A Beautiful Young Society
Woman's Letter.
St. PAn., Mink. 1
521 Wabasha St.
Dr. Hartman, Columbus, O.,
Dear Sir:
“J tool. Peruna last summer
when I was all run doirn. and
hail a headache and backache,
and no aml/ition for anything.
'■ I now feel as well as I ever did
: in all my life, and all thanks is
l due to your excellent Peruna
j —Bess F. Ilcaly.
i The symptoms of summer ca
| tarrh are q uite unlike in different
> cases, but the most common ones
| are general lassitude, played
j out, tired-out, used-up, run-down
I feelings, combined with more or
! less heavy, stupid, listless, men
i tal condition. Relish for food
and the ability to digest food
seems to be lost.
Skin eruptions, sallow com
plexion, billiousness, coated
tongue, fitful, irregular sleep,
help to complete the picture
■which is so common at this
season.
Peruna so exactly meets all
these conditions that the demand
is so great for this remedy at this
season of the year that it is near
ly imjiossibie to supply it.
Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics.
One reason why Peruna has
found permanent use in so many
homes is that it contains no nar
cotics of any kind. Peruna is
perfectly harmless. It can be
used any length of time without
acquiring the drug habit.
J
Thousands of women suffer from pelvic catarrh and catarrhal
mmervousness and don’t know it. If you feel fagged out, begin at
Iigonce taking Dr. Hartman ’a Peruna. It will relieve your catarrhal
Taffliction and all your organs will be restored to health• Buy a
I bottle to-day, as it v. ill immediately alleviate your case.
If The Barkeep's Perccntago.
The men who draw the beer from
| kegs in Munich restaurants get no pay
from the proprietor. They are re
sponsible for a certain number of
glasses each keg; whatever they can
sell beyond that, by not Quite filling
sthe mugs, is theirs.
When Your Grocer Says
he does not have Defiance Starch, you
8 may be sure he is afraid to keep it un
til his stock of 12 oz. packages are
k. ^old. Defiance Starch is not only bet
ter than any other Cold Water Starch.
■ but contains 16 oz. to the package and
Lpeiis for same money as 12 oz. brands.
I A gentleman is a man who agrees
frith you; a crank is one who doesn't.
I All spinsters are single from choice
they say.
Lewis’ “Single Binder.” The richest
ality clear on the market at straight 5c.
ways reliable. You pay 10c for cigars
t so good. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111.
A man often thinks he's mighty inde
ndent when he's only henpecked.
"'follow the FL*C." £
TAKE THE WABASH
SAINT LOU IS
THE ONLY LINE
TO
THE WORLD’S FAIR
MAIN ENTRANCE.
Baggage ebecfeeu to U urld’i
Fair grvuudn.
Stopovers allowed. All Agents can
route you via the WABASH. For beau
tiful World's Fair folder and all infor
mation address
HARRY E. MOORES,
Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept., Omaha, Neb.
DOMINION EXHIBITION;
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA,
flULY 26tll to AUGUST 6th
I THE BEST EXPOSITION
OF AGRICULTURAL AND
INDUSTRIAL RESOUR
i CES OF CANADA EVER
MADE. : :
An Aggregation of
Attractions Never
Before Equalled at
an Exhibition of this
Kind. - - - -
Ample Accommodation for Visitors.
Low Railroad Rates from
all United States Points.
Particulars GWen by
Canadian Government Agents
or Nearest Ticket Agent.
WlOfle-Stlck LAUXDBY BLUE
Won't •pill, break, freeze dot «pot clothe*.
Com* 10c. mad equal* auc. worth of ddj other bluing
Origin of Veil Lest.
It is hard to tell where the wearing
of the veil first had vogue; many
think it originated in Egypt, for it
was worn there centuries ago. The
Greek brides wore chaplets instead of
a veil. These wreaths were plucked
by the bribes themselves for good
luck. They usually were made of wild
thyme, myrtle, evergreen, and roses.
Roman maidens wore yellow veils
crowned with a wreath of verbina.
A Trip to Colorado, Utah or California
is not complete unless it embraces
the most beautiful resorts and grand
est scenery in Colorado, which are
found on the Colorado Midland Rail
way. the highest standard gauge line
in the world. Exceptionally low sum
mer round trip rates to Colorado in
terior state points, Utah. California
and the Northwest are offered by this
line. For information address Mr. C.
H. Speers. General Passenger Agent,
Denver, Colo.
Good Old English Toffee.
The following ingredients make a
good old English toffee that won't
hurt the youngsters' teeth: Two
pounds of moist sugar, half a pound of
butter, ten drops of essence of lemon,
a teacupful of cold water. Put the
sugar, butter and water into a sauce
pan ; boil well for two hours, not stir
ring the mixture. When just done add
ten drops of essence of lemon. Then
pour it on a well buttered dripping
pan to cool.
To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new things
who is reasonably satisfied with the
old, we would suggest that a trial of
Defiance Cold Water Starch be made
at once. Not alone because it is guar
anteed by the manufacturers to be su
perior to any other brand, but because
each 10c package contains 16 ozs..
while all the other kinds contain but
12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady
who once uses Defiance Starch will use
no other. Quality and quantity must
win.
Wash Sheep With Fire Engine.
A remarkable use for the fire en
gine in agricultural England is sheep
washing, which may be seen In prog
ress on a large estate at Uxbridge,
about fifteen miles from London.
There a little steam fire engine throw's
100 gallons a minute on the fleece of
each animal. Even horses are washed
xu a similar manner.
I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumpt-or
has an e<]ual for eoughs and colds.—Johv F
BuYEK, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900
Poets Art So Unpractical.
There is a very pretty little poem
beginning with “Dainty little dande- ;
lion, smiling on the lawn.” Ever hear
it.' It sounds pretty, doesn’t it?
“Dainty little dandelion, smiling on
the lawn.” So many things sound
pretty in poetry that are pests when
met out of doors.—Atchison Globe.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn?
Shake into your shoes. Allen’s Foot- ;
Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures j
i’wollen, Dot, Sweating Feet, Corns and j
Lumons. At all Druggists and Shoe |
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
Here Is Aristocracy.
The finest looking people of Eu
rope are the Tziganes, or gipsies of
Hungary Physically they are splen
did specimens of men and women, and
are rarely 111. So pure is their blood
that their wounds quickly heal with
out the application of medicaments.
Derivation of Dozen.
“Dozen” is from the French dou
zaine, a collection of articles general
ly numbered together. It Is used
in the Herefordshire poems, 1,200, and
shows French for the first time en
croaching upon English numeral*.
When the bunko man builds an air
castle he uses sand and gold bricks.
Paradoxical though It may seem, a
spoiled child is always fresh.
C
5LJMKS
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A Hat for Summer.
An excellent way to utilize a last
year's lace collar (the collar which
came about to the shoulder seam ) is
to use it as a trimming for one of your
summery hats. With a wreath of
flowers and a last year's lace collar
; the prettiest sort of a hat can be
made. Use a frame without much
j crown, and face it with shirred or
plaited chiffon in some becoming
shade. Gather the neck of the collar
i until it forms a tiny crown. Place
on the frame, allowing about one and
ono-half inches to hang over. Tack
i securely, but loosely. Join the back
as invisibly as possible. Surround
; the crown with a wreath of roses,
forget-me-nots or any flower pre
ferred, which will add width to the
• crown. Arrange the wreath so as to
allow a spray of leaves to droop a
trifle over the back of the hat, to
conceal the joining of the collar.
Any of the soft sash-ribbons which
are so charming this season will make
a very dainty crown for a hat. The
pompadour ribbons scattered with
flowers are the prettiest for this pur
pose. The crown may be in the form
of a tam-o’-shanter, or the ribbon
may be put over a rather high-frame
crown and shirred a trifle at the top.
The brim may be of lace, or of tulle
or chiffon matching the color of the
flower seen in the ribbon.—July Wom
an’s Home Companion.
Recommended for Cook.
Back of the pantry door hang a long
white apron, white oversleeves and a
white cap; not the pretty coquettish
cap worn at cooking school, but a cap
of large proportions, fitted with an
elastic tape which holds it close
around the face. Under this cap not
a hair can escape, which precludes any
possibility of hairs in the food when
one is cooking. The apron and sleeves
cover the gown perfectly, so that it
is unnecessary to change one’s dress
when it is time to prepare dinner. If
one is careful it is possible to cook
without allowing a drop to fall, and
having on a good gown teaches one
to be careful. The apron ar.d sleeves,
as well as the cap. are of white linen
—a cheap quality of table linen. They
wear for years ar.d are easily washed,
besides looking clean at all times. At
least when they are soiled one can
see it at a glance, and this dees away
with any chance of cooking with a
soiled apron. We insist on our trained
nurses wearing white aprons in order
to have everything clean about the
sickroom. There will come a time
when we will realize that it is as im
portant to be surgically clear, in the
kitchen when people are well, in order
to keep them so. as it Is to be thus
clean in the sickroom, in order to cure
them when they are ill.
Not for Rude Boreas.
“Twentieth century fashions,” sighed
a dame, “forgot there were such
things as winds. These plaited skirts
we wear "are veritable wind traps.
These large hats draped in lace, with
broad, floppy brims, are like so many
balloons for catching the wind and
flying up from their moorings unless
we grab them and hold them firmly
down. Our boas and our stoles, how
they rise up and hit us in the face or
wind themselves round and round our
neck like a hangman's noosel These
fashions wore devised for wear in a
country where it is always afternoon,
not in blowy, blnstering, wind-swept
America.'’
Box Coat.
Box coats of linen, taffeta and pon
gee make the smartest of all the sea
son’s wraps and are as comfortable as
they are fashionable. This one is
made of natural colored linen with
pipings of red and matches the skirt,
but white and all colors are used and
silk and veiling are greatly in vogue
for odd wraps as well as for costumes.
When liked the collar can be omitted
and the neck finished with a facing
only.
The coat is made wfth fronts and
backs, and is fitted by means of shoul
der. under-arm and center back seams.
The sleeves are in regulation coat
style, with roll-over cuffs, and a pocket
is inserted in each front. As illus
trated the closing is made invisible by
means of buttons and buttonholes
worked in a fly.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is 3% yards 27
inches wide, 2^ yards 44 inches or 2
yards 52 inches wide.
“Machine for Magnifying Time.”
“A machine for magnifying time”
Is the misleading name given to a
new electrical invention which makes |
it possible to observe rapidly moving '
wheels and other parts of machines j
more clearly. By its means one may 1
watch the stitch of a sewing machine |
and see exactly how it is «*ade, or ob- I
serve the flying spokes t* a bicycle I
wheel, which, to the nake. eye, would 1
' .
| appear but a fiimsj' spider's web. and
cete exactly the vibrations and
strains. The machine that pro luces
this result is simple once the princi
ple is clearly understood. By means
of electric sparks fired at rapid inter
i rals the machine is illuminated. If
the flashes coincide exactly with the
revolutions of the machine they will
show it always in one position, and
the machine will seem at rest. By
; slightly retarding the flashes so that
they lag behind their time the ma
chine under observation will seem to
move slowly. This is because at each
revolution the machine is shown at
a slightly later stage. The machine
is called the stroboscope, and will
prove of great use in studying the
effects of rapid motion.
Girl's Blouse Costume.
Xo style of frock suits little girls
better than this simple one, which con
sists of blouse and box plaited skirt. !
The model is made of white linen
trimmed with banding of blue and !
I white, and is charmingly dainty and
attractive: but natural colored linen
and ail the simpler washable fabrics
of the season are equally appropriate
for immediate wear and flannel and
serge for the cooler days.
The costume consists of the skirt,
body lining and blouse. The skirt is
box plaited, each plait being stitched j
at its edges to yoke depth, and is
joined to the body lining, the two be
ing closed at the centre back. The
blouse is made with fronts and back, j
j and is finished with a box plait at the j
J centre front beneath which the closing
is made. At the neck is a big sailor
! collar and the sleeves are full, laid
in box plaits above the elbows and
! forming puffs below.
The quantity of material required
| for the medium size (10 years) is 8 j
yaids 27 inches wide. 69* yards 32
inches wide or 47i yards 44 inches!
wide, with 29* yards of banding to
trim as illustrated.
Cf Silk Handkerchiefs.
A writer in the current number of
Good Housekeeping tells how she j
made a concert waist out of four large j
silk handkerchiefs. She was soprano
1 in a glee club and had gone out of
town for a concert. On opening her !
; suit case at the theater she found !
■ that the bodice of her gown was miss
ing. Consternation reigned, for there
' could be no concert without a soprano,
and in half an hour the curtain was
J to go up. But the sister of the so- j
j prano was an ingenious person, and,
j dashing to the men’s dressing room, 1
| she demanded all the white silk hand
kerchiefs they possessed. The hand
kerchiefs were produced—four of
them. One made the back of the bod
ice and one the front, and the other
two did duty as sleeves. Some span
gled tulle, stripped from the skirt, hid I
the pinned sleeves, and a bunco of
t chrysanthemums covered up the pecu
liarities of the waist line. Ever at the
reception which followed the concert j
no one detected the impromptu char
acter of this garment and some one
remarked: “What a pretty little waist
that soprano has on.”
Tomato SandwicH
Cut slices from a French roll a quar- :
ter of an inch thick and spread with i
bioaier paste and butter rubbed well i
together. Peel some raw ripe toma- j
toes that are smooth (and round), cut
into thick slices, season with salt, pep
per and a little French dressing. Cut
the slices of rolls out with a round
cutter, place a slice of tomato on each
round and cover the top with bard
boiled egg yolk pressed through a i
sieve. Sprinkle a little chopped caper
over the top of each and arrange on ;
lace paper doilies with sprigs of pars- i
ley between them.
' Glazed" Turnips.
‘•Glazed" turnips are particularly )
nice If prepared from the fresh, ten- j
der young vegetables. Slice and boil
in slightly salted water. Drain and J
cover with flour and powdered sugar. I
Have ready in a skillet enough melted 1
butter or fine beef drippings to pre
vent the turnips from scorching. Turn
them In and stir gently While they
simmer until they are a delicate gol
den brown, then arrange on the edge
of a platter as a garnish to chicker
or veal cutlets.
And Now It’s Wicker!
The newest thing in parasol han
dles is the wicker finish. The knob
cr crook end is used, and a bow of
ribbon matches the color prevailing
in the cover. These wicker handles ,
aie especially effective with pongee
[arasols.
The Curtain Veil.
Among the recent importations are
lace veils, 52 inches square, which are
just now the rage on foreign race
tracks. They are draped over the en- 1
tire hat and permitted to fall over "lie ;
face like a curtain.
Milkman's Stool Always Handy.
While passing a pasture recently I
saw a cow with a rope tied to her
horns about ten feet long with a ce
dar block tied to the end of the rope.
I did not know what it wras for, and
asked the owner of the cow. “That's
me milkin' stool,” said he. “I milk
in the pasture and when I find me
cow, me stool is always handy.”—
Bangor News.
Thi3 Will Interest Mothers.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chil
dren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in
Children's Home. New York, Cure Fever
ishness. Bad Stomach. Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the bowels and destroy
Worms. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted. LeRoy.N.Y.
The Cotton Crop In Egypt.
The sowing of cotton begins gener
ally about the 15th of February in
upper Egypt and terminates in the
first fortnight of April in the most
northerly provinces of lower Egypt;
occasionally, in exceptional years, the
sowing is continued right up to the !
end of April, without any injury to
the crop.
Acutely Honest In Gambling Finesse.
In China drunkards as well as to
tal abstainers are almost unknown.
Gambling debts are pre-eminently ’
debts of honor there, and are more
willingly and speedily paid than any j
others. To pay them a Chinaman will
pawn all his property and even sell
his children.
Seems Out of Place.
Among the monuments to great men
erected in Westminster abbey, says
the London Daily Mail, “in the holy
qm.et of the cloisters, is a monument
to—a prizefighter.”
Odd Cause for Fine.
A shabbily dressed man, wearing i
a pair of army trousers, was arrested
and fined in Stratford. England, for
“bringing discredit on his majesty's
uniform.”
Boer Women to Make Lace.
Miss Hobhouse of New York intends
to take some Venetian lacemakers to
South Africa and have them teach
their art to the Boer women.
Ships Spars to Maine.
A Seattle firm has shipped to Maine •
a large number of spars for use in
shipbuilding. The sticks range from
65 to 118 feet in length.
Largest Screw Ever Made.
A screw, 85 feet long, and weigh
ing eighteen tons, has just been com
pleted in England. This is the world's
iecora.
Greenland People.
Greenland has about IL'.OoO inhabit
ants. The largest two villages have
only 3S- and 333 inhabitants.
Strange Diet of Squirrels.
Gray squirrels have been known to
eat meat and rob birds' nests.
_
Try me just once and I am sure to
ume again. Defiance Starch.
_,_
House Fly Is Prolific.
An ordinary house fly will lay 120
rggs during its existence, and 90 per
cent of them will be hatched out.
Twelve or thirteen generations of flies
are produced in an ordinary summer
A woman’s idea of economy is to
trade some old thing she needs for
some new thing that she has no use
[or.
Smokers find Lewis’ “Single Binder”
straight itc cigar better quality than most
10c braada. Lewis’ Factory, Peoria. 111.
It is up to a man to pay bis rent or
get a move on himself.
CREE 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., befora
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
sent by registered mail September 5th.
Starch for sale by all dealers.
How good a few barrels of silence
sounds the day after!
Canada's Attractions.
The Dominion Exhibition is one
that attracts hundreds of thousands
each year. This year it will be held
in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada), and
with the material assistance given it
by the Dominion Government, it will
pe one of the most successful ever
held. Besides the number of special
attractions that will be offered, there
will be brought together an exbinit
nf the Agricultural and Industrial re
sources of Canada such as is rarely
attempted by any country. Visitors
will be there in large numbers from
the United States, owing to the low
ratp.e offered by railways, connecting
with the Canadian roads. It is ex
pected that Hon. Clifford Sefton. Min
ister of the Interior, will be there
on the opening day to declare the ex
hibition open. A splendid opportunity
will be afforded by this exhibition to
meet friends. Hotel accommodations,
will be quite ample.
The good man who goes wrong is
i bad man just found out.
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA,
i Mfe mod sure remedy tw infants and children,
tad see that it
Bears the
Signature of
Ea Dk For Over SO Yean.
Xfcc Kind Von Bare Always Bought
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Women who work, whether in the house,£
store, office or factory, very rarely have the
ability to stand the strain. The case of
Miss Frankie Orser, of Boston, Mass., is
interesting to all women, and adds further
proof that woman’s great friend in need is
Lydia E* PinkhanTs Vegetable Compound*
“Dear Mrs. Pineham :— I suffered misery for several years. My back
ached and I had bearing down pains, and frequent headaches. I would often
wake from a restful sleep in such pain and misery that it would be hours before
I could close my eyes again. I dreaded the long nights and weary days. I
could do no work. I consulted different physicians hoping to get relief, but,
finding that their medicines did not cure me. I tried Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound, as it was highly recomended to me. I am glad that
I did so, for 1 scfcm found that it was the medicine for my case. Very soon I
was rid of every ache and pain and restored to perfect health. I feel splendid,
have a fine appetite, and have gained in weight a lot.” — Mias Frankie Orser,
14 Warrentoa St., Uoston, Mass.
Surely you cannot wish to remain weak, siek and discouraged*
and exhausted with eaeh day’s work. Some derangement of the
feminine organs is reponsihle for this exhaustion, following any
kind of work or effort. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
will help you just as it has thousands of other women.
The case of firs. Lennox, which follows, proves this.
“ Df.ab Mrs. Pinkuam : — Last winter I
broke down suddenly and had to seek the
advice of a doctor. 1 felt sore all over, with
a pounding in my head, and a dizziness which
I had never experienced before. I had a
miserable appetite, nothing tasted good, and
gradually my health broke down completely.
I The doctor said I had female weakness, but,
although I took his medicine faithfully, I
found no relief.
“ After two months 1 decided to trr what
a change wculd do for me, and as Lydia E«
Pink ham's Vegetable Compound waa
strongly recommeuded to me I decided to
try it. Within three days I felt better, my
appetite returned, and 1 could sleep. In
V another week I was able to sit up part of
the day, and in ten days more I was well.
My strength had returned, 1 gwiaed fourteen
V «• ' pounds, and leit better and stronger than
I had for rears. I gratefully acknowledge its merits. Very sincerely youra,
Mbs. Bert E. Lennox, 120 East 4th St., Dixon, 111.”
FORFEIT if we cannot forthwith produce the original letters and signature# of
above loatuuomals, which will prove their absolute genuineness.
• Lydia K. Piokliam Mol. Co.. I.y~nn. Haas.
HANDY BLUEING BOOK
For Laundry Use ,
Send lOc for package to UiOCor
THE HANDY BLUEING BOON CO.. 87 E. Lake St., Cklcago Or Druggist
Early in the mcming, late at |
night, or whenever used, Defiance B
Starch will be found always the
same, always the best. ;-•:
Insist on having it, the most for
your money.
Satisfaction cr money back ||
| guaranteed. It is manufactured
1 under the latest improved condi
| tions. It is up-to date. It is the H
I best. We give no premiums.
We sell 16 ounces of the best
a starch made for 10 cents. Other
I brands are 12 ounces for 10 cants R;
L^with a tin whistle.
H Manufactured by
I THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., gf
BL Omaha, Neb. ||
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DAILY
L». ST. LOUIS, - - - 9.05 P.*
*r. TORONTO, - . . 9J0P.IL
»r. MONTREAL, - . . 7.35 A.M.
To PORTLAND
Every Monday and Thursday
I.T. ST. LOUIS, - 12.30 Nooi
Ar. MORTREAL, - - 7.15 P.M.
(SCCOXD DAT)
Ar. PORTLAND, - - - 8.05 A.M.
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To BOSTON
, DAILY
Lv. ST. LOUIS, 9.00 A.M. 9.05 P M.
!r BOSTON, 5.20 P.M. 9.50 A.M.
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