State Ledger

THE STATE LEDGER By F. L. JELTZ. TOPEKA, KANSAS TOPEKA, KANSAS In Korea the widows are not permitte to remarry. You can't hold them in that way here. Italy now asserts that it is on good terms with all the world. The banana trade must be flourishing. An American duchess has secured a divorce and resumed her maiden name. Doesn't this break a record? In case of doubt, take your umbrella. In case of doubt as to the own- ship of the umbrella, take it anyway. A man in Georgia held his cotton crop of 1,900 bales and lost $20,000, and he might have held the dough- bag. A correspondent of a New York paper wants the aldermen to make whistling in public a punishable act. Whew! A Chicago scientist claims to have discovered that smoking causes consumption. How about female consumptives? Marconi now claims that he can talk 1,700 miles. That's nothing. We have spellbinders down this way who can talk 1,700 hours. The New York Herald wants to know what "a school of fiction is." Too often a school of adversity for the unhappy reader. A newspaper poet has perpetrated what he calls The Lay of the Hen. Hope is isn't as rotten as some of this newspaper verse. A Georgia woman claims to have been cured of rheumatism by a stroke of lightning. It evidently did wonders for her imagination also. The playing of "Bedella" stopped a panic in a theater. Presumably the audience turned on the orchestra instead of toward the exits. It is now said that "skeeters" are responsible for consumption. They are certainly responsible for any amount of profanity just at present. One man in Chicago has been traveling for thirty-seven years for the same firm and is still on the road. What a lot of stories he has heard! That New York man who dropped dead upon being turned down for a loan of $450,000, would probably have gone and dropped the dough, if he had got it. A Philadelphia contemporary recently had an editorial on "Where the Law Reaches Men." Down this way it generally reaches as far as the pocket, anyhow. A New York girl recently discovered that her heart was on the wrong side. Never min it will doubtless be on the inside if an engagement ring some day. An enterprising Boston Sunday school has its pupils given instruction in baseball. Wonder how they manage when the time comes to swear at the umpire? Some of the South American republics go on the theory that it is necessary to hold a revolution once in a while to remind the outer world of their existence. Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis declares that in the next generation it will be considered "vulgar to spend money." It is now—from old man Sage's peculiar point of view. A South Carolina man is worrying himself over his failure to find out whether or not Shakespeare had a library. Didn't need any—he was a whole library in himself. In Massachusetts a man has been awarded $40,000 for injuries received on a railroad which resulted in melancholia. That railroad probably feels somewhat melancholy, too. The Boston Herald considers minority opinions useless. The weight of evidence lies the other way. The fathers of the republic were at one time in a very decided minority. Lady Curzon's infant daughter cried when it was held in the arms of Queen Alexandra. This will be terribly humiliating to all good Americans who hope to become members of the nobility. An eminent German scientist has come to this country to introduce a new health cure. It is to be hoped that he will try it first on that large class of husky citizens who have both health and money to burn. The announcement that angels were seen to rise from a field in Kentucky and float off into space a suspicion that some of the colonels have been indulging in the dangerous practice of not taking their drinks straight—Detroit Free Press. Girls, it's all right! Judge Weard of Norristown, Pa., has ruled that a girl has a perfect right to sit upon the lap of her lover; that such sitting is her perquisite of the courtship, and that if she chooses to exercise it, it is nobody's business. Come on. It is officially reported that 28,733 persons climbed Bunker Hill monument last year. When it is remembered that the monument has no elevator and that, on a hot day, it is little short of a thousand miles to the top, this speaks well for American patriotism and American physical endurance. There is a "penny in the slot" machine that returns your coin if it fails to produce the desired stick of gum or slab of sweetened chocolate. Yet the pessimists continue to say the world is growing more disheost. ```markdown ``` M. Gould MISS PAULINE ASTOR CAPT. H.H. SPENDER-CLAY Pauline Astor, daughter of William Waldorf Astor, is engaged to be married to Capt. Henry Spender-Clay. Announcement of the engagement comes from London. Capt. Clay resigned from the British army two years ago on account of a "ragging" scandal. He has much wealth. ARMY OF JUVENILE TOILERS. CADETS TO BE ASSIGNED. Chicago Newspaper Points Out Evil in Economic Conditions. An economic condition that compels a single child to toil for its daily bread is deplorable. Human sensibility is touched by the thought of children of tender years being consigned to industrial bondage in a land of plenty. If the sight of a few score children toiling in a factory arouses the humane impulse and evokes vigorous protest, what shall we say of an army of 1,750,178 juvenile toilers, all compelled to work for a living? This is the number of children now working for their daily bread in the United States, according to a special report of the census bureau just issued. They form more than 6 percent of the total number of workers in this country, the boys outnumbering the girls three to one. When it is remembered that children are largely employed in the more menial forms of unskilled labor it will be seen that they are much more apt to be exposed to unsanitary and unhealthful conditions than are the adults. They are also less able to enforce demands for more favorable conditions in the few instances where they are intelligent enough to see the necessity for them. They constitute a helpless and pitiful army of toilers, poorly paid, robbed of childhood and stunted in physical, mental and moral development—a reproach to our civilization. The figures showing women's invasion of the business world, while his heartening to those who are most familiar with the conditions that make breadwinners of them, may be contemplated with more patience. According to the report 55 per cent of all divorced women, 32 per cent of the widowed and 31 per cent of the "single women" are pursuing gainful occupations. That American married women are confining their energies to the management of homes is shown by the fact that only 6 per cent of them are in the gainful pursuits.-Chicago Record-Herald. Have Valuable Railroad Device. Joel Arnold, engineer, and George E. Kelley, brakeman, employees of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, have invented an automatic coupler for air brakes and steam pipes that may make them both independently rich. The device is very simple and can be attached to any car. By its use the air-brake pipes, the steam-heating pipes and the signal whistle are automatically coupled as the cars bump. The coupling of the cars is regulated from the platform of the car by the same lever that governs the drawhead. Railroad officials have become interested in the device. Seta New Color for Blonder **Seta New Color for Blondes.** Among women it has been almost axiomatic that only brunettes can wear red and none save the most courageous blonde ever dared break the unwritten law. Mrs. William E. Carter of Philadelphia, a beauty of pronounced type, has, however, been startling Newport with fanning costumes. In an accordion plaited Eton suit of red and with a red hat, red parasol, red slippers and silk stockings of the same shade, her Dresden chlua coloring seems even lovelier than when she wears less striking costumes. Missouri's Farmer King. David Rankin of Tarkio, Missouri's farmer king, was given a handsome leather couch by some of his employees on his 79th birthday, which arrived last week. "Boy," said the vigorous old man, "I've got a lot of these things in the house, but I never have time to use them." Although so near an octogenarian, Mr. Rankin drives day after day over his 23,000 acres, telling his men how to do things and seeing that they mind. He is still as tough as a pine knot and seems good for many years yet. "Postage Mission" Good Idea "Postage Mission Misson" the man behind the new "postage mission" idea is Rev. Walter Reid Hunt, pastor of the First Unitarian church of Orange, N. J. His church has a "cheerful letter department" which conceives as its work the writing of letters and sending of literature to the "shut ins" in all parts of the country. The chief idea is to reach those who live in the remote and sparsely settled country districts and who could not, even if they desired, attend regular places of worship. Secretary Taft Makes New Ruling for Good of the Army. Secretary Taft has introduced a reform at West Point which he claims will be of benefit to the service, but which will stir up some feeling among army officers, and especially among the cadets. In future the latter are not to be allowed to choose which branch of the service they will enter, but will be assigned to their places by a board. The custom has been to allow the first few high-standing cadets in the graduating class to go into the engineers, the next group to the cavalry and those who remain to the infantry. This gave the cadets an added incentive to take high rank so that they could have some choice as to their future. But the secretary states, and plausibly, that this system often threw men into a branch for which they were not fitted and the result was a detriment to the army. MAKES NEW CHURCH RULINGS Pastor Plans to End Unruly Scenes at Weddings. Dr. Charles H. Armstrong of St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal church. Philadelphia, has issued a new set of rules to govern weddings celebrated in that edifice. This is the result of circumstances attending the recent marriage there of Robert Goelet and Elsie Whelen. They did not ask permission to use the church, but swooped down on the place with decorators and florists before Dr. Armstrong, the rector, had any idea of their intention. They did not even invite him to assist in the ceremony. After the wedding party had gone the church was almost torn to pieces by a crowd of sightseers who were let loose in it. Dr. Armstrong and the vestry have therefore taken measures to prevent such scenes in future. Organizer of Charitable Bazaar. Organizer of Charitable Bazaar. London is applauding a young man, Wilfred Stopford, who has shown a wonderful talent for organizing charitable bazaars, and his management is almost as necessary to the success of one of these philanthropic affairs as the patronage of the royal family. Mr. Stopford devotes a large part of his time to arranging the details of these indoor fairs and is a prime favorite with the fashionable leaders, who lend their names and some of their energy to them. Young, blond and of distinguished appearance, he is an idol of the older women, although the young girls, as is their wont, incline toward men who have conquered in other fields. Youthful Jan Wanted at Home Youthful SAP wanted Tamo Yacharitsu, a youthful Japanese globe-trotter, at present employed as chef on one of Uncle Sam's battle-ships, is wanted at Tokio, where he has fallen heir to a fortune of $30,000, left by his father, an officer in the Japanese army, who was killed in battle with the Russians at the Yalu river. Tamo ran away from home five years ago. He was then 15 years of age. His sole purpose in departing surreptitiously was to gratify his desire to see the world, especially America. The last relatives heard of him was that he was engaged as chef on board an American war vessel. Lawyers are now hunting for him. Quiet Fourth in Biltmore. According to George W. Vanderbilt's orders there was no Fourth for the villagers in Biltmore, his estate in North Carolina. Mr. Vanderbilt shut down on any kind of a demonstration. Those who wanted to celebrate had to go out of the village. Mr. Vanderbilt ordered that no fireworks should be shot off, and prohibited the sale of fireworks in the village stores. All the Biltmore stores were closed. A large number of the Biltmore villagers and Vanderbilt employees went to Asheville to celebrate. Americans Lose English Trade Frederick J. Martin, a Londoner now traveling in the United States, says that American-made shoes are not nearly so much in vogue nowadays in his country as formerly. Footwear from this side of the Atlantic enjoyed great popularity for a time, but manufacturers over there took the neater and more graceful lasts found in this country. Before long they were able to put upon the market shoes as good-looking as those made here, of better leather and for less money. WELL LIKED BY SUBORDINATE. Former Business Associate of Secretary Morton Thinks Much of Him. Tom Lee, the giant general passenger agent of the Lackawanna railroad and commodore of its fleet on the Hudson, used to work under Paul Morton, now secretary of the navy. in temperament the two are much alike—open, genial, cheerful, magnetic, receptive and responsive. When Lee was sought by the Lackawanna at a big increase of salary he sent his resignation to Morton, who indignantly rejected it. Lee resigned three times, and Morton at last understood that he really meant it. Finding he could not alter his assistant's determination, he wrote as follows: "If you've got to go I've got to let you, but I think you are making a damned fool of yourself." Lee is still 6 feet 4 inches and has not lost flesh. He regards Morton as a big man. HONOR FOR SECRETARY HAY. Prized Decoration Granted Statesman by President Loubet. The Legion of Honor, the Grand Cross of which is to be conferred on Secretary John Hay by President Loubet, is a French order of merit, founded by Napoleon in 1802. The Grand Cross is the highest grade, and is given only to persons signally honored. The emblem of the order is a DE VOUVERNE FERMENTA 1870 five-rayed star of white enamel, edged with gold. On the obverse is the image of the republic, with the inscription, "Republique Francaise," and on the reverse two flags with the motto, "Honneur et Patrie." Since 1872 the order has been composed of five classes—chevaliers, officers, commanders, grand officers and grand crosses. WEDDED TO HIS VIOLIN. Sarasate Has Followed the Advice of His Teacher of Music. Sarasate—Pablo Martin Melton De Sarasate, to give him his full name, so rarely heard as to be almost forgotten in the single title that is so famous—is 60, and he has been playing his wonderful violin since he was 12 years old. It is just thirty years since he made his first public appearance in London and was halled as a new Paganini. Born in Pampeluna, in Navarre, he became at the Paris conservatoire the favorite pupil of the renowned Alard. It was Alard who exhorted him, "Wed thy violin, Sarasate, my son, but never a woman," and to his violin he has been faithful ever since. Mary Anderson Not an American. Mary Anderson's love of England is inherited. Her father, Charles H. Anderson, was a cultured, scholarly Englishman, who, on finishing his education at Oxford, came to the United States. Her mother was of German extraction. Mary's full name is Mary Antoinette Anderson De Navarro. She is 45 years old and there isn't a drop of American blood in her veins, notwithstanding Kentucky proudly claims her. She was born in Sacramento. She, her husband and their little son live in the old-fashioned village of Broadway, in Worcestershire, a hamlet which has been described as the most beautiful in all Great Britain. Croker's Son in Wall Street Richard 2. Croker, son of the former Tammany boss, has become a member of the Wall street firm of Cammann & Co., his father having given him $75,000 with which to purchase a partnership. The firm of Cammann & Co. has long been connected with the Croker interests. It always was a well-known fact that Croker, the leader of Tammany, was a successful Wall street speculator. In November four years ago he was known to have cleaned up at least $1,000,000 in a bull campaign in western railroad securities, and people in Wall street remember that much of his investments at that time were made through Cammann & Co. Sarah Bernhardt's Many Suicides. Saran Bernhardt's many suicides. Mme. Barnhardt has had what is probably the greatest experience of all tragediennes in the simulation of suicide. Her deaths by self-administered poison total up roughly to 10,000; she has jumped into the scenic artist's Seine over 7,000 times; she has sent over 5,000 bullets into her head from a revolver, and nearly the same number of daggers has the great actress, to the inexpressible sorrow of intemperately sympathetic spectators, plunged deep down into the chiffon at the side of her bodice. King Edward Tires Out Subjects. King Edward attended a recent function at the mansion of a titled subject and remained standing until many of the other guests were lmost exhausted, for of course they could not take seats until his majesty had done so first. It is noticeable that the king, like his father, is practically tireless. He can keep constantly on the move from morning till night and is never in a hurry to sit down and rest. He gets through a great amount of routine work, too, and seems to like it. GOOD FOR CORN WEATHER CONDITIONS OF LAST WEEK WERE FAVORABLE. Few Reports of Sprouting in Shock Received—Cotton Continued to Make Progress Except in the State of Texas. WASHINGTON.—The following is the summary of the weather bureau's weekly crop report: East of the Rocky mountains the temperature during the week ending July 18 was highly favorable, but in the Pacific coast states and over the western portions of middle and northern plateau districts it was unseasonably cool, with light to heavy frosts on the 13th inst. in Washington and Oregon. Too much rain hindered farm work in the Central Gulf districts, and in portions of the Ohio valley and Middle Atlantic states, while the need of rain is beginning to be felt in Northern New England, portions of the Carolinas, over the greater part of Texas, and in Southern Colorado. Drought has been relieved in the North Pacific coast districts, but continues with increased severity in the Southern plateau region. Corn has experienced a week of exceptionally favorable weather conditions and has made rapid growth generally in all districts. Very few unfavorable reports respecting this crop are reported. In the Missouri valley and in portions of the Upper Ohio valley and Middle Atlantic states corn has, however, suffered somewhat from lack of cultivation, and in Texas the late plant is being injured by drought. Better weather for harvesting winter wheat prevailed than in the preceding week, and this work has made generally satisfactory progress, although still delayed by moisture in portions of Kansas and the Ohio valley. Harvesting is nearly completed in Missouri and Nebraska, and is well advanced in the Ohio valley and the northern portion of the Middle Atlantic states. Comparatively few reports of sprouting in shock and by mold are received this week. Harvesting is going on under favorable conditions on the Pacific coast. As a whole, both early and late spring wheat have advanced satisfactorily, the least favorable reports being received from Northern Minnesota, where the crop on lowlands is thin and late. Reports of injury by rust are received from Nebraska, and in portions of South Dakota the outlook is somewhat less favorable than previously indicated. Recent rains have greatly improved the condition of spring wheat on the North Pacific coast. Reports of injury to cats by rust continue from the lower Missouri valley, but elsewhere this crop has advanced favorably, harvest being in general progress in the central valleys and Middle Atlantic states, with satisfactory yields. Cotton has continued to make rapid growth throughout the cotton belt, with the exception of Texas, where, although well cultivated and fruiting nicely, its advancement has been checked by dry weather. From portions of the Carolinas, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, complaints of grassy fields are received, and in some sections of these states too rapid grow... or stalk is reported. In Georgia the crop is in very promising condition, little complaint of damage from any source being received from that state. Dry weather and abundant sunshine have checked the ravages of the boll weevil in Texas. As a whole, the crop continues in promising condition, although backward in North Carolina and Virginia. Some "Frenching" is reported from Kentucky. While better haying weather has prevailed than in the preceding week, reports of injury from rains continue from portions of the Ohio valley and Middle states. A good crop of hay is generally indicated. No Speeches by Theodore. OYSTER BAY, N. Y.-P. C. Knox of Pennsylvania, ex-attorney general, a close friend of President Roosevelt, as a visitor to Sagamore Hill recently. Mr. Knox will take an active part in the campaign and will deliver not less than two important speeches. The President is working daily on both his notification speech and his letter of acceptance. He will deliver no political speeches during the campaign, contenting himself with a statement of his position, and of the results achieved in his administration in the letter of acceptance. Investigating His Death. PARIS.—The American consul general, Mr. Gowdy, is investigating the tragic death Wednesday of Coonel George Wilson, who fired several shots at Mile. Charlotte Murmann, a lady's maid, and afterward shot himself through the head. Although Wilson was generally referred to as a retired American colonel, 60.000 Have Registered OMAHA—The Chicago & Northwestern railroad ran two specials in addition to its regular trains to Bonesteel and Fairfax Sunday and Monday, carrying over 2,000 men and women who propose to register for land in the Rosebud reservation, recently opened for homestead entry by the government. The rush to the Rosebud country increases as the time for registration expires, and it is estimated that about 60,000 persons have thus far registered. Belgium's King is Crownless. Belgium is probably the most democratic of all the monarchial states. The king of the Belgians not only does not wear a crown, but has not even got a crown to wear! No coronation ceremony is known to the coronation, the sovereign inaugurating his seign simply by taking an oath to govern according to the laws. Moreover, the births of his children, if he has any, must be registered in exactly the same phraseology and in the same set of books as the humblest of his subjects. WHEAT YIELD LIGHT. But Weather in the Territories is Favorable for Threshing. OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T.-The government's report on the condition of crops in the two territories is as follows: The week was marked by clear and hot weather over all portions of the section, light and scattered showers being reported on July 13. These conditions were highly favorable for drying out the ground and placing it in condition for threshing and cultivation, which are now in-full progress, with poor to fair yields reported, the general wheat average being poor. Over some localities these crops were badly damaged by the recent rains, oats especially so, being nearly a total loss. Generally the oat yield will be light and of poor quality. Corn is generally in good to excellent condition. The early planted is about made, while the late planted is growing rapidly. The crop promises a large yield. Over some localities in the Indian Territory corn is needing rain and may be cut short in yield. IT IS SETTLED. An Agreement in the Strike Reached at Chicago CHICAGO—The strike or packing house employees, begin nine days ago, and which has demoralized the packing industry throughout the country, was settled here Wednesday at a conference between representatives of the packers, the officials of the meat cutters' union and representatives of all the allied trades employed at the stock yards. The whole controversy will be submitted to a board of arbitration, both sides agreeing to bide by whatever decision this board may reach. Pending the decision of the arbitration board the men will be taken back to work as rapidly as possible by the packers and it is agreed by the packers that all the old employees are to be reinstated within forty-five days from the date work is resumed. If any of the former employees are unemployed at the expiration of that time, such persons are to have the privilege of submitting their cases to the arbitration board for settlement. TOOK MONEY OF SUICIDE. Father Was Fined for Protesting Against Decision. THURMAN, W. VA.—As a travesty on justice the action of the mayor in fining a man for taking his own life is without a parallel in the annas of criminal procedure. Sariti, an Italian, committed suicide by jumping into the New river at this city. A reward of $50 was offered for the recovery of the body. A few days after the suicide a river captain found the body and claimed the reward. On the body of the dead man was found $130.50. Of this amount $50 was paid out as a reward and the remainder was taken by the mayor as a fire tor committing suicide. A protest by Sariti's father, who came from Pittsburg to take possession of the body, brought down a fine of $17 on his head. FORMAL CHARGE OF MURDER Pearl Shelton Suspected of Independence Depot Explosion. CRIPPLE CREEK, COL—Information charging Pearl Shelton with murder and complicity in the Independence depot explosion, on June 6, was filed in the district court Wednesday. It was announced that informations making similar charges will be tried against William Alkerman, P. H. Mulaney, A. L. Nugent and William Caffney on Saturday next. Frank J. Hangs, local attorney for the Western Federation of Miners, said that none of the men arrested for the killing of Roxie Magee, on June 6, in the Victor street riots, was guilty. He declared positively that the person who committed the deed was not connected with organized labor, nor was he yet apprehended. OLD COW SPREADS INFECTION. Outbreak of Texas Fever in Nooble County Pastures. GUTHRIE, O. T.-An outbreak of Texas fever has been found in the pastures in Noble county, and this time it is not the herds on the reservation which are affected. Acting Secretary Hahn of the Oklahoma live stock commission is not sure as to whether this outbreak is due to the cattle which were recently taken across the quarantine line which caused the flurry among the cattlemen about a week ago, or is caused by negligence on the part of cattle owners below the quarantine line. The sheriff of Noble county, who sent the notification, stated that an old cow had broken loose and wandered through three pastures, infecting all the cattle therein. An investigation is in progress now. III. in California OAKLAND, CAL.—E. B. Ewing of Jefferson City, Mo., brother-in-law of United States Senator Francis M. Cockrell, is dangerously ill in his hotel here of heart failure. Mr. Ewing came to California about three weeks ago for his health. Receiver Is Asked For: GUTHRIE, O. T.-Suit will be commenced at once before Chief Jpstice Burford, by Attorney General Simons, asking for the appointment of a receiver for the National Fire Insurance company of Dover, Del., operating only in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. The liabilities of the company are given as $10,000 and assets and mortgage for $125,000 on 15,000 acres of coal land in Virginia. The last statement shows the company to have a capital stock of $150,000, but it is unable to meet losses. Slocum Hearing Resumed. NEW YORK—The hearing on the Slocum disaster before the local bureau of steamboat inspectors, which was adjourned from July 12, was continued Monday. Among the witnesses examined was Captain William Hillery, of the steamer Golden Rod, who produced two of the life preservers which were taken from persons saved from the Slocum. They were old and weather beaten, with holes in the ends through which granulated cork sifted. They were stamped "June 18, 1891." Calumet Baking Powde Perfect in quality. Moderate in price. A woman has a lot of faith in her tuition—after a thing has come pass. The Defiance Starch Co. will 25 ladies a round trip ticket to St. Louis Exposition, to five in each of the following states: nois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas. Missouri will send in the last number of trade marks cut from a cent, 16-ounce package of Defiance cold water laundry starch. It means from your own home, where in the above named state, these trade marks must be mailed and received by the Defiance Starch Co., Omaha, Nebr., before September 1st, 1904. October and November be the best months to visit the position. Remember that Defiance the only starch put up 16 oz. (a pound) to the package. You get third more starch for the same more than of any other kind, and Defiance never sticks to the iron. The tie to the Exposition will be sent by retired mail September 5th. Starch sale by all dealers. When a bachelor gets tired of living a single life he should marry a be led. Catarrh cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can cause nutritional disease, and in order to cure it you must internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is then terminally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quick cure. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best course known with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of catarrh and blood purifiers such wonderful solutions in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials to P.J. GREVE & CO., Props. Taken by Dr. Dgrigusze. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. It's a poor patent medicine that can get itself imitated. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infant medicine for coughs and colds. — N. W. SAKA Ocean Grove, N. J, Feb 17, 1900. Leprosy Among Fish Eaters. Statistics are quoted showing the while in India the average occurrences of leprosy is three or four cases per 10,000 of population, in the island Minicoy, in the Indian ocean, who inhabitants are devoted to fishing, rises to 150, and at Kalligan, a fishing center, it amounts to 500. Harper's Weekly. Horsemen's Kindergarten Horsesmen's Kindergarten. "The men who are training the horses, and at the same time, kind to them, and no circumstances must they be play with. It is also not advisable to encourage the horses with sugar, coke, etc.," is an order issued to the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Well Answered "What's that you have in your hand, Henry?" asked Mrs. Pry, as brought home a roll of manuscript "Brains, my dear," replied Mr. Pry pompously. "Are you surprised at the fact?" "Not in the least," she rorted; "I knew you didn't carry that in your head." Make Yourself Felt Let your education be so broad and thorough that, whether you paint pictures, write books, sell merchandise make contracts, or cultivate land, you will make yourself felt in your community as an all-round man of bro ideas and general culture—Success. BACK LICK Settled the Case With Her. Many great discoveries have been made by accident and things better than gold mines have been found this way, for example when even the accidental discovery that coffee is the real cause of one's sickness proves that most tremendous value because it cates the cause and the person has then a chance to get well. "For over 25 years," says a Missoula woman, "I suffered untold agonies in my stomach and even the best phil-scians disagreed as to the cause with out giving me any permanent help different ones saying it was gastritis, indigestion, neuralgia, etc., so I dragged along from year to year, as ways half sick, until finally I gave all hopes of ever being well again. "When taking dinner with a friend one day she said she had a new drink which turned out to be Postum and I liked it so well I told her I thought I would stop coffee for awhile and use it, which I did. "So for three months we had Postum in place of coffee without ever having one of my old spells but was always healthy and vigorous. "Husband kept saying he was convinced it was coffee that caused those spells, but even then I wouldn't be lieve it until one day we got out of Postum and as we lived two miles from town I thought to use the coffee we had in the house. "The result of a week's use of coffee again was that I had another terrible spell of agony and distress, proving that it was the coffee and nothings else. That settled it and I said good bye to Coffee forever and since the Postum alone has been our hot meet time drink. "My friends all say I am loaths worlds better and my complexion is much improved. All the other menbers of our family have been bened, edo, too, by Postum in place of the old drink, coffee." Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Ten days trial of Postm in place coffee or tea is the wise thing for every coffee drinker. Such a trial tells the exact truth often where coffee is not suspected. Look in each pkg. for the famous Little book. "The Road to Welville A weak, aching back tells of sick kidneys. It aches when you work. It aches when you try to rest. It throbs in changeable weather. Urinary troubles add to your misery. No rest, no comfort, until the kidneys are well. Cure them with Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. W. M. Dauscher, of 25 Water St., Bradford, Pa., says: "I had an almost con- throbs in changeable weather. Urinary troubles add to your misery. No rest, no comfort, until the kidneys are well. Cure them with Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. W. M. Dauscher, of 25 Water St., Bradford, Pa., says: "I had an almost continuous pain in the small of the back. My ankles, feet, hands and almost my whole body were bloated. I was languid and the kidney secretions were profuse. Physicians told me I had diabetes in its worst form, and I feared I would never recover. Doan's Kidney Pills cured me in 1896, and I have been well ever since." A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Mrs. Daucher will be mailed to any part of the United States. Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all dealers, price 50 cents per box. A Garden Suggestion A good way to plant pole beans is with sweet corn, says Country Life in America. Plant the beans in the same hill with the corn (after the corn is up); and the beans clamber all over the cornstalks after the ears are harvested. It saves the bother and expense of poles, and we think cornstalks look better than bean poles. Aluminum Horse Shoes In the Russian army aluminum horse shoes are said to have been tried with good results. A few horses in the Finland Dragoons were first chosen, and shod with one aluminum shoe and three iron shoes each. The experiments showed that the aluminum shoes preserved the foot better than the iron ones. Useful Thirst Quencher To assuage thirst and cure feverishness, apple tea is a notable sick drink. It is made by slicing up raw apples into a jug, filling up the jug with boiling water, as in tea-making, then sweeten to taste. When cold, this apple tea will be found pleasingly tart and refreshing. Of Wide Interest. Breed, Wils., July 18—Special—Charles Y. Peterson, Justice of the Peace for Oconto Co., has delivered a judgment that is of interest to the whole United States. Put briefly, that judgment is, "Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best Kidney medicine on the market to-day." And Mr. Peterson gives his reason for this judgment. He says: "Last winter I had an aching pain in my back which troubled me very much. I the morning I could hardly straighten my back. I did not know what it was but an advertisement led me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. After taking one box I can only say they have done more for me than expected as I feel as well now as ever I did before." Pain in the back is one of the first symptoms of Kidney disease. If not cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills it may develop into Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Rheumatism or some of the other deadly forms of Kidney Disease. An Indian looks tough enough, at best; but he looks much tougher than usual when drunk. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. After the first kiss a young man kicks himself for having wasted so much time. Is It Not Worth While If you travel, on business or pleasure, to get the best service for the lowest rates? Ask the Erie Railroad Company, 555 Railway Exchange, Chicago, for full information. Booklets free describing Summer Tours and the Beautiful Chanqua Lake Region; also Cambridge Springs. About the only right the taxpayer has is the right to pay the freight. WELL WORTH SEEING One of the most interesting exhibits among the many of all kinds at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis is that of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company of New York, Conn., manufacturer of rifles, shotguns and shotgun and all kinds of ammunition. The exhibit was in readiness and was opened on the first day of the fair, a fact that clearly shows the importance of the fact and methods of the company behind it. It is the aim of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company to show at their exhibit the high development which they have reached in the making of guns and ammunition, and how near to perfection that development has come. There can be seen the new automatic repeating rifle, all kinds of shotguns, the modern smokeless powder shotgun and the new machine gun. Everything that can interest the devotees of hunting and trap and target shooting. Don't fail to see the exhibit at the Manufacturers and Fish and Game Buildings. It's well worth your while. A brick manufacturer needs the earth in his business. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, but rather with a total of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because of the package contains 12 ozs, while all other kinds contain 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. The way the average man would like to reform trusts would be from the inside. A Trip to Colorado, Utah or California is not complete unless it embraces the most beautiful resorts and grandest scenery in Colorado, which are found on the Colorado Midland Railway, the highest standard gauge line in the world. Exceptionally low summer round trip rates to Colorado interior state points, Utah, California and the Northwest are offered by this line. For information address Mr. C. H. Speers, General Passenger Agent, Denver, Colo. It's a mean man who will ride a free horse too hard. A Companion He often brings us pleasure, He sometimes brings us pain; He is not a troubleable, Then cheers us up again. He gives us introductions, But falls to make amends For the severance of loved ones, For the loss of faithful friends. The blooming cheek of beauty He smiles with slow decay; To the end of his life, He surely streaks with gray. At each step on life That we essay to He's always close by Old, ruthless Fath- PEN PR Carson Copyright, 1802, by The Shortsto PENELOPE'S PROPOSALS BY SWIFT ADAMS Copyright, 1902, by The Shortstory Pub. Co. (All rights reserved.) "I think I'll get married," said Penelope to herself, as she sat in a quiet corner on the veranda of the Seaside hotel. Penelope was young and pretty. No level-headed person would ever have thought of making an assertion that, by any possibility, could be construed as contradictory to such plausable facts. And every man at the hotel was heels over head in love with her. Fred. "He looks out of sorts." "He feels a little tired," she said crily. "Is it nice rowing?" she added quickly, anxious to divert his attention from poor Bob. "It is if you have a parasol and are prepared to lie quite still," he said. "Come and try it, anyway." As she sank down on the boat cushions, she gave a little sigh. "I suppose he couldn't have gone on after After having reached this important matrimonial decision, she charged along the piazza, so wrapt in her gestations that at a sharp turn she bumped, with considerable violence, into Tom Hathaway. "Oh!!" she gasped, "I beg your pardon! I—" "You can't have it," interrupted Tom. "There's no reason why I should give it to you. It was delightful." "Tom Hathaway, aren't you asamed—" "Not at all," said Tom. "Let's play golf." "But it's so hot," protested Penelope. "Even the caddies are asleep." "Never mind," said Tom. "Then we'll have the links all to ourselves. Come along." Tom was on his knees, making her tee, when it happened. Penelope stood close by him. Suddenly he seized her hand. "Penelope, dearest, for a long time I have wanted to tell you something. I want to say" (he fervently kissed her hand) "that I—" "Oh, Tom!" screamed Penelope. "Whatever is the matter?" Tom had jumped to his feet and was wildly grabbing at his mouth and choking. He had planted a passion-ate kiss on a wad of damp sand taut, in his excitement, he had pressed in her hand. "Hello, what's up?" and Bob Hamilton, who had heard Penelope scream, came running out of the club house. "I-I guess Tom has some sand in his mouth," said Penelope. "Good," said Bob; "it's good for his digestion. But how on earth—" He stopped short. Neither of his listeners was in a condition to utter an intelligible answer. Tom made a breeze for the pump, and Penelope was sitting on the ground, sobbing with laughter. "What in heaven's name is the matter with Tom?" asked Bob, after she had in a measure recovered her composure. "He just had an accident," she replied. "Oh, all right," said Bob. "If you don't want to tell, I don't want to know. Let's take a walk." They promenaded lazily until they came upon a secluded bench. They sat and chatted, and his arm crept toward her waist, much to the consternation of an old gardener, who unobserved behind them was sprinkling the iawn with a hose. "There is something I have long wanted to say to you," began Bob. "Oh, dear!" sighed Penelope to herself. "They all begin the same way." "I want to tell you a secret, darling," he said, approaching near to her lips than her ear. The poor gardener was so perturbed at Bob's words and actions that he nervously drowned the hose. Bob opened his mouth to make the rest of his declaration, and was astounded to receive in it an inch stream of water. Gasping and spluttering, he struggled to his feet. In mad consternation, the gardener clutched the offending hose and disappeared. Penelope gazed at Bob with stunned horror and surprise. "You-you are not having a fit, are you. Bob?" she asked tremulously. "Beg pardon!" exclaimed Fred Chase, another of the Devoted Circle, suddenly coming into view, with a Seized her hand. pair of oars over his shoulder. "Pene-lope, I'm ashamed of you. I didn't think you would tolerate profanity—even from Bob," he tacked on with good-natured sarcasm. Bob glared at him, and, without a word to either of them, stalked away. "What's the rip with Bob?" asked of beauty new decay; manhood with gray. 's ladder climb. hind us. er Time. Pearson's Weekly. ELOPE'S OPOSALS BY SWIFT ADAMS y Pub. Co. (All rights reserved.) Fred. "He looks out of sorts." "He feels a little tired," she said crily. "Is it nice rowing?" she added quickly, anxious to divert his attention from poor Bob. "It is if you have a parasol and are prepared to lie quite still," he said. "Come and try it, anyway." As she sank down on the boat cushions, she gave a little sigh. "I suppose he couldn't have gone on after that," she murmured half loud. "Eh, what that?" asked Fred. "I was thinking how handsome you look in that hat," she replied calmly. "Thanks," said Fred. "The same to you and many of them." "You don't talk connectedly, Fred," commented Penelope. "How could I," suddenly burst out Fred, "with you so near me? Penelope, dear, I want a wife." "He's original, at any rate," thought Penelope. "And you, darling, ever since that day—" "Look where you're going, Fred!" shrieked Penelope. It was too late. The boat crashed into a rock that stood half out of the water. The boat stopped. Fred didn't. He kept on going and landed on his back several feet the other side of the rock. "Fred, oh, Fred, are you drowned?" cried Penelope. Miguel "You were going to say?" she said softly. "You were going to say?" she said, softly. But it happened that Fred was not drowned. He presently reappeared, standing in about four feet of water. Nevertheless, Malarack Hartford, who, from the shore, had witnessed the latter part of the incident, jumped into somebody's boat and pulled frantically for the scene of the disturbance. He first made sure that Penelope was not hurt, and then rowed over to Fred, who was busily engaged in wiping the water from his face and cursing himself heartily. "Too bad, old man," said Malarack. "Jump into the boat and I'll take you to Penelope." "No," said Fred. "I'm too—wet. You take her ashore, old chap, and I will be everlastingly obliged to you. I'll take your boat." Malarack was not at all reluctant to make the change, and soon had Penelope on terra firma. "Do let us walk under the trees," said Penelope. "So much has happened to me to-day that my nerves are quite on edge." Malarack assented. As they strolled along, Malarack suddenly turned and said: "Penelope, there is something I have wanted to say to you for a long while. I—" "Walt!" cried Penelope, with sudden decision. "Sit down on that bench." Malarack stared at her curiously and complied. "You won't fall off, will you?" asked Penelope. "Please put that parasol over your shoulder,' directed Penelope. Malarack did so, eyeing her rerviously. "Have you any sand in your pockets?" she suddenly demanded. "Penelope!" he began severely. "There! It's all right now," said Penelope, sinking down beside him. Malarack, after all, was the one she would have chosen, she thought. "You were going to say?" she said softly. "EM! Oh, yes," replied Malarack. "I have been waiting to tell you, as an old friend, that you really powder your nose too heavily. Now, I hope—good Heavens! Penelope, what ails you?" Penelope had fainted. For all its beauty, the lily of the valley is denounced by scientists on the ground that both the stalks and the flowers contain a poison. It is risky to put the stalks into one's mouth, as if the sap happens to get into even the thinnest crack in the lips it may produce swelling, often accompanied by pain. A Poisonous Beauty. CORN CROP CONDITIONS. Interesting Reports From Various Counties in Kansas The condition of the growing corn in Kansas, as stated by growers in the various counties, to the state board of agriculture, is reported by the secretary of the board in detail below: BARN-Corn in the river bottom is drowned out; with 12 to 18 inches of rain in the past month, prospect even on upland is discouraging. Conditions preciate. Many fields abandoned because of wet weather and weeds. Fifty per cent would be a high estimate of a possible crop. Conditions of forty years, prospects for corn in this county were never worse at simi- taneously. A half crop is not impossible. Not so good as a month ago. Corn in low- housed drowned out and many other fields weedy; prospect unusually discouraging. BARBER-Corn had never better outlook; growers generally well cultivated and clean. First class; plenty of moisture. BARN-Corn in excellent condition; would rate 10 per cent; much improved in past month. present prospect is continued we will biggest crop in the county's history. COFFEY—Corn poor; on bottom lands weedy and unsatisfactory; prospect since 1890; too much rain; conditions gradually declined in past thirty days. COMANCHE—Promise never before so good; conditions much improved, corn on upland prosperous and favorable for a good crop; on lowlands, however, it is not so good. CRAWFORD—Condition decreased 20 per cent in past thirty days on account of rains. Could not have a full crop unimproved; wet weather has wrought much damage. DECATUR—Prosperous; condition 100. Improvement noted in past thirty days. Wet weather has wrought many damages. corn has never been better; indications point toward a large crop. Much improvement noted in past thirty days by floods in bottoms. Cultivation out of the question; fields generally weedy. SUITA—Corn backward; some fields very weedy. A full crop could not be grown; fields not developed from now on. Unpromising; much upland corn even has not been cultivated from the fields of that on lowlands guided by floods. EDWARDS—Improved 20 per cent in past 30 days. Soil could not be better; plants flourishing. Fields well cultivated. ELK--Very poor; too wet and weedy. On box shelves almost failure; we be good on soil, but not on compost or varable; dry enough now for cultivating to begin. ELK--Never better, and ground is saturated with moisture sufficient for the next thirty days. Conditions decidedly favorable. ELLSWORTH--In excellent condition except in the few fields where weeds are怕 sun. Fruit crop. Condition in prosper stand in crop. Assessing. The ground is thoroughly soaked. ...BIVEY-Hundreds of acres not cultivated, which also likely diminished the area; cultivation out of the question, and weeds growing fast. Corn in bad shape; in need of weeds; where cultivated the plant is making good growth. Cannot expect better condition. SKELL-Small area planted; condition slightly improved. Corn flourishing. Prospect flattering. JACKSON-Situation improving; cultivation being pushed; all very weedy, very wet and much corn drowned out. JEFFERSON-Outlook gloomy; corn is heavily damaged by overflow, and frequent rains prevented cultivation. With future weather a half crop may be secured. JEWELL—Improved in past thirty years, and now a favorite, favorable. Some turning yellow because of too much rain and too little sunshine; some turning brown because of byweds; condition to per cent. Corn in fields well cultivated 100 per cent; corn in fields well cultivated 90 per cent; KEARNY—Improved conditions. Looking well. Fields clean and well cultivated. LABETTE-Three weeks of continuous rain; impossible to work the fields; very weedy and corn turning yellow; situation discouraging. LANE—Conditions much improved in past fifteen days; late but promising. CLEAVENWORTH—Hundreds of acres in lowlands ruined by rains and floods; that on uplands small and weedy. Situation improved in the past few days. Post-Graduate Tuitions. A Philadelphia street car conductor got 5 cents extra from me because I pulled the wrong bellcord. A gas company has secured more than one nickel out of my pocket because I or some of my household forgot to turn a certain little thing made to turn—Earl M. Pratt. Giant Clam. A clam recently taken from Greenwich Bay, Rhode Island, weighed an ounce over two pounds. Germany's Fire-Proof Wood. A successful method of making wood proof against both fire and decay is being introduced in Germany. The cells of the timber are emptied of air in a vacuum and filled with sulphate and borate of ammonia. Gave Name to Port Arthur. Port Arthur was named after LtLeutenant Commander Arthur of the British navy, who anchored his ship in the bay one cay about fifty years ago. His was the first foreign ship that had visited the bay. OTTAWA—Late and weedy on account of excessive wetness; can make 90 per cent of the crop dripping. Dittions. Situation better than thirty days; agar; corn excellent, especially in fields PAWNEE—improved wonderfully in past thirty days; growing finely. Mostly cultivated, and good rains since make prospects; looks favorable for a full crop. Frequent and weather warm. Finest in years; some tasselling. Prospects encouraging; general prospect much improved in the past thirty days. Crop full of promise. POT LAWATOMIE—Fair weather has improved situation. improved situation. PRATT—Good prospects. Would rank RAWLINS—Condition excellent; with favorable weather will have best crop in past thirty days. Great improvement in past thirty days. RENO—Average stand; plenty of moisture; does not mance the crop in this (southeastern) part of the county. Corn not promising here in northeastern Reno. Excessive rainfall and overtow; almost imminent drought; does not immeixture for fourteen days. On bottom lands in southeastern Reno. favorable conditions since have somewhat delayed its progress. REPUBLIC—Weather warm and corn mostly doing well; improved in past ten days. On account of heavy rains and overtow, does not mance the crop in normal condition, corn in this county at present would rate 110; indications point toward a bountiful crop, so favorable conditions during the past thirty days; stand good, growth medium, fields fairly clean, with except a little too wet in some places. RILEY—Outlook favorable. Stand is rering up; much is weedy, yet the plant has fine color and heavy, succulent stalk, now and on upland some beginning to tassel; fields weedy. Muca drowned out; many fields too wet. ROOKS-In splendid condition and never looked better. Prospects good, and planted. RUSH—is prosperous and of good color. RUSSELL-Aside from damage by hail in some fields, the sturm can惩able; in the past thirty days Prospects the very best; weather favorable. LINE-Excellent condition; could scarcely be better; some, however, is a little too wet and weedy. Outlook good; only drawback are weeds and too much rain. SCOTT-Prospects gratifying; plenty of moisture. SDGWICK-Corn prospering; never scarcely be better; some, however, is a good material in the past thirty days. AWNEE-Poor stand, wet weather, floods and lack of proper water. Corn improved in the past thirty days. Corn on upland looks well; that flooded is ruined, and many fields are weedy and too wet. Prospect much improved in past month. SHADMAN-Corn late but growing rapidly; situation improved. Corn in rain; cultivation badly needed and now is being pushed; outlook encouraging. In first-class condition; ground thoroughly and cultivation begun; now is being hired. STAFFORD-Conditions greatly improved in past thirty days; corn prosperous; nursery weedy but are now be- SUMNER -Neglected corn is in a pre- fect soil and is excellent and full of promise; ground thoroughly soaked. BETTER -had better prospects for a good corn crop. TREGO -most favorable I ever saw at the farm. WABAUNESE -One-third ruined by floods; 40 per cent of an average crop is a possible source to cultivate. Much corn amo- thered by weeds. Considerable replanted; look up favourable in most fields. Out- look up favourable. WALLACE—Conditions improved. Corn looking well. CONDITION—Condition good; growing very fast. About two weeks late; wet and some fields spotted, but all growing rapidly. Small and weedy; too wet for some fields; too wet looking fine, but ground a little too wet. WICHITA—Corn flourishing. WICHITA—Corn growing; prospect for not more than 20 per cent of a crop. will not yield one-fourth of a crop throughout the county. Floods ruined almost everything on bottom land and the soil, but a failure, conditions discouraging. WOODSON in shape; bad shape; of its way fields weedy and grassy; many abandoned. Too much water; a half crop may be bad. WYANDOTTE—Much corn has never been grown; poor prospect. Unpromising; small and weedy; too wet. Extremely ground; ground weedy and wet. Protection for Liberty bell. To protect the Liberty bell from fire while at the world's fair, the Pennsylvania commission has erected trackways from the rotunda of the Pennsylvania building to the roadway below, so that the bell may be taken from the building in short order. The cinematograph is being put to novel use by Paris surgeons in teaching students how to perform various surgical operations. Rubber Propagation. The various governments with tropical possessions in the East are studying the guttu perca and rubber situation with a view of determining proper methods of propagation and harvesting.—Electrical Review. Wealth in Ireland's Bogs. Sir Richard* Sankey estimates that Ireland basken contain the equivalent of 5,000,000,000 tons of coal, and he advocates creating power for varied industries by converting the fuel into electricity on the spot. A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morpultine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SANCUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed Almondine Rockets Salt Anise Seed Poppy Seed Bitterness Salt Worm Seed Clarified Sugar Mintygrass Phenom Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Sincile Signature of Gail H. Fletcher NEW YORK. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. THERE'S NO USE ARGUING Defiance Starch is the very best Starch made it's a fact. Hundreds will testify to it. Try it once yourself. We guarantee satisfaction or money back. You can't lose. Defiance Starch is absolutely free from chemicals. It makes the clothes look beautiful and will not rot them. Get it of your grocer. 16 ounces for 10 cents—one-third more than you get of any other brand. THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., OMAHA. NEB. USL THE BEST FAULTLESS STARCH FOR LAUNDRY WORK FOR SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS AND FINE UPHEN LEWIS'SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5' CIGAR ANNUAL SALE OVER 5,600,000 Your jobber or direct from Factory, Pearl, MI Her Way. A woman's way of saying to the minister that she would like to whale her boy, who has just knocked over the water pitcher, is to declare: "Dear little chap; he is so full of innocent spirits."—New York Press. Do You Want the Lowest Rates either one-way or round-trip excursion, to any point east of Chicago or St. Louis? Ask the Erie Railroad Company, 555 Railway Exchange, Chicago, for complete information. Three fast trains daily from Chicago and St. Louis through New York, Boston, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and other eastern points. Stop-over without charge at Niagara Falls, Cambridge Springs and Beautiful Chautauqua Lake. Some men are just naturally good husbands; they can't help it. They woulf if they could. The Hagenbeck Animal Paradise and Trained Animal Circus on the Pike at St. Louis attracts great crowds every day. We wild beasts, lions, leopards, pumas, hyenas, bears and tigers come to the museum to observe jungle together with domesticated animals in perfect harmony. The Hagenback trainers present the most thrilling in the steel cage of the hagenbeck. You should not fall to see it. It is the greatest attraction at the World's Fair. The less some people have to say the more talking they do. When Your Grocer Says he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance Starch is not only better than any other Cold Water Starch, but contains no artificial sweeteners for same money as 12 oz. brands. The duties we owe ourselves are generally performed first. FITS permanently cured. No site or nerveness after first day's use of Dr. King's Great New Yorker. Send to FREE $2.00 bottle and treatise. Dr. E. K. KLIN, Ltd, Mt. Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Some families keep a servant girl and several of her relations. W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 30, 1904 PIGO'S CURE FOR Best Lough syrup. Tastes good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. GONSUMETION The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chat. H. Flitchur. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. FREE to WOMEN A Large Trial Box and book of instructions absolutely free and Post-paid, enough to prove the value of Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic Paxtine is in powder form to dissolve in water - non-poisonous antiseptic peroxide antiseptic containing alcohol which irritates skin and has no cleaning properties. The contents of Paxtine are more Antiseptic Solution - lasts longer - and uses in the family and doesmoregoodthan any antiseptic preparation you can buy. Paxine is in powder form to dissolve in water, super-polish and fuse super-liquid antiseptics containing alcohol which irritates alcoholic skin and has no cleaning properties. The contents of every box mueses must be reused solution-lasts longer--goes further--has more bacteria does more good than antiseptic preparation you can buy. 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All agents sell tickets, win this line. Special low rates. HOW TO GET A HOME Send for a copy of pamphlet giving full information as to dates of opening and how to secure 100 acres of land at nominal cost, with full description of the soil, climate, timber and mineral resources, towns, schools and churches, opportunities for business openings, railway rates, etc., free on application W. B. KNISKERN, Passenger Traffic Manager, CHICAGO, ILL BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach