- free to Twenty five Ladies
The Defiance Starch Co will glvo
25 ladies a round trjp ticket to the
St Jjouis Exposition to Ave v ladies
in each of the following states Illi
nois Iowa Nebraska Kansas and
Missouri who will send in the largest
number of trade marks cut from a ton
cent IGounco package of Defiance
cold water laundry starch This
moan3 from your own home any
where in the above named states
Those trade marks must bo mailed tc
and received by the Defiance Starch
Co Omaha Nebr before Septembei
1st 1904 October and Novombei
will be the best months to visit the
Exposition Remember that Defiance
is the only starcn put up 1C oz a
full pound to the package You get
one third more starch for the same
money than of any other kind and
Defiance never sticks to tho iron
The tickets to the Exposition will bo
fiont by registered mail September
Gth Starch tor sale by all dealers
Many a man who marries an heir
ess lives to regret monkeying with a
get-rich-quick game
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You can easily make a man hot by
rubbing him the wrong vay
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Boruit Trinity Springs Ind Feb l5 1000
Women can invent excuses with
pretty candor
If you wih beautiful clear whito clothes
uso Red Cross Boll Bluo Largo S3 ox
package G cents
Its a case of quick Consumption
with the man who bolts hi food
Carpets can be colored on the floor
With PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
In Florence lately one of several
Italian ladies who were entertaining
Mark Twain asked what was the
American national game Poker he
responded Wen she laughingly pro
tested that he was facetious he grave
ly reiterated his statement and add
ed Madame to the game of poker
the American people owe the most
valuable lesson a nation can learn
Never give up even after you have
lost your last chance
Mrs Van Rennselaer Cruger tolls a
story of a Washington nostess who in
vited an attache of one of the foreign
legations to dine with her The
tation -was formally accepted but on
the morning of the appointed day a
note written by the foreigners valet
was received which read Mr Blank
regrets very much that he will not be
able to be present at Mrs Swifts din
ner tonight as iie is dead
Love is the sun that hatches the
flowers of the soul The face which
reflects ali the inner sentiments of the
heart betrays the love of its owner
and is beautiful
Its a case of loves labor lost when
a woman is compelled to take in wash
ing in order to support a worthless
husband
The man who is vain takes pride
in showing it on the smallest provo
cation
After buying experience a man sel
dom boast of his bargain
Digressions are often the brightest
sunshine of life
A spoiled child is almost as bad as
one that is too fresh
A man consumes more or less time
when he is eating dates
ARMY TRIALS
An Infantrymans Long Siege
This soldiers tale of food is interest
ing
During his term of service in 17th
Infantry in Cuba and Philippines an
Ohio soldier boy contracted a disease
of the stomach and bowels which all
army doctors who treated him pro
nounced incurable but which Grape
Nuts food alone cured
In October 1899 when my enlist
ment expired I was discharged from
the army at Calulute Philippines and
returned to the States on the first
available steamer that left Manila
When I got home I was a total wreck
physically and my doctor put me to
bed saying he considered me the worst
broken down man of my age he ever
saw and after treating me 6 months
he considered my case beyond medical
aid
During the fall and winter of 1900
and 01 I was admitted to the Barnes
Hospital in Washington D C for
traatment for chronic inflammation of
the stomach and bowels but after 5
months returned home as bad as ever
I continued taking medicine until
February 1902 when reading a news
paper one day I read about Grape Nuts
and was so impressed I isent out for a
package right away
The result is quickly told for I
have used Grape Nuts continually ever
since with the best results my health
is so I can do a fair days hard work
stomach and bowels are In good con
dition have gained 40 pounds in
weight and I feel like a new man alto
gether
owe my present good health to
Grape Nuts beyond all doubt for medi
cal science was exhausted Name
given by Postunx Co Battle Creek
Mich
Had he consulted any one of sev
eral thousand physicians we know of
they would have prescribed Grape
Nuts irntried lately
Look- in each pkg for the famous
little book The Road to Weilville
BEEG TOO SMART FOR HIM
They Found a Way to Get Back
Honey Taken from Hiveo
One of our neighbors ha3 for a num
ber cf years past derived a very satis
factory revenue from the industry of
I Is bees His farm is a village lo 50
by 200 feet In a sheltered corner of
which he keeps a few colonies of bees
With the numerous families he has
always lived in the most perfect har
mony of purpose and each individual
seems to know and respect him how
ever warlike they may appear to
strango faces When all the boxes
were filled this season they were re
placed by others as is the usual cus
tom This operation did not com
mend Itself to -the bees as it taxed
their proverbial industry to too great
an extent in a season of few flowers
like the past
Seemingly a council was held and
the question of a winters supply of
food duly considered and soon carried
into effect Some wise vbee found a
small hole in the attic where 1C0 or
more pounds of honey was stored At
once all the forces of the colonies
wei e summoned and with determina
tion that knows no failure they trans
ferred every particle of honey from
the garret to the new boxes on the
hives A few days ago when our bee
farmer went to the garret for a supply
to fill an order he found he had been
robbed No it was not robbery The
bees got back what had been taken
from them It was theirs New Eng
land Homestead
THE RETORT WAS APT
Pious Old Lady Answered Fool Ac
cording to His Folly
After the openings meeeting of the
Religious Education Asosciations
recent convention in Philadelphia the
Rev Erastus Blakeslee of Boston en
tertained Dr Frederic Tracy and Dr
Halsey Gulick with stories of his
youth
A friend of mine at college this
learned editor said was a lad of
skeptical views He and I made a
walking tour one summer and late on
a certain evening we stopped at a
lonely farmhouse and asked for shel
ter for the night
The old woman who owned the
farm welcomed us She had a sim
ple pious mind and she insisted on
our taking part with her in evening
prayers
At the prayers end my skeptical
companion attempted to deride her
piety
Do you really believe he said
that men are made of dust
The Good Book says so there
fore I believe it said the old woman
How about wet weather then
when there is no dust when thPie is
only mud What is done then said
my friend
The old woman looked at him and
laughed -
When there is only mud she
said infidels and such like truck are
made
Easily Explained
A dear son of New England having
plied a newcomer in the milling re
gion of Nevada with every conceiv
able question as to why he visited the
gold region and hopes means pros
pects etc finally asked him if he
had a family
Yes was the reply I have a wife
and six children and I never saw one
of them
After a brief silence the bore com
menced
Were you ever blind sir
No
Another pause
Did I understand you to say that
you had a wife and six children living
in New York and had never seen one
of them
Fact
How can that be
Why was the reply one of them
was born after I left
Their Heads Alike
Justice John Proctor Clarke of the
Supremo Court was holding court a
few afternoons ago in one of the badly
ventilated rooms of the County Court
House Before him was a lawyer
whose head was almost as devoid of
hair as that cf the Justice himself
and the latter comes pretty near to
holding the record in that way
Your honor said the lawyer I
must request that the window over
on the other side of the room be
closed more tightly I feel the draught
on my head
The court symphasizes wfth you
perfectly said the justice The court
has the same kind of a head New
York Times
Lifes Scarecrows
Once on n time a farmer made
A scarecrow fierce and high
A sparrow lighting near it said
It looks so cozy I
Believe it is the very best
Of nooks wherein to build a nest
And so he went to work and soon
A pretty home had made
And by and by his charming mate
Four cunning eggs had laid
And from that happy nest one day
Six gleeful birds flew far away
But ere they went the old bird said
My children all through life
Remember what you think of this
Or that brings peace or strife
And even scarecrows joy may bring
If one knows how to view a thing
Xixon Waterman in Womans Home
Companion
After Dinncr Candies
The fashion of eating sweetmeats
with dessert is one that is ever gain
ing ground and aainty little silver
dishes of chocolates salted almonds
fondants as well as preserved ginger
and dried fruits are now as necessary
an addition to our dessert as fresh
fruits Where only a small dessert is
required both fresh fruit and sweet
meats may be tastefully arrange
a glass or silver center dish
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Dainty Decoration for Dinner Table
In table setting there is always
something new At a recent dinner
the hostess surprised her guests by
decorating the center of her table
with a cloth of pure gold thread sol
idly worked the border a lace design
of white silk and fine gold mesh in
diamond shape stitches The green
for the table was small ferns set in
an oval dish of dark blue china wit
figures in relief representing peasants
in holiday costume At each corner
of this gold center was a candlestick
in dull silver of colonial design fur
nished with a shade of iridescent
glass which graduated from tones of
light yellow to dark orange and then
to red
Eton Collars for Spring
The Eton collar is noticed on some
spring suits It is a welcome change
from the collarless effects of former
seasons It gives a girlish not to say
boyish look to the wearer It has
already been seen on the English ten-
uis suits of white duck and sea green
linen in Florida courts and now it
comes along as a top dressing of the
bolero or jacket shaped bodices of
spring suits
It is of linen usually but is made
more becoming and softly feminine by
a frilling of soft Valenciennes lace
sewed all the way around The open
space between the collar points is
thus filled in and finished with a bow
Menu Card Ideas
Nothing is prettier for a dainty
luncheon than the ribbon menu This
consists of a nine inch length of
broad satin ribbon with a floral em
blem and the word Menu painted
on it
Another idea is the swan menu
which is cut out of deckled cardboard
The tail feathers are first cut and the
word Menu printed at the top with
the bill of fare underneath The head
and wings of the bird are then cut
separately and a piece of baby rfhbon
In the shape of a loop attached to the
head and over tho tail feathers to keep
the different parts of the anatomy to
gether
Eton Jacket
Eton jackets are to be noted among
the most fashionable coats and are
jaunty becoming and generally at
tractive This one includes the tiny
vest effect that marks the latest de
signs with full sleeves and the drop
shoulders that give the broad line of
fashion As shown it is made of wood
brown broadcloth with trimming of
brown and white braid the vest being
white cloth braided with brown and
tan but all suiting materials arc ap
propriate and the vest can be one of
many things Oriental embroidery is
much liked brocades and lace are
seen and wide brand is used
The jacket is made with fronts and
back and is fitted by means of single
darts shoulder and under arm seams
The little vest can be applied over the
edge and finished with the braid or
the jacket can be cut away and the
edge of the vest arranged under it
then stitched to position The sleeves
are gathered and are joined to the
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4686 Eton Jacket 32 to 40 bust
drop shoulders the seams being con
cealed by the braid and are finished
at the wrists with flare cuffs
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is 4 yards 21
inches wide 3 yards 27 inches wide or
2 yards 44 inches wide with yards
of vesting 5 yards of braid and 3
yards of lace to trim as illustrated
The pattern 4686 is cut in sizes for
a 32 34 3G 38 and 40 inch bust meas
ure
Potato Salad
Eight cold boiled potatoes one
bunch of celery two white onions
one head of lettuce Slice the pota
toes cut the celery fine and slice the
onions very thin take off the green
leaves of the lettuce wash carefully
and drain and line your salad bowl
with them break up the center of
the lettuce and mix with the salad
When ready to serve mix the mayon
naise through before putting in your
salad bowl Garnish with olives and
hard boiled eggs
Small Mutton Pies
Pour enough boiling wafer upon half
a pound of clarified beef dripping or
upon the same quantity cf cleaned
and crumbled suet to melt it to the
consistency of lrd
Make a hollow in two pounds of
sifted flour to which you have addec
a Jittle salt and pour in the melter
dripping adding more water if re
quired Work with the hand until i
is a smooth paste and then roll out
Line small tins with the paste put ii
the meat cut small and parboiled
place a lid of paste on the top prsss
the sides and top together cut a siaal
hole in the top and bake in a quicli
oven
Seven Gored Skirt
Full skirts are rapidly becomin
general and some fresh variations are
shown each week This one is emi
nently graceful and suits the seasont
fabrics admirably well As shown il
is made of novelty sage green voile
with trimming of ecru lace but there
are numberless other materials thai
suit it equally well The combined
plaits and tucks are notably smarl
but when liked shirrings can be sub
stttuted for the latter In either case
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4687 Sovon Gored Slrirt
22 to 30 waist
the lines are good and the skirt falls
in becoming folds below the stitching
which confine the fulness over the
hips
The skirt is cut in seven gores
there being a box plait at the back
edge of each with tucks between that
are stitched with corticelli silk The
plaits in the center back meet and be
neath them the invisible closing is
made
The quantity of material required
for medium size is 9 yards 21
inches wide 9K yards 27 inches wide
or 5 yards 44 inches wide with 54
yards of lace applique
The pattern 4CS7 is cut in sizes for
a 22 24 2G 2S and 30 inch waist
measure
A French Salad
Take one cup of lima beans one
cup of celery cut in small pieces one
cup of peas one cup of brussels
sprouts one half of a cauliflower
three medium sized potatoes two
small carrots and one chopped onion
Boil ail these separately When cold
mix in a salad bowl and season with
salt and pepper Break into small
pieces tho center of one head of let
tuce and mix with the salad Let all
stand until ready to serve then mix
through it a mayonnaise sauce
The Coal Scuttle Bonnet
The quaintest of all chapeaux for
little people is a coal scuttle bonnet
in while satin trimmed with roses and
other white flowers The sides of this
bonnet are sometimes folded over
after the manner of Breton caps For
the little fancy coat and wrap white
cloth is the general favorite There
are many different designs for these
garments but the Gretchen shape
which is simplicity itself seems to be
the most popular
One Style of Sailor Hat
A hat on the Bretonne sailor order
that is selling well in London has the
brim made of green yedda and the
crown of a green and white plaid silk
braid pleated and standing on edge
A band of emerald green velvet rib
bon around the crown is ornamented
at each side with steel buckles
These buckles hold pairs of dainty
small wings shaded from green to
white
The Summer Sleeve
Sleeves are still full and voluminous
below the elbow but in the summer
dresses they will be half length and
some will fall in fan pleats from the
elbow
New Fabric for Spring
A new voile something of a cross
between cloth and crepe de chine is
among the latest fabrics for spring
costumes
Readers of this paper can secure any May
Mantoa pattern illustrated above by till ins out
all blanks in coupon and mailing with 10 ceutd
to E E Harrison Co G3 Plymouth Place Chi
cago Pattern will be mailed promptly
Name
Town
State
Pattern No-
Waist Measure if for skirt
Bust Measure if for vraist
Age if childs or inisas pattern
Write plainly Fill out all blanks Endow
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THE SWORD W JAPAN
WEAPON HELD IN GENERAL ES
TEEM AND REVERENCE
Authentic Blades cf Famous Makers
Still Highly Prized How the Prod
uct cf One Swordcmith Obtained a
Bad Reputation
Until the year 1C03 there was no
law existing in Japan with regard to
the wearing of swords Any one
might carry as many as ho chose
During tho Tokugawa regime how
ever a law was promulgated which
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men or samurai tho artists or paint- lts weigHt
crs and the swordsmiths to carry
swords This law remained in force
until 1877 when an edict was issued
forbidding any one to wear swords in
public This created discontent
among those whose privilege it was
to carry them whereupon the govern
ment proclaimed another edict allow
ing any one to wear as many swords
as he pleased This removed the
cherished distinction attached to the
wearer of a sword and no ono cared
to do what was permitted to all Al
though wearing swords has entirely
ceased for twenty years in Japan the
old esteem and reverence for the
weapon and its use still exist among
the gentlemen of the country and
many of the nobility have at their
houses regular establishments where
fencing is practiced
Iu the past there were certain fam
ous swordmakers in Japan Jid au
thentic blades of their workmanship
are highly prized One old time sword
maker has a singular reputation This
is Muramassa who was a pupil of the
great Masamune second in fame of
all Japanese swordsmiths He was
widely known and undoubtedly made
swords which were excellent weap
ons but he was a man of violent tem
per and his swords were thought ex
ceedingly dangerous It was suppos
ed that once withdrawn from the
sheath they always shed blood be
fore being returned They were re
garded as being particularly unlucky
so far as the Tokugawa family of Ja
panese rulers was concerned The
father and grandfather of Iyeyasu
the first shogun of the family were
both attacked by men carrying Mura
masa swords Iyeyasu therefore is
sued an edict forbidding any one to
carry them It was in this way that
they acquired their bad reputation
Muramasa once challenged Masa
mune to a trial of their respective
swords
Amusing Reception Accorded a Vis
iter to a New York Hospital
An Italian who had been in this
country only forty eight hours went
to Bellevue hospital last week to visit
a patient - An obliging fellow country
man in the reception room instructed
the stranger in the mysteries of the
main office and presently he was
whisked upstairs in an elevator When
the elevator stopped tho Italian walk
ed into a ward and sat down
The first nurse that spied him there
took it for granted that he was a new
patient In less time than it takes
to tell it he hud been thoroughly scrub
bed and put to bed Then the doctor
in charge of the ward came along and
made an eamainalien
The unwilling patient seemed to be
resting comfortably but the absence
of any pronounced symptoms was
alarming A second doctor was sent
for The two made a second examina
tion and then called a third By that
time the bewildered Italian had yield
ed to the inevitable and was sleeping
peacefully
The third doctor prescribed an in
terpreter and finally a guide took the
smiling visitor to the bedside of his
sick friend New York Sun
A Bridge of Note
The Auld Brig o Ayr which
Burns made dear to all lovers of his
immortal poetry by the famous dia
logue between the new bridge and tho
old one is falling into decay Well it
may for the date of its foundation
cut into its wall is 1252 Six hundred
and fifty years is a respectable age
for a bridge Its supports are now
crumbling An architect who is also
an archaeologist and an enthusiast for
Burns reports that it will soon col
lapse unless it be shored up and re
newed He is trying to induce the
town council of Ayr to appropriate
3500 for its preservation The coun
cil is willing to act it is said but is
delaying over a question of whether
the money should come from taxation
or be taken from a bequest long ago
made for the purpose the validity of
which is undecided Here is an oppor
tunity for Andrew Carnegie
The Ripening Years
In spite of all that poets sing
About our childhoods happy hours
It seems to me that evry
Brinps greener fields and s weeter flow
ers
The foliasc upon the trees
Seems greener as It reappears
Theres something in the very breeze
That grows more sacred with the years
Somehow with each succeeding June
New lusters come into the sky
Some subtle chord in natures tune
Sounds awter as the years roll bv
W H Wilson in Four Track News
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A curious
a short time
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the gale at
Scotch paper A iar0
nrn savs a
tho road
2 wa blown down across
of men were told off
A number
way obstruction which tl ey
to remove the
commenced to dp by VVifofisouv
After about
of tho larger branches tho
half a ton had been thus removed
itielf from the
lift
tree began to
soon as a little more
ground and as
wXht was taken off it sprang Into -a
1 position which it retained
spito tho subsequent rough weather
It was found that the roots had been
stretched but not broken and were
sufficiently c lastic to null the trunk
relieved of some ot
after it had been
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
Tni Vmiicntlonsns they cannot reach the dlv
SncS sound or lm
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rnken out nnd this tubo re tored to its normal condl
tfonlicarlBK trill be destroyed forever nine cage
Catarrh which Is nothing
caused by
out of ten are
but an lutlained condition of tho mucou surface
Hundred Dollar for any ewe of
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catarrh that cannot e curcJ
ncafne s caused by
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Take Halls Family nils for constipation
Value of Carrier Pigeons
The best carrier pigeons are worth
the market
several hundred dollars -in
ket and some cannot be purchased at
any price During the annual pigeon
show in New York last year 200 and
even 300 ws refused by the owners
for some of their choicest pets The
average exhibits were valued at 25
and 50 Prices however do not
stand in the way of the pigeon fan
cier today for excellent homing pig
eons an be purchased for 5 and less
One can start a loft with half a doz
en breeders and within a few seasons
have all the birds desired
WiggleStlclt tauxory bluc
Wont spill break freeze nor spot clothos
Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of
any other bluing- If your grocer does not
keep it send lOcforsafnpl to The Laundry
Blue Co 14 Michigan Struct Chicago
I am disgruntled said Senator
Foster recently Ill never give
money to a street leggar again as
long as I live There was a very pitiful-looking
beggar in tho avenue a
few minutes ago and my heart going
out to him I stopped to hand him a
few small coins I had difficulty I ad
mit in finding my change but was
that any reason for the beggar to
frown at me and say impatiently
I Tiirrv iin sir fvo lot RPvrn1
Masamune consented and
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me sworn uiaucs were piaceu in a
running stream of water with their
edges turned against the current All
the leaves twigs and rubbish which
flowed down stream ran into Mura
masas sword and were severed while
they carefully avoided coming into
co itact with jlasamunos blade Ah
said Masamune that demonstrates
very well the difference between our
swords ycurd is bloodthirsty and cuts
everything which comes near it
while mine avoids doing unnecessary
damage
MISTAKEN FOR A PATIENT
over them pennies
What a Ycggrnan Is
The word yeggmai is now eligi
ole to dictionary honors It has court
Authority In a recent damage suit
it Lynn Mass the plaintiff set forth
hat by calling him a yeggman the
iefendant meant that the plaintiff
vas a desperado a rriminal a night
jurglar a tramp burglar a crook a
reebooter a murde or a man who
joscd as a tramp in the daytime and
-as a burglar in the nighttime
A well known actor was telling his
sixteen-year-old son who he consid
ers very immature and young for his
age that he ought to be doing some
thing for his glory and his country
Why when George Washington was
your age my son lie was surveying
the estate of Lord Fairfax The boy
thought a moment then he replied
quietly Well when he was as old
as you pa he wac president of the
United States
An Ersy Wy To Do It
Mineral Idaho April 11 Mr D
S Colson of this pi ice has something
to say which will be of interest to
many men Mr Colson claims to
have found a simpl way to get rid of
pains in the back Sciatica or Rheu
matism He has cured himself and
so claims personal experience in proof
ot his method
Mr Colson says
I had awful pains in my hip The
got so bad at last that I could hardly
walk I tried several things but got
no relief till I began to use Dcdds
Kidney Pills and I had taken but a
few of these pills till the pain left
me entirely
Dodds Kidney Pills certainly did
me lets ot good and I consider them
a great medicine
The remedy that cured Mr Colson
is the same that has been making
such sensational cures of Brights
Disease Diabetes Dropsy and Rheu
matism all over the country The
name of the medicine is Dodds Kid
ney Pills
Self made men generally act as
though they were proud of their job
A man is never satisfied until he
ittends his own funeral
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