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CHAPTER XXIII. •&v::

"V:--. A Night at the Laurels. X slept most of the way to C res son,

to the disgust of the little detective. Finally he struck up an acquaintance with a kindly faced old priest on his

i way home to his convent school, armed twith a roll of dance music and sur-

-"•Teptltiaus bundles that looked like 1 boxes of candy. From scraps of con­versation I gleaned that there had

i been mysterious occurrences at the convent—ending In the theft of what the reverend father called vaguely "a quantity of undermuslins." I dropped asleep at that point and when I roused a few moments later, the conversation

, had progressed. Hotchklas had a dia-i gram on an envelope.

"With this window bolted and that one Inaccessible and if, as you say, the —er—garments were In a tub here at X, then, as you hold the key to the other door—1 think you said the con­

sent dog did not raise any disturbs ! ance? Pardon a personal question, • but do you ever walk in your sleep?" J The priest looked bewildered.

I 'Til tell you what to do," Hotchkiss I said, cheerfully, leaning forward, "look •round a little yourself before you call in the police. Somnambulism is a queer thing. It's a question whether

!we are most ourselves sleeping or 'waking. Ever think of. that? Live a saintly life all day, prayers and matins and all that, and the subconscious mind hikes you out of bed at night to steal undermuslins! Subliminal theft, so to speak. Better examine the roof."— ' I dozed again. When I wakened Hotchkiss sat alone and the priest, from a corner, was staring at him daxedly over his breviary.

It was raining when we reached Creason, a wind-driven rain that had forced the agent at the news stand to close himself In and that beat back from the rails In parallel lines of white spray. As he went up the main street Hotchklss was cheerfully oblivi­ous of the weather, of the threatening dusk, of our generally draggled condi­tion. My draggled condition, I should say, for he improved every moment-

Ills eyes brighter, his ruddy face rud­dier, his collar newer and glossier. 8ometlme, when it does not encircle the little man's neck, I shall test that collar with a match.

I was growing steadily more de­pressed: I loathed my errand and its neooMlty. I had always h.eld that a man who played the spy on a woman was beneath contempt. Then, I admit I was afraid of what I might learn. For a time, however, this promised to be a negligible quantity. The streets of the straggling little mountain town had been clean washed of humanity by'the downpour. Windows and doors were inhospitably shut and from around an occasional drawn shade came narrow strips of light that mere­ly emphasized our gloom. When Hotch­klss' umbrella turned inside out, I stopped.

"I don't know where you are going," I snarled, "and I don't care. But. I'm going to get under cover inside of ten seconds. I'm not amphibious."

I ducked into the next shelter, which happened to be the yawning en­trance to a livery stable, and shook myself, dog fashion. Hotchkiss wiped his collar with his handkerchief. It emerged gleaming and unwllted.

"This will do as well as any place," he said, raiping his voice above the rattle of the rain. "Got to make a be­ginning."

I sat down on the usual chair with­out a back, just inside the door, and stared out at the darkening street. The whole affair had an air of unreal­ity. Now that' I was there ^ doubted the necessity or the value of the jour­ney. I was wet and uncomfortable. A found me, with Cresson as a center, stretched an irregular circumference of mountain, with possibly a ten-mile radius, And in it I was to And the res­idence of a woman whose first name I did not know and a man who, so far, bad been a purely chimerical per-son.

,. Hotchkiss had penetrated the steam­ing interior of the cave and now his voice, punctuated by the occasional thad of horses' hoofs, came to me.

"Something light will do," he was saying. "A runabbut, perhaps." He came forward rubbing his hands, fol­lowed by a thin man in overalls. "Mr. peck says," he began—"'this is Mr. Peck of Peck ft Peck—says that the place We are looking for is about seven miles from the town.. It's,clear­ing, dftn't itr 1

"It Is not,** I returned, savagely. "And we dent, want a runabout, Mr. Pk|C. What we require IS an hermet. icalljr sealed diving suit. I suppose there lsnt a machine to be had?" Mr. ftspk gaxed at me in silence: machine to film meant other things than mo­tors. "Automobile," I supplemented. .His face cleared.

"None but private affairs. I can gtve you a good buggy with a rubber apron. Mike, lis the doctor's horse

I am still uncertain as to whether the rawboned roan we took out that nJght over the mountains was the doc­tor's horse or not. If it was, the doc­tor may be a good doctor, but he doesn't Imow anything about a horse. And furthermore, I hope he didnt need the beast that miserable evening.

While they harnessed the horse told me what he had

learned.' ' . "81* Curtlses to the town and vi­cinity," he said. "Sort of family name abound here. One of them is telegraph operator at the statloft. Person we

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widow with a "Brother—named Sulli­van! Both supposed to have been killed on the Flier." " "Her brother," I repeated, stupidly.

"Tou see," Hotchklss went on, "three people, in one party, took the train here that night, Miss West, Mrs. Curtis and Sullivan. The two women had the drawing room, Sullivan had lower seven. What we want to find out is just who these people were, where they came from, If Bronson knew them, and how Miss West be­came entangled with them. She may have married Sullivan, f6r one thing."

I fell into gloom after that. The roan was led unwillingly into the weather, Hotchkiss and I eclipsed be­hind the blanket. The liveryman stood in the doorway and called directions to us. "Tou can't miss it," he finished. "Got the name over the gate tuiyhow. 'The Laurels.' The servants are still there: leastways, we didn't bring them down." He even took a step into the rain as Hotchkiss picked up the lines. "If you're going to settle the estate," he bawled, "don't 'forget us. Peck & Peck. A half-bushel of name and a bushel of service."

Hotchkiss could not drive. Born a clerk, he guided the roan much as he would drive a bad pen. And the roan spattered through puddles and splashed ink—mud, that is—until I w.as in a frenzy of irritation.

"What are we going to say when we get there?" I asked after I had finally taken the reins in my one useful hand. "Get out there at midnight and tell the servants we have come to ask a few questions about the family? It's an Idiotic trip anyhow; I wish I had stayed at home."

The roan fell just then and we had to crawl out and help him up. By the time we had partly unharnessed him

oar matches were gone and the small bicycle lamp on the buggy was wa­vering only too certainly. We were covered- with mud, panting with exer­tion and even Hotchkiss showed a dis­position to be surly. The rain, which had lessened for a time, came on again, the lightning flashes doing more than anything else to reveal our isolated position.

Another mile saw us, if possible, more despondent. The water in our clothes had had time io penetrate; the roan had sprainec^ his shoulder, and drew us alopg in a series of convulsive jerks. And then through the rain-spattered window of the blanket, I saw a light It was a small light, rather yellow, and It lasted perhaps 30 seconds. Hotchkiss missed it, and was Inclined to doubt me. But in a couple of minutes the roan hobbled to the side of the road and stopped, and I made out a break in the pines and an arched gate. i

It was a small gate, too narrow for the buggy. I pulled the horse into as much shelter as possible under the trees, and we, got out. Hotchkiss tied the beast and we left him there, head down against the driving rain, droop­ing and dejected. Then we went toward the house.

It was a long walk. The path bent nd twisted, and nbw and then we lost t. We were climbing as we went. ~*ddly there were no lights ahead, al-hough it was only ten o'clock—not iter. Hotchkiss kept a little ahead f me, knocking into trees now and hen, but finding the path in half the ime I should have taken. Once, as felt my way around a tree in the

ilackness, I put my hand unexpected-v on his shoulder and felt a shudder ro down my back.

"What do you expect me to do?" he irotested, when I remonstrated. "Hang nit a red lantern? What was that? listen." -

We both stood peering into the Sloom. The sharp patter of the rain on leaves had ceased and from just ahead there came back to us the stealthy padding of feet in wet soil. My hand closed on Hotchkiss' shoul-1er and we listened together, warily. The steps were close by,. unmistak­able. The next flash of lightning "hpwed nothing moving: th«j house was in full view now, dark and unin­viting, looming huge above a terrace, with an Italian garden at the side. Then the blackness again. Some­

body's teeth %ere chattering:. I ao-cused Hotchklss but he denied 'it

"Although I'm not very comfortable, IH admit," he confessed; "there was something breathing right at my el­bow here a moment ago."

"Nonsense!" I took his elbow and steered him in what I made out to be the direction of the steps of the Ital­ian garden. "I saw a deer just ahead by the last flash; that's what you heard. By Jove, I hear wheels."

We paused to listen and Hotchkiss put his hand on something close to us. "Here's your deer," he said. "Bronze." i ^(To Be Continued.)

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"It has been my good fortune to visit Italy, France. Switzerland and other countries of Europe," said Lieut. Dzialas, "but nowhere have I seen so wonderful a country as America. Not only does it excel in nature, but your people are the most wonderful 1 have ever known. There is so much en­ergy displayed on all sides. Appar­ently there Is but one ambition—to work. This is in striking contrast to the conditions in Europe and Mexico, where there is a disposition to ohirk labor and to procrastinate."—Wash­ington Post.

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• • • * Original Notice. ^ * To the unknown claimants of the

east one-half (%) of section No. twen­ty-five (25), township No. eighty-four (84) north, range No. twenty (20); also the west one-half (%) of section No. twenty (20),. township No. eighty-four (84) north, range No. nineteen (19); also lot No. three (3) of the southwest quarter (*,4) of the southeast quarter (&) of section No. three (3), township No. eighty-three (83) north, range No. twenty (20), all west of the 5th p. m. Marshall county, Iowa; and to all per­sons claiming said above described premises or any interest therein, by, thru, or under, Joseph M. Glasgow, Mrs. Joseph M. Glasgow his wife, Mar­garet T. plasgow, William M. Glas­gow, Mrs. William M. Glasgow his wife, Margaret A. Glasgow, Marlon R; Burris, Mrs. Mahlon R. Burrls his wife, Mahlon Burris, Mrs. Mahlon Burris his wife, George W. Neal, Mrs. George W. Neal his wife, G. W. Neal, Mrs. G. W. Neal his wife, Henry E. J. Boardman, Mrs. Henry E. J. Boardman his wife, H. E. J. Boardman, Mrs. H. E. J. Boardman his wife, M. E. Boardman, George W. Bas-sett, Mrs. George W. Bassett his wife, Sarah A. Bassett and Bassett her husband, William H. W. Cushman, Mrs. William H. W. Cushman his wife, Wm. H. W. Cushman, Mrs. Wm. H. W. Cushman his wife, Chas. Schuler, Mrs. Chas. Schuler his wife, Charles Scheuler, Mrs. Charles Scheu-ler his wife, Charles Scheuller, Mrs. Charles Scheuller his wife, Christ Schuler, Christian Schuler, Christian Scheuler, Christian Scheuller, William H. H. Sedgwick, Mrs. William H. H. Sedgwick his wife, W. H. H. Sedgwick, Mrs. W. H. H. Sedg­wick, his wife, William VanvrankeU, Mrs. Williamv VanVranken his wife, William W. Woodworth, Mrs. William W. Woodworth his wife, Hugh Tib-balls, Mts. Hugh Tibbaiis his wife, T. B. Mitchell, Mrs. T. B. Mitchell his wife, Thomas B. Mitchell; Mrs. Thom­as B. Mitchell his wife, Maggie T. Mitchell, Joseph Holmes, Elizabeth Holfnes, Elizabeth H. Allen and Daniel J. Alien her husband, John Furnas, Mrs. John Furnas his wife, John Fur­nace, Mrs. John Furnace his wife, John G. Macy, Mrs. John G. Macy his wife, Ellsha Hiatt, Mrs. Elisha Hlatt his wife, Elihu Hiatt, Mrs. Eiihu Hiatt hi3 wife, George I. Evans, Mrs. George I. Evans his wife, E. N3. Evans and L K. Ratcliff executors of estate of George I. Evans deceased, Thomas D. Tomlin-son, E. G. Evans, I. K. Ratcliff, William K. Smith, Mrs. William K. Smith his wife, W. K. Smith, Mrs. W. K. Smith his wife, George W. Smith, Mrs. George W. Smith his wife, Elizabeth Smith; Frederick Blch, Mrs. Frederick Bich his wife, Frederic Bich, Mrs. Frederic Bich his wife, Louise. Bich and —— Bich her husband, Conway B. Rhodes, Mrs. Conway B. Rhodes his wife, C. B. Rhodes, Mrs. C. B. Rhodes his wife, W. \H. McCane, Mip. W. H. MoCane his wife, W, H. McCain, Mrs. W. H. Mc-cain his wife, and to all persons claim-jwg tliriz, or tsudcr, Abovd named persons or either of them, either as wife, widow, devisees, grantees, as<-signers, legatees, or heir at law, of such persons or person, or as husband or surviving .husband thereof

• Warn uA each of you are hereby no­

tified, that on or before the 3rd day of March, 1910, there will be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the state of Iowa, within and for Marshall County, the petition of Sophia Schuler, William H. Schuler, Minnie Frohvvein, Henry Schuler, Han­nah Anslme; Edna Schuler, Cora Schu­ler, and Harry Schuler, minor heirs of Fred Schuler a deceased son of Chris­tian 'Schuler; the widow and heirs of Christian Schuler, deceased; claiming that they are the absolute and unquali­fied owners in fee-simple of the real estate heretofore described in this no­tice, which said redl estate is situated in the county of Marshall and state of Iowa. That they obtained title thereto from the estate of Christian Schuler deceased and he by purchase, and that plaintiffs. Christian Schuler deceased, and the grantors of Christian Schuler have been in open, notorious, continuous, exclusive, actual, and ad­verse, possession of said real estate and every part thereof, under color of title and claim of absolute ownership, for more than the ten (10) years last past.

Also claiming that all persons are forever barred and estopped from claiming or asserting any right or in­terest in said premises adverse to the plaintiffs and alleging that whatever claim the said defendants, either those named or those designed as unknown claimants, may have had to said prem­ises, arose out of mistakes and omis­sions in instruments of conveyance and the recording thereof and by reason of the failure of lien holders to properly release the same; that the interests of the defendants known and unknown are barred by the statute of limitations. And plaintiffs In said petition will ask that the title" to said real estate here­inbefore described be quieted in them and for such other-fend further relief as may be equitable In the premises. That no persona! judgment fx asked against any of the defendants. For further particulars see plaintiff's peti­tion when filed.

Now, unless yon appear and1 make defense thereto, at or before noon of the second day of the next March term of said court, to be begun and held at Marshalltown, Iowa, on the 14th day of March, 1910, your default will be entered and a -judgment and decree rendered thereon as prayed for in said petition. . .

Dated this 10th day of February, 1910.

Sophia Schuler, William H. Schuler, Minnie Frohwein, Henry Schuler, Hannah Anselme, Edna Schuler, Cora Schuler, and Harry Schuler, minor heirs of Fred Schuler, a de­ceased son of Christian Schuler; the widow and heirs of Christian Schuler, deceased, plaintiffs. > *'

By F. Ij. MEEKER, r • r ' Their Attorney.

The foregoing original notice Is ap­proved by me and the same is ordered published- once each week- for a period of four (4) weeks,-In the Times-Re-publican, a dally newspaper of general circulation published at Marshalltown, Iowa. -• Dated at Marshalltown, Iowa, this:

10th day of February. A.- D.,-191®. • *. U.-PARKBR,

Judge -of- the'Seventeenth JuAicial Dls-trict «t lam*

WANTED. Wanted—A house by April 1 or soon­

er. Address B. TT. P:, care T.-R.

Wanted—One or two unfurnished rooms. Address "G-l," care T.-R.

Wanted to Buy or Rent—Seven or eight room modern house, western part of city. L-2, care T.-R.

Wanted —Two furnished rooms for light housekeeping; modern house; no children. Address A-10, care T.-R.

Wanted—One or two unfurnished rooms in good residence district by young couple. Address S-l, care T.-R.

ticulars at once. Globe Cigar Company, Cleveland, O.

AGENTS WANTED. Agents Wanted—To sell self-healing

flat irons. Agents make $40 to $100 per week. Territory free. Write today to 0-2, care T.-R.

ninety-foot greenhouses. Will sell with or without. Price right for quick sale. J. C. Mltchem.

Wanted—Who has got a forty-two foot long box ball alley for sale? C. Hirsch, Jr., Hampton, Iowa.

Wanted—To buy good feeding steers weighing 1,000 and. upwards. T. S. Cartwright, Marshalltown.

Wanted—We have a buyer for a $2,-500 six or seven room residence; will pay $1,800 cash down; expect to buy by March 10. What have you to sell. Carl's Employment Agency.

Wanted—Let your wants be known. Carl's Employment Agency. 'Phone 950.

Wanted—To knovVr' why farmers In this vicinity should continue to sow poor, weak seed oats and raise from twenty to thinty bushels of oats per acre when they could by buying and sowing the Prosperity large white oats, raised by T. S. Cartwright, raise from fifty-five .to sixty-five bushels per acre, as Mr. Cartwright has done the past two years by sowing- this varieity. These oats took first prerhiuni' at' the (Mar­shall county fair and also at the Mar­shall county short coure, against all comers. Entries open to the world at the short course. They weighed when cleaned and graded 39% pounds to 'the bushel. A few hundred bushels of these oats are for sale for seed at $1 per bushel while they last by T. S. Cart­wright, Marshalltown, Iowa.

HELP WANTED—MALE.

Wanted—Porter. Stoddart's O-afe.

Wanted—Barber. Only first ' clas.i need apply. Lee J. Stewart, Clarion, low

Wanted-—A good energetic agent to represent a prominent life insurance company in this section. Special and attractive features; liberal contract to right party. Address Stacey Wilson, general manager. American Temper­ance Life, 2,"3 Broadway. Now York.

For Sale—General store In northern central Iowa, doing $15,000 business annually. Stocks are composed of gro­ceries, dry goods, shoes and some hard­ware. Good reason for selling. Ad­dress. "K-18" care T.-R.

FQFt SALE—MISCELLANEOUS.

For Sale—Incubator, used one year, called Success, holds 264 eggs. 409 North Third street. 'Phone 11S7 white.

For Sale—'Sawdust, $3 per ton. B. H. Welp, Haverhill, Iowa.

For Sale or Rent—Typewriter. P. F. Arney, city.

For Sale—New Winchester shot gun. Inquire 538 North Second street.

For Sale—Heating stove, Round Oak No. 20, Island City steel cook stove, all in good condition. Cheap if token by March 15. W. H. Wilson, 403% West 'State.

FOR SALE—IOWA LANDS.

For Sale—Choice Iowa farms. Gen­uine bargains. 280 and 390 acres. Box 163, Clarion, Iowa.

For Sale—Marshall county, northern Iowa. South Dakota and Minnesota farms far sale; also .Improved acreage In 30, 10. 5. 3 and 2 acre tracts close in. •McDennott «& Bodine Uculty Co., 104 East Main streat, .Marshalltown, Iowa.

acre. Write for prices and descriptions, Vr^ stating about what you want or call on f F. L. Crosby, Boneeteel, 8. D. ' •

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MIS80URI LAND. For Sale or Exohang»-Oood im­

proved fruit farm of Ufty acres in the famous Koshkonong fruit district. For further Information see J. C. Koonts, I'V Marshalltown, Iowa. ,

For Sale—Land In the famous Kosh-konong district, Improved or unlm- " (" proved, and small tracts In bearing, < easy payments. Write for list. For terflelil & Son, Koshkonong, Mo.

FOR RENT.

GET A SUMMER HOME ON CLEAR LAKE, IOWA.

Lots in Ventura Heights addition $2'5 to $100. Lots In Dodge's Point Park $250 to $1,000. Terms reasonable. Eight tine new bungalows on Dodge's Point Park for salo or rent. Make reservation early. Address Hugh H. Shepafd, Mason City, Iowa.

For Sale—A wood fibre cutter, forty to fifty horsepower engine. We have a fibre cutter and mixer all complete, for wood, fibre plaster business. Write to the Waterloo Drop Forge Company, Waterloo, Iowa.

IOWA LAND FOR SALE BY OWNER.

For Sale—One of the best paying businesses in Marshalltown. On ac­count of 111- health, will sell the whole or half interest to a responsible party. Come at once. Inquire of L. G. Ecliter-nacht, 204 North Third avenue, Mar­shalltown.

For Sale—Clover seed. A. A. Piper, Liscomb, rural.

For Sale—Recleaned timothy seed. J. C. Lloyd, rural 1, city.

For Sale—My model F Bulck auto, completely equipped, first class condi­tion. Merrltt Greene, Jr.

My several farms In Howard county, from 80 to 240 acres, well Improved, noar town, smooth, black soil, good drainage, no ponds or ditches, no bet­ter corn or dairy land. Prices $50 to $90. Easy terms. Farms to rent. List on request. H. L. Spauldlng, Elma, Iowa.

REFEREE SALE. We will sell 217 acres of fine bottom

land one mile east of Marietta at pri­vate salo. For further information see W. H- C. Woodward. Marietta. James Andrews or K. B. Kmes, Marshalltown.

NEBRASKA LAND.

Wanted—A man to do the road work In Marietta township. H. A. Nichols, clerk. Minerva, Iowa.

Wanted—Blacksmith. Call on H. A. Pothast, Vancleve, Iowa.

Wanted—Married man on farm with­out family. Address B. E. Keefer, Keaman, Iowa, or 'phone on Conrad line.

Wanted—To get a man with team to break 150 acres of prairie land in Min­nesota and put in shape this season. Party breaking this land can rent same for five years. This is a go doopportun-ity. J. L. Inman, Marshalltown, Iowa.

Wanted—Single man to work on farm. Give references. Gus Wendt, Dil­lon.

For Safe—We have tested seed corn for sale, would be pleased to quote prices. Have limited amount. The Kowlett Produco Company, Reinbeck, Iowa.

Farm Bargain—Must be sold on ac­count of owner's health; well Improved 3-0 acre farm, seven and a quarter miles from town. Price $35 per acre; oa.sy terms. J. T. Campbell, Litchfield, Neb.

For Sale—Meat market ice box. 8 by 16 by 8 feet, 3 foot cornice. F. H. Pepper.

MINNESOTA LANDS.

For Sale—Gasoline engine, twelve horsepower, first c"'iss condition. Using electricity instead. Letts-Fletcher Company.

For Sale—Grocery stock and fixtures for sale in county seat town of 2,500 in northern Iowa, a snap and money­maker for right party, did $32,000 last year, bent reason for selling, no trades considered, write if you mean business. Address M-23,' care Times-Republican.

Wanted—A good experienced me­chanic for automobile garage repair work. Write us C.rinnell Garage Company, Grlnnell, Iowa.

Wanted—Shoemaker, ployment Agency.

Carl's Em-

Wanted—Men to learn barber trade. Apprenticeship saved by free work and careful instructions. These advantages given only by us. Few weeks com­pletes. Tools given, board secured. Cat­alog mailed free. Moler Barber College, Chicago, 111.

For Sale—Yellow seed corn. C. F. Brooks, Route 7.

For Sale or Trade—$125 phonograph for horse. S. H... care Times-Republi­can.

For Sale—By ownur, farm of 120 acres. 21 mik>s from Minneapolis, '2 Vi miles from < '«-dnr, 3% miles from Beth­el, on llus Great Northern railroad. Good soil, no .«(one or gravel, no qtrack grass; about 75 a,cres under cultivation, balance timber and meadow, meadow all ditched; SO acres fenced and cross fenced; 35 acres clover, fine stand; 8 acres in rye. Good 'J-roorn house, good cellar, new barn 24x.'t8, new machine Hlied, granary, hen house, milk house, woodshed, 2 good wells, windmill, bear­ing orchard ami nice grove around buildings; neiir school and church; telephone In house. N'o encumbrance. Price $4H per acre. Will sell stock and machinery if wanted. For further par­ticulars writt; Bert Sims, U. F. I). No. 1, <vdar. 'Minn.

For Rent—Flvo room oattage and barn. See E. D. Batesol% 13 Nortb First etreet.

For Rent—Eight room North Eighth avenue. wrlght & Treat, over 35 West street.

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For Rent—Rooms for light house-. r ~

For Rent—5 room cottage, modern, good neighborhood, $13; apply on premises, 507 West Nevada. jskiv /

For Rent—A 160 acre farm with goodj^t Improvements, for cash or grain rent.^T^S four miles northeast of Melbourne. In-^ quire of G. A. DeButts, of Melbourne, '/it* or R. H. Teeter, route 4, city. ^4

keeping. 401 East Main.

For Rent—Good, well Improved lowa^-quarter section. Dr. Evans, LeGrand.

For Rent—One brick house on eoutfc side. I . 8 . Flnkle.

TO EXCHANGE.

We have several fine farms on which we will take as part payment a medium sized stock of general merchandise or \ clothing, boots and sTioes, or a good young stallion or good automobll* Ilamlln Land Company, Caatlewood,>! ' s p- i J'

LOST.

Lost—Between Great Western and Linn street, on Third avenue, or Linn street, a fur. Leave at T.-R.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

Anyone wishing to pay accoonta be­longing to the John Englert estate call at 308 Bromley street between the hours of 9 and 12 a. m. and 1 to S p. m.

Fof Sale—Old papers, large bundles, for 5 cents, at T.-R. office.

For Sale—Hotel ranges, cooking utensils, dishes, chairs, and tables, cheap. Stoddart Hotel, Marshalltown.

I have 320 acres of good prairie land In Roseau county, Minnesota, all clear; also 120 acres with $500 Incumbrance. I want to exchange either tract for a grocery or general merchandise stock. Address corner First avenue and State street, Marshalltown, Iowa.

For Sale—Apples. E. E. Hood.

HBLP WANTED—FEMALE.

.Wanted—dirl for housework. Mrs. Li. E. iMaiteom, 141 East Lincoln street.

-Wanted—At once, a woman for chamber wbrk. Pilgrim Hotel.

Wanted—Housekeeper. Two In fam­ily. William Parsons, route No. 6. city. Telephone or write.

For Sale—On easy payments, bar fix­tures, new and second hand billiard and pool tables, billiard and bbwling supplies. We lead in cheap prices. The Bruiiswlck-Balke-Collender Company, Marshalltown, Iowa.

i For Sale—S00 acres level black land, all under cultivation; Joins Dodge Cen­ter, Minn; 423 acres Improved Clark county, South Dakota; 20 years' time. Write owner. E. M. Weston, Winona, Minn.

FOR SALE—LIVESTOCK.

For Sale—Young Silorthorn bull, of unusual merit. Fine - roan in color, straight Scotch In pedigree; a herd header.' Lewis Bros., Marshalltown, Iowa.

Wanted—Ten ladies tg> do soliciting. Call at roonji 6, over 11 West Main be­tween 7 and 9 p. m. A- R- Teyneck, manager.

Wanted—Lady agent, $15 per week. References required. Write for par­ticulars. Mrs. Frank A. Hamilton, Van Meter Hotel, Iowa City, Iowa. „

For Sal»—Bargain In good span of work and driving mares, 2,400 pounds, $225. Box 86$, Burdette, Iowa.

For Sale—Dairy bulls. Three extra good Holsteln bull calves. Write to-

, day. Box 85® Burdette, Iowa.

Wanted—Competent woman or girl for general housework on farm. Three in family. I. T. James, Gladbrook.

Wanted—Dishwasher at Robb's res­taurant at once.

Wanted—A good reliable dining room girL Winchester Hotel, Eldora, Iowa.

"Wanted—Lady of neat appearance to take orders and collect. Must be resident of Marshalltown and well known. Good pay. Address F. E. Barr, care Times-Republican. .

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salesman. -Bapei leace ;<mI1 «ur.brands tetbs re­

tail trade: big pay. Write tor full par*

For Sale—Percheron stallion 6 years, Shorthorn bull 3 years, mares and geldings, surrey, little red clover seed. E. Harmon, Gladbrook, Iowa.

FOR SALE—CITY PROPERTY.

Houses and lots at bargains for cash, also some on payment plan, long time and small monthly payments. McDer-mott & Bodine Realty Co4 104 Bast Main street, iMarshalltown.

Wanted—We want to sell an eleven-room house, modern except furnace. Owner must sell in a few days as he moves on a farm. Price, $$,000, $1,000 down, balance to «u't purcuaovr. CmI'* Employment Agency.

' Per Sale—Tea acres in county seat town -ot IE,900; modern eleven room hous«t bara% windmill, truitet^ faux

We can sell you good corn land in southwestern Minnesota at $50 per aero. This land will produce just as much per acre as land in Iowa that sells for $150 per acre. Wrlto us for further information. We want good agents everywhere. Planalp Land Agency, Canby, Minn.

WISCONSIN LAND.

Choice agricultural lands $10 per acre; also lako shore property. Three hours' ride from Twin Cities, any slse tract; 15.000 acres to select from. Write owner, Harry C. A. Johnson, 325 Palace building, Minneapolis, Minn.

DAKOTA FARMS.

Land in the Rosebud Country—In 80 acre to 640 acre tracts, $15 to $75 per

Are You Looking For a 8ure Sale?—• No farmer should think of buying a, home before seeing a copy of The Farm and Real Estate Journal. It contains the largest list of lands, city property and stocks of goods of any paper pub­lished in Iowa. It reaches 50,000 read­ers each issue, 85 per cent of which art farmors. You will And it the best ad-> vertlslng medium published west of Chicago. Every one who handles real estate should_be a subscriber to thU magazine. He will find tWat it will put him In the way of making enough deals the first year to more than a thousand times pay him what the Journal would ' cost him a year. Send 75c and we will, mall you the Journal one year. A1" rates 2c per word each insertion. Farm and Real Estate Journal, Traer, Tama county* Iowa.

CUT RATE SHIPPINQ.

Cut rates on household goods to Pacific* coast and other points. 8u-perlor service at reduced rates. The Boyd Transfer Company, Minneapolis, Minn. "

Ask for the Union Label on your printed matter and read newspapers that are entitled to its use. v?

Marshall town Typographical Union.

For Sale Twenty acre tract, fairly Improved

and partly set to fruit. * "*1, Ten acre tract well improved. ^ Four acre tract nearly all a«t to»

fruit ftnd well Improved. -^vr' A 10 cent delivery business doing

good business. All kinds of city prop-(

erty to sell or exchange. H. J. ALLARD. W. ft. MOON.

100 TRANSPLANTED EVERGREENS EXPRESS PREPAID $8.§0 These trees have been transplanted and root-pruned, which gtves them

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