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TITE OMAITA DAILY TVFE. PTXDAY, ,TAXITABT 1001. 17 4 LOXG-EARED GENIUS OF WAR An Appreciation of the Rear-Action Buttery, Known b the Army Mule. GREAT FACTOR IN MILITARY SCRAPS Ills Ciitirnnc, Minium tiro, IiiIoIIIrimic-i mill ('iijiiirlly for Work on Sen n I Itiitlons III Vnlue , mi I lie Inrri'iiM', There In nn eminent American nrmy om ccr In tho Philippines who litis revised the proverb nboul heaven giving tho vic tory to tho Blilc with the heat guns. "Heaven given thu victory to tho army with tho moat mules," Is his version. Today thu mulo Is rcRnrdcd ns the Blnu turn non ot modern warfare. Should his muleshii rise as si unit nnd ttnlk on the tiring lino there votild h no more up-to-date wars. The continued demand for nrmy mules In western mnrkets hnH almost doubled the price. Pour years ago n velvety-eared, hlgh-klcklng. slxlcen-haiid mule could lie bought for TR and a good mulo for $50. Now a western farmer who owns a wound Blxteen-band mule will not look at less than $135 for him. and almost any sort of speci men will fetch $100. Hlnco tho occupation of Manila 10.000 jcuIch have boon shipped to tho I'hlllpplnca nlcnc. Three times thnt many have been nont to Cuba and l'orto Hlco. English mulo buyers havo drained tho, St. I.ouls and Omaha markets since tho commence ment ot the Doer war, In ttplto of the al leged unsoldlcrly behavior of a Hqtind of American mules In (Jencral lluller's com mand, who on thrcu occasions, It Is said, ilollboraloly led their English drivers Into a lloer ambush, ami balked at every tit tempt to retreat. If this Is true. It Is the first tnstnnco of dlsloyajty over recorded ngalnst tho army mule. He has his faults, but bo Is game, ami ho Is faithful. Just beforo tho breaking out of tho Spanish-American war Spanish buyers shipped 18,000 mules from American markets. Our nrmy buyers were equally busy. "It was a popular supposition at tho time thnt Uncle Sam was holding back to get his war thlps ready," says an old army officer. "Ho tvimi't; ho was buying mules. I myself bought 11,000 on contract during tho Malnu Investigation. ' .Shipped (it ll lllllli)liii'S, Army oftlclals havo expended moro worry In tho-traiiHportauon of mules to tho l'hll Ipplnes than In tho carrying of troops. Up to a year ago nobody bad any Idea that a mulo I'ould stand on bis sea legs during a voyage of forty-one cluyH ami trot down a gangplank In better condition than bo trot ted up. The American mulo has achieved this. Kormcrly in attempting to transport mules over long distances tho beasts were supported In their stalls by a sort of sling, llko a hammock, supposed to glvo them an opportunity to rest themselves. This process killed from 25 to CO per cent of the animals and the rest were In n state ot collapso at. tho end of tho voyage. This plan has been abandoned and mules are now carried to Manila from Portland, Ore., with a leas of not moro than 2 per cent. At Manila they swim through tho surf a mllo In landing uud within a week nro tit for work. It has been discovered that between tho mulo and the Filipino thero Is n subtlo sympathy, it is tho same with tho mulo and tho l'orto Hlcnn, tho Cuban or tho Mex ican. Any of Ihcso peoplo can tako u mulo so worn out that ho will show no sign ot resentment- If an American soldier tickles his heel, pet him n bit and talk to 111 in In hls'own Jargon, Jump on bis bnck arid trot him 100 miles. Ilcforo tho advent of tho American army in tho Philippines tho only draught animal In uso (excepting tho donkey and the Chlncso coolie) wan tho ox. Tho mule, of course, Is blow compared with a horse, but ho Is chain lightning beside n team of oxon. Tho Filipinos consider him 1 THE HARDEST WORKERS Have spells of "tired feeling" now and then. This feeling is caused by some derangement in the stomach, liver kidneys or bowels, and must be removed before the natural vigor and buoyancy of spirits can be restored. PRICKLY a marvel of rapid transit There arc n great many reasons why the mulo Is par ticularly indispensable In the wars now going on. He thrives ou a hot climate And Is Immune to everything. Yellow fever and swamp fever and brenkbono fevor arc all the same to him, for ho never catches any of them, whllo the horso does. At n I'roiirllhiK 1'iiivrr, Mules furnish the propelling power for all army rehlcles. The proud war horse Is not In It with the mule when It comes to actual work. An nrmy crawls on Its stomach, ns Von Moltko remarked; tho mulo packs and hauls the necessary victuals. When a battery of artillery Is limbered up and galloped over a battlefield it is drawn by plunging, rearing horses; when that battery is to be dragged slowly and pain- fully over hundreds of miles of stifling hot reads n, patient six-mu e lemi decs the work and moro than likely goe3 without water and forages for Its focd on tho Journey. A mulo Is tho typo of toughness, llo will do moro work than a horso and llvo on n th'rd tho food. He Is a lino pack animal ami in his ability to go without water he rivals tho camel. Tho mulo can llvo on any kind of provender and work and In stanceo are on record where In a soldiering career a six-mule team has traveled for a week on what It snipped from tho roadside. Also, ho thrives on ill-treatment. "It nln't kindness that a mule wnnts; It's abuse," says tho sage nrmy teamster. Cer tainly the patience of the mulo Is tho patience of Job. Ho Is somewhat stubborn and hnrd-hcaded, but ho hns a sort of mulo sense, ideal In Its way. His cars arc not big for nothing. Ho Is as watchful aa a cat. Any unusual sound awakens him. Ho can tell tho tread of tho enemy at any hour of tho day or night and bo Is not bashful about lifting up his olcc nnd warn lag his superior officers. "A mulo will speak out and tell you nbout n thousand things that n horse .would let pass without saying a word," says tho old army man. "He's a better sentry than the nvcrage man, who would resent being called by his name," Vevrr (let Itnttlcil. A mulo never gets rattled. Ho has In tuition, but ho nover Jumps at conclusions, and lie docs not know the Hhnpo of fear, A mulo can discover water two miles off, and he always speaks up and tells tho driver nbout It. He will go without water for days If necessary, but when ho gets within Btillllng dlstanco of It ho halts and remarks, "I sny, now, there's water over yonder, nnd I propose to have a drink, see? Nor will he proceed till ho gets It. A well trained mulo can bo ridden Into n well or up a tree. Ho never breaks down on a march. As in tho car.o of tho army wagon, there Is n tradition that peoplo have seen peoplo who once saw a mulo team collapse, but no person can bo found who has himself witnessed such nn event. When tho back must be used In lieu of vehicles tho mulo Is tho only Tck animal. Ho will carry everything bis master puts on him, nnd ho will carry It forever, and glvo no sign ot complaint. Ho fattens on wading marshes and swimming rivers nnd cl'mblng mountains. Ho is as buto footed as ho Is clear headed. A mulo team can draw nn nmbulanco six mllos nn hour foe twenty hours nnd feel rested nftcr eating u bunch of hay and drinking n barrel of water. Nothing short of an earthquake will cause n mulo to run nwiiy. Ho listens to the roar of cannon without batting an car. Tho sound of battle has neither terror nor charm for him. Ho Btays whero you put him, and he raises the whlto (lag never. Tho mulo Is nn nrmy classic, and tho stories about him nro as tho legends of Snmsou. Thero Ib a familiar Lincoln story to the effect that ono day tho loss by cap- turo of n few mules and two major gcncrnls was reported to tho president. "Well," snld Lincoln, with a shrewd twtnklo In bis eyes, "I can mako plenty of major gcncrnls, but I do hato to lose tlioso mules." It Is properly understood among nrmy teamsters that tho only ways to start a mulo nro to build a tiro under him or to swear until tho ntmosphero Is blue, Mulo drivers, llko poctB, aro born, not made. On tho whole, Missouri men nro supposed to handlo a mulo n llttlo better than any body elso. When (Jcncrnl Otis was In com mand In the Philippines n raw Missouri recruit wuh set to driving a refractory mulo team. Ills appointment was unfor- unnto, becauso ho bad "hitched on to tho Daptlats" Just beforo Joining tho army. Tho roads wcro almost Impassable, and tho est of tho teamstcru wcro lltorally bom barding their charges with oaths. Tho Missourlan held his peace, nlbctt In Im potent rage. At last one of tho whcol mules balked and refused to ndvanco n step. Tho driver used every endeavor to urgo the beast along, but to no purpose. At last ho roared out solemnly: "Oh, Lord, you know whero this mulo ought to bo ns well as anybody. Tho wholo nrmy knows where ho ought to bo. Ho knows whero ho ought o be. I know whero ho ought to be, oh Lord, and If ho doesn't movo In a mlnuto I Intend to say bo, by gum!" Another soldier was assigned to team ster duty In General Funston's division. Ho presented himself apologetically beforo his superior odlecr. "Cap'n," ho snld, hitching his thumbs awkwardly In bis trousers pockets, "I wlsht you'd 'p'lnt ntll Jones to drlvln' them mules." "How's that; can't you drive?" VVeh." "What tho devil's tho mntter. then?" "Well, yo see, Cap'n, I nln't half wicked nu If. It takes a rocklcsser man than a plrato to ilrlvo a slx-mulo team." Theso assertions aro nil from the view point of tho army mulo's'stubbornness. No mnn who has had experience with him doubts his loyalty, his courngo nnd his toughness. ASH quickly corrects the dis turbance, purifies the bowels, helps digestion And sends the blood tingling through the veins, carrying life and renewed energy throughout the system. A WOMAN'S llli; OIL .STIIIICK. Mr, llirlu of IVenl VlrKiiiln In t .MiiUIiih; $7,0110 a Wirt, West Virginia oil developments of tho last few weeks havo produced what tho operators nro pleased to call an "oil queen." She Is Mrs. Mary Ihrlg, formerly of Sister vllle, now living In tho Tyler county field, where I. or venturesome spirit nnd good luck netted her an oil Income that has been averaging about $7,000 a week for a month. Mrs. Ihrlg was formerly engaged In tho rhno business at Slstervllle and It was whllo living in that busy town of oil and oil machinations .that she developed tho speculative fever. Her shoo business was not very success ful and she began to dabble In oil. Several small ventures are said to havo netted her enough to mako her confident nnd will ing to undertake tho development of the most uncertain "wdldcat" territory In tho state. Sho secured control of n large slice of new territory In tho upper end of Tyler canity, nnd, regardless of tho head-' fhnkes nnd discouraging words of her friends, sho went into tho field for nctlvo operations. Several months ago sho con tracted for tho drilling of a well on her laud. A series of mishaps prevented tho com pletion of the Job until Decomber A, when tho drill touched n pocket of oil and a small gusher resulted. Tho How was pretty heavy at first, but has slnco settled down to nbout 2S0 barrels a day, with every prospect that tho output will bo main tained, Tho strike Is the opening wedge In terri tory that will prove to be very valuable, Mrs, Ihrlg is preparing to put down other wells Just an toon nt- rigging can be hauled to her property, Tho woman speculator haH fixed upon several spots upon which her agents will begin drilling ns soon ns possible. Sho bus purchased a handsome homo at Tarkcrsbnrg and will likely direct her new Intcrcats from that place, POVERTY NOT THE CAUSE Why Pupils Leayo Public Schools Before Completion of Their Course. RESULT OF INQUIRY IN ST. LOUIS Money nnil HrxnlM In IMurnllnn- 1'rriioiidernnec of Girls In IIIrIi Schools Vnrlinii Ktltien tlonnl .Matter. In til nnnnnl renort to tho Hoard of Education of St. Louis the president of that body presents facts to sustain his contention that poverty Is not the cause of public school pupils leaving school beforo tho completion of their course. Tho report shows that tho losses In attendance como In the fourth, fifth and sixth grades nnd thnt they occur nlraost entirely nmong the older, the backward pupils. From this fact the report makes what seems to bo a correct and Just Inference. "It goes without saying." no says, mai ttin nlrlnr tiiinlls nro bnckwnrd 111 their studies; tho reason for which may bo sick ness or slowness or lacK oi liiiercsi. Certainly tho older pupils, tho retarded pupils, tho discontented pupils, do not with draw on account of poverty. 1 suspect tho oxcitso of poverty Is often mado a cwrr for criminal neclect on tho part of n parent or a feeling of discontent on the part of n child. Most probnblo among tho causes for tho falling off In attendnnco In the schools are: 'First, a lack of Interest on tho part of tho pupils, nnd, second, a lack, on the part of parents, of an appreciation ot the value of nn education. "Thlc Inquiry Into tho question of school attendance nnd analysis of the causes of withdrawals." comments tho St. Louis lle publle, "form a valunblo contribution to educational research. The degreo of culture and education In n community depends not on tho ncroinpllshmcnt of slnglo Individuals, but on tho Btntus of tho peoplo as a whole. Tho longer tho children ot n community can bo kept at school, tho higher will bo the educational development of tho community. Tho Inllallra nf Huston show amnly that that city lias mado progress In Bolvlng tho problem of keeping ctilldrcn nt scnooi. ivcn municipal odlclals sharo In tho good work by enacting nnd enforcing truancy laws. Such laws, If enforced. Incline to prevent a child from falling behind other children of his ago becauso of nbsonco, nnd thus rcmovo tho principal cause of withdrawals. "Tho lack of free books Is also adverted to as a cause of withdrawals In St. Louis nftcr tho fourth grade. Hoston supplies free liooks In all Its grades, Chicago sup plies them In none. St. Louis' plan of sup-nivlni- ilium un to tho fourth grade nnd not thereafter gives parents nn Impression that tho end of tho tourtn grauo is prcsumcu io bo tho limit of education for a working man's child. This causes n sudden slump In attendnnco with tho beginning of the tlflh trrmln. It In llnllhtf 111. therefore. whether frco books In tho lower grades, whero tho cost of books is trifling, nro much better than no frco boons nt an. &i. L,ouit aiinull nnnnlv frco books In all the grades Abovo tho fourth grades pupils havo at tained some knowledge ot mo proper caro nnd handling of books, nnd tho books would lnt innpnr. "School attendnnco Is tho basic principle of school bencnt to a community, nnu i. Louis' schools should profit greatly by tho school board's Investigation." Money nnil Ilrsiilln In Kilitentlon. Ono ot tho Interesting facts revealed In tho annual report of tho commissioners of education, says tho Boston Globo, Is that It Is not those communities that expend tho most money for public schools that got tho best results, Tho bnro amount of expenditure In any stnto does not express tho sacrifices ot tho peoplo for education. It Ib tho per capita expenditure that best shows this. Thus, expenditures for school purposes In Now York last year nmountcd to $28,052,505, and whllo this was a larger sura than was expended by any other state, It wns only $1.03 per capita, whllo Massachusetts spent J5.07 per capita, Nevada JI.0C and California $4.09 Tho smallest per capita, expenditure In any stato was In North Carolina, whero It amounted to 53 cents. New York falls behind Pennsylvania In tho number of pupils enrolled. Tho per centage of pupils enrolled to population In New York Is 10.91, whllo In Pennsylvania It Is 18.7C. Tho highest pcrcentngo of school enrollment to population Is In Kansas, whero It Is 27.87. Iowa makes ono of the best showings In tho report. Tho total school enrollment In thnt stato Is 551,992, or 26.42 per cent of tho population, nnd tho porccntngo of teachers to pupils la larger than In any other Btnto, thero bolng 28,694 teachers, ngalnst 28,823 In Pennsylvania and 33,992 In New York. It thus appears that whllo Now ork makes a big showing ns regards money sev eral states lead It In per capita expendi tures and enrollment, nnd nchtovo better re sults, besides conducting educational work with moro economy. In fact Now York ac tually lags behind In public schools, though Its big school fund Is so often much lauded. Monster IIIkIi School. New York Ib to havo another high school In tho borough of nronx, to bo called the Peter Cooper High school, which Is to surpass nil tho other buildings In that part of tho state. It ts to bo built In what is known as tho English colleglato gothlc stvlo of architecture, this seeming best adapted to modern uses and construction. The exterior finish Ib to bo of gray brick, gray stono nnd grny term cotta trimmings. A striking feature In tho facado Is tho largo central tower of rugged Norman as pect, nearly fifty feet squnro and nbout 175 feet high. It Is not merely for tho appear ance, but Is to be utilized to carry up tho largo ventilating shaftB which conduct tho exhausted air from tho class rooms, nnd ono of tho corner turrets will contain tho boiler chimney, which tho architect has disposed of artistically by this device with out marring tho general contour or beauty of tho structure. Tho upper floors ot tho tower ho has also provided for uso as laboratories for tho Bpcelal work of tho faculty, tho need of which It was urged Is always felt but Is rarely provided for. Tho cost will be $409,383, and tho work will not bo completed until tho spring of 1902. Above tho basement will bo flvo stories, which will provide seventy-ono class rooms In nil for school work, not Including thoso that will bo used for stores, toilet lockers for teachers and other purposes necessary in a modern school house. Thero will bo twelve laboratories, wlth thrco lecture rooms In connection with them. Thero will be four largo study halls, separate gym nasiums for boys and girls. Tho, auditorium will seat 1,800 peoplo and will be UBcd upon all public occasions. Tho building will nccommodato 3,000 pupils. (ilrlN In IIIkIi Sellout. William T. 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Ilo regretted that moro young men wero not having tho advnnlago of college training, but ho was glad that tho young women at any rato wero having thoso advantages. "Tho figures," says thn Journal, "havo a special tslgnlilcanco at tho end of tho century." l.ui'Uy Colorril Student, In tho matter of pluck tho colored youth of tho country havo upon moro than ono oc casion, hot ii good example to tholr whlto bicthren, nnd in no Instance lias tho sue- ces that followed patient, bravo effort been moro worthily deserved than In tho caso of Willi O. Tyler, who was selected to repre sent tho Vulverslty of Indiana at tho ntato oratorical eoutost in Indianapolis. Horn In nioomlngtoii, Intl.. In 1S77. Tycr lost both IiIh pnrents while bo was still a child. Then began his struggle, but tho boy had no Idea of pimply contenting himself with a living, but made up 1i!m mind to get besides ns good nn education n It v.as possible to obtain In the Htnto of Indiana. Ilo began by blacking slioo8 nnd ns opportunity offered went to tho primary scliooH nnd (hen 10 tho second ary ami grammer s-.diools. A3 ho becamo stronger ho added to tho list of his occupa tions, and swept, bcrubhed. cleaned, beat carpets, und in fact found no work too la borious which would e'vo blm a fair com pensation for tho hours ho could dovoto to It. In the meanttmo ho went to school sumo part of every day, if possible, and, graduat ing from tho high school, was entered at tho University of Indiana, whero It Is need less to say, ho Is getting a collego education and nt tho samo timo supporting himself. Ilo is u fine debater nnd a splendid orator nnd deserves all tho luck that such pluck merits. Kiliiciif loiwi! .olc. IiiHlleo MarciiH 1. Knnwlton of tho su premo court of MuHs.ielmsottH haw Just been asked to bo thn orator of tho day at tho tiext commencement of thn Yale Law school, llo graduated from Yulo In JMO. I'lesldent David Htarr Jordan of l.otaud Stanford, Jr., university, sayn ho believes that, tdncn thn higher education has be come ho widespread, tho future of this country lies more with tho universities than with any other power. Herbert I'lilnam says thnt libraries nro giowing In number far morn rapidly than lire librarians, llo dlreelH attention to tho I net that wherenn thorn urn now about fi,iw llbrnrlen In tho country, thero am not morn than &) or j"0 especially trained librarians. A mnrb'n bust of Mrs. Christine (i. Sulli van, thn Ohio educator. Is being mado by t. T. Webber, tho sculptor, for thn Cincin nati public yi hools. It Is the gift of several members of the National lMucntlon.il as sociation and the Southern and Ohio Teach ers' associations. 1). o. Mills of New York has promised tho l'nlverslty or California about J.1!, 000 to defray thn expenses of a two-year astronomical expedition from tho I.lck ob servatory to .South America or Australia, tho object of which Is to study tho move ment of stars In the line of sight. A public school principal In New Orleans Miys that the ability to decipher moro or IcH.t obscure handwriting quickly and ac curately Is, In his opinion, ou of thu best possible tests nf general Intelligence, llo uses it iitllto frequently in his school, with out letting tho pupil suspect what bu Is after At the recent meeting of the Connecticut Va'ley grammar school masters, held In Fprlnglleld, Mass., Dr. Halllet ilovllvered nn Intcn sting address on tho schools of (Jer in.: ny. The high school teacher In Ger many Ih a scholar, it writer of books, and often a teacher in ono of tho universities. The averugo leaching In Germany Is hotter than It Is In this country, and much nf the teai lung hero would not bo tolerated in Germany. Cornell Miowh n gain In nttonilnncn of 2IH, thu total to date beinr ii.lM, as against '.'.'Jltl nt thin tlnio lust jor. Tho university now shows tho largest registration over reached In Its history. Four hundred and slxty-llvo degrees wero conferred In June, I'.loo. mak ing a total of 0,,'kB degrees conferred by tho university. Tho faculty also shows a largo Increase. It consists of 327 professors, etc.. u(!nrt :U4 last year. Tho new professors am li ofs. Kerr, Duggnr and Nash. 'i ho suertiitondctit of ei'ucatlon for the stato of Koutli Caiollna shews In Ills an nual report that while more money Is up. p'oprluted for tho education of tho whites ban for tho black, tluro nio moro blacks tliaii whites In .'itteudalKo nt thu public scbrols. Thero aro I.Vi.ma colored children attending tho silu.ols. for which thero was appropriated $:'0U 171. tb's telng at tho rato ft fl.sa a pupil. Then are nt tho schools no.Ki.'i while pupils, for whom thero was spnit J700.MO, or Vi&l a pupil In the past year nearly Jli,t")0,ll00 was given to schools anil colleges of tho I'nlted Htates. Washington university, Ht. Units, got tho biggest slleo of this In tho J.I.OX), lioo iivni lo It by Ilnbert 8. lirooklugs and Kainuel Cupplcs; Chicago uidvorslty had $2,i"n.(l, Clark university SJ.SM.OoO, Yalo Jl.3ll.td'.'. Urown Jl.OHO.OOO and Harvard J710, 60. The total of all gifts and bequests to pulllc objects last year was JOl'.lfd.IiOi, and for tho past seven years it has been J:'.s:',. 319,70.', an it era go per yuir of about JIO, frio.eoo Hecirt examinations of school children In totelgii and lionu' Mhi'Ols show that .Hurslghtedliess oreiiKfi, lroni tho lower ti, tlie uoper gram a 'i no iiinoroiico is so rnrkfil in some en sen Hum 1 hit cent In the primary grade. to r.'S-a per cent In tho high schools that It seems to ludleato conditions in the surroundings of the school children, or in tlie methods iij Htul, which nuulit lo bo capable of removal. Tho facts bearing on such .i tendency should be thor oughly investigated bv si hoid boards, at ie,..si ispiciai wnni mw uuuuings aro in cwiteiiipieii a MmUmn A. Ruppert soys: "MyFuce tllcuch Is not b new, untried remdy, but haa boen used by the beet peoplo for years, nnd for dlsvdvlnir nnd roinovtnr forever pimples, freckles, moth pntches, ulackhenils, eczema, tan, sunburn, sallownoss, rougline.s or reducni of the skin, and for brightening nnd bcuuttfyJog tho complexion It hut nn equal. It Is absolutely bvmlui to the most delicate Akin. Tho ninrvellnun Improvement after a few applications is most apparent, lor thu akin becomes natiiro Intended It slimild be, smooth, clear and white, frco from every impurity nnd blemish. It cannot full for its nation H such that it draw thn Impurities out of thn skin, nnd does not cover them up, and is Invisible during upn. This Is tho ouly thorough uud permanent wny. During this month, T will offer to nil a trial bottle of my world renowned Vace llleiicb.HUl'lclent to show thnt it is all that I claim for it, and any render of this can fitnl inoI.leuntB In stamp or silver, nnd I will tend tho trial bottle, socurely packed In plain wrapper, tculod, all charges prepaid. My book 'How to be nonutlfiil' will bo moiled frco to nil who will write for It." HAD AH E A. RUPPERT, 6 East Htli Street, New York flme. Kuppert's dray llalr Kestorativs actually restores gray hair to Its nntural color. Can bo used on any shadoof hair, ami U not a dye, nnd dix-i not discolor thn akin nor nib nlT Perfectly harmless and always gives satisfaction. Mme. Kuppert's Depilatory remove stipertiiinua buir In llvo minutes, without paint will not injuro tho moat dollcnta akin. flme. Ruppert's Hifyptlsn Italm fnrsofU nlnic and hcullnir tho face nnd hands. flme. kuppert's llalr Tonic positively removes dundrulf, all scnlp dlpendes, stops falling hair, and in many cases reatorca hair. Mme, Kuppert's Almond Oil Complexion Soap, mode of pure ulinoud oil and wax, Dollchtful for tho cnmploxlon nnd war ranted unt tn chap the most delicate skin. All of tho above toilet preparations aro always kept In stock and can bo hail from ur local ngout. 1CU1IN .t CO., IlniKKlata, OMAHA. Mill. Lovely, clear, pcnrl-tlntod skin, llkn baby's, of delicately shaded color, without spot, blemish or discoloration. Tho beaut! I ill, fascinating complexion of a liealthv fuco comes from using H.Uln-Hkln Cream and Hatiu-Skln I'owder Harali Maxim, l'luminor, Wis., writes: "I had a red blotch on my nose that I could not erase. Within n few days after using Batiii-Hkln Croum no red snot was loft u perfect cure It's u skin food I can recommend to an onn wanting olear eomjl"xlon nt trilling; cost1' A"d for Hntln-Hkiii Creuni nnu I'owder, 25c. Thu Huston Store. I