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Texas.

In the Agricultural line, Texas leads all
other states in the variety Of its products.
Cotton. corn and the cereals grow and are
raised in every section Of the state and In
the central and southern portions sugar
cane and sorghum are protitably cultivated:
On the Gulf Coast two and three crops OF
vegetables are raised each year. Berries are
shipped six weeks in advance Of the home
crop in the north. Pears, peaches, plums,
oranges, FIGS, olives and nuts all grow abun-
dainty and can be marketed from two to
three weeks in advance Of the California
crops. Large quantities Of rice are now
IT the land seeker, the home seeker and
the settler desires to secure farm larger
than the one he occupies, on vastly more
reasonable terms; if he wants more land 10
cultivate, q greater variety OF crops to
harvest. with proportionately increased re-
muneration, at less outlay for cost OF pro
duction: if he wants an earlier season with
correspondingly higher prices; IT he wants
milder winter all the year pastuT1agei nor
his stock, improved health, increased bod!y
comforts and wealth and prosperity, ne
should go to Texas:
Send for pamphlet descriptive OF the re-
sources of this great state (malled 1ree)
Low rate Homeseekers excursions via the
Missouri. Kansas & Texas Railway on NOV.
3rd and 18th. Dec. 1st and 18th, 1895. II. a;
CHERR1ER, Northern Passenger Agent, Slo
Marquette Building, Chicago.
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What Arc We Going to Leave7

How can we think of leaving less than
pleasant memory to others after we
are gone? Some of us will not have
much money to leave; some of us none
at all. What are we going to leave?
How much? And to how many? Per-
haps you answer: II hope to leave my
family some pleasant memories" And
is that all? Are you not going to leave
something to others? I heard yester-
day of an old lady of s3-indeed, she
had passed her eighty-third birthday
and what do you think she is going to
leave her family and those who know
her? Only the memory of her inordi-
nate love of dress, which she possesses
to q pitiful extent. Something more
worthy than that we must leave!-La-
dies Home Journal
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Gertrude. "Mr. Castleford 10 down.
stairs, and mother says you are to come"
AS Music 1o0ire6 refol1in,,a

Gertrude. "Mr. Castleford 10 down.
stairs, and mother says you are to come"
AS Mysie looked rebellious.
"But you must change your dress;
you can't come down in that. Has any
thing happened? You look very queer"
"No," said Mysie, with strange lit
tie laugh; lat least, nothing of impor-
lance. I will come down in few min
utes."
And in q very short time she was in
the drawing-room, and Herbert Castle
ford, as he looked at her, thought he
had never seen her so beautiful. He
had loved her for years, but had re-
ceived so little encouragement from
Mysie that he had never spoken; but
tonight he had determined to put his
fate to the test, while Mysie, with a
pain in her heart that seemed almost
physical in it's intensity, was saying to
herself that if Godfrey could forget
so easily, why so could she.
And so it came about that few hours
later she returned to her own room,
having pledged herself to Herbert Cas-
| tleford. Instead of the little hoop of
pearls she had never worn, she pos
sessed handsome diamond ring; and
the dead flower and the pearls were
put far away out Of sight, to be for
gotten-if possible.
Six months had passed and Herbert
Castleford was pressing for an early
marriage. Mysie and her mother had
gone away from home Immediately
after her becoming engaged. Mysie
complained of the cold and looked SO
delicate that her mother took her away
to the south of France, where, soon
after, Herbert followed them.
Mysie seemed willing for the we'd
ding to take place whenever they liked
to arrange it. So matters were being
hurried on to suit the impatient lover,
when, one day, Gertrude ran into the
room where Mysie and Herbert were
sitting.
tLook, Myself" she cried. "Here's a
lovely bunch of flowers from that dear
count! Isn't he silly? And they are
such beauties. Only smell them. o,
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dancing and the hot, crowded ball
room? In all the world for him there
was only one woman, and she stood, her
hands c]asped in his, her brown head
resting on his shoulder, lost in happy
dream.
"You won't forget me, darling" he
whispered, "when I am thousands OF
miles away at the other side OF the
world, and letters are long in coming?
You'll remember that I am coming
back in two years at the latest to claim
my little wife,
ooh, it can't really be true, Godfrey,
that you are going tomorrow? Its too
dreadful to think of! And it's not I
that will forget; I shall think of you
night and day till you come back. But
you'll most likely meet with some love-
ly American girl-all American women
are lovely, you know-and then you'll
forget all about poor little Mysie Trat-
ford, who is waiting for you in Eng
land.''
''When am out on the great lonely
prairies," he said. dreamily, II shall
Just shut my eyes and think myself
back to this night. I shall hear the
band in the distance, shall feel you
once more in my arms and l shall smell
the faint smell of that heliotrope you
are wearing"
For answer she took a piece OF the
heliotrope from the bosom of her dress.
ssHere's little bit of it, she said.
'And when you meet that lovely Amerl-
can and you wish that you were free
and that this evening had never been,
then yoi1 put that little flower in an en-
velope and you needn't write word to
put with it, but just address it to me;
and when I get it shall know what it
means, and you will be free"
"What nonsense, Mysie!' he said,
angrily. "Why do you talk like that?
You know
ooh, here you are!" cried a shrill
voice. II have been looking for you
everywhere. Mr.. Castleford is as cross
as ever he can be, Mysie. He says you
promised him the last two dances and
then you had disappeared, and no one
could find you, while as for you, Mr..
Hamilton, I think you had better keep
out of the way altogether after disap-
pointing Lady May, and goodness
knows who besides"
And Gertrude, Mysie's sister, chatted
on, totally unconscious that she was
most unwelcome intruder.
She and Mysie had always been
taught that it was their duty to make
a good match; and Godfrey Hamilton,
with no money and just off to America,
was SO entirely ineligible that she sus-
pected nothing, and ruthlessly insisted
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DRIVER WAS LITERAL.

Followed Instructions In Delivering .
Barrel OF Flour.
The manager of one of the Chicago
express companies tells good story:
1--WE have big, strong Irishman driv-
ing one of our teams. The other day he
was sent with barrel of -four to the
home of q woman on the South side.
Arrived there, the driver took the bar
rel on his back and started up the stairs,
his express book in his coat pocket.
"Half way up the second fight Of
stairs the Irishman came upon a woman
scrubbing.
"'Will We be afther tellin' me where
Mrs. MCGOWAN lives?' he asked.
"'I am Mrs. MCGOWAN said the
scrubber-a statement which was ir-
relevant-'and I live upstairs
"'Where will I lave this barrel Of
four?' asked the driver.
""Take it up as far as youse can, and
then put it down. I'll attend to it, re-
piled Mrs. MCGOWAN.
$50 he went up, and when there were
no more stairways to conquer he looked
about and saw ladder leading
through an open scuttle to the roof.
Up the ladder he climbed, out on the
roof he stepped, and then, finding he
could go no higher without balloon,
he deposited the barrel and came down.
ION the stairway-though nearly at
the foot-he found the woman again,
and she signed the delivery book. Then
he went about his business, but before
he got to the Office Mrs. MCGOWAN was
there demanding an explanation. The
driver was called in as soon as he re-
turned.
"'Where did you put that barrel Of
flour?' demanded the official.
"'Where she tould me-
"'Where did you tell him to put it,
madame?
ct told him to take it up as far as he
could, an
"'An' I did, interrupted the honest
driver. If she'll look on the roof she'll
find it. Chicago Post.
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He HAD LOVED HER FOR YEARS
on their immediate return to the ball
room.
And she looked often at the little
hoop of pearls-the pledge of her be
trothal-but never put it on except in
her own room for few minutes
Somehow as the days went by it seemed
a harder matter to speak Of that even
ing to her mother, the more so that hel
mother had not the faintest suspicion
Of anything of the sort; and so month
passed.
Then one evening Mysie returned
from a walk and saw q letter lying on
the hall table. A glance at her own
name and the postmark-"New York.
and she snatched up the letter, won
dering if anyone had noticed it; then
ran upstairs to her own room and
locked the door to enjoy it in peace.
The ire burned brightly and looked
inviting, and she drew up a low easy
chair, and seated herself comfortably
as she broke the seal of the envelope
What was the faint perfume as she did
so? She drew out piece Of blank
notepaper from the folds of which q
little bit Of dead heliotrope slipped, and
fell to the ground. r
~Nysie, you must come down." said
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CINCINNATI FLYER.
Monon Route 4 q. H. q ID.

Mon0n Route h q. III. b ID.
The Monon has put on fast flyer for In
dianapolis and Cincinnati in connection
with the G.. II. u D. The train leaves Chi
cago, Dearborn Station, at II 80 A. M,
resches indianapolis at 4: 81 and Cincinnati
at 7:45 P. M, thus making the run, Chicago
to Indianapolis, in four hours ana forty
seven minutes, and Cincinnati in seven
hours and Afty-five minutes. This Is the
fastest time made between Chicago and In
dianapolis and Cincinnati by any line; Ihe
day coaches, the Monon celebrated high
backed seats, parlor car and dining car.
City Ticket Office, $50 Clark st., Chicago, III.
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500 Reward 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh Hairs
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying. the foundation
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, CSC.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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HOW TO MANAGE AN AQUARIUM

Certain Little Essentials 20 tt Proper
In order to manage your aquarium
properly you will require few simple
tools. A little hand-net that can he
bought for few cents, or made for
even less out of a bit of wire and q small
piece of mountaineering, is useful for
catching the fish or shells without put
ting your hands into the water. Apair
of wooden forceps, like glove-stretch-
er, will be found most convenient for
nipping off bits of decaying plants or
for catching objects that may have ac-
cidentally fallen into the water. Glass
tubes of various sizes are also useful.
If you want to catch any small object in
the water with the tube, place the tube
in the water with your finger over the
hole in the top. Until your finger is
removed the tube will remain full of air.
Place it over the bit of refuse or what
ever it is you want to catch, remove
your finger, and the water will rush in,
carrying the object with it into the
tube, which should then be closed at
the upper end by placing your finger
over it as before. A glass or hard-rub-
Der syringe is necessary with which to
aerate the water thoroughly at least
once day, and oftener if possible. Fill
the syringe, hold it high above the tank,
and then squirt the water back again.
A long piece Of India rubber tubing
which may be used as siphon is neces-
sary for the purpose of changing the
water in the tank when it is evident
that something has gone wrong.
If a great film begins to gather on the
side of the tank that is most exposed to
the light, it should be cleaned away
every day, and the sides of the glass pol
ished carefully. A small piece of clean
sponge tied on the end of a stick will
answer the purpose. If the scum 10
neglected and left to accumulate, you
will find it almost impossible to remove
it from the glass even by hard securing.
It is best to have only small fish in
your aquarium, and for this reason
trout are not desirable. Goldfish and
minnows are very good, and the COM
mon little sunfish or "pumpkin-seed''
is excellent.
You must keep careful watch over the
fish in your aquarium, and if any one OF
them appears to be sick he should be
removed at once, very gently, with the
hand-net, and placed in fresh water,
where he will often recover.
Certain varieties of snails live we'll
in fresh water, and will be found useful
in clearing away the green film that
is almost certain to collect on the side
of the glass; but you must be careful
or they will devour your plants as well;
and if your tank is very small it is hard
~ worth while to try to keep them.
You must be careful not to overstock
your aquarium, for your fish will not
thrive if they are overcrowded. Re-
member, also, that heat and dust are
fatal to your pets. The water must be
kept clean and cool at all times, and all
foreign matter and every par ticle Of de-
caying vegetation should be removed
immediately.-Har Round Table.
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4 DIALOGUE IN VERSE.
THE SCRUB.

THE SCRUB.
II I should die tonight
Then would you look upon my quiet face
And wish me back again within my stall?
Would all the years Of eating have spent
Oevouring all your hard-earned grain and
hay
With scant return in butter. milk or meat.
With little save pile of leached-out dung
And my society to leave behind!
Would such a life-work make you wish me
back
If should die tonight
THE FARMER.
If you should die tonight
I'd be ten dollars better off by spring.
That money represents the difference
Between the food that you will guzzle
down
Before the snow melts and the milk and
meat
That you can manufacture from that food
II you should die to-night-I'd thank my
stars.
And If you think of dying, let me take
My ak and turn you into beef, at least,
Before you die tonight!
Rural New Yorker.
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A Great Joker.

Mrs. N. Peck-Papa always was q
great Joker.
Mr.. N. Peck-That's so. When ]
asked him for you he said: stake her,
young man, and be happy."-1ndian-
apolis Journal.
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s'G1RLs like q mustache at first sight,
said Cholly; ''but with a fellow-well, il
has to grow on im!"-Truth.
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SUFFERING SISTERS.
Curious ColnCidOnC0.
From the Erprsss. Aurora, III.

? From the E1prsss, Aurora, III.
1.-TWO years ago." said Mrs. Harry
Rhodes, whose home Is at No. Blackhawk
Street, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois. my
life was one Of misery because of rheumatic
affections which the most skilled physicians
of this city were powerless to cure. My
Affections were Of sciatic nature which
affected not only my hips but both legs and
feet to such q degree that I did not dare to
step upon the ground for fear Of bringing
on the most excruciating pains.
''The several physicians to whom ap-
piled were powelless to cid me, and I was
without hope. When one day noticed
testimonial In one of our daily papers from
woman who had been cured OF rheumatism
BY DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
Sanders & Sherer's drug store Is just across
ness, and asked him to call there and pur-
chase box Of pills, which he did.
''That first box Of pills worked wonders
for me. Knight almost say that the first
half dozen produced very noticeable ct.
feet, for that night obtained sleep without
the aid Of opiates, and with the second day
the pains grew less and less until they de-
parted altogether, never to return. I con.
tinued to take the pills. in the prescribed
doses, for several weeks when found my
self entirely cured.
IVY SlSJoTS MCS. 00Et OCOGG, WAVoc uOAAS
was at Duluth, Minnesota, was troubled
with rheumatic difficulties similar to mine.
Her trouble was the principal reason for
the removal of the family to Chicago, where
Mr. Scott is in the plumbing business, and
their home is now at Is Teale Court. They
expected the atmosphere Of Illinois to as.
'sist in a cure which the physicians could
not bring about in the climate Of Superior,
but my sister became no better, with the
very best OF medical attendance, until
recommended DR.. Williams Pink Pills to
her. AS in my case they worked speedy
cure, and Mrs. Scott is now entirely free
from all rheumatic disorders, and she 1s as
conscientious as am in her praises OF the
remedy which has done SO much to make the
lives Of two families far happier than they
were two years ago."
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in q
condensed form, all the elements necessary
to give new life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They are an
unfailing specific for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus
dance, sciatica neuralgia, rheumatism
nervous headache, the after eject OF le
grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and
sallow mplexions, all forms Of weakness
either in male or female. Pink Pills are
sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paic
on receipt of price, 50 cents box, or si1
boxes for $3.50, (they are never sold in bull
or by the 1907, by addressing DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N Y.
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Tight-Fitting Jackets.

Tight-ftting jackets are slowly but
surely pushing their way into favor
again. We are becoming tired Of the
loose elegance, or want of elegance, dis
played by the cape and it's marked
tendency to individuality bores us.-N.
z. Sen. -, II s
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Tous1so Car to California.

An upholstered Pullman Tourist Car 10
run every Wednesday by tho Northern Pa
citic. This car leaves st. Paul 2:45 p. NJ,
Minneapolis $40 p. m, reaching San Fran
cisco tho following Monday morning. Double
berth only 600. For tickets and reserva-
lions write to any ticket agent, N. P. R'y
Co., or to Chas. 6. Fee, Gen. Pass. Agent,
St. Paul, MINI.
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FR1END-"Well, Arthur, now that you've
started to school, what do you like best'''
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How Ny THROAT HURTS Why don't you
use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothacho Drops Cure in one minute
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A Theory Worth Notice

Don't you know that the wages OF
yin is death?''
Eyes, and that IL probably why tho
world is so wicked-nobody is drawing
full pay these hard times."- Chicago
Record.
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ONLY ONE GIRL.

HEY were standing
together out OH
the moonlit ter
race. Behind them
in the distance
sounded the band
ing s o f t,
dreamy waltz mu-
sic. But what
cared they for
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HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS
TO Virginia and North Carolin

TO VlFginla and North Cafonh1'
In the months of November and Deem
Der Homeseeker's excursion tickets will be
sold from all points west and northwest to
Virginia and North Carolina at one fare plus
$500 for the round trip. For excursion
rates and dates address U. L. TRU1rT, N.
w. P. A., Big -Four, G. & o. Route, 2S4 Clark
st., Chicago, Ill.
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CHOW ODD it is," said Pat, Us he trudged
along on foot one sultry day, "that u man
never meets q cart going the same way as
no is !''-Household Worus.
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Not Of worldly goods, but Of all eaxthly
malaria. The fol- soourge e, however, shorn
Of its thong In advance by Hostetter's etom.
ach Bitters, ito only sure preventive and
remedy. Dyspepsla, biliousness, constipa-
ton, rheumatism, nervousness and kidney
complaints are also among tho bodily attic.
comes with certainty. Useit systematically.
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TEDDY-"I tell you it's So" Nellie-"]
say it is not" Teddy-"Well, mamma says
it's so; and If mamma says it's so, it's SO
even if It isn't so. "-Harper's Round Table
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A Chance for Work.

Persons who buy 10 acres Of land ct from
Is to 80 an acre viii be given work at $l;eo .
day 90 a. - provide the accessories Of life.
Land 10 located In Mason county. Washing-
ton, and will produce fruits and oil staple
crops. Land also for sale st low prices and
easy terms on WILDLY Island, Washington.
One FREQ railway ticket TO each purchaser
Grand Central Hotel, st. Paul. MINI.
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The Ladder,

The pleasant effect and perfect sa1eey
with which ladies' may use Syrup of y1G.,s
remedy. To get the true and. genua10.
article, look for tho name of the California
Fig Syrup Company, printed near the bot
tom Of the package. For sale by all respone
sible druggists. .a8@f g,
"THERE are no jokes like the old jokes
Said the humorist blithe and gay.
"And the Jokes that now find favor Es
Pleased the folks Of another day. @s
Philadelphia North American. lss
WHEN bilious or costive, eat Cascaret
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 10c, 2bc.
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II DO not believe that I have true
friend In tho world" $50 you have been
trying to borrow money, too. have you2''-
Truth
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IRIS rather remarkable thing that we
can see through almost any kind of glass
but glass eye.
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We think Piso's Cure for Consumption is
the only medicine for Coughs.-JENNIE
P1NCKARD, Springfield, Ills, Oct. l, 1894.
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MISS KEED1cK-''What IN awful talker
Mr.. Gilley is, and how little he says when
he speaks!" Miss Nttish-"The poor fel-
low is troubled with an impediment in his
thoughts. IN. Y. World.
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"Bu11E was too much bent on getting that
ks a Me tas %ssh ae ne
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"NECHss1rY knows no law" Being the
know the patent laws. i: s.s,;s ia
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Mr.. HoJAcK-'sMiss Tenspot must be sur.
prisingly beautiful" Mr.. Tomdik-''1n-
deedl What makes you think soi" "6he
looks well even in an amateur photograph
-fife
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MAuI-''Too bad, old fellow, the hanging
committee skied your canvas" D'Au6er-
my boy, with the hanging committee the
art is to conceal tho art'-LondOn Figaro.
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Miss Abee Z. Ireland, Of New York
was the hrst woman dsntis&
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JUST try 1Oc box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
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CAscARErs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels Never sicken, weaken or grippe.