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DO YOU SHOOT? If you do you should send your name and address on a postal card for a WINCHESTER GUN CATALOGUE. IT'S FREE. It illustrates and describes all the different Winchester Rifles, Shotguns and Ammunition, and contains much valuable information. Send at once to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn. RISO'S CURE FOR QUERES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by drugstores. CONSUMPTION SCALE AUCTION BIDS BY MAIL. YOUR OWN PRICE. Jones, He Pays the Freight, Binghamton, N. It's safe to say that some authors would rather be president than write. DEFIANCE STARCH will give better satisfaction than any other brand. It contains 1/4 more starch for the same money and if not satisfactory your money will be refunded. To drown one's sorrow in the flowing bowl is to meet misfortune with a smile. No family, shop, ship, camp or person should be without Wizard Oil for every painful accident or emergency. The sun is so bright and hot that the people have sun grins on their faces. Are You Using Allen's Foot Enjoy? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunks. Ask for Allen's Foot-Base, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Shoes. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Getting into debt is like getting into a rolling chair. One is pushed for convenience. Housekeepers should not forget that DEFIANCE STARCH is absolutely the best brand of cold water laundry starch there is on the market and instead of getting premiums which are of little or no value with a ten or twelve ounce package which retails for ten cents. DEFIANCE STARCH is put up in packages of sixteen ounces; a full pound for ten cents; one half pound package for five cents. If your grocery does not keep it, drop a postal card to the Magnetic Starch Mfg. Company, Onaha, Neb., and they will see that you get it. It doesn't take an acrobat to do a turn on the vaudieville stage. EXCURSION TO YELLOWSTONE PARK. American Tourist Association Will Travel in the West This Year. An extended tour to the Yellowstone Park has been arranged by the American Tourist Association of which Reau Campbell is general manager. Many people who are interested in the tour are leisurely and there are such long stops at all points of interest that the travelers will be able to make extended explorations of such places as Pleas Peak and Mount Rushmore. Many of the tour includes a visit to unique Salt Lake City and long ride in sight of the Rocky Mountains, and a ride into these made these tours so popular will be prominent this year. There will be utmost prury for small parties in the Pullman sleeping car and dining cars, and all the coaches used by the tour are the newer north. The American Tourist Association has also arranged a tour to Alaska, and if individual members of the Yellowstone party desire to continue their north, the cost of tickets for these tours includes all expenses everywhere. Full particulars will be furnished upon application to E. E. BLECKLEY, Br. MITCHELL'S SALVE Warranted Waterproof. Made to stand hard knocks and rough wash. Look for the trade mark. SAWYER'S SLICKERS KEEP OUT THE WET If your door beams the go, write to us at H. J. WELCH, 801 London, East Cambridge, Mare. WEATHERWISE AND OTHERWISE! WHY DON'T YOU WEAR TOWER'S TRADE MARK FISH BRAND OILED CLOTHING BLACK OR YELLOW AND KEEP DRY? BEWARE OF INITIATIONS. LOOK FOR ABOVE TRADE. MARK CATALOGUE'S FREE President of a University Dr. Daniel Purinton, for the last ten years president of Denison University, Granville, O., has tendered his resignation, to take effect on August 1. Dr. Purinton has accepted the presidency of West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va. The Trust Problem. To a thoughtful mind the trust problem is one of serious import. It must be firmly before you are aware of its existence in this respect much resembling the variegated skin of a stomach, such as constipation, indigestion, sia, biliessness, liver and kidney trouser, stomach Bitters is the one reliable remedy such alliments. Be sure to give it a trial. Monument to Martured Co A monument has been erected in Santa Fe, N. M., to Governor Albino Perez, who was assassinated with other officials during the revolution of 1837. The monument was placed on the spot of the assassination by Sunset Chapter, D. A. R., which has undertaken to mark all historic spots in the territory. Gift of Redemption Rock Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, who some years ago bought Redemption rock, in Princeton, Mass., where Mrs. Rawlinson was ransomed from the Indians by John Hoar, the first of the name in this country, in 1676, has presented the property to John Hoar, son of the late Sherman Hoar of Concord. The Naming of Dotson. Dotson, a hamlet ten miles east of Middlesboro, Ky., was founded many years ago by a pioneer named Lewis Dotson. A few days ago there was a double wedding there, the groomes betray William and John Dotson, brothers, and the brides Anna and Daisy Dotson, sisters. The officiating clergyman was Rev. John Dotson and all parties were descendants of the original Lewis. Largest City South of the Line. Ten census returns for the metropolitan district of Sydney, N. S. W., have just been published and show that during the past ten years its population has increased by a little over 100,000 persons. The total is now 356,859, of whom 197,227 are males, 189,632 females. Sydney new ranks as one of the large cities of the world. It is the largest city south of the line. The United States only contains six larger cities. —New York Commercial Advertiser. Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blu. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Indiana Have Planos. As an illustration of wealth among Indians it is officially stated that the homes of the most progressive Osages compare favorably with the dwellings of white people of equal wealth. Their houses are richly furnished with carpets and modern furniture, and in many homes there are planos, upon which the daughters are taught to perform. Horses and carriages are not infrequent, and, though the automobile has not yet made its appearance, it is not an impossibility of the future. Greatest in the World. The United States is the greatest food producing country of the world. Although this country represents but one-fifth of the total civilized population of the world it produces more than one-fourth of all the food stuffs. The United States produces 74,000,000 tons of grain of a total of 229,000,000, and 4,500,000 tons of meat of a total of 15,-200,000 tons. The Americans also produce a large percentage of the dairy and fishery production of the world. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Price, 750. The dentist and the farmer are both practical stump pullers. The Magnetic Starch Mfg. Co. manufactures the DEFIANCE STARCH, put up 72 packages in a case, each package containing 16 ounces. $ \frac{1}{2} $ more starch than is put up by any other manufacturer. If your wholesale house does not keep it, send your order to us and we will see that they deliver you the goods. Some people are so clumsy they can't drop a remark without breaking their word. Considering This Process To launder the exquisite creations of muslin and lace in which this season abounds has become quite a problem, yet the most delicate materials will not be injured if washed with Ivory Soap and then dried in the shade. But little starch need be used. ELIZA R. PARKER. The one-legged man can never hope to get there with both feet. Retail dealers who can not get DEFIANCE STARCH from their supply houses, can order it direct from the Magnetic Starch Mfg. Company, Omaha, Neb. It is put up 73 1-pound packages in a case delivered freight prepaid for $5.00 per case. It is the only starch put up 16 ounces in the package; $1 more for the same money than sold by any other manufacturer. An attitude is about the only thing a dude dure strikel. COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS Kansas City. CATTLE—Heavy. $ 3 75 @ 5 80 CATTLE—May 2 heavy. 5 40 @ 6 45 WHEAT—No 2 hard. 63% @ 64 CORN—No 2 Mixed. 56% @ 58% HAY—Choice timothy. 13 00 @ 22 CHOICE prairie. @ 22 BUTTER. @ 18 EGGS. 7 @ 18 Chicago. WHEAT—No 2 hard. $ @ 67% CORN—No 2. 51% @ 52 OATS—No 2. 35 St. Louis Live Stock. BEEVES. 3 75 @ 5 60 STOCKERS & FEEDERS. 2 50 @ 4 30 SOUTHERN STEERS. 3 15 @ 4 35 Cotton. Uplands. Gulf. LIVERPOOL. 4%d NEW YORK. 8%o GALVESTON. 8%e Wichita Grain. Open High Low Close Today Close Yday. WHEAT July 68% 69% 67% 69 68% Sept. 68% 69% 67% 69 68% CORN July 52% 54 52% 53% 51% Sept. 33% 34% 33% 34% 32% OATS July 33% 34% 33% 34% 32% Wichita Live Stock. HOGS. $ 5 25 @ 5 55 Chicago Live Stock. GOOD TO PRIME. $ 5 59 @ 6 20 COWS & HEIFERS. 2 35 @ 4 90 STOCKERS & FEEDERS. 2 40 @ 4 50 TEXAS FED BEEVES. 3 53 @ 4 25 HOGS. $ 5 97 @ 6 20 THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. Striking machinists are pretty generally going back to work. The Michigan salt trust has cut the price of salt from 70 cents to 45 cents a barrel. The foundations of St. Paul's Cathedral in London are in danger of collapsing. Of the striking machinists at Waterbury, Ct. 500 returned to work without concessions. The postoffice department now pays $3,600 a year for car fares of mail carriers in Kansas City. R. H. Newell, the humorist known for 40 years as Orpheus C. Kerr, was founded in Brooklyn. Large sections of Russia are threatened by famine on account of prevailing dry weather and heat. Turkey has paid that old indemnity claim of $95,000 at last and the funds are received in Washington. Richard B. Hubbard, ex-governor of Texas and ex-minister to Japan, died at his home in Taylor, Texas, July 12. J. P. Conway, late local live stock agent of the Santa Fe at Kansas City, has been appointed general live stock agent. Senator Chauncey Depew won his wealth by the practice of working 16 hours a day during ten months of the years. The Duke of York and Cornwall is to succeed his father, Edward VII as grand master of the united grand lodge of masons of England. Cole and Jim Younger spent their first day of liberty, after being pardoned, in a steamboat excursion. It was a new world to them after being shut up for 25 years. Governor Richards, in charge of the "opening," was for many years a cowpuncher in Wyoming and served four years as governor of Wyoming. He knows all about the west and its customs. The Baroness Von Ketteler, widow of the murdered German minister to China, and daughter of Henry B. Ledyard, of Detroit, is suffering from nervous prostration at her estates in Westphalia. John Francis Stanley, Earl Russell, tried before the house of lords for bigamy. plead guilty and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Holloway prison, where he is assigned luxurious apartments in which he can be supplied with his own food and wines. The war on liquor sellers at Richmond, Ind., has resulted in criminal assaults upon the home defenders by the liquor sellers. When the Carnegie family came to America 53 years ago they were so poor that Andrew's mother borrowed eleven shillings from a neighbor. This has never been paid and a nephew of the woman who loaned the money has made the fact public. Mr. Carnegie has decided to settle a comfortable endowment on the heirs of the bene-factor. One recent day's receipts at the Kansas City stockyards, official count, were 30,023. This breaks all records. Scarce feed and water accounts for it. Many Catholic congregations in Paris will transfer their headquarters to Brussels or other Belgian cities. The pope is watching the exodus with anxiety. The thunderstorms of July 15 were scattered over North Dakota, Northern Illinois, Nebraska, Eastern Wyoming, portions of Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas. Governor Dockery, of Missouri, by proclamation named Sunday, July 21 as a day of fasting and prayer that the threatening disasters may be averted. The stationary firemen in 32 Chicago breweries struck for recognition of the union, an eight hour day and $2 a day wages. Samel Hulse, a wealthy farmer of Andrew county, Mo., weighs 47 pounds, and Miss Sara Stephens weighs 55 pounds. He is thirty-four, she twenty-nine, and of course they have married. Law Library Refuses Legacy The stockholders of the Milwaukee Law Library association have decided not to accept the $10,000 legacy left the association in the will of Ammi R. R. Butler of that city on the condition that the name be changed to the Butler Law Library association. It was thought that the suggested change would be unfair to the late B. K. Miller, who made a handsome gift to the association a few years ago. Habitat of Canaries Canaries, which were originally green and gray in color, were native to the islands from which they take their name, and were first taken to England on ships plying between English ports and the south of France. From this stock have been derived a number of distinct varieties, such as the crested, the green, the lizard, which imitates the reptile in it variegated markings, and the Belgian, which has a strange, hump-backed appearance. Alcohol for French Motors. Builders of motor cars in France are strongly convinced that the future of the industry lies in the utilization of alcohol. Owners have little hope of petroleum being cheapened to any considerable extent. They are looking for further economy to alcohol, the utilization of which, it is supposed, will not only save them money, but will revive a languishing national industry at the expense of imported petroleum. Do not forget that DEFIANCE STARCH has no equal either in quality or quantity; 16 ounces for ten cents. One of the duties of today is to qualify yourself for tomorrow. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, educates in fummation, allays pain, cures wounds, sea bait When the baby is in the cradle it may be said to have reached bed-rock. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. Thos. Robins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Some June days are rare and some are positively raw. The seamstress isn't always what she seems. DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW? If so, use Red Cross Ball Blue. It will make them white as snow. 2 oz. package 5 cents. The deadhead in the theatre is like a successful prediction—comes to pass. Ladies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrowning nails, corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores, %c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leiloy, N. Y. The manner in which some girls "do" their hair is a work of real art. If you have not yet tried DEFIANCE STARCH do so at once and save % of your money. 16 ounces in one package as against all other starches having but ten or twelve ounces, and you will also secure the very best starch on the market. Dressmakers Source in Manila: According to one of the officers' wives who has returned for a home visit from Manila, there are now two hundred American women in Manila for whom there is only one dressmaker. He is a Chinese. Recently he was arrested for smuggling, whereupon the two hundred women began to intercede. If Sang were put in jail wherewithal could they be clothed? Fortunately Sang proved himself not guilty. Missouri Governors Are Contented. It is a curious fact that although Missouri elected its first governor more than eighty years ago, is one of the largest and most prosperous states of the country, and that from its geographical position on the border line between North and South, has occupied an important position in national affairs, not one of its governors has ever been conspicuous in national politics, with the single exception of B. Gratz Brown, who ran for vice-president in 1872 and was overwhelmingly defeated for that office.—New York Sun. Wonderful Case in Ladiana. Buck Creek, Ind., July 15th—Mrs. Elizabeth Rorick of this place had Rheumatism. She says: "All the doctors told me they could do nothing for me." She was very, very bad, and the pain was so great she could not sleep at night. She used Dodd's Kidney Pills, and she is well and entirely free from pain or any symptom of the Rheumatism. "Are you still using Dodd's Kidney Pills?" was asked. "No, I stopped the use of the Pills some time ago, and have not had the slightest return of my old trouble. I am sure I am completely and permanently cured." Many in Tippecanoe County who have heard of Mrs. Rorick's case and her cure by Dodd's Kidney Pills, are using the Pills, and all report wonderful results. Blacks Gaining in Australia One of the problems before the Australian federal ministry is that of the preservation of a white Australia. M. Barton has recently paid a visit to northern Queensland with a view to better understanding the problem of gradually prohibiting black labor on the sugar plantations. One of the plantations he visited has 2,500 acres under the cane and is irrigated by the waters from the Burnes river. The proprietors are about to spend £30,000 ($150,000) on a new pumping plant to lift water at the rate of 10,000,000 gallons a day. WANTED, SALESMEN. NATURAL-BORN SALESMEN, Hard-Working and thoroughly rollable stock In the United States. Liberal Commissions paid. Cash advanced weekly. Write today for particulars, giving references. Oregon Nursery Co., Salem, Oregon BABY'S Cuticura Soap MERICINAL & TOILET BATH MILLIONS OF MOTHERS USE CUTICURA SOAP ASSISTED BY CUTI- CURA OINTMENT THE GREAT SKIN CURE For preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin of infants and children, for rashes, itchings, and chafings, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Millions of Women use Cuticura Soap in the form of baths for annoying irritations, inflammations, and excoriations, for too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative, antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women, especially mothers. No amount of persuasion can induce those who have once used these great skin purifiers and beautifiers to use any others. Cuticura Soap combines delicate emollient properties derived from Cuticura, the great skin cure, with the purest of cleansing ingredients and the most refreshing of flower odors. It unites in ONE SOAP at ONE PRICE, the BEST skin and complexion soap and the BEST toilet, bath, and baby soap in the world. COMPLETE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL TREATMENT FOR EVERY HUGEUR. Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP, to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales and soften the thickened cuticle, CUTICURA OINTMENT, and soothe and heal, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT, to cool and cleanse the blood. A SINGLE SET is often sufficient to cure the most tormenting disgusting itching, and only skin, scalp, and nail care. It also fails Sold throughout the world. British Depot: F. NEWBERT & Sons, 27-24, Charter House, Sq., London, POTTER DRUG AND CHEM. Sole, Frogs, Boston, U.B.A. In Sweden the traveler may learn at which railway stations meals are served by huge signs, bearing a crossed knife and fork, which are posted along the road on each side of the stopping place. FRAGRANT SOZODONT a perfect liquid dentifrice for the Teeth and Mouth New Size SOZODONT LIQUID, 25c SOZODONT TOOTH POWDER, 25c Large LIQUID and POWDER, 75c 25c At all Stores, or by Mall for the price. HALL & RUCKEL, New York WANTED, SALESMEN. stock in the United States. Liberal Co today for particulars, giving references. Ore To Buy the Best Is Not Always Easy A lavish display of cheap and gaudy premiums often makes a cheap article look like a good one. With Defiance Starch are no premiums, but you get 16oz. of the best starch in the world for 10c. BA KIDDER'S PASTILLES A Sore relief for Asthma Sold by all Drugs STOWELL & CO. Chattanooga CLAIMANTS FOR PENSION BICKFORD, Washington, D. C. they will receive quick replies. B. 5th N. H.V. Staff 20th Corps. Prosecution Claims since 1878. KANSAS HOME NURSERY and EXPERIMENTAL GROUNDS Grow and sell all desirable old and new varie- tions of fruit and small fruits Best Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Vines and Herbaceous Plants. Agents Wanted. Cash advanced weekly. List of specialties free. A. H. GRIBSA. Box J. Lawrence, Kan. W. N. U. WICHITA-NO. -29-1901 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. NATURAL-BORN SALESMEN, Hard- Working and thoroughly reliable men to sell the best-grown nursery missions paid. Cash advanced weekly, Writ- gon Nursery Co., Salem, Oregon HAS NO EQUAI DEFIANCE TRADE MARK DEFIANCE IN QUARTER QUANTITY STARCH 16 oz. REQUIRES NO COOKING PREPARED FOR LAUNDRY PURPOSES ONLY MANUFACTURED BY MAGNETIC STARCH MFG.CO. OMAHA, NEB. BY'S