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RUSSIAN CROWN LANDS. Altai Estates Alone Three Times as Large as England and Wales. So much is being .written of the in ternal economy of Russia lately that the extent of crown lands'has escaped attention, says I. H. James, Cleveland. "The czar's Altai estates alone cover an area of over 170,000 square mllerf, being about three times the size of England and Wales. The Nertchisak estates in Eastern Siberia are esti mated at about 76,600 square miles. In the Altai estates are situated the gold and silver mines of Barnaul, Pau lov, Sinljov and Laktjepp, the copper foundry ol GaVrllov, in the Salagirov district The receipts from these enormous estate^ are not commensur ate with their size, but this is largely owing to a deficit in working the mines. The ore from the mines is transported 300 or 400 miles to the smelting works, which ar.e built in districts where wood abounds."—Mil waukee Free Press. Reversing Things. They had just finished breakfast and the woman of the future was about to start ^own town, when her husband arose from the table, placed his arms about her' neck and kissed her. "Dearest," he murmured softly, "I love you more than words can tell." "Oh, you do, eh?" she rejoined, sus piciously. "What is it now—a new silk hat or a-pair of trousers?"—Chi cago News. Advancing the Farmers' Interests. Traveling agents and salesmen are now sent from the home offices of the Chicago packers into all South Ameri can and Asiatic countries. They are going into every land, no matter what language may be spoken or what .money be UBed. Stated His Reason. A well known actor tells the follow ing amusing yarn: In his early, struggling days, before he attained fame and fortune, lie once found himself in a small country place with a fifth-rate company. Wandering idly round the morning after their ar rival, he was passing a church en trance just as a wedding was about to lie'celebrated. To kill the time he went in. The ground floor of the •church was pretty full, but a low, dark gallery near the roof was apparently leserted. The ceremony proceeded on the •even tenor of its way until the minis ter inquired if anyone present knew any reason why the couple before him should not be united together in the holy bonds of matrimony. There was silence for a moment and then a smtll, thin voice in the gallery was heard to say, "Yes. I do." All eyes were turne(d to the gallery, where the figure of a small, milk-and watery-looking individual was barely •Kscernible in the gloom. "State your reason!" said the min ister, fixing the protester with a steel i.v eye. A fit of uncontrollable mifth seized all present when there came from the gallery the diffident, reply: "Please, sir, I—I want the gal my« self!" "GOLD GOLD." "Good," We Says,-"But Comfort Bet ter." "Food that fits is better than a gold mine," says a grateful man. "Before I commenced to use Grape Nuts food no man on earth ever had a-'.worse infliction from catarrh ot the stomach than I had for years, "I could eat nothing but the very lightest food and even that gave me great distress, "I went through the catalogue of prepared foods but found them all (eixcept Grape-Nuts) more or less in digestible. generating gas in the stom ach (which in turn produced head ache and various other pains antjl aches) and otherwise unavailable for iny afce. "Grape-Nuts- food I have found easily digested and assimilated, and it has renewed my health 'and vigor and made me a well man again. The catarrh of the stomach has disap peared entirely with all its attendant Ills, thanks to Grape-Nuts, which now is my almost'sole food. T,want, no other." Name given July. Postum Co, Battle Creek Mich. :. Tftn days' trial tells-the'story. There'* a reason. N They will exchange their goods for cowries or elephant tusks—anything to sell the product and get something In return converti ble into money. It may seem odd to some folks, but traveling men, carry ing cases with samples of American meat, products, can be seen in the desert of Sahara, the sands of Zanzi bar, or in Brazil, "where the nuts' come from." Great is the enterprise of the Yankee merchant. The greater the market, the ..greater Ihe price and sta bility of the price ot' the product and all that goes to make it in its various stages. Exceptional. "Is he a really good violinist?" "Yes, and an exceedingly remarka ble one." "In what respect?" "His instrument is not a genuine Stradivarius.' "—Philadelphia Press. And the Next Day It Snowed. They were telling a story to-day ot a conversation a friend of H. H. Rog ers had with the Amalgated's presi dent. The friend wanted to know whether the "system" was going to let l.awson make any serious impression upon the price of Amalgamated this trip. "Oh. pshaw," Mr. Rogers was report, eil to have replied, "what's the use of sweeping the snow off until it has -.topped snowing?"—New York Mail. orth Dakota ubbins & Crosby gets another hotel. Drake is to have an agent of the £00. The North Dakota corn crop has ma tured. Fine apples are grown in Steele county. The schools at Bowbells are over crowded. Wheat blockades are reported over the state. A prairie flre did some damage west of Harlem. A great deal of fall plowing has been done. A poultry farm is to be established at Dickinson. Fine wheat yields are the rule in Dickey county. Many towns are infested with tin horn gamblers. Hoodlums broke a plate glass win dow at Milnor. Bowbells has been infested with crippled beggars. Milnor has been extremely unfor tunate with .fires. Fire scorched Varrison's jewelry store at Valley City. Wahpeton is credited with a large number of blind pigs. Four car's of wheat were derailed on the Soo near Enderlin. Des Lacs I.ake. in Ward county, lias been stocked with fish. North Dakota national banks have deposits of $14,000,000. The farmers' elevator at Courtenay has begun to take in grain. X. A. Honer, formerly of Fargo, is now a boniface at. Harvey. Tom O'Malley, formerly deputy Colorado of lung affection. The town of McCumber is said to have been rather frostbitten. The A. O. U. W. lodges of St. John and Rolla were consolidated. Shock threshing has been completed '.n many sections of the state. The Farmers and Merchants' bank at Kensal changed ownership. The ranchers around Dickinson are raising some fine farm horses. Dr. Moeller is establishing a new town at Fish Lake, Rolette county. A couple of prisoners at Minot se cured their liberty by singing hymns. The people of Tolley are agitating the question of a school this winter. At Sharon some alleged violators of the prohibition law were gathered in. School consolidation was forced at Ray because of lack of attendance at *ne. John Otten. near Neche. captured a wounded deer, which he is domesti cating. The wheat yields.around Maxbass are reported to average twenty-five bushels. N. P. Rasmussen had durum wheat near Glover which averaged twenty nine bushels. It is claimed chicken shooting was better around Balfour than in any sec tion of the state. The Cargill elevator at Page bursted and about 1,000 bushels of grain went on to the ground. Mail Carrier Masterson of Buffalo was mixed up in a^ runaway and had one of his ribs broken. It is said that a lot of non-residents hunted around Ellendale without, tak ing out the $25 licenses. Larimore has a large delegation of ^young girls who make the 9 o'clock train almost every night. If a day passes without the La Moure county sheriff nipping a pigger he thinks it pretty duty. Five women, and three meu camping hear Osnabrock were arrested for stealing goods from freight cars. 1 N The Northern Pacific is now run ning trains as far as McCltisky 011 'he branch west from Sykest.011. Protests against the mail -service on the. Casselton-Marion branch of the Northern Pacific are pronounced. Farmers near Lansford are said to have attempted to evade the regula tions regarding glandered horses. Bailey FuHer offers $50 reward for any one caught shooting quail recently planted in the woods near Jamestown. It is thought counterfeiters are at work in Jamestown, a spurious $10 gold piece having been passed by a woman. Some Indians swiped a dog near Hazelton but the owner recaptured the animal before it was converted into soup. There is a row at Drake because strings of. box cars are left on the side track and the people have to crawl mder. At Fessenden some toughs slugged a woman who Insisted on being paid for meals the men Becured in a res taurant. The North Dakota exhibit that was at the state fairs of Minnesota and Indiana will also be shown at the Ill inois fair. Crosby is to get a Great Northern branch from Palermo and expects the extension of the Soo to pass through that: point. A Steele county farmer sued a thresberman for damages for driving over his' fields, and using bundles to make a driveway. -v At. Mayyllie,a thief swiped a pair of pants and after extracting a few pieces t»t silver from the pockets placed ihe trousers on an apple tree. Pingree is growing rapidly. Towner is to have a new drug store. Sneak thieves are numerous at Lis bon. Hannaford joins in the cry for more cars. Wahpeton has organized a dramatic club. The depot safe at Towner was bur gled. There was an incendiary flre at Martin. Sawyer rejoices over a station agent. Thieves have been busy around Velva. Norwich was short on barbers re cently. The Soo tracklayers will soon reach Omemee. Hobos started fires in two barns at Lakota. It is said there are a lot of drunks at Rugby. Wilton's new flre engine was suc cessfully tested. Some wheat near Linton went thir ty-eight bushels. Lightning played some great tricks in Towner county. Flour mills over the stale are report ing a big business., Burglars have been active in many towns in the stated Mohair continues to secure new business enterprises. The Soo is increasing the capacity of its yards at Harvey. Real estate loans are being cleaned up in McHenry county.. Some Ramsey county wheat was badly damaged by smut. A new rural delivery route is to be established out of Rugby. A lot of sport is made of the drink ing water at Turtle Lake. A Dakota soft drink establishment was raided and injuncted. Fine corn crops are the boast of many sections of the state. The chicken crop seems to have been thoroughly harvested. Henry Erickson of McHenry county' has grown some fine apples. The dentists seem determined to organize a state association. There was an exciting time at Tow ner over a druggist's permit. A Mayville duck hunter claims to have killed seven at one shot. The reform school had an interest ing booth at. the Mandan fair. There is a decided drouth at Wynd mere since the blind pig raid. Harry Fletcher hauled the first load of wheat, ever marketed in Sarles. Velva has purchased street lamps and wil soon have them in position. Dickinson is undecided on the lo cation of its deep well for fire protec tion. Miss Jessie Newcomb of Norwich walked into an open cellar and broke a rib. Prairie dogs are said to be numerous in parts of the country tributary to Mandan. Pat O'Connor of New Rockford had ihe misfortune to lose his new sepa rator by flre. The merchants over the stale who are advertising are the men who get the business. George Waldie of Dickey lost a foot while endeavoring to extinguish a flre in a separator. Eastern hunters are planning a trip to North Dakota when the geese get to going south. The city of Lisbon now has two line artesian wells for a water supply for fire protection. Several sections of the state appear to have been grafted by fake solicitors for publications. At New Rockford a bootlegger was caught attempting to sell booze to prisoners in jail. Enforcement league spotters are said to be at work in the northern part of the state. The durum wheat seems to have yielded about 25 per cent more than other kinds of wheat." Three deaths by lightning in Tow ner county in one week was an un usual record for this state. The sportsmen of the state are get ting ready for the wild geese when the first bad weather arrives. A Stutsman county man claimed to have secured a yield of fifty-eight bushels of durum wheat to the acre. At Page a boy tickled the wrong end of a burro and the doctor took half a dozen stitches in the kid's forehead. Potato growers in the central and western parts of the state Intend to ship spuds to the Red river valley.. The new town of Tolley is starting with concrete sidewalks fromt the word go. That indicates enterprise. Lightning rod agents are doing a big business as the result of the large amount of electrical damage this year. "Cowboy Shaw was held on a horse stealing charge at Rugby and sent te the Devils Lake jail for safe keeping. The Great Northern train on the branch from Towner jumped the track one day and did other acrobatic stunts. The raid on the, Hampden blind pigs resulted in the holding of one prisoner and the discharge of the oth er.' The new night watch at Rugby is re splendent in a new uniform and has a star that hobos cin see a Mock away. Some sensations are expected along other lines at Towner as a result of the Investigation of the lost county books. A detective engaged in the investi gation of the loss of the county books at Towner is reported- to have given up the task. STUDENTS DUCKED IN LAKE. More Than 600 Get Wet in Class Rush at Madison. Madison, Wis., Oct. 8. More than 600 students were ducKed in Lake Mendota yesterday in the annual freshrtien-sophomore class rush, tlia most furious in the history ot the Uni versity of Wisconsin. Clint D. North of Cleveland had two ribs broken as the result of a fall from a telephone pole where he was climbing after a class flag. He was unconscious for two hours and is said to be in a serious condition. One student had-a leg broken and over forty received minor injuries. DO NOT PAY FAIR BILLS. Proceeds of State Show Too Small to Cover Premiums. Pierre, S. D.t Oct. 8.—Notwithstand ing the large attendance at the state fair, the state board of agriculture has notified State Auditor Halladay that they are short of the necessary funds for the payment of premiums, the shortage being $3,740.75, and they ask for the state appropriation of $3, 000 to assist them in making their payments. STEAM SHOVEL CRACKS SKULL. Michigan Mine Superintendent Fatally 0 Injured. Marquette, Mich., Oct. 8.—Capt. J. T. Icebileock. superintendent of the United States Steel corporation's sec tioa 21 mine at Ishpeming, was hit by a steam st'ovel last night, sustaining a fractured skull and other injuries wh5c!s bvo expected to prove fatal. He is cluri:r.an of the Marquette county board o. supervisors. Franchise Granted. Albert Lea, Minn., Oct. 8.—After a fight of two or three weeks the city council !ate last night grapted a fran chise for twenty years to the Trl-State Telephone and Telegraph company, but maximum rates were fixed at con siderably lower figures than previous. At present the Northwestern. Tele phone Exchange company has an ex change here. Fire Near Oil and Dynamite. Towa City, Iow% Oct. 8. Flre last night partially destroyed Dooley's store in the center of the business block adjoining the Zarz house. The firemen had the blaze under control just as the steel tank' containing a hundred gallons of gasoline was threatened. Near the scene a ton of dynamite had been removed during the day. Will Give Up Pat Crowe. Helena, Mont., Oct. 8.—Gov. Toole yesterday honored the requisition of Gov. Mickey of Nebraska for Pat Crowe. The specific charge is robbery. Henry Heitjped is named as agent and will go to Bntte after Crowe. Fear It la Foul Play. Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 8:—Ed Ores sor, a wealthy farmer, was found dead in a pool of blood in his home near Aran. Neighbors believe the man was murdered* He has a bullet hole in his temple and other wounds. NEWS OF TIE NORTHWEST ROTTING FOR LACK OF CARS. Wheat Piled In Heaps Beside Railroad Tracks. Hankinson, N. D., Oct. 8.—Farmeri throughout this section are complain ing of the lack of cars' in which ta ship their grain. A large quantity ol wheat ht^g already been threshed ou» and is nofc at the stations, but the rail roads are Unable to furnish means of transporting it. At some points the grain is left beside the track in wag ons, each wagon being loaded to itf Utmost capacity with sacks of wheat At other places, where the wheat wa? brought to town in the wagon boxes the grain has been dumped in hug« heaps beside the track and is rotting from exposure to the weather and con tact with the ground. Heavy wind? scatter it still more, and the birds are making havoc with some of the piles No prospect of relief from the con gestion is now in sight, and the farm el's are almost discouraged, as the farm granaries are for the most, part already filled. LIGHTS PIPE IS BURNED. Farmer Sets Straw on Fire and Nearly Meets Death. Ada. Minn., Oct. 8.—Olans Gaarder was probably fatally burned in a flre on his farm in Wa.ukon. While at tempting to light his pipe Mr. Gaarder accidentally set fire to a straw stack, and the flames, fanned by a strong wind, spread to five other stacks. In a desperate effort to extinguish the flames, Gaarder was terribly burned. All bf his clothes except his hat and shoes fell from him in ashes. CATTLE SHIPMENTS HEAVY. One Hundred Cars in Two Days Sent to Market. Pierre, S. D., Oct. 8. Cattle ship ments from this point were slow at the beginning of the season, but last Sat urday and Sunday about 100 cars of cattle were sent, out, and through this week more than a hundred cars of sheen have been shipped. Prepara tions are being made to handle more than a hundred cars again to-day and to-morrow. SEARCH ABANDONED. Man Lost in the Woods Cannot Be Found. Ladysmlth, Wis., Oct. 7. After more than two weeks of fruitless effort upon the part of hundreds of people to find Peter Anderson, lost in the woods, the search lias been given up. The searchers are satisfied that tliey found tracks made by the lost man—their character corresponding with the •hoes he wore when he left home, and their appearance denofiug a losi and wandering mail. While opiuiou varies somewhat, it is generally thought that the man has succumbed somewhere in the woods not far from his home. The effort made with the aid of blood hounds availed nothing. Mr. Auder son was highly esteemed by his neigb bors and by business men in Lady smith. FIVE CASES IN SIX MONTHS. Referee in Bankruptcy Makes Report of Petitions Settled. Winona. Minn.. Oct. 7. William Burns, referee in bankruptcy for the first division, lias completed liis re port for the six 1110111 lis ending Sept. 30. Bankruptcy business in this dis trict lias beeii rather light during ibis six months, there being only five cases all voluntary, disposed of by the ref eree. The total liabilities, direct and contingent, amounted to No dividends were declared. The mtal amount set apart as exempt amounted to $1.2::r. The tola! fees, commissions and expenses paid amounted to $100. RED WING HAS BIG FIRE. Traffic on River Division of Milwaukee Road Is Tied Uo. Red Wing. Minn., Oct. 7.—Kire last night destroyed the mill and yard of the Charles Beteher Lumber compauy, causing loss aggregating approximate ly $70,000, and resulting in the tying up of traffic on the River division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road. At a late hour Kire Chief Cool and his men had gotten the lire under control. The Beteher compan'v plant is close to the railroad tracks, and all telegraph wires were hurued in a short time. The loss 011 the mill is about $30,000 on the lumber yard. $40.0011. AUTHOR IS DISCOVERER. Hamlin Garland Takes Capitalists to Visit Lands He Finds. La Crosse, Wis., Oct. 7. Hamlin Garland of West Salem, the author, has succeeded in interesting capital-, ists of this city in what he terms land discoveries made in Indian Territory a year ago, and which he says will make all those who take advantage of the opportunities offered wealthy beyond their fondest dreams. Garland and a party of capitalists left last night for Muskogee. Ind. T.. to investigate Gar land's "finds," made while in tha West searching for local color for a new novel of Western life. BODY MANGLED SEEKS AID. Shotgun Discharge Bares Ribs and Hipbone of Hunter. Prairie du Chien. Wis., Oct. 7.—Al fred Stoh, aged twenty years, was ac cidentally shot through the right side by tbe discharge of a shotgun. The bones of the hip and lower ribs were laid bare and the flesh and muscles running to the leg were severed. Af ter the accident he crawled a mile to his father's cahin on the island, lyid was then brought to the city, where a quantity of the shot was removed He had laid the gun on a log to tie his shoe siring, when it slid down and the hammer caught on a bush. THREE SHOT IN QUARREL. La Crosse Man Shoots His Wife, Child and Father-in-Law. Sparta, Wis., Oct. 7.—A man named Labcll came here from La Crosse and shot his wife and child and John Crow ley. Family trouble was the cause Mrs. Labell has been living with her father, John Crowley, and Labell ha? been trying to persuade her to return to him. He went to Crowley's, and, in a quarrel, shot the three, seriously, if not fatally, injuring them all. He is? still at large, and the sheriff, with an armed posse, is searching for him. JAILER IS SENTENCED. La Crosse Man Given Fifteen Monthr in Prison. I .a Crosse, Wis., Oct. 7.—J. M. Chil ders, jailer of the La Crosse county jail, who was convicted Saturday of assisting in the escape of Earl Trainoi and Andrew Cunningham, two mem bers of the notorious Eddie Fay gang of postoffice robbers, was sentenced to a term of fifteen months in the house of correction by United States Judge Sanborn yesterday. The evidence shoWed that Childers received $800 for the release of the two prisoners. Murder Case Deferred. Sisseton, N. D., Oct. 7— At the open ing of court the state's attorney filed an information against Zach Flute, the Indian murderer, but owing to the ab sence of Sears, one of the attorneys for the defense, who was called home to attend the funeral of his mother there was no arraignment or pleading? in the case at this time. Successful Canning Season. Belie Plaine, Minn., Oct. 7. The Belle Plalno Canning company shut down yesterday after a most success ful season's run, having packed 250,000 cans of corn. Tlie company will can CONGRESSMAN GOULDEN finds Quick Relief from Bladder Trou« bles Through Dean's Kidney Pills. Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, Member *f Congress representing the 18th Dis trict of New York, also trustee of the From personal Soldiers' Home at Bath, N. Y., writes: Gentlemen As many of my friends have used Doan's Kidney Pills and have been cured of kidney and bladder troubles. 1 feel It my duty to recom mend the medicine, ex perigee I know Doan's Kidney Fills wilf cure inflam mation of the bladder, having experi enced relief the second day of using t)f medicine. (Signed) J. A. GOULDEN. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Fosler-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. Referred Lord to the Papers. "It's no end of fun." said a jolly looking young felloVv to his compan ions in the subway, "to go to church in the summer when this philanthropic pulpit, exchange business is on. "Our pastor is way off 011 l-ong Isl and some when" and the preacher in whoso church he is conducting serv ices for the summer has been sent on be re. "This country parson has been a cir cus right, along with his original re marks. bin lie reached tin? limit on Sunday when lie began his prayer by saying: 'O I.ord, thou didst see by tlia morning papers.' "—New York Sun. BIG PUBLISHER SUED. Chicago, Oct. lu.The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company, manufactur ers of a widely known proprietary medicine, has brought suit in the Supe rior Court of the City of Chicago against the Curtis Publishing Company of Philadelphia, alleging that it has been damaged to the extent of $250,000 by a recent article in the Ladies' Homo lourual. The suit is based on a statement re cently made in that journal that a testimonial as to the merit of the rem edy manufactured by the plaintiff, al leged to have been given by Congress man George II. While of South Caro lina, was fraudulent, denial from Mr. White that he ever save such a testi monial also being printed. The Peruna company declares that Congressman White did give the testi monial in good faith, and that it has two original letters from Mr. White. It declares that Mr. White was led to repudiate the testimonial through a misunderstanding. This is the second large damage suit that lias been filed against, the Curtis Publishing company since it inaugur ated its attacks on •'Patent Medicines." Matter of Habit. Sir Walter Raleigh threw down the cloak. "Very pretty," murmured Elizabeth absently, "but I'd like to see the one on the top shelf." Suddenly, remembering that she wasn't shopping, she had to be con tent with what was shown.—Lippin colt's Magazine. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. It is the policy of the railway man agements to weed out drunkenness whenever it develops among em ployes. and tills policy no doubt ac counts for the small percentage of ac cidents nowadays resultitig from in toxication. The Keeley Institute has permanently cured a large number of railway employes who were discharged because of drunkenness, but are now reinstated because they availed them selves of Ihe Keeley cure. Mr. Pennington of the Soo road will not reinstate it man who cannot show n Keelev certificate. Most of the roads of the country are doing like wise. This action is based upon expe rience with so-called "institutes." A Keeley certificate means Reliability. Write Keeley Institute, Minneapolis, ii:M Tenth street south. Point of Resemblance. Asl-.itt—liver shaved by a woman barber? Knoitl—Yes once. Askitt How did you enjoy it? Knoilt—Oh. she had just as much to say as the other kind.—Chicago News. NO TONGUE CAN TELL How I Suffered With Itching and Bleeding Eczema Until Cured by Cuticura. "No tongue can tell how I suffered for five years with a terribly painful, itching and bleeding eczema, my body and face being covered with sores. Never in my life did I experi ence such awful suffering, and I longed for death, which I felt was near.. I had tried doctors and medi cines without, success, but my mother insisted that I try Cuticura. I felt better after the first bath with Cuti cura Soap and one application of Cuti cura Ointment, and was soon entirely well. (Signed) Mrs. A. Etson, Belle* vue, Mien." The Trouble in the Case. "I thought it was a case of love at first sight." "Yes, but he had three days' grace and changed his mind."—New Y»rk Press. DR. J. H. RINDLAUB, (Specialist) Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, Fargo, N. O. Various line* of vegetables next year Dawn is the day smiling at night.1 This is going to be another bad yea*, for lazy farmers.