then was Jurt a chance. "I posted tbe m*a on guard all around tbe palisade, with strict In junctions to ire at every native they saw approaching. Then the wife and I—and she was a brave little woman set t* work. We collected all the old meat tins ws could find about tbe place, and, as we had been living en nothing but tinned stuff for the past week, there were plenty. I made a lire aad melted the solder out of the tins, se that I had a number of strips of clean metal to use as patches. It was bard work, I can tell you, lying on my back la the mud amid the prickly mangrove stumps nailing little bits of tin on each broken place. We put the children to sleep la tbe bottom *f th* boat whtl* my wife held tbe candle for me. Hew many h*urs I tolled I doa't kn*w, but I thought I would nev er have llnlshsd. Now and again aa aUlgatoK-and there are plenty In those part*—would crawl out of the water to see what waa going on or perhaps in search ef his supper, bnt tbe wife would daab th* light tn his lace, and be would go back quicker than he came. "Tbe flrst flush *f dawa was in th* sky by th* time I had finished. I was •tiff aad sore and worn out, but there was no time to think about thy** thing*. We launched tbe boat, and •be seemed pretty tight 1 bad* th* men bundl* the trade bexs* Into ber and make ready to sh*v* off, while the wife and I went up to the house to get the few little personal effects we had not yet carried dowa to the beach. "I remember. Just as weU aa If could see It now, scrambling up tbe slippery bank and making our way to the little heuss. We were careless, per hsps, bat ws did not anticipate any attack. 1 walked straight up to the but. The door was closed, and I was going t* push It opsa when my with, who waa Just behind, caught m* round tbe waist and threw, m* backward with all her foeee. the was a strong worn an, and I was weak aad tired, and 1 rolled ever like a baby. At the same instant she fell, a doaea spsars through her body, th* door bunt ope a, aad a crowd of naked savage* *..1.-* out and made a rush tor the boat Thsy thought me dead sr badly wounded, I suppose but, at any rate, they did not stop to-look, they war* In such a hurry to get the geoda, and the oversight eaved my Ufa. I yelled out to th* boat'* crew to shore off, and then crawled up to.wher* my wife was ly ing. It waa all over with her, I could see at a glance, and all she could whis per was, 'Tare, vave, rua quick and •are yourselfr "Perbap* I should have staid. I do not know but, at any rata, I had no time to reason over the matter. There were the savage* coming back from the beach full of rage and dlsappolnt ment at finding tbs boat out of their reach. 1 crawled to the right snd msde a circle round to gain the shore, and luckily I got away unobserved. The boat was lying 100 yards off, and, for tunately, tbe men had had the aense to wait and see If we escsped. I swam off to them and found the children all well and tbe native boys shivering with fear. But a kick or two soon roused them, snd I had the boat pulled as close Inshore as I dared. "The savages were rushing about and shouting and making a tremen dous row. Evidently they wer* search ing for me, and they had lit great torches -ot dry cocoanut leaves, which showed them up as bright as day. This was Just what I wanted, for I emptied my rifle Into the midst of them, and the boys gave them a volley with theirs. They scattered like magic In every direction. I made a rush up tbe ahore and carried the wife down, for I waa beginning by this time to feel a bit ashamed of .myself for having left ber so quickly. But what could I dot My gun was In the boat and If I had stop ped I should only bave been killed, too, and th* children would have been left without a father. I found ber lying In the same spot but she was desd, snd tbe wretches had even tied her up ready to carry her away. "By the time I bad lain her In the boat It waa nearly daylight and I thought I would wait a bit and see It through. My blood waa up, and I felt ready for any devilment. I took a big drink of schnapps and gave the boys a strong dose too. This, as they were not used to liquor, made them quite mad, and they wanted to land at once and wipe out the whol* settlement But I thought It wise to rest awhile, and, with my rifle on my knee, I sat still and looked at the dead woman as she lay on the bottom boards of tbe boat and at the little children sleeping so peacefully by her side. We pulled the boat off Just out ef range of their spears. By and by, when the sun was up, a great big savage stole down to the beach to havo a look round, and I potted him as neatly aa I would hare done a wild pig—then another and another until they began to see that the business was a dangerous one and gave it up. Having scared them suffi ciently, we anchored the boat close In and waded ashore. It took me balf a day to do It, but I cleaned that town out thoroughly. Their houses wore lit tle bits of huts, not like our fine Sa moan dwellings, raised off the ground on poles and each fenced in as If they were always afraid of attack. Host of the people had cleared out Into tbe bush, but any tbat I found I shot, and I burned every hut tn the place. I don't think they will forget me there In a hurry. Next.day-I burled the wife ttJMMftf-tfatfoa and.rgHgue&jp/ m'-r* ... MiM. had haT enough of Kew Brit ain." The old man stopped suddenly. "Pass the kava sllei," he said to tbe girl, who was still squatting patiently on the floor. "And now you will understand, young man, why I do not wish to mar ry again." The Llmtia of *fall Mes, Tall men, as a rule, have bodies out of proportion to their lower limbs— that Is, smaller tban they ought to be —with the natural result that they are unable to bear fatigue, or to compete in the struggles of life with lesser men more harmoniously proportioned. Army experience bears out these ob servations. In a long and fatiguing march the tall men usually fall out flrst, or succumb to campaigning, un less, as Is very rarely the case, they have well knit and symmetrical frames. A soldier between S feet 5 Inches and 0 feet 8 or 9 inches la usually the man most capable of bearing the strain of life. The WhtMiBsr Past. A footpad or a wife beater aeeds an admonition that he can feel, for that is tlie only kind of punishment that is effective with him. A man who way lays another for money la a murderer at heart and a man who beats his wife Is a villain of so low a dye that no prison reform sentiment Is likely to affect him favorably unless It Is ad ministered through tbe open skin, made so by tbe application of tbe lash. We may be very heathenish, but we believe the whipping post is a good thing for certain klndB Methodist Protestant •e Bat Devi. Sir Henry Ersklae once quelled a riot In Edinburgh when Mrs. Slddons was playing to a crowded house In tbe largest theater In the town. A sur ly fellow In the pit refused to sit down, and a bowl went up from all around bim. The crowd was likely to do Mm and tbe bouse damage, when Sir Henry came to the front of his box with the quiet statement "Pray excuse the gentleman. Don't you see It Is only a tailor resting himself?" The man sat down without further urging. Hts Verve Was All Tlrre, A good story Is told by one of the officials of the TJnlted States court In this city which Illustrates either tbe unlimited nerve development of a cer tain person or else his guileless Inno cence. Tbe gentleman In question had been cited to the court to be adjudged a bankrupt under the laws of the United States. His schedule of assets, how ever, made but a poor showing com pared with tbe list of bla debts, and, taking advantage of bis privileges, be bad announced his Intention of claim ing his full rights of exemption. This exemption to a person In bis situation in life amounta to 11,000. His entire property reached a total of $960, or $40 less than the exemption allowed. He thereupon requested an order from Judge Locke that bis creditors be required to make up to him the 40 missing dollars in order that he might bave the full benefits allowed for the exemption. Tbe lawyers quietly re tired and among themselves voted to him the palm for unrivaled nerve.— Jacksonville Times-Herald. A LBCB Legeai. This Is tbe story of the origin of the famous guipure lace A certain Vene tian sailor lad returned from a voyage In eastern waters and brought to his betrothed, a worker In needle point a bunch of the delicate and beautiful coralline, which he told ber was tbe lace made by mermaids living In the coral cavea of th* Indian seas. "Pret ty as It Is," said th* girl, "I will make something far prettier with my needle, and my bridal veil sbsU be of mer maid's lac*." Th* sailor lad went off on another long voyage, and during the months of his absence the girl worked day after day with ber needle, forming white dots and tiny stars and uniting them with delicate "brides," tlU at last an exquisite scarf of guipure was pro duced, which was so beautiful tbat whan she wore it aa a bridal veil ail Venice spoke of it In glowing terms *f admiration, and many noble and royal women became patronesses of th* young lacemaker. Why a T»'k«r la Callei a Turkey. Three hundred years or so ago the newly discovered portions of the new world were still supposed to be part of tbe Asiatic continents, and tbe na tlves were called Indians In conse quence. A common name for the malse which we caU Indian corn was then "Turkish wheat" The delicious turkey was too Important to the larder to be Ignored, so the French and Eng lish explorers soon found a name for It Tbe fingllsb Labadlsts or Mystics who came to New York, then New Amsterdam, In the autumn of 1670, mention tbe ripe fields of "Turkish wheat" and also the wild 'turkey." The French name of dlndin (d'ln deon), the Indian fowl. Is a more rea sonable name for tbe same bird, since we agree to call tbe red aborigines or autochthones of this continent Indians Weal* Tea Have sai« Itt There Is much In the way a thing is Mid. "Tour cheeks are like roses," said Aunt Flora when Lois came In from a January walk, glowing from the cold and exercise. Lois smiled and looked lovingly at Aunt Flora Aunt Margaret entered the room minute later and glancing at Lois sh* stood by the fire said "Myl lour face Is as red as a beet!" Tbe red grew deeper on Lois' face, while unconsciously she turned petu lantly away from Aunt Margaret, who prides herself on being "plain spoken." Aunt Flora's way Is best She can say the right word at the right time, too, even the word of admonition and Mproof, but she says it in such a man ner that one can think only of the Scriptural "apples of gold In pictures of sliver."—Ada O. Sweet In Woman's Heme Companion. Brlaf and Pitfcy. An American law journal baa quoted the charge to a Jury delivered by a cer tain Judge Donovan as the shortest on Meord. The Judge said: 'Gentlemen of the Jury, If you be lieve the plaintiff, And a verdict for plaintiff and fix the amount If you be- it W ,i Appropriate. "I've bought a bulldog," said Porsniff to his friend Lessup, "and I want a motto to put over bis kenneL Can you think of something?" "Why not use a dentist's notice— Teeth lunttoO. INN?" suggested Railroad Time Table. ILLINOI8 CENTRAL. Illinois Central Time liable No 24. feet J«ne 10, isuo. ftlMPmengCT Tntlsa. wwaomro MAIN LIKE .'.rati Train.. Thro Express. ....Clipper.. Local (Express -Way Freight. ,Thro Freight. 01* 11:85 pin Not* 6:38am No 21 46:00 pin No 28t 9:80a No 81t 1:46 pm No 71f 4:15pm EAST ITOTOD N«2* 4:0H Am No 4* No22t0: 85 a No24t fi: ion No mi 1:00 am No 62*8:10 Noa 21 and 23 run between Dubuque and Fort Dodge, Not 28 and 24 run between Dubuque and Lyle. OEDAR RAPIDS BRANCH. North Bound -Arrive fto.834 B:S0p.m 822 »:06 a.m 8681:46 pjn Bet Cedar Rpds and Manchester ...{Passenger.. .tPasseager... ....tFrelght,,.. Houth Bound -Leave—— No.828 9:80 a.m No321G:06p.rn N0.8515:00 p. All above trains carry passengers. •Dally. tDaily Cxeept Sunday. H. G. PIKRCB. Station Agt. Qikwo GREWWEsiernRt "Th« Maple Utf Route." Time eard, Thorpe, Iowa. [o Special, Dally, Going East 7:40 a x.-' express dal jexceptSunday U:oipm Way Frelgbtaally 11:36am 0" West, North and South. WayJJrtfghi. dally. &:8fi Chic Day a tMprew dally exoeptSunday.. .. 1:68 pm Komm City Exp, dally ... 5:41am V0r Information and tickets apply to i, of criminals.— L. O'HARROW Agent Thorpe B. C. R- & N. R'y, OEDAR RAPIDS TIME CARD. XAIK LIKK Q012TO EAST AND SOUTH. Arrive Leaw 0:80 8 IS Si?)«Pvv[nvri0,a2^,W Passenger.... 8:40 80 a No. 4 Chi. & Burlt'n Pass.1......0:8Ba M? i£Wca«8t.L°uis8:80am •Wngt No. 8 Chicago Fast Express, I2:27ngt No. 18Burl. & Davnp't. Pass8:CKpm •JSSL*—'roe chair car and to Chicago. No. c—Pullman sleepers and through coaches to Chicago and 8t. Louis. and free chair car to CMoago arrives Chicago 7:68 a.m. Dining oar will serve breakfast from Jollet to Chicago. IfSt.—flight MAIN UXB GOING NORTH. ^Minneapolis Pass. 8:06 a No'2H ickrordPaMe|ger... 8:80pm 5a^teapoPassenger. E*P"BS..12:80ngt o:45 a No. 18 Chicago 11:46 zn No. 19 Chicago Passenger. JJ?* i~"Free chair car and coaches toTAl l"®*' No. 5—Pullman sleepers and coaches lo Minneapolis and St. Paul, 4:05pm Decorah Freight 6:20am IOWA FALUI DIVISION. ?A°fLp *ii?wa* Minnesota Pass 8:16 a l2:ao ngt ..Minnesota ft Dakota Pass.. 12:30 ngt IOWA CUT, DAVKNPORT.BURL. AND CLINTON. Msio m~.......Burl. ft ia Olty Pass 3:60 7*5? m... Clln.,IaCljhr. DvptPassM....7:i6am llflH Mt T* IM 7?w_ 7:86a Burl, ft Ia cfty nl'SFSfS Pass &40 numbei? 8'8/ l8t 19i Dakota and Minn & Pass run dally, all other trains dally ex cept Sunday." JNO. G. FARMER, J. A. LOMAX Gen'l Pass ft Tkt Agt*. ^ckVt Agent Cedar Rapids Iowa. Henry Hutchinson Breeder of Thoroughbred Shorthorn Cattle. JOSEPH HUTCHINSON MsDohaeter.Iowa WM. DONNELLY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Proprietor ot tne Ryan Drug Store. Dealer in Draft, Stationery, Ete. RYAN IOWA Compound Vapor and Sham ooo Baths. BATHS Most all dis eases are caused by poisonous see rations, which clog the wheels of NATURE. Vapor and Shampoo. The name and the symptoms may be different but the cause of disease can us ually be traced to the lmperiect action ot the millions of pores of the human body. A bath in accordance with scientific require ments is the best preventative and remedy known. The methods employ ed by me are the most scientific ever invented or discovered for dispelling disease. Results tell the story. Give me a trial. This is the Gonant system of baths. A competent lady attendant In charge of the ladies department. Office and bath rooms on Franklin street, opposite Globe Hotel L6TF Q. D. QATC3. uu YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS AC. Anyone sending a sketch and description mm qaloklr ascertain oar opinion free whether tu invention la probably patentable. CoinintmlP i tlona strictly confidential. Handbook on I'utciiii, sent free. Oldest agency.for securing patenta. Patents taken through Muun & Co. roceiTt tptcial noticty without cftnrsje, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Lnrecst clr culatlon of an scientific 'forms, fa je«r fonr months, «L newsdealer* MUNN & Co.3e,B,oSold "Journal,New ,,Bby,all Yc rro The Old Reliable Blacksmith, P. J. Roche 2 Can be found at hla 4hop on Franklin Btr» during business hours, with a comperpn force of workmen to do all kinds of BLACK SMITHINl Corns and Interfering Cured or no par. Sati faotloo 6'arantee(U Respectfully, P.J.Roche Something NElW IN E A E ^iJEWEL mmr* S££t Poct« books, and Calling C,J But an English periodical caps this brief charge by quoting a shorter one delivered oy Commissioner Kerr. He said to a jury: "That man says prisoner robbed him. The prisoner says he didn't Too settle cNi-irN ¥MMW SCASES, mm CASES, Caaes. Just what Every Lady "Needs We have a fine line of Silk umbrellas with FANCY HAN^Lrs Cal1 and «ee thrm. ifiomonjUa Le*. I You Will JSTeed a Pair of Shoes To keep your feet dry" during during the wet weather this spring. We can suit you in quality and price. Also rubbers of all kinds. F. M. FOLEY RYAN, IOWA. DELAWARE COUNTY Mad Co., Manchester, Iowa. ABSTRACTS?' REAL ESTATE. LOANS AND CONVEYANCINGS Office In First Nationa Bank Building. Orders by mail will receive careful attention. We have complete copieB of all records of Delaware county. ENNIS BOGGSj MANAGER. S. A. STEADMAJNT, —MANUPACTUKER OF— HARNESS The Northern Ohio Blanket Mills. Ile^ FIDO A11 Wool I'laMs. We Mil Barticular DKCOBAH DIVISION. 'TkP6???*?1 .... 6:80am .WestUnion Passenger.......8:40 attention of our customer* to ic finest erado In quality aud patterna ever offered. No other ibllls equal them In fineness or qauilty. hrlyht and taity colorings, or rare designs—absolutely new desists. THE FIRST PLUSH ROBB made In America was Ibe "chase," over Uilrty years ueo. It was the pioneer. As they were the first then, NO are they first today, tn quiiiitx style, elegance of deslgu and permanence of coloring. They donotshed. There are Imitations, but as plush robes are serviceable for a score of years. It Is economy to buy the best —THE CHAbK. In point of style and price, never before could you get such good quailtlrB at rook l.m IIMAlia Ulonlr I. VWIUU jvu Kut at bottom prices, department. nt juiia stock complete In every S. A. STEADMAN. ABSTRACT OFFICE. J. E. DAVIS, Manchester, Ia., Main St., North of Court House. N10NEY...7?ODAV!"...5 VO I am making first-class farm loans at 5 and 6 per cent., with privi leges. AB8TRACTS furnished at a rate meeting all competition. J.E, DAVIS, Abstracter^ ALEX 8EF8TBOM, LACKSMIT Makeaa Speolalty of Horse Shoeing Intenering and Corns Cured or no Pay. Do All Kinds of Work in Iron— Maohlnery and all kinds of farm Implements and Maohlnery repaired The beat of work guaranteed. PRICES REASONABLE. A share of the Publlo Patronage la aolleited. JL1«: baker's Monaca vCoffee makes—never spoils your breakfast I For -^ale By HARRY STEWART. 17wtf HURRAH FOR First-class Horse Shoers. Also PLOW WORK and GEN ERAL REPAIRING. PRICES RIGHT! CALL AND SEE US! At foot of Franklin street. W. TIRRILL Is Loaning /loney as heap as any person or Corpora tion. I'OUQl.ASS, the Photo rapher. a For FINE HC1