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HELP WANTED.
SITUATIONS-MALE.

WANTED-By young man work around
yard and general work about house, Will
make himself generally usefuli ready TO
Office. 3
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T0TR- ROOM cottage on Everett street
one block from, car line, close to southern
Pacific chops, S110O. Wcatheisby CO.,
llO7l2 Congress avenue. 0
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THREE UNFINISHED rooms; no chill
dren wanted: references HOS Walker 4
FOR RENTN-Premises No 1907 Rusk; mod.
ern conveniences. Apply Theo. Keller,
Congress and Louisiana
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LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH US; wD
WILL RENT HEN FOR YOU: WE
ALSO ATTEND TO PROPERTY. NO
TROUBLE 10 OWNERS. WE MAKE
PROMPT REMITTANCES. BINZ ~
sETTEGAST, ROOM NO, 2lS BlNli
BUILDING. Il
WE KEEP a complete list OF rent houses
in all parts of the city; no trouble tol
show them; we pack, haul and store FIR.
niture and pianos. safes aud all kinds
OF heavy hauling. White Line Moving
Co, Main and Congress ayenuei phone
FOR RENT-Eighteen acres, under fence.
with stable OF TWENTY-FIVE stalls, race
track, and good well on place; situ.
ated on Harrisburg road and Magnolia
Park railroad; within city limits; price
$50 per month, or 800 per month II leased
for Ave years. Apply 10 ]. G. Hutcheson.
over Krupp & Tuffy's shoe store, or Mrs,
Bette Bryan. 317ia Main street. II
THE MONTEREY-i2l1 Texas Serves the
best table board in the city at - per
week. tf
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AGENTS WANTED.

BEAUMONT OIL BURNER on exhibition
at Bryan hall; can he usedtin stoves ana
ranges at cne-fourth the, cost o. any
general agent. Houston. -
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}EpIoN, knife and box pleating from
40 inches; all work guaranteed. Miss
)oMher, Butler Flats; old phone sT6,
s
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HUNTS-Furnlshed rooms; 1854 Travis
streeA Transient solicited. 1-3J
FOR RENT-To gentlemen, pleasant south
east room. with bath; Ave minutes walk
IRON court house, on paved street, pri-
this office. /
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FOR RENT.

FOR RBNT-1w stores. 2o175, adjoinins
Heike Pilot, and one 2ox75, Louisiana
street. Apply J. III. Lang, Trnvis street
~ Ii
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mule can press 200 bales a day: price
SOS; manufactured by w. C. Gunlock,
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HAY OF best quality for sale. Ask prices
=. Zalabak. III Campo Texas. s.l5
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GLASS REFRIGERATORs $40 to $50,
nothing finer Smith Furniture Co.
SO LOTS. McGcwan street; 500 per lot II
G., Lidstone, agent,
TWO OTIS on CLARK street Apply L. g
Passnore's Grocery store.
I HAVE 1900 ncres land IN Jackson county
10 miles north Of Edna, at $3.50 per acre;
q snnp ] have SO acres, choice land, hear
Dickinson station; fine artesian well; az
with modern improvements; a sacrifice. /
have 3 acres of beautiful bayou 'front.' n
pick up. ! have some beautiful homes In
Third aud Fourth wards at bargains. ]
have oil and rice lands that are prize
winners i have blocks aud vacant lots,
that must be sold, owners need the cash.
II. A. Arnold, 31l Binz. s
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1860 ACRES In the Knt7 country, the proven
rice land; water for irrigation less than
100 feet This Is partly improved, has
creek with little timber; on graded
road; ia good settlement This is rare
ha gain; 500 per acre. c. w. Hahl, 300
Main 2
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kalle ykat ohera
Saxt. Hk4notteAI?
HELP WANTED.

wANTED--Young man who Is not afraid
OF work. 1909 Texas avenue. !
wANTED--Aii round tailor; good wages
per week; steady job for right man. l..
Weilenbach. Merchant Tailor, Marlin.
Texas
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zN BLOWERS repaired and sharpened.
ckNnn, 1910 Capitol; new phone 1903;
Xofk guaranteed 4
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iagei modern conveniences and under
ground cistern. Apply 14l5 Dallas ave-
nue.. -.----- u, 4
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~ JOHNSON, colored PIANIST 1912
III; phone 1404. Hours s to 10 p.
Z. Il
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6LLARS reward for an original
pom Charles Shenrn to John l..
dated December Is, ls43. convey
Is Nos. and 4, In block No. 4,
1 city OF Houston, l.. b. Moody,
D3lS Congress- avenue. 2
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mines the names and innermo
eel of all his patrons without resort
~ subterfuge Of any kind. He tells
inject Of your call, whom, If ever,
nil marry. II YOU are in trouble,
III or suspense concerning business
efs, love affairs, domestic troubles,
~ other affairs, you should see him.
&c Is within reach of all. 1909 Tex
genue phone 1856 /
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FOR SAFE OR TRADE-1o6 acres out OF
the west tract and "a acres out of the
east tract Of the Thomas Hughes survey.
near Saratoga, Hardin county; good oil
land. For price and terms address w. q;
colouItt, Corsieana. Texas. II
EFND for large iist Of bargains in farms,
ranches, city properties, etc. j. c. Crisp,
BeeviIle, Texas. 80
So PER ACRE for rice land--6sO acres In
wharton, one OF the greatest rice produe-
ing counties In Texas Address w. r,
Stewart, Jacksboro. Texas. ~
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Si1A q ERS furnished. Zoe per mes.
p.N Houston Messenger Bureau, Binz
idfflg Y-.S
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SEWING MACHTNEs-You choice OF Do.
nestle, New Home, White or Singer for
$40 cash: several Mt SIS. all guaranteed.
Hickman, 1910 Capitol; new phone 1908;
sewing machines repaired, any condition,
by expert, 4
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FuR RENT-Neatly furnished rooms; all
modern conyeniehces. 200 Austin street,
next 20 Globe hotel; phone 1643. 5
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FOR RENT-Two-story dwelling, No. 1903
crawford corner Iceland Amply NJ
katiman, 302 Mason building. 4
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FOR SALE-At very low prices: Large
house close in on Austin, $4,000. ~ lots
iloli Gre M cottage on Crawford. $1,000;
IA lots mt seven honses close in, Fonrth
ward payC 10 per cent gross on $1,000
See Hotstpu Land and Trust Co. for prices
and 81 ettn
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ANY TOWN WANTING water works. cleo
tric lights or anything from a cunning
factory TO a cotton mill, should write
US. We organize and fnnnce Industrial
companies. Agents wanted everywhere.
The Southwestern Promoting Co.. Wilson
building Houston. Texas II
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UNFINISHED ROOMS for rent; place
changed hands; 1913 Nance; none but re-
spectacle parties need apply. Apply next
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'INCING tests of his marvellous clair,
int powers that would convince the
skeptlcal 10 all those who come for
aiding. Without asking one question
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THREE DESIRABLE rooms with bath
one block from Central depot. CD Girar
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SOUTHEAST Furnished rooms up and
downstairs furnished rooms for light
housekeeping; bath buggy house, stable.
pasture. 1905 Sixth street. I-3l
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QHteS- dyamt o.d4
- tri~a Gq rea4ltto.
FOR SALE.

GASOLINE STOVES repaired; MI work
guaranteed, Hickman, 1910 Capitol: Few
phone 1908; several Quickmeal stoves for
sale, 4
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SITUATIONS-FEMALE.

WANTED osittvn by widow lady In ho-
tel or boarding house In Beaumont. APP
ply 73os, this Office. 8
WANTED-Positon on Fourth OF July as
cashier serve ice cream or work OF any
kind at any park on that day. Address
1881 this offce
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|lkUC want a homeY We will loan you
money at 3 per cent interest, payable
monthly installments. Call or address
NJ Means, 3O7 Bins; agents wanted;
lose stamp. 3
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PERSONAL.

WRITE each prospective customer per
sonai letter by the Neidich process; new;
not expensive. j. j. fastoriza Z. and l..
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CALIFORNIA stables and sheds $40 I'd
mond c. Cochran, 112la Main. 3
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MIRRORS resilvered; mirrors for sale
samrelS Mirror Works. phone 419, 3OS
Carolire. II
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WANTED--I have 3OO,OOO cubic yards OF
grading to let on Santa Fe extension from
san Augustine to Center, Texas; long jon
and good prices l.. j. Smith, contractor,
Center, Texas. 10
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1900 feet OF gushers, perfect title; snap
for quick acceptance. Late map and
wrlteup Of the Som Lake oil held mailed
free. Address {. G.. Parsons, Bryan,
Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
4 Midcentury Christmas.

Thy Paul DauDy.)
This is the story of his first Christmas,
as related by a certain we'll placed citi-
zen of today whose memory reaches
back into the middle of the last CEN
fury.
1t was a different world then. The
civil war was yet to be fought. Barring
IT'S use on the telegraph wire, electricity
was still untamed. There were extern
sive stretches of country now crisis
crossed by railroads where the locomo-
tive whistle had never been heard. Many
of the things held to be necessaries now
by every one were luxuries to all but
the unduly rich
Humanity its emotions and the eter-
nal verities. are the same today as they
were on that midcentury Christmas, but
in the outward forms and observances
that go to make up the visible like of
the pe0ple-fh THE new world at least
there has been a revolution SO great
since then that only those who have
seen it can appreciate it even vaguely.
The well placed citizen was then OF
the age that delighted in copper tOed
boots-unknown to boys of today-and
he wore mittensa on his hands and a
knit comforter about his neck in cold
weather. His father was a Methodist
circuit rider in one of the middle At
lantic states, who preached three times
ever Sunday--at 10 in the morning
in a little church without a steeple, at 2
in the afternoon in the round school house
in Bunker'S Hollow. and at early candle
light in the stone school mouse at Mel
sons settlement-driving some 50 miles
weekly to make the circuit
The day before that first Christmas
was a day of the liveliest anticipations
since the minister and his family had
been asked to eat the Christmas dinner
at Brother Nelson's. and to come the
night before so that the boy could hang
up his stocking with the half dozen
young Nelson's. Just what that meant
he didn't understand very clearly. In
the community 70 which his father min
istered-it had been transplanted almost
bodily from Puritan New England-the
observance of Christmas was only be-
ginning, and the children who had heard
about Santa Claus were few.
The winter was severe that year, and
the outlines of the hills and valleys
were softened by two-foot covering
of snow. Brother Nelson's house was a
good Is miles away from the story and
a half parsonage. and the boy and his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25

The men from the house approached
rapidly and from the other direction came
which, on close observation, might have
appeared to have touch of burlesque
about it.
Its. all right he sang out, before
any of the rest had time to say a word;
Only bit of jolt l can walk all
right"
Little Miss Greene picked up the cue in
an instant. Wen. that's relief she said
with emphasis, from the depths of Kali
cores coat Dick scared US 81 When |
heard about you | ran all the way out
low?''
oh, little sore" said Tommy, but
back to the house to prevent him from
looking for broken bones: That was a
close call" he said to Dick later. You
should have given me all the ietails be-
fore we began"
Billy Kilgore did not stand sloomily in
the doorway while the last waltz was
playing. nor did little Miss Greene re
fuse to glance in his direction. In Fac,
she frequently and shamelessly twisted
herself out of the natural position in waltz
ing in order to smile up into his face.
Neither did the two sit at opposite ends
when Tommy said in a loud voice, "Ali
those who are holding hands will please
desist,, as it shocks my little sister. a
embarrassed them painfully. little Miss
Greene only laughed and replied: Thank
you. Tommy, we hadn't thought of that
before a jest which lacked something Of
being convincing by reason of an almost
immediate. though deliberately. careless
demonstration above the rug. of the tact
that though she had removed the gloves
in which she had been dancing she had
neglected to replace them with any warm
er covering. Tommy noticed that this
demonstration was not long continued.
Dick observed that back of Redmount
the two showed disposition to stray from
the hot bouillon in the dining. room. in
the direction of the library. and when he
had daringly asked if they thought his
presence would be needed and received no
more vigorous rebuff than a smiling re-
quest from Billy Kilgore to go nang him
self. he felt sure that all was well.
Il don't believe they will need me- ne
said to Miss Greene, Il tell you what it
is, Tommy, m going to have those two
cupids on the chimney piece in there taken
down and statuettes of T. Greene and r.
Hammond put in their places Bill and
Mollie are happy enough now to forgive
even the pool if they knew about it.
Well said Tommy, we've given ON
a good deal to think about Perhaps, con-
sidering we've got to inhabiJ the sam
house with EN- for ten days more, we'd
better not go describing our little business
ventures. Wen let it go at that. New
ark IN. j. News
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Sick
II e a d a G h e $ From
Army Life
Fin ally Caused Nerv-
Gus Dyspepsia.
DIR. Miles Nervine Cured
Me.

Nervousness, indigestion and insomnia are
the three greatest affections of mankind.
Attended as they are by thousand dis
agreeable symptoms the victim is in constant
misery. Pity the person who cannot sleep,
enjoy his food nor secure rest and peace OF
mind. DR.. Miles Nsrvine is sure cure for
all three maladies. 1t soothes the BRAN,
strengthens the nerves of the stomach and
digestive organs bringing sleep, rest, health.
strength and good digestion.
Smallpox contracted while in the army,
left me with disease of the spine, nearly
bind and with a complication of nervous
affections. Perhaps the most distressing of
all my troubles were the sick headaches
which grew more frequent and severe the
years passed cy, until bec@sne confirmed
dyspep &c with 81! the char scteristic symp-
toms of nervousness, indsgesl on, and in
scmnia- In my search for ne4lLh, left my
old home in Aroostock county, Maine, and
located IN the west. Soon alter coming here
my attention was called to Or. Miles Re
storative Nervine, and l decided to try it.
1t soon stopped my headaches and have
not had enc since. When | had taken six
bottles my health was wonderful improved
in every way. l am well today, eat and
sleep all right and Ia fact feel that my youth
has been renesoed."-J. B. BYRON, New
Whatcom, Wash.
Ali druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie DR.. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
Dr.. Miles Medical Co, Enkhart, Ind
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The Pride of Heroes.

Many soldiers in the last war wrote to
say that for scratches, bruises, cuts
wounds corns, sore feet and stiff joints.
Buckiens Arnica Salye is the best in the
world. Same for burns, scalds DoiIs ul-
GERS, skin erutions and piles. It cures or
no pay Only 25c at A. j. Arnold's drug
store 81 North Kansas avenue.
to build.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-14


PART Three rogues, Hayle, Kitwater
and Cod, meet at Singapore. Latter two
have learned of existence of hidden trea s.
ure- at Sengkor-W at-old Burmese ruin
near Chinese border. Hayle only half be-
neVes account, but nevertheless agrees to
Join In search.
FART II.-Reaching Sengkor-W Wat, the
men make their way through the ancient
streets. and toward the once splendid pail
ace. Toward dusk after a most tedious
search they come upon secret entrance to
underground vaults, in which are discov-
cred great quantities of bar gold and uncut
ruhies and sapphires. Hayle fills both
hands with gems and the men make their
way outside again. On reaching camp they
find their two Burmese servants slain and
horribly mutilated, Chinese fashion. Dur
ing the night Hayle secures treasure and
eals5away into the jungle. :,
PART 1II.-Utterly exhausted and I'M
conscious. Hayle is found by English Off
GERS near frontier station of Nampoung.
AS. soon as able he leaves for Rangoon
and thence to ENGLAND.
PART IV.-Two months later another
officer at Nampoung, while out on a hunt
comes across Kitwater and Codd. Kitwa-
ter explains they were traders who had
fallen into hands of Chinese who had put
out his own eyes and pulled out Codd s
tongue. After recovering somewhat from
effects of exposure and fortunes they set
off in pursuit of Hayle.
CHAPTER George Fairfax relates
now ne became detective in Australia
ana finally came to open up an Office in
London.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-14
NY Strangest Case
BY GUY BOOTFBY.
Arthcr OF DR. NiKOLA," BEAUTIFUL. WHITE DEVIL"
..PHARos, THE EdYPTIAN" Etc.
Copyrighted. 1901. BY Ward, Lock 4 oo.l
BY GUY BOOTHBY.

had been made to prevent their extra
dition, and had just referred to GER
tain statementeone of the prisoners
had made to me soon after his arrest
when an interruption caused me to
look behind at the rows of spectators.
At the further end of the bench, near
est me, were two men; one was evil
IDENTIFY tall, the other very short. The
taller was the possessor OF silvery
white hair and long and venerable
beard. He was hand some-looking
man of about 40, and my first glance
at him told me that he was blind. AS
| have said, his companion was much
smaller man, with a smooth, almost
boyish face, pair of twinkling eyes,
but a mouth rather hard set. Both
were evidently following the case close
ly, and when on the next day I saw that
they were in the same place took an
even greater interest in them than be-
fore. 1twasn however, until the trial
had finished and the pair of miserable
men had been sent to penal servitude
for lengthy term of years, that /
made the acquaintance of the men
have just described. remember the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-14

been worth anything from e170,0oo
to e25o,oOo."
opened my Eyes on hearing this.
Were the men telling me the truth, I
asked myself, or were they trying to
interest me in the case by exaggerat-
ing the value of the treasure?
What you say is almost incompre-
hensible," 1 continued. 81 trust you
will forgive me, but can you substan-
tiate what you say?"
when we say that we are willing to
pay your expenses in advance if you
will try to find the man, think we are
giving you very good proof of our
bona fides," he remarked. II am
afraid we cannot give you any other.
seeing, as have said, that we are both
poor men. If you are prepared to take
upsour case, we shall be under life
long gratitude to you, but if you cam
not, we must endeavor to find some one
else who will undertake the task"
ut is impossible for me to decide
now whether can take it up ornot,"
] said, leaning back in my chair. and
looking at them both as spoke. II
must have time to think it over; there
are O. hundred and one things to be
considered before I can give you di-
rect reply"
There was silence for few mo-
ments. and then Kitwater, who had
been holding his usual mysterious
communications with his friend, said:
when do you think you will be able
to let us have an answer?"
THAT depends upon variety OF
circumstances" replied. at is a
[ matter difficult to average. In the first
/ place there is no knowing where the
man is. at present; he may be in Lon-
don't he may be in America; he may be
In cay other portion Of the globe. It
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-14
ITO be continued
Fayorite Nearly Everywhere.

Constipation means dullness, depres-
sion, headache, generally diSordered
health DeWitt's Little Early Risers
stimulate the liver, open the bowels
and relieve this condition. Safe, spec
day and thorough. They never grippe.
Favorite pills. -Shuttleworth Drug CO
Cducate -FOUR Bowels with Cascarer,,
Caady Cathartic, cure constipation forever
20 PIC n q q Q TAI, druggists refund nopaR.
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The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill.
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
tfsthey are sick or out
OF order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matlsm come from ex-
cess of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-14

..o9pato ronr Bowels WIN Cass,,re.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forey,
@Dc. nc q o fsil drTysisss refund mo Sss
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Over-WOrk Meakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
Yolir kidneys once every three minutes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-16
Old Times in The South.

correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
"How dear to M heart are the
scenes of my childhood,
When fond recollection presents
them to view.
The orchard, the meadoY, the deep
tangled wildwood,
And every loved spot which my in
fancy knew"
These dear old lines present to the
readers mind the many incidents
that ~transpire around that blessed
old place "home," and it's sacred in
fuences, and, oh, how many little
children are deprived of It's pleasures
and when misfortune spreads its
brawny hand upon them they are cast
adrift upon the sea of life, and even
then dear to each heart are the scenes
of it's childhood.
These thoughts inspire my youth
full CD mind, that while l write at
random, and just as ode sperit"
moves me, I must tell Aunt Jennie
when I first learned to hate the Yam
KEGS In this letter, and will try to
make it interesting.
There were five of us children and