-T' "The Best is Cheapest' We team this from experience in every department of life. Good clothes are most serviceable and wear the longest. Good food gives the best nutriment. Good medicine , Hood's Sarsaparilla , is the best and cheapest , because it cures , absolutely CURES , tahen all others fail. A Young I.iuly'8 Diary. On Transatlantic Steamer : Even ing "Took threp pills before retir ing. " Morning "Passed an iceberg at 7 a. m. " TO CDJCE A CO1.D IN ONE DAY , Talto Laxative Dromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund tlio money if it fulls to cure , 5c. E. W. Grove's signature on each box. All the emery in the -world comes from the little island of Naxos , near Greece. Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me large doctor bills. C. L. Baker , 4223 llcgent Bq. , rhiladolphio , Pa. , Dec. 8 , ' 93. The proportion of female to male teachers is increasing in England. A MAGNIFICENT WOMAN HeWs Up Pe-ru-na as the Ideal Remedy for Female Catarrh , Mrs. Clara Makemer. Mrs. Clara Makemer , housekeeper for the Florence Crlttsnden Anchorage Mission , of Chicago , writes the follow ing letter from 302 Chestnut street , Chicago : "Peruna Is the best tonic I have ever known for general debility , a sure cure for liver complaint , and a never failing adjuster in cases of dyspepsia. "I have used it in cases of female Irregularities and weak nerves com mon to the sex , and have found it most satisfactory. " From early girlhood to the end of the child-bearing period few women are entirely free from some degree of catarrh of the pelvic organs. With Peruna the thousand and one ailments dependent upon catarrh of the pelvic organs can be wholly averted. "Health and Beauty" sent free to women only , by The Peruna ifodicine Co. , Columbus. Ohio. Work has been commenced on Rob inson hall , the new scientific school at Tufts college. Immense ) ( < < ild IJrposlt * . Henry A. Salzer , manager of the fa mous John A. Salzer Seed Co. , La Crosse , Wis. , as also president ot the Idaho Gold Coin Mining & Milling Co. , of the Seven Devil District , Idaho , is in great luck. They have recently struck an immense deposit of gold ore on their properties. As a result the stock of this company doubled in price in twenty-four hours. Quite a number of the Salzer Seed Co. patrons are inter ested In this mine with Mr. Salzer. PutcntH. Of the 475 inventors of the United States who received pat ents the past week 36 per cent of that number weie successful in selling either the whole or a part of their inventions before the same were issued. Amongst the prominent manufacturing concerns buying patents were the following : Western Metallic Packing Co. , Oma ha , Nehr. General Incandescent Arc Light Co. , of New York. Winchester Repeating Arms Co. , New Haven , Conn. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. , Ak ron , Ohio. Piano Manufacturing Co. , Chicago , Jill * Mergenthaler Linotype Co. , New York City. Union Boiler Tube Cleaner Co. , Pittsburg , Pa. Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. , Hartford , Conn. Kalamazoo Spring & Axle Co. , Kalamazoo - amazoo , Mich. Parties desiring information as to selling or obtaining patents may ob tain the same by addressing Sues & Co. , Patent Lawyers & Solicitors , Bee Bldg. , Omaha , Nebr. Rain has never been known to fall in that part of Egypt between the uvo lower falls of the Nile. Special Offer until Jan. 1st. WANT ONE ? THE BEST PIANO IN THE MARKET. We wish to immediately place one n. every town in the state , knowing by experience that wherever we sell one other sales are sure to follow. To in troduce these pianos we will , from now until January 1st , make a Factory wholesale price on the first piano to go to any locality where we have not already sold one. This means a great saving to the buyer. We Do Not Mention the Actual Price Because we will only sell one piano in each locality at this extremely low price , hoping through the advertise ment to sell others at a profit to which every dealer and manufacturer is just ly entitled. Terms cash or easy pay ments. Pianos sent on approval. Write for catalogue and full partic ulars. DICKINSON & HUSTON. 1514 Douglas St. , Omaha. .A. 25 c S-AJM3PIZ3 : BOTTXJS IB'OIFt lOc. DOCTORS INSIST that their patients use " 5 DROPS" for etc. Read the follow ing letters : SWAXSOX RHEUMATIC CURE Co. : When I wrote you for a sample bottle of " 5 DROPS" my wife was suffering terribly from Rheumatism and was very discouraged , as I had tried every thing the doctors prescribed , even sending her to Richfield Springs , etc. My doctor is very much surprised nt the progress my wife is making , and she is so well that she refused to keep her seamstress and is now doing her own sewing. The doctors Insist on her taking " 5 Drops" and assure her that it is now only a matter of a few days and she will be entirely cured , and as we are very -well known here , the " 5 DROPS" is receiving considerable atten tion aad praise. F. E. PRICE , Jersey City , N. J. Oct. 13,1S99. SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE Co. : I suffered terribly with Kidney Trouble for years , and after using less than two bottles of " 5 DROPS" I am now entirely well and I give " 5 DROPS "the praise formycure. I could not find anything that would give me the slightest relief until I tried this remedy , and I recommend it to everybody as a permanent cure for Kidney Disease. MARY A. CARBAUGII , Black Gap , Pa. Aug. 2299. Is the most powerful specific known. Free from opiates and perfectly harmless. it sites njmost Instantaneous relief , and Is a positite cure for .BhcnnmtUm , Sciatica , XenralRla , Dyspepiln , Bncltnchc , Acthma , Hay Fever , Catarrh , la Grippe , Croup , Slceple nne . A"ervoune . Xervou * and Xciiralsrlc Headaches , .Earache , Tooth ache , Heart WcaUne , Dropsy , Malaria , Creeping Xumbneu , etc. , etc. r > f > t n ft Vft to-liable sufferer * to give " 5 IiROPSwiit least a trial , we will send a 25c sample bottle , OV U/\ d prerai'll'T mall , forlOcts. A f ample bottle will convince > oil. Also , large bottles (300 doses ) ei.OO , 6 bottles for to. Sold by us and agents. 1GKXTS WASTED In w Territory. UHITK CS TO-DAY. SAVAK80X JtHECMATIC CTJSE CO. , 1OO to 1O4 Xake St. , CHICAGO , MAMMOTH MAILORDER HOUSE : a g The Best Sewing Machine on Earth At iho Price , $14.25 for Our "MELBA" Sewing Machine. A high-arm , high-grade machine equal jj * to vrfiat others are asking $25.00 to $55.03 * for. Guaranteed by us for so years from date of purchase , against any imperfec tion in material -workmanship. . The stand is made o ? the best Iron and is nicely proportioned. The cabinet work is perfect and is furnished in your choice of antique.oak or walnut. It has seven drawers all handsomely carved and with nickel-plated ring pulls. The mechan ical construction is equal to that of eny machine regardless of price. All working parts _ arc of .the best oil-tern- pered tool steel , every bearing perfectly fitted and adjusted so as to ftake the running ? qualities the lightest , most per * feet and nearest noiseless of any macuino mado. This Scwincr Machine has all the latest improvements. It makes a perfect and uni form LOCK STITCH , and will do the best work on either the lightest muslins or heaviest cloths , sewing over scams and rough places -without skipping stitches. A full set -of best steel attachments , nicely nickel-plated and enclosed in a hnndsomo plnsh-li metal , japanned box , and a complete assortment of accessories and book of instruction FURNISHED FREE with each machine. CO riAYC TRIAI WeshipthismachinoC.O.D.subj cttoapproval.onrecciptof two O u UHIO I n IH L. . dollars. If. on examination ou are convinced that \ve are saving you$25or$30onngent'spricepaytbobalaaceandfrcightcharsesthe try Xfc m ABH the machine. If not satisfied ut any time within CO days tend the machine XK I t J f& back to us at our expense and wo will refund the full purchase price tjJ 1 TlfcW i ? n which is listed at lowest wholesale prices' jlleverything to sat wear and useis furnish > ed on receipt of only 109 to partly pay ( . postage or expressage and as evidence of good faith the 109 is allowed on first 131LOGU11 purchase amounting to $199 orabove. | | OUR MONTHLY GROCERY PRICE UST fREE.JD W AA W A VWVWW FOE BOYS AND GffiLS. SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR "READERS. The Mouse That Flayed football Where lilddy Found the Clothes The Mouths ; How They \Vero Named by the ItoumnH Muny Ycnrs ASO. Jack's Letter. "Dear Gran'ma an * Gran'pa : I don't like this place , 'tiause no one ain't wearin' No smile on their face Like you always do , an'v They spanked me instead 0' kissin * me , after I Fell from { he shed. This mornin' they say I'n : Not goin' to be b No angel- hereafter Fer takin' jest three Small pieces o' sugar , [ An' chasin' the cat , . _ _ An' goin' in swimmin' , v. An' losin' my hat ; An' scarin' the peacock , An' climbin' th' trees , > An' gettin' all bit up By bumble-ee bees , ' , - An' racin' the turkey , . An' bangin' the door , / An' muddyin' over Th' clean kitchen floor. They ain't gbt no smile or . : No kisses for me. They think I'm just wicked As wicked can be An" call me a worrit An' tormentin' pest , An' say I deprive 'em 0' quiet an' rest. Dear gran'pa , tomorrow I want to go back- Please get here as early As anything. Jack. From Puck. The Mouse That Played Football. Norton Browne was a lover of foot ball from the time his merry little eyes first fastened on the wonderful get-up of his older brother Ralph , the hero of the village eleven. In Nor ton's baby fashion he made good- natured Ralph understand that he , too , wished to wear the football uni form. My , how proud he was to show his "dress-up" to the amused family ! Vnd howdignaut he was , too , when they all aughed at his funny appear ance something between a padded Brownie , a circus clown and a comic valentine of Ralph , somebody said. This comparison pleased Ralph so much that he smuggled his little brother down to the photographer's , fixed him up in the beloved toggery ( about eighf sizes too large ) , tousled up his baby-locks like those of the most approved football hero , placed in his tiny hands a ball three times the size of his head , and presto ! there was the picture of the tiniest foot baller in the country. Norton en joyed the fun as much as his big brother did , and kept the secret stored so snugly away in his little baby brain that Ralph rewarded him by giving him his old football pincushion , when he went away to college. Norton was overjoyed , and when no one was look ing , often gave an admiring hug to the sawdust cushion , with its melon- shaped pieces of red and blue silk and its cute little lacing. Every night , af ter mother put him into his little brass crib , he lay staring at the shining silk stripes till he wandered off to a dream land people with long-haired half backs , tacklers , guards and all the other queer things to be seen on a foot ball field. One night , just as the long lashes were settling down over his 1't- tle peepers , the pincushion began to move. Yes , it did ! There , it moved again ! Norton sat right up to see what caused it all , but the queer lit tle cushion never budged a bit ; just settled down on its side for a good , long sleep. The next night , however , the cushion began wiggling again. Sometimes , indeed , it almost turned a somersault , and then settled back again. Slowly , very slowly , Norton drew himself up into a sitting posi tion. Quietly , very quietly , hardly daring to breath , he leaned over the crib rail , and watched what do you think ? The very cutest little mouse that ever ran across a chiffonier and nibbled at the pincushion. Perhaps the little animal guessed that the football was stuffed with bran ; bran is a dainty tidbit for a hungry little mouse. Anyway he pulled and tugged away at the shoestring lacing , climbed on top of the cushion and blinked sau cily at Norton , and then scampered friskily away to tell the home folks about the prize he had found , the hap piest little mouse in mouseland. The next night Frisky came again , and began to nibble a hole in the cushion , and Norton was so excited while watching that he forgot all about the harm mousy might do. When Norton told his mother about it the next morning , she was a little troubled , for she feared that her baby boy thought , talked and dreamed so much about his cherished football that perhaps he might have imagined things which dirt not happen , and could not tell the real from his dreams. So the next night mother lay down beside Norton , and together they quietly watched for the coming of the mouse. They had al most grown tired of waiting when there was Frisky sitting jauntily atop the cushion , twinkling his little beady eyes as though he would say , "Hello , there ! Watch we go to the bottom of this cushion , will you ? Good-by ! " and down into the bran went his little head. Then such a scratching ! Down went the rest of his body , all but the tips of his hind feet and his stiff little tail. The old ball wobbled crazily to and fro , and my , how the bran did fly ! Frisky seemed to be pawing away with his front feet like a playful pup py , sending the dust in all directions. A few sprinkles even reached Norton away over in his crib , and made him chuckle so loud that the frightened mousie went scampering back to his hole. Norton never knew that after he was asleep Frisky brought all his sisters and his cousins aifd his aunts to a midnight party on the chiffonier , where they had the nicest kind of a time dancing and eating up the bran which Frisky had pawed out for them. The next night Frisky came alone and went to work again just as though Norton with his father , mother and sister Lucy were not all watching and smiling at him. He worked so hard that by morning all the bran was gone , leaving the poor , flattened pin cushion a little heap of red and blue rags. "Never mind ! " laughed father. "The old cushion was almost worn out , anyhow ! I am glad the mice had such a good time. " "So am I , " assented Norton. "Ralph said he'd bring me a really one for Christmas , anyway , and it was such fun to see a mouse captain a football game ! " Where Kiddy Found thn Clothes. It was the funniest thing ! They took a ride right over the church steep- but that's beginning at the wrong end ! Bensie says I always tell my stories back end to. This is how Bensie tells 'em : Once upon a time ( Bensie always begins "once upon a time" ) ftapa was out on the side lawn a-mowin' with that com'cal little carpet-sweeper. Bid dy had just got the clothes all spread out nice , 'side of the kitchen door. Then's when it happened just after Biddy went in. It came up just as quick a little big whirlwind and took Biddy's clothes up in its arms an * car ried 'em off : Yes , it did. Papa looked right up in the air an' saw 'em a-flyin' ! They went up twice as high as the meetin'-house , right over the steeple ! You can 'magine how they must've looked to papa , an' don't you guess he laughed ? Well , you've guessed right , 'cause he did ! An' the funniest of air the things those clothes did was just too perfectly com'cal for any thin ! Our nightgowns did it Bensie's an' mine. They're real long nightgowns , you know , an' they filled all full of the whirlwind till the sleeves bulged out round , an 'the rest of 'em , too , just as if Bensie and I were in.'em ! And they acted as if they were real fright ened , sailin' up there so high , an' put their arms round each other and held on to each other ! That's the way Ben sie and I do when we're frightened. Papa laughed and laughed , and then he came in to tell us 'bout it. The clothes sailed 'way over into the min ister's orchard , an' sat down there to rest an' that's where Biddy found 'em. And that's the right end of the story to stop at , only Bensie always says "the end. " Constance Hamilton. The Months. All of our months were named by the Romans a great many years ago. One of the months looks back on the old year and it looks ahead to the young or new year , so it was named for a god whom the Romans worshiped. He was represented as having two faces , looking in opposite directions. One of his faces was old and the other one was young. His name was Janus. Can you guess which month was named for him ? Another month was named for the god of war. What was his name and which month was named for him ? May was named for Mala , a god dess who was the mother of the god Mercury , and June was named for Jupi ter's wife , June. Have you ever no ticed that while most months alternate with 30 and 31 days , July and August come together with 31 days ? That is because these months were named for the two emperors , Julius and Augus tus Caesar. It would not have donate to give one a longer mouth than the other received , so both were given 31 days. In early times the Romans had only ten months , with names that meant first month , second month and so on. Four of these names are used now , for instance : December really means "tenth mouth , " although it is now the twelfth month. Can you find the other three ? A man named Numa added the two months of January and February , shortening the others in or der to do so. It is said that February is a name taken from a Latin word that means to purify , because during that month they held what they called the feast of purification , and that April is from a word that means to open , because at that season the buds begin to open. Children from tlio North. The little Esquimau babies in this country are not making very good progress. The climate , their parents say , does not agree with them. It is too warm altogether. An Esquimau baby at home is washed daily in water which is as cold as ice. The air which it breathes is so icy that the little one's warm breath quickly turns into frost on the isinglass windows , which the Esquimaux use. An Esquimau baby playthings are snowballs , and the daily airing is a ride on a sledge drawn by polar dogs. And so , you see , the little mites of Esquimau humanity here ara having a hard time to live in what is to them such a hot climate. It is as if you , who live in New York , were to spend the summer in Florida. And as if the Florida people were to go and live on steamboats at the equator. Harmless Joke. Place a spool of cotton in the inside pocket of your coat , and having thread ed a needle with the beginning of the cotton , pass the needle through the front of the coat , unthread the needle and leave about two inches of the cot ton hanging as if it were only a stray piece. The first person you meet will be sure to pick it off for you , and his astonishment , when he finds there is no end to it , will give plenty of inno cent fun. P"HHKRE ore women everywhere who suffer almost con- U stantly because they cannot bring themselves to tell all about their ills to a physician. O Such women can surely explain their symptoms and their suffering by letter to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn , Mass. , for the con fidence reposed in her has never been violated. Over a million women have been helped by her advice and medicine. Mrs. Pinkham in attending to her vast correspondence is assisted by women only. If you are ill , don't delay. Her reply will cost you nothing and it will be a practical help as it was to Miss ELLA E. BRENNER. East Rochester , Ohio , who says : "I shrunk from the ordeal of examination by our physician , yet I knew I must have treatment. My troubles were backache , nervous tired feeling , painful menstruation and leucorrhoen. I am so grateful to you now that I am willing to have my name published to help other girls to take their troubles to you. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound used as you wrote me has made me entirely well and very happy. I shall bless you as long as I live. " Mrs. Pinkham receives thou sands of such letters from grate ful women. Miss NELLIE RUSSELL , of 138 Grace St. , Pittsburg , Pa. , in a letter to Mrs. Pink- ham says : ' ' From child hood I suffered from kidney _ _ trouble and as I grew older r my troubles increased hav ing intense pain running from my waist to my womb and the menses were very painful. One dayt seeing your advertisement in one of our papers , I wrote to you. "When your reply came I began taking your Compound and followed your advice and am now in perfect health , and would ad vise any lady rich or poor to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound , which I can praise above all other remedies. It is a wonderful helo to women. " LIKE FINDING MONEY. The use of the Endless Chain Starch Book in the purchase of "Red Cross" and "Hubinger's Best" starch , makes it just like finding' money. 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