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Christm; %'Ji JlH Xmas f McC^ No. 3769- Waist. No. 3787?Skirt ^22 A STYLISH AFTERNOON GOWN You can think of numbers of ^27 nice things to wear that any one 5^ would appreciate as a present. ^2^ The children would enjoy new clothes and new shoes on a Christ raas morning. t The cook would enjoy a new * dress. ^rv^. The best and newest and choic eat in dry goods always to be had at Cottingham's Thanking the public for your liberal patronage and wishing all a merry Christmas, we are Cordially and Respectfully, lL. Cottingl X - "? ? ' llllllllllillRlillllllllll I ? ft Santa Clause to us for his fruits, hie have a large assortment of ( |?uit you. uAP^'.ES | BANANAS NUT m Oranges, Fig! A large assortmrn f 2 5 It will pay you to do your Chrh if iiu/ ti/ 2 cs6comi T1 1"1 ?"iisi(iimiiii jmmvmmvm ttingham C?. | as is near. The nicest ^3 >resents can be had Cottingham Co's dry ^ ds and shoe store. ^ Ladies' Neckwear in boxes. Gent's neckwear in boxes. Ladies' gloves in boxes. Gent's dress gloves in boxes. Gen't suspenders in boxes. Linen and silk handkerchiefs ^ for ladies and men in boxes. : rUloiu Many Trips i | pi to the ^3 Laundry? '' m r.r.d see? Corliss -^g rsoutwcr.rothers. They | u.*o:;g, hand r.tatle c !1; -s. AlncluU'ly, ynu or.r- ""^B w" n< t ^ tbct . ru i/?T^ W jH urr. stylo, t.t, ^ss~m j construction. wour. X~* jbwg- ^ <?&&&?& -~r*s^ {Sec??-' ^3 W 1 ; \ ?. J <*~*4 iiam Co. I uiiiiiauiiuuiiiiiiiiK liiiiniiiiimiiiiii; canday and fire works. jverything and at prices to J n INS DATES I S COCOA NUTS | 5, Candies. ? t of Fireworks. itmas shopping at this place. B PANY I If ? ROCK It. I BBBBMA kKO, | Pimples Disappear and Complexion I Cleansl Over-Night. | New York.?Thousands are tak( ?ng advantage of the generous offer 1 made by the Woodsworth Co. 1161 [ liroa'lway. New York City, requesti ! ing an experimental package of i i Lunula the new skin discovery, ' . which is mailed free of charge to ' all who write for it. It alone is sufficient to clear the complexion I over night and rid the face of pimples in a few hours. On the first ! application of Lemola the itching I will stop. It hsiB cured thousands afflicted with Eczema, Tetters, 1 | Kaslies, Itchings, Irritations, Acmes, i Scaling and Crusting of skin, scalps of infants, children and adults. It is good for the preservation and purification of the skin, scalp, hair and hands for the prevention oft he clogging of the pores the usual cause of pimples, blackheads, redness and roughness and also the treatments of burns, scalds, wounds, I sores, chappings as well as the toilette and nursery. tf AMERICAN BEAUTY CORSETS^, ! When you purchase a corset you V | want one that has | STYLE It is equally imI portant that the N fk . same corset be ( \ , ' j COMFORTABLE and if you can al- Xjf\v\i\ sj have one that V.i \ WEARS WELL i \ : k - \ * \ and that corset can ?U\',E a be bought at a UJL REASONABLE PRICE J, if'} ONE DOLLAR UP , (J ,li,* | , ? .. c/imerit!anc)eotll>' you have all the ^oraetT requisites of a r plendid corset. i AMERICAN BEAUTY CORSETS l have every one of these excelI tent features and many more. Every improvement as exacted | by fashion is combined in these J oain'y garments [ For sale by E. L. Moore &Cc i S > | r RE.LIE.VE Neural^ JPR/ g^r?/TAKE ONE W ,K7\ nVoF THESE % I ^ / LITTLE | * TABLETS ^ ? AND THE ' PAIN | IS GONE. I "I have awful spells of Ncu! ralgia and have doctored a great deal without getting much benefit. For the last two years I have heen taking Or. Miles' Anti-Tain Tills and they always relieve me. I have been so bad with Neuralgia that 1 sometimes thought I wfudd go crazy, en'-tunes it is necessary to J c two of them, but never 1 l .ore, and thev are sure to re* lieve me." MRS. FKRRIER, i -434 Lynn St., Lincoln, Neb. Sold by druggists everywhere, who ar authorized to return price of first | p?ck.5fle if ti.cy fail to benefit. MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, Ind. I THE PLACE TO BUT i (>1UK KHIK8 is where you fan ?? prompt delivery. Sometimes tlx Mmlaiii wants to make a little extra i preparation for dinner and slit needs a few articles in the jcroeerj line at once. Saleehy delivers or tiers over the phone just as soot as it is possible to thv good; J wrapped and on the way to tlit lioiitM'. No ordci* too large am nolle too small. Deliveries mud* I anytime during business bonis. We also carry a select line ol fall dry goods, shoes, notions, etc. which are sold al rock hot ton l?rlces. We are the lcadc>rs ir drawn work and embroidery. Oui phone number is HH. CHARLIE SALEEBY, AFTER THE MAIL ORAITGR8. Uncle Hani Found Hid Frauds. PoBtoffice inspectors did a good | job last week when they raided the notorious get-rich-quick offices of Burr Bros., New York City, and arrested three of the members of the firm. They were held in heavy bail and in default of security were locked up. The business of this lirm was the selling of worthless stocks, principally in mining and oil companies. The inspectors estimate that this concern sold stock at par value to the amount of forty or fifty millions and it is thought that tilt profit of the promoters is at least $15,000,000. Of course, the only cost to them was the cost of sc lling, as the stocks cost practicallj only the expense of printing. The * *? - /Ixniin/iHnilf Burr uros., inc., is u vumrevw-. corporation, capitalized for $200,00C and it is reported that this company has been paying a dividend ol 1 per cent, monthly. Recently they have been selling the stock of the Buick Oil Company, Arhich is capitalized at 5,000,000. It is thought that $2,000,000 of this stock has been sold to the public. Three men were arrested?Shelton C. Burr the company's president; Frank H Tobey, vice-president, and Kugenc H. Burr, secretary-treasurer. A1 were held first in $20,000 and later in $10,000 bail by United Statei Commissioner Shields and jailec 1 over night in the Tombs. Soon after the arrest of the principals ir i Burr Bros.. Inc., Charles L. Vaugh !un, director and until recently vice president and treasurer of the Oon tmental Wireless Telephone ant Teleghaph Company, of 56 Pin< street, and treasurer of the Colum bia Finance Corporation, fisca agents for the wireless company was arrested. He was held by Com missioner Shields in $10,000 ant sent to the Tombs. All the met were charged with fradulent use o the mails. When the arrests were made las week the offices were full of peo pie, many of them women, eager t< exchange their money for the worthless stocks. The day follow ing the arrest, the same officei were full of people, anxious to ge' their money back. In this the: were, of course, disapointed. Tin mails intercepted by the detectivei amounted in one afternoon to $20, 000 cash remittances, in sums fo: $3 to $11,000. There were severa ! telegrams from anxious investors foniiQelincr liO fo them, and that certified cheeks lia< :i.( on mailed. Postmaster General Hitchcock es timuted that no less than $100,000. 000 has been collected from Rulli ble investors in five years by this I and similar concerns. He is wag ing a relentless warefare on then now, and has already caused the ar rest of promoters of 78 such con eerns. Formerly the department is sued "fraud orders;" but th< same promoters opened \i" under i new name and continued the sami kind of business; and the pre3en plan is to find evidence of frau< and arrest the offenders. Same o them are already doing time in Fed eral prisons, and these are likely ti have distinguished comiMny . We are devoting eorteiderabl space in this report as a warnini The Bank WE ASK 1 YOU To examine our statement of coi 1 lit ion. People who intrust their inone to n hunk shoiihl know Sometliiii oi its financial strength. The iiuiituil stiiteiuent speaks I'd itself. On its strength we solfc your business. 'THE OLD REL1ABL1 The Bank ; The Cram ^om ? (INCO^ Plumbing, Heating and / , banks-Morse Gasoline Engii , Works Svsteirs for Country r for Country Homes. Large on band. . Favett<?villf?, 1 ' 7 to people who hope to get rich quick by turning their savings over to concerns who make big promises ^ nnd about whom they know nothing. The postoffice department is doing what it can to weed out these 'concerns and the people must learn to use a little sense in these matters. It is really the States that are to blame. Corporations may be organized under the laws of any State, and millions of capital stock issued under the seal of the State with absolutely no property or value . whatever behind it. This stock, which costs only the price of printing. is then sold to the confiding public under promises of big divii dcnds and profits. The amount of money lured from the oublic on these schemes is really alarming. , The victims often become a public charge. The press could, of course, | nuke short work of these rogues if . it informed the people of them: but > the lamentable part of it is that ninny papers are working the same , game themselves in one degree or . another and profiting by the enterpi ise. Many of the city papers . carried full pages of the Burr Bros.* . advertising the day of the raids. 0 Consider the Organ-Grinder. j j St.itesville Landmark. j "For who hath despised the day ./ of small things?" asked the proph- v, ( j et Zechariali. John Zignego may j never have heard of Zecharlah, but John did not despise the day of / t small things. John was an Italian 1 1 and for years he traveled about the country with a hand organ and a monkey, gathering pennies, nickles and dimes as the monkey passed 2 around the tin cup. To thousands ^ he was known as "Monkey John." , The other day he died?which finally must be the fate of all of us ' --and now an estate which he had T accumulated, valued at $30,000, is in charge of the probate court of - Hennepin county, Min., for distribution. It is said a Catholic orph. anage will get $10,000 and the bulk of the remainder will go to two " sisters in Italy. The bequest to the crphanage is very appropriate. Most ~ of the money was probably collectpel from rhilrlron tn whnm v?? vv VT uvm lit: feci v C 3 pleasure, and it is proper that some , ot it should go back to them. But / ^ consider the organ-ginidtr when he / ' comes with the dancing, red-coated / 3 monkey and the tin cup. Outward- \ 1 ytliere may be every semblance of "j poverty, but he may have a bank 1 account that would make that of the average citizen look like 30 1 cents. 1 0 1 BOILED ( AT ALIVE. W Spartanburg Negro Who was Too SupM'i'stitions is Civen Sentence 5 for Cruelty. Spartanburg, S. C., Dec. 13.? 1 Tom Hunter, a superstitious negro, " was fined $30 or 30 days in the police court for boiling a cat alive. Tom believed that a certain bone e taken from the anatomy of a cat 1 that had been boiled alive would B change his luck so he proceeded to boil the cat. He first caught his . > * cat, placed her in an iron pot, ( * weighting the top down with rocks, ~ and proceeded to build a fire un- I 0 der the vessel. The cat was duly boiled. Tom got his bone but it \ e brought him hard luck and put him 5 in jail. of Dilfon. i Statement Statement of the condition of the f ^ Bank of Dillon at the close of busi- / ncss Nov. 1st, U>lt). / RESOURCES: ( Loans and Discounts, 1,095.00 I I Stocks nn<" Bonds, l:t.050.0' / 5~ Bank Building, I 1,115 J Kiirnitlire and Fixtures, J t'asli in Vault, 10, t ..*li .tic by Jl.uil; i? M K.~> LI.\ljil,i'l ii *?rj I V * < a|??rnl, Jt/jj J s &<( it I ndi\ ided i'roiits, O/. -i"#) *br, I Deposits, / /. ''i / ?// ! Discounts, Ej Cashier's Checks, .r?J)0 cft] **c , to J 1 A J nf m 'e v?y e Pluri~j \ til!" :fss to pany;c? 6 t/ TO RATED) Icetylene Ga nee--l to I ul Hom?s. *r J M I Stock of f&l *fiU Q gT rn kr, -? ' f i r "..^v^f J . JE L. . it t-n'-i i^rrrfhff