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THE WORLD'S FIRST WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM Mrs. L. C. Glover, Vice Pres. Milwaukee, Wis., Business Woman's Association, is another one of the million women who have been restored to health by using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: I was married for several years and no children blessed my home. The doctor said I had a complication of female troubles and I could not have any children unless I could be cured. He tried to cure me, but after experimenting for several months, my husband became disgusted, and one night when we noticed a testimonial of a woman who had been cured of similar trouble through the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, he went out and bought a bottle for me. I used your medicine for three and one half months, improving steadily in health, and in twenty-two months a child came. I cannot fully express the joy and thankfulness that is in my heart. Our home is a different place now, as we have something to live for, and all the credit is due to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Yours very sincerely, Mrs. L. C. GLOVER 614 Grove St. Milwaukee, Wis." Vice President, Milwaukee Business Woman's Assn. Women should not fail to profit by the experience of these two women; just as surely as they were cured of the troubles enumerated in their letters, just so certainly will Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure others who suffer from womb troubles, inflammation of the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous excitability, and nervous prostration; remember that it is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound that is curing women, and don't allow an druggist to sell you anything else in its place. An Indiana Lady Tells of a Wonderful Cure: — If there is anything in your case about which you would like special advice, write freely to Mrs. Pinkham. She can surely help you, for no person in America can speak from a wider experience in treating female illnes. Address is Lynn, Mass.; her advice is free and always correct. $5000 FORFEIT if we cannot forth with produce the original letters and signature of above testimonials, which will prove their absolute goniness. Lydia E. Pinkham M. L. Co., Lynn, Mass. PILFS NO MONEY TILL CURED. 27 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We send FREE and postpaid a 232-page treatise on Piles, Fibula and Diseases of the Pelvic Floor, written by a member of the American Institute of Meningitis. Oururl method, none paid a cent till cured - we furnish their names on application. DRS, THORNTON & MINOR. 2880 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. 63101. 1 If there is anything in your special advice, write freely to M you, for no person in America c in treating female ill. Address and always helpful. $5000 FORFEIT if we cannot for the above testimonial, which will p PILES NO MONEY We and FREE and postpait Restatements of Piano for our mild method, none pa DRS. THORNTON MUSIC LESSONS 4 Cts. Per Lesson PIANO or ORGAN BY MAIL. Chord of C shown by our method of teaching. The notes on the Music Staff. Notes played on fingerboard of piano or Organ. The simple illustration explains the method of teaching we will aid of a teacher. Full Course in 20 lessons at 4 cts. per class, including all instruction, and first LESSON SENT ON RECEIPT of 4 CTS. STAMPS. KICKET FUNNY CO. 410 Adaura Street, Tulsa, Ohio. FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE MIXED FARMING WHEAT RAISING RANCHING Three great pursuits have again shown wonderful results on the Free Homestead of Western this year. Mountain climate—farmers playing in their shirt seats in the middle of November. serves in the middle of November. "All are bound to be more than pleased with the results of the past season's harvests." — Extract. charles, markets convenient. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Immigration Office, No. 123 W. North Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Please say where you saw this advertisement. ALWAYS CALL FOR A CIGAR BY ITS NAME "CREMO" MEANS MORE THAN ANY OTHER NAME BROWN BANDS GOOD FOR PRESENTS "Largest Seller in the World." St. "Dear Mrs. Pinkham: It is a pleasure for me to write and tell what your wonderful medicine has done for me. I was sick for three years with change of life, and my physician thought a cancerous condition of the womb. During these three years I suffered untold agony. "I cannot find words in which to express my bad feelings. I did not expect to ever see another well day. I read some of the testimonials recommending your medicine and decided to write to you and give your treatment a trial. "Before I had taken half a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, I began to sleep. I have taken now six bottles and my well I can do all kinds of work."—MRS. LIZZIE HINKLE, Salem, Ind. your case about which you would like to be Mrs. Pinkham. She can surely helpica can speak from a wider experienceaddress is Lynn, Mass.; her advice is freeforth with produces the original letters and signatures ofwill prove their originality. Lydia E. Pinkham M.E.I. Co., Lynn, Mass. NEY TILL CURED. 27 YEARS ESTABLISHED.and postpaid a 232-page treatise on Piles, Fliatosis and Diseases ofthe page illus. freatiss. on Diseases of Women. Of the thousand cured bynons paid a centill. cured—we furnish their names on application. TONN & MINOR. 300 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo.and 300 Oak St. Kansas City, Mo. Vital Statistics of Germany. In Germany only 413 out of 1,000 males reach the age of fifty years, while more than 500 out of 1,000 females reach that age. You never lose any of your sorrow by shedding sour looks. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Iaching Blind. Bleeding or Protratising Piles. Your dragon will revert to number 1 of PLAO ONTMENT falls to cure you in 6 to 14 days. 500 A man may have enough money to keep him out of heaven and still not have enough to get into society. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot sell any other starch. Many a young man who thinks he is a girl's intended is only her pretended. BABY'S TERRIBLE SORE Body Raw With Humor—Caused Untold Agony—Doctor Did No Good —Cuticura Cured at Once. "My child was a very delicate baby. A terrible sore and humor broke out on his body, looking like raw flesh, and causing the child untold agony. My physician prescribed various remedies, none of which helped at all. I became discouraged and took the matter into my own hands, and tried Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with almost immediate success. Before the second week had passed the soreness was gone, not leaving a trace of anything. Mrs. Jeannette H. Block, 281 Rosedale St. Rochester, N. Y." The Poor Dog Is Gone. Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard and rubbered. The cupboard was bare. She looked mournfully at her poor dog. Then an idea struck her. And she had sausage for supper.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. For Soreness and Stiffness From cold, hard labor or exercise, relaxes the stiffness and the sore- ness disappears. Price, 25c. and 50c. W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 2, 1900 BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds. --- HIS FONDEST WISH ```markdown ``` THE NIGHT RUN OF THE OVERLAND By ELMORE ELLIOTT PEAKE. IN THREE PARTS. PART I. Copyright by McClure, Phillips & Co. It snowed. The switch lamps at Valley Junction twinkled faintly through the swirling flakes. A broad band of light from the night operator's room shot out into the gloom, and it, too, was thickly powdered. Aside from this, the scattered houses of the little hamlet slept in darkness—all save one. Through the drawn curtains of a cottage which squatted in the right angle formed by the intersecting tracks, a hundred yards or more from the station, a light shone dully. Inside, a young woman with a book in her lap sat beside a sick-bed. On the bed lay a young man of perhaps thirty, They were not of the type which prevailed in Valley Junction. The rugged strength of the man, which shone through even the pallor of sickness, was touched and softened by an unmistakable gentleness of birth, and the dark eyes which rested motionless upon the further wall, were thoughtful and liquid with intelligence. The young woman was yet more striking. Her loose gown, girdled at the waist with a tasseled cord, only half concealed the sturdy, sweeping lines of the form beneath. Her placid, womanly face was crowned with a mass of burnished auburn hair. Her blue eyes, now fixed solicitously upon her husband's face, were dark with what seemed an habitual earnestness of purpose, and her sweet mouth drooped seriously. After a moment, though, she shook off her pensive mood. "What are you thinking of, dear?" she asked, with a brightening face. "Of you," answered her husband, gravely, tightening his grasp upon the hand she had slipped into his. "Comparing your life in this wretched place, Sylvia, with what it was before I married you; and thinking of that wonderful thing called 'love,' which can make you content with the change." The young woman for a little held herself in a kind of breathless tension, her hand upon his further temple, her full, passionate lips pressed tight against his cheek. "Not content, my heart's husband, but happy," she whispered, ecstatically. After a moment she lifted herself and quietly smoothed her ruffled hair, "I mustn't do that again," she said demurely. "The doctor said you were not to be excited. Only this, Ben, papa will forgive us some day. He's good. Just give him time. Some day you'll put away your dear, foolish pride, and let me write to him and tell him where we are—no matter if he did forbid it. And he'll write back, take my word for it, and say, 'Come home, children, and be forgiven.' But whether he does or not, I tell you, sweetheart, I would sooner flutter about this little dovecote of ours, and ride on the engine with you than be mistress of the finest palace papa's money can build." The spell was broken by the distant scream of a locomotive, half-drowned in the howling wind. Sylvia glanced at the clock. "There's the Overland," she murmured. "She's three minutes late. The wind is dead against her. Some day, dear," she added, fondly, "you will hold the throttle of that engine." They listened in silence to the dull roar of the on-coming train. But instead of the usual thunderous burst as the train swept by, and the trembling of earth, they heard the grinding of brakeshes, the whistle of the air, and then, in the lull which followed, the "What are you thinking of, dear?" she asked. thumping of the pump, like some great excited heart. The sick man threw his wife a started glance, and she sprang to the front window and drew back the curtain. She was just turning away again, when there came a quick, imperative rap at the door. Sylvia fung the door wide open, revealing three men, the foremost of whom she recognized as the night operator at the Junction. "Mrs. Fox," he began with nervous haste, "this is the general superintendent. Mr. —" "My name is Howard, madam," said the official for himself, unceremoniously pushing forward. "We are in trouble. Our engineer had a stroke of apoplexy fifteen miles back, and I want your husband to take this rain. I know he's sick, but—" "But he's too sick, sir, to hold his head up! Sylvia exclaimed aghast. "What's the trouble?" called Fox, sharply, from his bed. An instant's hush fell over the little group at the door, and then they all, "I will go," she said in a low voice. as if moved by one impulse, filed quickly back to the sick room. "Mr. Fox, I hate to ask a sick man to get out of bed and pull a train," began the general superintendent, hurriedly, "but we’re tied up here hard and fast, and every minute that train stands there the company loses a thousand dollars. If you can pull her through to Stockton, and will, it will be the best two hours’ work that you ever did. I will give you five hundred dollars." Fox had at first risen to his elbow, but he now sank back, dizzy and trembling from weakness. "I can’t do it, Mr. Howard! I’m not sick!” he exclaimed bitterly. "If it weren’t a physical impossibility! If I weren’t too dizzy to hold my head up—" He broke off abruptly and pressed his hand in a dazed way to his brow. Then he fixed his excited eyes upon his wife. The other men followed his gaze, plainly regarding him as out of his head. But Sylvia turned pale and leaned against the wall for support. She had caught her husband’s meaning. "She'll take the train, sir!" exclaim Fox, eagerly, "and she'll take it through safe. She knows an engine as well as I and every inch of the road. Sylvia, you must go. It is your duty." The superintendent gasped and starred at the young woman. She stood with her dilating eyes fastened upon her husband, her chest rising and falling, and blood red tongues of returning color shooting through her cheeks. Yet even in that critical moment something in Sylvia's eye—something hard and stubborn—fixed the skeptical superintendent's attention. Sylvia, with twitching nostrils and swelling throat, turned upon him almost desperately. "I will go," she said, in a low voice, "but someone must stay here with him." "This young man will attend to all that, never fret," cried Howard gally, turning to the night operator. Sylvia returned from an inner room after an absence of scarcely sixty seconds. She bore herself with the firm, subdued mien of one who knows the gravity; of her task, yet has faith in herself for its performance. One of her husband's caps was drawn tightly over her thick hair and she had slipped into a short walking skirt. Without hesitation she stepped to the bedside and kissed her husband goodby. Diamonds by the Handful Diamonds by the Hancock. "If you admire such things, probably these will interest you," said Mr. George Davies, of Johannesburg, South Africa, to a Post reporter, at the Shoreham, as he took from his pocket a handful of sparkling diamonds of various sizes which he had brought with him from his distant home. "A moderate estimate of their worth," said he, "is $60,000. I have been a collector for years, and yet I never have had any of my jewels set, nor do I care to wear them in any fashion. I may also add they are not for sale, and I had rather add to my collection than diminish it."—Washington Post. Remus Explains. Remus—"Yaas, mah wife soaked me on de updah lip." Judge—"Did you see her when she hit you?" Remus—"Ah ought to, boss; didn't she do it right undah mah nose?" Roger Bacon (1214-94) may have foreseen the possibility of making dynamite and other powerful explosives when he wrote the following words: " small portion of matter, about the size of the thumb, properly disposed, will make a tremendous sound and coruscation, by which cities and armies might be destroyed." Taught Carp Meaning of Words A Spanish naturalist, Dr. Ribera, has proved that fish can hear and distinguish sounds and words. Concealing himself behind a bush he taught the carp in a pond to come to the surface for food every time he spoke a certain sentence. To other words, not associated with feding, they paid no attention. Rarest American Book The rarest American book is the New England Primer, "the little Bible of New England," as it has been called, which is so rare that the earliest printed editions have vanished, no one knowing, indeed, when and where the first edition was actually issued. New Divorce Rule. Unpaid costs in divorce actions in the Preble, Ohio, county courts aggregate an immense sum and the members of the Preble county bar have supplied the remedy. Hereafter litigants will be required to deposit casts in full when suit is entered. Car vs. Auto A rather amusing thing occurred at Bridgeport recently, which shows the power of automobiles. An auto struck a trolley car and the front wheels of the latter were thrown off the track. The macrine lost a guard, but aside from that suffered no damage. Put Blame on Printers One of Browning's remarks is characteristic. He once said to Dr. Knight "that all the unintelligibility of 'Sordello' is due to the printers. They would change my punctuation and not print my comas, semicolons, dashes and brackets." Woman's Inconsistency: Many of those women who say that beautifying is foolish are living contradictions of their own statements. ALL DONE OUT. Veteran Joshua Heiler, of 706 South Walnut street, Urbana, ill., says: "In the fall of 1899, after taking Doan's Kidney Pills I told the readers of this paper that they had relieved me of kidney trouble, disposed of a lame back with pain across my loins and beneath the shoulder blades. During the interval which has elapsed I have had occasion to resort to Doan's Kidney Pills when I noticed warnings Kidney Pills I told the readers of this paper that they had relieved me of kidney trouble, disposed of a lame back with pain across my joins and beneath the shoulder blades. During the interval which has elapsed I have had occasion to resort to Doan's Kidney Pills when I noticed warnings of an attack. On each and every occasion the results obtained were just as satisfactory as when the pills were first brought to my notice. I just as emphatically endorse the preparation to-day as I did over two years ago." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., proprietors. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. Binks—Skinnem tells me he is going into Catchem's law office as a partner. Doesn't he mean as an accomplice? She—Did you ever take your automobile apart to see how it worked? He—Well, not exactly. I have taken it apart to see how it didn't work. A Bargain. If you wish to buy a bargain, all you have to do is get a bottle of Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin, and use it at the least sign of headache, dizziness, constipation, billiousness, indigestion, etc. This small investment will be the best bargain you ever bought, for it will bring you health at a nominal cost. Try it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. "Young Dr. Swift calls every day on the little widow." "Dear me! Is she as ill as all that?" "No, but she is as pretty as all that."—Ex. Foodie—My dear girl, I have a little more sense than you give me credit for. Mrs. Foodie—I am glad of that—for your sake!—Illustrated Bits. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury. Serpents' Glass Eyes Snakes may almost be said to have glass eyes, inasmuch as their eyes never close. They are without lids and each is covered with a transparent scale, much resembling glass. When the reptile casts its outer skin scales come off with the rest of the transparent envelope out of which the snake slips. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 18 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put in ¼-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12 oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. MEDICAL EXAMINER Of the United States Treasury Recommends Pe-ru-na. Another Prominent Physician Uses and Endorses Pe-ru-na. DR. LLEWELLY JORDAN, Medical Examiner of the U. S. Treasury Department, graduate of Columbia College, and who served three years at West Point, has the following to say of Peruna: "Allow me to express my gratitude to you for the benefit derived from your wonderful remedy. One short month has brought forth a vast change and I now consider myself a well man after months of suffering. Fellow sufferers, Peruna will cure you." A constantly increasing number of physicians prescribe Peruna in their practice. It has proven its merits so thoroughly that even the doctors have overcome their prejudice against so-called patent medicines and recommend it to their patients. Peruna occupies a unique position in medical science. It is the only internal systemic catarrh remedy known to the medical profession today. Catarrh, as everyone will admit, affects the diseases which affect mankind. Catarrh catarrhal diseases afflict one-half of the people of United States. Robert R. Roberts, M. D., Washington, D. C., writes: "Through my own experience as well as that of many of my friends and acquaintances who have been treated by our refuted catarrh by the use of Hartman's Peruna, I can confidently recommend it to those suffering from such disorders, and have no hesitation in prescribing it to my patients."—Robert R. Roberts. Catarrh is a systemic disease curable only by systemic treatment. A remedy that cures catarrh must aim at the mucous membranes of the centers. This is what Peruna does. Peruna immediately invigorates the nerve-centers which give vitality to the mucous membranes. Teen catarrh The Foolish Dictionary *Auxiliary - A bottonless 'nake' surrounded by six sighted friends.* *Auxiliary - A modern pod rooting £4 more than the old-fashioned stomach ache.* Champagne—The stuff that makes the world go round. Critic—A wet blaket that soaks everything it touches. Engagement—In war, a battle. In love, the salubrious calm that precedes the real hosilies. Home—Where the mortgage is. Hosiery—Woman's excuse for walking in the wet. Man-About-Town—One who is on speaking terms with the head waiter. Mine—A hole in the ground owned by a liar. Telegram—A form of correspondence sent by a man in a hurry, and carried by a boy in sleep—Brooklyn Eagle. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Nyrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures what colic. Ecabottle It takes a college graduate about twenty years to learn how little he knows. "Dr. David Kennedy's favorite Remedy gave me prompt and complete relief from dyspepsia and liver arrangement." B. J. Trowbridge, Harlan, N.Y. The latest sanitary mattress is said to be stuffed with breakfast food. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure—J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn. Jan. 6, 1900. Hearty Appetites of Birds A redstart has been kninned to eat 600 flies an hour, and a blackcap has destroyed 2,000 green flies from a rose bush in a green house in a few hours. The wren feeds her young thirty-six times an hour. Before selecting the seed be sure of your soil. If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. Mr. Jones.—My daughter is only eighteen. You had better wait until she is older. The lover—Well, Ixre waited two years for her to get older, but she still stays at eighteen.—Judge. Many Children Are Sickly Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, cure Feveriness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms. At all Drugsists. 22c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Many who formerly smoked 100 cigars, now smoke Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 36 cigar. The best combination of the best tobacco. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Highwayman—How much money have you got? Holdup—I couldn't guess. Highwayman—You can't guess the amount? Holdup—No. Highway man—Then give it up. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Also the New "HOT SPRINGS" arrive in Hot Springs to Break and Chair Cars to Ft. Smith. For Pueblo, Denver and Pacific Coa For Joplin and Way Stations To Lexington, Sedalia and Way Leavenworth, Atchison and St. Josep For Kiowa, Wichita and Way Sta For Local Coupon Tickets, Sleep UNION DEPOT OR C Also the New "HOT SPRINGS SPECIAL," leaving at 12:01 Noon; arrive in Hot Springs to Breakfast. Through Sleepers, Diners and Chair Cars to Ft. Smith, Little Rock and Hot Springs. For Pueblo, Denver and Pacific Coast Points at 10:40 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. For Joplin and Way Stations 2:25, 9:45 a. m. and 7:40 p. m. For Local Coupon Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths and all information call at 901 MAIN STREET. E. S. JEWETT, Passenger and Ticket Agent. --- Dr. L. Lovellus Jorden Medical Examiner United States Treasury. disappears. Then catarrh is permanently cured. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartmann, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Lartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. One Advantage. Rimer—Do you really prefer to have long poems sent in to you rather than short ones? Editor—Yes. When they're long, you see, I don't have to think up any other excuse for rejecting them—Philadelphia Press. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Charles H. Peltcher. In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. A warm handshake may do more than a cold handout. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water KIDDER'S PASTILLES, STOWELL & CO., Mfrs. A Save relief for Asthma. Sold by all Druggists, or by mail, 30 cents. Charlestown, Mass. MEXICAN Mustang Liniment cures Cuts, Burns, Bruises. ( Every housewife gloats over finely starched linen and white goods. Conceit is justifiable after using Defiance Starch. It gives a stiff, glossy whiteness to the clothes and does not rot them. It is absolutely pure. It is the most economical because it goes farthest, does more and costs less than others. To be had of all grocers at 16 oz. for 10c. THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO. OMAHA, NEB. Winter Service 1904 and 1905 6 TRAINS DAILY TO ST. LOUIS. For Omaha and Lincoln, 9 a. m. and 10:20 p. m. For Paola, Garnett, Neodesha, Independence and Coffeyville 9:55 a. m. and 10:30 p. m. SPECIAL," leaving at 12:01 Noon; breakfast. Through Sleepers, Diners h. Little Rock and Hot Springs. Fast Points at 10:40 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. s 2:25, 9:45 a. m. and 7:40 p. m. Stations, 5:45 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. eph, 5:45, 9:00, 10:50 a. m. and 6:00 p. m. stations, 12:01, noon, and 10:30 p. m. Piping Car Berths and all information call at CITY TICKET OFFICE, MAIN STREET. enger and Ticket Agent. One Advantage.