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THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Published Weekly by The Montana Plaindealer Company JOSEPH B. BASS, EDITOR Subscription, $2.00 per year strictly in advance. Entered as second-class mail matter in the post office at Helena, Montana, under the act of Congress of March 3rd, 1879. Address all communications to The Montana Plaindearler, 17 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. PEACE! PROSPERITY! UNION! The democrats out at the State Capitol are still showing their incapacity to do things, they will adjourn and without electing a Senator and two years hence the republicans will elect two Senators in a jiffy. Senator Carter started the ball to rolling on the proposition against the election of Senators by direct vote of the people, as the present bill before the Senate would legalize the disfranchisement of millions of vtoes, Senator Root and others also helped change the sentiment and it is now doubtful if the bill in its present form can pass and become a law. The election of a Mayor for Butte will soon be the absorbing topic in that metropolis, and it will be a merry fight as to who shall be the winner for the strenuous duties of Mayor of the Big Camp. Western University, at Kansas City seems to be forging to the front with the versatile and progressive Dr. H. Kealing at the helm. Topeka Plaindealer things well of Senator Carter as the following clipping from their last issue indicates: Constitution. We are pleased to note the fact that the government still lives at Washington and will continue as long as such men as Lodge, Curtis, Carter, Root and other men of like training who love and obey the constitution instead of the lost cause of secession remain at the helm. The scepter shall not depart from Washington nor will Jeff Davis' lost cause he exposed in Washington until every man, North, South, West and East shall have an even break at justice and the ballot box. Whenever Congress relaxes her hold on the constitution by delegating all the powers directly to the several state for the consideration of the individual called people, then strife and turmoil will reign supreme, not only will the Negor suffer, but the minority class of whites will also bite the dust of an unjust and unrighteous people. Not until all the people learn to apply the law with equal exactness and justice will their request be granted and there would be a happy people all over the Union. Living up to the golden rule, there is only The custom of observing Lincoln's birthday has become universal by our people all over the country. We are proud of the fact that way back in Kansas that we were one of the pioneers in the movement which has redounded to the credit of the race. One of the redeeming features of this session of the legislature is that there has been no JIM CROW legislation proposed not even by the democratic house. With the decision of the Supreme Court favorable to the city government, there should be a hasty solution of the water question and a municipal water plant. In looking for a mayorality candidate for Butte, Jerry Mullins is one of its broadgauged citizens who is one of the fairest and squareset men who ever has been before the public. We do not even know that he would make the race, but if so, and he was elected, he would be the mapor of all the people. LIKES WESTEDN UNIVERSITY A Montana-Born Young Man Inspired and Making Good Some time ago we advised Jessie L. Brooks, one of our brightest Montaan boys who would have graduated in the high school here this year, that the opportunities for advancement were greater at Western University than here, and, if possible, for him to arrange to attend that institution. We took the matter up with his mother and finally arranged for his entrance in that school. We reproduce the letter which he has wrote us after 5 months at the schol which speaks for itself. We hope that other parents who have children can arrange for their entrance in this institution which stands second to none as an educational institution. Western University Feb. 12, 1911. Mr. J. B. Bass. Dear Friend: I had written you one letter but it seems as tho' you didn't receive it, so I am writing you another. I am dearly in love with Western University, and it has done so much for me since I have been here, and I have learned so many good things, come in contact with so many, great and good people that it has entirely changed my life. I feel, Mr. Bass, that I owe al of this to you and my dear mother and I am trying and will keep striving with all that is in me to obtain all that there is in my opportunities, and in the end show you that your efforts to better my condition and help me on to higher things were not in vain. Since I have been here I have been the leader of my class and was recently elected President of the James A. Handy Literary Society and your daughter was elected its Secretary. I name these things only to show you that I am striving to go upward to the highest pinacle and I am succeeding, and this adds to my chance for better and higher things. I know, dear friend, that you, and all of my friends at home are looking for great things from me because possibly I am the possessor of a little of that which, when developed, goes to make up a "man" and I am going to prove myself equal to the occasion. tal self rests upon the ind. The schools, colleges, and universities do not, for the not educate. They furn part of the means of tion, and teach its proper but the individual studer cording to his capacity, educate himself. The ca for education is a measure. student's mastery of himself patient domination of the makes the student and th tured scholar., Unfortun on leaving school, too man I attended the funeral of the late Bishop Grant and it was one of the greatest occassions I have ever witnessed. All of the Bisops of the church were there together with such distinguished men as Booker Washington and Jno. R. Heart of Washington, D. C. As I sat in my seat and listened and watched the ceremonies with awe and astonishment, I thought of how proud I ought to be because I was a negro, and to, I thought of what opportunities and encouragement our boys and girls out west are missing, because they are not in the midst of great negroes, so that they might be inspired by their very presense. Our president, Dr. Kealing, gave an obituary upon the life of Bishop Grant and in it he said that this was indeed a great nation and afforded great opportunities because Bishop Grant who was born as a slave in an ox cart had arisen so high that his name could be associated with those of Presidents and Kings. And, too, he said that the very cause of Bishop Grant's success was that he had taken advantage of his opportunities and trusted in God for guidance. Since I have been here, I have become interestid in the welfare of our young people in the West who are, one by one, going down because they have not that guidance and inspiration to lead them on. Give my best regards to Mrs. Bass and all inquiring friends. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain, as ever, Yours very respectfully, ON EDUCATION. What do we mean by the word education? This word is built upon the Latin verb educo; meaning to lead from within, to lead out. It may be interpreted to draw out what is within; or when applied to our mental faculties, their unfolding. In a broader sense, development. During the process of mental training there is a sub-sconscious classification of the facts observed. The accuracy and delicacy with these facts are classified and correlated marks the quality, and the variety of sources from which they are drawn indicates the degree of education. In spite of all that has been said and written concerning education, there are those who still regard it as a mere feat of memory. This idea belongs to antiquity. The more modern, rational, conception measures education by the development of the reasoning faculty. Nature, the arts, literature, cannot educate; but they do put the material for education at the disposal of every mind. The accumulation of fact, by study and experience, acquaints us with the sources of knowledge; thereby putting into our hands the material necessary for the intelligent exercise, of our faculty to reason. Cumulative experience, in its very essence, is absolutely independent. The responsibility of the development of the men tal self rests upon the individual The schools, colleges, and the universities do not, for they cannot educate. They furnish a part of the means of education, and teach its proper use; but the individual student, according to his capacity, must educate himself. The capacity for education is a measure of the student's mastery of himself. The patient domination of the will makes the student and the cultured scholar,. Unfortunately, on leaving school, too many lose the spirit and point of view of the student. By this act they teach the less favored individual in the world to measure education by the evident lack of it. The so-called "self made man" never allows himself to think that his training is complete. This is why he does excell. The realization is his, that the brain, during natural life, is ever respondent to the touch of training and experience. He knows that, just as the asymtotic tangent to the parabola continually approaches, through infinite space, yet never becomes tangent to the curve; so the accumulation of experience in knowledge continually approaches completeness, but never becomes complete. If w e could live forever we should learn forever. The fundamental materials of education may be found in the sciences, mathematics, literature, history, and travel. These general subjects open a field, for study and reflection, that has no boundary. Reflection is the pith of education. To reason is the joy of the human mind; it is the touch-stone of pure happiness. Our lives here are short. Our influence among other men is limited, therefore, in no small degree; but by constantly searching for knowledge we may train our reasoning powers to such an extent that, by the time age begins to give others confidence in our accumulated experiences, we shall be able to guide and assist the young in proper and correct methods; with the result that they shall begin life on a higher intelectual plane than we, thus enabling them to increase the knowledge of the world by a little more than the difference, in distance, between our respective starting places. With all respect to present day pedagogy, as practiced in our public schools, I believe, firmly, that the child, besides being taught through the senses should be imbued with the desire to know why. Curiosity is one of our earliest traits. Since it is first to show itself, it should meet with greatest encouragement at the hands of both parents and teachers. The underlying principle of the so-called "modern method of instruction" is sound and rational; but the apparent neglect of the reasoning faculty, in the development of this new method, is without excuse and faulty in the extreme. Directly, it forces the child to be too mechanical in his mental work. Experience has proved that the capacity for reasoning can be developed; even in early childhood. The childmind, plastic in the extreme, and very sensitive to all impressions will reproduce these impressions made upon it only. If these are limited to sense-impressions, the child becomes, at once, a parrot-like atomon. The judicious instructor can and will make the child think. Even the child, if he has been taught to know why, shall begin soon to deduce information for himself. The why of things is essential to real understanding. Real understanding is the essence of culture. Education therefore, is the result of the prop The New York Special Bargains In Our Linen And Domestic Department. 15c Zephyr Ginghams, yd.....10c 15c Daisy Cloth, yd.....10c 30c 27-inch Natural Colored Linen, per yard .....20c 12 1-2c Union Huck Towels each .....8 1-3c 20c Fancy Corded Madras for shirt waists, yard.....15c 15c 36-inch very finest Silk- line, per yard .....10c $2.50 20-inch pure Linen Dam- ask Napkin, doz.....$1.75 20c 27-inch very fine and sheer Dimity, in stripes and checks per yard .....12 1-2c 25c white Shrunk Cotton for dresses, per yard .....15c 65c 45-inch Persian Lawns, per yard .....50c ed development of the understand. W. W. STRANGE. Pony, Mont., Feb. 2, 1911. THE NEGRO IN IT You may talk about the Negro, You may name his faults infinite; But you cannot turn a wheel That a Negro isn't in it. You may block his civil rights, You may say you are "again" it; But before you turn around, Some sharp Negro will be in it. You may build your Chinese Walls— You may plan for every minute; But with all your wily schemes, Some few Negroes will be in. You may form your "Lily Whites," You may kill your bear and skin it; When the "pie" is passed around Some shrewd Negro will be it. Be it high or be it low, From cook pot to Senate; There is not a place on earth, That a Negro isn't in it. So, my friend, just stop your folly, Draw this thought way out and spin it. God intends from first to last, That the Negro must be in it You may try the plan of Pharoah Kill the race out, try to thin 50c 27-inch Silk Mull, in very newest shades, yard .....35c 35c very large and heavy Turkish Towels, each .....29c 65c 36-inch Round Thread Linen for waists, yard.....50c 6 1-4c 36-inch Bleached Cheese Cloth, yard .....5c $1.25 Honey Comb Bed Spread .....75c 30c 36-inch Fancy Curtain Madras, per yard .....11c 50c Fancy Poplins in latest shades for waists and suits, per yard .....35c 20c Fast Color Black Lawn for dresses, per yard.....12 1-2c 12 1-2c 25-inch Fancy Cretons for draperies, yard.....8 1-3c When you reach the shores of hell You will find some Negroes in it. You may reach the Land of Beulah, If by chance, you e'er should win it; Don't you emigrate, my brother, When you find all Negroes in it. —St. Louis Advance. Perseverance means, in short, to "Follow up." Hence, Patience and Perseverance overcome the greatest difficulties. The stone is hard the drop is small, but a hole is made by a constant fall. Again: Perseverance signifies to continue in a given cause, in spite of discouragements in order to obtain our ned. Therefore always watch and pray and not faint, on the way, recorded in Isaiah 30th Chap. 21st verse; namely: Thine ears shall hear a word behind the saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when we turn to the right hand and when ye turn to the left. So let us continue making improvements as we go, notwithstanding all the hard trials that may await us. In spite of disappointments, defiance of our enemies lets go. Fear neither the difficulties of foreign languages nor the difference of manners, nor the powers of secular government. Consult not the course of rivers nor the direction of mountain ranges. Go straight on. Go as the thunder of him who sent us. As the creative word went, which carried life into chaos, as the eagles go, and the angels. Persevere as the school-boys. The sleet is falling, the winter is cold, but we are tough and Why should we persist? Because the work is the Lords and we must go on. And too, the victory is not gained by the swift nor the strong, but by those htat persist to the end. Hence, come weal, come woe, we'll gather and go live and die for Jesus. To speak on: We must persist because our God says to us as he did to Moses, why cry ye after me, Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward. We must persevere because there is no discourage nor vacation in this war. The Christian soldier ought to fight like a lion. In fact he must be a lion in the fight. Said a fox to a wild-hog: Why do you whet your tusks now? there is no sign of the coming of the hunters or the hounds. Why Dean friend answered the wild-hog it would never do for me to be sharpening my weapons when I ought to using them. Learn to --- Indoor Dresses 1 1000 N the design on the left we have a soft grey cashmere dress; the skirt has a panel front, folds trimming the foot of sides and back; the slight fullness is gathered at waist. The bodice is quite simple in shape, plain on shoulders and a little full at waist; it has a vest of lace, but no collar-band. The fuchi is of spotted muslin finely tucked on the shoulders and edged with insertion and lace. The small puffed elbow sleeves are finished with lace ruffles. Materials required: 8 yards 46 inches wide, 1¼ yards muslin 36 inches wide, 3½ yards lace, 2¼ yards insertion, 1¼ yard lace for vest, 1½ IDEA FOR SEPARATE BLOUSE Home Needleworker May Make One From Many Different Kinds of Materials. Many of the new separate blouses in paisley, persian and dresden designs are being made from crepe handkerchiefs, scarfs and muffers. This is a hint which may well be taken by the home needleworker, as these blouses, of the silky crepe, are easy to cut and make up. Usually there is figured design in the middle, then a band of plain white or a light color and a figured border. This white strip must be allowed for, and it looks well as the lower part of the blouse and the inside of the sleeves, thus giving a sort of bolero effect. Under sheer velling these crepe handkerchief waists are draped, and they lend themselves readily to this treatment. If you have too many scarfs of this sort, or simply wish an original blouse to match the scarf worn by everybody nowadays, think of this Paris idea and act accordingly. Be careful to use a needle fine enough to go through even the smallest of the various kinds of beads to be employed. Prepare a length of fine thread and pass both ends of the thread through the eye of the needle, thus forming a loop through which hang the end of the wool selected for knitting. Begin threading the beads according to the pattern. When they are all worked in, cast off on the first row after the last bead row. The number of beads in a row is often found to be one less than the number of stitches, the odd stitch being slipped without a bead at the beginning of the row for firmness and regularity. To secure the beads, slip the first stitch; knit the rest plain, passing one bead up close to the needle at every stitch before the silk or wool is raised; second, slip one, knit without beads. The woman who wants embroidered effects, but does not like arduous work, will welcome a new silk braid that looks like chain stitching. A design is stamped as for ordinary embroidery and the braid is sewed on the outlines by hand. A few filling stitches or french knot centers increase the effect of hand embroidery. These braids come in colors to match most of the new shades of dress material. They are especially effective on pongees and shantungs done in self tones. For the Needleworker. Use cotton tape for binding the plackets of small children's drawers—one piece for each placket. Sew the sleeves of thin waists in a French seam, stitching twice the last time. This is not so heavy as a binding. Keep a stiletto on your machine—it burns under the edges of hems and fells like magic, and is, besides, useful in many other ways. I H H Knit-In Beada New Silk Braid. yard bodice lining. For the second old pink voile is used; the skirt here also has a panel front braided at the foot; the sides and back are untrimmed, but are set in flat pleats to the waist-band. The bodice has a round yoke of finely tucked silk; the material is also tucked and joins yoke under a band of braided material; the wide, untucked piece in front is also braided, as are the cuffs of the tucked sleeves; black ribbon is draped across front of bodice and falls in long knotted ends on left side, being fixed to the waist-band under a rosette. Materials required: 8 yards 46 inches wide, $ \frac{3}{4} $ yard silk, $ 1 \frac{1}{2} $ yard lining. FOR DINNER OR THEATER Satin Dress That Exists to Be a Testimonial to the Skill of the Modiste. This is a style well suited to satin, and the color chosen here is moonlight blue. The skirt is made with a straight panel down center of front, edged each side with pearl insertion. The sides and back are then gathered in at the waist, and again at lower part to a band of insertion; below this THE LADY'S DRESS the satin is plain. The bodice has a wide fold on each shoulder, edged on the inner side by insertion; a strip of this edges the top, also sleeves, which are arranged in folds. Buttons add to trimming on bodice and skirt. Materials required: 7 yards satin, about 8 yards insertion, 4 dozen buttons. A. Dressmaking Hint In stitching the work drops over the machine and often is dragged into the wheel. A plain cretonne curtain, tucked just under the shelf or table of the machine, helps wonderfully with this trouble. Tucks must not be left out to catch on the work. Simple Markings. Simple markings on watches and lockets are in favor. If the block letter with or without a circle or oval is not used, old English initials are the next favorite. GOOD METHOD OF MULCHING Most Important Part of Gardening and Best Results Made by Those Who Study Problem. It is doubtful if any one form of garden work is more important than that of mulching, but the one who secures the best results from it is the one who makes a study of why, when and how it should be done, just as he studies the reason for planting and pruning at certain seasons and in certain ways. Why do we mulch? Not to prevent freezing (as many new to the work seem to think), but to prevent thawing. It is premature thawing rather than hard freezing which we have to guard against. A bed of hardy bulbs will not be injured if the ground freezes solid far below their depths and stays so for months, but if the surface of the ground is left bare and exposed to the bright sunshine of the pre-spring days, the surface soil thaws, the bulbs start top growth, and the next freeze-up does them an injury. Every time a thaw is followed by a freeze more injury is done until the bulbs are heaved out of the soil and the starting buds ruined. The mulch is intended to keep the direct sun rays from the soil and so prevent the warming of the surface soil until the time when it will not freeze again. Knowing that effort should be directed toward keeping off warmth rather than providing it, it is easy to understand how a mulch of loose leaves, straw, evergreen boughs, cornstalks, light barnyard litter or whatever is convenient, is better than a dressing of heavy manures that may keep the soil sufficiently warm, directly under it, to start growth of plants and then smother them. Let the covering be light and loose, remembering that the object is mainly to shade the soil from the sun and protect it from the sweep of the winds. If the material is light enough to be blown away by the winds, a few light branches should be put over it—just enough to hold the material where put. If some old woven wire fencing is available, a strip of that pegged down at the corners holds any sort of mulch securely. GOOD USE FOR WASTE MILK Skimmed Article Mixed With Phosphate of Lime Produces a Most Efficient Phosphate. A new and exceedingly profitable use has been discovered for the waste milk produced in such abundance by all creameries. There are sections of the country where this waste is used by the farmers who sell their cream to fatten pigs, but then again, there are districts where the milk, thoroughly skimmed and watery in character, is allowed to drain away. It has been found, however, that by mixing the milk with phosphate of lime a most efficient phosphate is produced. The phosphate of lime is placed in a hollow heap on the floor, the waste milk is run into the hollow, and a handful of yeast is added. In course of time the whole is turned and thoroughly mixed after the fashion of mortar. After it has dried and is broken up it is a most efficient fertilizer, containing about 72.30 percent of phosphate and a little more than 1 per cent. of nitrogen. Unlike the manufacture of most phosphates, this process is not attended by any of the disagreeable smells and other nuisances so closely associated with the ordinary fertilizer factory. Brood Mares. Brood mares should, of course, be well sheltered both in summer and winter, but not to the exclusion of plenty of sunlight, fresh air and exercise. Handle them carefully and feed intelligently. Give the mare a minimum of corn and a maximum of protein-bearing feed, such as oats, bran and alfalfa. When she is not working, let her have the run of a pasture or lot, with an open shed to protect her 'from heat or sudden storms. Dual Purpose Shorthorn. It is a significant fact that the dual purpose shorthorn is the staple cow of the average English dairy farmer. They seem to have found after many years that the shorthorn cow is the best for all-round purposes, just as farmers here have found the dual purpose Plymouth Rock the best farm chicken. Dressing a Fowl. When you kill a bird for the family dinner, place the carcass after dressing in cold water, so as to allow the animal heat to escape. Then put in a cool place, allowing the muscles to relax, and it is ready for culinary operations. Prosperity In Dairying. Every farmer who goes at dairying right soon becomes prosperous, and in every region where dairying becomes extensive farms increase in value and all the people have plenty. There is some work about it, to be sure, yet there is some pay, too. Good Land for Pasture. It used to be the custom to take out the poorest land upon the farm—the places that could never be cultivated under any circumstances—for tow pasture. Today the folly of such a policy is apparent and only good land is used. A HUMAN RATTLE BOX COVETED BY DOCTORS FOR DIS SECTION, HE SELLS HIS Kansas City Man Can Dislocate Every Joint in His Body and Move His Heart From One Side of Body to the Other. Kansas City, Mo.—Every time Ellis Whitman passes a doctor who knows him he is followed by a covetous and greedy look. For while nature has endowed some of us with a special aptitude for driving laundry wagons or constructing ditches, it gave Whitman a freak of a body which every true M. D. would like to look into. Whitman can dislocate every joint in his frame. He calls himself the "Human Rattle Box"—a title which sprang from his ability to rattle his ribs with his shoulder blades. He appears in theaters and also does plain or fancy dislocations for medical clinics. Whitman also has an acropatic heart. "Put your hand here," Whitman directed as he prepared to prove it. The heart was ticking away in the regular place. Then he twisted his interior around. Taking the hand of his interviewer, he placed it about seven inches lower than where the same heart had been and on the right sand side. "Now she's here!" he said with pardonable pride. "She" certainly had moved. Whitman rolled up his sleeves to show that he didn't have a second heart about him anywhere. There are some things he can't do. He admitted his inability to put his lungs in his feet or take his arms entirely off. "When I get a job at a medical school," explained Whitman, "I lie on in operating table and make any dislocation the doctors call for. The students set the dislocations—sometimes two or three of 'em working on me at time." "Unlike the average run of geniuses, Whitman is an excellent financier. "Doctors are always trying to buy my body," he said. "They want to dissect it—after I am dead, of course. I've sold it twice for $500 each time. I outlived them both—my body retering to myself at their deaths." "I had to fight for it once, though. The second time I sold it was to Dr. Nicholas Senn of the Rush Medical college, Chicago. He died a couple of years ago and in his will he be queued the 'Rattle Box'—that's me—to his son, Dr. Manuel Senn. I sued or possession of my body. The courts upheld me and I am now living in a body that belongs to no one in the world except me." MOVES 7,000 DEAD BODIES Michigan Gravestones and Burial Place Ornaments Are Transported to a New Site. Negaunee, Mich.—The cemetery of this city, with its 7,000 bodies and proportionate number of headstones and other burial place ornaments, is being removed to a new site to permit an iron company to work the rich bed of ore that underlays the old cemetery. The burial place now being vacated was selected 40 years ago and the permission to remove it was not secured without a storm of protest, but the mine company provided a larger and more attractive site and is paying a local undertaker $10 for each body he removes. Every body in the cemetery will be removed by this undertaker, unless others prefer to do the work at their own expense. The headstones and family monuments are being removed to their new places and the damages incident to cartage and the resetting are being repaired in a way that promises a better-conditioned cemetery when the work is done. A BODY IN STORE HE BOUGHT Gruesome Package Left in Closet One Year by Former Owner Is Finally Opened. London.—A mummified human body, apparently that of a boy about fourteen years of age, has been discovered at Nottingham under astounding circumstances. About a year ago, Thomas Showcroft purchased a small grocery in Nottingham. The previous owner (a woman) asked her to allow a parcel in a cupboard to remain there for a few days and begged her to take care of it. The woman did not return, but nothing was done until a few days ago, when Mr. Showcroft decided to satisfy his curiosity. Placing the parcel on the hearthrug he untied the string by the light of a candle, and was startled to find that it contained a mummified body. From an examination of the body it is surmised the boy died about twenty years ago. The Nottingham police are satisfied that the case does not involve any crime. Dynamite Explodes In Pocket Bynfield, Miss—Marvin Hudson, a farmer living near here, placed a stick of dynamite in his pocket with a view of taking it to employees in his field. Hudson stumbled and fell. That he was not blown in pieces when the dynamite exploded is considered marvelous. He has a slight chance to recover from his injuries. ASTRONOMER DESCRIBES WORLD'S PROBABLE END Those "easy" persons who are always afraid that some predicted end of the world will come to pass suddenly should find considerable comfort in the assertion of Professor Lowell that there is the best of scientific evidence for believing mankind will have many years' warning of the great and final cataclysm which M. B. may put this earth in the scrap heap. The professor has no doubt that such an end will come to the earth, but he makes no attempt to say when the event will occur. Those who know about the eminent astronomer and his work do not doubt his word, of course; and those who do not know may rest assured that Professor Lowell is amply qualified to render an opinion on this important subject. The probable nature of the end of the world, as the conclusions of the scientists show, will be a drop into the sun; but Professor Lowell says we shall have advance knowledge of this, and he knows. As the scientists have figured it out there is somewhere in the remote confines of space a great mass of matter—once a world, but now dead—hurtling toward our sun. When it hits the bull's-eye, as it is bound to do some day, our little hunk of mud will cease to exist. It is well for our peace of mind that no such dead world is at present within dangerous proximity. Yet who knows what day the morning papers may announce that one has been discovered by aid of the sun's light reflected upon it as it enters our little circle—butting into our society, so to speak. While it would then be certain the end of the world was at hand, still, there would be ample time in which to prepare for the inevitable. About 27 years would elapse from the time it was discovered by some astronomer with his telescope until the mass could be seen with the naked eye, and not until three years later would it appear as large as the brightest stars in the heavens. Nearly three years more and our seasons would begin to change, the days becoming longer. The beginning of the end would come about five months later. The stranger would not strike our little planet, but would pass so close in its dash to the sun that the earth would turn and follow until, together, they would drop silently into the sun, like a couple of dust specks into a roaring furnace fire. Professor Lowell, who has so calmly announced the probability of this startling end to all earthly hopes and fears, was born at Boston, Mass., March 13, 1855. Graduating from Harvard in 1876, he continued the study of astronomy in many parts of the world until 1894, when he established the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz. Being a fellow in nearly all the important scientific and astronomical associations of Europe and America, his opinions have long been accepted quite generally as authoritative. His odd theory concerning the end of the world, therefore has aroused no end of controversy among men of science. NINETY-YEAR-OLD IOWAN WHO KNEW HENRY CLAY It is rare nowadays to meet a man who knew Henry Clay, Crittenden and Thomas H. Benton, but Uncle Johnny Cooper, who just celebrated his nineteenth birthday at his farm home near Hamburg, Ia., was personally acquainted with those famous men. Mr. Cooper is by birth a Kentuckian and in his boyhood days lived A. H. next door to "Harry" Clay. He describes Clay as being the possessor of remarkably long ears and prodigiously big feet. His favorite attitude was sitting, book in hand, with feet elevated, leaning against a tree. He would always stop and converse pleasantly with young Cooper whenever they met and the latter has always cherished his memory in his heart of hearts. The opposite, however, is true in the case of Thomas H. Benton. The Coopers removed from Kentucky to Clay county, Missouri, in 1837. Mr. Cooper's father became a close political associate and trusted Seutenant of Benton. He managed Benton's campaigns in that section of the state and the great Missouri was a frequent visitor at the Cooper home. On one of these occasions the younger Cooper was tempted to whip Benton. "My father," said he, in a reminiscent mood, "was a talking man, and could make a better stump speech than Benton. At one time when the latter was spending the night at our house my father said, referring to me, "This young man is not going to vote with its this year. Benton, in a loud enraged tone, roared, "if he was my son I'd disinherit him." "I'd have given all I was worth," said Uncle John, with vehemence, "if he had been a young man of my age so I could have thrashed him." But Not Now. Howell—"Is he in good standing?" Powell—"He was until I sat on him." MISER LEFT A HOARD DYING WOMAN WILL FORTUNE OF $60,000 TO HOSPITAL Sandusky, Ohio, Woman, Supposedly Poor, Bequeaths Huge Sum of Money to Institution That Cared for Her. Sandusky, O.—Although supposed to be poor, Mrs. Rosa Baubach, dying, left an estate valued at $60,000, to a local hospital, her relatives being cut off. The appraisals of the estate while going through Mrs. Baubach's effects found hidden on a shelf in a closet a large iron box which when broken open was found to contain more than $10,000 in gold, silver and currency, besides securities the value of which has not been ascertained It has also developed that Mrs. Baubach owned real estate worth $50,000. The iron box was rusty and mouldy with age and evidently had remained in its hiding place many years. Some years ago Mrs. Baubach was taken seriously ill and was removed to a local hospital. She was given the best of care, and often remarked during her illness that some day the hospital would be well remembered by her. After leaving the hospital she was a weekly visitor at the institution up to within a short time before her death. Each time she would inquire the needs of the institution. For many years Mrs. Baubach had lived in a little story and half house in the business section of the city, and was seldom seen out of doors. She lived alone. Her spare hours were spent in sewing and knitting, and her neighbors often remarked how she would save a little piece of string or a thread of yarn. "Some day with this yarn I save I will he able to knit a pair of stockings or two, and these little pieces of thread will always come in handy," she would explain. She died a week ago, and in her will she left $500 to her church, a few small bequests to relatives and friends, and the balance of her estate to the hospital. CANINE CALLED THE DOCTOR When This Dog's Leg Was Broken the animal Knew Where Topeka, Kan.—Tobe is a splendid bull terrier owned by Hal Hotchkiss of 412 Greenwood avenue. Some time ago in carelessly alighting from a motor car one of Tobe's front legs was broken. He was taken immediately to Dr. Otto Kiene, where the injured member was set and held tight by a plaster cast. Tobe was permitted to go his way and again fraternize with other dogs. One of the other dogs evidently looking upon Tobe as an old "crlp," started a rough house. Tobe came away the victor, but in taking stock it was found that his leg was broken. Once more he was taken to Dr. Kiene, who reset it and placed it in another cast. Two days later Tobe had a heated argument with another dog. For the third time the leg was broken. The Hotchkiss home is fully a mile from the Kiene residence. Tobe did not wait to be personally conducted to the doctor's. On three legs he beat it across the town to Dr. Kiene's. On the front porch he sat and cried piteously until the doctor heard him. Once more the leg was mended, but Tobe is denied the companionship of other dogs for awhile. MILLION FROM DOLLAR TIP Walter Buys Out the Man Who Was Liberal in a Chicago Hotel. Chicago.—Twenty years ago. Con. Richard H. Southgate handed Max L. Teich a $1 bill as a tip for serving him an extraordinarily good dinner in a Chicago hotel. Carl C. Roessler, who was waiting on the adjining table, congratulated his waiter chum on having such a liberal patron. Recently Teich and Roessler paid Colegel Southgate more than $1,000,000 for his interest in the Congress hotel and annex in speaking of their rise and their acquisition of riches. Teich said: "We owe our start to the liberality of the American people in giving tips. About fifteen years ago I bought a small hotel in Chicago and later other houses. Now we have bought control of the Congress and annex. The two properties are worth about $4,000,000. We own 7,000 of the 16,000 shares." Honeymoon Shoes. Kansas City, Mo.—Harry Peterson. a cab driver at the Union depot, has collected all the old shoes that have been tied to his cab while hauling wedding parties, and is ready to go on the market with his freak collection. He declares his is the only collection of genuine "honeymoon shoes" in existence. It is composed of 42 men's shoes, 45 women's shoes and six white baby shoes. Phonograph at Funeral Mason City, Ia.—A phonograph at a funeral is a novelty, and yet in carrying out the wishes of Oliver Andrews, a phonograph was used, and according to his request "Work for the Night Is Coming," a quartet, and "Nearer My God to Thee," a solo, were played, and were so beautifully rendered that there was no criticism. Mr. Andrews ordered his coffin and planned the details of his funeral three weeks ago. MARIE Mrs. Marion Bruce, Cumberland. Me, writes: "I have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for a great many years, and I think it the best blood medicine in the world. I take it both spring and fall. This is very poor health. I take it and lost all my appetite and I was run down. As soon as I began to take Hood's Sarsaparilla my strength came back and my appetite returned. I am now well, do my housework, and no longer have that tired feeling." Get it today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. When you come to Spokane stop at the Arlington, Spokane's new, modern, up-to-date hotel. Rooms 50 cents and up. Meals 25 cents and up. Opposite N. P. Depot. SAGE RATS PRAIRIE DOGS POCKET GOPHERS GROUND SQUIRRELS ARE PROMPTLY DESTROYED Our sketch shows a morning dress that is easy to slip into and yet is in no sense a wrapper. Requires no Mixing or Preparation Always Ready for Use Always Reliable Bordered challis is ideal for these little dresses and it comes in such lovely designs. A fairly heavy linen lace can be used to finish the collar and sleeves. MADE WITH SUCH GREAT CARE TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY Successfully used by 50,000 grain growers in 1910. When you buy, demand the best. Get the "Woodlark Brand." Money back if not as claimed. PAMPHLET FREE for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes and Granulated Eyelids. Murine Doesn't Smart—Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, 25c, 50c, $1.00. Murine Eye Salve in Aspeic Tubes, 25c, $1.00. Eye Books and Eye Advice Free by Mail. HOYT CHEMICAL CO., Portland, Oregon Kow-Kure Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago. Salvation Army Lady—What do you boys do with your old clothes? boys do with your old clothes? D. Broque—Well, personally, for the last couple of years I've been wearing mine.—Cornell Widow. "Dear Clara," wrote the young man. "pardon me, but I'm getting so forgetful. I proposed to you last night, but really forget whether you said yes or no." "Dear Will," she replied by note; "so glad to hear from you. I know I said yes to some one last night, but I had forgotten just who it was."—Red Hen. is not a "food"—it is a medicine, and the only medicine in the world for cows only. 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Ardent Fusser—Have you anything on tonight? Cute Thing—How dare you!—Stanford Chaparral. WHERE TO STOP AND SHOP IN SPOKANE Safety Razor Blades Sharpened We make them cut better than new blades. Mail your old blades with amount. All work guaran- Lumber and Mill Work For Sash, Doors, Office and Bank Fixtures, write HOLLAND HOUSE MILL CO. Lumber and Mill Work For Size and Type Bank records, write HOLLAND AND HILL MILL CO. or HOLLAND AND HILL CO. Narritthway RHISEREO PETTON AVE AND BLOCK POST ST SPONANE druggists Single edge, $2c doz. Double edge, $3c doz. Gen or Star, $2c each Storage and Transfer When shipping household goods, write use, can save you money on the store. When shopping at a store, Main 64th Ave. Main 64th Ave. First prize winners, Rosa comb Rhode Island First grade comb Black. Minicorns: $0.95 a setting. Depends. We carry the largest line of trunks and traveling goods in Spokane. Trunks built to order. Spokane Switches, Puffs and Curls Combings made up. Your wants supplied by mail at lowest city prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. Miss McKenzie, 612 Fermilow block. Hotels and Apartments 100% Spruce Ave., just opened, Hot phones and cold water. Steam heat and telephones in each room. $3 to $5 per week. Motorcycles and Bicycles Rider agent wanted in every town. Write for prices and particulars. Spokane Auto-Cycle Co., I. E. Sprague avenue, Main. Twain 22. Property For Sale Extraordinary Offer: Will sell half of fine income business property, worth $300, for $50, $25, $0.00 each. Income 29 per cent net. Address, 117, Hotel Lever, Snooker, Wash. Harness, Whips, saddles, Etc. Butt Chain Harness, 40 to $100 per set, Good line of Whips, Brushes, Combs, Etc. H. A. Bosswick, 8021-4-2-108 street, Ten Maxwell, 8021 The reason why UMC .22 Cartridges are the best is that they are made with precisely the same care, the same tested materials and undergo the same rigid safeguards, as the heavier calibre, big-game-shooting UMC ammunition. UMC .22's are also made with the heavy hollow point bullets, thereby increasing their shocking and killing power over the old solid bullet. Try Our New "Lesmok" .22's UMC .22 short, .22 long, .22 long rifle "Lesmok," Smokeless and Black Powder—as you wish. Targets Supplied Free THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. Agency: 299 Broadway, New York City game-shooting UMC ammunition UMC .22's are also made with the heavy hollow point bullets, thereby increasing their shocking and killing power over the old solid bullet. International Airlines Inc. Washington, D.C. 20001-1288 International Airlines Inc. Washington, D.C. 20001-1288 Try Our New "Lesmok".22's UMC.22 short.22 long.22 long rifle "Lesmok," Smokeleas and Black Powder—as you wish. Targets Supplied Free THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. Agency: 299 Broadway, New York City WHAT I WENT THROUGH Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Natick, Mass. — "I cannot express what I went through during the change the change of life before I tried Lydia 2. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I was in such a nervous condition I could not keep still. My limbs were cold I were cold I had creepy sensations, and I could not sleep nights. I was finally told by two physicians that I also had a tumor I used of life before I tried Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I was in such a nervous condition I could not keep still. My limbs were cold, I had creepy sensations, and I could not sleep nights. I was finally told by two physicians that I also had a tumor. I read one day of the wonderful cures made by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and decided to try it, and it has made me a well woman. My neighbors and friends declare it had worked a miracle for me. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is worth its weight in gold for women during this period of life. If it will help others you may publish my letter."—MRS. NATHAN B. 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It teaches beauty culture, manicuring, gives weights and measures and antidotes for poison. In fact, it is a Magazine Almanac, that not only gives valuable information, but will afford much amusement for every member of the family, especially for parties and evening entertainments. Farmers and people in the rural areas will find this Almanac almost invaluable. It will be sent to anyone absolutely free on application to the Munyon Remedy Company, Philadelphia, Pa. "Pluck," said James Patten, the multimillionaire food products' plunger, of Chiengo, "is the secret of suc cess." "Well," interrupted a brother specu ntor, "I'll give you a thousand dollars if you'll teach me your method of pineling."—Human Life. Howard E. Burton, Assayer and Chemist Leadville, Colorado. Specimen prices: Gold Silver, Lead, $1.00; Gold, Silver, 75¢; Gold 50¢; Zinc or Copper, $1.00. Mailing en velopes and full price list sent on application Control and Empire work solicited. Refe- cer: Carbonate National Bank. 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You often have a chance to drop a hint among your friends about new things "down at the store." It can't do any harm, and may make business. Get into the habit of doing these things. You know the way to get more money is to show your employer you are worth it.—Pacific Review. If you are looking for an investment write me; I have listed some very desirable irrigated tracts and choice wheat lands. FARM LOANS 6 to 8 PER CENT. H. L. COLE 502 Empire State Bldg., Spokane, Wash. Uncle Gus—So this is the baby, eh? I used to look just like him at that age. What's he crying about now? Nice Susie—Oh, Uncle Gus, he heard what you said—Chicago News. Quick as Wink. If your eyes ache with a smarting, burning sensation and dizziness, use PETTIT'S EYE SALVE. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. "Were you nervous when you proposed to your wife?" asked the sentimental person. "No," replied Mr. Meckton, "but if I could have foreseen the next ten years I would have been." 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Insist On Getting Hostetter's Bitters PUTNAM Color more goods brighter and faster equally well and is guaranteed to give for free booklet, how to dive bleach s WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER 8p N. U. '11 No. 8 PISO'S IS THE NAME OF THE BEST MEDICINE for COUGHS & COLDS Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is the best of all medicines for the cure of diseases, disorders and weaknesses peculiar to women. It is the only preparation of its kind devised by a regularly graduated physician—an experienced and skilled specialist in the diseases of women. It is a safe medicine in any condition of the system. THE ONE REMEDY which contains no alcohol and no injurious habit-forming drugs and which creates no craving for such stimulants. THE ONE REMEDY so good that its maskers are not afraid to print its every ingredient on each outside bottle-wrapper and attest to the truthfulness of the same under oath. It is sold by medicine dealers everywhere, and any dealer who hasn't it can get it. Don't take a substitute of unknown composition for this medicine or known composition. No counterfeit is as good as the genuine and the drugstiff who says something else is "just as good as Dr. Pierce's" is either mistaken or is trying to deceive you for his own selfish benefit. Such a man is not to be trusted. He is trifling with your most priceless possession—your health—may be your life itself. See that you get what you ask for. Coroner—You knew the deceased pretty well, I believe, and could identify him? Bacon—Have you and your wife slick tastes? Egbert—I think so. I don't hold Witness—Yes, I should know 'im again. A photograph of the deceased was then handed to the witness. Coroner—Do you recognize that? Witness (shaking his head)—No, I dunno who that is. Coroner—You said you would know him again if you saw him. Witness—So I should, sir. But I don't think I could tell 's picture. don't think I could tell is picture. Coroner—What was there about the deceased that you would know and recognize again? Witness (brightening up)—'Is stutter, sir, 'E stuttered awful—Judge no mistake by using Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy. At druggists in fifty- cent and dollar sizes. Sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney trouble. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Friend—What is this cute little box here? Host—That's a set of books that I ordered by mail. They came this morning. Friend—What is the rest of this roomful of junk? Host—That's their sample pages, prospectus, etc., that came last week. Go to your meals prepared to be cheerful. People who carry their worries and burdens and their surly moods to the dinner table poison everything they eat. "I am a candidate for your hand." "But my parents have indorsed an- other young man." "All right; I'll run as an insurgent." THE Famous R On e a R The Rayo Lamp There are lamps that price. Constructed ornament to any proo of lamp-making the giving device. Exc descriptive stenogram THE STEADY WHITE LIGHT THE Famous Rayo Lamp Once a Rayo user, always one The Rayo Lamp is a high grade lamp, sold at a low price. There are lamps that cost more, but there is no better lamp made at any price. Constructed of solid brass, nickel plated, phase-ready kept clean; an ornament to any room in any house. There is nothing known to the art of lamp-making that can add to the value of the '7419 Lamp as a light-giving device, perfectly dimmer, everwhere. If not at yours, write for descriptive circular to the nearest agency of the L. DOUGLAS $2.50 $3.50 & $4 SHOES FOR MEN & WOMEN TO BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTES. REFUSE all substitutes claimed the true values of which are entitled to the beat. -Issist u W. L. Douglas shoes with his name a W. L. 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WILD ROSE ORCHARD CO. 307 Hutton Building, Spokane, Wash. everywhere, and any dealer who hasn't it can of unknown composition for this medicine or perfet is as good as the genuine and the druggist it as good as Dr. Pierce's" is either mistaken it own selfish benefit. Such a man is not to be our most priceless possession—your health—it you get what you ask for. reased could w 'im d was t? No. I know But I cure, but the Bacon—Have you and your wife similar tastes? Egbert—I think so. I don't believe she likes her cooking, either."—Yonkers Statesman. Tightness across the chest means a cold on the lungs. That's the danger signal. Cure that cold with Hamlins Wizard Oil before it runs into Consumption or Pneumonia. Hunger has not produced as many masterpieces as thirst has prevented.—Lippineott's. Does Not Color Hair Ayer's Hair Vigor, as now made from our new improved formula, does not stain or color the hair even to the slightest degree. 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Write for our Special Registration Offer for February. The Clark Teachers' Agency, 421 422 Peyton Bldg., Spokane, Wash. and Steinway Hall, Chicago, Ill. --- A M. B. H. LOCALS Trade with the Helena Packing and Provision Co. H. C. Simmons (Paly) who runs on the Havre dining sedice is laying off for a few days this week. The Second Baptist church has called a new pastor for their church and he hails from Texas and is expected here in a few days. E. L. Clark, who is now an employee of the U. S. Mail Service is on the day run between this point and Logan. L. C. Foreman of Lewistown visited in a hurry, while here returned to Lewistown the day after his arrival, accompanied by Mrs. Foreman. A letter which appears in another column of this paper from Jesse Brooks who is attending school at Quindaro, Kans., should be read by everyone who is interested in the progress of the race. The committee states that Ed Johnson failed to show up at the skating matinee at the appointed hour. The new quartette composed of W. Cole, F. Johnson, W. Stafford and W. Brown were the musical producers at the Eagles Smoker last week. Will Baker, a moving piano player, who plays in the twilight zone, got one over on us by wearing a pin and misrepresenting himself as having a hugh bank account. And borrowed and forgot our number, left with his wife for Great Falls this week. The Odd Fellows cancelled their concert, that was billed for the 13th inst. Solomon Scott received the sad news of the death of his mother who died at her home last week. W. Hord received a letter from his wife who arrived safely at her home in Ohio while she was glad to get home she says she will be glad to return to Montana. The Second Baptist church gave their semi-monthly supper at their church Tuesday evening. W. F. Webb, who works at the Montana club, has been on the sick list. J. L. Ellis who has been layed up with a broken leg is much improved and is now able to hobble along on his crutches. Mr. Geo. Hughes (Irish Lad) from New York, an employee of the Great Northern dining service was in the city for a few days last week. W. E. Jenkins on the Billings run for the Pullman Co., says that he will take an extended lay off in the near future. yOu cann yOu cannot know. How long will you be as prosperous as you are now you do know you do know How much you can lay aside each month at the present time. Think of this as a friendly warning and not an advertisement and begin to save today. You will need it. We allow 4 per cent on Savings Accounts. Union Bank & Trust HELENA, MONTANA. --- Teddy Day, formerly of this city, writes from Spokane that he likes that place so well that he has decided to locate there permanently. P. N. Keys has returned to the city and is again employed at the Lambs club. The Busy Bee club had a business meeting Thursday evening. M. O. J. Arnett, who has been on the sick list is much improved. Miss Carrie Dorsey and Tressa York are attending the Wesleyan University, north of the city. Rev. B. R. Guy reports a very successful quarter. The quarter meeting and conference were a great success. Rev. C. J. Coleman, presiding elder of this district, who lives in Spokane and who has been seriously ill, is reported much improved and will soon be able to take up his duties. Rev. W. T. Osborne, former pastor of St. James church, this city, figured in the Associated press dispatches last Thursday in Seattle as the parson who performed a marriage ceremony uniting a Japanese and American girl in the holy bonds of wedlock. If you scan the Plaindealer this week for the REASON WHY COLUMN you will not find it. E. A. Glenn was on the sick list last week brought about by watching over E. Glenn, Junior. The Odd Fellows contemplate observing their 19th Anniversary of Golden City Lodge on the Eight of March. Mr. W. H. Stuart of St. Paul was a visitor in the city this week. Chas. Stuart, mail clerk was, in the city Thursday on business. The Household of Ruth paid a return engagement at the Odd-Fellows on the 10th Inst., and the sisters proved themselves the queens of hostesses the way they entertained the brethren and they answered by saying they loved them more than ever. An elaborate program will be presented at the St. James Literary next Wednesday evening. a young man at a distance, and also that one of our grass widows will soon take unto herself another helpmate. E. L. Clark, who is now a railway postal clerk, will go out on his run from Great Falls to Billings on Tuesday. know & Trust Co. MONTANA. Makes Weak Nerves Strong. It can be relied upon in all cases of Nervous Exhaustion, brought on by overwork, or great mental effort. It assists the Nerve Cells to generate nerve force. Its soothing influence upon the nerves brings restful sleep-nature's rest period so essential to the tired, worn-out mind and body. For Headache, Neuralgia, or any pain or distress, you will find almost instant relief by taking Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills. They are sold by all druggists, and you may try either of these remedies on the positive guarantee that if the first bottle or package does not benefit, your druggist will return your money. We They are sold by all drug may try either of these re positive guarantee that it tle or package does not druggist will return you * repay the druggist the fu so it is to his interest to r upon to do so. * Miles I. Medical Co., e sold by all druggists e neither of these remi- sure guarantee that if the package does not be will return your the druggist the full to his interest to refu- do so. LES I. MEDICAL Co., EI UNTED • ARIDER AG Last year "Kingdom" was the money fast. We write for full particuliers and spee MONEY REQUIRED until you receive and ad- mit the drugist the full to his interest to refu- do so. BEN DAYS FREE TRIAL during which it to any tast you test. If you are then not per- tent the bicycle ship it back to us at our expense and you TORY PRICES at one small profit above actual middlemen's profits by buying direct of us and behind your bicycle. We will sell your bicycles you receive our catalogues and a remarkable special offers to rider agent WILL BE ASTONISHED when you receive prices we can make you this year. We sell the right any other factory. We are satisfied with $1 buying from $9 to $8 or $10. We charge from $9 to $8 or $10. We charge on wheel wheels, imported roller chains andment of all kinds at half the usual retail prices. BETHORN PUNCTURE- REALING TIRES A SAMPLE TO INTRODUCE repay the drugstress the full retail price so it is to his interest to refund if called upon to do so. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind WANTED • A RIDER AGENT in each TOWN and district to ride and exhibit making money fast. Write for full particulars and special offer at once. NO MONEY REQUIRED until you receive and approve of your bicycle. We ship anyone there in time to a cent deposit in advance, prepay freight, and allow TEN DAYS FREE TRIALS during which time you may ride them. put it to any test you wish. If you are then not perfectly satisfied or do not wish keep the bicycle ship it to us at our expense and you will not be out one cent. FACTORY PRICES at one small profit above actual factory cost. We also to $25 middlemen's profits by buying direct of us and have the manufacturer's guarant ance behind your bicycle. DO NOT BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone and take our catalogue to learn our unheard of factory prices and remarkable special offers to rider agents. YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED when you receive our beautiful catalogue and YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED when you receive our beautiful catalogue and low prices we can make you this year. We sell our superb models at the wonderful price than any other factory. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost. BICYCLE DEALERS, you can sell our bicycles under your own name plate at double price. SECOND HAND BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually have a number on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out promptly at prices ranging from $8 to $60 or $10. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free. COASTER-BRAKES, equipment of all kinds at half the usual retail prices. COASTER-BRAKES, single wheels, imported roller chassis equipment of all kinds at half the usual retail $ 50 HEDGETHORN PUNCTUR SELF-HEALING TIRES A SA TO INIT The regular retail price of these tires is $3.50 per pair, but to introduce we will 50 HEDGETHORN PUNCTURE-PROOF SELF-HEALING TIRES A SAMPLE PAIR TO INTRODUCE, ONLY FULL CYMORN RECORD TIME 10:15 CAL TIRE CO. NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES air out. Sixty thousand pairs sold last year. Over two hundred thousand pairs now in use. DESCRIPTION: Made in all sizes. It is likely a quality of rubber, which better become porous and which closes up small punctures without allowing the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers who have purchased our uppee or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by the manufacturer. We also offer a tread. The regular price of these tires is $5, so per pair, but for advertising purposes we are making a special factory price offer. Opposed same day, etter is received. We ship C.O.D. on we examined and found them strictly as represented. print (thereby the price $4.55 per pair) if you unclose this advertisement. We will also send one returned at 0% expense for any reason they are retructed about half the usual price and are finitely reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, yield you have ever used or seen at any price. We will you have a bicycle, you will give us your order, ence this remarkable tire offer. buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of horn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at write for our big fire and Sundry Catalogue which is available today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle from anyone until you know the new and wonderful to learn everything. Write it NOW. COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL. UNIVERSITY O, KANSAS NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR AND THE WEST Total, College, Normal, Sub-Normal State Normal At Industrial School the West the rider of only $4.80 per pair. All orders shipped same day etter is received. We ship C. O. D. on approval. You do not pay a cent until you have examined and found them strictly as represented. We will send you a certificate of satisfaction. You send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also send one nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they will run easier, run faster, and be more durable than any price. We know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. approval. You do not pay a cent until you have examined and for We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby making send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this adverti- niced plated base hand pump. Wires to be retarded by ME We want you to send us a trial order at once, please this remark. not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that t wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have ever know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a b we want you to send us a trial order at once, please this remark. IF YOU NEED Tires don't buy any kind at any the special introductory price Hedgethorn Puncture-Pro describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about half the DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal today. DO NOT offer we are making. It only costs a postal to earn everything. J. L. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, Western University QUINDARO, KANSAS THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE KANSAS AND THE W DEPARTMENTS: Theological, College, No and State Normal Leading and Best Industry of the West Courses cent until you have examined and found the count of 5 per cent (thereby making the advertisement ORDER and enclose this advertisement company. Tire to be treated at GUILFORD. We are perfectly reliable and money of these tires, you will find that they will look finer than any tire you ever used well pleased that when you want a bicycle or order at once, hence this remarkable tire don't buy any price at this cycle company. Tires Bedgethorn Puncture-Proof tires are quite or write for our big Tire and tires and kinds of tires at about half the cost but write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK or pair of tires from anyone until you only costly costs a postal to earn everything. Written BY CYCLE COMPANY, EASTERN UNIVERSITY ANDARO, KANSAS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE KANSAS AND THE WEST STATS: Theological, College, Normal and State Normal AND Best Industry of the West ADV IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of Hedgehorn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at the special introductory price quoted above, or write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about the usual prices. DO NOT WAIT or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. QUINDARO, KANSAS THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST DEPARTMENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Normal Leading and Best Industrial School of the West Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub Normal, Musical (Instrumental and Vocal, including Piano, Organ and Harmony), Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing and Book-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming and Gardening. Splendid Location, Healthful. Climate, Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION For Terms, Prices and Inducements Offered write to Shelton French, Acting President Phones West 1423; PATEN Prize Offers from Leading M Book on patents. "Hints to inventors." "Why some inventors fail." Send rough search of Patent Office records. Our Mr. O Acting Commissioner of Patents, and as suc the U.S. Patent Office. GREELEY & M.C.I ton French, A Acting President rench, A. M., President West 1423; Residence, Bell We PATENTS Others from Leading Manu- ents. "Hints to inventors." "Invent inventors fail." Send rough sket- t Office records. Our Mr. Greele sonner of Patents, and as such ha- Office. EELEY & M.C.INT ENTS Leading Manufacturers to inventors." "Inventions needed." Send rough sketch or model for its. Our Mr. Greeley was formerly. ents, and as such had full charge of & McINTIRE PATENTS Book on patents. "Hints to inventors." "Inventions needed." "Why some inventors fail." Send rough sketch or model for search of Patent Office records. Our Mr. Greeley was formerly, Acting Commissioner of Patents, and as such had full charge of the U.S.-Patent Office. PATENT ATTORNEYS WASHINGTON, D. C. double SECOND usually have 8. Courses Phones Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and puncture strips "B" and "D," also rim strip "H" to prevent rim cutting. "H" may any other make-SOFT, ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. Advantages G WE SELL THEM MART, SCHAFF FINE O GANS & K ESTABL MART, SCHAFFNER & MARX FINE CLOTHES GANS & KLEIN CO ESTABL HED1866 HELENA PHCKING AND PR whol OYSTERS, FISH POUITR PHCKING AND PROVISION COMPANY wholesale OYSTERS, FISH POUITRY FRUITBUTTER & EGGS C. J. Bausch, TIN, COPPER and SHEET IRON WORK Stove and Furnace work a Specialty. 315 N. JACKSON ST. - Helena, Mont. Strangers visiting the Capital City will be given a hearty welcome at all times at the Manhattan Club, 17 South Main Street Helena - - - Mont. L. P. DRIVER'S CAFE Buffet in Connection Everything Neat and First Class When in Anaconda give us a Trial L. P. DRIVER, - Proprietor FURNISHED ROOMS R RENT Inquire 221 Breckenridge St. Mrs. M. A. Cole Eugene Bourquin Dealer in Sawed and Split Wood and COAL. Yard, 437 W. Main St. Residence 370 Water St. 'Phone 632-F. Helena. Mont. CENTRAL BEER HALL Henry Rossmau Prop. Phone 186 I1S. S Main St. Helena Mon he has gone on record as favorise and refute the charges that We have been watching the The FAER & MARX LOTHES KLEIN CO. HED1866 OVISION COMPANY esaIe Y FRUITBUTTER & EGGS LODGE DIRECTORY Helena, Montana Golden City Lodge, No. 3455, G. U. O. of O. F., meets the 1st and Thir Tuesday evenings of each month their hall, foot of Broadway. J. D. Hart N.G. N. Ford, P. S. G. M. LEE, E. S. Unity Lodge, No. 101, A. F. & M. M., meets the 2nd and fourth Wed nesday evening of each month at the Hall in Galen block. E. L. CLARK, W. M. H. SAULSBURY, See Mount Helena Commandry meets 4th Monday evening of each month at Unity Hall foot of Broadway. E. L. CLARK, E. C. J. B. BASS, Recorder. Meridian Chapter meets the 2nd Monday evening of each month at Unity Hall. H. SAULSBURG, H. P. A. Palmer, Sec. Pride of Montana, No. 4, K of P meets the 1st and 3rd Monday evenings at Unity Hall foot of Broadway SPENCER SMITH, C. C. E. L. CLARK, K. R. S. Besheba Chapter, Eastern Star meets 1st and 3rd Thursday evening of each month at Unity Hall, foot of Broadway. Mrs. R. J. ALEXANDER, R. R Mrs. C. C. MATTHEWS, Sec. Naomi Chapter, Household Ruth meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month, at Unity Hall, foot of Broadway. Mrs. Cora Johnson M. N. G. Mrs. C. Howard W. R. St. James A. M. E. church, cor Fifth and Hoback; services Sunday 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Friday night class. Sunday School class, Sunday 1 p. m. Second Baptist church, 417 N. Mar St., services Sunday 11 a. m. and 8 m. Sunday School 2 p. m. Rev. JAMES, Pastor, Rev. JONES, Pastor,