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la the name of our now brand of flour. It
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red stripes.
TE1 "3TOTJ USE TOWILS
why not buy QUAKER FLOOR and got m- lo all tm!t
..The flour costs no more thon our other liitib irnulu BdnotM
imueh as some of the inferiii- st'itT that Is^hippud to Hit
"Chester. Our object is to-jret you to patrouizo -mr tarn
mill. It costs you nothing to try our Iliur -we lv» your
'1 money back if it fails to please.
Sl.OOO BEWARD
The northwest quarter of the section has' its separate
buildings and can be sold for
$48.
m&5e f- (iBMlMt*
ed hard wheat and the qualify in guaranteed. Foi a limited
QUAKER FLOUR will ba so!d in sucks adetrcm
toweling. hen the side
Beams
aro drawu the an omtr lUI
to you if our buckwheat flour is not' pure. Cakes ad* from
"PURIFIED BUCKWHEAT"
QUAKER
taste like buckwheat boc. ma it If
with every sack of our splen
did flour. Come in and get
one. They are fine.
PITTSBURG BEST SPLEN
DID,, CLEAR QUILL, AND
NEW IDEAL have no equal.
Atkinson.
FOR SALE
One of the Best Farms in
the County on Reasonable
Terms.
We are sole agents for the sale of the STRAIN FARM, con
sisting of
494acresof
tion
Coffins Grove township,
choice, well improved land, situatd in sec­
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$50
per acre.
miles north of Masonville.
The south half of the section has the best buildings, and can
be sold for
per acre.
Enquire on the premises or at the office, of
Bronsoii Carr,
flanchester, Iowa.
Something New in Breakfast Food
LOOKING FOR THE BEST
in the way ol Vehicles, Buggies,
wagons or any special job in this line'.
I have done what 1 threatened. I have
made the sncrillce. Our child Is no
longer ours, and now perhaps he may
live. But, oh, my breaking heart, my
empty home! Help me to bear my des
olation, for it Is for l!f£. We will nev
er have another child. And where is
it? Ah.-that is tire wonder of it! Near
you, Philemon, yet not too near. Mrs.
Sutherland has it, and you may have
seen its little face through the car win
dow If you were in the station last
night when the express passed through
to Sutherlandtown. Ah, but she has
her burden to bear, too—an awful se
cret burden, like my owu, only she will
have the child, for, Philemon, she has
taken It in lieu of her own, which died
last night in my sight. And Mr. Suth
erland does not know 'what she has
done and never will if you keep the se
cret as I shall for the sake of the life
the little innocent has thus won.
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MILL COMPANY^
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A GOOD TOWEL
What do I mean and how was it all?
Philemon, it was God's work, all but
the deception, and that is for the good
of all and to save four broken hearts.
I
'Sicear you will he a mother to this child!"
Listen. Yesterday, only yesterday—it
seems a month ago—Mrs. Sutherland
came again to see me with her baby in
her arms. The baby was looking well,
and she was the happiest of women,
for the one wish of his heart and hers
had been fulfilled, and she was soon
oing to have the bliss of showing the
child to his father. My own babe was
on the bed asleep, and I, who am feel
ing wonderfully strong, was sitting up
in a little chair as far away from him
as possible, not out of hatred or indif
ference, oh, no, but because he seemed
lo rest better when left entirely by
himself and not under the hungry look
of my eyes. Mrs. Sutherland went
over to look at him. "Oh, he is fair,
like my baby," she said, "and almost
as sturdy, though mine is a month old
er." And she stooped down and kissed
him. Philemon, he smiled' for her,
though he never, bad for me. I saw it
with a greedy longing that almost
made me cry out. Then I turned to
her, and we talked. Of what? I can
not remember now. At home we had
never been intimate friends. She Is
from Sutherlandtown, and I am from
farm
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Or '-a
California Whentine made from the very
best selected White Wheat. Also have
Cream of Wheat and Pillsbury Best and
other breakfast foods. We always have it
fresh.
T. N. ARNOLD.
IF YOU«ARE
7W
-if'.
Spring Wagons and Lumbei
$5
WE HAVE WHAT YOU WANT!
Anything in our line that can or cannot be had anywhere else
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 ii*88«
TEN to FIFTEEN DOLLARS CAN BE SAVED on every vehicle
by making your purchases of us.
WE DO AS WE ADVERTISE -*.«*!
Porchester, and the distance of nine
miles is enough to estrange people.
But here, each with her husband ab
sent and a darling infant sleeping un
der her eyes, interests we have never
thought identical drew us to each oth
cr, and we chatted with ever increas
ing pleasure. Suddenly Mrs. Suther
land jumped up in terrible fright. The
Infant she had been rocking on her
breast was blue the next minute It
shuddered the next It lay in her arms
dead.
I hear the shriek yet with which she
fell with it In her arms to the floor.
Fortuuately no other ears were open
to her cry. I alone saw her misery,
alone heard her tale. The child had
been poisoned, Philemon, poisoned by
her. She had mistaken a cup of medi
cine for a cup of water and had given
the child a few drops In a spoon just
before setting out from her hotel. She
had uot known at the time what she
had done, but now she remembered
that the fatal cup was just like'"the
other and that tly? two stood very near
together. Oh her innocent child, and
oh, her husband! It seemed as if the
latter thought would drive her wild.
"He has so wished for a child," she
moaned. "We have been married ten
years and this baby seemed to have
been sent from heaven. He will curse
me he will hate me he will never be
lble after this to bear me lu his sight.1
This was not true of Mr. Sutherland,
but it was useless to argue with her.
instead of attempting it I took another
way to stop her ravings. Lifting the
child out of her hands, I first listened
at its heart and then finding it was
really dead—1 have seen too many life
less children not to know—1 began
slowly to undress it. "What are you
doing?" she cried. "Mrs. Webb, Mrs.
Webb! What are you doing?" For re
ply I pointed to the bed where two lit
tle arms could be seen feebly tlutterinj
"You shall have my child," I whisper
ed. "I have carried too many babies
to the tomb to dare risk bringing up
another." And catching her poor wan
dering spirit with my eye, I held her
while I told her my story. Philemon, I
saved that woman. Before I had fin
ished speaking I saw the reason re
turn to her eye and the dawning of a
pitiful hope in her passion drawn face.
She looked at the child in my arms,
and then she looked at Ihe one In the
bed. and the long drawn sigh with
which she finally bent down aud wept
over our darling told me that my cause
won. The rest was easy. Wljen the
clothes of the two children had been
exchanged, she took our baby in her
arms and prepared to leave. Then I
stopped her. "Swear," I cried, hold
ing her by the arm and lifting my
other haud to heaven, "swear you will
be a mother to this child! Swear
you will love it as your owu and rear
It in the path of truth aud righteous
ness!"
The convulsive clasp with wnicn she
drew the baby to her breast told me
plainer than her shuddering "I s.ivear!"
that her heart had already opened, to
It. I dropped her arm and covered my
face with my hauds. 1 could not see
my darling go. It was worse than
death. "Oh, God, save him!" 1 groan
ed. "God make him an honor"— But
here she caught me by the arm. Her
clutch was frenzied, and her teeth were
chattering. "Swear in your turn," she
gasped "swear that If I do a mother's
duty by this boy you will keep my
secret and never» never reveal to my
'""'nnA
th* wnr»d
vt tux.
The Mystery of Agatha Webb
By Anna Katharine Green.
Author of Ihe Leavenworth Oaae," "lost Kan's lane," "TTmnil ul Bluff," fits., Eta.
Copyright, 1900,
by
Ann* Kitiuame Green.
that you Turn- any claims upon him."
It was like tcuririg the heart from my
breast with my own hand, but I swore,
Fhik-mon, niul she In her turn stood
back. But suddenly she faced uic
again, terror and doubt in all her looks.
"Your husband!" she whispered. "Can
you keep such a secret from him? You
will breathe it in your dreams." "I
shall tell Iiim," I answered. "Tell him!"
The hair seemed to rise on her head,
and she shook so that 1 feared she
would drop the babe. "Be careful!" I
cried. "See, you frighten the babe.
My husband has but one heart, with
me. What I do he will subscribe to.
Do not fear Philemon." So I promised
in your name. Gradually she grew
calmer. When I saw she was steady
again, I motioned her to go. Even my
more than mortal strength was falling,
and the baby—Philemon, I have never
kissed it, and I did not kiss It then. I
heard her feet draw slowly toward the
door. I heard her hand fall on the
knob, heard it turn, uttered one cry
and then— They found me ail hour
after lying along the door clasping the
dead infant in my arms. I was in a
swoon, and-they all think I fell with
the child, as perhaps I did, and that its
little life went out during my Insensi
bility. Of its little features, like and
yet unlike our boy's, no one seems to
take heed. The nurse who cared for
it is gone, and who else would know
that iittle face but me? They are very
good to me and are full of self re
proaches for leaving mc so long In my
part of the bulldlug alone. But, though
they watch me. now, I have contrived
to write \liis letter, which you will get
with tlie one telling of the baby's
death and my own dangerous condi
tion.
Under it these words: "Though bid
den to destroy this, have never dared
to do so. Some day It may be of ines
timable value to us or our boy..
Philemon WEBB.
This was the last letter found In the
packet. As It was laid down sobs
were heard all over the room, and
Frederick, who for some time now had
been sitting with bis head in bis hands,
ventured to look up and say:
Do you wonder that I endeavored to
keep this secret, bought at such a
price and sealed by the death of her I
thought my mother and of her who
really was? Gentlemen, Mr. Suther
land really loved his wife and honored
her memory. To tell him, as I shall
7c to within the hour, that the child
she placed in his arms 25 years ago
was an alien and that all his love, his
care, his disappointment and his suf
ferings bad been lavished on the son
of a neighbor, required greater courage
than to face doubt on the faces of my
fellow townsmen or anything, In short,
but absolute arraignment on the charge
of murder. Hence my silence, hence
my indecision, till this woman here"—
he pointed a scornful finger at Amabel
now shrinking In her chair—"drove me
to it by secretly threatening me with a
testimony which would have made me
the murderer of my mother and the
lasting disgrace of a good man who
alone has been without blame from the
beginning to the end of this desperate
affair. She was about to speak when I
forestalled her."
That afternoon before the Inquest
broke up the Jury brought in their ver
dict. It' was:
"Deatb by means of a wound inflict
ed upon herself in a moment of terror
and misapprehension."
It was all his fellow townsmen could
do for Frederick. [•v
CHAPTER XXIV.
1 KATllElt AND SON. tf.
"But Frederick's day of trial was not
yet over. There was a closed door to
open, a father to see (as In his heart
he still called Mr. Sutherland). Then
there were friends to face,, and foes,
under conditions he, better-than any
one else, knew were In some regards
made worse rather than better by the
admissions and revelations of this
eventful day—Agnes, for instance.
How could he meet' her pure gaze?
But it was bis father he must first con
front, his father to whom he would
have to repeat In private the tale
which robbed the best of men of a
past and took from blm a son, almost
a wife, without leaving him one memo
ry calculated to console him. Frederick
was so absorbed In this anticipation
that he scarcely noticed the two or
three tlnild hands stretched out in en
couragement toward him and was mov
ing slowly .toward the door, behind
which his father had disappeared so
many hours before, when he was re
called to the interests of tbe moment
by a single word, uttered not very far
from blm. It was simply, "Well?" But
It was littered by Knapp and repeated
by Mr. Courtney.
Frederick shuddered and was hurry
ing on when he found himself stopped
by a piteous figure that, with appealing
eyes and timid gestures, stepped up bev
fore liini. It was Amabel.
"Forgive!" she murmured, looking
like a pleading saint. "I did not know,
I never dreamed you were so much of
a man, Frederick that youliore such a
heart, cherished such griefs, was so
worthy of love and a woman's admira
tion. If I had"—
Her expression was eloquent, more
eloquent than he had ever seen It, for
it had real feeling in it, but he put her
coldly by.
"When my father's white hairs lie
come black again, ana me story or my
shame is forgotten In this never forget
ting -world, then come hack and I will
forgive you."
And he was passing on when another
touch detained him. Ue turned, this
time in some Impatience, only to meet
the frank eyes of Sweetwater. As he
knew very little of this young man
save that he was the amateur detective
who hud by some folly of his own been
carried off on the Hesper and who was
probably the only man saved from Its
wreck lie was about to erect him with
some commonplace phrase of congratu
lation when Sweetwater interrupted
him with the following words:
"I only wanted to suy that It may be
easier for you to approach your father
with the revelations you ure about to
make if you knew that in his present
frame of mind he Is much more likely
to be relieved by. such proofs of lnno-
cd I tills nr.au- man you ..:i rend:
imagine. Some :ny I may able
explain myself, but not no\v. Only re
member what 1 have s»Ul ol tJ
father—pardon me, Mr. Su'.berlc f.
and act neccrdi lRly. Perhaps it wns
to tell you tills I .was forced back- here.
against my v.:il and bqst l:itw l,y
the strongest sirles of evr:its that ever
happened .to a i:u.n. rr.t." hi? added,
with a fiidelonf look tlie group ~of
men still hovwrliig about the coroner's
table, "I had rather thin! It was for
some more Important ofl~.ee still. But
this the future will show, the future
which 1 seem to see lowering in the
faces over there."
And, waiting for no reply, he melted
Into the crowd.
Frederick passed at once to tils fa
ther.
No .one-Interrupted Frederick after
he bad shut that door behind him, but
the large crowd that in the halls and
on tlie steps of the building awaited
his reappearance showed that the pub
lic Interest was still warm in a matter
affecting so deeply the heart pud In
terests of their best citizen. When,
therefore, that long closed door final
ly. opened and Frederick was seen es-'
cortiug Mr. Sutherland on his arm,
the tide of feeling which had liot yet
subsided since Agatha's letters were
read vented Itself In one great sob
of relief, for Mr. Sutherland's face was
calmer than when they had last seen
It and his step more assured, and be
leaned or made himself lean on Fred
erick's arm, as If to Impress upon all
who saw them that the ties of years
cannot be shaken off so easily and that
he Btlll looked upon Frederick as his
son.
But be was not contented with this
dumb show, eloquent as It was. As the
crowd parted and these two Imposing
figures took their way down the steps
to the carriage which had been sent
for them Mr. Sutherland cast one deep
and long glance about him on faces he
knew and faces be did not know, on
those :Who were near and those who
were far, and, raising his voice, which
did not tremble as much as might have
been, expected, said deliberately:
"My son accompanies me to his liomp.
If he should afterward be wanted, be
"My son accompanics vie-to his home.
will be found at his own fireside. .Good
day, my friends. I thank you for the
good will- you have this day shown us
both."
Th^n he entered the carriage.
The solemn way in which Frederick
bared his'head in acknowledgment of
this public recognition of the hold-he
still retained on this one faithful heart
struck awe into the hearts of .all who
saw .it So that the carriage rolled
off In silence, closing one of the most
thrilling and impressive'scenes ever
witnessed in that time worn village.
CHAPTER XXV.
FREDERICK
Doubt, that seed of ramifying growth,
£ad been planted in more than one
breast, and while it failed as yet .to
break out into any open manifestation
thiere were evidences enough In. the
Very restraint visible In such, groups of
people as they passed that suspicion
Ijad not been suppressed or his Inuo
rtehee established by the overfayorable
-jrerdict of the coroner's jury.
For not only did these marks of pub
lic suspicion bespeak possible arraign
ment In the future, but through them it
became evident that even if he escaped
open condemnation in the courts be
could never hope for complete rein
statement before the world, nor, what
was to him a still deeper source of de
spair, anticipate a day when Agnes'
love and domestic happiness should
make amends to him for the grief aud
errors of his more than wayward
youth.' He could never marry so pure
a being while the shadow of crime sep
arated him from the mass of human
beings. Her belief in hiB innocence and
the exact truth of his Btory (and he was
confident Bhe did believe him) could
make no difference in this conclusion,
While he was regarded openly or iu
dark corners or beside the humblest
fireside as a possible criminal neither
Mr. Sutherland nor her. father nor his
own heart even would allow him to
offer ber anything but a friend's grati
tude or win from her anything but a
neighbor's sympathy, yet In bidding
goodby to larger hopes aud more impor
tant desires he parted with the bettej^
cencc as you can give him than over- part of his heart and the only solace
whelmed by such as show the lack of remaining in this world for the bound
kinship between you. For two weeks
Mr. Sutherland has been bending un
der the belief of your personal crimi
nality in this matter of Mrs. Webb's
death: This was his secret, which was
shared by me."
"By you?"- 'r
less grkfs and tragic experiences of
his Btill ^rouug life. He had learned to
love through suffering, only to realize
that the very nature of his suffering
forbade tiim to indulge iii love.
And this seemed, even In this hour of
.public .juutlflcation, a final Judgment.
lH» 1mA.
tpU.fcU itttn ma toHfcJtaKifat
moment believed, but whtft Was* th^e
in his life, whttt wns* there hi the facts
as
witnessed by others, what was there
'in his mother's letters jiud the revela
tion of {Ste'i" sK r^tV£latf^nj?Jiip' to'cor-*
roboruteHiis'tisseUi&Gfe oPti^rrbve-'that
her hrnicl 'and' notUfls* had' tu-)d- the
weapon" Vvheto 'fftc 'life Ulotii1 gfeuhed'
f£pm her devoted breast? Nothing,
nothing --only his ord to staihl against
all human probabilities arid natural in
ference, only IifsT word tmd -the'^'ner-'
ous nature'of ttfc gvent heartedfvVomu'H
wjio hatl'thtts Vbrishvd Tftmigh a
dozen df liW ftfkw tfltlr.ohs¥liad by
tfielr verdict professed their belief in
his word and given him the benefit of
a doubt Involving his life as well aa his
honor, he„ as well as they kuew that
neither the police ntwnhe general pub
lic wore* givfen "to sentimentality and
that the'question'of his guilt still lay
open and must remain so" till his dying
day, for from' the nature of. things uo
^roof of the truth'was' probable. Batsy
being--dead, only God arid his-own
•heart could know that tbe'facts of that
awCul-half hour were as he had told
theoi.'*
Had God In htsr justice removed in
this striking Way his* only-witness as a
punishment for bis sins
sand
vBut
ARRESTED.
But, alas, all tides have their ebb as
well AS flow, and before Mr. Sutherland
and Frederick were well out of .the
'main street the latter became aware
that notwithstanding the respect with
which his explanations had been re
ceived by the.jury there were, many of
his fellow townsmen who were ready
'to show dissatisfaction at Ujs being al
lowed to return in freedom to that
home where he had still every, prospec:
•of being called the young master
his mad
indulgence In acts so little short of
crime as' to partake of its guilt and
merit its obloquy?
He was risking himself this question
as he bent to* fasten tilt*' gate His fa
ther bad passed in. The carriage''had
driven off, and'the road was almost
solitary, but not quite. A0 he leaned
his arm over the*-gate and 'turned to
take a final glance down the hillside he
saw with,Avhat 'ieelbigs no one will
ever know tlie light figure 6f Agb^s ad
vancing on the" arm of iRu^-fatherf
He would have drawn back, but a
better ImptilsB intervened, and he stood1
his ground.^- Mr. Uail1tlavw»Md'walbPd
very close5 to Agnes, cast'lier an ad
monitory glance,' which Frederick was
notrslow in interpreting,^'th^ri stopped
eluetantly, po'lmps* because he flaw
her falter, perhaps b'ecaufeg he knew
that an, interview betweten these two
was unav61(lab'le*-hnd tiad best be
quickly over.
Frederick fouud his folce"flrst.
"Agues," said he, "I am glad of this
opportunity?" for impressing my grati
tude.. .You ^hvb'acteii like a friend ahd
have earned my eternal consideration
even If-we hever'Bpeak again."
There was a lidinentary silence. -Her
heart, which had* drooped under his
greeting, rose- again:*- Her eyes, humid
\Yith feeling, sought his face.
'Why do you spdalc like that?" said
she. "Why1 shouldn't we meet? Does
not every^one recognize your inno
cence, ancP wilt*»tfot?"the"' wbdle world
soon see, as'*I have, that you have left
the ,old life behind and have only torbe
your new self to win every one's re
gard?"
'Agnes," feturfted4 Frederick, stall
ing sadly as be observed'the 'sudden
alaj-m visible ih' her father's face at
these enthusiastic words, "you know
me.-perhaps better'than others do and
are prepared ttf'b&l&Ve thy wofds and
my. more than unhappy story But
there are Tew Agneses In the world.
People In''general will* not acquit'me,
and if .there was only one person who
doubted"—Mr. Halliday began to look
relieved—would fail to'4 give any
promise of* the new life ydu hope to
sed me lead if I Allowed Hie shadow
under which 1 undoubtedly'rest to'fall
in the remotest way acrbss yours. -You
anjl I hate been friendir and will con
tinue .such, but we will hold little in?
tercourse- in 'future, hard a* I find It
to .say so.
DO&B
not Mr. Halliday'con-
sider -this right? As your'father be
must"
Agnes' eyes leavih'gi:FrederIck'8 for
a moment, sought her father's. Alas,
there was no mistaking their language.
Sighing deeplyt '4he agalifr hung her
head.
a
"Too much care .for people's opin
ion," ^he murinured/*"and too little for
what js best and noblest in us. 1 do
no.t recognize the necessity of -a fare
well between us any more than I rec
ogtiizt that auy one Who saw and heard
you today can believe in yo'ur-gullt."
there a& so 'tnany who did not
htiar ant} sce me. TTeildes," here he
turned a' lfttle knd' pointed to the gar
den* hi hl& rear,'"for the past week a
.miii^I iieed^not "fe'liite who or under
what autii6rtiy hTe Apts—Has been in
hiding under tbat'Mior watching my
every nrov'ement ajj&jfonbBt counting
tuy sighs/Yestewl affile- lfef t' for a'short
4pace,.bift todfiy iifcbdck. Whatfaoes
that? argd^', dear' fil'tfiitl? Innocence
completely r£cognlzed\lbe8 "not 'call fbr
stfehguanHnnfsiiin."
JTo
Be Continued.
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Arrive Leave
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No. 8—Pullpiao'«sleeper AadJree.cbalr car IQ
es Chfcago 7loo a. m. Dining car
and through oi
No. 8—Pullpian
-Chicago arrives Chfcago 7leo a. m. Dlnipgi
will setveDfeakfast from Joiiet ta3hlcago.
IJgt^-nlght.
•T MAT# iiiNHGorifQjrdih&^
7 8t a^m No. Minneapolis va»~ 8:06 am
12:10
To, Mr. Sutherland, suffering now
from the reaction following all great
efforts, much, If not all, of this quiet
j)but significant display of public feeling
passed unnoticed. But to Frederick,
alive to the least look, the least sign
that hlB story had not been accepted
unquestioned, this passage .through*the
town was the occasion of the most
poignant suffering.
No..8KockforJ.Passenger....8:80pm
12-I3 ngt
NO.
6 Minneapolis Express..I2:*0 Dgt
No. i—Free chair car aind coacheB to [Al
bert Lea. -No 6—Pullman sleepers and
Goacbej to Minneapolis and St. Paul,
SHGOKAH DIVISION.
8:10pm DecorahPassenger*.... 8i80am
0:30 am -WestUnion Passenger 8:40
4:06pm DecorahTrfclght 6:20am
IOWA PALLS DIVISION.
8:00 pm.... Iowtt & Minnesota Pass....... 8:16 am
t2:20 ngt ..Minnesota & Dakota Pass.. 12:80 ngt
JOPVA CITV1DAVKNPOBT,BURL. AKD CLINTON.
13:10 m. :..Buri &' la Clly Pas8...8:66
9.UI Olln To PH» T\im» U».
7
•7:36a |n.
m. Glin.,IaGttv, DvptPassH....7)l6am
...Burl, & la City Pass .4:40
Trains numbers 6,6,8, 18. 19. and Minn &
daily, ail ptner bains' dally ex
Dakota Pass run
ce|t Sunday,"
JNO. ii. FARMER,
,Tkt Agt
Cedar
I
Gen'l^ass & Tkt Agt
"ar Rapids. Iowa.
No 91+ 2:05
NMNM
J. A. LOMAX.
Ticket Agent,
Railroad Time Table,
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
Mafn Line Passenger Train,.
VKST BOUND MAI IF LINK BAST B0,92TO
No 1*11:49 pm
No 3* 3:15 pin
"N081 Wimp
jNOB 10:40am
..ifast Train..
Thro Express..
:...Clipper....
Local express
~Way Rrelght.
.Thro Prelght.
Ne 2* 8:44 am
No4* 8:15 pm
No 82+9:40 am
No6t 8:40pm
No92*U:43am
No 0C*8:U5
CEDAR.RAPJDB tlRANCH.
North Btfund 1 Bet Cedar Rpds -South Bound
-Arrive—r- and Manchester 1-—"-Leave—-—
No.806 0:lGp.m
No. 882 9:80 a.m
No. 8061:80 p.ni
v. .-^Passenger..
|No.8U5 0:40 a.
.tPassenger... [No.381C :25 p.
.... tFrelght.... |No.858 5:do p.
All above trains carry passengers.
•Dally.
iDally £xoeptSii-sday. .-
H. G. PIEROR. Station Agt.
Nos -6 & 0 run between Dubuque and' Albert
Lea
NOB. 81 & 82 run between Lyle and Dubuque
with connection through to Ft Dodge by train
No 81.
New tralD 4 irakes same stops east of here as
No, 2 except that east of RocKfOrd It stops at
East Rockiord. Genoa & uoleman, This train
Is a ihroueh .vestibule train with dining
car from Omaha to Rockford. No 3 & 4 only
step at Dyersytlle between Manchester and Du
buque.*
CHICAGOGREATWESTERNRY.
"The Maple Leaf Route.'*
Tme card, Thorpe, Iowa.
Chicago Sfift'ial, twally,Going East 7:40 am
J)ay Express dal xcxcrpt Sunday 3:04 pm
Way -Freightoatly 11:36am
Gti West, North and South.'
WayPrelgh .dally 9:85pm
DayKxpreM daily except 8unday.. .. 1:68 pm
StFaulA KansasClly.Exp, dally ... 6:41 am
Etor Information ana tiokrts apply to
J. It. O'H ARROW Agent Thorpe
Jiidhesi
lo luwest
prk«s
Compare the lowest priced
variety with some of the kind
you may be using and judgel
The highest priced grades are
incomparable.
For Sale By
WELLS & ELDREDGE.
17Wtt
Such little pills sa UeWitt's Little
Early Risers are very easily taken, and
they are wonderfully effective In cleans
ing'the liver and bowels. Smith liroe.
Henry Hutchinson
\. 'i Breeder of Thoroughbred- .,
Shorthorn Cattle.
DELAWARE COUNTY
Suite Bank
CAPITAL $60,000
-DIRKOTORS-
Wm. 0. Cawle}.
W. G. Kenyon.
Edward P. Seeds.
-Cbaa. J. Seeds.
0. W. Keagy
fslUNN
JOSEPH HUTCHINSON
Manchester.Iowa
WM. DONNELLY, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
Proprietor ot toe
Ryan Drug Store.
Dealer in
-Drags, Stationery, Etc.
RTAN IOW/
Compound VaDor and Sham
ooo Baths.
Most all dis
eases are caused
by poisonous sec
retionB, which
clog the wheels
of NATURE.
Vapor
-and
The name and
the symptoms
may be'different
Shampoo.
but the
WM. O. OAWLEl
President.
R. W. TIBRILL,
«i»e ot
disease can us
ually be traced
to the imperiect action ol the millions
of pores of the haman body. A bath in
accordance with scientific require
ments is the best preventative and
remedy known. The methods employ
edby me are the most scientific ever
invented or discovered for dispelling
disease. Results tell the story. Give
me trial. This is the Oonant system
of baths. A competent lady attendant
in charge of the liuliesdepartment.
Office and bath rooms on Franklin
street, opposite Globe Hotel
WTF G. D. QATC3
CtLAS. j. SEEDS,
Oubler.
O. W. KEAQY,
Vloe President.
H. F. Arnold.
R. W. Til-rill.
G. W. Dunham,
M. H. WiUlston
INTVRK8T PAID en Time Deposits.
Prompt attention given to all business. Pas
senger tickets from and to all parte
of Europe
direct to Manchester, for Bale.
I.ONG TIME MORTGAGE T.OANS
Made, Bought and told.
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
Tor the storage of valuable papers,
etc. for rent.
HAVE
Ladles and dents Qold Watches
in all sizes kinds and styles,
Ladies, dents and Chrildrens Rings
.* from DIAMONDS,' OPALS, EMER-
SOLID STERLING SILVER FORES,
TABLE, DESERT and TEA SPOONS,.
NAPKIN RINGS'. ETC ETC., ETC.
Also large lin£ of Best Brands of—
SILVER PLATED SPOONS, FORKS,
KNIVES, TEA SETS, WATER SETS.
CAKE BASKETS, BUTTER DISHES,
ETC., ETC.
CARVING KNIVES and FORKS, LADIES
GUARD CHAINS, GENTS VEST CHAINS,
EMBLEM RINGS, CHARMS, LOCK
ETS, GOLD SPECTACLES, MAN­
TEL CLOCKS, SILK UMBREL
LAS, GOLD PENS.
Come and see the .many things we
have not space to list.
BOYNTON & M'EWEN
Illinois CentralR
FROM CHICAGO TO
HOT SPRINGS
ARKANSAS, VIA MEMPHIS
WITHOUT CHANGE
Tlie Illinois Central Is now running a through
Pullman sleeping car dally between Chicago
and Hot Springs, Ark., on its "Limited" leaving
Chicago at 5.10 p.m., arriving Hot Springs 5.1b
the next afternoon.
Through reservations Chicago to. Hot Springs
can also be secured on the "Speolal," leaving
Chicago 8.80 a. m. dally arriving at Hot Bprlngs
9.65 tne next mornlog. Dlulng-car service en
4
route. AspeclalfolderoftbiB new service as
.. as full particulars concerning the above
can behadoiagentsof the Illinois Genital end
well
nan
Np 84^4-8 II £un totfy Minday ImMM,
-'.'Vv
connecting lines.
A.
Hi HANSON
PMmal ftitnir Aitawimn,
mm
T?WW
wt,
TRADE MAIM*
DEMON*
COPYRIGHT* IkcC
Anyone sending aakotch
auloWf ascertain our opinion. IJeo whMher' .n
Invention la probabl, mtontrtja
ions strictly conddonttol..Handbook
on Patent*
sentfrco. Oldest ncenoy forseciirtnjfMtwt*.
Patents tnfcou tlirouch Munn A CO. MOMT*
-•pre/at notice, without charge, in tbe -,s
ScUstiific Hsaerkan.
A linndaomoly illustrated weekly, tarjrest ctiv
rtiintlon of nny sclentlllo Journal. TermmJf3 a
vcar: four months, fL Sold b» nilI
cV
You Will
a Pair of Shoes
To keep yotif feet dty
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.
PATENTS.*]
FREE
ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY
Notice in Inventive Age
Book "How to obtain Patent*"
(Marges moderate. No
'ssafr
m.
ite. Noftee till patent Is secured,
cUy confidential. AddreMu 1,
Patent Lawyer\ WaiNngtar.* D. 0.
fee till
Letters strict!,
S.6.8IGGER?,
Abstract Co
DELAWARE COUNTY
Manchester,Iowa.
ABSTRAOTST*
REAL ESTATE^ A
LOANS AND
—MANUFACTUEEB OF—
3'
I CONVEYANCING.:
Office In First Notiona
Bank-Building:
Orders by mail will receive carefal
attention,
We have complete copies of all records
of Delaware county.
ENNIS BOGGS.
.OKB.
S. A. STEADMANj
HARNESS I
The NortherirOhio*Blankct Mills.
Beet Fine All Wool Plaids. We call
8le
articular attention of our castomers to
finest grade in quality and, patterns
ever offered. No other mills dqual them
In Sneneas ot qaullty, brlRht jind tally
oolorlnm, or rare design,—abtolutely
newdesiRM.
THE FIRST PLUSH«M«W^
made In Amerloa^ras the
thirty years ago. It was
As they wefe thefirst
first today, in quality
wefe thefirst then. BO are they
etoguee or
«iu permanence o^oolorlng.They
do not shed. There are lmltstionl, tout
as plush robes are servlceableTor a'score
of jears. It is economy to buy the Dest
—THE CHASE.
In point of style and
soula you get si
bottom prices.
department.
Aut. Cashier.
In point of stvle and price,
never'before
eould you set suoh goodlquaime, at rook
Stock complete In c—
S. A. STE ADMAN.
J. E. DAVIS, Manchester,
la., Main St., North of
Court House.
MOHEY...X?OTSS&JV,
I am making first-class farm loans :,
at and
6
per cent., with privf- 'r.
leges.
ABSTRACTS
furnished at.a rate
all competition.
J. E, DAVIS, .Abstracter.
a=
ALEX SEFSTROM,
LACKSMIT
1
AL.DB, PEABLS,ETO., dOWD to
PLAIN GOLD BANDS.
^WEDDING RINGS.
Makes a SpeolaUyd^'
Dorse
ShoeinjO'
Interiering and Corns^Cured or
no Pay. $
Do All Kinds of
Work in Iron—
rw.
Maohln&rv and all kinds of Phna Implements
and Maohinery repaired.' The best of
work guaranteed/'
PRICES REASONABLE.
A share of the Publio Patronage is s611oited«
suocessor to Peter Mever
HURRAH FOR
First-class Horse Shoers.
Also- PLOW WORK and GEN-^r
ERAL REPAIRING.
PRICES JRIGHT1
CALL AND SEE USI At foot"
of Franklin street.
R. W. TIRRILL
Is Loaning
Tloney as cheai
as any person or Corpora
tism.
DOUGLASS,
grapher.
the Photo-
Go to Douglass
For FINE