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HALF RATES. Via Wabash Railroad. the World'* Fair Line. “Lust to leave—First to arrive.” Leaves Omaha 3:55 p. in. Arrives St. Louis 7:00 a. m. Special rates: New Orleans and re turn. $29.60; Sold April 11. 12 and 13. St Louis ami return, $13.50; sold April f$, 27. 20, 30, May 1. New Orleans and return, $20.50; sold May 1, 2. 3 and 4. Smoothest, shortest and quick est south and southeast. All in formation at City Ticket office, 1C01 Famam, or address Harry E. Moores, O- A. P. D., Omaha, Neb. Raised letters are for the benefit of the blind, but raised checks are not. Ask Tour Healer For Allmi's Foot-Knae. A powdor. It rests tho feet Cures Corns, Umilous, Hwollen.Hore. Hot.Calloiis, Aching, (SweatmgFoetandIngrowingNails. Allen * Foot-Eeao make* new or tight shoes easy. At all Druggists and Hhoe stores, 28 cents. Ac cept. no substitute Sample mailed Frigs. Address Allen S. Olmsted, I.oltoy, N. Y. Misfortunes usually come in pairs, but the first one came in an apple. AM Up to Date Housekeepers ns* Defiance Cold Water Starch, because it is lad ter, and d oz. more of it for wuue money. A profit is not without honor save on a best,-selling bool;. State or Onto. City of Toi-koo. I Lucas County. f Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the linn of I I. t honey & Co., lining he .ine-.s in the City oI Toledo, county and State nf and that said him will pav the sum of MNP. ItMKDRKD DOLLARS for each *nd erery || as** of Catarrh that taunot lie cured bv the ns* ot llalTs Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CtiKNF i Sworn to before me and subscribed in aty pi cruse. this bill day of Deremtier. A. D IRK* ,, , A. W. CLKASON, IRr.sL.i Notary Public. Mail’s Catarrh Cure is tn!c-n internally, and arts <lu •* tIf hi die blood ar 1 ntitmus surface.) of the system. Send foi testimonials free. F. |. I IlKNfcA Sc CO.. Toledo, Ohio. Sold i»v Druaeirts. 7V. MailFamily Pills are the best It's a long pago that has no turn Insist on Getting It. Fom* grocers *ay they don’t beep Pa- i fiance Starch This is lati-ause they have a ft took on hand of otlior Inn min containing j only 17o/ in n package, waieti they won t lio able to sell lirst, because Petiuuce con tains 16 oz for the same money. Do you want lft ox. instead of 12 or. for Mtu« money ? Then buy Defiance Starch. Uctjuirot. no cooking Gonitis consists in making the other fellow' do the work. No one is able to discover that a rich man is a fool until after he losej ins money. What men want is not talent. It is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will tj labor. —Lytton. Largest Woma Land Owner. Mrs. King of Corpus Christi, Tex., owns more land than any other wo man in this country, perhaps in the world. Her holdings are not less than 1,300,000 acres, located in the counties of Nueces. Hidalgo. Starr and Cameron. Her late husband. Captain King, was one of the old time cattle barons. Mrs. King has about 65,000 cattle grazing on her broad acres. Un der the terms of her husband's will the estate must not be divided until his oldest, grandchild comes of age. Mrs. King has one son and three mar ried daughters. Would Breed Hardier Cattle. Henry C. Moore of Sioux City be livevos that it is possible to interbreed the Arctic musk ox with cattle of the temperate zone, and that the stock so produced would be able to with stand the severe winters of the Uni ted Htates. He has been in communi cation on the subject with Peary, the Arctic explorer, who is favorably Im pressed with the idea. “The vast loss of the present season among herds on the western ranges.” said Mr. Moore, emphasizes the necessity of trying to Infuse hardier blood into American < at lie.” PRIZES TO COOKS. $7,500,000 In Cash to Be Distributed. Hetween now and July 1st, family cooks, whether employes or the mis tress of tho household, will he follow ing the plan laid down for improve- I nient in cooks In a contest for 735 cash j prt'/.es ranging from $3UU.OO to $5,00 offered by the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd Tho winners must show Improve ment in general cookery as clearly stated In the rules for the test. No one has to buy or pay anything whatever. It is simply an earnest ef fort on the part of Mr. Post to stimu late the household cook to more care ful and skillful cookery. To have light, sweet bread and cakes Instead of heavy, sour and in digestible things. To have no more greasy, burned or dried out meats. To have properly made Coffee, Postum and tea. To have delieate and diges tible, toothsome desserts aiul a table, clean, taBty and a pleasure to look upon. And so $7,500 00 In actual money will l»e spent to encourage the cooks of the country to better effort. And you housekeepers, please forever abandon the term “hired girl." Teach your cook the dignity of her profession, call her the cook. If her duties include other services, well and good, but don't detract from her professional title by calling her the “hired girl." That term doesn’t fit a good ccok. A certificate bearing tho large sea! of the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., will go to each of the 737 winners In this contest. These eer tilicates or diplomas will be as valu able to the holders as a doctor's sheep skin is to him. A postal card to the Cookery DepL No. 319 of the big pure food factories of the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd,, at Mattlo Creek, Mich., will bring a sheet of plainly printed rules for th« con tesL DON'T FORGET THE OLD FOLKS. Nut. don'* forge* the old folk'-, boy*—they’ve not forgotten you: Though years have parsed since you wore homo, the old hearts still nr." true; And not an evening passes by they haven't the desire To see your faoes once again and hour your footsteps Higher. Vou'ro young 3nd buoyant, and for you Mope beckons with her hands. And life spreads out a waveWr see that laps hut tropic strands; The world is ait before youl* face, but let your memories turn To where fond hearts still cherish you and loving bosoms yearn. No matter what your duties are nor what your place in life. There’s never been a time they'd not assume your load of strife; And shrunken shoulders, trembling hands, and forms racked by disease. Would bravely dare the grave to bring to you the pearl of peace. Ro don’t forget the old folks, boys— they’ve not forgotten you; Though years have passed since you were homo, the old hearts still are true; And write them now and then to bring the light Into their eyes. And make the world glow once again and bluer gleam the skies. (FN (T& End of Love’s Dream They were not a romantic looking couple, both approaching the mark which the world unfeelingly calls middle age. Both were slightly in clined to embonpoint. She was pleasant and comfortable in appearance and gave the impres sion of having arrived at that stage of existence when she no longer ex pected things to happen. Why, in deed, should she? They never had happened, to any extent; she had grown up, had gone to school, pla cidly fallen In love and married—and there a respectable woman’s experi ence should stop. He was also inclined to plat idlty— outwardly, at least—but with a differ ence. Things had happened within his memory. Indeed, he was even then going quietly over them and retrospection which does not include the partner of a man's joys and sor rows is not only a dangerous luxury, but is a sure sign of boredom. They wore traveling between Little Rock and Fort Smith. She was think ing busily of the number of pounds of 6ugar necessary to a given number of baskets of cherries awaiting her housewifely care, and he—well, his mind was concerned with cherries, too, but they were cherries in the blossom, the snowy boughs of the trees that had shaded a little village lano. Underneath the boughs stood a girl ami a boy—how well he remem bers the face of the girl, the pink of her cheeks, the blue of her eyes, the brown of her hair—he could feel yet the sting of that braid of hair as she switched it. roughly in his face when he tried to steal a kiss. He stole a side look at his wife's plain, wholesome features and sighed. He even wondered why his dream of the tree lane had never come true— why he had—just then the train slowed up at a little side station and lie became aware of an unusual bus tle on the platform. His wife said, with some excitement in her voice: “John, I do believe a theatrical troupe Is getting on litre." John dimly remembered that Flora had always called him “Jack'' as he answered lazily: “Well, my dear, what of it? There is plenty of room, isn’t there? I don't see any immediate need for my being interested,” and lapsed into the region of past delights again—“what a mischief Flora has been”—he was rudely jolted back to the present again by a severe pincli from Mrs. John, “For goodness sake. John, did you ever see such a get up?” “Eh—what did you say, Margaret? Get up where?" and following the direction of her eyes, he looked down the aisle. Ye gods, was he dreaming? It was Flora, Flora in the flesh, in fact more so than when they had last met, not quite tlio Flora of the cherry tree, but unmistakably his early sweet heart—the star of the barnstorming troupe. She came up the aisle talking loud ly to a dejected looking individual whom she addressed as "Tommy.” Her dress was brown, and the feather in her hat—a hat too large for travel ing—was green as a Brazilian bird's wing. The pink was in her cheeks as in the days of the cherry trees, but it bad a suggestion of permanency, un like the flitting roses of fifteen years It was Flora in the flesh. ago—atul her hair—surely Flora’s hair was brown, while the green par rot's wing shaded a voluminous pompadour of golden yellow. John was not sure by this time whether he was the most afraid she wouldn't recognize him or most hoped she would—but it mattered Jittle—abe did. In a moment she was hearing down upon them like a ship of Tarshish in full sail and was shaking him warmly by the hand and talking as only Flora could do. “Surely this is Jack Benton? I couldn't be mistaken, though you have grown a lot stouter since we met. Don't you remember Flora Mar cey? If you don’t then a man's mem ory for an old sweetheart is a pretty thin thing." Poor John could feel Margaret stiffen at the last sentence, and groaning in spirit he introduced his Compelled to slink down the aisle in the wake of a purple qown. wife to Miss Marcey, whose volubil ity made up for any awkwardness that Mrs. Benton's manner might have caused. “Jack and I were old sweethearts at Fort Smith. Lord, what larks we used to have in the old days, after school and coming home from choir practice. I never thought of going on the stage in those days, but talent will not be suppressed—and here I am. It looks like fate, our meeting like this, doesn't it?" John shuffled nervously and cursed fate inwardly and presently the clat ter went on again. “Where are you living? Still at Fort Smith. Well, I never: our cir cuit closes fifteen miles from there and I'm going to take a holiday. I believe I'll just drop down on you folks for a month's change. if the old place is as slow as it used to he it will make an elegant place to rest.' Benton looked beseechingly at his wife, but she appeared oblivious to the fact that he was still on tlie face of Ihe globe—he hesitated a minute and then, remembering the buy and girl friendship, he glanced at his wife and said defiantly: “We should be awfully pleased to have you." And Mrs. Benton astonished him by adding with suspicious friendli ness: “Yes, do come, we shall be per fectly delighted." With more astuteness titan her husband would have given her credit for, Mrs. B. had eotne to the eon elusion that a dose of an old sweet heart—when she is as impossible as Flora—is almost as good for a man as an occasional dose of rheubarb. Flora came—John Benton saw—hut Mrs. Benton conquered. Forth from Flora's voluminous baggage eatrte gowns fearfully and wonderfully constructed front mate rials which might have just arrived front an Indian bazaar. The hat with the green feather was not a circum stance to the creations which clown ed Flora's yellow pompadour when site impersonated the heroine in some glowing melodrama—and she wore them nil at Fort Smith. On Sundays Mrs. Benton systemati cally manufactured excuses to remain away from service, and John, wlto liked to see women garbed as soberly as Quakers, was compelled to slink down the aisle in the wake of a pur ple gown and a green and purple vel vet. Gainsborough hat. Four weeks went by and still Flora showed no signs of an early flitting. Mrs. Benton absolutely refused to offer suggestions, so in a moment of desperation Benton bethought him self of an old-time feud between his mother ar.d Flora, which dated boclv to his and Flora's schooldays, lie wired his mother at once. “Need you here immediately, do not fail me,” and well did he know that the first atailable train would bring the faith ful soul. At dinner that day he carn ally announced that he expected his i mother that night, or the next inorn I ing. at ieast ln the afternoon Flo-a received a mysterious message—presumably from Marco—which demanded her immediate presence elsewhere, and by 5:30 the Benton household knew her no more. The next morning found John in bed with a racking nervous headache. As Mrs. Benton waited upon him in her quiet restful way he wondered how he could ever have been fool enough to fancy himself tired of such a woman. Catching her hand and pressing his cheek against it boyish ly. lie said reproachfully: "Margaret, how could you—what made you act so. and try to keep her?'' With a spice of mischief in her calm gray eyes she smoothed his head and answered: “Well, you see. John. dear. I had noticed in you a growing tendency to talking in your sleep—you seemed to have restless dreams about a mysteri ous 'Flora.' who was connected in an odd way with cherry trees and equally youthful things. So when I met Flora, it occurred to me that at last I saw a way to restore your dreamless sleep and my own peace of mind, which, 1 don't mind telling you now—was fast slipping away. I'm a homeopathist, you know, and— well, some poisons are their own an tidotes. when given in proper quan tities. Was 1 right. John?” He kissed her hand and said: “As you always are. darling, but don't you think you gave me an un necessarily large dose?” She shook her head laughingly. “You see. I didn’t want to risk a repetition."—Vivian Clare Howard in Chicago American. DIO GOOD SAMARITAN ACT. But the Boy’s Employer Took Some of the Credit to Himself. He walked along with a lordly strut, head in air and shoulders well back. At Liberty street aud Broadway he saw a boy searching for something In the snow. The youngster, about 10. was crying as if his heart would break. “What's the matter, little man?" he asked kindly. “My boss gave me SI to buy some benzine, and I've lost it. Boo-hoo hoo." “Well, now. don’t be a baby. Tell me all about it." The child told him. “Now, take me to your boss,” said he of the lordly strut. Very unwillingly the boy led him to an office on the tilth floor, where sat a tierce-looking man. "I beg your pardon, sir. for this in trusion. but I've called on a personal matter that concerns us both.” said tlie stranger. “This is your office boy?” “Yes." "And did you give him $1 to buy some benzine?” “Yes.” “You arc sure he had the money?” "Certainly.” "Well, he lost it. I simply wanted to make sure he had it. I'm going to make it good, so that you will not take it out of his wages or punish him. Here. boy. take this dollar and run along and buy the benzine." "I'll see that you don't make it good!" cried the employer, takinu out a roll of hills as big as a man's log and peeling off a dollar. “Here you are, Charlie. Don't worry. Be a little more careful next time." "Tlie boy won’t be punished?" “No." “Good morning." “Good morning." And tlie lordly strut was continued up Broadway.— New York Press. duj uu is iuu uumDcriomc. I.ieut. H. Williams, who is in charge of Hip naval recruiting sta tion in the federal building, fought ou tile battleship Iowa during the Span ish-American war and declares the one thing that was demonstrated by tlie war was thai tin* most effective work can be done by small guns. The naval officer says that in the famous fight off Santiago tiie execution was done by the small cannon, the great, much-advertised guns being entitled to very little credit for the victory. "The trouble was mat the large guns didn't hit." said the lieutenant. "The turrets carrying those guns weigh 100 tons, the guns themselves weigh thirty tons more. That is so great a mass to move in aiming that it is dif ficult to bring it accurately to the proper place. Tnen the large guns ran lie fired only once in two minutes. The six-pounders were discharged ten or twelve times a minute and the five-iKutnders as often again." riiou> City Tribune. Islands Built by Oysters. Dr. Crave of the United States fish commission lias recently been study ing tiie islands found in Newport river and Beaufort harbor In North Carolina. The islands, which are in various stages of growth, are shown to be built up of generations upon generations of oysters, and appear lo grow in very much the same way as the coral islands of the Pacific. The original reefs grow across the river, because the swift current keeps the edges clean, and thus makes a favor able surface for the attachment of the young spat. In course of time, by action of wind, waves and vegetable growth on the accumulating genera tioc.s of oysters, the reef eventually becomes established as an island, says the Minneapolis .Junior Journal. Suppression of Betting. The government of Jersey has set this country an example of how to suppress betting, says an English ex change. Offering or taking bets Is punishable by a fine of 10 pounds for the first offense and ion pounds or six months' hard labor for the second of IV"** THE IMPRESSIONS OF A WOMAN. What a Wornon Says About Western Canada. •Although many men have written to this paper regarding tlie prospects of Western Canada and its great possi bilities, it may not lie uninteresting to give the experience of a woman set tler. w ritten to Mr. M. V. Mclnnes, tho agent ot‘ the government at Detroit, Mich. If the reader wishes to get further information regarding Western Canada it may be obtained by writing any of the agents of the Government whose name is attached to the adver tisement appearing elsewhere in this paper. The following is the letter referred to: Hilldown, Alberta. Feb. f>, ’03. Dear Sir—1 have been here now nearly the years, and thought 1 would write you a woman's impression of Western Canada—in Alberta. There are several ranchers in this district who. In addition to taking care of their cattle, carry on farming as well; their herds of cattle number from 100 to 200 or 200 head, and live out all winter without any shelter than the poplar bluffs, and they come in in the spring in good order. Most of the ranchers feed their cattle part of tho time, about this time of the year, but 1 have seen the finest fat cattle I over saw that never got a peek of grain— only fattened on the grass. You see l have learned to talk farm since I came here—farming is the great busi ness here. I know several in this district who never worked a day on the farm till they < anu* hero, and have done well and are getting well ! ofT. I think this v ill be the garden of j the Northwest acme day, and that, day ! not very far distant. There has been a great change since we came hero, and there will be a greater change in fie next five years. The winters are i all anyone could wish for. We have j very little snow, and the climato is j fine and healthy, i.ast summer was j wet, but not to an extent to damage j crops, which were a large average j yield and the hay was immense—and farmers wore a broad smile accord- ! ingly. We hr.ve good schools, the govern ment pays To per cent of the expense of education, which is a great boon in a new country. Of course churches of different denominations follow the settlements. Summer picnics and win ter concerts are all well attended, and as much, or more, enjoyed as in the Hast. Who would not prefer the pure air of this climate with its broad acres of1 fine farms, its rippling streams, its beautiful lakes, its millions of wild th'wers, its groves of wild fruit of eccpiisite flavor, its streams and lakes tteming with fish and its prairies and I luffs with game, to the crowded and ?tiff state of society in the Kast. I vould like to go home for a visit tome time, but not to go there to live, »von if presented with the best farm in Michigan. Beautiful Alberta. I will never leave it. And my verdict is only a repetition of ail who have settled in this country. This year I believe will add many thousands to our population. And if the young men. and old men also, knew how easy they could make a home free of all incumbrance in this country, thousands more would have settled here. 1 would sooner have 160 acres here than any farm where 1 came from in .Michigan, but the peo ple in the East ate coming to a knowl edge of this country, and as they do. they uill come West in thousands. All winter people have been arriving in Alberta, and I suppose in other parts as well, which is unusual, so we ex poet a great rush when the weather gets warmer. We have no coal famine here. Coni can he bought <n the towns for $- to fll. according to distance from the mines, and many haul their own coal from the mines, getting it there for 30 cents to a dollar a ton. Very truly yours. (Signed) Mrs. .John McLachlan. Two Vanrevels arc better than one. When You Buy Starch bur Dol'HiK e and get the f>e>t, 10 or. for 10 cents. (Jure used. always used Good manners are a part of good morals am! kind courtesy.—Archbish op Whatf ley. I am sure Piso s Cure for Consumption saved my life three years nfjo Mrs Thos. RoBBltfa. Mapia Street. Norwich, N. Y.. Feb 17, 1900. A new broom sweeps clean. IF YOB USE lt/li.t, liLBIS, Get. lied Cross Ball Bine, t he best Ball Blue. Large - or., package only .'> cents. Don’t look a gift book in the bind ing. Authors will happen. eveD ir. the best regulated families. Marriage adds either to a man's happiness or bis misery. A laugh is worth a hundred groans In any market.—Charles Lamb. The French sold in America In 1902 more than $800,000 of automobiles. Americans are making an effort to establish a steel plant at Flushing. Holland. The lowest priced vehicle at the New York automobile show was $000; the highest $1,800. Some are born Corelli: some achieve Corelli, ami some have Corelli thrust upon them.— Life. Always look on the bright side of tl'ncs- and if you are going to invest yep-- coin therein, look on both sides. It is said that more wrinkles ar» caused by laughter than by worry. Girls, remember this when you see a man do a flip-flpp on an Icy pave ment. ■MtWOKl 8ttWSEDZEH ID CENTS. OKSAll headaches. r VflEN PAINfANGUISH 1flrtjNB§BR0W, A mastering ANGELTHOU: (3 QM Schmoller & Mueller -81U.L AN ELEGANT PIANO FOR ONLY $168.00 On S3 Monthly Payments. Write for Catalogue, Pricei, Etc. SCHMOLLER & MUELLER Manufacturer* Whtlenlr and Re*«il Puno Dcaif'* 1313 FARNAM STREET. OMAHA THE LINCOLN IMPORTING HORSE COMPANY I.I.MOI.N, M USASKA b I HacK Pcrcacjtjas, Shires, and German Coachers 20 Per Cent Off fo* the Next Thirty Days A saving of $200 tv $300 on each Slniilon. These are cold-blooded facts. We pay buycr'H railroad fare to Lincoln and return. Come and see tis at once and Ret a winner Barns and Oiiice, C3d and Holdrege Streeta. Long Ois. Tel. 575. A L. SULLIVAN. Mg r»*EE TO WOMEN! 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