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The Independent is authc
j ed to announce the candidacy of j
William A. Oldfield of Independ- j
ence County for re-election as
congressman from the Second
district, subject to the action of;
*he Democratic primary.
The Good Roads Fever.
The Dallas News says Tarrant
county is going to vote again on
the proposition to sell a million |
dollars bonds and build modern
roads with the money. The road
building fever is spreading in all
parts of the United States. It
does not prevail in the south to
the extent that it does in the
more northern sections of the
country, but the fever is work
~mgT Wen in the south, as is
shown by the road conventions
held in the different states, once
in a while, and in the newspaper
accounts of increased agitation j
of the subject and the greater
care used in tne construewuu ui
roads. One or two states are
considering the issue of bonds
for statewide highway systems,
and others endeavoring to de
vise means by which road-work
may be accomplished in a prac
tical way with convict labor.
Now and then a county will take
the bull by the horns, like the
Tarrant county people propose,
doing, and as many of the coun- J
ties in Oklahoma have done, and
go at Highway making in a way
that will produce lasting results.
There is no necessity to talk
about the desirability and the
economy of good roads. That is
acknowledged. What is needed
is to build our road systems on
lines that will ensure permanent
benefits. That must be done un
der scientific supervision, and
can be done only with plenty of
means.—Fort Smith Times-Re
cord.
Knox mends shoes cheap. Ill
W lnut street.
Pumpkin Thief Roasted.
R. Brewer of Salem has a
pumpkin patch and recently
some person of loose morals and
large appetite entered his patch
and stole one of R. Brewer’s pet
pumpkins. Not knowing the
thief, R. Brewer decided to get
even with him and he did so..
He put the following advertise
ment in the Salem Banner:
“On the night of October 2,191.1,
some one went into my garden
and stole a large pumpkin. If
the thief had come 4o me and
told me that he was in need of
something to eat I would have
given him the pumpkin and he
would not have stolen it and dis
graced himself. A pumpkin
thief is a low-down, mean char
acter.—R. Brewer.”
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Going Out For Keeps.
! Is there any one who will not,
j when he may,save a few dollars?
I You know we are going out of
. business. All our stock is being
Isold at cost—not over and not
| below, and there is a good deal
left—things that everyone who
| eats, and lives, needs every day
in every month.
We are anxious to close it out
and you are going to buy it from
some. The others will be here
after we leave, and we ask that
you will let us have your orders.
| Come up and see what we
have.
Your for awhile.
168btf Martin Bros.
To Automobile Owners.
I now have a first class repair
man and am in shape to take
care or your troubles at reason
able prices. Phone 38.
29dtf J. L. Younger.
For drayage, see B. G. Gra
ham, the transfer man. Phone
334. _OOdtf.
FREE FOR STOMACH AND DOWELS
" '' We are' in receipt of letter: irom
Mrs. Eva Gaskins, 304 Madison St.,
Topeka, Kan., and Mr. P. H. Gavel
las, Wagoner, Okla., as well as many
. -i)out the wonderful re
sults they have secured in the cure of
their stomach and liver troubles by j
the ucc of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pep
sin. , . .
This remedy, as all readers doubt
less know, has been before the public
for a generation and is now being
more extensively used than any other
Temedy for stomach, liver and bowel
complaints. According to reliable tes
timony, it seems to be a very quick
and lasting cure for constipation, in
digestion and dyspepsia, liver trouble,
biliousness, headaches, sour stom
ach, gas on the stomach, drowsiness
after eating and similar disorders. It
is a liquid with tonic effect, and so
mild and gentle in action that a child
as well as a grown person can take it,
in fact, it has no equal for children,
women and old people.
It arcuses the flow of gastric juice,
and by a peculiar action trains the
stomach and bowel muscles to again
do their work naturally, and in time
medicines of all kinds can be dis
pensed with. A free sample bottle
can be had for trial by sending your
address to the doctor, for in this
way Mrs. Gaskinds, Mr. Gavellas and
manv others first learned of the cure.
Later, when satisfied it is the remedy
you need, do as others are doing and
buy it of your druggist at fifty cents
and one dollar a bottle.
For the free sample address Dr. W.
B. Caldwell, 641 Caldwell building,
Monticello, 111.
■Cured Me” I
different times, Mrs. Mary Jinks M
■ed with womanly troubles, She ■
wn and thought I would die. I ■
t eat. I had pains all over. The ■
read that Cardui had helped so ■
:ake it, and it cured me. Cardui ■
n do anything.” ■
I Womanflbhic I
, worn-out, or suffer from any of Ij
iak women, such as headache, I
feelings, pains in arm, side, hip I
aptoms of womanly trouble, you |
man’s tonic. Prepared from per- |
ingredients, Cardui is the best I
it can do you nothing but good. |
■ugs. It has no bad after-effects, f
:11s and recommends Cardui. JJ
, Chattanooga Madicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., I
)k. “Home Treatment tor Women.” aent tree. ] M |,,,
j lift it to glorious height; when witt
| ’divine genius and consummate art !
| bring songs of joy and delight; wher
on my tuned ear all the harmony rings
the harmony clear and divine, and
i find all through such half secrets or
wings as butterflies, light and as fim
j —I say when I sit down and read mj
J own lines, it’s simple as can be to set
the fire of true genius that endless'lj
! shifies—Jim Riley has nothing on me
When I read the humor I’ve written
niyself,-such side-splitting humor and
real; when I get my manuscript down
; from the shelf—Ah, well, you know
just how I feel; when I’m tired of
Dean Swift and Bret Harte and Nye,
and crave the high mountain and
lone, I pass all the everyday humor
isfs by and read some good stuff of
my own; it may not be printed, but
pray, what of that? I know every
word, line and page; beside the humor
the world reads is flat, but mine seems
to ripen with age; so much other hu
mor I’ve read is pure rot, redeemed by
some luminous name, but mine is the
kind that ju3t touches the spot and
burns with real humor’s bright flame;
I see iu it points chat are drawn dou
Lly fine, and framed for the ’doubly
elect; there’s hardly a sentence, in
deed scare a line, but sober reflection
is wrecked on uncharted rocks of pure,
unalloyed fun, on reefs of insight that
are deep, and I find quite often that
ere I am done I've laughed myself
soundly co sleep; and so I'm consumed
with conviction that’s sure, and all of
my senses agree chat I’ve written hu
mor that’s bound to endure—Sam
Clemens has nothing on me.
Oh, thousands of times have my
sketches and rhymes come down, to
be read, from some shelf; my verses
have been read vast thousands of
times—I’ve read them that many my
self; I find in my hunger for truth
and in what I might call the Pierian
thirst so many things Shakespeare and
I have both thought, though Shakes
peare had .bought of them first; and
though I read him with unenvicus eye,
his verses have not quite the tone,
the real ringing truth that I always
decry in reading some lines of my
own; I don’t begrudge Shakespeare
the fame he may get; he’s not in the
race now for pelf; there isn’t an au
thor that I’d sooner set in authorship
next to myself; and so when dull crit
ics may smite me to show how little
tli ir shriveled souls ]>e, I’d never be
dismayed in the least, for I know I've
one real admirer in Me!—J. \V. Foley,
in New York Times.
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Rubv Most Valuable Gem. -
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The most precious of all jewels is ^
the ruby, and not the diamond. The H
most valuable of all rubies is the rare <J
pigeon blood, a sort of red-purple that Jj
sparkles and glitters in a marvelous jj
fashion. The ancients treasured rubie3 J
far above diamonds, as is shown by
by th deference to the jewel in the .
Jdible.
There are two sorts of recognized £
rubies—the oriental, or true ruby, and «
the spinel ruby. The former ia the red !
variety of that scarce material, corun- ]
dual. The spinel rub is composed of ]
eliminate of magnesia. Rubies vary
from a pallid rose red to cochineal, and
finally pas3 Into the class of the purple J
red or pigeon's blood. 1
| The greatest of tne true rubies nave j
j come from Burma and from India, and 5
have been found in very constricted ?
! = tions of these Asiatic countries. An f
! ccc :ional spinel ruby has been found ?
In Europe and the United States, and >
several line scones have been obtained f
from South America. The most histor- :
ic ruby is the one in the center of ’
the great diamond cross in the state <
tgv.u of the king of England. i
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Glossy Linen.
Ev u quite cheap table linen may be
made to look as glossy as fine damask
if ironed in the following way: After
j linen ban been washed, boiled and
:d, wring it dry as possible, roll
: it up in a dry sheet and leave it for
~n hour, sr.ys the Louisville Herald,
i Then iron till it is thoroughly dry. Tn
i Ibis way the linen escapes the wear
and tear of hanging on a line and
! keeps a better shape.
Business Assurance.
lOalamity sometimes comes to busi
ness concerns because of failure to
provide the right life and health poli
cy.
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Special one way Colonists’ •
rates, September 15th to Octo- <
| ber 15th. Through tourist cars. *
1 For rates and full information j
call or address . \
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j Clear, white clothes are a |
jsign that the housekeeper use- |
i Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 1
! oz. package 5 cents.
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If you wish beautiful, clear,
white clothes, use Red Cross
Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package
5 cents. i
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NEW LUMBER YARD <
.Lower End Front Street., jj
SASH, LUMBER,
SHINGLES, 8
DOORS, BRICK. 8
l ESTIMATES FURNISHED |
: Telephone 278.
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Martin Quinn
Quinn has the
best assortment
of Pearl tongs he
ever had at any
one time from 8
tines up to 16
tines, and 14 and
16 are extra close
—there are only
of an inch be
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Good Plumbing Gives Good 1
Satisfaction j
I There is a good deal of satis
j faction experienced in paying a §J
| plumbing bill for first-class
work. A feeling of content J
should remain. Nor should the I
bill be excessive. If you would J
have these, get my figures on I
your work. i
| Most Modern and Best Goods. jl
* Work Guaranteed. .M
| W. R. WHITTEN 1
Phone 243 207 Walnut St. j ';£;
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J When you contemplate putting in Plumbing, or