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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1904)
Save the Parke. New York Mall: There Is something in the parks of the city that makes them as persistently alluring to offi cial meddling, corporate cupidity and private mischief as the Roman domain land, or the common of a village. In the old dajn some one was always squatting on the Roman domain, fenc ing off a part of It and establishing a title through “adverse” possession. It Is no unusual thing nowadays for peo ple xto turn their cows and hogs on Village property at night, and plot for converting a part of the common to their own uses. The same phenomena are constantly recurring here. It seems to be an Impression that a public park Is a fair mark for en croachments, and that we have too much park land, anyway. The elevated railroad squats In Battery Park. A coterie of Tammany men attempt to cut a slice off the western side of Cen tral Park for a trotting horse speedway. A clique of cyclists try to appropriate Its bridlepaths and turn them Into cin der paths. One commissioner lets to a corporation tbe privilege of furnishing seats and charging for them. Another puts up an advertising fence. Some one concocts a scheme to erect tempo rary school buildings in the smaller downtown parks. The latest enterprise and perhaps the most extraordinary, is to cut oft for a driveway a 90-foot strip from end to end of the Fifth avenue 8lde of Central Park, although it would Involve the reconstruction of nearly all the park buildings, the destruction of thousands of trees and shrubs and the derangement of half the landscape scheme. Have we not had enough of this mischief and folly? When will all the” people understand that the only changes the community will sanction In Its park domain must add to rather than subtract from Its area? His Plea. Chicago Post: “But many of the ordinances, urged the modern mayor, “are Intended to be enforced.1' "How can you tell which are which,11 the people asked. “Oh, very easily,” he replied. “I al ways consider the ordinances that I don’t want to enforce to be the ones the council passed as a matter of pleasur able recreation.” Mr*. Wtnglow’s soothixo btjtop ror Children tethingi soften* the guma, reduces inflammation ul jb pain, cure* wind colio. 25 cent: a bottle. The Mother, of Course. New York Weekly: First Judge (bab> ehew)—Who Is the mother of that equally brat? Second -Judge—Mrs. Uppish, I think. 1 heard her speak of him as ‘'cunning," “cute” and "sweet.” How’* Thl«T We offer One Hundred Hollars Reward lor any ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall'i Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and flnan dally able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West Ss Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O, Warding. Ktnnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. 0. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Hall’* Family Pill* are the beat. His Mind on the Market. Detroit Free Press: “What have you there?” asked the magnate of his ac complished daughter. "A recent compilation of selected quotations. It’s flue.” "Heavens! And I overlooked It. Turn to S and see how steel preferred Is quoted.” I can recommend Plso’s Cure for Con sumption for Asthma. It has given me freat relief.-*W. L. Wood, Farmersburg, nd„ Sept. 8, 1901. An official directory recently published gives the following statistics regarding Roman Catholicism in this country: The Roman Catholic population is computed to be nearly 12,000,000; ithe clergy number 18,267, and there are 11,196 house- of wor ship. Economy in Threshing. The fact that there is more grain put Into the straw stack than there should be, is something that merits the earn est attention of the tep-to-date farmer. Is it not possible to save the wastage of grain and time which attends the use of old-style machinery? This is something that should command the careful consideration of every farmer. In line with the thought we call at tention to the ad. of Nichols & Shepard Company, Battle Creek, Mich., found in another column. It would seem that the time has come when tills great channel of wast age, on the farm should be eliminated. Charles Dawson, a fellow of the So ciety of Antiquities of London, owns the favorite chair used by William Shakespeare. Th* Japanese Will Grow Taller. Philadelphia Press: "Even If they should lose the war and haven't that to make them feel big,” remarked the fac tor, “In all probability the next genera tion—or the next but one—of the Jap anese will be as tall as the average Amer | lean or European. “It Is the custom of sitting on the an kles on the floor—Instead of on a chair as we do—that explains the shortness of the Japanese leg. The arteries are kinked by the cramped position and are there fore not properly nourished. As a matter ; of fact, however, the Japanese spine Is i Just of a length with the average Ameri can or European one—Indeed, wo all dif fer In height rather by reason of leg j than of back, and the spinal column la singularly constant among various lndl j viduals. Now the chair has gained a place ; In Japanese life and soon the length of the Japanese leg will become normal.” Women's Woes. juucu ui ivoiueu a daily woe is due to kidney trouble. Sick kidneys cause back ache, languor, blind headaches, dizziness, insomnia and urinary troubles. To cure yourself you must cure the kidneys. Trolit by the experi ences of others who have been cured. Mrs. William W. Brown, professional nurse, of 10 Janes | street, Paterson, N. J., says: “1 have not only soon niuuu bui ferlng and many deaths from kidney trouble, but I have suffered myself. I At one time I thought I could not live. ; My back ached, there were ft^sjuent headaches and dizzy spells, and the kidney secretions were disordered. Doan’s Kidney Pills helped me from the first, and soon relieved me entirely of all the distressing and painful symp toms. A FREE TRIAL of this great kid ney medicine which cured Mrs. Brown will be mailed on application to any part of the United States. Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists; price GO cents per box. An Artist in His Line. I Atlanta Constitution: "Dar's one thing I likes about ole Satan.” “Tell me dat!" “W’en he roasts a sinner, nobody In de settlement kin complain dat he ain't well done.” ONE DOLLAR WHEAT. — Western Canada’s Wheat Fields Pro i duce It—Magnificent Vicids - Free Grants of Land to Settlers. The returns of the Interior Depart ment show that the movement of American farmers northward to Can ada is each month affecting larger areas of the United States. Time was, says the Winnipeg Free Press, when the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa fur nished the Dominion with the, main bulk of its American contingent. Last year, however, forty-four States and districts were represented in the offi cial- statement as to the former resi dence of Americans who had home steaded in Canada. The Dakotas still head the list, with 4,006 entries, Min nesota being a close second with 3,887, : but with the exception ©f Alabama and ! Mississippi and Delaware every State in the Union supplied settle rs who, in order to secure farms in the fertile prairie country of Canada, became citi zens of, and took the oath of allegiance to, the Dominion. Last year no less than 11,841 Americans entered for homestead lands in Canada. From the Gulf to the Boundary, and from ocean to ocean, the trek to the Dominion goes on. Not only the wheat growers of the central Mississippi val ley, but the ranchers of Texas and New Mexico, and the cultivators of the comparatively virgin soil of Oklahoma, are pouring towards the productive va cant lands of the Canadian Northwest. It is no tentative, half-hearted depart ure for an alien country that is mani fested in this exodus; it has become al most a rush to secure possession of land which it IS feared, by those im perfectly acquainted with the vast area of Canada’s vacant lands, may all be acquired before they arrive. There is ! no element of speculation or experi ment in the migration. The settlers have full information respecting the | soil, wealth, the farming methods, the | .laws, taxation and system of govern ! ment of the country to which they are | moving, and they realize that the op ; portunities offered in Canada are in every respect better and greater than those they have enjoyed in the land they are leaving. uariautt can wen arrora to welcome cordially every American farmer com ing to the Dominion. There Is no ques tion but that these immigrants make the most desirable settlers obtainable for the development of the prairie por tion of the Dominion. Full informa tion can be bad from any authorized Canadian Government Agent, Whose address will be found elsewhere. --- Solving the Problem. I New York Weekly; George—Women are still pushing their way Into all the Industries. Jack—That's so. I have just been dis charged to make way for a woman. "You have? Well! well! What are you ( going to do now?’* "I am trying to marry the woman." If you want creamery prices do a» the creameries do, tine JUNE TINT BUTTES COLOIt. _ Fascination of Finistere. From Andre Sagllo’s "The Bigoudlnes" in the December Century; To understand the Intense attraction which this bit of Finistere has for the artist, the poignant seduction which year after year brings back to its entrance such painters as Lu chin Simon and Andre Dauchez, you must add a description of the country itself to that of Its Inhabitants. You must imagine yourself under that Immense expanse of sky, swept by great clouds pierced at every : other monuent with arrows of sunshine; j on that flat stretch of soil, tinted with the entire gamut ot grays, and with the In tense black of the Blgoudlne costume ac i cented by the gold of its embroideries and the violence of color In its ribbons ana aprons, to all of which nature responds only with the pale splendor of her velvet fields reddened by the sea breezes, the blond enamel of the mosses* on the ashen colored rocks, and the mirror ^)f the sleep, ing marshes. In which are reflected all Ihe . changing hours of the day. The Valuable Hungarian Grass. The smooth Brome grass, more com monly known as Hungarian grass and scientifically known as Bromus Inermls, has been tested for several years In dif ferent parts of the country and found especially valuable for growing on dry and rather poor soils. It resists drought admirably and yet Is well adapted to cold or exposed situations. It has been tested north and south, east and west, with equally gcod results and it is advised for any soil where one has been unable to grow timothy or any of the better grade of grasses. It Is not a substitute for tim othy, for Its quality does not compare with timothy nor even with the mixtures commonly used for meadows, but where the better grasses will not succeed the Hungarian grass should be sown. The plants grow to considerable height and stool quite heavily. Sow seed at the rate of about two bushels per acre. Sowing Alfalfa in Corn. Several readers who noted the article a few weeks ago on the Inoculation of the soil with alfalfa bacteria gained the idea that the soil could not be used for any other purpose the same season. This was not the idea It was Intended to convey, for there' need be no loss of the soil for cropping purposes. Follow this plan: At the last time the corn is plowed, which. Is usually In June, sow tho soil which has the bacteria in it broadcast and at the same time sow tho alfalfa seed and let it take care of itself, growing among the corn. The following spring use the disc drill and sow another lot of seed, using at the rate of twelve to fifteen pounds per acre. During the summer cut it twice at least, the first time cutting it -when it is six or eight inches high. The following summer it will have become well estab lished and can be cut and fed several times during that and succeeding seasons. It will thus be seen that If one will make some effort to Inoculate the soil with the alfalfa bacteria It will be comparatively easy to get it established. Advertising by Farmers. Admitting that this department is large ly intended to point out better methods of practical farming and Its allied Indus tries, it is not entirely outside its prov ince to try and point out how the crops, which have been raised with so much la bor and trouble, can be sold to the best advantage. It has been mildly hinted that farmers, as a rule, wrere poor salesmen and whenever wre find an exception to that rule we find a successful farmer. This is an ago of advertising for publicity. If a manufacturer has a good article he advertises It so that retailers who handle such articles will place it before the con suming public. Manufacturers go farther than this and advertise in periodicals which reach the consumer so as to create a demand which the retailer will supply. Why should not farmers, fruit growers and poultrymen do the same under cer tain conditions? A great manufacturer has laid down this rule for success In the twentieth century: “Make what the peo ple want and then let them know you have it.” There is no better rule for the farmer who raises a first class crop to follow. The chances are eight out of ten that there are enough readers of this paper who would eagerly buy one or more choice products of the soil at a price which W’ould pay for the advertising sev eral times over if they knew wrhere to find what they wanted. Think this over, raise high grade crops this summer and more will be said on the subject of mar keting tin in profitably in this department later. Feed for Young Chicks. "While there are thousands of chicks raised almost wholly on “mush,” which consists at first of moistened bran and later of bran and cornmeal, the best re- j suits come from raising the chicks large ly on dry feed and allowing them all the water or milk they need to supply the j moisture. Up to the time the chicks are three weeks old pinhead oats should be fed and then a mixture of coarsely ground cornmeal, the pinhead oats and cracked wheat can be fed to advantage up to the time the birds are on the range for the season and can then eat cracked corn and wheat. There are several kinds of pre pared chicken foods on the market, bal anced rations as it were, and most of them are good, but the chicks must be closely watched to Bee that they are not over-fed and "have a tendency to bowel trouble. For home preparation the grains nentioned will be found very satisfactory. Care of Young Chicks. When the first chicks are hatched early In March the owner gives them unusually good care because ho realizes that they a<* likely to catch cold or get wet easily, but he lets up on the good caro with April hatched chicks. Except In tl e warmer sections of the country the April hatched chick requires as much care as those hatched earlier. One of the most suc cessful poultrymen In the country has sheds arranged especially for the early hatched ohlcks. These sheds are rather rough affairs, hut they keep out most of the coid winds, yet let In what sunlight there Is and the chicks cannot get out of them and get wet. The one essential for the growing chick Is dryness and warmth; if It gets chilled nine times out of ten It will die. Arrange some way In which the chicks can have plenty of sun during the spring and yet not run any risk of getting wet In the dew on the grass. Keep them busy by frequent feedings, see that they have what water they require and as It gets warmer provide some plan of giving them shade so that they may have its benefits whenever they want It. The per centage of chicks raised on this plan will be very satisfactory. Grass in Orchards. There Is much difference of opinion as to the relative merits of elean culture In the orchard and keeping It in sod. but, as I stuied'tn tills department before, which Is best Is h thing which must be largely de termined by every grower for himself. One thing Is certain, however, at least so far as comparatively young trees are concerned, and that Is that a si>aee around tho base of each tree extending for from one to three feet from the tree according to Its size, should be kept culti vated and free from grass. A breathing space, so to Bpeak. The writer Is aware that this Is not In accordance with the view's of those who advocate the grass mulch as they term it, but trees grown both ways us Bhow a decided difference In favor of those around which tho culti vated space Is at all times kept free from vegetation and hoed several times dur ing the summer. Of course the fertilisers applied are those which w'ill benefit the trees without regard to their effect on the grass. Results From Tests. The editor of tills department has long urged farmers and fruit growers as well as thoso who raise vegetables In consid erable quantities to have a portion of their grounds laid oft for testing purposes. The contention Is that In no way can one be come so familiar with the points of a new variety as under tlielr own eye on their own grounds. Any Intelligent man will concede the value of such a test plot. There Is, however, another side to tho question, that of taking tho result of the test of a single season as a guide for fu ture operations. Hero Is just where many mistakes are mado for there Is scarcely a new’ sort of small fruit, vegetable or grain sent out but what, under certain condi tions, will run behind Its record In test ing the second season; hence the Im portance of at least two seasons testing. If a new sort Is only fairly promising In the first season’s test the chances are more than half that It will not do os well the second season, therefore It would be far from wise to plant largely of It, tak ing the first season’s test as a guide. Grain for Cows on Pasture. It Is hard for the dairyman who has spent most of his substance for feed dur ing the winter to feel that there will be any advantage In feeding grain during the portion of the year his cows are on the pasture. It would be unsafe to lay down the hard and fast rule that this plan must be followed In order to obtain tba greatest measure of success, but on tho other hand there can bo no objection to one’s trying the experiment and ascertain ing what there Is In It. As to tho ration this must be, In quantity at least, what Is deemed best by the feeder. If the expeii ment promises to be too costly select a single cow' and feed her grain during the time she is on pasture; keep a careful record of results according to the milk pail, both as to quantity and quality of milk and you’ll know what to do a sec ond year. Make tho test a fair one by selecting for the experiment an average cow; neither a poor milker nor a heavy one. Make the grain ration say about one-quarter of that fed during the winter. The cost will be small and the results Interesting and likely, profitable. Raising Crops for Hogs. The hogs of this country are being ruined by continuous feeding on corn. In some sections to such an extent has this been carried that the animals are being raised at considerable loss. Hog raisers should understand that the animals in their care need protein to obtain the best results. Just as much as cows need protein. If alfalfa or clover cannot be grown to ad vantage try cowpeas, or, if your land Is too good for such a crop and you want something for summer feoding which will supply the needed protein, try Canada field peas, which can bo readily grown on any' good corn land. The best plan for raising this crop Is to sow the pease at the rate of a peck per acre, plow them under two or three Inches and sow a mixture consisting of a peck of oats, a peck of barley and one-third of a bushel of wheat to the acre. This will make a good growth and furnish an abundance of food containing protein for summer feed ing. Early Care of Strawberry Beds. The Importance of a summer mulch can not be appreciated by any one who has not tried It. If the winter mulch has been removed from the strawberry bed then the soil should be lightly cultivated and the space between the row's covered with fine manure. This will serve as a fertilizer and a little later a layer of straw may be put on over this manure or the latter may b» removed and the straw placed on the soil; this latter Is the best plan where the soil Is light and there Is danger of more or less dry weather. The use of this mulch keeps the soil moist; that Is the moisture in the soil Is conserved and the fruit Is all the better for It. Again, there is no trouble with berries soiled during a heavy rain storm, which is likely to oc cur during berry season. The cost of the summer mulch Is small compared with its valwo and Is worth testing even though one may doubt Its value. The Famous Toulouse Geese. In many sections of the country the de mand for geese largely exceeds the sup ply, and this Is especially the case In the large cities. The Illustration shows a Toulouse gander, the breed being one of the largest and quite as popular as the Embden, the other large breed generally raised, although the latter should be raised and especially where they are to bo kept on rather confined grounds for they are not good foragers, none of the largo breeds are. Some water is desir able for geese, like ducks, are fond pf running their bills Into soft, moist earth. A good way to get a start In geese is to buy a pair of birds and later a setting of eggs of the breed so that the goose may sit on them before she Is likely to start laying on her own account. If one has a good range It is a good plan to buy the birds In the summer so that they will pick up most pf their living from the range' and then the eggs laid by the goose can be set early the following spring. *■ . • 1 TAFT CORRECTING MISTAKES. Than Colored Meeeengar Was Afraid Ho Told Too Muoh. Washington Post: Secretary Taft came to the capltol one day on some very Important business. He went to one of the committee rooms where he was expected, and was soon in close conversation with the chairman, who gave strict Instructions to the colored messenger that nothing was to be said of Taft's presence. But a newspaper man learned the secretary was In the committee room and boldy asked the messenger what he was doing there. "He ain't in dar,” declared the man. "But I saw him going In," asseretd the newspaper man, working a bluff. "Now, tell me what he Is doing." "Well,” said the messenger, uneasily, "ho is jes' correcting mistakes he made when he was before de committee de las' time.” "Correcting mistakes, Is he?” asked the newspaper man. "Then he made mistakes when he was here the last time, did he?” "I doan mean dat. He's Jes’ reading over what he said befor* when he was here," replied the darkey, thoroughly alarmed. "That’s all right for this time," an swered the newspaper man. "You said he was correcting mistakes. I’ll let you oft now, but don’t you ever lie to me when I come around here again.” And he has that darkey on his staff through fear of that unfortunate re mark about "Secretary Taft’s mis takes." How Rosea' Qrow on Wire. I.eslie's Monthly: The star does all the fine work of the place, and always has more to do than she can accom plish, because {here are none of the other forty workers competent to lend a hand. She makes her {22 to {25 a week on piecework all the year uround, and hasen’t taken so much as a lady’s vacation for two years. Tho other girls make {2 a week, and that for only six or eight months of the year. "We don’t make many of the finest kind herein the country, though,” said the star rose maker. "They usually have to Import them. They haven’t enough skilled workers here to supply big orders, and It doesn’t pay the man ufacturers to do special orders. This sort,” picking up a small June rose, "this sort a fairly good worker can make a gross of In one day and two hours of the next. I have made other kinds, though, where five were consid ered a fine day’s work. They had 175 pieces, though, with IS different shapes and sizes of petals In each rose, and every one of the 175 had to be put In Its proper place or the whole rose was ruined." 1 1 • .■■■.■—■ CASTOR IA for Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the //y Signature of /•ciCc&AZ The FREE Homestead s of WESTERN CANADA ~ Star Attractions for 1904 Minions of acres of magnificent Grain and Grazing Lands to be had as a free gift, or by purchase from Railway Oeaiyaateo, Land Corporations, etc. Tits Great Attractions GoodCropa, delightful climate, splendid school system, perfect aoclai conditions, exceptional railway advantages, and wealth and afiaence acquired easily. The population of WESTERSf CAN A It A increased 128.000 by immi E ration curing the past year, over 60JM elng Americans. Write to the nearest authorized Canadian Government Agent for Cana* dlan Atlas *nd other /nformatlon: 01 address SUPERINTENDENT IMMIGRA TION. Ottawa , Canada.. 9. T. Holms*-, 315 Jackson St., St. Paul. Minn.; W. H. Wo*en», BoxC'fh Watertown, Hmitih Dakotas W. V. Bou rei£. b01 New York Life Building, Omuha. Neb. MOTHER CRAY’S SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN, A. On'tain Cure for Fcrerishnefl* g?„”^C,l°rSub.sLr WAEi Brneak%^o.°d5 in 34 ho!*. At .11 Druniati, 2Hct» SrpfiKtlSs Y. r^Ttameson'sEjiWatai HOSPITAL SECRETS* A Nurse Says: “ Pe-ru-a® Is • Tonic of Efficiency,"’ " ‘ ** ‘ > ;; mrs. kate TAyEOK ;; Mrs. Kate Taylor, a grmdkmttd | ;; nurse of prominence, gives her eat '. perlence with Peruna In am npte.n '.'.letter. Her position In society mat •professional standing combine to [• • 'give special prominence to bear at- - '.Iterances. C'HICAGO, ILL.. 427 Monro* ■ ‘‘As far as I have observed SPrrm» Is the finest tonic any man mr vneik can use who is weak from 43h* •ft*®' effects of any serious illness. “I have seen it used in a traodwr «® convalescent cases, and have aero wew oral other touics used, but 1 toned tk*® those who used Peruna had the g*lck«® relief. "Peruna seems to restore rlttatKfe Increase bodily vigor and renew Metmk and strength In a wonderfoShr t&M® time."—MRS. KATB TAYLOhL In view of the great maltitnd* et women suffering from some term vt tW mule disease and yet unable t* £ao® aa® cure, Dr. Hartman, the renown® an*' ciallst on female catarrhal dlse**m, sm® announced his willingness to Amt tkk treatment of ub many case* ■• mV® application to him during tbs n*u® mouths, without charge. Addras* 31k Peruna Medicine Co., Columbmat Cftdns Save Your Thresh Bill The average old-style small cylinder thresher wastes enough grain and time to pay your thresh bill. Why not save the grain ordinarily put into the straw stack? Why not save the time which the ordinary threshing outfit wastes for you. This can be done by employing the RED RIVER SPECIAL. It has the Blf Cylinder, with lots of concave and open grate service. It has the Man Behind the Gun, that does most of the separating right at the cylinder. Besides these, it has all the separat ing capacity of other machines. It runs right along, saving your grain and saving time, regardless of conditions. There has come improvements in threshing machinery the same as In everything else. As the modern self-binder la in1h~~aB of the old reaper of forty yeasw affix la is the Big Cylinder and Maa SaMa# the Cun ahead of the small cylimAa* old-style thresher. The old-style thresher with its sdsatt'. cylinder and limited separating <aay» ity, has stood for years withoaft miHlb improvement. The RED RIVER SPECIAL fa Oar crowning improvement in thrashing machinery. It is built for motfenri i|i la Ba>a work; to thresh well; to thrtA f—t) • to save time and grain and nsnaag far the thresherman and farmer. It Bee* . it. There are reasons why. Band far our new book on threshing, it g’lw them and it is free. Employ the RED RIVER SFCCMBU it is the only machine that Jhaa the - Man Behind the Gun, and saves cnonffjt.. grain and time to pay your thresh MSL NICHOLS & SHEPARD CO., «. Builders ol Threshers and Engines. Battle Creek. Mich. SO YEARS IN BUSINESS. BRANCH HOUSES AND AGENTS EVERYWHSK. Favorite Card Game of Japanese. Westminster Gazette: A favorite card game of the Japanese Is played as follows; Ona hundred well known proverbs are selected, each divided Into two parts, and each part printed on a separate card. The host of the evening has the hundred first halves, which he reads aloud, one by one; the hundred second halves are dealt to the other players, who place their hands face upward In the "tataml,” or thick mat of rice straw', on which they sit. As the first half of any proverb Is read, the holder of the second half throws It out, or If he sees It unnoticed among his neighbor's cards, seizes It and gives him one of his own. The player who Is first "out” wins. It is a very simple game, but It affords great entertain ment to the players; for the quick sighted and keen wltted are constantly seizing the cards of their duller antj slower neighbors, and this leads to I much laughter and many good natured ' sarcasms. Free to Twenty-Five Ladies. The Defiance Starch Co. will give 25 ladles a round trip ticket to the St. Louis Exposition, to five ladles 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 ten cent, 16-ounce package of Defiance cold water laundry starch. This means from your own home, any where In the above named states. These trade marks must be mailed to ■ and received by the Defiance Starch > Co., Omaha, Nebr., before September I 1st, 1904. October and November I will be the best months to visit the Exposition. Remember that Defiance Is the only starch put up In 16 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 the Iron. The tickets to the Exposition will be ! sent by registered mall September 5th. Starch for sale by all dealers. The Wrong Door. New York Weekly: Girl (Jokingly)—Id like a place where I'll have everything I want, nothing to do, and no one to boas me. Clerk—This, miss. Is an employment of fice, not a matrimonial agency. I DGNiT ' GET WET!1 ASK YCUB DEALEB POD RE SLICKER MADE FAMOUS BY A BEPUWlD«i ^ext.nd:ng OVED MOBE IMAM. y HALF A CENTUBY TOWER'5 garments and hats are made of the beat material* in black or yeflo* > for all kind* of wet wotIl SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED IF YOU 3BJX3Q1 . t THE SIGN OF THt HS1 iTAfeMlWS&mfea W. L DOUGLAS $4.00, $3.50, $3.00, S2.S© uMNA'g? SHOES W.L. Douglas shoes are worn by more men than any other make. The reason is, they hold their shape,fitbetter,wear longer, and have greater intrinsic value than any other shoes. JL Sold Everywhere. Jg Douglas uses Corona wife id* H» everywhere conceded lobe the fluent Vadftvntfc Leather yet produced. Fast Co'or e * a»4L. Shoes by until,25 cents extra. Write for CmiuhgM W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton. Kws SIOUX CITY P’T'G CO, 1.03Z—19, 1S£H BEGGS’ BLOOD PURIFlEa CURES catarrh of the stomach*