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Three Ages of Man: The first age of man is when he thinks about all the wicked things which he is going to do. This is called Innocence." The second age is when he does all the wicked things he has thought of in childhood. This is called The Prime of Life." The third age is when he repents all the wicked things he has done. This is called "Dotage." Women In Business. The last census report gives the number of women wage earners in the United States as 4,000,000, the number having more than doubled in ten years. Bookkeepers, stenographers, cashiers and telephone operators made up a large proportion, while the women engaged in trade increased from 20,000 to 228,000. Made Wealthy by Speculation The celebrated M. Arton, who was one of the central figures in the great Panama scandal, and who, it will be remembered, was arrested in London and extradited at the request of the French government, is now a rich man. Last year he made between $200,000 and $250,000 by speculating on the bourse. Riches Take Wings A department official in Washington says that a few days ago he gave a job paying $2 a day to an old man who was a millionaire, but a few years ago. The old gentleman attended the national Republican convention at Minneapolis in his special car. Senators who were his guests on that trip secured the humble place for him. After Twenty Years Lusks Springs, Ind., June 9th.—It would be hard to find a happier man than Mr. William Catterson of this place has been for the last few weeks. For twenty years his wife has been an invalid with a complication of diseases. Neuralgia, Rheumatism and generally broken down constitution. Mr. Catterson had done everything that loving care could suggest, but in vain—his wife only grew worse. Recently, however, he heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills and determined to give them a trial, and was overjoyed at the splendid result. From the very beginning of the treatment she commenced to improve till now she is nearly well and Mr. Catterson is rejoicing. He says: "Nothing ever did her so much good. We will always praise Dodd's Kidney Pills for the good work they have done for us." Whenever a man gets hurt, "consoling" friends gather to relate how at one time they were hurt worse than he. If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. A boy is always interested in good duck weather, whether he is going duck hunting or not. MORE FLEXIBLE AND LASTING, won't shake out or blow out; by using bounce starch you obtain better results than possible with any other brand and one-third more for same money. Maybe it's because a woman is always eager for the last word that she reads the end of a book first. Do Your Calves Scour? HELMET BRAND DRIED BLOOD ALSO GOOD TONIC FOR LIVE STOCK AND POULTRY. Write for descriptive pamphlet and testimonials, among them such high authority as the Agricultural College of Kansas, as well as from prominent stock men. May be had from dealer or direct. Address Dept. A. ARMOUR PACKING CO., KANSAS CITY, MO., U. S. A. Over 2,000,000 people are now buying goods from us at wholesale prices—saving 15 to 40 percent on everything they use. You can do it too. We don't make it easy to you. We own 1,000-paper catalogue—it tells the story. Send 15 cents for it today. Montgomery Ward Co. CHICAGO The house that tells the truth. WANTED FOR SPOT CASH WA NUT LUMBER and LOGS ADDRESS C. C. MENGEL, JR. & BRO. CO., Inc. LOUISVILLE, KY. No One Is Too Old to Learn. Also lace work and Fancy Need Art. Lessons in Palmistry, a scientific technique. Organizers high commission. Send details of interest to W. Correspondence Inst., Dept. A, W. Correspondence Inst., Westfield, Mass. 2nd HAND ENGINEES and ELEVATORS. All KINDS OF FACHINERY. Write RAFINER ELEVATOR WORKS. Kansas City, Mo. MORPHINE LIQUOR Coonah, Chorlite, Opham and Tobacco Fabbricati in ten shops Pay when cured. No suffering. ROBINSON INSTITUTE, 218 Haito Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. HAMLINS WIZARD OIL FOR SORE THROAT ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT DENSION JOHN W. MORRIS, Washington, B.C. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. 3 yrs in civil war, 15 adjudicating claims, attys面 W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 24, 1902 25 CTS PISO'S CURE FOR CURBS WHILE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup Since Due. In time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION Old Lefaire as Othello --- Every one in the reception room smiled as Burney passed through. She carried one of the letters on which the conversation had been turning. Behind trotted the mountainous figure of dear old Lefaire, whose rosy, brown, expansive visage, was conspicuously written with a consciousness of his lowly position as her satellite. Miss Lozenby of third floor, back, had been recounting the story of her little seance the evening before when happening upon him alone by the firelight. She took the ottoman by his side, explained she wanted to go over, confidentially, with him, some curious facts which had been noted in connection with Burney's recent correspondence, pointing out the number of envelopes addressed to her in a certain fine, vertical handwriting which had been observed on the hall stand, and recalling the stranger of the afternoon Maude Hughes went away. From behind the palm tree between the two front windows Miss Lozenby spied a tall, graceful, blonde walking at Burney's side as she returned from her farewell to Maude. And he had prattled on like a schoolboy until the early autumn nightfall. With the next morning the daily letters began to appear, one by the early eight o'clock mall, another every evening, although once she had seen a note when coming up from luncheon, which must have been an extra third, since Burney always took the morning arrival with her, as she left the house after breakfast. "I told him to be a man," cried Miss Lozenby with martial spirit, "and quoted that from Othello about rather loving as a toad in a dungeon than keeping a corner of the thing one loves for others' use. He ought not let a gidy young woman that's ready to work upon any creature in trousers play with his man's affections—all for another fickle flirtation." As the lady went on a pair of lovely eyes representing third floor hall, front, agitated her audience by flashing the dispatch that the characters of her narrative were present realities. In unobservant ignorance Burney, with Lefaire, ran the gossipers' gauntlet, but the little hall-boy, always prying into affairs on the other side of the portieres, found his countenance all too narrow for his smiles, as the pair stepped out of the vestibule for their twilight stroll. "Why, Peter, Peter," exclaimed the girl, softly laying hold of the large arm by her side, "how amusing that all of a sudden you should care to know all about my respondents! Aren't you getting too inquisitive?" Burney was gently and very seductively sportive. "You don't want to become effeminate, do you? Do you think it's your style, dear, a burly thing like you? Oh, well, an Amazon, perhaps you could do that. Only personally, I would find you quite charming, I believe, if in your native role of wise-ace bachelor you would go on with that very enlivening dissertation of a few moments ago on the Nature and Destiny of Flirting; a Plea for Eternal Affinities. That is what you were talking about, isn't it?" "Do you know, Peter, it convinced me that you're a born orator—on that topic, I mean, of course; a most worthy cause to champion! I fairly thrilled at your exordium on the high calling of adorable woman. One's whole body feels different (as, of course, you understand) when one is thrilled by an orator's impassioned use of the queen's English. The blood runs rancily and travels such unbeaten tracks of one's anatomy. Well, that's the way I felt, Peter, when you were descanting upon 'Nature's angels of loveliness'—"glorious eyes"—cheeks like pearls and rubies—'hearts and sympathies divine, etcetera, etcetera." "And you said the attraction between people was like the chemical affinities of atom to atom, didn't you? Which was an exceedingly apt figure. Some of us, for instance, are so like nitrogen, aren't we? We can combine with so many different atoms and can break away from them again so lightly. Now, do go on, Peter, and tell me J. W. Burney was gently and very seductively sportive. all about it. You would not have considered that an exhaustive treatment of the subject." But unhappy Lefaire was silent. In the light of Miss Lozeny's words Burney's jocularity looked ominous. He sighed at the scattered leaves along the avenue as at his own radiant hopes fading at his feet. This little pet of his had been child, girl and woman, bud and blossom, all in one fair miracle of winning femininity. In his holy of holies he had ensconced her, regaling his dry old hermits' mental palate with the artful expressions of her busy young mind, and feeding a fathomless yearning upon the warm girl affections which had seemed too blithe and simple to be experienced with lovers. Such satisfied trust had been his that no past or present of the precious sweetheart had ever been arraigned for a trial. Burneys face and ways seemed to tell him all he needed to know of her family or outside inter- ests, while the only incident out of his own troublish chronicles which had been given her was the chapter on the fascinating lady who had turned him away, but was always still remembered. Everything else had been sublimely personal and immediate. They had disdained practical things. Yet, rash the wooing certainly appeared. Several tripping weeks with a tiny stranger girl and his marriage day was already set. What if she were, after all, a gay little deceiver and he everybody's laughing stock, her Simple Simon and both? Those letters for these many weeks without a word to her true love nor any whisper of the elegant blonde beau. Maybe her charms were the finished flowers of much practice—on others—his predecessors—or, contemporaries? Probably he was the innocent and not she. It was folly, anyway, to expect a queer old $ "His rival and a veritable Apollo, his original like himself to engage the heart of such a darling siren as Burney. Ah, but she must not make a toy of him. He must show himself a person of mettle—a man, as Miss Lozeny by had advised. Burney's chatter parler on, now and then arresting his frolicsome flow just long enough to invite a remark from her companion as her eyes glanced upward in quest of a reason for his tac-turnity. Finally she exclaimed: "Peter, you are so unsociable!" He was too sad and distressed to be able to explain himself, so evaded her with badnage very unusual for his open simplicity, and, born of the moments' exigencies. "I see an elf in each of your eyes, Cherie," he remarked. "Perhaps he is an imp. And on the corner of your mouth is perched a microscopic clown." Burney looked amused. They were rounding a corner and homeward bound and discerned some one at the house ringing the bell. "Oh, Peter!" cried the girl, only instantly to dart away. "That's a man, I know." Drawing nearer, Lefaire recognized in the refined, stately figure which she was effusively hailing, the hero of Miss Lozenby's doorstep episode; his rival, and a veritable Apollo. Ha! Every suspicion became incarnate before him. The denouement, bubbles bursted, treachery laid bare. The dalying displeasure which had been unsettling his placid calm of mind now rose in tempests. Wilder and wilder within, he slowly stepped along, reaching the battlefield at the door in a beetling passion, determined to measure swords. Cheerily graceful, Burney turned to acknowledge his presence. "Mr. Merrill, this is my friend, Mr. Lefaire," she began. "Maude Hughes 'fiance', Peter. And think of it, he says she's coming back to night. Maude left town, you know, the very day Mr. Merrill came, but neither can stand it, so she's to be here again. And a good joke it is, too. You see, it has been kept a secret from me. Two letters a day from her, imagine, and not a hint of it. But now it will be tit for tat, as Mr. Merrill wishes us to go down to the station with him to meet her. So come, Peter, only ten minutes until train time." The result of Lefaire's first appearance as Othello did not warrant a second engagement. Just Plain Flower Pot. They were making copies of inventory lists when a doubt arose as to the accuracy of the spearing of the word jardiniere in the original copy. "Miss Brown," called the typewriter, "please spell 'jardiniere.'" "Certainly" returned Miss Brown, blithely, "J-a-r-d-a-n-i-e-r-e." "Oh, I don't think that second syllable is spelled 'd-a-n. Mr. Wyeth, will you spell jardiniere?" "J-a-r-d-i-n-e-r-e" returned Mr. Wyeth. The typewriter blushed. Mr. Wyeth was a partner, and it's hard to tell a partner he can't spell. "I don't think that's quite right," she fainted. "Let's look in the dictionary." The dictionary was an old edition and didn't contain the word. Suddenly hope loomed large in the person of the senior partner's son. He was fresh from Harvard and the entire office appealed to him through Mr. Wyeth's "Say, Ransome, spell jardiniere." "Search me," replied Ransome. "Put the thing down as a flower pot." Which they did.—New York Evening Sun. Two Afflictions: A worthy man, who was very sensitive and retiring, having lost his wife, privately requested that he might be remembered in the minister's morning prayer from the pulpit, but asked that his name might not be mentioned. On Sunday morning the good minister prayed most eloquently for "our aged brother upon whom the heavy hand of sore affliction has so lately fallen." At this point an elderly man, whom the minister had married to a very young wife during the week, rose with a bounce, and stamped down the alsele, muttering loud enough to be heard all over the chapel: "It may be an affliction, but I'm blest if I want to be prayed for in that fashion." Marriages are written in heaven. ISTOBESETTLED GERMANY SENDS WARSHIPS TO VEN- ERUELA TO COLLECT HER CLAIM. MAY SEE FIT TO BLOCKADE SOME PORTS The Trouble Has Been Hanging Fire for Months—Euited States Will not In- WASHINGTON.—(Special.) In the absence of any official advices on the subject, the officials here are in the dark as to the reasons for the hurried departure of German warships for Venezuela as reported in a St. Thomas dispatch. Germany has a big claim against Venezuela—that of the Berlin company of discount for the non-performance of engagements which the Venezuelan government has undertaken in connection with the great Venezuelan railroad built by the government. The claim approximates 6,000,000 bolivars. One inference, and it is merely that, as there is no official information upon which to base the statement, is that Germany has sent her vessels to La Guaira to enforce the payment of the claim, as Venezuela has not attempted to meet the obligation. The diplomatic correspondence of the state department shows that Germany has considered the question of coercion in connection with the payment of the claim. A communication from the German embassy on December 20, last, has this to say on the subject: "In case the German government should be obliged to use coercion against Venezuela in connection with the pending claims it will have to be considered what kind of measures should be adopted. The most important measure of coercion—that is, the blockade of Venezuelan harbors—would have to be carried through without a declaration of war preceding it. A blockade, therefore, would be a peace blockade. Such a blockade would touch likewise the ships of neutral powers, inasmuch as such ships, although a confiscation of them would not have to be considered, would have to be turned away and prohibited until the blockade should be raised. In the same manner, European states have proceeded on such occasions, especially England and France." It is not believed that the United States government would raise any objection should Germany undertake the blockade of Venezuelan ports to collect the claim of the Berlin company, as the president in his last message to congress made the following observation in connection with the attitude of the American government on the Monroe doctrine: "We do not guarantee any state against punishment if it misconducts itself, provided that punishment does not take the form of the acquisition of territory by any non-American power." SENATE PASSES NAVAL BILL. House Building Programme Approved Except in One Particular. WASHINGTON. — (Special Another of the big supply bills of the government was disposed of by the senate Wednesday, the naval bill, carrying more than $78,000,000, being two first class battleships, two first class armored cruisers and two gunboats, but strikes out the provision that one of each shall be built at government yards. When consideration was resumed of the isthmian canal question, Mr. Turner delivered an extended argument in support of the Nicaragua route. He maintained that the new Panama company could not pass a clear title to the Panama Canal Company's rights, franchises and property to the United States, and that, if this government purchased it, it would be with all its incumbrances. Five Persons Lose Life in a Fire. SARATOGA—(Special.) Fire Tuesday destroyed the Arcade and the Citizens' National Bank block and the Shackleford building, and caused the loss of five lives. The dead are: Mrs. Elizabeth M. Mabe, suffocated; Mrs. Sarah Owens, burned to death; David Howland, burned to death; Mrs. David Howland, burned to death; Miss Farrington, burned to death, body still in ruins. Chief Engineer E. J. Shadwick was seriously injured while rescuing people from the building, and his condition is critical. The property loss is estimated at $300,000. Arkansas Wants Him for Murder. GUTHRIE, OKLA. — (Special.) Sheriff Ford, of Marion, Ark., was in the city Wednesday to take possession of Gilbert Duncan, colored, wanted there for the murder of a white man several years ago. Duncan has been at large since the alleged committal of the crime and a big reward has been offered for his capture. Tallyho Struck by a Train. NASHVILE, TENN.—(Special.) A picnic party returning to the city in a tallyho Sunday night was struck by a troly car and four persons were seriously injured while the other members of the party were bruised and shaken up. Those seriously hurt were; Miss Henlin, injured in chest and back and possibly internally. Miss Lillian Rosenswig and Goldie Ingendrich, collarbones broken and otherwise bruised. Sidney Jones, collarbones broken. DENVER. COLO.—(Special.) The American (formerly Western) Labor union convention being held in Denver, has made an important move in the war which is to be waged against the American Federation of Labor by the adoption of a resolution inviting the National Brewery Workers' Association to join the American Labor Union. Efforts will be made to organize the farmers and farm hands of the West and to have them co-operate with the American Labor Union in political contests. Kansas Notes The idea of the Bachelor' girls' club of Sterling, it is explained, is to reduce the membership as much as possible. They begin early in Burlington. A youth thereabouts who saw so particular chance to become rich by the usual processes has been arrested for counterfeiting. The Concordia Kansan expresses sympathy and sorrow for a young man in that town who shows very plainly his regret that his father is not as smart as he is. Citizens in Fort Scott are being arrested for the non-payment of the poll tax. When the high water first became pronounced around Emporia The Star told of a woman who tied a cork to each chicken to keep it from floating away. Now, it is alleged, the temperance workers in Emporia have started an investigation to find out where all the corks come from. An Olathe family became possessed of religion and the habit of regular attendance at prayer meeting. One evening it rained and the children could not go, so they remained at home with their mamma and held a meeting of their own. The first girl prayed, "God, please make John good and make him make nice to us." The youngest sister uttered the same prayer. John, a lad of 8, was then called upon. He said, "O Lord, give these girls some sense and me a steam engine." The town of Doniphan, which, in the early days, was an important trading post on the Missouri river, is now three miles from the river, and this year the thousands of acres of bott:m land is sown in wheat. A man who has attained the venerable age of 71 generally has something to "boast" about. Such a patriarch in Pratt boasts that he has never owned a dog, cow or a horse. The Arkansas river, the "Kansas Nile," now looks like a meadow brook in comparison with the Neosho river, the "Amazon of Kansas." A girl in Abilene wrote to a paper there for advice. She said: "I am desperately in love with a young man whose only fault is his love for red soda pop. Do you advise me to marry him?" The editor answered: "No, tender maiden, you would not be happy with a pop fiend. A man who has no more strength of character than to drink pop, will not be able to make a living for you. If he drank beer or straight rye you would have the fun of reforming him. But a pop fiend would starve you. The oatmeal box would grow ache with void and the bacon board become a greasy memory. Never marry a man with a weak vice. The worst husband I ever had was a deacon who smoked cubes to keep from smoking tobacco. The happiest wife I've ever been was when living with a husband who drank a bottle of beer before each meal and ate seven meals a day. My most devolved husband was a fierce flirt before we were married. No, dear, be sure to marry a man with character enough to be the real thing when he does take a flyer. He will love you better." In boring for gas at Abilene the drill went through a slate formation at a depth of 850 feet. Paul Morton is expected to give orders immediately for a fleet of three-masted barkentines, several schooners and a seagawl whaleback for use on the Santa Fe "cut off." There are 160 "milch" cows in Kingman county, and the creameries last year produced 245,145 pounds of butter and 1,020 pounds of cheese. It will be seen at a glance that the cows did not yield their milch and creamh' in vain. A man bought two good farms of 640 acres each in Labette county last week, but it took $46,000 in gold, silver, greenbacks, national bank notes and fractional currency in hand to persuade the former owner to let go. Although a dozen or more prophets have said Kansas would be afflicted this year with the plague of seventeen year locusts, the locusts are still so scarce they are entitled to the protection of the game laws. There is one organization in Southeastern Kansas which has all the other secret societies and insurance orders distanced in the number and length of flattering newspaper notices. It is the A. H. T. A., which being interpreted, means the "Anti-Horse Thief Association." Salina takes considerable pride in one concern that spends $50,000 a year in advertising, even if the Salin apapers do get only a small share of it. A man in Marquette has been sued for $600, the value placed on sheep alleged to have been killed by his dog. The dog is described as having an appetite like a tape worm. Lightning struck the railroad track near Assaria last week and knocked down a Swede who was walking along the ties. He got up and shook himself, and with the prudence of his race walked the rest of the way in the wagon road. A man in Great Bend, according to a paper there, has contracted to "pull up five wells" for the Missouri Pacific. The transplanting of wells is something ne win railroading. Anna Carlson of Lindsborg tells of a woman of her acquaintance who tried for years to have her stories accepted by the leading magazines. She never succeeded until once she went to England. While crossing the ocean she became a liberal contributor to the Atlantic. Too much sympathy does more harm than good. Miami county doesn't owe the state treasury a cent and has no bonded indebtedness. A change has come over the real estate men of Central Kansas. Instead of advertising choice bottom lands for sale they are describing desirable farms that are "high and dry." Robinson Crusoe's Island. Robinson Crusoe's island, Juan Fernandez, lying 600 miles west of Valparaiso, is to be given a civil government by Chile, on account of its lobster-canning industry. A JUDGE'S WIFE M. MRS JUDGE McALLISTER We would caution all people against accepting substitutes for Peruna. Insist upon having Peruna. There is no other internal remedy for catarrh that will take the place of Peruna. Allow no one to persuade you to the contrary. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. Patience is a woman's long suit when her children are annoying the neighbors. ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP—Via Grand Trunk System, Chicago to Boston, Mass. Selling dates, June 12, 13, 14. Chicago to Portland, Me, selling dates, July 5 to 9, inclusive. ONE FARE PLUS ONE DOLLAR FOR ROUND TRIP—Via Grand Trunk System, Chicago to Providence, R. I., selling dates, July 7, 8, 9. For limits, time tables and further information apply to Geo. W. Vaux, A. G, P. & T. A., 135 Adams St., Chicago, III. A smile may hide a man's thoughts, just as paint may hide a woman's complexion. "UNDER THE TUBOUOISE SKY" This most fascinating, clearest and interesting description of Colorado will be the best of the great Great Rock Island Route, Chicago. Also "Camping in Colorado" free, if you want with full details of camping in the Rockies, with full details for the land prepared, Information about Colorado Hotels and houses glazed furnished, will be worth your time to see the details of the cheap rates to Colorado the details of the postal card will secure as much of this information and literature as you wish. The fellow who runs out of the theater between the acts seldom comes breathless. If Dr. W. B. Caldwell of Monticello, Ill., and the directors of the company which manufactures his wonderful remedy did not stand so high in the community in which they live, their statements as to the merit of that remedy were not as strong as they now receive. Their statements, however, are backed by hundreds of voluntary testimonials which prove that Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a most satisfactory cure for Constipation, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Liver and Stomach troubles. Druggists sell it. "Our sins," says a society woman, "are like undesirable callers. They always find us out." INSIST ON GETTING IT Some grocers say they don't keep Deistance Starch. This is because they have a stock of other brands containing it, 12 oz. in it, and they won't be able to sell first, because Deistance contains 16 oz. for the same money, but they don't have it for same money? Then buy Deistance Starch. Requires no cooking. It can scarecely be said of people who wear squeaky shoes that they have music in their soles. A woman jumps at a conclusion and wins, a man hesitates and loses. $20 A WEEK AND EXPENSES to men with rig to introduce our Poultry goods. Send stp. Jakeville Mg Co., Dept.D, Parsons, Kan. It doesn't take dynamite to blast hopes. DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW? Then use Defiance Starch. It will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. People who are invited to a poker party must expect pot luck. FITS Permanently Curved. Works or no problems at party. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatie. Dr. R. H. K. Huse, LEG., 921 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. The hardest work in connection with a political job is getting it. ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED? Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them white again. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Some fellows don't have to be loaded to shoot off their mouths. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. Ec's bottle. When you go visiting, don't stay too long. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c. Domesticity is largely made possible by a slim pocketbook. TRY ONE PACKAGE If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, return to your dealer. If it does, you get one-third more for the same money. It will give you satisfaction and will not stick to the iron. One thing a prudent bride is sure of is her marriage certificate. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN F. BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. Some women aren't as sway-back as they are laced. No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. First you down the drinks and then the drinks down you. She Suffered for Years and Felt Her Case Was Hope- less—Cured by Peruna. Mrs. Judge McAllister writes from 1217 West 33rd St., Minneapolis, Minn., as follows: "I suffered for years with a pain in the small of my back and right side. It interfered often with my domestic support that I would be cured, as the doctor's medicine did not seem to help me any. "Fortunately a member of our Orden advised me to try Peruna and gave it such high praise that I decided to try it. Although I started in with little faith, I felt so much better in a week that I felt encouraged. "I took it faithfully for seven weeks and am happy indeed to be able to say that I am entirely cured. Words fail to express my gratitude. Perfect health once more is the best thing I could wish for, and thanks to Peruna I enjoy that now,"—Minnie E. McAllister. The great popularity of Peruna as a catarrh remedy has tempted many people to imitate Peruna. A great many so-called catarrh remedies and catarrh tonics are to be found in many drugstores. These remedies can be procured by the druggist much cheaper than Peruna. Peruna can only be obtained at uniform price, and no druggist can get it a cent cheaper. Thus it is that druggists are tempted to substitute the cheap imitations of Peruna for Peruna. It is done every day without a doubt. FACE HUMOURS BROWN BYTES USING OUTKURIA SOAP. Pimples, Blackheads, Red, Rough, Oily Skin Prevented by MILLIONS OF PROFESSOR USE CUTICURA SOAP SOAP, assisted by CUTICURA OINTMENT, for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, 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, for baby rashes, itchings, and chafings, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Millions of Women use Curticura Soap in the form of baths for annoying irritations, inflammations, and corpulations, or too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative purposes. Complete Treatment for Humours. $1. Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP (25c),洁净 the skin of crusts and scales, and soften the thickness 4 cuticles (CUTICURA OVENMENT (60), to instantly allay itching, inanimation, and irritation, and soothe and heal; and CUTICURA RESOLVENT PILLS (32c), to cool and洁净 the blood, and INFUSIBLE EXT is often sufficient to cure the soverest case. CUTICURA RESOLVENT PILLS (Chocolate Coated) are a new, latest,colourless, economical substitute for the celebrated liquid CUTICURA RESOLVENT, 60 doses, price, 25c. Said throughout the world, British Depot, 25c, CUTICURA SOAP, London, French Depot, 25c in Pails, Paris, FORTER DUG AND CLEM, COX, Bois Prop., Boston, U.S.A. THE LADY WHO IRONS knows how important it is to use a good starch. Defiance Starch is the best starch made. It doesn't stick to the iron. It gives a beautiful soft glossy stiffness to the clothes. It will not blister or crack the goods. It sells for less, goes farther, does more. Ask the lady who irons. Defiance Starch at all grocers. 16 oz. for 10 cents. Magnetic Starch Mfg. Co. OMAHA . . . NEB. A LAWN SETTEE MADE ENTIRELY OF HARDWOOD... and Painted Two Coats. Very Durable. Delivered at your rail- road station for ...$1.00... THOUSANDS IN USE. CULVER LUMBER & MFG. CO. KANSAS CITY, U. S. A.