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THE BIG TREES.
A Wondrous and Awe-Inspiring
Product of Nature, Found
Only in California.
California’s attraction are
mostly of its own kind, peculiar
to its kind and of none’is this so
emphatically true as that unique
product, the big trees. The age
of these colossi is from 1,500 to
2,000 years.
The Mariposa grove, which
can be visited while en route
to the Yosemite, contains some
of the largest. In the .Calaveras
grove are from ninety to one
hundred of huge size. Near
Santa Cruz is a beautiful grove
of redwood big trees, which will
well employ a day’s pleasant visit.
These can be best reached by the
Union Pacific, whose fast trains
from Missouri river reach Cali
fornia 16 hours ahead of all com
petitors.
Pamphlets and maps describ
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and full information about the
most comfortable and direct
route to the Pacific Coast, can be
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To the north via the Iron Moun
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standard fare plus $2 for the
round trip. Dates of sale Dec.
21, 22 and 26. with final return
limit of 30 days from date of
sale. Territory to which tickets;
will be sold is to points in Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota,
South Dakota and Wisconsin,
western portion of Illinois, west
ern portion of Colorado and the
northern portion of Missouri.
Parties desiring to take advan
tage of the above rates will
please notify me about three days
before they intend starting, so I
can arrange to have tickets on
hand. Thgs. H. Reamey,
btd Agent.
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FARMERS FORM
ORG \NIZATION.
Brinkley, Dec. 14.—An enthus
iastic meeting of farmers, was
held at Fitzhugh’s school house,
in Eden township, Monroe county,
last night, for the purpose of form
ing a farmers’ union, to be known
as the “Farmers’ Education
al and Co-operative Union,”
which is to meet at Shiloh
church. The officers are: N.
Perkins, president; H. N. Dan
iels, vice-president; Sam Hall,
secretary and treasurer. The or
ganization is increasing rapidly
in numbers, and other unions ar
pro£>ose(kin many portions of tht
country.^
MARK HANNA'S COURTSHIP
How, When a Young Grocer, He
Wooed and Won the Daughter
of Daniel Rhodes.
Nearly 3S years ago Mark Hanna
was just starting on Ills bn sir . ca
reef as a grocer in Cleveland. He
was poor, plodding aud to the casual
Observer a very every-day sort of young
man, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Daniel Rhodes was one of the r ■ •
coal owners of the state. lie l a :
daughter, Gussie, the ve>-y i
soul. Around thi
brusque ol i fat" r ha v ' lit 1 aC
the sentiment, all the hopes -»£ bis fu
ture existence*. iOverything was it* i
tfone for Gussie. Mrs. Rhodes, her
fond mother, was a joint idolater at
the daughter’s shrine, and the doling j
parents had dreams of a rh*h. iniluen
tial suitor, a splendid marriage and a i
brilliant social care r for Gussie, j
when, as usual, the unexpected bap ,
pened. Gussie Rhodes met and loved \
the obscure, poor young man, Mark j
Hanna. Mr. Rhodes was astounded ,
when the daring young grocer called !
upon him and asked for the hand of his
daughter. He refused absolutely to j
grant the young suitor even time J
enough to beg. He said “no” curtly 1
and sharply, and when tye saw ni3 !
daughter he tried to scold her, but in
stead he took her in his honest arms
and begged-her not to think of “this
unknown man, Hanna.” He said he
never, never could consent to such a
choice for his child.
Gussie Rhodes told her father, with ;
many a reassuring embrace, that she ,
would never marry without his con- i
sent, aud she added: “But, papa dear, !
I shall never marry any man'but Mark ’
tTannn » I
Then she promised her father not to
see her lover or write to him for a
year at least She kept her promise,
and in the course of a few weeks, al
though she never audibly murmured. |
and was sweetly gentle and loving to
all about her, she grew pale and wan.
She neither ate no slept The old fa
ther was at his wit's end. Some one
proposed a foreign tour for that change
of scene which is supposed to work
wonders in heart affections, and,
presto at a few hours’ notice, father,
mother and daughter were on board
an Atlantic liner.
IY>r nearly a year the “change of
scene” prescription was faithfully pur
sued and the patient, always cheerfully
submissive, gentle and charming, ob
viously grew frailer day by day. Al
most in despair the old man brought
his child home again and one morn
ing he gathered the courage to ask
her If she till cared for Mark Hanna.
“Why, father,” she replied, “I shall
-lways love Mark; I told you that,
you know, a year ago.”
Poor old “Uncle Dan" Rhodes! That
was a bitter day for him, but he was
equal to the occasion. Sending for the
obscure young man, he said to him:
“Mr. Hanna, Gussie loves you, that is
my only reason for accepting you as
tier future husband. You are poor. I’ll
tlx it so Gussie can live as she has
been accustomed to and I suppose I
must see you marry her."
Now the coming young man cast ever
*o slight a shadow of his future great
ness on the opportunity of the present.
“Mr. Rhodes ” said he, “I most grate
fully accept the gift of your daughter’s
love. To marry her is for this world to
become a paradise for me, but I cannot
make her my wife unless she will be
content to live as my means will enable
u§. I can neither accept aid nor per
mit my-wife to accept It from any
one."
So Mark Hanna and Gussie Rhodes
were married, ana the bride went from
her father’s big house to live In a tiny
little cottsr’e. where with one maid of
all work, she was as happy as a queen
for some years.
LINE OF CASTE IN ENGLAND
The American in That Country Soon
Becomes Conscious of Its
Restrictions.
What ic it, at bottom, that makes
the English atmosphere so difficult
for an American to breathe in freely?
It is, I believe, that he teels himself
in a country where the dignity of life
is lower than in his own; a country
where a man born in ordinary cir
cumstances expects, and is expected, to
die in ordinary circumstances; where
the scope of his efforts is traced be
forehand by the accident of position;
where he is handicapped in all cases
and crushed in most by the superin
cumbent weight of caste, convention,
"good form” and the deadening artifi
cialities of an old society, comments a
writer in the North American Review.
That unconquerable buoyancy which
infects the American air like a sting
and challenge, and braces every Ameri
can with the inspiration that he has a
chance in life; that there are open op
portunities, unreserved possibilities,
no battering at locked doors, no noun
dering in blank alleys; that here, in
short, it is the man himself who
makes his career—is sometning which
the English have so utterly lost as to
be incapable of realizing it.
For Purifying Air.
Pure breathing air can now be main
tained in a small closed space by the
use of machinery. The device consists
of a distributor, which, by the action of
clockwork, drops sodium peroxide into
water at regular intervals, a cubical
steel box and a ventilating fan. The
sodium peroxide is decomposed by the
water with liberation of oxygen, ab
sorption of carbon dioxide and destruc
tion of the other toxic products of res
piration. A refrigerator is also sup
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lion of its great musical worth, the cause of its popularity with artists and musicians. Perfect
piano scale-making is a mathematical problem figured out by sound waves to the merest fraction
of a second. Not all piano makers strive for perfection aldhg this line (many making no pre
tense). but out of the few who have marly reached the goal, „
Kimball is Prominent.
One of the most perfect musical scales is displayed in the cultivated human voice. An
imperfect scale piano is like a person who cannot sing correctly—it’s worse because all do not
claim to sing. It costs money to cultivate the voice, it costs more money to perfect a piano
scale. The cost to produce a perfect Kimball scale has been no less than that of °ther of the
recognized artistic pianos of the world, yet because of the advantages of the largest output
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1 WORD OF COMFORT
To the Distressed.
Fortunately for those suffering with
Rheumatism in all its various forms, in
cluding Sore Joints, Sore Muscles, and
Sore Feet, a remedy has been discovered
by modem science which in every instance
effects a speedy and positive cure. This
new remedy is founded on scientific prin
ciples which are acknowledged by the
medical world as the only correct treat
ment for Rheumatic or Neuralgic troubles.
Medicines taken internally rarely ever ef
fect a cure without upsetting the stomach.
As a rule, they injure the digestive organs,
shatter the nerves, and in many instances
the patient contracts a drug habit which
leads eventually to a decline of the physi
cal and mental forces.
Paracamph is the new remedy and it is
a departure from the antiquated methods.
Paracamph enters into the system through
the natural channels, namely, the pores
of the skin. When applied it opens the
pores and allows the healing, soothing oils
to penetrate the sore, inflamed mebranes
and muscles, removes the congestion and
draws out the fever and inflammation, by
inducing sweating. This is the only treat
ment that can be indorsed by science, and
is guaranteed to cure even the most obsti
nate cases of Rheumatic Swellings if used
as directed. Paracamph can be procured
at drug stores in 25 cent, and 5° cent, and
$1 00 bottles. Write for book of testimo
nials, sent free. The Paracamph Company
Louisville, Ky., U. S. A.
HOLIDAY RATES.
The Rock Island System will
sell round trip tickets to all
points in the southeast at one
fare plus $2.00. Dates of sale,
Dec. 20, 21, 22 and 26; return
limit 30 days from date of sale.
Direct connection to and from
Newport.
W. R. Thompson, Agent.
A. Mortensen has moved his
cleaning and pressing shop to th(
lewly remodeled -building oppo
dte city jail. 86dt:
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