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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
FLORA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, MAY    8. 1903.
NUMBER 17
$50.00 to Wager.
'TTTHEJ^a man   makes a bet he takes a chance. Yf   IIEA you buy goods you do  not know anything
about, you are in tht same boat as the Titan that makes a bet.  . ,;,[.•¦:. ,.^,    -
You Take the Chance
Buy goods that are reliable and backed by a positive guarantee  by your home merchant.    'We sell and back up tbe following goods: 3W READ-
PAINT IS A NECESSITY.
The vain* and iioportuice of pilot sre so avi d«ol «11 abont oi that no lotelllgant person ¦honid need remluding ot tbem; yet many peo¬ ple who ODKht to know better, itlll loiik upon paint «• a sort of laznry, like a blfjh hat or a scarf pin. Bot it takes sll kind of pesple to make a world, aad probably there are still ¦onje who think ths same of sewing mtcbines and looemotlTSS.
SAVES MORE THAN COST.
Nereritisleu, it U • f«ot tbmt paint li on« of those thioga that il costs mon to sara than to usr. Lumber is moraozpanslTe than paint and carpaiiter work ccats more than patatlDf.   If wood Is not paintad it rots, tmt
wo(#d that is well paloted will last praotically   forerer
Buy Wearing Body
Every Gallon  covers 300 square feet 2 coats.
We have a stock of brushes for ever.y paint pur¬ pose that is not only the largest and most complete but al.so represents the highest quality in brush ma¬ king offered by any brush house in the city. -¦-* Weare particularly anxious to secure your brush trade and ask you to give our brush counter your ^ careful attention as it takes a good biu.sh to get a good job of painting.
Popular Prices.
The Home Beautifie
What Jai>-a-lac irt-Jbpb-Uc i^ a varnis!) nnd stain combined. I'ut It is ii.oro than tliat, be c iosa it t» not only a varDlsh and :itaiu. but tLo very best varnish that it is possible to protjiico I 1 combination witn pnro pitdin-nt iM»l(»r#. trrfuind in nil, thus insuring wondrrfiil wrarf'iK' 'iiinli itias. and permanence of coto-i. Drdiniihlly f^o-ralled vorniKh stainaare made with aniline dyes: wth aniline, tho t heniist ran produce beautiful colors at a low coHt, butanilitie colors aoou fudi o it. Tbe Jnp-B-tac colors obtained from high-priced mineral piRment^, last as lonR as ths ar tide on which the Jap-a-Iac is applied. Jap-adac is made in 15 beautiful colors, and Natural or «'ear. Nnturnl .Tnp-a-lnr does not contain any piirm^Dt or coloring matter what^-Tcr. It is u w'lnteTer. U is a clear, traoaparant varnish, and dries with the t^ame beautiful luotre that ¦e tarocterireft colored Jap-a-lac.
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