CALAMITY THAT DWARFS ALL Troubles of the Grown-Ups But Bub ble Beilde Tragedy That Har rowed Boy's Soul. People talk of calamities-the drop of a few points in some stock, the irash of a runaway horse, the burst ing of a water pipe, the cook leaving Just as the company arrives, a fellow Betting mat! and trading at another tore, an editor writing the word 'damn," the loving helpmeet running Into a dash of rain while out in ber richest plumage, the lawyer losing a plain case which he took on a contin gent fee wo say poople talk of calam ities like these, and they fall back in to unspeakable anguish, but they are all the mere foibles of disappointment compared with what we saw the other day, which was this: A small boy built a kite out of sticks and tissue paper, and it had a long graceful cali co tail, and be brought it forth to sail it In a sunny breeze. What a realiza tion of great hope was there whei he held up that thing of beauty to catch the first palpitating beams of the morning! How his heart thumped with delight! Away goes the kite, borne on the sweet breath of the morning up, up It goes, and now It Bails and soars, as if it transfigured some happy dream-but look, lo, there is a flurry and a dart and down it dashes on a malignant tangle of tele phone wires, and a boy's soul Is har rowed with despair. That's what we call real calamity. All the others are bogus.-Ohio State Jontal. HIS LUCK. "Why didn't you come around ear lier? The snow is all melted away." "Dat'9 just my luck, lady. Every time I feels like worklu" de sun comes out aud docs me out of a job!" - - - - - Liundry work at tome would b4 much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used In order to get th desired stiffness, it is usually neces sary to use co much starch tuat the beauty and fineness of the fabric it hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wear ing quality of the goods. This troi ble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its great er' strength than other makes. The City of a Thousand Tongues. "Why do you devote so much time to the study of the languages? Are you going to study abroad?" - "No. I want to be equipped to carry on an Intelligent conversation with any one I may happen to meet in New York." Washington Star. Omaha Directory RUBBER GOODS by trial! at out prlota. Band far fro oatalogna, MITERS-DILLON DRU? OO., OMAHA, NEBRV THE PAXTON European Plan ftoum from li cit) lip Mn(:lr, 75 rents up dnnblr. CAFE PRICES REASONABLE New Way Corn Planter Nothing Ilka 1 Auk us. RACINE-SATTLEY CO., OMAHA All Kinds Dyeing and Cleaning nufulng, Buttons, rtf. Send for fre price llHt and DAtntilrs. IDEAL PLEAT1KU CO.. 01 Douglass lilk., Omaha, Neb. DO YOU WAMT CASH Xn'WXi eohann Knirtnis, Ilnllrra. Motors, liynaium. Auto, and mvih1 Miu-hlnrrr for the Mill. HHi-Tnlor.Cn-am-err and 1-HutiJrr. Complete UesUng, LhUUiik, or Power 1'lnntn Instnllml. VKTEKti ED1IOLM CO., Omaha, Neb. DRAIN TILE Drnln your lamia and make them Tnlimhli. Hollow Biillitlnir Blocks, Brick, Tile Kootln ami all kinds of Paints and Colors. Omihl Brick, Paint Tile Co., Worki 2nd tnd Hickory Sti., Omaha, Neb. JOHN OEMS! Best Insist on having thrm. Ask your local dealer, or JOHN DEERE, Omaha-Soo Fall. TYPEWRITERSvtu from !!." to lb',-, on oil waken. Send for large list Number 5. Ineniilrlng nf nil kinds. CESTUI TTPEWRITE EICH1RGE. fails. FREE Send postal for thla valuable book tree. A money wirer fur those thinking of buying a piano or organ. A. IIOSFE CO., I.M3 n, iHiuglaa Hi., Oinulia, Neb. INFORMATION IS PROTECTION OCT ONE TO-DAY PLEATING F -a iff J Ml " I 13 THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Assemblyman Ferdinand WlttlR of i he First district of Drown county died at his farm In New Denmark, Wis., from a Mroke of apoplexy. A ihoroiiRh official Investigation will lie made of the repot led 1 m hing of William Wright, a neuro and an Amer ican citizen, at l.fviimston, Cnitu-inalH, on December 1.", hist. I'nl. John Hicks. American minister lo Chile, hits forwarded his rcslgua Uon to the mate department at Wash intiiou. It U understood Unit ihe res isnailon will he accepted. Joseph llynoy, employed In a cheese factory near t'oopeistown. Wis., met hi death when he fell into a large tank filled with ImilltiK water, ihe lad being scalded to death. One hundred and eiRhiy four people were killed and L'.JHM in jured in I rain accidents duriiiK I lie three months ending December !ii uM, according;' to an interstate commerce cnimnlsMon report. Miss Ainiee Toursee, licttirer and author, daughter of :lie lale Albion W. Tom-gee, a well known auihor, died in Pittsburg in u hospital where she had been ill for five weeks. Sli" wns "! ears old. The business section of Cordell, Okla., was destroyed by fire. .Mis. James I'asion. wife of a restaurant proprietor, was filially injured by jumping from a second story window, loss. $;0,0t)0. Jules Cainbon. I he French ambassa dor lo Germany, has been decoru'ed by Ihe emperor with the grand cross or ihe Order of the Keil Kngle in con nection wilh the conclusion of tho Moroccan agreement. Action to prevent the collection of luxes upon Creek Indian lands was instituted at. Wewnka. Okla., by the Cieek national attorney, M. I,. Mott, and the result may affect Creek land holders to the extent of $7,000,000. At the western Intercollegiate ath lellc meet in Lincoln, Neb.. Chicago university was first wilh points; Minnesota second, 1.0SS; Wisconsin third, l,0t;:!; Nebraska fourth. 640. and Washington of St. Imls fifth, 2V. The steamer Oundelotipe arrived at Port Union, Cost a Rica, with Senora Castro, wife of the former president of Venezuela, on board. She did not land, but expressed her intention of proceeding to St. Naaalre to meet her husband. The battleship Mississippi was final ly accepted by the government. On her way tip the Mississippi river to Natchez to receive ihe silver service presented by the stale of thai name the vessel will stop at various cities along the route. I'nder the will of the lale Charles K. tills, the millionaire street railway magnate of Philadelphia, who killed himself accidentally with a revolver on April 6. more than J2.500.000 la given for the establishment of a homo for fatherless girls. The senate confirmed the nomina tions of Charles I). Ililleg lo be assist ant secretary of the treasury; Aloy kIiis I. McCormick lo be I'nited States attorney for the southern district of California, and Ira A. Abbott to be as sistant justice of the supreme court of New Mexico. The validity of Oklahoma's "Jim Crow" railroad regulations Is left to the United States circuit of appeals by a petition filed in St. Louis by negro residents of Oklahoma. They appealed from the United Stales circuit comt of Oklahoma, where the railroads' de murrer was sustained. GAS BLAST KILLS MINERS. Explosion at Wamock, O., Works Havoc Among Underground Toilers. Wheeling, V. Va., Apr. 20. Seven men were killed by a gas explosion in a coal mine in Warnock. O., 12 miles from here, yesetrday. The mine had not been worked since Saturday, and the gas, which had accumulated mono of the rooms, ignited Just as the men were starling to work. Nearly all were foreigners. THE MARKETS. New York, Apr. 2". UVK BTOCK-Stcor ti a lit 7 15 I logs 7 2ti fit 7 a& Hhecp 4 i i 6 40 KMU'll-Wlnter Straight.. S 4 6 15 W11K. XT-May I 'i'l Hi I 32 July l siu'u l iVi COKN-July 73 41 74 ItVK-Nn. 2 Western Ml fii Ml lil'TTKll-c'reaintry 21 (i 2sVj Klitirt Ill (u 20 I'HKKSK 12 4.1 17 CHICAGO. CATTI.E-Fancy Steers V 2.1 U 7 HO Medium to CSimmI Hteers.. ft 50 tl H 25 Cows, I'ltiln to Kiincy.,.. .1 4ii 'if 5 75 'hnli e l'eedcrs :i 75 U 5 & 'Hives 'i Ail ft 6 75 HOGS -Heavy l'arkei 7 H5 f 7 13 Heavy KuU'tii'l 7 15 fti 7 37'i 1'lK AM a 6 V. lU'TTKH-Creutm-ry 22 fj Su Imlrv 2ii 4i 2u I.IVK I'OCI.TUY K u 17 KiiS :t (i a POTATOKH Imt l.il.) 1 OU ii 1 UK KLOI'lt-HprliiK Wheat, Hp'l 7 M S 7 16 WHKAT-Muy 1 2i;fi 1 28 July i 15',$ i ls'i Corn, May C'.i( 71'i Oats, Mav 5SVci 5Vi Itye, May 7 (ft 79 MlI.WAl'KKK. GRATN-Whr-ut, No. 1 Nor'n $1 2S4yJ 1 29 May 1 7 1 10 Curn, May KiWr 70 OntH, Stnntlard ,",7 w 67'4 Kyis M' 84 KANSAS CITY. GUA IN-Wheat. No. 2 Hard $1 Tt I 37 Nn. 2 Ked 1 4.1 H 1 4S Corn, No. 2 Mixed lis H Bt't Outs, Nn. 2 White f,7 u J7i 8T. LOU'IS. CATTI.K-Nntlvc 8tcer .... M 5D ft S 15 Texas Steers 4 IK) 4t S :io IIOGS-I'in kers K, r,, 7 u llutehem 9i S'f 7 !S SIIEKP-Natlvin IM tj A Si) OMAHA. CATTr.n-Nntlve Hteets .... 4 M J"i 3fl Htorkerii and l-Veders II 25 Hi u .'i0 ( Viws And 11 el fv m : s.-, itt 4 yt) ltOGH-Heiivv il !I5 'a 7 10 SHEEP Wuther Ou i MADE CONSUL AT SINGAPORE. J. T. DuBois of State Department It Promoted to Pott at Straits Settlement. Washington. A clianpe of particu lar Interest to the residents of Wash iusion will shortly be made at the de partment of stale. It Involves tho transfer of James T. DuUois. the ef ficient law clerk of the department, to Singapore, Straits Settlements, a United Stales consul general and the appointment as law clerk of Charles K. Wilson, now clerk to the senate committee 011 rules. Mr. Wilson lias been closely associated with Secretary Knox for several years. Mr. Dullois' transfer Is regarded by his frletuls as a well-merited promo- James T. DuBois. lion. The salary of law clerk of the state department Is $2,500 a year, while the salary of the consul general at Singapore is R.riOO. .Mr. DuKols has made a fine record In t ho government service. He was appointed United States commercial agent at Alx la Chapelle November 2, 1877, and three years later was pro moted to the grade of United States consul and assigned to duly lit Callao, Peru, but declined that, position. In November, 1SSI5, he was appoint ed i'nited Slates consul at Leipzig and served creditably at that post for three years, when he resigned to re sume journalistic work in this coun try. In November, 1S97, he returned to the consular service as United States consul general at St. Onll. Switzerland, where lie remained until July, 1901, when he was summoned to Washington to assume the duties of law clerk of the state department. Mr. Dullois wns born in Hallstead, Pa., In isr.0, and was educated at Ithaca academy and Cornell uni versity. He has always been more or less identified with newspapers and magazines and is regarded as a writer of great ability. Tor five years lie was editor of the old National Republican in this city. CLOCK REVOLVES LIKE EARTH. Wonderful Geographical Contrivance Gives Mean Time in Any Part of the World. New York. The Kmpire clock, which J. Hadilen Overton of Woodstock has shown lo King Kdward, Is nn Ihgenlous contrivance for giving practical Instruc tion In geography and enabling the Clock Which Tells Time in All Parts of the World. BHidont to ascertain at a glance the mean time In any part of the world. At first glance this wonderful clock might be mistaken for one of the or dinary globes used In schools, its prin cipal novelty Is an Invisible clock, which performs with absolute accuracy and precision the duties ordinarily per formed by the toucher in giving les sons on the earth's diurnal motion, lati tude and longitude and geography gen erally. Some of ihe points claimed fop the Kmpire clock are that It gives ihe cor rect time all the world over; that It demonstrates the ucttial rotation of the earth on Its axis in M hours, and shows nt a glance tho difference in lime between nil places on th earth's surface and the correct mean time nt any town or place In either hemis phere. The motive power Is a clock In the base of the stand upon which the globe Is mounted, and the apparatus requires winding once u week. 3 t?r"Si i I GOING THE PACE. I i m 1 Tortoise What, have you started a motor car? Snail Yes, one must move with the times, you know. Pteer wtiite foods. In ftct, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to tho way they re laundered, this being done In a manner to enhance their textile beau ty. Home laundering would be equal ly satisfactory If proper attention was riven to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved apfitarano of your work. Not Our Discovery. The Greek, Kratosthenes. 250 Tl. C, taught the doctrine 0 Ihe rotundity of the earth, and the Ideas of the sphere, Its poles, axis, the equator, arctic and antarctic circles, equinoc tial points nndthe solstices were quite generally entertained by Ihe wise men of that time. There were plenty of men In Rome, therefore, who were prepared to talk about the earth as a sphere and to make globes illustrating their Ideas. $100 Reward, $100. Tli rra1er nt thla paper will h pleiuwl to learn that thrre la at Irani our dreailM (tlenus) lliat H-Knr liw been able lo rure In all III tiiitea. and thai ( suirrh. Ilall'a Catarrb Cure la I lie only pmitlve cure how known to I ho nmllral Iratrrnlty. Catarrh j linn- a roiiMltutloiul iltaeaM'. reqiilrra rensiitu tioiml trrntmn.it. Unit Catarrh Cure la takrn In- triitlly, act His dlrrrllv upon the hkxxl anil iiiuioui urrai-i-a ut Hie avmeni, thrn-hy f1entrnymg the , tuuiKlnllnii of the illwaae, and alvlini the (ml lent j irrnitth by buHillng up the comtiiititmn and art- . Imu n.iture In iIiiIiik Hi work. Ihe nrnpnetnra liava 1 xi much (allti In lla ciirntlve puwrra that they nlh-r One lliimlriil Dollar! tor any raw lliat II fulls lo rure. send tor Hat nf tmtlinnnlala Addrraa F. J. KI-;V A CO., Toledo, O. Sold by nil Iirumilaia. 7V. 'lake Hall tamlly rills tor constipation. One Thing She Was Sure Of. Grace Really, mother, you seem cross this morning. Mother (sternly ) How often have I told you not to let that young man kiss you? draco I don't know, mother, but certainly not as often as he has kissed me. Unlikely. Whale What are you going to tell your wife when you get home? Jonah I don't know; I don't sup pose she would believe me if I should tell her that I hud been to a fish din nerThe Bohemian. Asthmatics, Read This. If you are afflicted with Asthma write me at once nnd learn of notnclliinK for which you will lie grateful the teat of your life. J. ti. Miilride. Stella. NVbr. Tho habit of viewing things cheer fully, aud of thinking about life hope fully, may be made to grow up lu us like any other habit. Smiles. j Lew-is' Single Minder ttrniglit Sc. Many ! smokers prefer them to 10c tigm. Your I dealer or Ix;wii' Factory, Peoria, 111. It doesn't take much to satisfy most ; people who are self-satisfied. !fIAT JoyThEyBrINi& ! To Every Home ! as with joyous hearts and smiling faces they romp and play when in health and how conducive to health the games In which they indulge, the outdoor life they enjoy, the cleanly, regular habits they should be taught to form and the wholesome diet of which they should partake. How tenderly their health should be preserved, not by constant medication, but by careful avoidance of every medicine of an injuri ous or objectionable nature, and if at any time a remedial agent is required, to assist nature, only those of known excellence should be used; remedies which are pure and wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, like the pleasant laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Syrup bf Figs and Elixir of Senna has come into general favor in many millions of well informed families, whose estimate of its quality and excellence is based upon personal knowledge and use. Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna has also met with the approval of physicians gen erally, because they know it is wholesome, simple and gentle in its action. We inform all reputable.physicians as to the medicinal principles of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, obtained by an original method, from certain plants known to them to act most beneficially, and presented in an agreeable syrup in which the wholesome Cal Ifornian blue figs are used to promote the pleasant taste; therefore it is not a secret remedy, and hence we are free to refer to all well informed physicians, who do not approve of patent medicines and never favor Indiscriminate self-medication. Please to remember and teach your children also that the genuine Syrup of Figs I and Elixir of Senna always has the full name of the Company California Fig Syrup Co. plainly printed on the front of every package and that it is for sale In bottles of one size only. If any dealer offers any other than the regular Fifty cent size, or having printed thereon the name of any other company, do not accept It. If you fail to get the genuine you will not get its beneficial effects. Every family ', should always have a bottle on hand, as it is equally beneficial for the parents and the children, whenever a ,11 ALCOHOI.-3 PER CENT Aegetollc Preparation For As similii I ing the Food and Refiula -ling the Stomachs atkl Bowels of Promotes Digc$lion,Clvf rful I nrss and Rest Contains neither Opium. Morphine nor Mineral ' X.' . K; iWl' .NAIttOTIU ; Jni it .! d C Apcrft'il Ki'tiirdy forConMipa- VI ,i lion , Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Wortns.Convulsions.Fpvcrish- as- nrss md LOSS OF SLEEP Fac Simile Signature of The CcNTAi n Company, NKW YORK. '5?; Si m l VGuarnnteed under flic FoodV Exact Copy of Wrspper. c It Jarred Him. i Howell How did you come to break ! your etiKiipeinent with that cjrl? Powell I had nnson to tliluk that she hadn't eiioiiRh practical knowledge to make her a good helpmeet. Howell What Rave you that Idea? Powell I told her one day 'that tho hens weren't laying, and she said she supposed that would affect the price of PKK coal. The extraordinary popularity of fine white goods this summer makes the choice of Starch a matter of rcat Im portance. Defiance Starch, being; free from all Injurious chemicals, Is the only one which Is safe to use on fine fabrics. Its great strength as a stiffen rr makes half the usual quantity of Starch necessary, with the result of perfect finish, equal to that when the goods were new. They Deserve It. She (horror stricken) That's my new aprlng hat in the chair there! What ore you doing, John? He (meekly) 1 am sitting on the style, Mary. Hrd. Wrnk. Wiirr, Watrr? Kjtm ftt'lleviil by Murltif Ky? It.-tni'ily. Com pruinili'il liy K.ieil.-m-,., I'Iivkh Iuiih. I'nn fortim to Pure I'mnl ami Drnn I,hwi. Mil-rim- liiM-mrt Kinait; Siinllie lOye Pain. Try .Murine In Your Kyes. At Ui UKKiHtH. When you wear out a suit of clothes you can generally get another, but It's different when you wear out your wel come. laxative remedy is required. I It - - aaW Sm, . ----- II mmmn .ii For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Uso For Over Thirty Years tvi NTaua sMair, mtm mtt SICK HEADACHE Positively cured bf these Little Pills. Tlirjr also reltere Dla irraa from Uynyepala, In duration andToo 11 earty Eiitloff. A perfeot rem fdy fur Dlizlneas, Nau ra, DroirHlnraa, Bad TuatelntlirMoutb,Coat nl TunRiie, Tain In the Hide, TOItriD LIVER. llowela. rurelr Vearetmblo. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. BEAUTIFUL POST CARDS "LANGUAGE OF THE FLOWERS" AND THE FARM MAGAZINE A FULL YEAR FOR ONLY 25 CTS. 1 h Karra Miwaslnn la a arml-monthl farm paiMT tlmirv. rjr (iimicr will nut unlr enlur rrailinit. but will aliiu llnd an Inraluabl. am In hi fitriii work. 'Tim f arm MnvnslnKlntho ronncrllun bctwwn tli fnrmi r and l hn aiirl-tiltunil rollrirn. and llw viiTiirnnii'iilrioriiiirntHl atallniK. Km-rjr I.mii. ,f 'j .rro Muunilna has rHpm?iall prrpnri-,1 artlrli-a thai aro of vital I in Xiri n in n t o I hi- fit riui-r. Ih lin hu. rurih w haantlful rprodae tinnn from naliiri. that will hn aiiprrrlaUsl lr I'arii tiiomlicr of tin. family, anlinlil. for ao allium vollm-llnn or fnrnirri-Kponilrnrti. 'I'hla ir7T will not .jiix-ar aaako; send 2&o In itauipaur ailmr to THE FARM MAGAZINE, OMAHA, NEB. DEFIANCE STARCH aslf it to work with and alarclits clothe, meat. ! CARTERS UlVER :jl,LS' rnrjr rrguloto the CArVTESs OlTTlE lflVER 0 jfPiiSSSpJppppjjppp