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TRVING EXPERIENCE. ATTRACTIONS OF WESTERN CANADA. A Positive CURE FOR Anyone ran dye with PTTTXAM FAT)E-LKSS DYES; no experience required; success guaranteed. The more dignity a man has the less use the world has for him. I Hark! the unseen choirs are singing far beyond the azure dome.

And the Christmas bells are ringing FflRTHFY BRING THFCHII DRFM MflMF Ah! they come from dale AND dingle, Aye, they come from lands afar, And wiTHdGYoua hearts commingle "Heath the glorious Christmas star BY IIOarbaugh. have spread the feast, Eager hearts have wrtbem. Eager hearts have waited forthem, Loving hands Homes delights are ever o'er them, and the last 15 not the least; And commingled witM the ircomng lb A PLEASURE NOT OF EARTH, FOR THE BIRD OF P0VE IS HOMING To THE DEAR OLD GrtRlSTMASHEARTfl And the Christmas fire burns brighter, And the hearts of all grow lighter, GATARRI 1 rtnlljO Ai. frill Ely's Cream Balm is rjuicklv absorbed. Gives Reliel at Once.

It cleanses, soothes, heals and nrotnotu the diseased membrane. It cures Catarrh and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Restores the Senses of Taste and rimelL Full size 50ct. at DrtiRgists or by mail; Trial size 10 eta. by mail.

Ely Brothers, 66 Warron Street, New York. STOVE POLISH ALWAYS READY TO USE. NO DIRT, DUST, SMOKE OR SMELL. NO MORE STOVE POLISH TROUBLES NEW VfiEAT LANDS IN THE CANADIAN WEST 0 additional mile, of railway this ear have ooened no a areely increased terri tory to the progressive farmers or Western Canada and the Government of the Domin- jjUbfilsJ iit continues to give ONK HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES FR1-E to every settler. THE COUNTRY HAS no SUPERIOR Coal, wood and water In abundance; churches and schools convenient; markets cany of access; taxes low; climate the best in the noithern temperate zone.

and order prevailaevery where. For advice and information address the. superintendent oh immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or any authorized Canadian Government A pent. C. J.

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Box 103, Buffalo. N. T. You Cannot all inflamed, ulcerated and catarrhal con ditions of the mucous membrane such an nasal catarrh, uterinecatarrh caused by fe mini no ills, sore throat sore) mouth or inflamed eyes by simply dosing the stomach. But you surely can cure these stubborn affections by local treatment with Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic which destroys the disease germs.checks discharges, stops pain, and heals the inflammation and soreness.

Paxtine represents the most successful treatment ior feminine ills ever produced. Thousands of women testify to this fact 50 cents at druggists. Send for Free Trial Box THE R. PAXTON CO- Mugt PPAHFPQ this paper de-AiVllLAj siring to buy any--mm thing advertised in its columns should insist upon having what they ask for, refusing all suDsU-tutes or imitations. A G00O DOCTOR "XSiSS Of I'wncr Kpllepsy, Pitralysta, Csittturrh at BtoMttptt and without, an opera-lion.

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To sell enr Uniraent, Cough Cure, Carbolic Salve, Flavuring Extracts, ripices. Toilet Articles, through the country bvwacon. I 2aHKI Buffalo Lewis' Single Hinder straight 5c cipir ia good quality all tic time. Your duller or Lewis Factory, Peoria, 111. Says a woman: "I care not who does the thinking so long as I am permitted to do the talking." Less Beer Drunk In Munich.

In the last seven years the consumption of beer has fallen from 120 to 70 gallons a head in Munich. Catarrh Cannot Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. they cannot nacti tu. Beat of the (Unease. a blood or coegtt-tutlmial disease, anil tn order touure It you mint take Interna) remedies.

ILH's Catarrh Cure la taken In terntilly, aud. acta directly outlie blood and raucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is Dot a quack medicine. It was prescribed by oueof the best pllyslelaua 111 this country for years and Is a regular prescription. It Is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces.

The perfect combination of the two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful re-aulta In curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. V. J. CHENEY Toledo, O.

Sold hy Dru-tKlsts. price Take Hall's Family Plus for constipation. New Hobby for The ingenuity of collectors in the discovery of new fields having been exhausted, there is still open to them that of collecting the finest specimen of forged or spurious works of art and this is capable of becoming a hobby scarcely less interesting or admirable than the pursuit of the genuine article. Art Journal. The Evils of Constipation.

are many; in fact almost every serious illness has its origin in constipation, and some medicines, instead of preventing constipation, add to it. This is true of most cathartics, which, when' first used, have a beneficial effect, but the dose has to he continually increased, and before, long the remedy ceases to have the slightest effect There is one preparation, however, that can be relied upon to produce the same results with the Bame dose, even after fifty years' daily and this Is Brandreth's Pills, which has a record of over 100 years as the standard remedy for constipation and all troubles arising from an Impure state of the blood. Brandreth's Pills are the same fine laxative tonio pill your grandparents used, and are for sale everywhere, either plain or sugar-coated. VISION SHOWED SON DEAD. Italian Mother's Dream Followed by Discovery of Body.

A strange case of telepathy ia con nection with a murder is arousing much interest in Milan, Italy. A woman named Lazzaroni awoke suddenly at three o'clock the other morning, and calling her son John, who lives in her house, told him that his younger brother, Leopold, living in the outskirts of the town, was dead. The mother was deeply affected, but John tried to comfort her by as cribing her fears to a bad dream. At dawn, however, Leopold Lazzaroni, a handsome and strong young man, the owner of a dairy, was found dead at a spot some distance from his dwelling. After having made an examination of the body, the doctors affirmed that Leopold had been murdered actually at three o'clock in the morning.

The nexi day the culprits were arrested. The facts of the mother's vision, which have been duly authenticated, are thd subject of endless discussion. SICK HEADACHE Positively cared by these Little Fills. TUey also rellera Distress from Dyspepsia, In-digestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect remedy tor Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Dal Taste in the Jtoutli, Coated Tonifne, Pain in the Side.

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BO cents a box. Foster-Milburn Buffalo. N. Y. BROKE THE WILDCAT'S BACK.

Philadelphia Man Victorious in Hand-to-Hand Combat. Unarmed and alone, Thomas Dyke was attacked by a wildcat on Locust mountain, south of Mount Carmel, Pa. He had been in Ashland and started to drive home. His horse stepped on a nail and he put the animal in a stable. Then he started to walk home and was on the mountain when the cries of a wildcat alarmed him.

A few minutes later he saw the beast ten feet in front of him. The animal finally sprang. He jumped aside and as the body of the cat struck the road he leaped upon it. For several minutes the fight between the wild animal and the man went on. At length by a quick swing he broke the animal's back.

physician dressed the several deep scratches on his face and hands, but otherwise he was uninjured. TORTURED WITH ECZEMA. Tremendous Itching Over Whole Body Scratched Until Bled Wonderful Cure by Cutlcura. "Last year I suffered with a tremendous itching on my back, which grew worse and worse, until it spread over the whole body, and only my face and hands were free. For four months or so I suffered torments, and I had to Bcratch, scratch, scratch, until I bled.

At night when I went to bed things got worse, and I had at times to get up and scratch my body all over, until I was as sore as could be, and until I Buffered excruciating pains. They told me that I was suffering from eczema. Then I made up my mind that I would use the Cuticura I used them according to instructions, and very soon indeed I was greatly relieved. I continued until well, and now I am ready to recommend the Cuticura Remedies to any one. Mrs.

Mary Metzger, Sweetwater, June 28, 1905." Squirrels as Waiters. It has taken Fisit Goodyear of Burchtown, two years to train his squirrels, but his efforts are now repaid, and on Thanksgiving he treated his friends to a surprise. Gathering half a hundred or more gray squirrels, Mr. Goodyear taught them to go into the woods and pick up nuts, carrying them to his home. On Thanksgiving night at a dinner bis guests notice a small board running from a window to a nut bowl.

The host gave one knock on the table with his knife. A squirrel hopped down the plank and dropped a chestnut into the bowl. Two raps brought a squirrel with a walnut, three knocks a sheljbark. Finally, a grave old squirrel took his place and cracked the nuts, winding up the performance by brushing off the crumbs with his thick bushy tail. The Sunny South.

Now when all outdoor farm work has ceased in the north, the term "sunny south" and all that it means, appeals with full force to the northern farmer as he realizes that with him tt is a case of remaining indoors for the next several months consuming everything that has been produced during the growing season. In the "sunny south" something can 5 be raised every month in the year, and practically every day can be spent out doors. No blizzards. No sunstrokes. Cattle-raising is very profitable.

Large profits are made with little labor in growing fruits, vegetables, for northern markets. Strawberries and cantaloupes are great revenue getters. Water unsurpassed. Work plentiful. Lands cheap and productive.

For reliable information, address G. A. Park, General Immigration and Industrial Agent, Louisville Nashville Railroad Cqrapany, Louisville, Ky. Deer Through Store Window. A three-year-old buck created a sensation in Bank street.

Providence, R. the busiest thoroughfare, by charging through the plate glass front of a jewelry store. Upon finding itself cornered the buck retreated through the window and a minute later went into a store and knocked down the proprietor, who Is a heavyweight The buck took to the street, and after leading scores of men and vehicles a merry chase, escaped by taking to the gardens in one of the residential sections. Ambitious Youthful Violinist. Miss Selrna Gustafson, of Delhi, a youthful violinist, has applied for the leadership of one of the orchestras the Colorado Midland railroad is organizing.

Magnificent Crop Returns for the Year 1906. The manner In which the Canadian West has attracted settlers in recent, years has caused many of our journals and public men to "sit up and take notice," to use a current phrase. From every European country and from almost every State In the Union large number of settlers have flocked to the prairie provinces of Canada, where free homesteads and wide opportunities are open to all who desire to avail themselves of them. The greatest factor In attracting settlers' lies In the Inherent richness of soil and suitability of climate for producing what is universally considered to be the finest wheat in the world the "No. 1 Hard" of Canadian growth and other cereals that rank in the very first class.

This year the harvest returns were: Wheat, bushels; oats, 76,000,000 bushels; barley, 17,000,000 bushels; and when it is considered that the entire population of the three provinces as evidenced by the quinquennial census just completed is. only 810,000, it is easily seen that the lure of the Canadian West is in Its agricultural poten tialities. Another feature which attracts the Bettler is that railway construction Is proceeding with such rapidity that almost every district is within easy reach of outside markets, and that good prices for all lines of farm products rule practically from the commencement of agricultural operations. This is a factor which did not prevail when the earlier settlements in the West were made In Canada and in the United States, and has given a greal impetus to Canadian Western settle ment in recent years. The free grant system of homo-steads which prevails in the prairie provinces, by which every settler who is able and willing to comply with the conditions of actual settlement (fiy no means onerous) is given 100 acres free, except $10 for entry, is a great drawing card, and in the last fiscal year gathered in over 189,000 additional to the western population, of which 67,796 were from the United States.

The further as is strongly brought about by the agent of the Canadian Government, whose address appears elsewhere, that a splendid common school system, practically free, prevails throughout the entire country, and Is easy of access in even the most remote districts, is another great inducement to the settler who has the future welfare of his family in mind, and this, coupled with the fact that western Canadian law and order are proverbial, completes a circle of good and sufficient reasons why the tide of immigration has set In so steadily toward the country to the north of our boundary line. The Highest Bridge. Work is now in progress on a suspension bridge over the famous "Royal gorge" of the Arkansas river, in Colorado, at a point where the channel is only 50 feet wide at the bottom and 230 feet wide at the top. This bridge will span the river 267 feet above the surface of the water, and will be, therefore, by far the highest I bridge in the world. The material will be of flat Bteel and steel cables, the curved girders finding secure attachment in the solid Bides of the canyon.

The floor of the bridge will be of plate glass, one and one-half inches thick, 'to afford visitors the pleasure of looking down the chasm. On each side will be strong, high steel railings. The bridge is part of an electric railway scheme. Will Observe Eclipse of Sun. It is announced from Paris that the "Bureau des Longitudes" has decided to send to Samarakand a scientific mission to observe the eclipse of the sun that will be visible in central Asia on January 13, 1907.

The mission will be under the direction of the astronmer, Stefnik, of the observatory of Mendon, who accompanied M. Janssen on his expedition to Spain for the observation of the eclipse of August 30, 1905. Among the instruments with which the party will be provided is a cinematograph, to picture the French, Russian and other scientists In the course of their observations. Gen. Rucker Now.

Living quietly in retirement in Washington in his ninety-fifth year is Gen. Daniel H. Rucker, father-in-law of Phil Sheridan and boyhood clmm of Sherman, whom he resembles more than a little appearance He was born in Belleville, N. and at an early age enlisted in the army and served on the frontier, being a great friend of Kit Carson. He served during the Mexican war as well as the civil war and has lived in Washington a number of years.

National Pure Food and Drugs Act. Serial No. 384, assigned by the Govern ment, and Guaranty that the preparations comply in even- jtespect with the requirements of the i'ure Food and Drugs Act, appear on every package of the Garlield Tea Company's preparations. World's Finest Harbor. The harbor of Rio de Janeiro has fifty miles of anchorage, and Is the finest in the world.

Lewis' Pinzle Binder cigar--richest, most satisfying smoke on the market. Your dealer or Lewis factory, Peoria, 111. When a man makes a fool of him Belf he uses cheap material. Mrs. AVluslow's Soothins; Hyrup.

SWr tl.e leuures In. BjuumalioH a.iajs iin.cure. wind coac Kavabotlut A man's conscience is his private watchman. HOW TBEY HEARKEMTO THE STORY SACREEJ SWEET, THOUGH OLD AND How the sainted Babe was cradled THE STORY OF SANTA CLAUS St Nicholas die Firft Patron 1 i Saint of the Children. ANTA CLAUS is the one myth that will not down.

The tradition of a beneficent spirit call him by what name you will, Santa Claus, Kriss Kringle, St. Nicholas, Father Christ mas or Noel who comes around on December 25 of each year, and gladdens the heart of children, rich or poor, by mysteriously leaving to them the very things they most want, survives in spite of all attacks. Santa Claus, the real Santa Claus, is both old and young. His pictures show to us a jolly fellow, with a beard suggesting the venerable, twinkling eyes bespeaking bounding youth. And mmmam The Russian St Nicholas.

young In feeling and action, if not in years, he must be to" get over all the world In one night, without missing one house in which lives a deserving child. He 13 different in every country, ranging in years from the beautiful Christ child that the good children of France adore, to the jolly old fellow to whom the American youngster vows allegiance. But it is not in this sense that the writer means to depict Santa Claus as both young and old. It is from a historical standpoint that the comparison Is made. Santa Claus, as we know him in this country, is less than a century old- but the leal Santa Claus, HOARY, the in In In to on so of off be CIRCLE RISES NEVER CFJ5ING MIRTH.

ated the great truth that the best acts are those that are done for the joy of doing, not the hope of praise. Thus centuries ago was proclaimed what is the best sentiment of Christmas giving. The idea of St. Nicholas was so beautiful that It took Itsplace among the great beliefs of the children, and in different forms it is found nearly every century. 1 Both his name and his form differ, but everywhere his labor is the same.

In France, Germany, Russia and the Netherlands he Is the embodiment of an essentially religious idea, but in England and the United States his office is more a secular one. France always represents Noel as the Infant Jesus, and In Germany, too. The German Krii. the name Krist Kindel, corrupted here into Kriss Kringle, means literally the Christ Child. In central Europe, where the Christ Child is 'believed to come with gifts for the little ones, he is dressed like a maiden, carrying a silver bell, lighted tapers and wearing a crown.

St. Nicholas carries the same name in Holland that he does here, Santa Claus. In Switzerland they call him Sama1 Klaus, and in Heligoland, Son-ner Klaus. He is Nlklo or Niglo in Austria, and boasts the luxury of an attendant, who assists him in carrying all his bundles. This assistant to Santa Claus is known as Krampus, and with the children is only a shade less popular than his chief.

"Holy Man" is the respectful term by which the patron Saint is known in the Tyrol; and here, too, he has help, being accompanied by the Christ Child and St. Lucy. The Christ Child Himself comes in Alsace. Even Japan has a Santa Claus. similar Jn most respects to the Santa Claus of the Occident He ie known as the "Sage of Long Life." AS ABOVE THE LITTLE original of them all, goes way back to the remote third century.

His present name, danta Claus, or Kriss Kringle, is derived from St. Nicholas, the very incarnation of all that was good and generous. St. Nicholas, destined to be worshipped in various forms by the children of scores of centuries, was born Patara, a town of Lycia, in Asia Minor. From his earliest days he Bhowed a religious inclination that, destined him to take a high place in the church.

As a young man he entered the monastery of Sion, and in time he became abbot and later bishop of Myra. His sanctity and learning made him shine even in the most illustrious company, and he was one of the most notable figures at that wonderful gathering of 318 bishops, who met at Nicca 318 to condemn the heresy of Arius. While St. Nicholas became famous the councils of the church, it was still more as the special friend of the children that his fame spread. One of his eraliest miracles, It Is related, had to do with restoring to life two or three children.

There are two accounts of the story. One says that, an Asian sent two sons to Athens to study. En route they fell in with a villainous innkeeper, who, to get their valuables, slew the two boys, and cut their bodies into bits, which he put in his brine barrel to sell for pork. Then St Nicholas having seen the crfme in a vision, came to the spot, and restored the children to life. The other version says there were three children, and that their would-be murderer was.

a butcher. In either case, St. Nicholas performed the miracle of restoring them life. This was the first act by which St. Nicholas proved his love for children.

The second bore still more strongly the Santa Claus idea, for it was a favor that he did at Christmas time. A certain nobleman of Patara was poor that he was unable to give a portion for his three daughters, and it seemed Impossible that any of the trio could get a husband. St. Nicholas, learning of their plight, came at Christmas time and threw a purse filled with gold into an open window. The act was done as stealthily as that the modern Santa Claus; the nobleman could not tell who his benefactor was, bdt he gave thanks and married the eldest daughter.

Next Christmas came another purse, and the second daughter took a husband. When the Christmas of the year approached, the nobleman's curiosity got the better of him, and he set himself on guard to see who it was that left the money. When the saint appeared, the nobleman came forward and asked why so good an act should performed in stealth. Then the patron saint of th children enunci AGENTS WANTED Noexperienceor investment reqnired. Our agents make from to $10.00 pr-r tlar.

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