State Ledger

THE STATE LEDGER By F. L. JELTZ. TOPEKA, KANSAS Col. Greene declares that he lost $4,000,000 in less than a week. Who got it? Saxony's new king is very hard up. He has only $887,500 a year, with six young children to support. A war correspondent says many of the Japanese private soldiers are nutty. All of them seem to be tough nutty. Pepper is reported to be selling for $3 a pound in the Klondike. The natives are probably not doing any sneezing. H. H. Rogers is in a position to prove that it is a mistake to suppose that a man who has $75,000,000 can do as he pleases. Tom O'Brien, king of the gold brick men, died the other day in a French prison. The queen of the tribe is in jail at Cleveland. It will be remembered that those persons who tried to have fun with young Gould's celebrated grandparent generally came to grief. An Ohio burglar remained concealed under a piano while a girl played for an hour. He was punished enough and ought to be turned loose. People in large towns live three and a half years longer than people in the country. But if they live so much faster where is the advantage? "Shall women run push carts?" asks a New York paper. If women must operate push carts, perhaps they should be limited to pushing them. Countess Cassini, the daughter of the Russian ambassador, has been poisoned by something she has eaten, but a Japanese plot is not suspected. Mr. Morgan showed poor judgment in paying $6,000 for the oldest piano in the world. He could have got one every bit as bad for a great deal less money. Arthur Sawtelle of Oakland, Me., is 20 years old and has just been shot accidentally for the fifth time. One might think he would be gun-shy by this time. The Moscow zemstvo has decided to quit and go home. It's a wise zemstvo that knows when there's no use hanging around and running up board bills. Harvard may not win very often at football or rowing, but when it comes to chess, it is Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Yale. Now for the ping-pong championship. It is not true that Arthur F. Duffey, the spinner, is going to Australia to get points from the festive kangaroo. He is going to show the "no fear" fellows how to travel. A town named Hohokus in New Jersey has produced another Mrs. Chadwick. The village should petition the legislature for authority to change its name to Hocus Pocus. A nude man on the top of a heap of snow and armed with nothing but a crow-bar kept a dozen New York policemen at bay for half an hour. He must have been a cool one. Maine's official game record shows that 4,471 deer, moose and bears were shot during the past season. The rest of the sport was furnished by six men who were mistaken for deer. A pretty girl kissed Senator Cullom the other day for saving her lover from going to the Philippines. Does anybody wonder that a senatorship is considered such a desirable berth? The Japanese art of jiu-jitsu, it appears, is difficult of acquirement. It cannot be learned in a few easy lessons or from a correspondence school, as cooking or the French language can. A visiting English earl finds an American murder trial very interesting. It is good to find earls interested in other things in America than the bank account of a marriageable young woman. --- Down at Salem, Mass., a woman has sued for divorce because her husband kicked her with his wooden leg. He will no doubt set up the plea that he couldn't stand on his wooden leg and kick her with the other. Dona Maria Francisco O'Reilly de Camara, Countess of Buena Vista, is suing to recover the hereditary Havana monopoly of slaughtering cattle. A name like hers would make a great sign over a slaughter house. A German court has decided that poker is not a game of chance. It certainly isn't when an innocent stranger sits down to take a hand "in a friendly little game" operated by gentlemen who depend on it for a living. It is a pleasure to learn that all the soldiers in the vicinity of Mukden now have shoes. There are a great many things funnier than going barefoot in a country where snow and ice conspire to hide the green grass under about two feet of chilliness. The Bishop of London recently received a £5 note from an undertaker who contributed it as a thank offering because business had been so brisk. Why should there be any further doubt about the Englishman's possession of the sense of humor. The news about the western railroad man who has resigned a $30,000 place that he has held for fourteen years, to accept a $15,000 place on another railroad, is also interesting as a reminder that there are big salaries paid to able man outside of politics. --- Message of Gov. Hoch to the Legislature TOPEKA, KAN.-Governor E. W. HITCHCOX address to the Kansas legislature: Love of country and pride of state are twin sentiments born of a royal parenthood. He who does not cherish these sentiments does not belong to this fine family, and "Fit for treasures, stratagems and spoils." Happily, to the Kansan state pride is a gift from any angle and the result is pleasing. mantic history, its limitless resources, its matchless landscapes, its exhilarating cliffs, its dramatic mountains, stimulate state pride and find ready response in the glowing hearts of its enlightened never dowered a land with a richer heritage than that which He has lavished and the omnipotent Artist never painted it, than those which arch these pretty and charming. The history of the state reads like a romance. Its original limits extended far into the Rockies. Pike's Peak was a day's part of the Great American Desert, fit only for the habitation of wild lands as part of the Great American Desert, covered its treeless plains in search of a fabulous field of gold, but found it in its territorial days Kansas was the initial battleground of the conflicting ideas of government which clashed at the maxed at Appatomax. its sturdy pioneers "Crossed the prairies, as of old our father. To make the West, as we the East, the of the free. It wasChristianity, the altar of self-sacrifice and baptized in the blood of the missionaries, it furnished more soldiers for the 60s than any other state, in proportion to population, and the courage of the 60s than any other state, in fatality which exceeded that of any other state, but it has also illustrated the "Peace has her victories no less renowned than war. The state has been marvelous, unequaled, perhaps, in EDWARD WALLACE HOCH. [Name] J. B. Who Became Governor of Kansas Monday. the history of states. Her agricultural products have escaped all competitors, and the other subterranean wealth distance all rivals. Kansas, not a Western state. Let us usehouse our own minds of this prevalent fallacy. Draw a line south and north, and east and west, across the United States, and across Kansas. Kansas is the central state. it is the rich, juicy meat in the national sandwich. But the great diversity of a state is not measured by its territorial extent, nor by its material resources, but by its code of laws and by the character of its people. Now the cry cryed in better government, or flowered in a higher citizenship. illiteracy has found its lowest percentage here, and crime its most meager status. but there is a diversity of w details of such a measure from such a measure especially free from reason namely: That the party presides substantially the same gee those which govern the gee that the law against perjury in the United States, and against the military safeguards now throw general election should gua ballot box. Personally, I vote at a party primary identified himself with this last general election, because the people cry cryed in better government, or flowered in a higher citizenship. illiteracy has found its lowest percentage here, and crime its most meager status. this kind of political jugg To be called by the confidence of such a people to the executive chair in such a cover, but my fellow citizens, great honors come freighted with great responsibilities. From the best of all Books come rightfully expected of those to whom much is given. The measure of responsibility is the measure of opportunity, and the measure of success. In robs this occasion of all incentive to self-glorification and clothes it with supreme solemnity. In hours like this it is always to remember Fope's tremendous truth. "Honor and shame from no conditions rise: **Act well thy part—there all the honor lies.** The distinguished gentlemen who have preceded me in this office have enriched the state with a record of personal and official conduct in the commonwealth, which is at once an example and inspiration to me. To my immediate predecessors and to the commonwealth, and to the institutions for personal courtesies, and I shall follow him and his accomplished wife to their own place, the best possible happiness and a moment I am sure which is shared by all the people of the state. I am indebted to the people of this great commonwealth for the distinguished honor they have conferred upon me. I enter upon the discharge of my duties and the unpaid office painfully conscious of my own inadequacy to the task before me, unaware of the generous forebearance and helpfulness of the people of this state with whom I have served, and the years and depending, particularly for wisdom and guidance upon Him who governs governors and rules in all the states of the commonwealth, to justice take the oath of office as governor of the state of Kansas. GOVERNOR E. W. HOCH. He Gives Valuable Pointers on Important Matters --- the public prints which are of great public notoriety, concerning the business in the legislature, that a thorough and impartial investigation of the public records These charges and discussions are assented only to imperfection of public accounting, to the failure toIVATE character on one band and the state's interest on the other are too sacred and inaccurate and uncertainty. It is my purpose, if aided by your generous assistance, to have an examination made of the public records and complete that no doubt will remain as to the real condition of things when they are in the public records may safely be said that whatever may be the facts as to the more serious matters in the State departments is very imperfect and needs improvement. To subserve all the requirements of an appropriation of not less than $10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary to make the examination and improvement Primary Law In a republic like ours, where sovereignty inheres in its private citizenship, there are ministers of the popular will, politicians of the popular will, politicians of the essential part of the machinery of government. Since we must commit to us through parties, it must have its initiative in party primaries where candidates are selected. The primary then is the beginning of government, and the stream is determined by the character of the candidate rather than the puerer than its source. It would seem strange to a thoughtful person that while we carefully guard the ballot box of the electorate, we little attention to the real source of elective power—the place where candidates are perpetrated with impunity. The importance, therefore, of a primary election is that it is the foundation of popular government as the regular election is now guarded by law would seem to need no argument. In an empirical proposition that such a law is needed, 1910 but there is a diversity of views as to the details of such a measure. Some general features, however, would seem be particularly namely: That the party primaries should all be held upon the same day and under substantially the same general conditions as the party primaries, that the law against perjury should obtain here as there; and that all the ordinary safeguards now drawn around the law against perjury should be identified himself with that party at the last general election, because one of the of the present system is that members of the party should be juggled by candidates upon another ticket often for the express purpose of having a weak ticket in opposition to the party's course, prevented, if possible, in any new system that may be adopted. Many states have the most recent one being the state of Wisconsin. Among the provisions of the law is practically providing under the election of United States Senators by the people (a consummation devoutly to be understood as a vote) that candidates for that office must run for nomination at the primary level, which the primary will be recommended to the Legislature as the party's nominee. Of course, this recommendation is not common in the United States provides that Senators shall be chosen by the Legislature, but the United States provides that Senators would be found which would disobey the wishes of the people thus expressed. I sincerely trust that this subject will be resolved. A wise bill will be finally agreed upon and promptly enacted into law. Congressional Re-Appointment The re-appointment of the state into congressional districts is one of the imperative duties of this legislature. The last territorial appointment was made in 1800, and the district was filled to a representation of seven in 1800. In 1800 a new congressman was allotted to Kansas under congressional appointment, and in 1803 he was represented by a congressman-at-large. Successive legislatures have failed to perform their duty in the re-appointment of the state into congressional districts. The earnestly honored legislature will not neglect this duty. Good Roads. Perhaps no modern movement is of which we are most interested than that which is commonly known as the "Good Roads Movement." The public public厚oughtraises is everywhere maintained; greens has taken definite action in the form of substantial aid; the public prints are full of discussions on the subject, while the public has advanced substantial ideas into law. The subject is one of great importance, especially to the public, and the matter of convenience but of practical financial value. This matter should receive your most careful and favorable attention. Civil Service The platform upon which a majority of the members of this legislature were elected favored the application of reasonable civil service rules to the employees of state institutions. With the principle involved I am in heart accord, and will be gud to co-operate with the legislature in any reasonable enactment along this line. The subject of irrigation is constantly booming into greater importance. The pressent has dismised the subject with the influence of his great name, and with frequent expressions of his interest in it. He has advanced steps and is now lending powerful aid to its practical promotion. This is, vitally concerned in this matter, and whatever aid you can render to the advancement of the irrigation cause either directly through state legislation or indirectly by influence upon congress and our delegates in that body, should be promptly rendered. A reform has long been needed in refresher training done for this state. It needs reform. State Fishery. I think the fish and game interests should be consolidated and one man empowered to look after both of them. The fish and game interests should be remedied as far as the law can control it. The practice of non-residents coming into the state and killing our fish and game interests not be too speedily stopped, and as a means to this reform I recommend the practice upon non-resident sportmen who yield their vocation within our borders. School Lands. The attention of the legislature is particularly called to a matter of great importance. There are yet unnamed land possessors. There are yet unnamed lands approximating one million acres, located chiefly in the western half of the state, and many others are on the market at the minimum price of $1.25 per acre. It is a matter of common interest that we仕as lands are owned by other sections of the state have greatly enhanced in value during the last four or five years, and that we仕as lands are in for three years. These school lands should either be withdrawn from the market or the price at which they will be sold will be increased in growth and development of that county. Tax Revision Every session of the Kansas legislature for many years has been called upon to review the system of assessment and taxation. The imperfections are universally recognized and its inadequacy to the needs of the state generally con- The inequalities under the present system in the various sections of the state, even in counties adjacent to each other, are flairless and ridiculous, while the whole state suffers in reputation abroad as well as in practical effect at home by this imperfect system of assessment and the agency, are flairless and ridiculous, while it now exists provides for the assessment of property at its full value, the entire assessed value of all the personal property in the state, and the secrecy reports the value of farm products and live stock for the year at $367,301,000, and there are many other forms of personal property not included in these figures. Not only does this assessment not report the value of farm products, it makes itself insignificant abroad, but it makes our rate of taxation appear so enormously high as to frighten homeseekers, and to deter infidels. I facts. I think it no exaggeration to say that the real value of the personal property of the state is at least six times its state great injustice abroad, and give the outside world no proper conception of financial conditions here. In addition to these absurd valuations, purposely made to frighten homeseekers, the state, many millions of dollars worth of personal property escapes taxation altogether. If this legislature can devise two results, namely: the honest listing of personal property for the purpose of taxation, and the taxation of it at its real value when listed, it will have done its predecessors have tried in vain to do. Labor. Gas and Oil. The marvelous development of the gas and oil resources of the state impose a duty upon this legislature which no foreign state can impose threats to job our people of the chief benefits of this great endowment and appropriate the profits to itself. How should we deal with the people and secure them its greatest benefits is a serious problem. Bailroads No single material interest of the state is of greater importance than the railroad interests. Their assessed value is less than that of the personal property in the state. They have been powerful factors in the up-building of Kansas. They are a vital part of our industrial system. Every industry presents the importance and every reasonable individual recognizes their rights. No demagogic attacks on them in legislative halls, or out of the office, are allowed, all while this is true, it is your duty, on the other hand, to see that the interests and rights of the people are protected who from time to time get in control of these great and necessary corporations. Temperance. The manufacture and sale of intoxicants is a legitimate subject of governmental concern, because the evils growing out of their use are universally recognized. The growth of temperance is the most hopeful signs in this direction is the attitude toward the drink habit now sustained by the great corporations. Dykes and Drainage. The subject of dykes and drainage will doubtless be presented for your consideration. Their importance have been emphasized during the past few years. Under present statutes the land restricts the land use, is less impossible for farmers in the low lands and valleys subject to inundation, to get relief without additional legislation, Educational Institutions. Every citizen of the state will be gratified to know that the education institutions are a in flourishing condition. Each institution serves to serve their great needs, and I am sure you will deal generously with them. No money is better spent than that in education, and the equipment of our educational institutions. From the report of the warden of the penitentiary you will learn that in that institution the past two fiscal years there has been returned to the state in cash and in products, which if sold in the great open market would be a greater sum than the amount apportioned by the state for the expense account. This is certainly a gratifying achievement of the management of the board of directors that each state institution shall pay cash for what it receives from each other state institution. In the language, "more clearly show the correct receipts and expenditures of each one." Manual Training School. The new Manual Training auxiliary to the State Normal school, provided for by the last legislature, is now in successful operation at Pittsburg, have been appointed by the state for the year, and commend, from personal observations the work being done there. Charitable Institutions The nine institutions known as the State Charities are especially worthy of your fostering care, and I commend to you the efforts of the port of the board of trustees and the recommendations which they make to you. Under the able management of Prof. W. T. Vernon the Quindaro school is an institution which merits your liberal support. The Girls' Industrial school at Beloit, and the Boys' Industrial school at Topeka, are institutions which appeal strongly to every sympathetic heart. Soldiers' Home. Kansas patriotism and gratitude have found beautiful expression in the Solomon Islands, cozy cottages, several hundred battle scarred veterans, upon whose heads have fallen the snows which melt not away, the children who have been children, patiently await the bugle call across the river. The state has made efforts to their comfort and should make many more. Mother Bickerdike Home. A kindred institution more pathetic, if possible, in its character than this, is the Mother Bickerseme Home for Soldiers' Widows at Ellsworth; but, I am sorry to learn from numerous sources that this institution has been somewhat neglected by the state. I call your attention to the Mother Bickerdike home, and its Live Stock Sanitary Board. There appears to be a great diversity of views among stockmen as to the practical value to the state, or to their interests particularly, of this board. Some content them with the idea that they should other insist that it has no value at all and should be abolished. I hope you will give the whole subject careful investigation. Line 2: "the war with Spain forbly illusorized the value of an organized military force ready for emergency. The National Guard of this state is composed of a splendid body of young men, finely officiered. They should be the pride of the nation, and entirely worthy of legislative liberality." Insurance. The state superintendent of insurance, Hon. C. H. Luling, follows the example of his predecessor in recommending the creation of a fire insurance company of property from fire, the incumbent to be known as the state fire marshal. Statisticians assert that the fire insurance companies provide the state fire insurance company 1963 amounting to 317,000. They also assert that more than one-third of the property lost by fire was not insured, so that the fire losses in the year amounted to two million dollars. Insurance rates are entirely too high in this state, relatively much higher than in other states, and people seem to have no protection against the cupidity of insurance companies. There is practically no competition in the business, and no present pretense of a commercial project are evaded and practically annulled. Agriculture and Horticulture. Kansas is pre-eminently an agricultural state, and has long recognized the importance of this branch of its industry. The state has been a leader of the State Board of Agriculture. That board, under the able management of the state's agricultural department, has been a calculable benefit to the state, and the work has been so greatly appreciated abroad that the people of other states have followed suit as a pattern for their own. The efficiency of this valuable and necessary department of state should be maintained by liberal appropriations at your hands. The ladies of the Daughters of the American Revolution will ask you to pass a law, in harmony with that already upon the statute books of many other states, to prevent the desecration of the flag, and I heartily indorse their efforts. Pure Food. No subject is of more vital importance to all the people than the subject of public service. The public service to the people of this state than in the preparation and passage of a good government. The governor, speaking of public boards, advocated the abolishment of the grain grading commission, and asked the governor to consider thinks the state obate of medical registration should be consolidated with the state barber board, or extending the usefulness of the board to smaller places, smaller cities, and smaller state board of education, and the state text book commission should be consolidated. The governor has much to say about the building of a state and believes that the state should have broad lines wherever possible. There should be no sinecures and the people should be able for their benefit. He advocates a legislative commission visiting a number of other states than Kansas for pointers. Miscellaneous Appropriations. At the last election an amendment to the constitution was adopted authorizing the governor to strike out any appropriations in which .. was included. For obvious reasons the legislature should pass what is known as the Miscellaneous Appropriation bill early in the session to give the governor the power to approve items. If the necessity for other miscellaneous appropriations develops they can be included in a supplemental bill near the end of the year. A great opportunity is yours, gentlemen, an opportunity to initiate needed relief for the poor. A rigid economy consistent with the proper care of the state institutions; to relieve, as far as possible, the tax payers of the state, who are as sacred as personal contracts, and in every possible way to honor the people who have honored you. Your position as governor has given you the people exacted more than they expect of you, and I assume that you will not disappoint them. Wishing you a good day, I promise you cordial co-operation. Measuring Space. James Whitcomb Riley, who occasionally visits country schools in the Hoosier state, once gave a brief address on the subject of the stars. At the conclusion of his interesting talk he said: "Can any of you boys tell me what space is?" The bright-faced young son of a country editor promptly raised his hand. "Well, my lad," said the poet, "what do you think space is?" "Twenty-five cents an agate line for display matter sir," he pined out. A Slip of the Tongue: "John," said a Lamar girl to her best fellow one night recently, "you've been drinking coffee, haven't you?" He admitted that he had. "Why do you drink it?" she asked. "Well," he answered thoughtlessly. "I did it to-night because I was coming to see you. I wanted to keep awake." He is looking for a new girl now.—Kansas City Journal. Answered Indignant American—Why is it, sir, that in Russia there is such prejudice against the Hebrews?" Cultivated Russian—Because the Hebrews are a quiet, inoffensive people, who attend strictly to their own affairs, and do excellent work for fair wages, just as the Chinese do in this country." Where the Rub Comes Untraveled Youth—I believe I will go to Florida next winter. What is the fare? Traveled Elder—Young man, if you had enough to pay your board after you got there, you wouldn't ask about such a trifling incidental as the railroad fare. Expected Acquisitions "You don't belong to one of the oldest families, do you?" said the supercilious woman. "No," answered Mrs. Cumrox; "but after we get the girls married we expect to have several of the oldest family belonging to us."—Washington Star. Bub'a Prescription Little Bub—Mamma, my stomach aches. I must take some wine mustn't I? Mamma—Wine? Who told you that? Little Bub—Why, the preacher read from St. Paul, last Sunday, "Take a lit tie wine for the stomach's ache." It is better to have executive ability than to earn your bread by the sweat of your brow. LATEST KANSAS ITEMS LATEST KANSAS ITEMS Concordia has a newly organized orchestra with Miss Brownell as leader. During the past year seventy new state banks have been organized in Kansas. The Soldier Clipper is now fourteen years old and prosperous. B. L. Nickel is the publisher. The Missouri Pacific is preparing to raise and ballast the main line track of their yards at Lindsborg. During the month of December the switching crew in the yards at Daroons handled 2,676 box cars. The parsonage of the Baptist church at Lindsborg is nearing completion. It will be a comfortable house of seven rooms. The Implement Dealers convention will be held at Omaha the second week in January, and at Kansas City the third week of the month. Harry Leslie of the Bobinson Index advertises a baby buggy for sale, and the experienced editor of the Kansas Democrat advises him to keep it. The body of John H. Churchill, president of the State Board of Agriculture of Kansas, was found lifeless in the woods near Palmyra, Wisconsin, Monday. Smith Center will call a special election to vote $14,000 bonds to build a school house. That is just what Downs will have to do in a year or so, says the Times. Tom McLean is going to erect a bank building at Talmo soon. When the building is completed it is said the bank now located at Wayne will move its contents to Talmo. George Small, a rural route carrier at Glacoe, received a broken rib and other injuries one day last week by the horse starting and dragging him some distance under the buggy. The trainmen, says the Leona Hustler, reported that 205 packages of liquor were unloaded at Highland Station last Saturday. They were probably getting ready for a water famine. An Emporia mistook a bottle of carbolic acid for his bottle of medicine. He left a wife and six children, reports Harry Mallier in his Doniphan Hustler. The world has shown few equals to Mrs. Chadwick in ability to work the rich, but Santa Claus can give her cards and spades, for he works all; rich and poor, says the Norton Champion. Oskaloosa has organized a Jefferson county taxpayers league to check official extravagance, and as usual some of the extravagant ones are vigorous ducks in the reform pudle, declares the Tonganoxie Mirror. It was a Kansas man, boasts the Phillipsburg Herald, that successfully ferreted out the land frauds that lead to the indictment of Senator Mitchell and Congressman Hermann of Oregon. The Kansas State editorial association will hold its annual meeting at Topeka, Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 16 and 17. An interesting program, has been prepared and a good attendance is anticipated. The Downs Times says: "We recently received a letter from a party in Oklahoma asking if there was a barber shop in Downs. Wouldn't that jar a horse? What is fame, and from whence does he come? We had always imagined that a captured opossum was something very valuable, but a young man in town Saturday had one for sale and couldn't find a ready market for the animal at 25 cents, says the Concordia Press. Says the Leona Hustler: "A bunch of Robinson boys were arrested last week, and fined $1 and costs, amounting to $3 each for playing football on the streets. Leona boys could have a sham battle on the streets and nothing would be done." Last Monday, says the Humboldt Union, a carrier on one of the rural routes from the Humboldt postoffice found a nice fat possum, killed and prepared for cooking, in one of the mail boxes. And he didn't take it! Maybe because the possum wasn't stamped. We have on exhibition this week, says the Concordia Press, an ear of corn raised by Cecil Cushaw which is 7 inches long, 3 1/2 inches in diameter, and has 36 rows of kernels. At its side is an ear of yellow corn, raised by H. D. Layton which is 13 1/2 inches in length. A Hill City dispatch says: Lieutenant Governor D. J. Hanna, in compliance with his promise at the Wichita convention two years ago, that in the event of his nomination and election he would become a married man, fulfilled his pledge Sunday by his marriage to Miss May Keleher of this place, daughter of William Keleher, proprietor of the Hotel Deshoup) The home of Mose Thompson, who lives near Beiloit, was destroyed by fire. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson had gone to town to do their trading and left their three daughters and Mrs. Thompson's aged father at home to take care of things. One of the girls built a fire in the cook house and as it was not burning as rapidly as it should, she picked up the coal oil can and began pouring the oil upon the fire with the usual result. The editor of the White City, Kan., Register is mad. He scays: "A man in Morris county sorew he would take this paper is he was elected. He was elected and what do you think, he hasn't redeemed his oath—an oath solemnized by the pound of his horny hand upon our sacred desk. Isn't that mean? But he will die—politically—if ever this moral sheet gets a shot at him in another one of his campaigns. We are crying mad." A party from Kansas City, says the Olathe Register, composed of John Hayes, chief of police; Henry P. Stewart, police commissioner; Lieutenant Edward Hickman; Sergeant W. H. Hammill and Frank Peck, killed 447 rabbits and a number of squirrels and quails in a two days hunt near Morse the latter part of last week. The game was shipped to Kansas City and distributed among the different charitable institutions. Gone Glimmering are the chances of improving the complexion unless the sensitive skin is catered to in selecting a face soap. Does your face interest others? Make it command attention by using— JOHN H. WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP TRADE FOR THE SKIN MARVEL SCALP AND COMPLEXION John H. 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Cooks are the leading ladies in many domestic dramas. Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. Phonographs, like some people, are shy of originality. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality of Defiance Starch makes it too impossible to sell any other brand. Girls beg the question when they tr yto induce men to propose. A Bare Good Thing "Am using ALLEN'S FOO' EASE, and can truly say I would not have been without it so long, had I known the relief it would give my aching feet. I think it a rare good thing. I think it a rare good thing. Mrs. Matilda' Holtwert, Providence, R. I' Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Ask to do. Climate of California Resort The climate of the California desert is midwinter is the finest to be found in the world, bar none. The air is balmy, the days warm and the nights cool enough for comfortable sleep. Mosquitoes, fleas and other insect pests are unknown (save by the Indians and half breds, whose society it is not necessary to cultivate), while files are absolutely a minus quantity on the desert. English Marriage Rate. The marriage rate is higher in England than elsewhere, being 15 a 1,000. In most other countries it varies from 7 to 10 a 1,000. The highest birth rate, according to a volume of statistics, referring chiefly to foreign countries, issued by the British Board of Trade, is in Roumania—30 a 1,000. That country also has the highest death rate, 27.7 a 1,000. The lowest marriage rate is in Sweden, where it is 9 a 1,000. Knew When He Had Enough "See here, old man, what in thunder did you mean by advising my daughter to go abroad to study music? She's no phenomenon, and I can't ford it. You know all that." "But we're on the same flat, aren't we? I know when I've had enough." Detroit, Free Press Especially for Women. Champion, Mich., Jan. 9th.—(Special)—A case of especial interest to women is that of Mrs. A. Welltall, wife of a well known photographer here. It is best given in her own words. "I could not sleep, my feet were cold and my limbs cramped." Mrs. Welltall states. "I had an awful hard pain across my kidneys. I had to get up three or four times in the night. I was very nervous and fearfully despondent. "I had been troubled in this way for five years when I commenced to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and what they caused to come from my kidneys will hardly stand description. "By the time I had finished one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills I was cured. Now I can sleep well, my limbs do not cramp, I do not get up in the night and I feel better than I have in years. I owe my health to Dodd's Kidney Pills." Women's ills are caused by Ileased Kidneys; that's why Dodd's Audrey Pills always cure them. Made Him Crazy A man has recently been sent to an insane asylum at London because his mind gave way after he had tried to solve several newspaper puzzles. Organized Jewish Community. There is no organized community of Jews anywhere in Japan excepting the Nagasaki. The synagogue there was built by a Japanese woman who had married a Jew. When he died she built the synagogue in his memory. En Deshobille. My sister was moving and her house was in confusion, so she ate lunch at our house. When she went home with her baby daughter, the child said, "Oh, for doodiness sakes, de house all undressed."—Little Chronicle. 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.