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the Dos Cahezas mining district has
 recently been bonded to parties whom
 Expert Frank represents 5000 has
 been paid down Work will commence
 in thirty days.
 Prescott Courier: Geo Rohpetes, the well known miner, is in town.
 He speaks well of the Arizona, East ern X Montana Co now operating the
 Big Bug smelter aud buying ores He
 He says they are conducting the busi- ness on fair basis and paying good prices for ores.
 Prescott Courier: A few days ago the Courier mentioned that " A
 Kent and others had purchased from
 Wm Curran and Joe Britton the Toughnut and Star mining claims for Ss.0O0 cash. These claims were pur- chased on the basis of ore in sight and are said to be among the most prOmis- ing properties in this county
 Jerome Reporter: At the United
 Verde Extension works they have re- moved all water from the shaft and drift on the 1888, and this morning started to sink. Next week we will be able to report progress in sinking CD this claim On the Jerome claim in same group the hoist machinery is all on the ground and the work of placing it in position is DOW proceed ing The timbers in the shaft are be- ing removed as the old ones had be- come unsafe.
 Mohaye Miner: In the Cedar dis trict the w. H. Taggart Mercantile Co. have two splendid gold properties upos which they have done large amount of development work. One of the veins will average ten feet in width and has goUd milling value, while the other one is over two feet in width ranging in value from one to five ounces in gold to the ton. The two properties are close to water and are accessible by wagon. Capital ought to pick up these properties at bargain.
 ris has purchased the Gladiator mine under Judgment of foreclosure Of labOrers' lien and has purchased the judgments On the two other claims against this we'll known property. The Gladiator is situated in one of the best mineral districts Tn northern Arizona and has the showing Of d big property to be handled by d strong company The ore Is high grade aud there is plenty of it. Mr Norris pro- poses to 5eStir himself to get this property into hands of men with sui fcient capital to handle it to adyan tage Mining men looking for a big 10 the way Of a mine can do np better tuan to % out and ex- anime the Gladiator
 Jerome Reporter C W. Deyme, chiefe the Decatur. H.. fire de art meut i, g visitor in Jerome Mir DeVore is heavily interested in He Decatur Mining Go, and is here for tue purpose of examlning the proper ties of thal campany he company Is 10 gpod duaucial condition and the made at the woIks is rerlect- lg satisfactory to the stockholders east For the purpose Of doing faster work on this property 30horse power gasoline engine has been or iered aud viii arrive shortly Anex- ,elleut road has been built from Che north GO the road lately built by the United Verde Junior Co,
The oasis., 1899-08-26
A Mother Tells How She Saved Her Little
 Daughters Life.

l am the mother of eight children and have had a great deal of eXperi- ence with medicines. Last summer my little daughter had the dysentery in its worst form We thought she would die tried everything | could think of, but nothing seemed to d. her any good l saw by an adj yertisement in cur paper that Cham berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was highly recommended and sent aud got bottle at once It proved to be one of the very best medicines we ever had in the house. it saved my little daughters life l am anxious for every mother to know what an excellent medicine it is. Had 1 known it at first it would have saved me great deal of anxiety and my lt- tie daughter much suffering Yours truly, Mrs. Geo. F. Burdck, Liberty, R. l. For sale by L. w. Mix X Co.
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who would hold no communication with
the other members Of the party, BY the
sign language Sour Face gave Hughson to
only tive DAYS journey for the Indian
from the spot where they were then
camped, was mountain containing these
specimens. and known only 20 the In
dams They used II for making vessels
and implements Of war which afterwards
the party found 10 be true. 1t was the
the only native metal they knew OF and
was therefore considered valuable for this
purpose acne. The secret of the location
was vested with the IDt!ans alone and
was most ssCrodly guarded. as 1t was con-
the white man. Then the Indians were be-
ginning 70 learn something OF the value OF
gold. which added 10 their watchfuiDess.
Sour Face explained 70 Hughsen that IN
dian guards watched TIE mountain day ard
night. ara any attempt II gain admission
- the coveted section would re met with
force ara result al sure death. In fact. he
explained that 10 him the death penalty
would - melted out should II become
known that he was friendly with the white
man and had told the indiana secret At
thai time Hughsor tried 10 learn tire !oca-
ton, ana was resolved II he could 10 In
wade the district, Indians or To Indians
Pat he wss not successful Sour Face.
while he seemed - worship Hughson. was
nos prepared To trust him with a secret that
Involved his own safety. Later on he
promised ID do so
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little party Of overland travellers who
were greatly excited. Ny party consisted
OF Capt. W. II. Douglas who a few years
ago died a, Nevada Clty; Hon. Thomas
Malone, OF San Francisco. and man by
the name OF Jessie Wsrdner. who was
later killed by the Indians
The first man se met was William
Hughssn, II native OK lower Canada, who
had ccms over ana Was eli route 20 Cali
tornia TN search Of goa. Hughson was
giant In size, with a heart AS brave az
lt0n ami "a big - that ~ an cx II
friend VAS N reed Hughs0n the
boss Of the camp that summer and would
have been. ] believe. an INN ensely itch
msn had IL uot heen ina, he was rur-
dered by Indians. who feared they had
told him TOO much ore morning in the
fau IS 1858 Hughson was found IN his
rough cabin dead. a large hole IN the
side II his head tcd Of blow by to,na
hawk. With Hushson d4sG the secret OF
,he gold find !n tas Ltstie Rockies
when my party arrived A. Mix river.
beside Hughson there We're Tom SIuoniS
capt. Jack blair sam Leads srt capt
William MorriSon. vho afterwards died at
old Fer, Peek Ifon eur arrival We were
welcomed, for gar parry added strength
We were totf tAs story. which. - I re-
member 4. was 1ba5 IN crossing tie plains
early ~ .he sYrnE y 1888 HuxAson had
become acquainted wi;h sn ai3 in3i&n
names Te-iIa-Nou. or seEr FAae IN )
nsh2 N,}h parry >. whites Sou FACE
Ast been Wounded sma in snoepsr <
sTe4ud hasnsoa had come @sross him ju
irrce not Tar tvsu tbs spcI where hss
Parry hs& csulped for TIE night HUGH
son. through rs AiG heart. a.'n, nisteted
80 she rcd mans wants although ire Say
before he rad been rsh;lns n@nasrs u
1As i-i2e- Scur Face DID nat rprket tire
afUi Bot - tne White cs&n. ard when a
few days later. ne abs 70 - out. he
fo.scEe9 0n fhe.e tT&ii ard catching IL
wtfh fh@17 N re sign }ansuase teld
~ Eaz1a shat - Anew eners tae~e was
an aSlr1an; sipp.y = soi1 AGEhsou
US 80 impressed Nth he t@ish ~ re
jnasn-- sfery h&t he coald nci be II
Gacc1 g. he.+Ye 5hsi Z n Oh; b. = use
~ Sei tav parry ,o SEP untU 3 hand could
h~ sa-hr1e3 % rot sn6 trst-soy cne whites
u gibson p "a re, sfras3 ara 50 Prevafl- /.
uf'a tAe rav-y - halt near tae spot CT
- 4 tissr Shsce ( tsaHi them.
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Did Soar face Stay Hin.

skVATEI4T4 Sour Face continued 20 viSl;
" Hughson every few Jays during
she summer and Curing that
t!11e rad given him mary thousands Of
dollars II native geld Tire Indian grew 10
love hin ss dog would & nasier. one
dag Sour Face conftad 20 Hughsou the
location q TIE treasure mountain and set
a day CT which ne agreed 10 come and
conduct HugHscn TO + point wheSe he
waul3 reach ire rich d@Hcsit L was 20 Re
en = special night, when Sour FACE, who
himself rad power WITH his tribe would
have IKE Indian watchers removed.
1T wax a hazardous undertaking ara We
al advised Huchxon TO, 70 20. He VA. re-
se,vc3 however. ard whsn tae night csne
II company ~ish the Indiarr he started out
he VAS gone eight days ana we began 70
turned Acne Hr grew pale With excite
;neat * Stating around The are, - to,t
us o; wAat 80 az1 ssen ana exhibited sam
pes o. native xvld. The ike CT which /
have never seen since
Sour Face has led him - within a fsv
niles q ;hs spot where or arriving as
fc1.na a veil-4evescDed -tne covered over
~l:h earn ard moss 50 smoothly ,s2t II
might - passed every cay without sGsri-
ctcr- Sour Face nat Asrees - -e@s MIN
wen Ae came cut. eut when Fsg9hson ar
T.vsa A. tae spat agreed G4cn ~ Sour
t4c- was ss3st IRE Canadian waited
~ Se*vfa. Aoars and theH came On IL te
w. toc excst~4 - &s}; leuE~-
Ne never saw soar Face axz4a We
began r~egsArat!9xss fhe fs1lowtng day %
80 - ia mountain ~tsGa. &!iAo-xa Hush
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son did not tel. US where II was he de-
clared he could lead lis in safety. Well.
we waited one day for Sour Face to show
up. and that WAS one day too long. The
following morning. when Hughson did not
get up. We went to his cabin. the one
Sour Face had helped hin construct and
there found his body. No enc had heard
a sound during the night. 1t may have
been the work OF Sour Face who feared
his own safety. or II may have been that
Hughson was trailed.
We buried him beside his rough cabin.
and that evening started back toward Cal
ifornta, reaching there three months later.
and where have since lived That was
the second gold find in the West
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MYSTERY Of A GOLD MINE
TRAGIC TALE OF NEXT DISCOVERY
AFTER CALIFORNIA.
secret OF Rich Fisd I'm Little Rockies
of Montana I'm 1851 Died with -
Murdered rresrector->tory Told

" " ALI century has passeJ away
since the world was statsIci ny
at announcement n the djscov-
cry o; sold tu California This
the frs Ard. marked an i'm
yertant period iu the history ~ the Wesi.
Sine then he hand NJ civilization. FIRST
carried across h piains iu sehaonefs. has
carved the wst for progress N~tN ~ tha
fast passing ~ time many at the incidents
OF early moment age beng Forgotten Il
has eensrsly been supposed that he
Fraser river salt excitement Was the see
ord 10 si2r5ie .he people 4 fhe East and
West. hut according 80 Wtt'sw - Hfte0.
ere Of ths 'tser> In the west row re-
tired citizen q les AuSe}rs. al. hits IS
rot the case NY pRv:sS. Hhs during
the pas moeth has Seeu visiting h.s
daughter Mrs 4. -. LATED, lh~ wife e
prosperous ui8.ng man - Spokane x ia
the city - st'@Di tn~ exposition lie IS
fsIN 81 pioneer sfNrica e tas Nrsr snd
probably not chs lsssf interesting a an
account 81 sss Second sol3 dtsroysry IN
tho West
Z am now = yeas q age" began fhs
pioneer nineT. - seschea across he
table IN his rosfn a. tne No-thrr7 AMI
fveshensd his AT< Nth glass 81, ittuou~
ads and yen nav ,htnk & srta~e~ a sen
cay thar sevsr tranh &nvtr * se-erx-
sr thar that 81 tnv iif~ ; never sa4eAe.s
a grain - totactv, nn1 nev~r Pass cn-a
uttered ar oath Yef I -ay have Asne
rasey bsA N ass "a nay ne eat 2, least
no;l.'uk w!ck@' eSaugh 50 So lrsYcsf gAtv3
by tAe Vigilance committee
- came 90: . CAGfcr:I - fss1 ans
smen. tiss esght nsen; rs - e:e%sgnx tss
plains nghtinE fnt5sns sns taxing cA-,
thev ia rot 10 ns~ - Al .,csssszs..s
WEI. / ~ss .cg among tae fy-re~at~ r
tse California s0it n~'as - -}sak ~
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CAME BY EASY STAGES.
Al-Kf Arrtves-GOod Passenger List
and Rig salmon shipment.

Having made the trip by easy stages.
stopping at many Alaska fish canner,es
en- route, the steamship Ai-ki. Capt.
Nicolson, six days from Skagway. arrived
last night. she had l17 passengers. prob
ably dozen OF whom came from the
kiondike. More than 81 score are from
Atln and the storage passengers includ-
ed thtrtr-iwo Chinese from the Yess bay
cauner,es, Twelve thoussrd cases OF sal
mon OF the easou's product Of this COP
Germ constituted a portion a. the Al-kis
cargo. The Treadwell mine also sent lea
tons 81 concentrates
In actual n }ondtk~ treasure the Al-Kt $
Dawson passengers dia not have 10 ex-
ee~d So 80 They report the CAPITAL Of
the great geld camp destitute OF laboTers
The big mine owners were in town sign
ing as mary men SIS possible AZ wages az
s. = per hour guaranteeing "A whole win
tcr's work. One man took employment IN
a dairy at s3f9 per uicrth and board milk
ing COWS he remained AT his post two
weeks, notifying his partner at the expi-
ration OF that period that he could nor
afford TO work FIR such wages wher he
could en- 10 Cape Nome and dig gold
from the beach
Following il list OF the Axis first
Class passengers from the north,
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THE Music Of THE FROGS. "
HOW DEATH CLAIMED A YOUNG
POET on THRESHOLD OF FAME.
Pathetic incident In Experience Of
Retired Country Editor Mai.
Parker Grows R~miniscent-Tells

TIN the group OF men lounging in the
hotel lobby, and smoking their after
dinner cigars was Maj. Parker .
veteran newspaper man. once promt-
IL nent in newspaperiom. but now re
tired" The major is known all over
the country for his jovial disposition and
his inexhaustible fund OF anecdo:a.
oomOYs." said he as he rsfectively
IT'S chewed his cigar I'm In a story
L~ telling mood tonight. 50 IL you
care 20 listen I'll tell Il pathetic little in
eidens In which / figured some ten or
twelve years ago.
Il say pathetic and think can sub
stantiate my claim You know an EDITOR,
busy as he IL. isn't prone 20 in5ulg. In any
sicxiy sentiment. It's a business that IL
50 essentially practical in its workings
tina, there Is small show OF ENTERTAINING
any undue sanse ~ the pathetic. and what
hltie 6oes impress an editor as snch Is
pretty likely 10 be genuine.
1T was In '8 think. that this event
happened I was editing the Louisville
Pea
't1na Gay was particularly cut 81 Sorts
". had been 'scoopef' BY the rival sheet
or a big railroad deal IN way that fairly
made me sick. The foreman was on OF
a drunk ana things were Eoins wrong gen.
eysllv was trying % write nttie. whsr,
the door Of my room opened and tali
tashfui booking youth. evidently from tha
country. entered should Judge he was
about eighteen years Old
'Busy ard worried ! asked him II nane
tco gentle voice % state his business.
81 remember. now. how ne coierss IN
Ike hsshfsl scAooi girl a. my words snf;
then managed % .rarnEner out that he hat
h-cilGhI s0rrs poetry for MS 10 look a.,
The stsa 90 IRA, sawkv country buynugsr
contributing poetry - th@ Pee vas s,
rf1;c0ioBs tha. With difficulty restrained
q smile
However. tod him ne could leave /.
s. he wanted 20 ana IA iook 81 over in q
5sy or SO. adding that The R~e never ostd
anything FOR voluntary contributions
Come IN again fn a few days Ard III
tel yoG - ws ear use TIE stu- or not 7
said hy way IF closing the Interview
FL xe~-ned 81 ne point o, saving sa-na.
thing A~sitst4e. ar>t shsn fsr A rnoru&-.
thought h. ~as going 20 cry bic looked
80 like great overxro.a ehiiz with rs.
big wistfs! gray eyss xad blue evsrsfls
that barely reached La anxisaL tat I
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We have two children who arr c,.,
- attacks OF Group. Whenever an sttsrk
Is coming on nv wife gives .hern Snar.
b%riain n Cough Remedy ard IL slways rye
vents the attack Il IL & household seed
Wy in iats county and 40 mater VIZ,
csc we run ous of. II Womb 40; do ;. -
without Charah~rlain's Cough Esmesv
More OF = IL said here thar Of Ali rsns,
cough medicines consfsnss.-J NJ 49,
9. Nictls Bros. nsrehants. Nscklsy.Ila pa
Fn~ eaik ~ eli dsAjasa
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t\aseets Large IS Hens Eycs.
Va

.sV.y l<CT4 sf-eT h3s r~velato-s. Sao~
Face - Ge@a-@t promising L
G~ Hack u tra~ &ay~ A. rha
appointed ty~se Ae showed up Aud rs
E1l.n:~ 4a3 slg1x cs1e3 H{agAsnn - ere
ste. Nasu taev weye sicns ne orenc4
- = s-t.4& ~s.cSSx!1 C3C{a re ear-.es ard
revealed specimens =. native gold as .~rKe
as f~a sFEs Husrs>s grew excited ana
e-#tltrs tss CtseEe-s = as &ncst . Eske
tacga . Sa2v aIs rcragAziaf. whrn Sour
Ea-s strAr< s. Gse feet \ scaw. came
os.~9 ass sa~e $50 &. s~s2Se ~&s a.sIm.v evil
E.n- ars e ssae 81. ~ ~ la&s&G
Sc 41aU s's- ;g sG.w &c Eatd . SIS con-
per1asS Eaey we're "a yEe4 wits sx-
gzseznest
f-HG=as2z sasa sss4-G4a - s@Az EAsA
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What. dying?' I gasped. with -
Ing sensation at my heart. Boy -
mustn't die; We can't spare you!
Annoyed AZ my senseless denook
tion. the surgeon bluntIy told me = II
more quiet or I weuld not be allowed - -
main. So, while the tears courssd e,eeQ
down my checks. held the hand - -
boy as he told, with falling breath ~
story.
IN 90 FARM drudge ever ancs
1\ could remember. he had ~
"a IL sesssd liking for poetry -
though discouraged and ridicuied -
Ignorant country people he had pen
In reading and In writing. He 49,
realized that he had something that 49,.
be fostered and cultivated: something -
the short-sighted could not see.
Al last, tired OF their nzrroW.ms
ways and their merciless persecution =
hobby. he came 10 the city with soDe
his work, but. disheartened at his -
ton and half inclined 10 believe the ~
fsFs al home right. he abandoned tn =.
OF doing anything with hs writings. -
secured employment In the -four NTH =
came the fatal accident
We shipped the body Of the boy -
70 The country ard sent the money y
folks This is the poem that ws re- =
day he died."
11TaHE major ceased and taking fsse !.
II pocket a small memorandum -
turned TO whore a dtscoioFso =
paper clipping was pasted. which -
aloud. This ia what he read.
h. RRARR.
When the sven.n' shadders lengthsa.
An the dusk IS settlin' down.
through with the chores. set Owl oV
\ lfstenin' 10 the SCUM
VI the frogs as nEin' siuKin,
In the bog an In ne pool.
Their songs o. praise. fer pleasant 90
An simmer exanjn's cnair
How the piafntiv@ irimsly meiooys Il
Wells up from pools an hogs.
tn anthem o. the Summer night
Tn music o. the frogs
An when the everins getttn' latss
An OF To bed | go.
In through the opsn wsr3o comes
The chorus. scFt ar low.
u korter 200; hes fe}lers sopis
A n kinder rests his brain
T hear. when daily asks ID donss
That old, familiar strain. ,..
An as I'm turnin bsck 'hs qoabA
An kickin' or my toys,
I love &c hear. 50 shrjii ar clear.
The music o. the frogs.
An when the nae shell come ~nsa
Shell quit s-dfaw,n breath.
DEN. want NO lard sr 0.chesstV
A-pizyln' a. my death.
But jus: before pass away.
That Old familiar stra!n.
Tie music o. the piptn rrogss
I hope 70 hear agafr.
An as 10 OUT ne shores OF TINS
My weary spir; logs.
Content I'll die. u 'cotapanied oSs
The music O TIE .FCEs
Q . q
ST2HE ma Jor ceased speaking
II was ffxsd olansiy on the
~ wal. and TIE ashes from
dropped unhsscsd On his vese
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smiled in spite OF myself. Then he turned
and went out without word. and I could
hear his heavy cowhide shoes dumping
slowly down stairs.
II couldn't write. though tried It. for
an hour after the boy had gone. My
thoughts would persist in dwelling on that
forlorn figure as he had stood before me
nervousiy lingering his hat. so at last with
an oath al my inability to concentrate my
thoughts / gave II up and took up the
bundle OF poetry the boy had left.
CCTrO say that was surprised would
be 20 put IL mildly.
Gentlemen. I have been con-
sidered pretty good Judge OF poetry in
my time. and when say that these were
hall dozen OF as good dialect poems as
ever read. wish TO be taken seriously.
True. both rhyme and meter ware COCA
sfonally faulty, but through them all was
10 De round the same natural grace Of ex-
preston the same intangible something
that distinguishes poem from a mere
rhyme and stamps its author az a poet.
The poems were all In dialect. II seemed
as IL the author realized his inability to
: present his thoughts In the cultured style
OF LongfeNow and so, wisely stunning
that step. which could only have ended dis
sstrously In the simple dialect Of the un-
ist'ers-i country folk had voiced the poet
~ he felt
In handling and IN general way they
resefnbief the horna,y little poems Of James
Whiiconsb Eiley. the Hocssr poet
Il made cut six checks for SIS each. ana
had them ready for tAe boy when ne
should return. I felt like q thief for pay
lag this paltry sflm but knew this was
more than he could get anywhere else in
the place. and that was al / could afford.
anyway. We ran one Of the poems the
next day on the frst page with treraer-
9ous success. wondered why the boy
didn't show up. ard thought that yey-
likely he had got discouraged and son.
home.
There had been boiler explosion In
Vsbb's four mill early that morning. and
I'VE or six men were In the hospital dv-
ing. as result. went up to see ,hsrn
ard there. On . bloody mattress his gray
eyes di-nmed with suffering Iay the bow
He knew NE. smiled ti,nidly. ana asked
about hts poems
For answer spread out the SIX checks
On the I'D beside MIN. and. pulling pa
per from my packet, showed him his peem
In .rint
His eyes frightened n. tho sight ava
ha raised himself on his elbow with III,
tie cry.
"A surgeon logged ny arm 'Top must
1T excite him, sir: he's sinking a. I. is
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CTT1HE major ceased speaking
II was ffxsd olanKiy on the
- wall and TIE ashes from
1ropp>d unhsscsd % his veee
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SsT HAT Sas IA }Ae s4Tr,seT ~ ;>s
50 VIII a. a&s.e ! started 7or
ihAt sre9tca = ass }Afe S. n
fa8 when arrived s. whas q nvw MaS
river about Efcy nilss eVsew ne present
.>sA - Eoxl- ke4Arxa IGsFs found
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T'ffT ladies' = the First Unitarian church
MI acsS Indian. s2zsr AMI dramatic en-
f.xtai nnssrst as1gt TIE rst1ala 81 NoveSah.sr
1T tarsr e~uFch .srsGrs A god opaer-
t,.nsty n study Indian ar; and buy gifts
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ARE YOC GOING EAST
Car a. TIRE Northern Pactar oScs. s~a.-
e and naxs arrangements Effective
S<,ts1shsr Iefn rate 20 C1Eaz9. 34s %.
ana ali points fu tho East 81 proportion.
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SEE 20 Alaska Indians 81 there aot-
latch amusement. ~ Madison par& this az
.erEcoC-
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-01-18

1t does seem as though the seeds
men would stop somewhere, but here
comes work Of art. Think of it.,
twenty four pages Autographed in
colors,, not gaudy chromos, but from
photographs in colors, upon an en-
tirely new plan. This, in itself, is
enough to turn every woman's head.
Then follow about one hundred more
pages, filed with handsome half-tone
illustrations of flowers, fruits and veg
etables photographed from nature, all
printed Cd fine paper and enclosed in
an elegant cover of white and gold.
Vick's Garden and Floral Guide also
contains full descriptions and direc-
tions for planting flowers and vegeSa-
bles, plants, small fruits, etc. 1t ex-
plains new departure in selling veg
etable Seeds by weight in place of old
style of packets; also grand offer
giving customers credit for full amount
or purchase to apply on order for i'm
plements and useful articles. This
splendid work of art will be mailed
with Due Bill good for 25 cents
worth of seed for only Is cents.
Write James Vicks Sons, Rochester,
N. Y.