A REASON FOR 81CKNESS. Healthy kidney* take from the blood every 24 hours 600 grains of impure, pois* onous matter— more than enough to cause death. eakened kidneys leave this waste in the blood, and you are soon sick. To get well, cure the kidneys with Doaa's Kidney Pills, the great / kidney specific. Mrs. J. 4. Bowles of 118 Core St., Durham, N. C., says: "I was sick and bedfast for over nine months, and the doctor who attended me said un less 1 submitted to an operation for gravel I would never be well. I would not consent to that and so continued to suffer. My hack was so weak 1 could not stand or walk, and it aches constantly. The first day after I be gan using Doan’s Kidney Pills I felt relief, and • •» a short time I was up and around the same as ever, free from backache." A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Mrs. Bowies will be mailed to any part of the United States. Address Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by ail dealers; price 60 cents per box. The joys of today and the griefs of today will be hand in band at the setting of the sun. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollar* Reward for auy case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hail'a Catarrh Cure. _ F. J. CHEXEY A CO., Toledo. O. We. the undersigned, hare known F. J. Cheney for tbelast 15 rear*, and belleTe him perfectly hon orable In all nuefnesa transaction* and financially able to carry out any obligation* made by hi* firm. Wai.di»o. Kibhak A Mabvjx. Wholesale Druggtat*. Toledo. O. Hall'* Catarrh Cure 1* taken internally, acting directly open tfce blood and taucou* aurfaceaof the system. Testimonial* sent free. Price Ti cent* per bottle. Sold by all Druggist*. Take Hall’* Family PUl* for constipation. There never will be a poor prayer meeting so long as there is one heart rich with gratitude. FREE TO TWENTY-FIVE LADIES. The Defiance Starch Co. will give 25 ladies a round-trp ticket to the St. Louis exposition to five ladies in each of the following states: Illinois, Iowa. Nebraska, Kansas and Missou ri who will send in the largest number of trade marks cut from a 10-cent, 16 ounce package of Defiance cold water laundry starch. This means from your own home, anywhere In the above named states. These trade marks must be mailed to and received by the De fiance Starch Co., Omaha. Neb., before September 1st. 1904. October and No vember will be the best months to visit the exposition. Remember that Defiance is the only starch put up 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 seat by registered mail September 5th. Starch for sale by all dealers. Do You Want the Lowest Rates either one-way or round-trip excursion, to any point east of Chicago or St. I»uis? Ask the Erie Railroad Com pany, 555 Railway Exchange, Chicago, for complete information. Three fast trains daily from Chicago and St. Louis through to New York, Boston, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and other caetern points. Step-over without charge at Niagara Falls, Cambridge Springs and Beautiful Chautauqua Lake. Men who are advertising that they walk with the devil now will be anx ious to prove an alibi some day. V/hy It Is the Best Is because made by an entirely differ ent process. Defiance Starch is un like any other, better and one-third more for 10 cents. One trouble with the oldest inhabi tant is that he remembers too many incidents of his boyhood days that never happened. AH Up-to-Date Housekeepers use Defiance Cold Water Starch, be cause it is better, and 4 oz. more of it for same money. While the pessimist sees only the thorns on the rose the optimist sees only the rose on the thorns. What a good many churchgoers need is a praying machine that winds itself. Lydia E.Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound A Woman’s Remedy For Woman’s Ills. m •follow too nit/1 TAKE THE WABASH SAINTLOU IS THE ONLY LIME THE WORLD’S FAIR MAIN ENTRANCE. Bauagr rkrrkrd to World's 10str (Nula. Stopovers allowed. All Agents can route you vl,a the WABASH. For beau tiful World's Fair folder and =11 Infor mation address HARRT E. MOORES. Gan. Agt. Pass. Dept., Omaha. Neb. Eft Water Fire Curtain Shutter. It is the law in nearly every large city that all buildings over two stories in height must be provided with some approved form of fire escape. If it were necessary for the occupants of a burning building to await the arrival of laders carried by the fire depart ment many of them would perish be fore they could be reached, or in their torture would be forced to jump to the ground below. Hence the wisdom of compelling owners of tall buildings to supply permanent ladders as a means of escape from the flames. In many instances, however, the fatal mistake has been made of placing these struc tures across windows, and thus com pelling those persons attempting to escape from a fire to pass directly through a sheet of flame pouring out of the opening made by the breaking of the glass. To avoid such an emer gency as this a Chicago man has de Protects People from the Flame. signed a steel curtain for use in con junction with all fire escapes which must of necessity pass in front of windows. The idea is to so place the curtain that it will not obstruct the light which enters the window and will at the same time be ready to close the outlet the instant a fire breaks out and the necessity arises for using the fire escape. This cur tain is hung in a folded position direct ly over the window, and is suspended so that a light touch by any person descending the fire escape will cause it to fall and shield people from the flames. The inventor is J. W. Denhart of, Chicago. Wheelless Clocks. A German has invented a new clock system which has some original fea tures worthy of mention. The system is that of a master clock which con trols electrically as many individual clock installations as may be required. The clock, which is installed in the house or place of business of the sub scriber to the system, is similar to the ordinary one inasmuch as it has a face and two hands, but the works arc re placed by a couple of magnets and a balance wheel. The master clock is provided with a transmitting appara tus designed to be operated by the movement of the hands. An impulse is sent from the wires when the hands of the master clock advance one min ute on the face of the dial. This im pulse affects the magnets in the small clocks in a such a way that the hands are advanced the same amount as were the hands of the master clock. This operation is kept up indefinitely, and, of course, all the small clocks keep exactly the same time as the master clock. The email clocks are inexpen sive and comparatively little current is required to operate the system. The invention is in successful opera tion in several towns in France and Germany, and is at present being in troduced into England. Steam Versus Electricity. The steam railroads vary greatly in their attitude toward electric compe tition, says Ray Morris in the At lantic, but it has been almost the uni form experience of railroad manage ers, east and west, that rate cuts to meet electric competition are quite futile. Electric transportation handles traffic in small units. The power-house is the locomotive, and it can haul ten single cars as easily as it can a train of ten cars coupled together—more easily, in fact. But in steam service, to reverse tne figure of speech, each transportation unit must have its own powerhouse. Disregarding technical refinements, it may be said that it would cost a steam railroad five times as much to run an hourly, single-car train during a fifteen-hour* day as it would to run three five-car trains. That is the primary reason on the side of absolute cost which makes it imposs.ble for a steam road to compete with an electric road for light Short-haul traffic. Finds True Level of Lines. The dynograph is a new device which is used to register on a con tinuous roll of paper, in a car fitted up for that purpose, all deviations from a true level and a straight line in railway tracks. It not only makes such a record for the use the engi neering department of the railway, but it also daubs the rails with blue paint if the fault exceeds an eighth of an inch, so that the section gangs can tell where alterations are needed. The spot so indicated is marked on the continuous line drawn in the car, and thus a check can be kept upon the track foreman, and any inatten tion to the silent notice served by the dynograph can be discovered. To Whiten Piano Key*. To whiten piano keys wash them with a strong solution of nitric acid to an ounce of soft water. Use a piece of soft cheesecloth to wash the keys, being careful not to let the solution run down between them. Whitening or prepared chalk, mixed with lemon juice, is an excellent pol ish to apply while the keys are moist. Badly discolored keys can only be remedied by calling in a careful work man. Willing Victim. She—When 1 set my face against anything I mean it. He—Would you—er—mind setting ■'•our face against mine? HOG TROUGH OF CONCRETE. Simple Rules for the Building of Valuable Utensil. G. M.—Please describe how to con struct a cement hog trough. What is the best size at^J shape? In making a concrete hog trough first lay the concrete floor, this an swers for the bottom of a trough. Make a box out of 2 by 6 inch plank 14 inches wide, inside measurement, and the length required. This box has no bottom. Place it where the trough is required. Make another box out of 1 by 6 inch boards to form the core. This should be 1% inches narrower at the bottom; place this in the outer box, leaving a space of 2 inches be tween the two boxes at the top for concrete. Place small blocks between the boards to keep them from spring ing in and nail a strip on tne top of the molds to keep them in their Cross Section of Concrete Hog Trough and Mold. A. 2 by 6 in. plank; B, concrete; C. 1 by 6 in. boards; D. nail to hold form in place; E, one-inch strip; F, concrete floor. places. The concrete should be one part of Portland cement to 2*4 parts of fine gravel. In filling the molds with concrete never put in over an inch at a time and ram it well. When finishing the top leave the edges rounded ofT. In a couple of hours the core can be lifted out and then the outer box removed. Give the trough a wash of pure cement. In warm weather, after the trough is built ten or twelve hours, it should have a pail or two of water put into it and left for several days. Fertilizing \.and. A. B.—I wish to seed down a piece of land that grew barley last year and was not plowed last fall. 1 cannot get yard manure but could purchase nitrate of soda. How much of this should be applied? What quantity of oats, also timothy and clover seed should be applied per acre? It would be well to plow the ground, then apply twenty-five to thirty bush els of wood ashe^ and harrow them in well before sowing the groin and grass seeds. Then sow oats at the rate of seven pecks per acre, and a mixture of five pounds timothy and eight pounds clover per acre. The oats should be sown wtih a drill and the grass and clover broadcast and har rowed in. When the grain is about four inches high, apply oroadcast about 100 pounds nitrate of soda per acre. This will dissolve with the dew or rain and feed the young plants When harvesting the oats a long stub ble should be left, and no stock should be allowed on the field in the fall. Serious Form of Roup. A. E. H.—A hen has one eye nearly stopped up by swelling. The swell ing is black looking and feels soft as if it was full of water. She is in good condition and eats well. What can I do for her? This is a serious form of roup. How did your fowl get it? Find out cause, if possible, and remove it. Remove the sick bird at once from the others and make a solution of one part of “Platt's Chloride” to five of rain water. Bathe the head and the swol len part well. Allowr some of the solution to get into the throat and the nostrils of the bird. Applications of coal oil. with a roup pill morning and evening, have been found effec tive. The poultry house should at once be thoroughly disinfected. — Drying a Cow. X. Y. Z.—A eowr within two months of calving is giving one gallon of milk per day. She is being well fed on good fodder and mixed grain. Would it be well to go milking her or grad ually cease? A cow usually does better the fol lowing season and produces a strong er calf if allowed to go dry for six or eight weeks than if she is milked up to the time of calving. It would therefore be well to dry her up. To do this, reduce her diet to hay and water for about two weeks, and grad ually cease milking her. When she is nearly dry, the milking may cease altogether. She may then receive a light feed of grain daily along with the hay until going out to pasture. Spotted Chickens. P. H. H.—White Plymouth Rock hens were dusted with insect powder, which gave them a dirty appearance; when their eggs hatched some of the chicks were spotted; what was the cause? There has been some other cause than the lice killer. The effect ol^the lice killer on either sitters, or newly hatched chicks would only be tempo rary. If put cn the parent stock there could be no such thing as spotted chicks. If the hens which laid the eggs are quite white the chickens have probably been thrown back to a weak spot in their ancestry. Pure bred White Rock stock do not give spotted or dark colored chickens, and blemishes on plumage from lice kill ers are as a rule only temporary. ^^ertHizer for Grass. G. H.—No better fertilizer could be obtained for grass land than wood ashes, especially if followed by a top dressing of nitrate of soda. This lat ter fertilizer is best given in two ap plications, say of 50 to 75 pounds each; the first, soon after the crop is up; and the second some three weeks later. To facilitate the distri bution of the nitrate it may be mixed with two or three times its weight of dry loam or sand. In the place of wood ashes, the following mixture may be used: Muri ate of potash, 100 pounds; superphos phate, 150 pounds; bone meal. 150 pounds; applied at the rate of 300 pounds per acre. Top dress with ni trate of soda as already described. Some men would rather tell agree able lies than the disagreeable truth. Burdensome Responsibility. The new office boy stood beside his employer's desk, waiting for orders. The employer, who was new to the office boys, turned with a smile of kindly discipline. “My lad, remember that a first-rate office boy should be diligent, modest, unobtrusive, accurate and attentive.” The boy looked ccornful. “Say, mis ter, have I cot to do all dat for $2 a week?”—Youth’s Companion. A Pleasant Doctrine.. Fargone—What is reciprocity? Why. suppose I kissed you and you kissed me in return; why, that would be reciprocity. Miss Willin—Why, that isn’t bad at all. and I always thought it was some thing dreadful. Explanation. Bangs—Funny about you. You laughed as though you would split at that joke in tne second act; but when I told it to ycu a week or so ago it didn’t seem to strike you as a bit comical. Bings—I paid money to hear that joke at the theater; when you told It it was not sought by me. People pay money for advice from the doctor, but they have no use for gratuitous ad- : vice. The Better Man. “The last time I passed through here ” said the drummer, “your editor and the Rev. Bill Gunning were hav ing quite a religious discussion. 1 guess the editor, after all. was just as good a man as the minister.” “Yes wrong thar, stranger,” replied Alkali Ike. “How do you know?” “I jest come from the editor’s fun eral.” New Kind of Mcther-in-Law. “You're one of the few men 1 have met who don't object to his mother- i in-law paying a long visit.” “Me object to my mother-in-law! I should say net!” “You get along well, then.” “Ycu bet we do. And >T)u ought to '■ see her toss my wife around.” Her Proof. “Do you know anything about hyp notism?” asked the girl in the pink waist. “Well,” replied the fluffy-haired maid, as she held up her left hand to display a sparkling solitaire to better advantage, "you can judge for your- I self.” Fatal Oversight. “Patriotic songs? Huh!” snorted the publisher, handing back the manu script. "Why, isn't it a patriotic song?” demanded the author. “My dear sir. you don’t rhyme ‘sol dier boy’ and ’mother's joy’ in it any where.” Hint. -*w»t «*• The Lady—“Mercy on us! Why are you sitting there making that queer i noise?" The Bum—"Aw, I’m a-imitatin’ er robin, lady, thinkin’ dat mebbe youse’d come to de window and throw me a few crumbs, missus!" Like the Real Thing. “Ah!” sighed the elderly visitor, “would that I were a little girl again, like you.” “Well,” said four-year-old Bessie, you pretend to be naughty, then I’ll “let s play you are my little girl and whip you and send you to bed without your supper.” As Others See Us. Biggs—What do you think of young Smyth's bride? Diggs—Is she wealthy? Biggs—Very. Diggs—Then he must have married her money and invited her to the wedding. Neighborly sympathy, as a rule, turns out to be about nine-tenths cu riosity. Charitable View. She—But isn’t it wicked to bet on the races? He—Not necessarily. It is an act of charity on my part, at least. She—How is that? He—I always patronize some poor bookmaker who needs the money. Hard Wo*k. Bagley—Deering tells me that when he gets angry with his wife he always counts ten before replying. # Simpson—I wondered what he was getting that mechanical adding ma chine for when I saw him the other day. How Dowie l eft Australia. Elijah Dowie’s departure Irom Ade laide South Australia, was a strangely sacred and subterranean business. In stead of going on board the Mongolia from Largs bay, like an ordinary hu man he announced that his place of embarkation would be kept a dark secret. Then, while the crowd haunt ed the jetties of Glenieg, Semaphore. Largs, and ven Henley beach, he sneaked down to out-of-the-way sleepy, Brighton, where a launch cabin and declined to come out until the crowd on the deck of the Mongolia had finished kissing its departing friends and gone ashore. At the last moment the terrified prophet fled up the Mongolia’s gangway as if the devil was behind him w-ith a stinpot and al most broke his neck getting into the cabin out of sight. It didn't look at all like the departure of a prophet. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago —Mas. Thos. Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 1", 1000. What Our Territory Cost. The cost of the acquisition of vast territory by the United States is giv- j en in the following list: Louisiana, $15,000,000; Florida. $5,000,000; Tex as, $18,500,000, California and New Mexico, $15,000,000; Arieona. $10,000, I 000; Alaska, $7,250,000; Philippine is lands, $20,000,000; Panama canal, $40,000,000; Panama canal strip, $10, 000,000; total, $140,750,000. In addi tion, the United States wrhen it an nexed Hawaii assumed a debt of $4, 000,000. ^ Lew1*’ “ Single Binder," ■ straight 5c cigar, costa more than other I Drands, bat this price gives the dealer a fair profit — and the smoker a better cigar. ! Uwis’ Factory, Peoria, 111. ! Liberty’s Torch a Candle. The great bronze statue of Liberty in New York harbor is always an im-; pressive figure by day, but at night it does not live up to is reputation for "enlightening the world.” At dusk every evening a sickly blue light be gins to appear in the great black torch, and when night sets in this light takes its place with the other harbor lights, a little high up, but not a bit more brilliant than the rest. It might be easily taken for a lantern on the masthead of a ship. Do Your Feet Ache and Burn? Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot- j Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easv. Cures ! Swollen, Hot. Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. At ail Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. It is better to lose the setting of pncjsixj.Tous circumstances than the jewel of a pure character. Is It Not Worth While if yon travel, on business or pleasure, to get the best service for the lowest rates? Ask the Erie Railroad Com- ! pany, 555 Railway Exchange, Chicago, for full informatioa. Booklets free de scribing Summer Tours and the Beau tif«l Chautauqua Lake Region; also Cambridge Springs. He who batb eaten salt drinketh water. Insist on Getting IL Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz tn a package, which they won’t be able to sell first, because Defianc# contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 cz. instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance ; Starch. Requires no cooking. ^Vegetable Preparatioafor As - similating the Food andBegula ling the Stonacfe andBowels of ———wm • —IT—— Promotes DigestionCheerful ness and Rest. Con tains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral Not Marc otic . Umpe aTOUa-SAMllLPTrCHER j A perfect Remedy forConsBps Tion. Sour Stomach.Diarrboea Worms .Convulsions,Feverish ness andLoss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. H P-J-- - ^ | EXACT COBY OF WRAflRER. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Thirty Years CONSUMERS OF SHOES ALWAYS ASK FOR THE BEST WESTERN MACE SHOES. These brands will guaraatee you a good shoe for men: Star and Crescent E. Z. Walker „ Comet Cock of Walk Our PRAIRIE QUEEN leads all others ia Women’s and Children's Shoes. See that our name is on the shoes you buy. F. P. KIRKENDALL & CO. ^omaha? to I lrjSS_^_l_u_^ WHY HOT WEATHER MAKES WOMEN NERVOUS. ► -- ■ -—— A Well Known Canadian Lady Sends Letter of Endorsement to Pe-ru-na. Miss Mary Burns, 28 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, N. S., writes: ‘"Having used Peruna forindigestion and stomach trouble and to build up a broken down system with the very best resmlts, I am pleased to state my experience with this excellent medicine. I had baen troubled with stomach trouble and poor diges tion for some years, and although I tried many remedies and dieting, noth ing seemed to restore my health until I used Peruna. In three months I had entirely recovered my health and strength."—Mary Burns. Suggestions by Dr. Hartman.—How to Combat the Nervous Depression Incident to Warm Weather. Nervousness is very common among women. Thi3 condition is dua to anaemic nerve centers. The nerve cen ters are the reservoir for nerve vitality. These centers become bloodless for tha want of proper nutrition. This condition is especially noticeable during the warm season, 'fcvery sum mer an army of invalids are produced as a direct result of weak nervous systems. This could easily be overcome by th( use of Peruna. Peruna strikes at thf root of the trouble by correcting th< digestion. Perfect digestion furnisher increased nutrition for the nerve cen ters. Perfectly digested food gives these reservoirs of life a vitality which cm* ates strong, steady nerves, and in thi$ manner fortifies and nourishes life. Miss Blanche Urey,a prominent youn^ society woman of Memphis, Tenn., in ^ recent letter from 174 Alabama street' writes: “To a society woman whos* nervous force is often taxed to th< utmost from lack of rest and irregular meals, / know of nothing which is of so much benefit as Peruna. 1 took it a few months ago when I felt my strength giving way, and it soon made itaeil manifest in giving me new strength and health—Miss Blanche Orey. Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics. One reason why Peruna has found permanent use in so many homes is that it contains no narcotic of any kind. Pe runa is perfectly harmless. It can be used any length of time without acquir ing a drug habit. Peruna does not pro duce temporary results. It is perma nent in its effect. It has no bad effect upon the system, and gradually eliminates catarrh by re moving the causa of catarrh. There are a multitude of homes where Peruna has been used off a'nd on for twenty years. Such a thing could not be pos sible if Peruna contained any drugs of a narcotic nature. At this season of the year we are peculiarly liable to inflammations of the stomach and bowels. It is the part of wisdom to learn how to cut them short and in the easist and quickest manner. Peruna does this by its peculiar power over all forms of catarrhal troubles. HANDY BLUEING BOOK "I For Laundry Use _ Send lOc for package to farOCSr THE HANDY BLUEING BOGK CO., 87 E. Lake St., Chicago Or Druggist r ANTISEPTIC PILE CONES ■! DRUGGISTS. Sample Free. ANTISEPTIC PILE CONE CO., Crete, Neb. SLEEP. Everybody’s Magazine, July, 1904, The most sensational feature any American magazine has captured in years is Thomas W. Lawson's “Fren zied Finance, the Story of Amalgamat ed Copper,’ which begins in the July issue of Everybody's Magazine. Mr. Jjawson was one of the organizers of that gigantic corporation, and he knows exactly what happened to the millions that were lost through its manipulation. His nrst article is an announcement of distinctly dramatic interest and promises revelations of the highest importance to every one in the country. He frankly states that his purpose in telling the story is to set himself right with the thou sands of investors who. through his instrumentality, put their money into Amalgamated and have been plunder ed. A man is good when he is old. We would teach the lady who buys. Lesson number one. Starch is an extraction of wheat used to stif* fen clothes when f laundered. Host starches in time will rot the goods they are need to ' stiffen. contai* chemical*. Defiance Starch is absolutely pored It gives new life to linen. It gives satisfke*; tion or money back. It •ells 16 ounces for 10 cent*1 at all grocers. It is th}1 'very best. masuacuwd it Tte DEFIANCE STARCH CO. OMAHA - ■ NEB. NEW HOMES IN THE WEST Almost a lialf million acres of the fertile and well-wawcr?i lands of the Rosebud Indian Res ervation, in South Dakota, will be thrown open to settlement by the Government In July. These lands are bast reached by the Chicago & North Western Railrray’s direct through linee from Chicago to Bonesteel. S. D. All agents sej tickets via Cuis line. Special low rates. HOW TO GET A HOME Bend for a copy of ;mmplUet giving full inform*, tion as .'o dates of opening and bow to secure IS* acres of land at nominal cost, with full descrip tion of the soil, climate, timber and mineral resources, towns, schools and churches, oppose tunities for business openings, railway raiea etc., free on application. W. B. KNISKERN, Passencer Tralllc Manager, www* CHICAGO. ILL. PORTRAIT AGENTS • Our good* the belt. Price* the lowest. Promptabip meni*. Delivery uf *11 portrait* guaranteed. Send f°r catalogue and agent*' price list. Addres* ADAH J. KBOLL * 00.. Blw lint JUg.. Ghiesget When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. W. N. U., Omaha. No. 27—1904 BEGGS’ BLOOD PDRIFIEB CURES catarrh of the stomach.