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Pinkhara's Vegetable Compound I was not able to do my housework. I suf fered terribly at time of menstruation. Several doctors told me they could do nothing for me. Thanks to Mrs. Pink ham's advice and medicine I am now well, and can do the work for eight in the family. " I would recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to all mothers with large families." Mrs. fitgmg Beixkviixe, Ludington, Mich. DeBuIIs COUCH SYRUP Curat a Cough or Cold at onct. Coaqaers Croup. Whooping -Cough. Bronchitis, Grippe and Consumption. Quick, sure result. Or.atsars Pills cure Constipation. 59pUtaI8c For Top Price Ship Your CA1E ASI POlItlKY To Headquarters S3. W. Ickrn at Coaipaajr. fcuiter. E(TK. Veal. Hides and Kiiru. Potatoes. Onions In Carload Lot. Omnia, Xrfcrsslta. OKLAHOMA LANOS iBteadlag settlers should not try to locate In New KIOWA and COMANCHE Country, soon to be opened to settlement, without having an Al.otsaent Map, showing the location of Indian lands, lam publl-ntng n Allotment Map. showing Indian lands ad vacant lands. Without 11 you may settle onu Allotment. Price tl. I make soldiers homestead slings by power of attorney. Inclose 2 c fur blanks aad particulars. A. W. GiFFlN. Atty.. llutte, Okla f wwa Create. Cieastit ftai ea Esrtfc farSkces,SwIscCsifJe. Foster, etc. Will t worth f 100 to yoa to tcad what Gslm'scstilccsyssboiit npe. DWMuii DoHar Or WO! twttirrlr aula roa rich! 12 too f b7a!llruofrtaKracra,tolsa l!roir.in,ra,FpJa(t09 ta. coco, SO fa.ciUpcja)tta.,ctc Far this Notices' If. call tig cala'oc; and lOFanaSasd KoTcltks, tullytiUitl0to get a stub For 14c 1 i!adl wsgetaM aad 3 fcrilliial fiotreraaaJ ractajoaaiwl catalog; JOIMgSKSgDftgi n ! 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All iruKgUts refund the money if it fails to cure. K. W. Grove's sisnature is on the"oox. 23c No farmer can plow afield by; turn ing it over in his mind. We pT SI 8 a Week to men with ruts to wtrodace onr. Poin-iKT Coarouxs, Jatkllk Mrs. Co., Dept-D. PAasoys, Kakaaa. Brush a baby's hair, but do 'not ccmb it. AsK your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz: Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. Wash chamoois leather warm water. in luke- PIso's Care for Consumption u an Infallible medicine for coughs and colds. X. W. Sauukl, Ocean Grove. N. J.. Feb. 17. 1900. A two-year-old oilcloth purchase. is a wise Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's 5ors, of Atlanta, Go- The greatest dropsy pecialists in the world. Rend their adver- .isement in another column of this paper. To cure a creaking door drop oil on the hinges. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES pro duce the fastest and brightest colors of any known dye stuff. Whiskey is the key to an unsteady gait Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. The best way to get out of debt is to pay out. Yob Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease Free, Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy. N. Y., for a FREE sample of Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures sweating, damp, swollen, aching feet Makes new or tight shoes easy. A cer tain curi for Chilblains and Frost-bites At all druggists and shoe rtores; 25c. One good way to derive an income from literature is to sell books. t f ; Comforting ;: Nothing so surely breaks tip the en jovments of win ter as attacks of Rheumatism Nothing so surely cures the trouble as St Jacobs OiM l M aWsSLuSHMEfSt .Kt4aslLrBBBHfe9a" H IsBiH aVafafafJBW H ILBI E;"aaaaaaaaaVaaw'T II aaaaaB LaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiaJll LaaaaH LHsVtlB 'vBBBBBBBBBSLaaaaar VaVaaLH a respite. CiBcn.-a Enquirer. aSTSBBsr' .aBBBaw wajwwaw ug i take aieaaare id rrs!aia Tear wars aal Galls grs 8aa a Monk. Brother Leo will be the name by which after January 25 William' Gal .Inger, the eldest son of the senator from New Hampshire, will be known to the religious 'world of the Episco pal church. Om'that date-his novi tiate will begin in the Order of the Atonement at the monastery, at Graymore, three, miles distant from Garrison-on-the-Hudson. At the end kof two years Brother Leo' will be for mally ordained a priest of the Epis copal church, and after that date Father "Leo will -go- out upon "his chosen work as a missionary. Blc Claaaes at the Great Colleges. ? There, sems to be no limit to .the, .size of the classes at our 'leading uni versities nowadays. The entering .classes at Harvard numbered some thing over 400 for several years,, and 'now the 500-mark is approached. - - v - ft ' Wore Mexican Explorations. Professor Frederick Starr, of the JJniversity of Chicago, with a photo grapher and guide, has gone on an other visit of investigation among, the unknown tribes of Mexico. He wiil be absent half a year, and expects to complete with his journey his studies of the South Mexican Indians. Rldlnc oa a Shark. One of the more wonderful fish sto ries of the century is told in the New York Press of Dr. Ralph Smith, a noted surgeon of Jacksonville. While in bathing in surf about up to his waist over on the East coast :1 shark swam between his legs, forcing him to a sitting posture and swimming out to sea with his burden astride. The sensation nearly cost the doctor his hair and whiskers. He declares he was on the shark's back fully half a minute. When the monster got in deep water he slid off. Brahman Prayers for Mailer. , During the illness of Professor Max Muller at the end of last year public prayers were offered in a Hindu tem ple at Madras for his recovery, a dis tinction never before given to a Euro pean. Similar sarvices were also per formed in other towns in India, in cluding Benares, the center of Brah manic learning and Brahmanic ortho doxy. When the news of his recent serious illness arrived all the priests and pundits of Benares assembled to gether and -agreed to offer prayers in their sacred temple for his recovery. Wash cane-seated chairs on the un derneath side only. Bows ThlsT We offer Ono Hundred Dollars reward forany ease or Catarrh that casuot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, a We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obliga tions made by their firm. West&Truax. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.; Walding. Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. Ohio. Hall's -Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing direct ; v upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price I5c per bottle. Sold by all di-uggista. Hall's Family Pills are Vne best. There are lots of skins in the leath er business. Bemore the causes that make your hair lifeless and eray with Pakkbr's Hair Ualsau. HixDKBcoiat's. the uest cure fur corns. IScta. Grapes and raisins are nourishing and fattening. CAREER AND CEASACTEK OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. An address by Joseph Choate, Am bassador to Great Britain.on the career and character of Abraham Lincoln his early life his early struggles with the world his character as developed in the later years of his life and his administration, which placed his name so high on the world's roll of honor: and fame, has been published by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Rail way and may be had by sending six (C) cents in postage to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111. Patent leather shoes cleaned with cream. should be Uuruig tliti later As a safeguard against la grippe, it is well to cleanse the system with Garfield Tea. Mustard plasters made with white of egg do not blister. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. A wise man adorns his mind; a fool adorns his body. ARE YOU A ROBBER? 'This is a serious question for you to consider. Are yon robbing yourself and family by paying some dealer one third more for a vehicle than you would pay us ? You can't tell until you get our catalogue and learn our prices. It will only cost ycu the price of the postage to learn all about our vehicles how' they are made, what they are worth and how much you can save. We ship either vehicles or harness to any one, anywhere, for examination, and if not satisfactory to be returned without you paying us one I cent. We are manufacturers of SpUt-rlicIcory Vehicles and I a full line of first-class Hsrsess, and will sell them to yoa I at wholesale prices. I OHIO CARRIAGE MANUFACTURING CO. I Station B, COLUMBUS, OHIO. J nt v shrv mi' tinu. pho- diff enct. moT M I take aieaaare id ttraiaiac year va able remedy CASCAKCTS. I and my whole family received relief from the flm raall box we tried. 1 certainly recommend CASCABET8 for the cores they mike and trast tbey will and a place In every home. Tonrsforsaccsss." petek Webb. Jr.. Palm Grove Are- McKeesport, Pa sasasvr Experts la Glass. In the production of common watch glasses the glass is blown into a sphere about a meter in diameter, suf ficient material' ikeiii taken tofkVe. the desiced thickness, JaS'the case may, oe. uMcs.are-tneiucut outirom tnu sphere with the aid of a pair of com passes having a diamond at the ex tremity of one leg. There is a knack in detaching the disc after it has been Cut. A good workman will, it .is. said, cut 6,000 glasses in a day. ' Will Xot Advertise the Goods. The Tale authorities will not pro ceed against the whisky establishment that is making an unwarranted, and unwarrantable use' of the Yale seal, lest their efforts may serve to adver tise the whisky. The Yale attitude on this subject is, as the Boston Herald suggests, like that of the man who saidhe didn't object to being cowhided on the street by an actress, but that he did object to being used as an ad vertising medium for her show. Helen Would -Tread the Boards Again, Helen Dauvray, once an. actress and wfie of John Montgomery Ward, captain of the New York baseball team, but who left the stage for do mesticity as the spouse of lieutenant A. G. Wiltenhalten, United States navy, after divorcing the ball tosser, longs again to hear the flutter of ad miring applause as it accompanies the full play of the calcium over the footlights. To be explicit, she is seek ing another theatrical engagement. A NURSrS STORY. A Gradaate of Lakeside Hospital, Lak Geneva, Tells aa latersstrag Experience. Peshtigb, Wis., Jan." 26, MOl-CSpe- clal.) One of the most popular nurses that ever graduated from the Lakeside Hospital, Lake Geneva is Miss Lillian Dreese, of this place. Miss Dreese is the Vice Templar of the Independent Order of Good Templars, and organist of the Rebeccas of Peshtigo. During her twelve years' experience as a trained nurse she has had many opportunities for observation, and her opinion in all medical health matters is held in very high esteem by the thousands who have learned to know and love her. In speaking of her experience she' says: "During my twelve years as a trained nurse I have often observed how. many different physicians give their patients Dodd's Kidney Pills in cases of Diabetes and Kidney Trouble. About three years ago I myself suffered some months with a weakness and con tinual congested condition, and I de cided to try what the Pills would do for me. I soon found that they built up the affected parts and restored har mony to the entire -system, and al though I often lose much sleep and rest while attending severe cases, I find that I was never In finer health nor had more endurance than since I have used these marvelous Pills." Clergymen say they are good, Sena tors and Congressmen have added their evidence as to the wonderful curative properties of this Medicine, hundreds of physicians recommend them and use. them in their daily practice. The most skilled trained nurses advise their use and use them themselves," while tens of thousands of sick and suffering people are being cured every day by Dodd's Kidney Pills. They should cure yon. They will cure you. Try them. Cosily Concert Seats. Mrs. Jack Gardner, of Boston, paid 11,120 for two seats to the symphony concert given last week. The regular price of seats was $12, but the chairs desired by Mrs. Gardner were sold before she -had a chance to secure them, and she was compelled to deal with the purchaser. The "Informer'" Fighting- Sob. When James Carey, the notorious "invincible" informer, found, as a consequence of a shot from Patrick O'Donnell's revolver, a grave in South Africa, he left a son who, un der an assumed named, has been fighting with an Irish regiment against the Boers and who is now recovering in London from an attack of enteric fever. Bassel Sage as a Farmer. Russell Sage on his Long Island es tate is a typical Long Island farmer. He drives about in an old straw hat and clothes selected for comfort, not style. His conversation is chiefly about the crops, and he watches the developments of every field for miles about his home. Wu's Advice to Hill. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minis ter, was in Albany, N. Y., the other day and while there met David B. Hill at a reception. "Where are your wife and children?" said the Orien tal. Dave confusedly answered that he was a bachelor. "Wrong, wrong," said the diplomat. "You bachelors should be taxed for remairrng single, and the older you are the higher you should be taxed." This idea was libr orally applauded by all the married men present, thus adding much to the ex-governor's embarassment , .'is !.-. FASH AND GARDEN. NATTERS OP j INTCRBSTji . h 'AORICULTURISTS. I TO a&-2$- .&-' tTavts-Tiato-:mts Afcoat Caltrra- flea of the SoU aad Yields Tkersef Hortlcaltare, VlUealtars aad Vtorica. tats. TarkcsUa Airalfa, Prof. Hansen, writing in the Depart ment of Agriculture Tear Book, says: The unusually severe winter of 1898 1899 killed off probably half of the al falfa of western Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming, and many fields In the central prairie states to the eastward were badly damaged, but the Turkeston alfalfa grown in the states mentioned was not affected. At the Wyoming Experiment station a plat of Turkestan alfalfa was exposed for two weeks without Injury to a tem perature of 35 degrees, the lowest point reached being 15 degrees. In California it was subjected without damage to a drouth which seriously in jured ordinary alfalfa. In view of the notable success of this plant In with standing drouth and cold, It has been decided to purchase a large amount of seed grown In America from our im ported stock and distribute it widely over the arid west until it has been thoroughly tested' nnder all the differ ent climatic and soil conditions exist ing In that region. From the results already secured. It Is believed that this one introduction will add millions' of dollaa to the, annual hay product of the 'United States. At" the Experimenntation at Brook--ings, S. D., with a minimum tempera ture last winter of 40 degrees below zero with the ground bare, common'al falfa was killed, while this alfalfa from the heart of Asia came through un harmed. One of the main instructions of Secretary Wilson In sending the writer on this trip in '97-'98. of nearly ten months, was to secure. If possible, a hardy, drouth-resisting leguminous forage plant, from the elevated table lands of Asia. Upon reaching Russia the government agricultural author ities at Moscow and St. Petersburg told me of this plant. It Is distinct from common alfalfa, which has enme to us largely from Spain. Botanically, the difference Is expressed by Russian au thorities in naming Turkestan alfalfa Medicago Satlva Turkestanlca, while common alfalfa Is called Medicago Sa tlva. I learned, especially from Prince Massalskl, of the Department of Ag riculture at St Petersburg, that It had been found In parallel experiments east of the Caspian sea in the Merv oases In Russian Turkestan that the native alfalfa was vastly superior to the com mon alfalfa, especially where there was a lack of water, as It was able to give satisfactory crops with a minimum supply of-water so small that the Eu ropean (common) alfalfa perished from drouth. Along the Volga river at the dry re gion experiment stations of eastern European Russia, I found this plant doing well, and when I got to the desert and semi-desert regions of Tur comanla, Bokhara, and the Semi retchnlsk province of Russian Turke stan, all east of the Caspian Sea, I made careful study of the plant Here were camels by the thousands, and clouds of dust often so thick that a wet sponge was found essential for rela tive comfort in breathing. I was so pleased with what was seen of this plant that I did not stop until fully 18,000 pounds of the seed was secured, chiefly from the cotton-growing sec tions among the Sarts, or native Mo hammedans. The main reason for making the overland journey of over 2,000 miles (1,300 by wagon, 700 by sleigh) from Tashkent the capital of Russian Turkestan, to Omsk, in Si beria, via Kuldja, In western China, was to trace thle plant to its northern limits, which was found to be near Kopal, in Siberia (latitude 45 de grees 10 minutes, longitude, 79 degrees east of Greenwich.) Kuldja, In Sur garia, western China, is in latitude 43 degrees 50 minutes, longitude, 81 de grees 20 minutes east and was the farthest point reached in my journey (about half way around the globe). Seed was secured from eight different sources, but, of course, only small lots could be obtained from the places vis ited in the overland journey. The in teresting, and to me the most surpris ing fact Is that the alfalfa which proved so hardy at Brookings was from the cotton section of Turkoman, so that the plant stands cold as well as drouth. This indicates that in this plant we have an alfalfa that will be hardy.to our northern borders and probably north into Canada. It is gratifying to the writer that the rough journey in. Asia, In which the shadow of the death angel's wings fell upon him more' than 'once' or twice, has ap parently resulted in giving the north west, as well as the southwest, the hardy forage plant desired by Secre tary Wilson. It will be well to note that I have no seed of Turkestan alfalfa to sell, or give away. All the seed was distrib uted from Washington, and the United States Department of Agriculture takes care of all applications. To those who lost their alfalfa fields last winter it will be good news that there is In ex istence an alfalfa hardier than the one now cultivated in America, which was brought over by the Spaniards. The original home of the alfalfa from Spain, in southern Europe and Asia, appears to have been warmer and molster than that of this new intro duction. The word alfalfa is Spanish and is derived from the Arabic. SraaaaTlas; Toaas; Boars. As It is now time to use young boars, for the benefit of young breeders I will give my method of managing them. The young boar should be put in a lot by himself, entirely away from other hogs, as he will fret too much and not eat enough if allowed to run near other hogs. Some times it is good to put a pig or two with him for com pany and for an appetizer. Often a young boar that is a little tasty about eating will eat better if there Is a pig or two with him; he will, eat his feed to keep the pigs from getting it hog like. Then, the young boar should be frequently handled; if he Is not tame he should be confined in a small pen so he can't get away, and rubbed and handled to get him tame, and then let him out in his' lot; and he should be taught to drive and to know his master. He should be driven from his lot to the breeding lot and back, so that he can be driven anywhere and handled like a bull. We have our boars all trained so we can drive them any where and handle them as we please; and they have to be broken to handle when young. He should have a good warm bed and plenty of pure water and have free, access to wood ashes and salt. The feed should consist of a variety of food. The best feed would be shorts and skim mwk, supplement ed with pumpkins and. sugar beets or finely cut clover bay with' a little com. Now for breeding: .Every breeder I should have a breeding lot or hguse, I with a breeding crate. A very cheap breeding crate can be made by makiag It six feet long aad two feet wide aad three feet high; mail a few cross stats across the front end of the crate, two feet back and leave the balance of the crate without .a top. Then make a bridge three 'feet' long and two feet wide and five Inches high; put this bridge at the rear of the crate. After the sow Is put ia the crate put-a rod of iron across the crate behind the sow to keep her from backing out. Then let the young boar' serve the sow aad then return him to his own lot and let the sow remain in the breeding lot or house- till she goes out unless the lot is needed to breed other sows. The young boar, should Je allowed to serve, a sow but once, and he should not serve over three or four sows per week. The young boar should be" well' fed and kept growing all the time: In this way he will get strong, healthy pigs. Old Breeder. dirjrlas; Plaats. The work of modifying some of our native plants and grasses Is one that may well engage the attention of our scientists. Around us are large num bers of varieties of plants that may be made serviceable. W have before re ferred to the Nopal or giant cactus that needs only be rendered spineless to be come an article of forage of great value. A scientist that has been at work in the line of collecting grasses that may prove useful says that a num ber of most excellent grasses are at present precluded from becoming gen erally Introduced into cultivation or of commercial importance by reason of the great difficulties surrounding the thrashing, cleaning, and general man ipulation of the seed. Among these we may mention particularly the forms provided with long, rough, and trouble some awns, as the feather grasses, needle grasses, and beard grasses, and -some of the wild ryes. Others are very troublesome on account of the cottony down with which the seed is surround ed. There is little doubt, however, that by the proper cultivation and se lection of varieties some of these grasses may be so modified that the objectionable parts may be eliminated. We believe that experiments in this direction, would prove very interesting and profitable, and that they should be undertaken at as early a date as pos sible. laf-Ponted Plant Ha. We illustrate here two of the leaf footed plant bugs. They feed on a wide range of food plants. Aside from their rat also (original). omnivorousness, these creatures agree rather closely with the squash bugs, their time of appearance being later than that of the others. The nymphs have the same habit of collecting dur ing the heat of the day under, or on, the:edges of leaves of their food plant EtptogUuitaphyttoput, twites. tiral siss (after Hubbard). that have become curled and dried. They attack all of the cucurbits. Both of these plant-bugs can be controlled by hand-picking or by capturing them in inverted umbrellas, bags or special ly prepared nets saturated with kero sene, the best time for their capture being in the early morning or late In the evening. Usage Horses la Wyoming;. J. B. Sparks of Greenriver, Wyo., in discussing Wyoming range horses, is quoted as saying: "I cannot say how the supply is cast of Wyoming, but in that state as well as Utah, Oregon, Idaho and Washing ton I find fewer animals than last year. Tou see, when buyers come out to the ranges, as they are doing now, they Clean out about everything in sight from the ranchman, make a contract for the whole business, colts, mares and stallions, with the result that some of the smaller owners haven't got enough horses left to run an automobile; in other words, have sold everything. They are generally stocking up again from the big ranches, but neverthe less the drain is heavy, and I think is in excess of the breeding. The range gras- Is not extra at present but horses and sheep, are both in good condition. In Idaho I think they have had more rain, and a better season, on the whole, for live stock than they have had for years." How Maeb to Provide, In preparing for church suppers and similar entertainments, the following estimate of the amount of provisions required, may be useful. A writer in the New York Tribune is our authori ty: For fifty guests, the chicken salad will require five medium sized chick ens and twelve heads of celery; 100 sandwiches, 1 pounds of coffee and three pints of cream, two gallons of ice cream, two molds of jelly and five loaves of cake will be needed. If escalloped oysters are on the menu, one gallon of oysters, 2 pounds of crackers and-1 pound of butter will be wanted for them. With sandwich es five dozen biscuits and ZVi pounds of butter will be sufficient; 8 pounds of boiled -ham with 2 pounds of butter will be an ample allowance for 100 minced ham sandwiches. A preventive of frostbitten plants that will be a timely hint before many weeks, have passed is secured by sink ing one flower pot inside another. A plant thus guarded will stand a much lower temperature than one in a single pot The horse business Is certainly on the up grade. As an indication of this we may.-point to a horse sale recently held in New York at which 702 head of homes were sold. The total sum realized for them was 1352,180, or over head. aafeBs aaassnsa W .f- a W fc jf F lW neaaH 7 O EPIDEMIC OF -r W0RST f GRIP BACILLUS EVERYWHERE--! N THE AIR WE BREATHE. IN THE WATER WE Magnified 10,000 times. g Baefitas rGttav ssvm&xicJJLm S V N MSB "Ljrz v Peruna not only cures the grip but prevents it ' Taken in time thousands of lives will be saved in this present pl- -demlc. Every family should take the precaution to secure a supply of Pe runa at once, for the retail and wholesale stock of the remedy may be exhausted by the enormous demand for it ; ;- It is wisdom to have Peruna in the house even before the grip at- . tacks the household. It has been ascertained by a reporter that the following people of national reputation have given public endorsement and testimonials to . Peruna as a remedy for la 'grippe: L Congressman Howard, of Alabama, says: "I have taken Peruna for the grip and recommend it as an excellent remedy to all fellow sufferers." : Congressman White, of North Carolina, says: "I find Peruna to be an excellent? remedy for-thegrlp: Ibave'nsed it ia my family and. they 'all' Join me in 'recommending it"' - - Miss Francis M." Anderson, of Washington, D. C, daughter of Judge Anderson, of Virginia, says: "I was taken very ill with the grip. I took Peruna and was able to leave my bed In a week." Mrs. Harrlette A. S. Marsh. President of the Woman's Benevolent Association of Chicago writes: ""I suffered with grip seven weeks. Nolhing helped me. Tried Peruna and within three weeks I was fully estored. Shall never be without it again." At the appearance of the first symptoms of grip people should stay Indoors and take Peruna in small doses (teaspoonful every hour) until the symptoms disappear. This will prevent a long, disastrous sick ness and perhaps fatal results. 3kj(XXX)w(mXm Apples eaten daily bright complexions. insure clear, If you have had la grippe, a few doses of Garfield Tea will cleanse the system of all impurities and hasten recovery. In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. Montesquieu. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. Fire and sword are but slow engines of destruction in comparison with the babbler. Stele. Sleep Skin-Tortured Babies And Rest In a Warm TOP iSr Tired Mote uticura r MAP And a single anointing with CUTICURA. purest of emollients and greatest of skin cures This is the purest, sweetest, most speedy, per manent, and economical treatment for torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, crusted, and pimply skin and scalp humors, rashes, irritations, and chafings, with loss of hair, of infants and children, and is sure to succeed when all other remedies fail. Millions of Mothers Use Cuticura Soap Assisted by Cl'TICl'ka Ointment, the great sfcln cure, for prcserrlnjr.pnrlf ylnjr, and beau tifying the bUn of Infants ami children, for raphes, ltchiug.s and dialings, for cleansing the scalp of cru!it8,ca'C3,ani dandruff, and the Etoppingoff.ilHngli.-iIr, for softening, white n Ing, and beating red, rough, and sore hands, and fur all the purposes of the toilet, batli.and SUTBery. Millions of Wou.cn use Ccticuca Soap in the form of bathsforannoving lrrita Uoiw, Inflammations, and excoriations, for too free or offensive perspiration, In the form of washes for ulccra tivc weaknesses, and for many sanative antiseptic pnmosea -which readily soggestthemselrcs to women, especially- mothers. No amount of persuasion can indues those whonavc once used these great skin purifiers and bcautiflcrs to use any others, espe. dally for preserving and purifying the sUn, tcalp.and hair of Infants and children. Cun CURA Soap corallines delicate emollient properties derived from Clticuua, the great skla core, with the purest of cleansing Ingredients and the most refresbingof flower odors. No ether medicated soap is to be compared with it for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and hnn-Jg. So other foreign or domestic toilet soap, however expen sive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Thus IS combines in One Soap at One Pkice, viz., Twentt-iive Cents, the best skin and codv! plexton soap and the best toilet and baby soap in the world. dMictira ftaaslsfa Prhrasl Consisting; of CtmcttKA and Kales and soften the .. -- - -a (WW, to instantly aiiay licmng. innammauon. ana irritation, and TilF vFT M h soothe and heal, and CirricuitA Resolvent (50c), to cool and IIIL OLIa PiaatU cleanse the blood. A Single Set. costing but $1.25. is often safft. dent to core the most torturing, dlsSgnrlng, and humiliating skin, scalp, aad.bJo4. fcasior with loss of hair, wten all etoe falls. Sold throughout the world. THE HOST LIVE CHICKS treai a tray tall of etrn. .That's what yos want aaa taai-s wnax yoa get wiin uo Match inmOtmUr, forbauitaaoaaa eoetSlBiBal M0 BOOllZT ratalSaT vltwa. Sara Kates Iacakatav Cav, Clay Caartar. HSw Msatlon this paper to advertisers. II I Is UW rrMsatetacos GRIP f i " m.S EVER KNOWJH DRINK. IN THE FOOD WE EAT. Hundreds of car loads of Peruna are shipped in 'all directions to meet the extraordinary demand of the grip epidemic. .Everybody laying in a stock; of :tkJa valuable remedy in time to! I meet the terrible enemy, the Grip. i The extensive facilities of the manufacturers taxed to their ut most to. meet the urgent demand tor Peruna. Almost everybody has the grip. Almost everybody must have Pe runa. Taken at the appearance of the first symptoms or tha grip, not only is Peruna a prompt cure for the grip but it prevents those dis astrous after effects so character istic of this dread disease. 0!$ The ant may be industrious but that is more than can be said of some uncles. ,rj';iwtTirfiii.tiTsitWatr. nDADCVK" DISCOVERY; gives EaaTCWaaV a quick relief andcurcs wont ra'cs. Book of tcMlmonlaU nml 1 SATS' treatmeal rSEK. SR. a. H. CSIIVS BOSS, B.X B, AUaaU, Sa. WiFtlM istta Caasasisrs. BmwS..Ji.m. f i - tclffi- ... nmUiaca 1M pv, with 1500 Mutr'lofi. lad lJ.OOOaitirlol ". o wo lea , ggaraate. to ara to frem I3h75. Marti ccmpl.tab-wkoflialLlnd. Santfor Ite loaaycaatafBiallkf.l woKawuiMftDiaiirawtia nruonur. taiaititoozo'nrff- naodoorattsMlnTrTy aocsrhcIJ. CtiMpHhaDdy. neiiertnamicai un.. wepx.z, vnicaao. win uaij aaii urotr araa mi ia w acaa." Bath with sai hfafial Trsafaasf far Pssm Soap (23c.), to cleanse the stln of erute thickened cuticle, Ccticuka Otntmint W. N. U.-OMHA No. 3-ipei for Bern Coat 8ynfsiaGooa. CbsH latbsaajVejBsj55jrvBJ 3 2 j - - ! ii I i i - i '.. . . "... . V . ' ISE. te. fe -4., . -3SA, '.a. , . .: .vAs. j.. f"t,