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GIFTS
christnas Inducements
 Prices that will make you do your Christ Is shopping early this year.

|.fore buying your Christmas .xanine our stock; the most
 'olete at popular palces.
 Es carry the largest line of p,s boys and women's shoes in 'citv for the least money. All |oobbiest styles and cuts. In our Furnishing Goods and
 aerwear Department we have hest selected stock for Christ Neckties in all the last shades
 p LOG to 5oc-popular prices. Elegant line of Linen and
 EIandkerchiefs 5e to $I.5o.
 |An all linen handkerchief
 l your silk initial embroidered
 he corner; Christmas speciality
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Dear Santa Claus-I thought that I would write you fe W lines to let you know what 1 want. 1 want a big doll with curly hair and a paIr of kid gloves, castor color, and ring. Now, santa Claus, don't forget me, live On State street, 645, If decide that I want anything else I'll have you to ring me up, old phone, 75S
 Your dear little friend,
 RUTH LINDLEY,
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Annie Harrison and Jamie billiard, two negro women, were arrested and locked up last Saturday on a Harrant issued in Vance's court charging them with grand larceny, Ii ia alleged that they relieved anoth- CT negro of $70.
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Good. Bye.
HEBER MePHAIL.

Dear Old Friend:-I want you to be sure and come to see me this Christmas. l want you to bring me singing frog, q rubber ball. paper horn, and some roman candles. You must be sure to bring some apples, oranges. raisins and candy. My lit- tie sister ia too small to write, so please do not forget her.
 Your affectionate boy,
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Dear Old Santa Claus: T nm going 10 write to you and tell i"u what e ant would ike to have bicycle and toy cannon that shoots pow der Ii you can't bring them, then 1 would like 16-bore shot gun with shells. Don't forget to bring some cartridges for my little rifle. Taey must be 2-short.
 Your little boy.
 MALCOLM McPHAIL. P.s.-Doa't forget to bring Lean aud Evander something Dice.
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Yours Tna | ItiRt4El fsf4 A IL i l.g {.

Dear santy:-I have bsea good little girl since last 'jhristm ,. want you to bring ne a btg dol fhat has long golden hair, set of dishes and ladies' size trunk. If there is anything left you can pick me out anything you want.
 Yours Truly.
 BESSIE MARTIN.
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FLoRY FRYE.

Dear Santa Claus:-I am little boy five years old, am going to school every day and want you to be sure to come and see me. Won't you please bring me q paper horn, a little tin cart, rubber ball, a silver dollar and a cap gun. I would like to have an apple and an orange, some candy and grapes.
 Sisrer is too little to write so please bring her piano, doll, a candy hen and q candy rooster, also an ap-- pie and an orange.
 Your little haY,
 REN RI IN rt,I.n
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LETTERS FROM HAYWOOD.
 MIR. GRAPHIC. i.

MR GRAPHIC
 These letters are from your little country friends. We will be so glad if you will publish them SO Santa Claus can see them. Yours Truly,
 REBER McPHAIL.
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onate boy,
WHEY RouNTREE.

Dear Old Santa Glaus:-I want a big doll and some candy. raisins, oranges and apples. 1 want doll piano and doll buggy. want you to come Christmas eve night and fill my stocking full. am six years old and am going to school.
 EToPy FpyE
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Dear Santa Glaus-I want man dolin and a big doll 30 inches long, and a suit of furniture. Dear Santa, don't forget sister Grace. Bring her a ring-her little finger is very little -and bring me candies and nuts and bananas. Good bye.
 Your little friend,
 BESSIE LENERETTE.
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bride doll, a bed and set of dishes and anything else to fill up my stock ing. Your little girl,
 LINDA VITz.
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Yourlittle haA
 BEN ReuN ret.E.

Dear Santy:-l want you l., hs1sg me hobby horse just Ike hr $ pony, footing horn SD I con " Yankee Doodle and anythia aa 1t makes fuss.
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Dear Santa Clau, ,.-Please bring me a doll "A inches high, a set of fur. niture. hood, bowl and pitcher, q doll trunk, and Dear Santa Claus. please bring brother -in-a-box and monkey that climbs pole. and candies, oranges and nuts. I will close. Your little girl,
 MABEL LEvERETT.
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Dear Old Santa Claus:-T am going to tell you what I wantfor Christmas. 1 want blank cartridge pistol, a box of cartridges and rubber ball. will go to bed at o'clock and keep my eyes shut tight all night. Evan der is sick so don't forget to brsng him lot of nice things.
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Dear santy Glaws.-I fought I would write to you and tell you what I want for Christmas: little rubber doll. so I can play ball with il, and also chew it. I want doll piano and kandy and fruits of all kinds. Your little girl,
 MAR6IE MAHAR
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Dear Santa Claus:-I would be s5 glad if you will bring me ring aud a doll, some fruit, nuts and candies.
 Your little friend,
 HELEN KRIDER.
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Your little friend.
 T'Has. EARL LUCAS.

Dear Santa CIaus-I am a little boy just five years eld. I wish you would bring me patrol wagon, an engine. fireworks, whole heap of candy, nuts and fruit, and I will be the best little boy til after Christ mas. EDWIN LUCAS.
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Dear Santa Claus:-Please bring me pair of black shoes with hooks, ring, a little set Of furniture, a lit tie stove, a trunk, clock and lamp, a pencil box and velocipede. a doll aud lots of fruit, nuts and candy.
 Your little friend,
 KATHLEEN WHITELAw. 1922 Cherry Street.
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Dear santa Claus-I guess yau are about ready 10 start ont, so please dor't forget me and my little broth CT. l want an air gun, q watch and chain, q pew cap and pair of rub bers. fire works, plenty If candy, nuts and fruit.
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Dear Santa Claus:-Please bring me bugle and pistol, also two boxes cf caps and please bring me some nuts, candy. apples and oranges
 HUSTEn GAsoN.
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Dear Santa Claus:-Please bring me a wagon for my goat and pair of harness and have a collar with it and please bring me 22-rifIe and six boxes of shells. Don't forget my brothers and sisters.
 RUFUS MAY HUDSON.
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Dear Santa:-I want you 70 please bring me Trol wagon and harness to fit my billy goat; also drum and stick, aud candies and fruits of all kinds. Your little boy,
 JAMES MAHAR.
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Dear Old santie:-I want so much 1 can't begin to tell you. Bring me, without fail, a fiddle phonograph, a Shetland pony, and lots of good things to eat. Bring Minnie Lee a big sponge and box of soap. Bring papa a smoking jacket, and n anna a work basket.
 Give my love to all the little ehil- dren you see. Lovingly,
 BERNIGE WHITELAW. 1922 Cherry Street.
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Suspenders from 5c to 4oc.
 Wool and French Flannel Shirts, in plaids stripes, polka dot
 Fancy Vests; $z, $2.5o S3.
 Our Boys Clothing Depart ment is the most complete in the city, sizes ranging from 3 to $ years. Popular prices.
 Suspenders, Gloves, Collars, Cuffs, Garters, Jewelry, Soft Hats, Umbrellas, Stiff Hats, Valices. Trunks.
 Call and be convinced our prices are the lowest and our stock the most select. No trouble to show goods. Your money back If you want 1t.
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Dear Santa Claus:-Please bring me an engine with a coal car and caboose on the end of it, drum, horn, and some candy and apples.
 Your little boy,
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Dear Santa Claus:-Please bring me a pistol and bugle and box of caps and some apples, candy, nuts, etc. RAYMOND GAsoN. Locust Cottage, Ark.
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Dear Santa Claus:-I would be so glad if you would brirg me wagon and some fireworks too, and some fruit and candies.
 Your little friend,
 SoUsIE KRIDER
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Dear Santa Claus:-Bring me a trunk, set of furniture, set of dishes. q doll, whole lot Of nuts ard some candy.
 Your little girl,
 EMMA SoRREILs.
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JOHN SORRELLS. P. S.-Santa, also please bring my little brother a rattler.
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Dear Santa Ciaus.-Bring me some doll things to play with, and some apples and candy.
 Your little girl,
 MARY SoRRELLs.
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Dear Santa Clauk:-Please bring me football. horn, airgun, blank pistol, a book, wagon, and some candies and fruit.
 Your little friend.
 BAN SHANDY.
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Locust Cottage, Ark.
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Dear Santa Claus;-Please bring me wagon and blank cartridge pistol, an air gun, bicycle and foot ball, set of tools and some kind of game, q boat, baseball and bat, q cannon, an overc0at, shoes and tie, and some good things to eat, desk and some fireworks.
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RUFUS MAY HUDSON.
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boy,

1920 South Cherry Street.
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1922 Cherry Street.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-01
Good WOrk ON Womnn.

year or two ago vast amount OF
practical good-roads work was done in
Missouri by forming country organiza-
tons, and the person chiefly instrument
tai in forming them was woman
Miss Rella c. Harder. That lady trav-
eled through the state, and in the
course of year organized &C associa-
tons. An interstate road convention
was subsequently held in st. Louis, and
there was formed an Interstate Good.
Roads and Publie-1mprovement associ.
ation,' and Miss Haber was made its
secretary and organizer. She has this
year been engaged in similar work in
Illinois, dividing the state into good
roads Districts" each having a large
city as center, and holding conven-
tons in these cities, as basis of build
ing up healthy good-roads sentiment.
\ similar plan might be profitably tried
in other states.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-01
LARGE LOADS A SAVING.
This Is More Important Subject
Than Most Farmers Are Pre-
pared to Admit.

Much time is lost by drawing small
loads. Many times have l seen farmers
going to town with load of wheat of
only 80 or 40 bushels. can remember
when boy we had to draw our wheat
and oats to market a distance of 16
miles. Even on good roads we consid-
cred 30 bushels of wheat and 60 bushels
of oats a good load. Now we draw so
bushels of wheat, and don't consider it
any too much. Where there is large
quantity of stuff to market, third
horse pays well. You can then put on
100 bushels of wheat and 200 bushels Of
of oats. One man can do the work, an
extra trip is saved, and the third horse
does nothing but draw grain. 1t will
take one horse to draw the wagon, and
the other two horses to draw grain.
A great many loads of logs and bolts
are drawn past our house every day in
the winter time. 1t is interesting to
notice the difference in the size of
loads. Some, with a good team and
long distance to haul, will have on
couple of small logs, while a neighbor
with no better team will pile on zen or
twelve logs as large. What lot of
time is wasted here! Frequently large
loading is overdone, but more fl equent-
ly small loading is overdone.
One of the handiest things we have
on our farm is large fiat rack, 71s feet
wide and 16 feet long, with a tight,
smooth floor laid over it. We use this
on VIII
1t stays on all the time, and we use it
for nearly everything. 1t has two by
three strip nailed around the outer
edge to keep loads from slipping off.
1t is the best thing for drawing in hay
or grain that / ever saw. We can put
on some monstrous loads of hay, and it
is no trouble to put on 60 dozen of
wheat, or all that large team can
handle. 1t looks like a fiat car while
empty, and the old-fashioned rack
looks like toy beside it. Large loads
of hay pay well. They save extra drives
to and from the field; besides, it does
not take any longer to clean up the bot
tom OF the load from large one than
it does from small one. So time is
saved in two ways here. Saving time
means lots of money sometimes in
drawing hay. It may mean the saving
of large quantite s from being spoiled
by getting wet. l have often wished
for an extra day to finish up the hay.
Had l used large loads, / might have
saved a good deal from getting wet.
These things mean business to every
farmer. The time is here when the
farmer must use more business in his
business.-L n. Cowdrey, in County
Gentleman.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-01
POTATO CULTIVATION.
Nebraska Farmer Describes n Method |
That Has Never Failed to Pre-
duce Good Crop.

My mode of raising potatoes is per-
haps little different from the aver
age, hut have never failed in harvest
ing good crop and / had as many
as 60 varieties at one time and always
took first premium at our state fair,
says a Nebraska contributor to Home
stead. Pure seed is the first essential
point, then select large-sized tubers,
Tor l find in the vegetables as we'll as
in the animal kingdom that the larg-
est and healthiest bring the best re-
suits, while to use poor stock and seed
Tor propagation the progeny will soon
degenerate and become worthless.
Next | cut to one eye in each piece
and drop one piece in each HILL thus
We get one stem with healthy, strong
roots capable of producing large pota-
toes. | select rich soil of sandy ma
ture if possible and this i pillow at a
depth of about four inches. In every
four burrows / drop my potatoes one
eye in place foot apart in the row.
l follow by narrowing and Just before
the sprouts get to the surface ] har-
row again as this kills ali young weeds
and gives the potatoes the start.
cultivate three times, but they should
not be disturbed after coming in
bloom. Before the last cultivation, |
follow the rows with a hoe to see that
no weeds are left therein as no crop
of potatoes can be raised among
weeds.
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On small farms in order to secure a
good supply Of fruits a very good plan
of management is to set in places where
tage. Trees for shade are always desir-
able, and there is no good reason why
these should not be good fruit trees as
well as shade trees only. The cherry
especially can be planted along the road
or about the yard where there is more
or less tramping. Pears, apples and
peaches may be grown in places where
crop could not, and by utilizing space
Of this kind to a good advantage plenty
of fruit could be grown.-Farmers
Voice.
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to center, taking care to have tight
fit. Now have the timer solder an
ether elbow OBJ on other end of pipe.
Procure two glass chimneys for mean
descent gas lamps, such as can be pur'
chased at any hardware store in most
towns. These chimneys are not quite
2 inches in diameter, and inches long.
Cement one of these for glass tubes
ID, ID into each of the elbows (B, b.
The level is now complete, and needs
only to be adjusted on a tripod. Fer
this, if the farmer does not care TO
make it himself, use an ordinary tripod
(E) for a Photographic camera, which
can be bought at Photographic supply
store, and will cost about $1.25 or $3.50
Fasten level on the tripod when in use
by screwing the small screw in tripod
head into the wood block (C) holding
level. The whole device will not cost
more than 50 or $3.50.
To use the level, fill tube with wa
ter until the water rises in glass tubes
to height of 3 or inches. BY look
ing through the glasses, over the wa
ter surface, the operator can signal TO
his assistant to raise or lower the tar
get on a foot stick the same as done
in practical surveying, and thus es-
tablish a horizontal. Now by deduct
ing the height of water level above
ground from height of target, he can
ascertain the difference in height be,
tween the place where level stands and
where assistant has planted the foot
stick.-Ohio Farmer.
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Peaches, like all other products of
the soil, need feeding. Potash and
phosphoric acid are the principal CON
stituents required in making the fruit.
An excess of nitrogen will produce
rank growth at the expense of the fruit
buds. Take, for instance, the peach
tree near the kitchen door which gets
plenty of soapy water, which contains
a large amount of lye (potash). 1t al
ways has full crop. A few pounds of
potash ard phosphate around each tree
during the later winter and you will
be more than repaid for the trouble and
expense.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-01
CHEAP LAND LEVEL.
How to Make One ut Home Which
VIII Answer All the Ordinary
Farm Purposes.

A land level costs about $25, which
makes the possession of one by the
average farmer matter of too great
an expense, although he often has use
for it in accurately fixing the fall of
drains, the slope of irrigated fields, lev
cling the foundation and floor of a sta
BILE, etc. The illustration shows a
homemade level, which answers the
purposes mentioned very well. First
have made water-tight tin tube Ca,
Az about 81 to feet long and inches
inside diameter, with an elbow OBJ on
one end. Take a wood block (C) about
3 inches square; bore hole through it
size of pipe or tube. and slip on pipe
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-01
FARM GRINDSTONES,
When Properly ''TPued," should
Show IA Slightly DeveIed Surface
as in the Picture.

The grindstone on the farm sees
pretty hard usage. The softer the
stone, the harder usage it receives. It's
Lofts almost as hard as that of the hey
on the farm" who has to turn it by the
hour. The grinding surface of the
stone is more likely to be shown at the
left, than it is to have an even face, OF
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and it worked like magic. 1 feel that
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Thin, Sallow and Nervous
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Il was thin,
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Doctored with several physicians in
town and one specialist, but did not
get sny better. l finally decided to
try your medicine, and wrote to you.
After l had taken three bottles OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and three of Blood Purifier, my
menses returned, and l feel as well
and strong as ever did, and am gain
ing flesh. Miss LENA GAINES, Visalia,
Tulare Co., Cal.
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The Pacific and Oriental Mall

Leaves Grand Central Station, New York,
by the New York Central, every night in
the year at 9l5, and the fourth night there.
after this mail is at San Francisco, ready
for delivery or transfer to the steamers for
Hawaii, Australia, Philippines, Japan and
China.
See the new Ground the World" folder
Just issued by the New York Central Lines.
A copy will be sent free, postpaid, on re.
cGeipt of three cents in stamps, by George III.
Daniels, General Passenger Agent, Grand
Central Station, New York.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-01
WESTERN CANADA.
One of the Choice Spots on the Con-
tinent Open for Settlement.

The following extracts from an in
teresting letter to the Mason City
Qowa) Republican, written by Mrs. S.
A. Brigham, late of that place, but
now of Ross Creek, Alberta, Canada,
so nearly describes most of the dis
trcts of Western Canada that we take
pleasure in presenting same to the at
tention of our readers:
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Roads I'm Puerto Rico,

1t is said that there are $4,000 men
on the pay rolls of the department o.
public works in Puerto Rico who ara
engaged in road building.
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Lanes Finally Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
De healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys Cures sick head.
ache. Price 25 and Zoe.
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Due to Anxiety.

Guest-Ouch! You've spilled some soup
down my neck.
Waiter-ls oTfu sorry sab; but you see.
sah, is so in doubt 4 you il gwine to aub
.ne tip er not, it makes me ervous.-~What
TO Eat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-01

The queen is fully developed female
bee, and is the mother of all of the bees
In the hive, of whatever kind.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-01

In cold weather when bees are quiet
they are doing well and should on no
account be disturbed.
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4 is good to know we cannot give happi.
ness without receiving it.--Elliott's Maya
vine
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UNTRUE AND TRUE GRINDSTONES.
slightly beveled surface, as at the
right in the same picture. The former
condition comes from grinding axes,
scythes, machine knives, etc, with
their edges lengthwise of the stone in
stead of across it. This cannot be
helped in grinding some tools. But
when the stone does assume this shape,
making it impossible to grind a chsel
or any ffat-edged tool decently, it is .
good time to get spade-spades axe
usually dull-and hold it on the stons
until it is sharp, when the irregular.
tiles of the surface of the stone
will have disappeared. A grindstone,
by the way, should never be left ex-
posed to the sun. The weight of the
handle Will always cause one portion of
the stone to remain uppermost, and
this, from exposure, will assume dit.
ferent degree of hardness from the
under side, so that after awhile the
stone will be ground out of q circle. II
the stone has to stand in the open, n fat
box can easily be ATTAINED to serve as
a cover.-Rural New Yorker.
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History has to repeat itself because peo.
pie are so forgetful.-C Chicago Daily News.
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COMPLETE External and Internal Treatment for Every HumOr,

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