y r' V It s wonderful what a comfortable doctrlno tho survival of tho fittest Is to thoso -who purvlve. EXACT SIZE Special Offer Tho namo and addross of your shoo dealer and 15c to cover costof mailing, etc, willsecure ono of tho handsomo rolled gold pins illustrated above. Ename!id in colors and will wear for years. These pins wore secured by thousands of World's Fair visitors. Only a few hundred left. Write Quick. flQBEKTS.cJOHNSON &tf AND SHOE CO. ST. 1&UI8 MANUFACTUnCRS OF "STAR BRAND SHOES" To treat Pimples and Blackheads, Red, Rough, Oily Complexions, gently smear the face with Cutl v cura Ointment, the great Skin Cure, but do not rub. Wash off the Ointment in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water, and bathe freely for some minutes. Repeat morning and evening. At other times use Cuticura Soap for bathing the face as often as agree able. No other Skin Soap so pure, so sweet, sb speedily effective. Cuttcnra Sap combine, dellraln rntdlclnil and emol lient propertied dtrlrrd from Cuticura. the rreat Skin Core, with tho purrtt of clcD,lng Ittfrvdltnti and the mott refraining of flower odor. Two Soap, In one at ona Jriee namelr, a Medicinal and Toilet Soap for 30c tetter Dmr fe CbenkCorp , bole Crnpa, Uoiton. ItrMaUtd Trca.xUow to 1'reKne, 1'urU, and Beautify." PIMPLES BUMS futicura Truths that Strike Home Tour grocer is honosfc and if ho cores to do so can toll you that he knows very littlo about tho bulk coffoo ho soils you. How can ho know, where it originally carao from, In each package of LION COFFEE you got on full pound of iPuro Coffee. Insist upon gotting tho genuine. (Lion head on overy package.) (Save the Lion-heads for valuable premiums.) SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WINCHESTER "LEADER" AND "REPEATER" SHOTGUN SHELLS Carefully inspected shells, the best of powder, shot and wadding, loaded by machines which give invariable results account for the superior ity of Winchester "Leader" and "Repeater" Factory Loaded Smokeless Powder Shells. Reliability, velocity, pattern and penetration are determined by scientific apparatus and practical experiments. They are THE SHELLS THE CHAMPIONS SHOOT EPX UraH Epnril Atk Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Esio Apovrdor. It rests tho foot. Curos Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. At ail Druggists .and Shoo stores, 25 cents. Accent no substitute Sample lnniled FKEB, Address. Alloa 8. Olmstod, LoUoy, N. Y. First Auction Sale. , Tho earliest auction snlo known was hold at Axford, England, Feb. 28, 1C86, for tho disposal of a lot of books. Over ono million ncrcs of land In the Uintah Indian reservation will be thrown open for settlement August 28th. Registration begins August 1st, at Grand Junction. Colo in do, continuing till August 12. IYom Denxor, Colorado Spring or Pueblo, the Colorado Midland Is the short est route to Grand Junction or reserva tion points. "Write C. II. Speers, G. P. A., Denver, for booklet, giving informa tion regarding land, rates, etc Gilding tho wagon does not caso tho springs. Dr. DatIiI Kennedy' Fnrorlto Kennedy Is Adapted to both mzh aaa all fff . Curte Kidney and. Uter complaint, and purine, the blood. II all drug-glits It payB to bo good; if yon get in tho penitentiary it shortens your term. I am sure Plso's Curo for Consumption saved my Hfo three years ago. Mas. Tnos. RonniBs, Map'e Street, Norwich, N. Y Feb. 17, 1900. Many great souls havo been lost by llttlo sins. ' A WOMAWS ORDEAL DREADS DOCTOR'S QUESTIONS Thousands Write to Mrs.Plnkhnm, Lynn, Mass., and Receive) Valuable Advice Absolutely Confidential and Free There can bo no more terrible ordeal to a delicate, sensitive, refined woman than to bo obliged to answer certain continue to suffer rather than submit to examinations which bo many physi cians propose in order to intelligently treat the disease ; and this is tho rea son why so many physicians fail to curo female disease. Tills is also the reason why thousands npon thousands of wotnon are corrc 'sponding with Mrs. Finkham, at Lynn, Mass. To her they can confide every detail of their illness, and from her great knowledge, obtained from Sears of. experience in treating female Is, Mrs. Finkham can advise women more wisely than tho local physician. Read how Mrs. Finkham helped Mrs. T. C. Willadsen, of Manning, la, Sho writes : Dear Mrs. Finkham: "I can truly say that you have saved my life, and I cannot express my gratitudo in words. Before I wrote to you tolling you how I folt, I hail doctored for over two years steady, and spent lots of money in medicines besides, but it all fallal totlo mo any good. I had f omalo trouble and would dally have faint ing spoils, backache, bearing-down pains, and my monthly periods were very irregular and finally ceased. I wrote to you for your ad vice and received a lotter full of instructions Just what to do, and also commenced to take jydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I have been restored to perfect health. Had it not boen for you I would have been in my gravo to-day " Mountains of proof establish tho fact that no meaicmo in tho world equals Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound for restoring women's health. questions in regard to her private Ills, T)&gucn thoso questions are asked trj Vy family physician, and many now it was blended or WItn wnai or when roasted? If you buy your coffee looso by tho pound, how can you expect purity and. uniform quality 1 LION COFFEE, thelJEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES, Is of necessity uniform In quality, strength and llavor. For OVER 'A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, LION COFFEE has been the standard eollec In millions of homes. LION COFFEE I carelully packed at our factories, and until opened la your Home, has bo chance ot being adul terated, or ol coming In contact with dust, dirt, germs, or unclean hanrtn. V700L80N BPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS NEBRASKA BRIEFS. Excavating is hoing dono at O'Nolll tor a $20,000 hotel. Mrs. Henry Corcoran of Coleman proclnct, Rod "Willow county, who was 'jijured by being run over by n wagon, died a few days later. Tho grading for tho Great Northorn near Fremont Is nearly finished ox copt InBldo of tho city limits, where, an account of having to rcmovo build Ings, nothing has yet boon dono. Tho stato board ot equalization raised tho valuation of mcrchandlso In Douglas county IB por cont, Increased real cstato In Holt county 10 per cent and docldod on a lovy of 7 mills for stato purposes. A telegram has been received in Nobraska City from Llttlo Rock, Arlc, stating that John R. Dcausong of that city was Instantly killed by foiling off a street car. Tho particulars ot his death havo not been received. At n meeting of Company C at Beatrice, J. C. Fenrod, who has been captain of tho company for tho past four years, .tendored his resignation. Second Lieutenant Harlan, a non-resident, also tendered his resignation. Governor Mickey and a number of his friends will leavo for Fortland August 21, where tho cxecutlvo will bo present on Nobraska day at tho ex position. Tho Btaff of colonels will not accompany the governor on tho next trip. Tho Jones Form company, limited, Is tho namo of a now permanent cor poration which has Just filed articles of incorporation with tho secretary of stato. Tho company, which hns a cap ital stock of $10,000, purposes to found an' immense family estato and fortune to perpetuato tho family namo of Jones. ' Tho Cass county mortgage rocord for July shows that eleven iarm mort gages wore filed and elevon released. In town property thirteen mortgages were filed and sixteen released, in volving tho folowing amounts: Farm proporty, filed, $32,950; released, $30, CC0. Town property, filed, $21,007; re leased, $15,963. Tho remains of Ward B. Kennedy arrived at Alliance Ho was ono of tho victims of tho Bennington disaster. Tho funeral occurred from the Meth odist church, Rev. C. W. Ray officiat ing. Tho funeral was In chargo of tho Grand Army of tho Republic. It was conducted with full military rites and was largely attended. July was tho biggest building month In tho history of Omaha. Even In tho palmy year of 1887 no single month squalled the construction authorized by tho city building department in tho thirty-one days Just closed. Tho value of tho work for which permits woro Issued was estimated at $1,045,050, or 4G0 per cent more than In July a year ago. A Columbus carpenter named Ed Thayer leaped from a low scaffold about quitting tlmo and landed on a largo nail projecting up through a piece of wood. Tho nail was forced clear up through his foot and pene trated through tho top of his shoo, making an ugly and painful wound. It will ho several days beforo tho out come can bo known. Chicago dispatch: William J. Bryan, Jr., Is lying at tho Presbyterian hos pital, where ho underwent a surgical operation for the removal of an ab scess on his right kneo, brought about by inflammation that began with a corn Qn his foot Young Bryan was brought to tho hospital from Winona Lake, Ind., on a fast train. Ho Is a student at a military academy. At Lincoln on tho application of At torney General Brown Judge J. B. Barnes of tho supremo court Issued an Injunction against tho officers and membors of the grain trust, restrain ing Uiem from monopolizing tho grain trade or the state, accepting rebates from the railways or in any way boy cotting independent elevators or con trolling prices, and. providing for tho forfeiture of charters of tho corpor ations which havo been in tho Grain Dealers' association. Dr. W. A. Alton of Bayamon, Porto Rico, is visiting relatives In Platts mouth. Ho doscrlbes conditions there s improving under American rule, hut years of development aro necessary beforo tho nloces and nephews of Undo Sam and Aunt Columbia can ho expected to show a high grnde of civil ization or refinement Dr. Alton is in charge of an orphanage at Bayamon and expects to return to tho island within two months. Deputy Warden Hunger, who has been at work In Madison and Brown counties brought back a report of two convictions at Johnstown, Brown county. Ho says that ho played the Blouth to catch tho offenders, holding out his willingness to buy a few plump prairlo chickens as the bait. Tho men, Walter Farley and Fred Val entine, were fined $5 each. During tho night someone hurled a stone or cinder through Hunger's window, tho latter believes to even up tho score, Prof. M. S. Pate, who has been prin cipal of the Trenton school for tho past three years, has been elected to tho princlpalshlp of tho Grafton school. He succeeds his brother, Walter R. Pate, who resigned to nccpt the su perlntendency of tho Sidney schools. While Ben Dill of Cass county, a farmer, was crossing a Bmall bridge with his threshing outfit tho structure suddenly gave way and precipitated tho englno and coal wagon into the creek a distance of fourteen foet. Mr Dill, who was caught between tho en glno and wagon, was seriously injured, but it is thought ho will recover. CHANCE FOR HOMESTEADS. One Hundred Sections Will Be Open to Settlement In August. NORTH PLATTfl, Nob. North Plntto Is again looking for another land opening and consoquonl inflow of homesookors In tho middle ot August. At this tlmo nbout 100 sections will bo thrown open for ono section homo steads for tho first opportunity. Tho land ombrnced within this opening is no doubt tho best that will bo offered under tho privileges ot tho homestead law, known as tho Klnkald, or G40 aero homestead net Tho land now to bo thrown opon lies in Lincoln, Keith and McFherson counties, tho most of it being in tho latter two counties. It is not strictly a land opening' in tho full sonso of tho term, but rnthor an opportunity to home stead Innd which was covered up by zealous cattlemen. - At tho tlmo of tho opening of Feb ruary 14, 1905, tho cattlcmon, who wero acquainted with tho land hotter than nnyono olso, got an ngont nnmod Fhllotus H. Winterstoln to socuro from old soldiers powcrB of nttornoy to fllo on land, and about 100 of theso woro secured. Tho filing was that of a soldier's declaratory statement, which gavo tho soldier tho right to mako a rogular homostcad filing with in six months and resorved tho land for this purposo. Tho postofllco ad dresses of thoso soldiers showed that thoy woro nearly all residents of sol diers' homos and that undoubtedly Winterstoln wont to said homos and secured tho authority to fllo from tho Boldlors. At any rato at tho tlmo of tho opening Mr. Wlntorstoln got in lino and took a number, and then got into lino ngain nnd again, until his last numbor was at tho roar of tho column of homescekers waiting to got thIr filings. Ho had method with him, for lis employers had mappod out for him tho lands which ho was to cover, and ho filed repeatedly ono aftor anothor of theso soldiers' doc laratory statements. Ho was not tho only ono who did this, but ho filed moro than all tho others put together. Theso cost but $2 each and woro surely cheap rental of tho government land for tho season of 1905. In somo cases nearly wholo townships wero covered nnd becauso of their famili arity with tho country thoy got tho best land beforo tho honest homo seeker, who was a stranger In tho country, could find out what was tho hotter location on which to fllo. Thoso declaratory statements ex pire August 13, 14 and 1G, and a small numbor during tho noxt fow days after thoso dates. v YOUNG WOMAN BURN8 TO DEATH Wipes Up Gasoline with Apron and It Takes Fire. YORK Burned to a crisp and death following was tho snd fata of Miss Alvcrda Klnnlson, daughter of David Klnnlson, who lives at their home. Whllo lighting tho gasollno stovo In somo way gasollno escaped from tho stovo and thoughtlessly sho wiped up tho gasollno from tho floor with her apron. In an Instant tho gasollno cnught flro and sho was on veloped In flamo. Rushing through her father's room, whoro ho lay in bed, helpless to assist her, sho ran up stairs and lay down on tho bod, at tempting to extinguish tho flro with hoddlng. Her father called for help to put out the flro and assist his daughter, and for somo reason no help enme and tho daughter lay on tho bed burning up when tho chief of the flro department arrived. Ho rushed up stairs and found tho bed on flro and nearly evory vestlgo ot clothing on tho daughter burned from her body. Will Go to Portland. Governor Mickey says that ho will visit tho Lewis and Clark exposition nt Portland August 21. Contrary to the usual practice tho governor will not bo accompanied by his military staff. Besides tho governor, a fow other prominent Nebraskans havo boon Invited by tho exposition com mission. Llghtnlnn Kills Fish. HUMBOLDT Local scientists who have investigated, claim that light ning and not dynamlto Is responsible for tho destruction of tho largo num ber of fish which wero found floating on tho surface of various lakes and tho Nemaha river. Word has been received In Auburn from Miss Bosslo Stull, tho accom plished daughtor of Judgo and Mrs. John S. Stull that sho has resigned tho position of teacher in tho primary department of tho city schools at Sheridan, Wyo., where sho has boen re-elected at an increased salary, to accept a like position in tho Boiso City, Idaho, schools at a much larger increase in salary. Tho officials of tho Stato University aro considering the advisability of framing a test caso to determine whether an appropriation lapses when there is a bona fide contract in exist enco calling for tho expenditure of tho entire amount Tho question arises In connection with construc tion of tho now administration build ing for which tho logislnturo of 1903 appropriated $35,000. Tho work has Just boen started when tho lapse In tho appropriation took place. It is proposed to mako a domand on the auditor. Send postal for "Hook of Presents " Send for KC M right a R way. It's purer and mprc efficient than any Bak ing Powder that costs three times as much. 25 oz. for 25c. All grocers & No ono with regu lar bowels and healthy stomach can contract dis ease. A person with Constipation and Stomach Trouble is always tho first to succumb to Sun Stroke, Heat Debility and Prostration. Cholera, Colic and Diarrhea are more fatal in Hot Weather because vitality is lower they are the direct result ot Constipation. It is a mfstaVe to suddenly check diarrhea, the danger is Blood Poison. A physic is also dangerous as it weakens the patient and reduces vitality. Treat the causa with Mull's Grape Tonic. Constipation and its attending ills are caused by decaying or dying bowels and Intestines Mull's GrapeTonic revives and strengthens the Bowels so that they are enabled to act naturally and eject the poison from the system, everybody should tain it during hot weather. It wards off disease, builds up the system and purifies the blood. Typhoid Fever and Appendicitis are unknown in families where Mull's hh iSsHKaaaBssBBl W rr j sbbbw is. o ff t il A. aV " T ?xi wrm - ; r r Mann lmA 6 FREE BOTTLE COUPON Band this coupon with your name and address and your drugi-lit's name, for a frea bottle of Mull's Orapo Tonic, Stomach Tonic. ConitipaUon Cure and Blood Tunfier, to HULL'S GRAPE TOHIO CO., US Third Ave., Roslc Iiland, 111, Give full addreas and writs plainly. The 81.00 bottle conta'no nsirly three times the (Oe. size. At druc stores. The genuine has a date and number atampel on the label take no other from your druffitt. Follow tho FlijF r-. si y Sift Round Trips South and Southeast, one fare plus J2.00. Hot Sprint,'", Ark., dally J23.00 BL Louis, Mo., dally 118.60 Detroit, Mich, August ISth and 14th 21. 60 Plttsburir, Pa., Autf. 17th and 18th 25.25 Richmond, Va., Sept. 8th to 11th inclusive 33.75 Philadelphia. Pa., Sept. 14th to Ktii. Inclusive 32.7C Long limits, stopovers and other features offered In connection with the above rates. All Agents can sell you through tickets and route you wabnsh. AH tickets reading over tho Wa bash from Chicago enst are op tional with passenger via Lake or Hall, either or both directions. Call at "Wabash City oltlco, 1601 Farnam St. or write nnd let me give you all Information, maps, de scriptive matter, folders, etc. HARRY E. MOORES, a. A. P. D. Wabash It. It. Omaha. Neb. W. N. U. Omaha. No. 321905. M rMI-Thompson't ty Watir Do you know the secret of the Wave Circle ? Wonderful! JDon'tdelaVi another day! r-Hs lWrftC 7 -ti. v ... no'::4S Swi JaqucsMfg. Co, Chicago Mii i! amidl CMs laundered with EDf Banco Starch never crack nor become brittle. Thoy last twica as long as thoso laun dered with other starches and glvo tho wearer much better satisfaction. If you wont your husband, brother or son to loolc dressy, to fool comfort ablo nnd to bo thoroughly haprjy uso DEFIANCE STARCH in tho laundry. It is sold by all good grocers at 10c a paclcago 10 ounces. Inferior starches sell at the samo prico per pockngo but contain only 13 ounces. Note tho differ ence. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH. Insist on getting It and you will never uso any other brand. onpaiti Omaha, lk Mull's GrapeTonic I (FREE) FOR Hot Weather Dangers CONSTIPATION STOMACH AND BOWEL TROUBLE Grape Tonic is employed. As a Stomach Tonlo it is unequalled. SUKFEnED ALL HIS LIFE. The endorsement of E. B. McCurdy of Troy, Ohio, proves that the severest forms of Constipation are promptly cured by Mull's Grape Tonic He says: "I are your Tonlo a thorough trUl. It It the only temedy that will cura constipation. I do not believe anrono guttered mora therefrom than I.u I had been afilicted with it all my life. For daji my bowel would not act and then only by tho utoof atronr catbaitlca that were fast ruining my health. My Stomach and Liver were deranged and I (uttered with inward piles, tba palm ol which would at times raiae me oa my chair. I apent much money with various doc tors and medicines to no avail. Soon after I started Mull's Grapa Tonlo my bowels began to move regularly the pain left me and my general health built up rapidly. "I heartily recommend it as an absolute euro to which I am a living witness." Until Mull's Grape Tonic was put on the American market there was no cure for Constipation. Let us send you a bottle free to-day to show you that it will do all we claim. Good for Ailing Children end Nursing Motntrs. FOR WOMEN troubled with 111! Peculiar to their sex, used as a douche It nurrelouily van cesirtu. Tnorouguycicuses.Kiusaiseaserermi, stops alscbvcos, heals inflammation aad local soreness Paxtine la In powder form to be dissolved In para water, and is far more cleansing, healing, germicidal and economical than liquid antiseptics for alT TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL, USES For sale at druggists, W cents a box. Trial Box and Book e! Instructions Pre. THI R. PAXTON COMPANV BOSTON, MAS MOLES and WARTS REMOVED With A NT I MOLE. No pain, soreness or ecar. Gimuantcek 1'EUiiANr.iT. 11 00 per bottle by mall. Miller Slanufacturlus Co.. Ltucoln. Neb. When Answering Advertisements Kindly, Mention This Paper. shjMIJlrlayHilaSaSyilPIW m Best Coujfh Syrup. Taote Good.' Use KJI Lim j" tlnie- "'a by ilrugBlats. js !LMarJC5iii!jaaifLMClB aa - - u - ' ''. -I3S?V. ; .- ,1