ft & v .. i' ' ' K U; t i f ft s k ? m rjfrC lit i l if m H 'Young women may avoid much sickness and pain, says Miss Alma Pratt, if they will only have faith in the use of Lydia E. Pinhham's Vegetable Compound. Juxinr from tho letters the fa receiving- from so many young1 girls, Mrs. l'inkham believes that our girls are often pushed altogether too near the limit of their endurance now mlnys in our public schools and semin aries. Nothing is allowed to interfere with studies, the girl must bo pushed to tho front and graduated with honor ; often physical collapse follows, and it takes years to recover tho lost vitality, often it is never recovered. Miss Pratt cays, "DnAit Mns. Pinkham: I feel It my duty to tell till young women how much IiVdia E. Pinklmm'8 won derful vcgetablo Compound has done for me.. I was completely run down, unable to attend school, nnd did not caro for any kind of society, but now I feel like a new person, and havo gained seven pounds of llcsli in thrco mouths. I recommend it to all young women who suffer from female weak ness." Miss Alma Pjiatt, Holly, Mich. 5000 forfeit If original ofabou Ittttf proving gtnulntntt i cannot bo product. McClure's for April. McClure's for April la fairly tstun ning in its effect. The first of n se ries of articles on "The Enemies of the Republic," by Lincoln Steffcns, which will consider the misgovern xnent of states, takes up Missouri and gives the reader a shock he will not soon forget. It is almost paralyzing in its relentless array of fact and logic concerning corruption as a cus tom, a system, a revolution In gov ernment. It Is the bribe-giver, not tho bribe-taker, who is really respon sible for the bad government, .Ir. Steffcns points out. Insist on Getting It. Somo grocors say they don't keep De fiance B torch because they have n stock in hand of 12 ok. brands, whlcb tber know cannot be sold to a customer who has once tuod the 10 oz. pkg. Doflanoo Starch for tamo money. Old Sofas, Backs of Chairs, etc., can bo dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. A man seldom lets himself loose until bo gets tight. Why It Is the Best Is because made by on entirely different process. Deflonco Starch Is unlike any other, better and one-third more for 10 conta. Lots of men get religion wh.cn they get sick. WiggIcStick lauxdiiv ntcn Wcn't spill, break, freeze nor spot clothes. Costs 10 cents aud eqtmU J() cents worth of any other bluing. If your grocer dot's not keep it send lOo for samiilc to The Laundrv Blue Co., 14 Michigan Street, Chicago. Any work is easy enough after you once get down to it. THE BEST POMMEL SLICKER IN THEmWORLD ,VJstQmEtoe. , - $wnfP Me oil our waterproof coot, suiti oM tats for &II hinds cf wet work. ' 73"" it ib often mitatcd but f0R JALfc dTAU "ciya"- i RELIABLE PEAICRS. rlMe in DIO.CH or jetiow vTirH t- tub. and fully Guaranteed by iifhi nBTHP MIH AJIOWMCft. WWUOWWiWlCQ. piQtlOrTnl. n5n. ecj-axrvciut tnrcnoicitTocui w. tail $4.00, $3.50, S3.00, $2.50 V&'gg SHOES Tumftn. "W.L. Douglas fehoes aro worn by mora men than any other make. Tho reason is, they hold their fihape.iltbettervear longer, and huve greater intrinsic value than any other shoes. Sold Evtrywhere. I.OOK far liniiirt nntl ui lr 1111 htitl.im. uouginH lifcrs loroim I'oltakln, vrhlcli la everywhere riun(l'il folirtlintlncM I'atrnt Lrf-al her j t iirml tireil. fast Co or lytlels uttd. bliots lv iiiiLS i"nt i xlr. H me for ( alnlou. W. I- JJOIKU Ah, Itrotl.ton, Jims. &' f s r. .ss . w'mw, ? &mm MM a ym;yw&: mmm 2 N r -i I jmvf9W'JK -JBJLVVJ llm f Lawn Fence It on or win1 man) HtjU'i. forrtaUlemr clinrcli HiMiool. rrmmeij oii)ir anil lioir fi nee Idtin Cdirs 'end for eMIlloSIlt1 Chlmfltn Iroa trd Mire Horkt OMA1I. NKII oS'.y.W.fThompson'a Eye Watw I Labouchere's Numerous Libel Suits. Henry libouchoro, tho stormy pe trol of Hrltish journalism, hns just fought Ills forty-fourth notion for libel nnd ho lost, bcltiB condemned to pay $5,000 ilnnmges for Buying that n cer tain physician was not duly qunllflod and that he was a quack. This Is tho heaviest verdict every brought against tho editor of Truth, but ns ho Is a ery rich man, It is possible ho thinks tho run worth tho money. Of tho forty-four suits ho won nineteen, lost eight, In two tho Juries failed to agree, flvo were settled out of court, nnd ten were withdrawn by plaintiffs who did not enro to face trial. Tho April Atlantic. Following aro nmong contents of tho Atlantic Monthly for April: Chris tian Science, Tho Frenchwoman's Son, An American Primer, Llfo's Tav ern, Tho Sicilian Highlands, Tho Com mon Lot, Tho Ethics of Business, In vocation, Lugging Boat on Sowadne hunk, Part of a Man's Life, Somo Re cent Aspects of Darwinism, Notes on the Scarlet Letter, Tho Now Ameri can Type, Tho Ago Limit, A" Odd Sort of Popular Book, When I Prac ticed Mcdlcino, Books Now nnd Old: Byways of Llternturo. More Flexlblo and Lasting, won't shake out or blow out: by using Deflnnco Stnrch you obtain bettor results thnn possible with any ether brand and one-third inoro for tame money. The Only Parlor Left. Hero Is a story from tho veldt. When Joseph Chamberlain traveled to Do La Roy's country he found that tho only hall available was verv small for tho nudlcnco ho wished to address, aud accepted Do La Hoy's offer of "his parlor." When ho reached tho ruins of Do La Ro 's house, however, he found a platform built out on to tho open veldt. "But where is tho parlor?" asked iho statesman". "That Is tho only parlor you havo left me," replied tho sol dier. With a decent supply of good will nny man can bo honest on a desert islnnd. state or Ohio, City or Tolido, I .. Lui'as CotmTr f " Fham; .1. CiiXMr makes oath that ho U icntor partner of the firm of P. J. (Jhkvfv 4. Co,, dulug builucM In the City of Toledo, County and btate aforeaald. and that raid Arm nlllpay the nm of OXB lirSDItKD UOLI.AK8 for each and eiery rain of Catakrii that cannot he cured l)j Ihs use of llALL'b Catarrh, Cure. FUAXK J. CIIEXKY. Rworn to before me and subscribed In jny pret ence, this Cth day of December, A. I. 1MB. t 1 A. W. Ul.r.ABU.-'., i-rAt, Notary 1'vulic. Hall's Catarrh Cure ! taken Internally and acta directly on the blood and mucoua aurfai.es of the s) stem, bend for testimonial, free. Y. J. CHKXEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold bv all Prupdl.u. Tie. Take lull's Faintly l'llls for constipation. Oh, yes, there's any amount of hon esty on earth. Honesty that hasn't been used. It Is the Interest of every member of tho STATE FARMER'S MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. to help it along. Tho Company belongs to tho members. Tho officers aro their servnnts. Each member is only liable for his sharo of losses and exponscs, according to tho amount at insurance ho carries. Members arc assessed at the end of two years, after tho insurance was first written upon all their policies for tho time insured, and assessment follows every two years. Wo havo paid our members over $00,000 in losses. Cannot you help somo of your neighbors to Its bene fits? B. R. STOUFFER, Soc'y., South Omaha, Nebr. It is with tears that wives water' tho sometimes sickly plants of their lords' generosity. In the April Century. There will bo four color-pictures in tho April Century: "Tho Easter Hymn," frontispiece, by Violet Oak ley; "Tho Easter Bonnet," by Anna Whclan IJotts; and drawings, by Max Held Parrlsh, of tho famous Villa d'Esto at Tivoli and the pool of tho Villa d'Este. These last two will 11 lustrate, with othor drawings in black and whlto by Mr. Parrlsh, Edith Wharton's paper on "Villas Near Rome." Tho woodcut In Timothy Cole's Old Spanish Masters series will be Morales' exquisite "Madonna of tho Little Bird." Another notable feature of tho issue will be a double page drawing, by Jules Gucrln, pt "Easter In Clreeley Square, New York City," showing tho flower market in its Easter array. A similarity of tastes in jokes is a great assistant to marital felicity. The United Mutual Hall Ins. Ass'n Is the oldest, is the strongest, Is tho best; has paid 1G9,000.00 moro for losses than tho combined payments of all other companies. Paid $53, 5'JG.IO in 1903. Has paid $200,911.80 for losses slnco Us organization. Wants good representatives in every precinct. Address Homo Office, 110 South 10th Street. Lincoln, Neb. It is sometimes better to stay where you aro than t6 jump at conclusions' Sir. Wlnalow'a boothlair Syrup. For children tertblo;, sot tju the gurus, reduces u CammatloQ, allnjs pain, cure wlad colic. oc a buttle. The spilled milk of human kindness Is worth crying over. Lewis' " Single Binder " straight 5c cigar. Iso other brand of cigar is po popular with tho smoker. Ho has learned to rely upon its uniform high quality. Ixiwls Factory, Peoria, 111. Thero Is just as isuch worry over money as over tho Uclc of it NEBRASKA STATE NEWS BANKS MAKE GOOD SHOWING. Have Million nnd Three-Quartero More Deposits Than November. Reports of 008 hanks of Nebraska, compiled by tho State Banking bonid, show an increnso In deposits of ovor 51,700,000 over tho report of last No vember; tho number of depositors has increased ovor 3,000, ntitl tho per cent of reserve has Increased from 2IM,4 to :i2 per cent. The loans nnd discounts in tho present statements arc ?34, 952,194.03, whllo for tho November call they were $34,530,329.29. The total deposits nhown by this state ment nro $38,777,300.98, while tho No- vember statement shows tho total de posits to bo $37,073,882.24. Tho num bor of banks oxer tho labt statement has increased seven: tho number of depositors at this tlmo Is 119,075, and tho November statements show tho number to ho 110,484. The report is a stntemont of tho condition of tho banks ut tho close of business March 17. It follows In detail: ltnsouurns. Loans and discounts se cured by real estate (see schfdule) 4,23S,150.20 Other loans nnd discounts (sec schedule) 39.C9,034.77 Totnl $3402.184.03 Overdrafts (see schedule).. S63.334.17 Bonds, stocks, securities, judgments, claims, etc. m (see schedule) 01 1,778. 8 Due from national, Unto and private banks and bankers (see schedule) .. 9.7C9.320.62 Banking house, furniture nnd fixtures 1.488.700.41 Other real estate 306,5i6.33 Current expenses and taxes paid 432.810.04 Premiums on U. S. and other bonds and securi ties 3,885.55 Cash Items, not to be In cluded In estimating re serve 89,D56.9i Cash 2,633,730.02 Total $50,D55.293.02 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In $8,123,100.00 Surplus fund l.bV3fia.M Undivided profits . 1,024,350.01 Dividends unpaid ...i'SiS'SS Total deposits 38, m, 300.98 Notes and bills discounted. 145.992.C9 Bills payable 353,349.1.. Total $50,555,293.52 BODY FOUND IN RUINS OF BARN. Some Suspicion Victim May Have Been Murdered. GORDON. Ira C. Diamond, a ranchman living eighteen miles south east of Gordon, wns found burned to a crisp in tho nshes of his burned barn. Coroner Lewis of Vnlentlne wns notified nnd an inquest was held, the verdict being that ho camo to his death by accidental burning in his own barn. The deceased wnsn man about CO years of ago, quiet and peaceable, and hns resided in this vi cinity about three years., Ho was a widower with two grown sons and lived nlono upon tho ranch. There is somo suspicion of foul play, as it was known that Diamond had fears that his life was in danger, and It is said that a short tlmo ago he was in Gordon consulting an attorney concerning threats that had been made against him. Both Hands Shot Off. AINSWORTH. Sherman Eddy, tho fifteen-year-old son of Chris Eddy, liv ing three miles south of here, lost both hands by tho accidental dis charge of a- shotgun. Ho was rest ing botii hands on tho barrel, when It was discharged. Find Forger in Canada. YORK. A message reached Sheriff Brott that Frank Sheldon, wanted in this county for forgery, Is under nr rest at Petersboro, Ontario. Deputy Sheriff Afterbaugh started for that place for tho prisoner. Methodist Scmi-Centcnnial. Tho Methodist State Historical so ciety is making arrangements for tho celebration of tho semicentennial of Methodism in Nobraska, to bo held in St. Paul's church here June 8 and 9. Tho program Includes Dr. C, B. Mitch ell of Cleveland, who will talk on "Tho Achievements of the Methodist Circuit Rider," and It is expected that Bishop McCabe will bo hero to speak on the "Debt of tho Church to Her Veteran Preachers." A portion of tho tlmo will be devoted to a discussion of tho experience of tho old-time preachers. Fortune for Beatrice Woman. BEATRICE. Mrs. Mary Sisson of this city, widow of the late Dr. Wil liam Sisson, received word from Now York City that she had fallen heir to 12,000,000 in Scotland. Finds an Old Coin. COLUMBUS. While counting his ensh a few evenings ago George J. Hagol found a sliver dollar of tho vintage of 1799. It Is well-preserved. Keeping Within Appropriation. Tho cash report of tho Hastings In sane asylum was filed with the secre tary of state. The report shown that out of tho appropriation for tho blQii nlum a contidorablo ovor half of it still remains unoxpended. Tho super intendent has spent for salary, board and clothing to dnte, J151.500.59, and ho has on hand 51S8.188.-I1. During March ho spont $10,790.02. Tho ap propriation for this month was $14, 153.9C. For repairs since tho begin ning of the blennium thoro has been spent $9,920, leavlnc $79.89, THE-STATE IN BRIEF. Lincoln Jnbhora havo effected nn o? gnnlzntlnn. Tho now Y. M. C. A. building it C'liadron has boon dodlonted. The village of Virginia, In Gag county, Is seeking Incorporation. Geneva Is taking steps toward n public park, which Is to bo ono of the most beautiful in tho state. Shortnnn Eddy, tho 15-year-old son of Chris Eddy, living threo miles south of AlnHworth, lost both hands by tho accidental dischnrgo of n Bitot mm. Farmers of York county nro won dcring if tho recent cold wonther and storm damaged enrly sown oats. Thero is n difference of opinion, some con tending that early oats nro tlamnged. While Fred Mnrtln, hired man cm tho William Gnus farm, was coming to Pnpillion from work tho neckyoke came down tin owing Martin out of tho wngon. His collar bono was broken Daniel Gclsclmnn was probably fat ally Injured by falling from tho freight elevator In his hardware store, An arm was broken, shoulder crushed and skull fractured. Whllo ho is conscious his recovery Is doubtful. A revivnl meeting is being con ducted nt tho M. B. church In Sow nrd. Evangelist J. L. Glascock hns chargo of tho services and they nro rendered rather novel by tho intro duction of instrumental and vocal mtiBic by tho Beck family who travel with tho evangelist Word wns received nt Leigh that Mr. Schultz, a prosperous Bohemian farmer, living fourteen miles south east, had committed sulcldo by taking arsenic. No cause was given for tho deed. Mr. Schultz has lived on tho samo fnrm for years and was consid ered as a conservative and substantial man. John Puis, aged 31, was found drowned In a Bmnll creek that trav erses his father's farm, two miles east of Bennington. Ho was subject to epilepsy, nnd is thought to havo fallen into the water whllo In n fit. Tho water whoio ho was found Is not over two feet deep nnd eight feet wide. Attorney General Pront has taken n new tack In tho Boyd county land case, and as a result tho supremo court hns granted him permission to begin ejectment proceedings In tho supremo court against Alexander Blair and others, who, it is alleged, aro unlnwfylly occupying Bchool lands. Governor Mickey hns issued an ex tradition warrant for tho return of Prank Sheldon from Ptterboro, Ont, to York, Nob. This Is tho Jlrst Inter nation requisition made by a Ne braska governor in twenty years. Sheldon is wanted for passing n forged check for $021 on William Otto of Bradshaw. Plans for tho now administration building wero nproved at tho meet ing of tho board of university regents and it was decided that tho building should bo placed near tho southeast corner of tho university campus. It was also settled that improvements amounting to about $20,000 shall bo put in upon the old chemistry build ing. At the regular meeting of tho board of regents of tho state university tho following changes wero mado in tho titles of the professors this morning: G. E. Condra from adjunct professor to assistant professor of geology; H. S. Evans from instructor to adjunct professor of electrical engineering; Professor F. II. Fryo from assistant professor to associate professor of En glish language; M. M. Fogg from as sistant professor to associato profes sor of English writing and speaking. H. D. Nordyke, who slnco 1870 hns been a resident of Dakota City, was taken to Lincoln to ho placed in the state asylum for treatment. Colonel John Hnliaday, a veteran showman, and for many years owner of Halladay's Colored Minstrel com pany, Is lying ill at tho homo of his son in Beatrice, suffering from a par tial stroko of paralysis. Ho was brought homo from Iroquois, S. D where ho was stricken several days ago. Tho reappralscment of school lands, ns made under tho direction of Lnnd Commissioner Follmor at tho request of tho Board of Educational Lands and Funds, has been completed in forty-nine counties and tho report filed with tho hoard. Tho total number of acres in these counties Is 323,208.95. The old valuo of these was $G23,735.31 new valuo $1,770,000.45, making an increase In valuation of $1,150,584.57. This will increase tho rentals to the amount of $G9,395.12. Tho rentals In Knox county wero increased more than in any other, tho amount being $C,C59.28, , Tho Stnto Board of Equalization listened to arguments against tho tax ation of securities doposited with tho Insurance department by fraternal in surance companies. Head Consul Tal bot of tho Modorn Woodmon and othors spoko. Tho 'joard took tho matter undor advisement. Superintendent B. E. McProud of tho oily schools will not trcmaln In North Bend for anothor year He has acenxed an otTor from tho uni vorslty at Puget Sound, Wash., to till the chair of Latin. Ho will teach, that branch exclusively and will havo charge of a six i ears' course In It 'PE-IIU-NA TONES UP THE SYSTE1 IF TAKEN IN THE SPRING." SAYS THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. viHKH mgJ t5aHHLaHHLlLiiiiH$s 'WW .aLLHLLLLLHtaHP'V'- .wJr MISS MARJORY HAMPTON, OF NEW YORK. Miss Marjory Hampton, 2010 Third Avonue, New York City, rites "Peruna Is a flno medicine to take any season of the year. Taken In the spring It tones up the system and acts as a tonlct strengthening mo more than a vacation. In tho tall and winter I have found that It cures colds Is Invaluable to keep the bowels regular, acting as a gentle stimu lant on the system. In fact, I consider It a whole medicine i chest. Miss Marjory Hampton. PURE BLOOD. Blood Impurities of Springtime Cause, Prevention and Cure. Dr. Hartmnn'B medical lectures are eagerly scanned by many thousand readers. One of tho most timely and lntorost ing lectures ho ever delivered was his recent lecture on tho blood Impurities of spring. Tho doctor sntd In Bubstanco that every spring tho blood is loaded with tho effcto accumulations of winter, de ranging tho digestion, producing slug gishness of tho .liver, overtaxing the kidneys, interfering with the action of tho bowels and tho proper circulation of tho blood. This condition of things produces what is popularly known ns spring fever, spring malaria, nervous exhaus tion, that tired feeling, blood thicken ing and many other names. Sometimes the victim 1b bilious, dys peptic and constipated; sometimes ho Is weak, nervous and depressed; and CONSUMERS OF SHOES ALWAYS ASK FOR THE BEST WESTERN MADE SHOES. These brands will guaranloo you a good shoo for men Star and Crescent E. Z. Walker Comet Cock of Walk Our PRAIRIE QUEEN leads all others in Women's and Children's Shoes. See that our name is on the shoes yott- buy. F. P. KIRKENDALL & CO. Mftn(S&AW ,n 50,000 AMERICANS WERE WELCOMED TO Western Canada DURINQ LAUT YEAR. flier are settled end tettline oa tho Grain and J ratine Lands, and aro prosperous and aatlshed. Sir Wilfred Laurier recently said i "A new s tar lai risen on the horlion. and it is toward it that tverjr immlcraat who loaves the land of Ills ances rs to corne and seek a home for himself non urns his gaze" Canada. There is Room for Millions. HEE llonieateutU Klrcn Ht7uy, Hchools, Churches, ItalltTit), Markets. Vllinuto, avorjUiliig to bo desired. For descriptive Atlas and other Information, irpl; to Superintendent Immii ration. Ottawa. Can tda, or authorised Canadian Government Afent ,V. V. Dennett. Ml New York. Life llulldiiie. 3maba, Neb. CI D U C D C I 1IK3T ON EARTH rA H m b n O I Hirnns. Collars and Saddle With BB M lit mark art mads from trvs o'd-faihiorwd tanned California lsathtr. With car wtU last a lifetime. Ask your iialtr if thv do not hindls our roods. Send 2-ccnt stamp for Catalog of our Harness uni Saddles, which show you a ay to buy them. UUCUHTAF1' 111(08., The) Harness Mm, Ulncoln, Nebrnokn. MEXICAN Mustang Liniment GOres Spruins and Struinu. W. N. U., Omnha. No. 17--190.I LIIBtH WHMit Alt tLSt laMIa. 53 Best Uniiih Bjrup. Taste Rood. Use in inns, poia or eruviusfc. Si HK and catarrh and also find that It f again ho may havo eruptions, swell ings and other blood humors, Which ever It is, tho cauBo Is tho name of fete accumulations in the blood. Nothing is moro certain within tho wholu range of medical vsclonco than that a courBO otPeruna In onrly spring time will perfectly nnd effectually pre vent or euro this almost universal af fection. Everybody feels it in some degreo, A grent mnjorlty nro disturbed con siderably, while a Inige per rent of tho human family aro inadn very misera ble by this condition every spring Peruna will prevent it if taken in time. Peruna will euro it if taken no di rected. Perunn Is tho ideal spring maliclno of tho medical profession. If you do not derive prompt nnd Hnt Isfactory results from tho use of Po runa, wrlto nt once to Dr. Hart man, giving n full statement of your case, and ho will be plcnBod to glvo you his valuable mhlco gratis. Address Dr. Ilnrtmnn, President of Tho Hnrtmnn Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. . PLUCK WIHS-lt ALWAYS wlRS. KW bad plnrlc enouph IS ?rar ago to put an aba- llntalv cure house vainton llietiiarket4HMlito. i 'H.i.nds this wf Kern cllmale. and woliatorluiK ennuzhtoisnirauteolt. A,kiurdfalerfqt!t,n! wrlto u for special color design f or jour bouto-" iree. Lincoln Paint & Color Co., Lincoln, NeDf Early in the morning, latt at night, or whenever used, Defiance Surch will be found always the same, always the best. Insist on having it, the most lor your money. Satisfaction or money back guaranteed. It is manufactured under the latest improved condi tions. It is up-to date. It b Ihe best. We give no premiums. We sell J 6 ounces of the best starch made for 10 cents. Other brands are 12 ounces for 10 cents .with a tin whistle. HBMSSl Manufactured by TUB DEFIANCE STARCH CO., Omaha, Neb. BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. it