I! l aaaav&MT?'vy Es-MlaaaHt 3w. - -,--4;$V - Miss M. Cartledge gives some helpful advice to young girls. Her letter is but one of thousands which prove that nothing is sol helpful to young girls who are just arriving at the period of womanhood as LydiavE Pinkham's Vegetable Compound "Dkati Mns. Pinkham: I cannot praiso Lydia E. PInlcnm's Vegetable Compound too 'highly, for it is tho only mctlicino I ever tried which cured mo. I Buffered much from my first menstrual period, I felt bo weak nnd dizzy at times I could not pursue my studies with, tho usual interest. My thoughts became sluggish. I had headaches, backaches and sinking spells, ahso pains in tho back and lower limbs. Iu fact. I was sick all over. "Finally, after many other remedies had been tried, wo wero ad vised to get Lydla E. Plnklmm's Vouctnblo Compound, and I ain pleased to say Unit aftor taking it only two weeks, a wonderful chango for tho better took plaoo, and in a short timo I was in perfect health. I felt buoyant, full of life, and found all work a pastime. I am indeed glad to tell my oxporionco with Lydla E. Piiiklimn's Vegetable Compound, for it mado a different girl of me. Yours very truly, Miss M. Caiuxeimik, g:i:j Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga." At nucli a time tho grandest aid to nature Is Lydla E. Pink Iiam's Vegotablo Compound. It prepares tho young system for tho necessary changes, and. is tho surest and most reliable euro for woman's Ills of ovcry nature. Mrs. Pinkham invites all youtifr women who aro ill to wrlto her for free advice. Address, Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. rlrs. Estes, of New York City, says: " Dkah Mrs. Pwkitam : I wrilo to you because I bcllcvo nll'younp; girls ought to know how much good your medlelno will do them. 1 did drocs malclnir for years boforo I wns mnrrlixl, and If It had not been for Lydla E. Piukham's Vegotablo Compound, I do not bcliovo I could hare stood the atraln. Thorn is no other work that Is Huch a strain on the hystem. Oh, how ray back ud to acho from tho bonding over I 1 would feci as though I would have to scream out from tho pain, and tho sitting still made me so terribly tired and weak, and my head throbbed liko an engine. I never could cat after work, I was bo worn out. Then I was irregular, and had such frightful cramps ovory month they would simply double me up with pain, and I would have- to ftivo up working and lio down. Hut Lydla L. Plnk IianVs Vegotablo Compound changed mo into a strong, well woman. . Yours very truly, Mrs. Martha Estes, 513 West 125th St., N. Y. City." No other femalo medicine In tho world lias received such wide spread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicino has such -a, record of femalo troubles cured. Sold by druggists everywhere. Itofusoall substitutions. Itemombor every woman is cordially In vited to writo to Mrs. Pinkham, if there Is anything about her symptoms sho docs not understand. Mrs. Pinkham's address Is . Lynn, Mass. ' jh K ak MP B V IP l bm . fjitlml(t .! ia A it.. a.I.Ih1 lt 4 .m atat.1 llMItHl L$5000 aboT teatlnioniala, which trill prore rUnrfil I wo viniu iiihru MOW DOAT'T FORGET Don't forget when you order starch to get the best. Get DEFIANCE. No more "yellow" looking no more cracking or breaking. It doesn't stick to the Iron. It gives satis faction or you get your money back. The cost is io cents for 16 ounces of tne best starch made. Of other starches you get but 12 ounces. Now don't forget. It's OB your grocers. rUNUFACTURfeD BY THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., OMAHA. NEB. PORTRAIT AGENTS Ourmoda thebevt. 1'iirea the lou i D.al Direct with Manufacturer a and Save Kaatj. tiieula. Delivery of all portraltaifuaranteed beud for catalogue and ageuta'prlre lilt. Addrea ADA 1, KEOLL A CO., Ifw ra Bid. Chictio. LUKtS WHIHf All USE fallS. Uoat Cough byruu. Tostea OooJ. Dm in urns, (tola or arujruuia. lj1 g fcf C, iaiilic fTM I lUPlT absolute ucmilneneii. Ljtlla V. riukham Bled. Co., Lynn, Blaaa. RHi clothes. Lawn Fence Iron or wire, many ntylea, for ial'Jotu-o. church. hcIjooI, i-enitnery poultry and hoi: 'nice; farm gains. Send for catalogue. CUntptofl Iidi atd Wire Horlt OMAHA. XKU. !fe ii YYYyj BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. ihuuu'.u iud ui iiiimi idiicii hiiu iguua w WORKING DY THE DAY. Scotch Farmer of Experience Recog nized the Symptoms. John J). Rockefeller Jr., was talking to his Sunday school class about in dustry. "Our Industry," ho said, with a faint smile, "should not bo of nuch a nature that tho remark onco applied to a cer tain Scot could over bo applied to us. "I'll tell you what tho renmrk I alludo to was. "Two old farmers wore walking down a road near Duufcrmllno when ono of them polntod. to n distant field and Bald, shading his eyes from tho sun: '"That flguro over" there I wonder If it's a scarecrow.' "Ho stopped and regarded tho flg uro very nttcntlvoly for a spaco. Then ho concluded, In a satisfied tono: "'Yes, it's not moving. It must be a scarecrow.' . '"But tho other farmor had sharper eyes and a hotter understanding, may be, of certain typos of human nature "'No,' ho said, dryly; 'no, it's not a scarecrow. It's a man working by tho day.' UTILIZING THE SUN'S RAYS. Cheap Fuel Used by Residents of Southern California. Tho residents of Southern Califor nia have gone into partnership with tho sun. There tho sun Is more plen tiful than conl, and so they put the former to work, utilizing the heat rays .for many purposes, one of which Is known as tho "solar water heater." By tho plan thoy have adopted thoy mako tho sun heat tho water in tho kitchens nnd bathrooms in tho houses nnd for other domestic purposes. In California and other states where tho Bun mny bo depended on the Item of fuel is entirely eliminated, and how ever cheap fuel may be, no fuel is cheaper than tho sun. Tho domestic arrangement for keep ing water hot at all hours of tho day or night Is effected by Inserting In tho roof a solar heater, consisting of a number of mirrors reflecting the sun's rays, so that the heat is concentrated upon tho water In metallic troughs, which absorb tho heat rays nnd soon brlng tho water to a nearly boiling temperature. Value of Eggs as Food. Tho moro thoroughly an egg has boon cooked tho moro severe Is tho labor demanded of tho stomach. If wo would get from this article of food Its utmost valuo it should bo eaten either raw or underdone. Hard-boiled eggs nro suggestive of picnics and dyspepsia. Raw eggs Is a splendid stimulant when ono Is exhausted from any cause whatever. It is by no means ifnpalatablo when eaten with salt, pepper and a dash of vinegar. For weakly children raw eggs benten with milk mako a first class food. Tho mix ture may be sweetened with sugar, and It Is best to give It in small quan tities nt short Intervals. Tho flavor Is Improved by adding port wine. One tnblcspoonful of wlno will suffice' for ono pint of tho mixture. The formula would run: Two raw eggs, one table spoonful of wlno nnd sulllclent milk to make ono pint. And One Had Love. One man Imd riches tor his gift nnd know The cnintlncss thereof: Another, where Fame's topmost summits lift AH pigmy peaks nuove. llt the Itoen piuiKS ot lofty loneliness; Ami ono had love! Down In the lowly valley-paths of life Ills yours were spent. Where, far removed from moiling din and Htilfo. Brook-sons and blrd-sotiK hlent Babbled of quiet things, of rcsttul peace, And deep content. Yet thoro was something In his cup of days Ineffably moro sweet Than o'er ho knew who In the Kiddy mazo Of fortune set his feet Or quaffed Kame'a goblet, wreathed with rue and hay.H. And found It Incomplete! iiilton H. Greer In National Magazine. Neatly Answered. "Exactly how old aro you, anyway?" aBkcd a friend of Lillian Russell. "I have a friend," replied the act ress, with apparent irrelevance, "who was born in nild-ocoan on nn ocean steamer. After she and her mothor had landed, tho steamer, on its return trip, blew up. So practically she has no birthplace. My age is like that," she added, after a pause. Now York Times. X-Rays Remove Smallpox Scars. It Is alleged that applications of tho X-rnys will remove the marks left on tho skin by smallpox. Not only nro wo told that experiments hnvo been successful with patients just re covering, but there Is also reason to bellevo that pitting of many years standing may bo romoved. Tho old scars of burns and tuberculosis nro also removed by tho X-rays. Beggars in Spain. There nro 190,227 professional bog gars in Spain, of whom 51,918 are women. In some of the cities beggars aro licensed to carry on their trade. Seeking alms Is recognlzedd as a legitimate business, nnd tho munici pality demands a percentage upontho collections. Seville is tho only "city in tho kingdom which forbids beg ging in tho streets. Plan to Honor Great Preacher, Several projects are on foot In England for honoring tho memory of tho lato Charles II. Spurgeon, the great Baptist preacher. One of the most interesting is tho plan for buy ing tho large nnd beautiful estate cf Westwood and converting it Into a homo -of rest for ministers and mis sionaries, Gotham's Former Mayors. New York has seven surviving ox mayors Gilroy, Ely. Grant, Van Wyclc, Cooper, Edson, and Low. 5100 Reward, $100. The readers nf thin paper will tie pleated to learn that there In at leant nno dreaded dloenno that aclenrs hat been able to rure In all Ita itaiiea, and that la Catarrh. Hair alurrli Cure la tho only rwaltlTe core now known lo the medical fraiernltjr. catarrh being a constitutional llpiic. require n constitu tional treatment, llall'a Catarrh t uro la taken In ternally, acting dlrrctljr upon the blood and mucous aurfaeea of tba tjr.teni. thereby dettrnrlng the foundation of the dlaeaae, and Hiring the patient alreniith by building up tho constitution and nli. Init nature Induing Ita work. The proprietor have to mm h faith In Ita curative powers that they offer Ono Hundred Dollara for any rato that It fall! U cure., send for llitnf temlmonlala, Addroaa K. J. CIIP.NKY & CO., Toledo, O. Hold by all DrasitlaU. 7.1c. . Take IlaU't Family l'tlli for cinitlpatlon. ' Joke On General "Miles. General MUos was standing in the lobby of tho Arlington tho other night, and happened to overhear n romark mado by a small, thin young man who was standing near. "During tho Spanish war," tho young man nad said, "I took flvo Spanish officers without any assistance from tho army or navy." "What's that!" asked Gcnernl Miles, turning upon him abruptly, "you say you took flvo Spanish offi cers without tho assistance of tho army or navy!" "That's exactly what I said, sir," replied the young man; "by myself and without any loss of blood. It happened nt Boston. Here Is my card, I am Smallsmlth, the photographer. Now, If you will allow mo to poso you, General ," but tho general had llcu. Causing Iron to Swim. Ellsha required a stick to make the ax of i Iron swimpWo havo never learned tho properties of that stjek. But thoro Is a pretty trick of causing a plco of Iron to swim of Its own accord. Let it be a half inch thick, say, and two Inches square, or have It round, and perfectly smooth on ono sldo nt least. Place tho smooth side against tho perfectly smooth, square end of nn open glnss tubo, say an Inch and a half In diameter, ami hold It thoro until It nnd the tube are low ered Into a vessel of water to a depth greater than about eight tlmcB tho thickness of tho Iron. Remove tho hand nnd tho iron will remain in its place, tho upward pressure of tho water preventing Its sinking. This Is tho principle of tho Iron ship. He Learned Something. "I like your preachin'," said a tall, gaunt native who hud heard Bishop Pottor ono night in a small Adiron dack town near which ho had his summer camp. "I alluz l'arn some thin new from j;o. I rid ten mllo to night to hear ye, an' as usunl. I heerd somethln' that I never knowed afore." "Well, I'm glad of that," said the bishop, shakIngvtho outstretched hand, "and what was it you learned to night?" "Why, bishop, I found out fer tho fust time in my life that Sod om and Gomorrah wnzn't twins." Defiance Starch Is put up 1C ounces In a package, 10 cents. One-third moro starch for tho same money. A "J. P." that Fined Himself. Robert Malzahn, Justice of tho peace at Good Thunder, Minn., dispenses liquor at retail when not occupied with his Judicial cares. A food In spector secured from Mr. Mnlzahn's placo of business a sample of black berry. A complaint was sworn out and Judge Malzahn In his Judicial ca pacity, heard tho case of Malzahn, the saloonkeeper. Finding Mnlzahn, tho defendant, guilty, Judge Malzahn Im posed a fino of $25, and then as Mal zahn, tho saloonkeeper, ho paid tho fine. Tho money has .been remitted to the state treasurer. AIX Cr-TO-DATK HOUSEKEEPERS Uro Red Cross Hall Blue. It makes clothes cloan and swoot as when now. All grocers. Royalties Coming Here. If all promises aro fulfilled tho United States will have royal visitors galore next summer. So for these havo announced their Intention to visit the land of the free: King Leo pold of Belgium, King Menclik of Abyssinia, tho Crown Princo of Ger many, tho Crown Prince of Sweden and the Crown Princo of China. To bo truthful and polite at the same time sometimes puts a rubber attachment on your conscience.- It's tho black sheep that generally lives to a ripe old age, while the spring lamb dies young. Any man who Is continually making a fool of hlmsolf must bo a natural born tautologist. A man can mako his wife believe nl most anything during their honey moon. Of course, tho roal tost of a pudding Is your Inability to sleep aftor eat ing It. Tho cynic Is a man who soes own heart and calls it the world. his Tho sad coquette is saddest when sho has no ono to coquetto with. Tho atheist can estimate God when the deaf can critlcko music. Clocks are not sentimental at least they never hold hands. A rain of errors Is ono man hasn't predicted. the weather Our troubles are often tho result of a vivid imagination. It certainly takes some men down to bo shown up. Affectation Is the language of con scious Inferiority. Never folter. makes good the counter- Shad and Their Pones. A gonitis who Invented a machine for removing tho bones from shad Is promoting a compnny with a capUatl of $1,000,000 to rush the apparatus on tho market before tho end of tho shad soason. Ho says; "I hnvo counted In a singled shad of flvo pounds 3,000 bones nnd 147,000 eggs. I havo eaten GOO.OOO eggs at a meal. I have eaten 2,500 bones nt n meal, for bones do not hurt me, but they are a menace to the world at large. My machine Is sim ply a powerful magnet which Is passed slowly over the fish from end to end. Tho small bones leap right out of the flesh In hnndfuls. You can use tho Invetnlon elthor before or aftor cooking. I prefer It after, becauso tho flsh Is sweeter If cooked with tho bones in." An "Angry Tree." Thoro has Just been discovered in tho far east a species of tho acacia tree, which closes Its leaves together In colls each day at sunset and curls Its twigs to the shape of pigtails. After tho trco has settled Itself thus for a night's sleep, If touched tho whole thing will flutter as If agitated or Impatient nt being disturbed. Tho oftener tho follugo Is molested the more violent becomes tho shaking of tho branches, and nt length the tree emits a, nauseating odor, which, if Inhaled for a few momonts, causes a, violent dizzy headache. It has been named tho "angry trco." A Sure Protection. Barton, N. Dak., "May 9th. Many cases are being published of how dis eases havo boon cured and lives saved by Dodd's Kidney Pills, but there Is a fninlly In this place who use this romedy as a protection ngalust tho coming on of diseases and with excel lent results. Mr. W. A. Moffct says: "Wo have no very serious Illness or complaint for wo always use Dodd's Kidney Pills tho very moment wo feel tho least symptom of sickness and thoy soon put us right. If wo have a touch of Iamo back or think the kidneys are not right, we tako a few Dodd's Kid ney Pills and the symptoms aro soon all gone. "My brother had diabetes and tho doctor told him ho could not live until spring. I got some Dodd's Kidney Pills for him, and although that waB several years ago, ho has lived through all tho winters nnd springs since nnd Is still living. Dodd's Kid ney Pills aro a wonderful medicine." The Czar and the Kaiser. Tho last time tho czar and the kai ser met was in tho Baltic, where each had a fleet. As tnelr boats, drew away from each other tho kaiser, from tho Hohenzollern, semaphoncd to tho czar, "The admiral of tho Atlantic salutes tho admira lof the Paeic." The reply required tact. Tho czar did not want to offend tho British by express ing his belief that tho kaiser was right, neither did hr wish to show discourtesy to the letter by making no reply. So he quleily rebuffed him by signaling "farewell," and steaming away. Port Arthur's Name. Since the war In tho east began a good many newspaper readers havo wondered how Port Arthur camo to get Its name. The first foreign ves sel to enter that bay. was a brltlsh war vessel In charge of Lieutenant Commander Arthur, who modestly gave his own name to the place. That was about fifty years ago, and as Port Arthur It has been known ever since. Rich Man Turned Hermit. Henry J. Ackerman has been liv ing in a dugout near Pueblo, Colo., for six years. Formerly ho was a well-to-do resident of Brooklyn. In 1898, while cruising In his yacht, ho met and fell In lovo with a young woman. Sho married another man, whereupon Ackerman left his home and took up his abodo in his present quarters, where ho has lived a hermit's life over since. Only a woman Is capnblo of nrrlv- Ing nt a conclusion without using either reason or judgment. A man does not havo to bo con gealed to be a clam. IN AN OLD TRUNK. Daby Finds a Bottle of Carbolic Acid and Drinks It. While the mother was unpacking an old trunk a llttlo IS months' old baby got hold of a bottlo ot carbolic acid while playing on tho floor and his stomach was so badly burned It was feared ho would not llvo for ho could not eat ordinary foods. Tho mother says In tolling of tho case: "It was all two doctors could do to save him as it burnt his throat and stomach so bad that, for two mpnths nfter ho took the poison nothing would lay on his stomach. Finally I took him Into tho country and tried new milk nnd that was no better for him. Ills Grandma finally suggested Grape-Nuts and 1 am thankful I adopt ed tho food for he commenced to get better right away and would not eat anything else. Ho commenced to get fleshy and his cheoks like red roses and now he Is entirely well. "I took him to Matamoras on a visit and every placo wo went to stay to eat ho called for Grape-Nuts and I would have to explain how ho camo to call for it as It was his main food. "The names of the physicians who nttended tho baby aro Dr. Eddy of this town and Dr. Geo. Gale of New port, O., and any ono can write to me or to them and learn what Grape Nuts food will do for children and grown-ups too." Namo given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, ,MIch. Look In each pkg. for the famous llttlo book, "The Road to Wellvllle." AN ILLINOIS FARMER IN WEST ERN CANADA. A recent Issue of tho Sholbyvlllo, Illinois, Democrat contains a long and interesting letter from Mr. Ellas Kost, formerly a prosperous farmer of that state, who recently emigrated to West ern Canada, taking up a claim for hlmsolf and for each of his threo sons. From Mr. Kosfs letter, which was written Feb. 3, 1904, we publish tho following, bolicvlng it will prove ot grent Interest to those who havo con templated settling in tho Canadian Northwest: "I had in August, 1902, secured a claim for myself, and filed on threo qunrter sections for my sons. My claim Is one-half mllo south of tho Edmonton and Lake St. Anno trail. "Coming so lato In tho soason wo had llttlo opportunity to break and to prepare ground for a first year's crop, still wo raised over 100 bushels of very flno potatoes, nnd sowed a few ncres of bnrley, but tho season was too far advnnced for tho barley. How ever, wo secured good feed from it, and on rented ground 18 miles east ot us, raised a fino crop of oats, so that wo will havo plenty of feed for horses. Wo cut about CO tons of hay and thus will havo nn abundance. Wo have, all told, about 210 acres of hay meadow, which would yield the past year over threo tons to the acre, and in an or dinary season tho meadow would fur nlBh COO tons of hay. Tho grass is very nutritious, and cattlo on tho Ynngcs become very fat without be ing fed a pound of grain. "Onvtho upland the grass grows from eight to ten Inches tall. This 13 called range grass, and is suitable for stock at any time, even In tho winter when tho ground is not covered too deep with snow. Horses subsist on It alone, nt all times, provided they aro natlvo stock. Tho grass in tho hay meadows here is called red-top, and , grows from five to six feet In length, nnd when cut at the proper timo ylolils an abundant crop of nutritious hay. "Our cattlo have not cost us a cent slnco we came on our homestead, only tho small outlay for salt and labor in putting up hay and shelter. All cattlo hnvo been doing well this winter, and feeding up to tho first of January was unnecessary, as there was good rango up to that time. "AH tho 6nows up to that date wero followed by winds from tho north west that molts it very rapidly; theso winds nro called Chinook winds, and are always warm. In ono night a Chinook wind mny take away threo or four Inches of snow. "Wo have built on ourclalm a com fortable house of hewn logs, 20x20 feet, ono and one-half stories in height, with a good cellar. During tho ' latter part of June ,we rafted logs down tho Sturgeon to a sawmill, about eight miles away, and thus secured 5,000 feet or good lumber which" was needed for tho house. Later in tho soason a shingle mill located six miles away. To this wo hauled logs and had shingles cut for tho roof. "We had an abundance of wild fruit tho past season, consisting of goose berries, strawberries, raspberries, eyo berries, blueberries, cherries and sas katoons. The latter aro a fino looking berry, red, and quite pleasant to tho taste, but not much to be desired in cookery. Tho strawberries nro tho same as thoso that grow wild In Illi nois. Raspberries aro red in color, large and equal to any of the tamo varieties, and eo aro tho gooseberries. Tho cranberries consist ot tho high and trailing varieties. The latter aro most sought and contiguous to tho swamps. Tho ground Is literally cov ered with them as with a red carpet, but tho best nnd most sought is tho blueberry, so called by tho Indians. This Is the famous 'huckleberry (whortleberry) of tho Bluo RIdgo Mountains in Pennsylvania, and can not bo excelled for excellence by any fruit cultivated. It Is found hero both on tho pralrlo and in tho timber in im mense quantities. "Game Is very plentiful so far as prairlo chickens, pheasants, ducks ot all kinds, and geeso aro concerned. We have taken nearly 500 chickens and pheasants, also a great many ducks. "An occnslonal deer is seen, but are not plentiful, only ono having been taken during tho season in this settle ment. "Fish aro very plentiful at all sea sons of the year. Fish wagons and sleds nro passing almost dally along the trail with heavy loads of flsi, des tined for St. Albert nnd Edmonton. From tho latter point thoy aro shipped south on tho Calgary and Edmonton railroad to points along the line, and also to Asslnlbola, on the Canadian Pnclflc railroad." For further Information npply to any authorized Canadian Government Agent whoso address appears elso whero In this paper. Tho heart of tho present is tho hope of tho future. free to Twenty-five Ladies. Tho Defiance Starch Co. will give 25 ladles a round trip ticket to tho SL Louis Exposition, to flvo ladleB In each of tho following states: Illi nois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri who will send in the largest number of trado marks cut from a ten cent, lC-ounco package of Defiance cold water laundry starch. This means from your own home, any where in tho abovo named states. These trado marks must bo mailed to and received by tho Defiance Starch Co., Omaha, Nebr., before 8eptembor 1st, 1804. October and November will bo the best months to visit tho Exposition. Remember that Defiance is tho only starch put up 10 oz. (a full pound) to the package. You get one-third more starch for the same money than of any other kind, and Defiance nover sticks to the Iron. The tickets to the Exposition will be sent by registered mall Beptembor 5th. Starch for sale by all dealer. V