E. . I. . !.- t i ' o e o The Best Way. If you are going to take advantage of "the Cheap Rate to California in July, account of the Epworth League Convention to be held at San Francis co, remember that the Southern Pa cific Company can ofTer more attrac tions in the way of diverse routes to and from and through California than any other line. Send to the under signed for a map of California, which will show how you can reach all points of interest via the Southern Pacific Lines and how you can have your ticket to San Francisco reading over one line and returning another. These cheap rate Round-Trip Tickets will be on sale July 6th to 13th in clusive and will be good for return un til August 31st W. G. Neimyer, Gen eral Western Agent, 238 Clark street, Chicago. III. He has lost his boots, but sav'd his spurs. NEW FAST TRAIN TO COLORADO Via Missouri raclHe Railway. The Missouri Pacific Railway Is now operating double daily service from St Louis and Kansas City to points in Colorado, Utah and the Pacific coast Trains leave St Louis 9 a. m., and 10:10 p. m., Kansas City 6 p.m. and 10 a. m., carrying through sleeping cars between St Louis and San Francisco without change. Excursion tickets now on sale. For further information address Company's agents. H. C. TOWNSEND. G. P. & T. Agent, St Louis, Mo. Cheese and salt meat should be spar ingly eaten. Many good physicians and nurses use Wizard Oil for obstinate rheumatism and neuralgia. It's the right thing to do. Where bread is wanting, all's to be sold. I am sure Plso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago. Mrs. Tiios. Robbins. Maple Street, Norwich, X. V., Feb. 17. 1900. The old man has given all to his son. Strm Wiaslowa Moot bios; Syrap. 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CasH JH lathee. aeJdrgraT'VaB m A The Slleat Aratr. Along the Avenue of Fame builded to honor them So pure, ornate, and yet, so simrfe in its majesty That, instincttively, one could but feel For such a setting, rare must the Jewel be; While yet the sun was high o'erhead. Glinting with Its rays the burnished steel; Erewhiie the thousands lined the way Whose every voice rang out a welcom ing, I saw them pass; a glorious pageant ry. Ghosts? Aye, spectres they; Some in rags, with tattered flags Cherished, and followed, In many a fray, With muffled drum, see how they come! Armed cap-a-pie, with musket, and sabre, "Ghosts of the Red-hand from over the border." Deathless heroes. Do ye seek a name? Mayhap 'tis 'scribed on the roll of fame. Or mayhap, they sleep beneath some stone Whereon is graved a holy legend "Unknown." Lost In the maze of the war blasted track. Some are "The Boys who did not come back." See! How they go charging: To the trumpet's shrill sounding. The deep-mouthed guns pounding, Up, up; now, away! Now, shattered and broken, spreading dismay. Musketry flashing; sabres slashing. Wielded by loyal hands, hearts ever true: Hark! Now, the shot and shell; Wide ope the gates of hell The hell of war's passion; Seething and surging, writhing and turning Until, at last, the "Old Flag" trium phant; Forgotten the cost, then, in such glo rious vision. Spectres from Spectreland. Shadowy phantoms Booted and spurred, and riding apace; Carbines unslinging, bugle blasts ringing; Musketeers; cannoneers, give them a place. The prison pen opens. Thousands on thousands, Hollow-eyed, famine crazed. God! what a sight Were they from among us these tat terdemalions? Can these be our boys, went forth in their might? Soldiers? Heroes? These, in rags? Glorified rags! and hallowed flags. Spectres from Deadland, ghosts of the redhand. Ghosts of the redhand from over the border. Who could not honor them? Who would not cheer for them? Who dares now to gibe at them Passing away in the shades of the night? Thomas M. Kenny in Baltimore Am erican. Rassleur oa G. A. R. Work. Peoria, 111., was recently filled with delegates and visitors to the thirty fifth annual encampment of the Illi nois Department of the Grand Army of the Republic, and the annual con ventions of five kindred organizations. The town veritably belonged to the men who wore the brown button and to their wives and sons and daughters. There were several meetings of a pre liminary nature, including a session of the council of administration of the Grand Army, at which Department Commander Longnecker presided. The executive board of the Woman's Relief Corps also met and the Sons of Vet erans of Illinois division opened their encampment Camp Dustin, a little city of tents, was opened at sunrise and at night 100 tents were occupied. The Sons were on dress parade. The council of the ladies of the G. A. R. met at the National Hotel and at Odd Fellows building, a reception was ex tended to Commander-in-Chief E. A. Alexander and staff of the Sons of Veterans. One hundred survivors of the 47th regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry met in reunion in Glen Oak Park pavilion. There was also - re union of the 17th Illinois Cavalry. Six thousand people filled the new Coli seum, the occasion being a joint camp fire. The scene was one of splendor, and the distinguished visitors were given an ovation as they appeared on the stage. Commander Longenecker presided. Mayor William F. Bryan welcomed the visitors to the city, and Gen. John C. Black responded to the welcome. Short addresses of courtesy were delivered by Mrs. Florence Mc Clelland, department president of the Ladies of the G. A. R.; Colonel Wil liam E. Hill, commander of the Illi nois division, Sons of Veterans, and representatives of other kindred organizations. Commander-in-chief Rassieur delivered an address, review ing the work of the Grand Army aad picturing the blessings now enjoyed throughout the republic as a result of the civil war. "The civil war has made this country what it is," said Rassieur, "and today the world stands aghast at the prosperity and never ceasing progress and happiness of this reunited nation, welded by the bonds of love and spirit of freedom." Vet So Many Desertions. A Washington special to the Indian apolis News says that In one of the bu reaus of the War Department may be seen a record of the desertions ttom the army, carefully prepared, for a great many years. It is made up by months. Perhaps its most astonish ing feature is the evidence it affords that in the spring the soldier's fancies turn to thoughts of private life, for in March, April and May desertions are at their bight Very few men desert in November or December, and the summer as a whole is much more fa vorable to desertions than the winter. Correspondingly, it is always easier to secure enlistments in the autumn months. Of course this is explained by the condition of the labor market, particularly among agricultural la- oorers who are, after all, the gre body of American workingmen. Re straint is much more oppressive in summer than in winter, and the com panionship of the post less enticing. "Desertions in the army now are noth ing to what they used to be," said a War Department official. "Before the civil war I knew one regiment from which C80 men went out in a single month. That is what you would call going out on strike, instead of de sertion, and in those days the punish ments were much more severe than now. Every one of those men was liable to have his head shaved and to have fifty lashes on the bare back. Only a small part of those who desert are ever recovered. Escape Is com paratively eaBy. Many repent of their folly and reattach themselves to the service, and so our figures as to 'join ed from desertion' are considerably in excess of the figures of those who are captured. Desertions in the Philip pines are much fewer than at army posts in this country. The opportun ity to get away is less, and the allure ments of outside life are perhaps less. Our desertions now amount to not more than from 1 to 2 per cent of the force, while in 1872 it was a3 high as 30 per cent The penalty now imposed for deser tion varies greatly with the circum stances. A man may be sentenced to four or five years in the penitentiary, or simply dishonorably discharged. Sometimes he is restored to his regi ment with nothing more than a repri mand, when the circumstances are particularly extenuating." Oa the Picket Line. A Louisville boy, an officer in the Philippines, tells a story on one of his brother officers which will bear repeat ing. The officer in question, a captain, stutters badly. He had been on re cruiting duty in the states, and while at his work had enlisted for his regi ment a man who stuttered as badly as, if not worse, than the captain himself. Some time later he was ordered back to his company, and a few days after ward was on duty as officer of the day. As it happened, the stutterer that he had enlisted was without his knowledge put on guard duty that night When the captain went around to inspect the guard he came to the new sentry and was challenged. "Huh-huh-h-halt, who-who-who c-c-comes there?" The captain .answered: "0-o-o-o-of-f-of-ficer of the did-dad-day." Then the sentry said: "A-a-a-advance, of-f-of-of-officer of the d-d-day, to b-bib-bab-be recognized." By this time the captain was mad all over for he thought the man was mocking him. He did not know the recruit, al though the recruit knew him. The captain went bouncing up to the sen try and yelled at him: "W-w-wh-wh-what d-d-d-d n f-fool enlisted y-y-yu-yu-you?" and the sentry said: "Y-y-yu-yu-you did, sir." Louisville Cour ier Journal. Had Soldierly Fortltade. Commenting on the recent death at Fort Sheridan of Abraham Haarscher, a soldier in the United States army, one of the commanding officers say3 ho was in a way a remarkable man. Born in Alsace, after the Franco-Prussian war, he came to America and enlisted in the army. One night at a far north western garrison he was walking post as a sentinel upon a frail temporary bridge thrown across a stream that was being unfcrmincd by a storm. The timbers were creaking under his feet and the water was beginning to creep over the planking, when the of ficer of the day appeared at the end of the bridge. He saw the sentinel and his peril. "Come off that bridge. No. 5." he yelled above the storm. Haarscher walked calmly off the bridge and came to an "arms port" "Haarscher, you d d fool, didn't you know the bridge was going?" Even as he spoke the frail structure was whirling away. "That was my post, lieutenant, said Private Haarscher, "and you forget that I am a Frenchman." Important Discovery la Luzon. Frank C. Sagendorf of the Eighth Infantry, writing from Calamba, Lu zon, of the capture of a mountain vil lage and the search for arms, says: "I found a roll of paper carefully wrap ped and tied. On seeing me unfold it, the native woman made frantic ges tures up and down her front, which attracted the attention of the Macca bebe. who also came to see the result of the investigation. Carefully un rolling what I supposed to be a valu able find, I spread out nothing less than a Butterick dress pattern, with lines running up and down and every which way across the paper. The absurdity of a dress pattern in the hands of a Filipino woman brought from me a laugh which caused the Maccabebe to further examine it. Af ter gazing intently at it for a moment he enlightened me with the fact that this was an important discovery, as it was an insurgent map of the island of Luzon." Homo For Con federate Soldiers. . Captain D. G. Parr, a retired capital ist of Louisville, Ky., has deeded to trustees a residence valued at about $10,000, to be used as a home for aged and infirm confederate soldiers, the first gift of the kind in the history of the state. Captain Parr specified that if in the opinion of the trustees the confederate veterans could be served better by selling the property and a home purchased elsewhere, the sale could be made. Mrs. Jennie Sale, a daughter of Captain Parr, lately va cated the residence, and it was partly through her influence that the gift was made. Mrs. Sale is an enthusiastic Daughter of the Confederacy. Hamilton Man Glrea Rallci. O. M. Bake of Hamilton. Ohio, has given to the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution an old powder maga zine, trading post and storehouse in that city. The building was construct ed in 1791 and occupied in the early days of Fort Hamilton by General Ar thur St Clair. Fear Held This Kaak. The only persons who have held the rank of General of the United States army were General George Washing ton, U. S. Grant, William T. Sherman and Philip H. Sheridan. Milan will soon have a "Rowton house," in which 600 persons can get clean beds and well-ventilated rooms for T cents a. night DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. How farceur al Farmers Operate TM Department or too Farm A Few Hints as to the Car. of Live Stock aad Femltry. May Chicks. Of all months in the north May is pre-eminently the best for hatching chicks with hens, writes J. H. Davis In the Poultry Tribune. The incuba tor and brooder plays an important part earlier in the season when earl hatched birds are desired as market poultry. But during a three years' residence in Ohio, the best birds I raised in Polish, Hamburgs, Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds, were hatched in May. My incubator Ply mouth Rocks, hatched in March, were marketed at twelve weeks of age, so I had no chance of knowing what they were when grown. All my May chicks were Incubator hatched and brooder raised, and they made vigorous growth and were beau ties by the time winter came. May is the best month to hatch Polish, Hou dans of any of the non-sitters. The chicks of the non-sitting breeds are very sensitive to cold and are easily chilled and die. But when hatched in May, when the weather becomes set tled and warm, they grow fast and there is little mortality except such as is usual that is, the weaklings die off, whether hatched with hens or incubators. " I will say here that my brooder chicks always 'made a better average than the hen hatched chicks, and the average mortality being much less In the brooder flock than with those with hens. If you hatch with hens, good nests, good eggs and good attention are the requisites for a start Whitewash the nests inside, put in a few inches of earth, then sprinkle in plenty of sul phur, (no, use insect powder. Ed.) then put in your straw' or chaff and you are ready to start Do not make the nest too deep, but rather shallow, since In a deep, round nest the eggs pile on top of each other and get broken. Sprinkle the hen once a week with insect powder, but do not dis turb her. As often as possible, when she is off the nest, look to see if any eggs are broken, and if so, wash them with warm water, wipe dry and get the hen back on the nest as soon as possible. It is best to set several hens at the same time if possible; then divide the chicks among half the hens and reset the rest For twenty-four hours after they hatch give no feed, then provide shal low drinking pans, fixed so the chicks will not get wet, and give them water and an allowance of bread crumb3, cracker erumbs or corn bread. Keep up this diet for a week or more, when pin-headed oatmeal the old-fashioned oatmeal may be added to the ration. Plenty of corn bread, oatmeal, water and lettuce will keep them growing right along. Don't neglect the lettuce. Plant a big patch of is, nothing is better for the chicks or for fowls con fined in yards. For the chicks cut the lettuce fine with a pair of shears and feed it often. They will eat it greed ily; see that they have a daily supply all through the season. ronltry Briefs. One poultry raiser says that while the care of chicks and the feeding have much to do with the mortality, yet in his mind the greatest cause of mortal ity is lack of stamina in the breeding stock. He certainly has hold of a truth, but his statement of it must be modified to be generally accepted. Given ordinary care and full protec tion from lice and animals of prey Iiis statement is near the truta. But, with the protection absent, there is no room for comparison. The writer of this has known a couple of cats to butcher a whole coop ful. of half-grown chicks that had all the stamina imaginable. e Do not delay to put in some forage crop for the poui.ry if you expect to keep them confined this summer and have a yard large enough to divide and give chance for the plants to develop. Try some rape. The seed costs little and can be secured of any first-class nurseryman. The writer, has tried it and knows that It will pay. The man that writes about the cultivation of rape will tell you that the ground should be well-prepared. But this Is not always necessary. The writer once sowed rape in his poultry yard, preparing a part of tie ground and merely scattering seed over the other soil, which was virgin and had never been disturbed. The results aston ished him. The rape on the unpre pared ground did far better than that on the prepared ground, in this case the land was quite clayey and hard. There was, however, abundant mois ture during the season. e e "Can the sex ol birds or animals be controlled?" is a subject just now claiming a good deal of attention. We notice that some of our contempora ries are inclined to scoff at the men that are trying to solve this question. To such we would say, "Remember that Darwin and Drummond and other great scientists have spent time en this problem and not entirely without results." The variations in the rela tive birth rates indicate that there are hidden principles that govern them. Just now one of the men working on the clues he has found promulgates the theory that hard conditions of life with meager food and care tends to a pro duction of males, while an abundance of food and good surroundings and gentleness increase the number of fe males over the males. He claims to be proving this by keeping part of his fowls under hard conditions, and car ing for and feeding the other birds in the best possible manner. Tabercalesls and Ventilation. The cattle breeders who want to banish the tuberculin test should first assure themselves that their herds are. free from tuberculosis and then they should keep their barns well ventilat ed to maintain the health and vigor of the herd, says Live Stock Journal. Adopt any other method if there is any other as efficient as tuberculin and when you assure yourselves that your herd is free from tuberculosis, as a Wisconsin fanner did who had a fine herd of cows, that he assured himself to be all right until they began to die, when it was too late to save them. Hoard's Dairyman gives this exam ple: The other day, State Veteri narian Roberts, of this state, was re quested by a farmer living in this county, to call and examine his herd of cows. Something was the matter with them. Several cows had died and the farmer was puzzled. Dr. Roberts took in the situation at a glance. Here was a fine herd of cows, every one of them of a high order of excellence, and a stable shut up tight, full of foui odors and taint, badly lighted, never white-washed, and disease rampant Ike tuberculin test was applied and 27 out of 30 cows reacted to the test They were killed and in every in stance the test proved correct The man who owned the cows and many of the neighbors were finally convinced by this costly experience, but the dai ryman had been talking hard along this line for years. A little willingness to read, and learn from what Is read, might have saved this costly lesson. This herd was located only five miles from this city and in the same town ship. Dairy farmers have been alto gether too conservative on this ques tion of constructing healthy, well ven tilated, well lighted stables. After all that has been said, barns in this conn try were built last summer with one window, where there should have been five or six. and no heed at all to ven tilation. Crowd a stable like that full of cows, keep it warm as you must if they give milk In winter, and you have just the finest seed bed for tubercu losis If, by chance, an infected animal is introduced into the herd. Prof. King, the inventor of the best system of ventilation we know of. tells of an instance of this same kind of policy he saw In Canada. A man had brought forty big steers into one big room. His plan was to feed and water them without letting them out and the mangers were to be raised as fast as the manure and bedding accumulat ed. He had closed the barn up as well as he could, for steers, like cows, do their work better in warmth than In cold. There came a very cold speil and the breath of the animals froze on the walls and sealed that room up almost hermetically. The result was he came near losing the whole herd. It has seemed to us, as we have been in many cow stables, that the owner had no idea whatever of the amount of air a cow needs; further, that he has no Idea of furnishing her with pure air. The result of such lack of knowledge and good thinking Is, that tuberculosis, abortion, and a host of other germ dis eases have all the encouragement they need, in a great many cow barns. Certificated Dairies Certificated dairies are among the lat est developments of muncipal life, says "London Dairy." The town council of Plymouth leads the way, at the in stance of Mr. J. A. Bellamy, who in duced the council to pass the following resolution by thirty-four votes to fif teen: "That the medical officer of health be authorized to issue annual certificates to those dairy farmers both within and without the borders of the borough, who, being suppliers of milk, cream or butter to the Inhab itants of Plymouth, express themselves willing to permit the inspection of .neir farms by the medical officer of health whenever he shall think fit That such certificates be granted only to such dairy farmers whose dairies, cowsheds, premises, and farms gener ally are in a thoroughly sanitary con-I dition, and whose milk carts, cans, and all other plant appertaining to their business shall satisfy the requirements of the medical officer of health. That a list of dairy farmers to whom cer tificates shall have been granted be advertised for the information of the Plymouth public every three months, and that all other details as to the carrying of this scheme into effect be left to the sanitary committee." An outbreak of typhoid fever in the town gave rise to Mr. Bellamy's Idea, and if it has the effect of preventing a similar calamity no one will have a right to complain. Yet it is not at all clear that the power to Issue certi ficates will relieve the town of all possible taint of infection, and we are disposed to question the wisdom of sending a medical officer of health hither and thither, when a large town's supply of milk Is necessarily drawn from a wide circle both within and without his jurisdiction. The power to issue implies a power to withdraw a certificate, but there Is, we imagine, no intention to prohibit the sale of milk from uncertificated dairies, or those whose certificates have been cancelled. Voluntary measures of this kind may possibly contribute to the purity of the milk supply, but we con fess not to view the proposal with much hopefulness. Losses Caasnd by Sheep 8cab. Losses in Home Industry. The losses from sheep scab have been and are still very severe in most sheep raising countries. They are due to the shedding of the wool, the loss of con dition, and the death of the sheep. In the United States, some sec tions have been overrun with sheep scab, and many persons engaged in the sheep industry have been forced to for sake it because of their losses from this disease. It is probable that in its detraction of invested capital, sheep scab is second only to hog cholera among our animal disaases. The large flocks of the plains and Rocky Moun tain region and the feeding stations farther east have suffered severely and are constantly sending diseased ani mals to the great stock yards of this country. As a consequence of this mar keting of affected sheep, the stock yards are continually Infected, and any sheep purchased in these markets are, unless properly dipped, likely to de velop the disease after they are taken to the country for feeding or breeding. There is in this way a constant dis tribution of the contagion, and thou sands of persons, who know little of its nature or the proper methods of curing it, find that they have intro duced it upon their premises. Report of Bureau of Animal Industry, 1897. Mlssoarl HorticnltarUts. The summer meeting of the Missouri State Horticultural Society will be held at New Haven, Mo., June 4, 5 and 6, 1901. All the Bmall fruits and orna mentals will come up for discussion, and any facts you may be able to present will be gladly accepted. Spray ing for insects and fungus diseases will be an important feature of the meet ing. The stone fruits will be fully discussed, and many other matters of interest to the fruit grower will have place on the program. We are prom ised a half rate by some of the rail roads, of which due notice will be given in the program. The good peo ple of New Haven will provide all the usual requirements to make a success ful meeting. Make ready to meet with us. Send in questions and topics for discussion as they seem to occur to you or trouble you. L. A. Goodman, Secretary, 4000 Warwick blvd., Kan sas City, Mo. A speculative Scotch gentleman wanted to dispose of some bees, so to attract purchasers, he printed the fol lowing: "Extensive sale of live stock, comprising not less than 140,000 head, with an unlimited right to pasturage." The ingenious trick succeeded to ad miration, for his stock brought "high prices." Examine carefully all small seeds, such as clover and timothy, before buying, to make sure that numerous weed seeds ex not being smuggled in. An Oakland, Cal., man has been granted a divorce from his wife on the ground that she was addicted to smok ing cigarettes. Cheap Artlaclal Steae. The preparation' of a simple and cheap artificial stone is becoming an important German industry and is likely to eventually suplant brickmak tng. The ingredients are only lime and sand in the proportion of four to six parts of the former to between ninety-six and ninety-four parts of the lat ter. The materials are thoroughly mixed and shaped into blocks of the desired size. The latter are then put in a boiler, which is sealed, and sub mitted to a steam pressure of from 123 to 150 pounds to the square inch. This operation gives a flinty character to the blocks, making them very hard. For Health aad Decaey. Disregard for the law against ex pectorating in public conveyances has at last moved the New York health department to action. Tuesday morn nig seventy officers of the department in citizen's attire were detailed to travel all day in the cars of the various companies throughout the city and on all the ferry boats. They had orders to arrest any person found violating the ordinace. Before noon several men were compelled to accompany the offi cers to a magistrate's court, where they were fined and warned against a repetition of the offense. Coalda't Wear Sao.s. Sumpter, 111., June 10th. Mrs. J. B. Flanigan, of this place, had suffered with dropsy for fifteen years. She was so very bad that for the last three years she has not been able to wear her shoes. She had doctored all the time, but was gradually getting worse. Last winter Mr. Flanigan, who was very much discouraged, called for some medicine at Mr. J. J. Dale's drug store in Carmi. Mr. Dale persuaded him to have his wife try Dodd's Kidney Pills, and he bought six boxes. His wife used five out of the six, before she was en tirely cured. She is now as sound and as well as ever she was, completely re stored to health, and free from any symptom whatever of dropsy. To say that Mrs. Flanigan is pleased at her wonderful deliverance does not half express her feelings, and she and Mr. Flanigan are loud in their praises of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and of Mr. Dale for recommending this wonderful remedy to them. The fact that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured Mrs. Flanigan of such a severe case of dropsy, after the doctors had given her up, has made them the most talked of remedy ever known in White county. Honors for a Very Old Painter. Thomas Sidney Cooper, the dean of English painters, will celebrate his 98th birthday in September next, and prep arations are being made by the Eng lish Royal academy to observe the oc casion by one of the largest artistic dinners ever given in London. 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. Beware of meat twice boil'd, and an old foe reconcil'd. fiTSPermanenL'yCuTwt. S'oetiornrrouatafta Bret day'a up of Dr. KUnb's Ureat Xerre KrxCorer. Send for FRF.E 0S.OO trial bottle and treatfee. Ua. B. U. Kusz. Ltd.. Ml Arch St.. I'fciljuUUiUi. Fa, O fool! to undress thyself before thou art going to bed. a glorious sight. Flolds of Wheat la Which tha Shocks Were So Thick It Was Almost Im possible to Drive Between Them. To the Editor: A gentleman from Duluth made a trip through a portion of Western Canada last summer and writing of what he saw, says: "Wheat, for instance, will average twenty-five or thirty bushels to the acre. I saw shocks So thick in the field that it would be almost impossi ble to drive between them. Winters, it is said are longer than near Du luth, but the Japan current, warm Chinook winds and dry atmosphere make the winters comparatively mild." Thousands of such testimonials are to be had from settlers who have taken advantage of the low-priced lands of Western Canada. During the present year new districts will be opened up in the Saskatchewan valley and ad vantage should be taken of .this at once. Information can be had from any agent of the government, whose advertisement appears elsewhere in your columns. Yours truly, OLD READER. APPENDICITIS Rbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb kftBaaaaaaaaaLaaaaa BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBalRBBBBfflBV LamsW. 10c. 25c. 50c ALL DRUGGETS. CURE all bowel troaMee. M areaim lata atoamaeaw bloated bowels, foal tit, eaataeao, UMicwncs, sies. after eatlas liver srotie WMBTMUT oweis larlv yoa are cetUns aiek. Ceaatlaatlea kills aware moth thsa all otter diseases together. II to starter far tao ekraate allsaeato as4 lea years of aaSrarbmar tbat eeate smrwarsa, alto ya start takla- CASCAatBTS to-day, for yoa will merer cat well aa be weU all tbe tlaseaatll yoa pat year bowels rfgstt. Xake aar advice; wttaf cilCABKTS te-day, aader aa afeaolato toe to car en ey reiaaaea. FOR SYSTEMIC CATARRH Ptciliar It Smmmt Ps-m-ti Gifts fault Ml PefMIlt Rtlrtff. I Bmff H B WQHl D II I .SmVaemeal "' Clem O. Moore, Editor of the Advocate-Democrat of Crawfordsvllle, Ga., writes the Peruna Medicine Company as follows: QemUemem - "After four ymrm of imtemse smtferiag, caused by systemic catarrh, whkk I caatraetei waile edHlag, ami traveling tor my paper, I have beca greatly relieved ay the use mf Peruaa. I gave up work duriag these years of tortare, triad variant remedies aad maay doctors, hut aH the permaaeat relief came from tha asa at Peraaa. My tromble was called ladlgestloa, hat it was catarrh aM throagh my system, aad a few bottles of Peraaa made ma feel like aaother peraaa, aotlag the improvement after I had used the first bottle' Moon. Captain Percy W. Moss, Paragould, Ark., says: "I think Peruna is undoubt edly the finest and surest catarrh cure ever prepared, and it has taken buttwo bottles to convince me of this fact" Judge Wm. T. Zenor, of Washington, D. C, writes from 213 N. Capital Street, Washington, D. C: I take pleasure in saying that I can cheerfully recommend the use of Pe- BelUtcdt's Popalur Baad. The above organization, now giving a series of concerts covering the en tire month of June, has all the old favories who were present at the Trans-Mississippi exposition, and some highly skilled musicians have been added since. The entertainments commenced June 1st, two being given each day, and will be continued all through the month. Tickets of admis sion are 35 cents. Reputation of the Belistedt band is as wide as the coun try itself, and those who fail to hear it on the occasion of its present visit to the Nebraska metropolis will miss an oportunity that may never occur again. The railroads, by some reduc tion in fare, are helping out those who wish to listen to the music of the famous organization. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starcn con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. The silk foundation skirts of all summer gowns as yet shown are cut in the circular shape. W.L.DOUGLAS tuir V to 9. to en ftltSTroirfcXlL " vwiww tpui 01 tPvivU a-l wnrtn ww . 3.S abeea Is uut Hie uae ui amy of the foot, sod the eonstrnrtion of the shoe. It m ,'Vl. V uob V. MX EYELETe W4V .'Kszr-s3K-i x mm iiitvi mi 11 . 1 ifc eafca: .- . ,",wralla -'13 "V knowledge that have made W. I. Ikmclas rhors the nest in the world for men. Tnke no aabatltate. InslU on having W. I. Douglas sh'ies wtlli name and price stamped on bottom. Yonr dealer should keep them. If he does not. mt fi.r Mtltr irt viiii? full inMnirtlnna how to rder rT maiL W. UH9VUIJLH. BAN-AMERICAN ?. VISIT THE M EXPOSITION BUFFALO LAKE 7 I MICH. CHICAS6 J.OW RATES FREQUENT TRAINS T0LED Lake Shore A Michigan Southern Ry. rail aarticalars aaellcaUea to F. N. BYRON, Geaeral Western Aaeat, CHICAGO that dreadful fiend that threatens the life of rich and poor, can attack and kill only those whose bowels are not kept thoroughly cleaned out, purified and disinfected the year round. One whose liver is dead, whose bowels and stomach are full of half decayed food, whose whole body is unclean inside, is a quick and ready victim of appendicitis. If you want to be safe against the scourge, keep in good health all the time, KEEP CLEAN INSIDE! Use the only tonic laxative, that will make your bowels strong and healthy, and keep them pure and clean, pro tected against appendicitis and ALL EPIDEMIC DISEASES. It's CAS CARETS, that will keep and save you. Take them regularly and you will find that all diseases are absolutely PREVENTED LIVER TONIC mm I GUARANTEED oaiie w eoaapienesi tatltar asedlelae la sosi bwoto ren- " CTiHwwi imm wu m w. m wm m no asaner wsms atari saar wy ""f-. T Hiy. two ae Mica, give thesa a, ST !Si,lf, os ralsajle atreetloaa. ass iryoa are aot aatteded. after aslas oae SOe hex. retara the aaaaed sSi hox aaa the eatnty hex to a. ay saall. or the araaWtotfresa " " aaa act your asoaer hotTfor kocs! . Takeoar advice bo stutter whataUayoo-atanta. er. afeattli will OBlekly Tallow aa iMwalktcnttaaav yaaaMaartMtheuMatAIICAKirr&. steak ftTv?L?Trr Aaanssi aTKKLna KEXI CO., SEW YORK sr CMCiCd. Clem O. runs as a remedy for catarrhal trouble and a most excellent tonic for general conditions." Wm. T. Zenor. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Pe runa, write at once to Dr. Hartman. giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of 1 The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. Nature's Priceless Retried M.O. PHELPS BROWN'S PREOtOUS Rheumatism. Neural. 8 is. Weak Back. Sprains, urns. Seres and aH Pain. CaSftlU?r:vt it or your ORCCIfl druwist, &,boe. If he does not mU lt,teml ut hit name, ami for Jour trouble, we will Craa Send You a trial II BE OINTMENT K Cures Thrown the Pens 4ddmIr.O.P.BrowD.98B'way.Nawburt;n.N.T. la Ba IrW k R D t or a cane of backache, nervouenf m, alceplei. new. weakness. los of TltalltT. in cipient kidney .bladder and urinary dlHonlera that can not be cured hy i the great kidney, liver and blood medicine. 50 ' At aU Vruggftfta. Write for free nample. Address KID-ME-OIB9. SU LOUIS MO IN 3 OR 4 YEARS IN INDEPENDENCE ISSUED If you take up your home in Western Cnn ada.thc land of plenty. Illustrated pi'mphlets, tfivini; experiences of farmers who have be come wealthy in Krow intr wheat, reports of delcirate.s. etc.. ami full information us to reduced railway rates can bo had on application to the Superintendent of Immigration. Department of Interior. Ottawa. Canada, or to W V. Uenuett, 801 New York Lilc Uldfc'.. Omaha. Neb. ounce union OI1ULO viivui mtc iwmmtmm 9- ana S4 to &. My raaaol ft eeoulled prirr. It is not alone the lwt leather that makes a first krlaasshoe it U the lrain9. .that have plannml the It stile. Iatsn nntrt t model is mechanical skill ami Brttcktoa. Mas. THE EAST BY mmar NEVER SOLD IN BULK. TOCrREi Five Tears am the ant box f CASC'AK. avr wu .. Sow IS la oer alx BBlUIoa tha 'world. Thl. la mbaolate proof khibhuu. ot e novo litltB aad m MUMiaiciy BTJrKB remedy ever Wm m. .tAPTZRaaW mmmmV V" AammJammmmmmV sammiemmmmmmmmmmmmWl9Rr7BammmmV aaTBBBB4&!MtBZiiMr bbV 73 NIAGARA FOLLSW CLEVELAND LAKE ik so care or I v 4. :2s T-- rr-nt ft-&fi'5aas--v