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Whereupon he reflected a moment and then asked me how much I had received for the wedding of the morning. 'Ten-dollars,' I replied. "His face brightened at once. Here was a solution to the difficulty. 'I'll see his ante,' he remarked, 'raise him five dollars and call.' Whereupon he handed me $15." How'a Thla? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Chengy & Co., Props., Toledo, O. "We,'the undersigned, have known P. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo, 0. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot tle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Fate of Hla Ligaments. "Yes," said Mrs. Brown, "my son Thom as has had an awful time playing football. But Tom's quite a hero. He wrote me all about it. He said the professor at his col lege told him he had only three ligyments in his leg. Them three ligyments are what hold the loot onto the leg. Well, Tom says that a year ago he bruk his first ligyment, that's the outside one, in playin' that game with Purdoo. Then in playing the Sham pain university he broke the second li_ ment right short off. And jest last week in playin' with some college from Indianna he bruk the third ligyment, and now there ain't anything on airfch holdin' that foot on except skin."—Chicago Tribune. FOMIWUJ Conducted Toara To California In Pnllman Touriat Sleeping Cars Via Chicago Great Western R'y to Kan sas City, and Santa Fe Route to Los An- faving eles and Southern California. Only line new Pullman Tourist Sleepers equipped with wide vestibules, steam neat and gas light. One of these new Sleepers leaves St. Paul at 8:10 a. m. every Monday, via Chicago Great Western for Los Angeles and Southern California, reaching Los An geles the following Friday morning. These tours are personally conducted by an ex perienced official who accompanies the train to its destination. The cars are well equipped for along journey and are as com fortable as the standard sleepers, while the price for a double berth is only Six Dollars. Full information furnished by any Great Western Agent, or J. P. Elmer, General Agent Passenger Department, 5th & Robert Streets, St. Paul. Minn. Too Much Imagination. She is a woman much given to romancing, and while she is never intentionally ma licious she has a way of stretching things that often makes trouble. They were dis cussing her the other night at supper ana sonietody-was telling of the wonderful en* tertainments she is always talking (f giv ing and never gives. "She has so much—imagination, said the head of the table. "Imagination," remarked the man who sings, "why, that woman hasan imagination that ten consciences couldn't keep up with. —Washington Post. When Ton Go to Florida you enhance the pleasure of the trip by go ing over the Queen & Crescent Route and its connections via Cincinnati. Careful at tendants look to your comfort. Your meals (a la carte) are not surpassed in the best hotels. Your rest is unbroken on the smooth, rock-ballasted roadway. You are not annoyed by change of cars. Fatigue vanishes before some of the finest natural scenery in America. Winter Tourist Tickets are sold at re duced rates. Why not write us about it? Only 24 hours Cincinnati to Florida. Di rect connections at Port Tampa and Miami at Steamers Wharf for Key West, Nassau and Havana. We quote rates gladly. Hand some printed matter sent free to inquirers. W. C. Rinearson, Gen'l Pase'gr Agent, Cin cinnati, O. The Dashing Explorer. Polar Explorer—What shall I call my new book? "A Dash for the Pole?" 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CLEVELAND. OHIO. I S S E O THE STURG1S WAGER A DETECTIVE STORY. 0 By EDOAR MORETTE. Copyright, 1899, by Frederick A. Stokes Co. sf CHAPTER XX.—Continued. There was a brief silence, broken at last by Sprague, who asked: "Has be escaped?" Sturgis hesitated. "That depends upon how we loolt at it," be said, gravely, at length "he has paid the penalty of his crimes." "What do you mean?" "He is dead," answered the reporter. "Dead? But I tell you I saw him—" "I know but he has died since." "Suicide?" "No the reporter's voice sank to a whisper "murder." "Murder?" repeated the artist, star tled. "But how do you know that?" "This lump of lead tells the story, said Sturgis, holding up the shapeless piece of metal which he had taken out of the vat. "What is it? A bullet?" "Yes the bullet which Chatham car ried in his arm from the time that he was wounded by Arbogast, the bullet which has enabled me to trace him step by step, from his flight from the over turned cab to Dr. Thurston's and finally to his death in this very room the bullet whose peculiar shape is record ed in this shadow picture taken by Thurston by means of the Roentgen rays." So saying, he handed Sprague the photograph. But the artist had ceased to listen. "In this very room?" he mused aloud, looking about him with awe. "Yes. The story is simple enough. The man whose instrument Chatham was is not one who would care to be lumbered up with tools, which become positively dangerous as soon as they cease to be useful. This man, totally unhampered by pity, gratitude or fear, determined to destroy the accountant, whose discovery might have imperiled his own welfare. What mattered a human life or two, when weighed against the possible loss of his own life or liberty, or of his high social standing and his enormous wealth for this man is both renowned and rich, and he appears to have brought whole sale murder to a science." "Do you mean to say that wholesale murder can be indulged in with im punity in a city like New York, at the end of the nineteenth century?" asked Sprague, aghast. "Yes when it is done in the system atic and scientific manner that has been employed here. For this murderer is the most remarkable criminal of mod ern times. He has not been satisfied with killing his victims he has suc ceeded in completely wiping them out of existence. Criminals have often at tempted to destroy the bodies of their victims, but they have never before suc ceeded as this man has. He is a chem ist of remarkable talent, and he has discovered a compound in which bone as well as human tissue is rapidly and totally dissolved. There it is in yon der tank. See how completely the liquid lias destroyed the bone handle of this knife." Sturgis, after showing the damaged knife to his companion, resumed his whittling upon the cover of the box on which the artist was seated. "Chatham's body has been dissolved in that tank within a very short time. It has entirely disappeared this flat tened bullet alone is left, lead being one of the few substances which are not soluble in the contents of the tank. Fortunately he overlooked that fact. Genius has its lapses." Presently Sprague ventured to say: "If numerous crimes have been com mitted here, as you intimate, I do not understand how it is that suspicion has never rested on this house be fore." "The author of these crimes has taken every precaution to render the chance of discovery quite remote. His dwelling-house on one street, and the bogus Chemical company on the other, are in communication through this underground passage, while appar ently having no connection with each other. Moreover, he is too shrewd to make frequent use of this death cham ber. That does well enough as a last resort, when lie is obliged to commit the murders with his own hands but I suspect that this man has other agents like Chatham, who do the dirty work for him and then quietly ship the bodies here for annihilation, as it was intended should be done with Arbogast's. Ah! yes I thought so. You are sitting upon one of these bodies now." Sprague started to his feet and, following the direction in which Stur gis was pointing with his open knife, he vaguely discerned, through the opening which the reporter had whit tied, a small surface of what had once been the features of a human being. After gazing for some minutes in horror-stricken silence at the distort ed face, the artist asked in a low voice: "How did Chatham meet his death?" "I don't know yet," answered Stur gis, gravely "this man is no ordinary criminal. His work is clean and 1 Rheumatism and Neuralgia leaves no blood-stains and no disorder to tell of its accomplishment. He takes life with his own hands only when he is forced to do so but, when he does, his method is masterly. It was easier to make away with Chat I ham than to pay him the price agreed upon for his complicity in the Knick erbocker bank embezzlement and so his life was taken. I hope to discover how before I leave here." Sprague started as the reporter ceased sxeaking. "The price of his complicity?" he claimed, laying his hand upon bturgis' arm and looking earnestly into his eyes. "Yes." replied the reporter, steadi ly meeting his friend's gaze, "his daughter's hand." Sprague looked away from the hon est eyes of the reporter, as if he dreaded to read in them the answer to his next question. "Who is this fiend incarnate, who is willing to traffic in his own flesh and blood, and with whom murder is a .-Kience?" "The man who is capable of these crimes, and of any others which might serve to remove an obstacle from his way fa—** The reporter did not finish his sen tence. He suddenly grasped his com panion by the arm and stood trans fixed, his eyes dilated, his neck craned in a listening attitude, every muscle tense like those of a wild animal in ambush about to spring upon its ap proaching prey. Presently a click was heard as though a bolt had been shot from its socket. "Draw your revolver!" Sturgis whis pered hoarsely to his companion. "Quick!—Look therel" At the same time he drew his own weapon and pointed in the direction of the door at the head of the stairs. The door opened and a man entered, quietly smoking a cigar. "Dr. Murdock!" exclaimed Sprague with, horror. Murdock, still holding the door ajar, eyed the two men for an instant, his impassive face betraying not the slightest sign of emotion. Then, tak ing his cigar from his lips: "Ah, gentlemen," he drawled, in his ironical way, "I am delighted to see you. I trust you will make yourselves perfectly at home for a few minutes. I shall return directly. You can con tinue to work out your little prob lem in the meantime, Mr. Sturgis." With these words he calmly turned to leave the room. "Stop!" shouted Sturgis, leveling his revolver at Murdock's head "stand where you are or I fire!" The reporter's shot rang out almost before he had finished his sentence but Murdock, unscathcd. passed out of the room, closing the door behind him. Sprague, dazed by the rapidity with which this scene had been acted, stood rooted to the spot, without having made any attempt to use the revolver winch he had drawn at Sturgis' bid ding. The reporter sprang up the stairs and threw his weight against the "AH, GENTLEMEN. I AM DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU." door. But it was doubtless intended to withstand great shocks, for it re mained unshaken. "Check!" came the sound of a mock ing voice from the other side of the door. Then, rushing down the stairs again, Sturgis shouted to his com panion: "Come quick! We must get out of here!" And he led the way through the subterranean passage toward the cel lar of the Manhattan Chemical com pany. CHAPTER XXI. THE DEATH CHAMBER. Before the men had gone many steps a grating sound readied their ears from the direction of the sky light. They looked up and saw slid ing steel shutters slowly and ponder ously close, like grim jaws and sud denly they felt themselves cut off from the outside world. Sturgis, taking up his lighted can dle, made his way to the door of the suoterranean passage and tried in vain to open it the heavy iron bolt remained immovable in its socket. Inch by inch he scrutinized the door with growing anxiety. At last he abandoned the search and returned in the direction of the square chamber. "That explains why he wanted to shut me in here when I was in his office," he muttered under his breath. "What is the matter?" asked Sprague. "We are caught like rats in a trap," replied Sturgis. Then with feeling he added: "I do not know how this will end, old man. I have bungled, and I fear the game is lost. If our lives are the forfeit, you will owe our death to my stupidity." Sprague looked at his friend, as if surprised to hear him apparently abandon the fight. "Don't worry about me," he said, kindly "I came here of my own free will. But," he added', as a vision of Agnes Murdock flashed upon his mind, "I have no intention to die just yet. if I can help it. Are we not both able bodied men and armed? What can one man do against two?" "It is not an open fight," said' Stur gis, "but I am glad to see your spirit. I do not give up but I want you to realize that we are in a critical situa tion, with the odds enormously against us." "Why, what can Murdock do?" "Perhaps what he did to Chatham. It will probably not be long before we discover what that was." "But there must be some way of opening that door from the inside." said Sprague. "There evidently is none." replied Sturgis "he probably controls these doors from the outside by electrical connection." The men were back in the square chamber. Sturgis' eyes were roving restlessly over the walls, ceiling and floor in search of a loophole of escape. "There is no chance to reach the sky light without a ladder and even if we could reach it, we should be no fur ther advanced, as it would be impos sible to make any impression on the steel shutters. That leaves the regis ter and the speaking tube. While I examine the register, suppose you try the tube. If it connects with the Man hattan Chemical company's office, there is a bare chance that we may at tract the attention of the detectives whom we left there." "As we were saying, Mr. arunjis—" The words came in Murdock's mock ing tones. Sturgis quickly held the lighted can dle above his head and peered in the lirection whence came the sound. A panel of the door at the head of the stairs had been pushed up, revealing a small opening, covered'by a strong and closely-woven wire netting. "As we were saying, 'murder will out!' Nevertheless, it is sometimes easier to weld a chain, even of circum stantial evidence, than it is to pre dict who will be bound in it." Sturgis and Sprague stood in the glimmering light of the candle, silent ly watching the glowing eyes behind the screen. "Mr. Sturgis, you are a clever man," continued1 Murdock, "an uncommonly clever man. I frankly admit that 1 had underrated your ability. Hut then we are all fallible, after all. I made my share of blunders, as you seem to have discovered but you will doubtless now concede that your own course has not been entirely free from errors. And now that we have reached the conclu sion of this interesting game. I have the honor to announce: 'Mate in one move!' Perhaps you are surprised that 1 should take the trouble to explain the situation to you so clearly. 1 do so in recognition of your superior intelli gence. I see in you a peer. If matters could have been so arranged, I should have been proud to work in harmony with such a man as you and indeed, when a short time ago I invited you to my laboratory, it was my intention to offer you a compromise which I hoped I might be able to persuade you to ac cept. I felt that you would prove an ally who could be trusted. But, alas, that is impossible now, oni account of your friend's presence. With all due respect to Mr. Sprague, as an amiable man of the world and a prince of good fellows, it may be said that lie is not one of us. Much to my sorrow, there fore, I am left no alternative to the course I am about to adopt. The fault, if anybody's, is your own, after all, Mr. Sprague. There is a homely but ex pressive adage concerning the danger of 'monkeying' with a buzz saw. Why, my dear friend, did you 'monkey' with Mr. Sturgis' buzz saw, instead of stick ing to your palette and maulstick? "But 1 fear I am growing garrulous, gentlemen. If I had time, I should like to explain to Mr. Sturgis the details of some of the more important, and, in my humble opinion, more brilliant, schemes of which I have been the—ah —the promoter for I dislike to be judged by the bungling operations which have so nearly caused me to lose this latest little game. But this can not be. 1 shall have to continue to con fide to the pages of my journal, as I have done for years, the interesting events of, I may say, a somewhat re markable career, which 1 hope will some day, after my death, find1 their way in print to public favor. My dream has always been that some such man as Mr. Sturgis might ultimately edft these memoirs but, alas, the fondest of human dreams are seldom destined to be realized. "Now, then, gentlemen, before final ly parting with you, I wish to honor ably carry out the terms of my wager with Mr. Sturgis. I concede the fact that, to all intents and purposes, he has won the bet, und 1 authorize you, Mr. Sprague, as stakeholder, to pay him the amount I deposited with you. As I have already suggested, he has made some 'perhaps excusable mis takes but, then, as he liimseif stated the other night, 'a detective has a life time in which to correct a blunder.' A lifetime! It is not in accordance with Mr. Sturgis' usual practice to use so vague a term. A lifetime is not neces sarily a very long time, Mr. Sturgis.' During this tirade Sturgis and Sprague had remained standing with their eyes fixed upon the gleamingcar buncles which peered at them from be hind the grated peephole at the top of the stairs. The artist seemed to real ize that the fight was lost. J1 is attitude was that of a brave man accepting, with calm dtspnir, an unpleasant but inevitable doom. The reporter had drawn his revolver at the first sound of Murdock's voice, but had immedi ately returned it to his pocket upon realizing that the chemist wiis protect ed by a bullet-proof grating. Now, pale and collected, he remained inscrutable. It was impossible, even for the sharp eyes of Murdock, to determine whether he was at last resigned to his fate, oi whether his active mind was still on the alert for a loophole of escape. The bit of candle which he held in his hand had burned so low that at last he was unable to hold it without, risk of burning his fingers. Whereupon he coolly set it down upon the stone floor, where presently the wick fell over into a pool of molden paraflfine, and the flame sputtered noisily, sending fitful gleams through the darkness. "Well," continued Murdock's voice, "it is at any rate a great satisfaction to play a game with an adversary worthy of one's steel. You have played well, Mr. Sturgis. I think you would have won modestly and you are losing as I would myself have lost, had our positions been reversed. Good-bye." The gleaming eyes disappeared from the grating and the sliding panel closed with a metallic click. "Now, then," said Sturgis to his com panion, "the last chance lies in the speaking tube. But first help me move this box." "What do you want to do with the box?" asked Sprague, who, however, did as he was bid. "It may help us to gain a little time. Put it down here." Sturgis struck a match and pointed out the spot. "On the hot-air register?" "On what looks like a hot-air regis ter. Did j-ou ever see a hot-air regis ter with no apparent means of shutting off the heat?" Sprague, who stood almost over the ragister, suddenly threw back his head and gasped for breath. "You have discovered the secret of this death trap," said Sturgis, observ ing him. "Gas!" spluttered the artist. "Yes, he is going to asphyxiate us. Now, quick, to the speaking tube! The box will somewhat retard the rush of gas but, at the best, it is only a ques tion of minutes before the air becomes so chargcd as to render respiration impossible." I fTo Be Continued.] I "I saw a chap last night who wouli like to put you in a hole." "Don't say. Who was It?" "The undertaker."—Harfeqa Life. Still More Counterfeiting. The Secret Service has unearthed another band of counterfeiters and secured a large quantity of bogus bills, which are so clever ly executed that the average person would never suspect them of being spurious. Things of great value are always'selected for imitation, notably Hostetter's Stomach Bit ters, which has many imitators but no equals for disorders like indigestion, dys pepsia, constipation, nervousness and gen eral debility. Always go to reliable drug gists who have the reputation of giving what you ask for. Cruel Parent. Mother—Is that all you have to do on wash-day—sit around and read? Daughter—1—was just reading about the hanging gardens. "Well, if you are interested in that kind of stuff there is a garden back of the house just lovely for hanging clothes."—Indianap olis Press. Try Grnln-O! Try Graln-O! AskyourGrocerto-dnytoshow you a pack age of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. Children may drink it without injury, as well as adults. All who try it like it. GRAIN-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but is made from puregrains, and the most delicate stom ach receivesitwithout distress, theprieeof coffee. I5c. and 25c. per package. All grocers. Too Much for Him. Doctor—What! Your dyspepsia no bet ter? Did you follow my advice and drink hot water an hour before breakfast? Patient—I tried to, doctor, but 1 was un able to keep it up for more than five min utes at a stretch.—Chicago Daily News. Beat far the lloweU. No matter what ails you, headachc to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. ITT about four pounds. Nevertheless, the man Tho gets hit with one imagines it to weigh about four tons.—Norristown Herald. •C4.00 PEU WEEK to men with rips to introduce our Poultry Compound among farmers. Address with stamp, Acme Mfg. Co., Kansas City, Mo. An iceman was the only person who pos sessed sufficient coolness to meet and dis patch a mad dog on a Pittsburgh street the other day. To Care a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. Other people don't amount to much when you use yourself as a standard of compari son.—Chicago Daily News. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of is a cough cure.—J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. He/turns.—"Does he get any returns from his poetry?" "All he does get."—Phila delphia Evening Bulletin. Like Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar upon a cold. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. No man appreciates poetry unless he has a little of it in his make-up.—-Chicago Daily News. A Colonel in the British South African Army says that Adams' Tutti Frutti was a blessing to his men while marching. There is only one place where gold rusts, and that is in the heart.—Ram's Horn. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are fast to sun light, washing and rubbing. Sold by all druggists. When a man is looking for trouble he never loses his way—Town Topics. Carter's Ink is just as cheap as poor ink and is the best ink made. Always use Carter's. Her nervous, and no MiRMaplis Thru grtat and complete curat effected by Dr. flreone'e Nervura Blood and Nerve Remedy, FEKRE f?#.V CORA LEAR MOIIfy C*ACFE A Noted Knight Templar Colonel T. P. Moody, a prominent Knight Templar, is well known in every city in the United States west of Buffalo, N. Y., as a Jeweler's Auctioneer. In the city of Chi cago as a prominent lodge man, being a member of the K. T.'s and also of the Ala sons. The cut shows Colonel Moody in the costume of the Oriental Consistory Masons, 32nd degree. In a recent letter from 5900 Michigan av enue, Chicago, 111., Mr. Moody says the fol lowing: "For over twenty-five years I suffered from catarrh, and for over ten years I suffered from catarrh of the stomach terribly. I have taken all kinds of medi cines and have been treated by all kinds of doctors, as thousands of my acquaintances are aware in different parts of the United States, where I have traveled, but my relief was only temporary, until a little over a year ago I started to take Peruna, and at the present time I am better than I have been for twenty years. The soreness has left my stom ach entirely and I am free from indigestion and dyspepsia and will say to all who are troubled with catarrh or stomach trouble of any kind, don't put it off and suffer, but begin to take Peruna right away, and keep it up until you are cured, as you surely will be if you persevere. "My wife, as many in the southwest can say, was troubled with a bad cough and bronchial trouble, and doctors all over the country gave her up to die, as they could do nothing more for her. She began taking Peruna with the result that she is better now than she has been in years, and her cough has almost left her entirely. The soreness has left her lungs and she is as well «s she ever was in her life, with thanks, as she says, to Peruna. Yours very truly, T. P. Moody. Catarrh in its various forms is rapidly be coming a general curse. An undoubted rem edy has been discovered by Dr. Hartman. This remedy has been thoroughly tested during the past forty years. Prominent men have come to know of its virtues, and are making public utterances on the subject. To save the country we must save the people. To save the people we must protect them from disease. The disease that is at once the most prevalent and stubborn of cure is oa tarrh. If one were to make a list of the different names that have been applied to catarrh in different locations and organs, the result would be astonishing. We have often pub lished a partial list of these names, ana the surprise caused by the first publication of it to all people, both professional and non professional, was amusing. And yet we Ilomeseelcers' Excursion Tickets, To nearly all points in the United States on sale at all ticket offices of the Chicago Great Western Railway on the first and third Tuesdays of October, November and December, at the very low homescekers rate of one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Tickets good for return within 21 days from date of sale. Persons contem plating a trip will save money by calling on any Great Western Agent and obtaining detail information regarding the home seekers rates, or addressing F. H. Lord, G. P. & T. A., 113 Adams St., Chicago. Van's inhumanity to man enables the po liceman to draw his salary.—Chicago Daily News. ST. VITIS' URGE BAILEY Mrs. J. A. Fetre, who resides near 90S Main Street, Hartford, Conn., says: My daughter I^ilu became very ill with St Vitus dance over a year ago. She bccame so bad that she lost the use of her right arm and side, and we thought at one time she would lose her speech. tongue was almost paralyzed, she was ao bad she could not feed herself, and at night she would get so nervous I had to sit and hold her. I tried several doctors, but they did not do her auy good. I did not find anything that would help her until I tried Dr. Greene's Nemtra blood anu nerve remedy. 8he is now, by the use of this medicine, entirely cured." C. H. Bailey, Esq., of Waterbury, Vt., writes: "I am more than glad to write about my little daughter. Until a short time ago «be had al ways been a very delicate child and subject to sick spells lasting weeks at a time. She was very our family doctor said we would never raise'her, she was so delicate and feeble. We tried many remedies without the least good. We felt much anxiety about her, especially as doctors could benefit her, and had great fear for her future. Learning of the wondets being done by Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, I determined to give it to her. She soon commenced to improve under its use, and rapidly gained in every respect. She eats and sleepa well, and her nerves are strong. The medicine has done wonders for her anditii the best we ever knew. I recommend Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, to everybody. Mrs. J. Learmonth, of 776 Broadway, South Boston, Mass., says: "At ten years of age my daughter became affected with a nervous condition which soon de veloped into St. Vitus' dance. It was pronounced by the attending physician to be a very severe attack. The mouth would be drawn spasmodically far to one side, the hands and arms were re»t jess and constantly twitching. Her limbs also were weak her ankles was almost impossible to walk. She was so nervous that she would scream almost like a maniac and then have fits of crying. After two months' treatment without a cure, I concluded^ to try Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. Three bottles entirely cured her. She is now thirteen years old, and has been well ever since, and to-day is a picture of health.' bent under her so that it WOODWARD MO., GRAIN COMMISSION} Orders for Future Delivery Executed The Great Northern Railway will run Homeseekers' Excursions to all Western points, beginning Tue»-j day, October 16th, 1900, and every Tuesday thereafter until November 37th, 1900. Bates from Chicago to all points in Washington, one way, $30.00 round trip, $50.00. From St. Paul or Minneapolis, one way, $25.00 round trip, $40.00. To points in Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, at equally low rateB. Round trip tickets are good 30 days, and allow stopover of 20 days. FARMERS, LUMBERMEN AND INVESTORS Should take advantage of this op portunity to investigate the fine at so a in ha us ble resources of the Great Northern Country, the richest undeveloped section of North America. Further information from all rail way ticket agents, or from F. I. WHITNEY, Gen'l Pass, and Ticket Agent, ST. PAUL, MINN. LOW RATES SOUTH VIA CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS RAILROAD. Winter Tourist Tickets are on sale daily via the above line to all the winter resorts in the South and Southeast. These tickets are sold at very low rates and are limited for return until May 31, 1001. Mflmesee.'.ers' Tickets are on sale on First and Third Tuesday each month, to all the principal points South and Southeast, at one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Tickets are limited for return 21 days from date of sale. One-way Settlers' Tickets are on sale First and Third Tuesday each month, to many points in the South and Southeast at greatly reduced rates. If you are contemplating a trip to the South or Southeast advise any agent of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, who will be pleased to quote you rates, send you time tables, make sleeping car reservation and give you any further information you may desire. C. L. i"i E ft 'vife I $ Colonel T. P. Moody, of Chicago, Hit Catarrh Twcnty-nre Years and Was Cured by Peruna. have never enumerated all of the disease* which are classed as catarrh. It must be confessed, however, to see even this partial list drawn up in battle array is rather ap palling. If the reader desires to see thislist, together with a short exposition of each one, send for our free catarrh book. Ad dress The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus^ Ohio. What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question arises in the family every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try Jell-O, a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre* pared in two minutes. No boiling! no baking I add boiling water and set to cool. Flavors:—Lemon, Orange, Rasp berry and Strawberry. Get a package at your grocers to-day. IO cts. LOW RATES TO THE WEST STONE, Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt, Chicago. A. N. K.—G WHEJ in All Markets. ii, Qa ji 1837 wmrrnfs TO ADVEKTISIIS pleMe rtito that you saw Ue AdTtrdat* •cat In tfcls paper. DULVTI. ILL :?$• *1 -i 4 $ ri :.:J