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niijriS."' Wif v -V- V fi?s V " - 7 l l , o es- A- a' s . -. .'-j:,afcii-t'i 1 1 . ! . Un The tallest man in a crowd always to get up well in front. 8ome churches make very successful burial clubs. AIX VP TO DATE HOCSBKEEFKKS use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because ft Is better and i oz. more of.it for same saoney. . Just when a man flatters himself that he has reached his. prime he be gins to get bald. DO TOCR CLOTHES LOOK TEXfcOW? Then we Defiance Starch, it 'will keep them white 1C oz. for. 10 cents. If there is auy love in a man's heart he cannot be totally depraved. "Ko man finds his work till he loses himself in it. MRS. HULDA JflKEMAN Wife of Present Jakema f Elders of the Mormon Chares, Salt Lake City, Utah, Kecom mesis Lydia . Pink.am'a Vegetable Coinponnd For Wt 'a t'awinttin 1'iine. . 0 XbAlUUIV Wllini "" "Dear Mrs. PnfEiiAM: Before I fcnr- of Jjvdia E. Pinkuam's Veg etable Compound 1 dreaded the approach of the time for my menstrual period, as it would mean a couple of MRS. HULDA JAKE1TAN. Iays in bed with intense pain and suf fering. I was under the physicians care for over a year without any relief, when my attention was called to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound by several of our Mormon women who had been cured through its use. I began its systematic use and im proved gradually in health, and after the use of six bottles my health was completely restored, and for over two rears I have had neither ache or pain. You have a truly wonderful remedy for women. Very Vmeerely yours, Mas. Hn-DAJAKFfAS, S.1ltI.akeCity,Utah.,, 45000 forfeit if above ttalitnorfcl is not genuine Just as surely as Mrs. Take man was cured j ust so surely will Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound cure every woman suffering from any form of fo rte ills. Mrs. Plnkham advises sick wo sea free. Address, Iynn, The Literary Success of the day in Ncwvork.and London Sir Richard CAuviAnr Maxeij Aumor of The Wages of Sin' "This remarkable novel sets fbe daughter of Charles Kingsley almost at her father's side. Compared to the ' phenomenally successful ' novels of the day, it towers like a Colossus." The literary D'gcst. ODD,MEAD&C0.,PHfclisfcers patter's Rase SPELTZ ivfiiuca, wait ia It! froodat FARM !- twa W DAIiAmAO i3ZXlIO llUTca. SSUKi '1.006.000 Qustomtrs SaTVFSte eVTTkB HITMTaTP WatTTI I i tnt nt .-. ajNA.1.mr?n m amT4h ami yrt we are reaching out for more We dnfre, tjr July 1st. sw.coo more asd Lecct Uls uaprce leniii nrcr. $10 '3373 FSP. iOCi Wc win man upon rccviji "i "- x iuiin Our Kirav Avaiui, v --".-v vj geihemim many iarm?cihauiije. BSk TVWIT-XVtlV tnu nvr v k.. W start th. upon rwript of but iuc tn uiiuj's- - . tfu1 tttlaUsBBnhkw. lflSr retainer d. vltb STEn99lK aloac.fic. e to Salter. ena i cmc MiMiiati ibj i atiMmmttiiffMtsf wmsMMt The LiicolR Eye ail Ear lifimary 4MCM successfully i treats all curable I diseases and ia-1 juries of the EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT, J Including HJHDKSS, DfAfNESS , UTAWI1 i Contagious and incurable cases not admit- J ted. Patients boarded, nureil and treated. Xetters of inquiry promptly austrered. j Write for announcement. f DRS. GARTEN & COOK. f calftaii4Auri$ts in attendance. Lincoln-Nefc. iiS COLORADO Development Stock in Colorado Mines bave made thouiuid rich from email ui-6-smit. If jou buj-stock of the par valu of fljOU pr oliaru at 15 cents during the dc velopaent pono.1 and the property pays a dividend of only one per cent, per month you are recoiling cearlj Serea lr Cent. Per Xeath on the money you have in vented. W"e have a propofition that we think wiU do better than a one per cent, dividend i toe development progree. nuncuiars tree. W.E.. , i,t.i VXDEK, Denver. COLORADO ajURrGBETAlU! PBXCa. HsvYa eyrfaetla- la one. Baiaaaa Swtaa V. Stock Marker aa OaU S- Bomer. btopa lBe or an agaarroarooanff. j dUfereat ear aaxk. latveer df.Xx- DalL with aaaw blade. tractanorna. Teatlmnnlala free PxicS10.orrcad IlLtS, art H aa trial; tt H sciu aead kalaaee. Ma April aim. x-axjux r. rairSeld. la. JtLAHOMA"!,' CLAIBM far Sal. BfCKT. aWaMH. El KeM. . T. Vfcea lasveriaf Mieitiactsts Heatica Tfcis Taaec ' W. N. U. OMAHA. No. 2 1M2 MMIMiMfifiigMMMt sSaafcw "aaaaaaaaa law f HMBFap I M BBSS9v S War BSf m Sm- at Ik TtSli Aw M - itsaWsT aakaSsSfnRaaaifiSsi apa PflSSJl525?ySJ5t?RSWSW i BMaaaMp i BsHaBs ssspaSaw aha aasssasSssSM- aif a atHt. VhasftaaSstaSiahBBw mA fa MCflagynrpTTaauaGoos. DsaH I iDAIBY AND POULTRY. NTTCIICSTINQ CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS, irad farswri Oamtt TMf Peprf t at tka IsmA Fw CUaxts as ta Um Cars af IJra Staak aasl rahttrjr. Um ta Ci The subject of sanitary milk Is one that should command a great deal of attention, for milk and milk products are an important part of the dietary of -civilized people. Yet the subject is never thought of from a scientific standpoint by the majority of the people. However, a few of the more thoughtful ones are becoming inter ested along this line. The Depart ment of Agriculture of the Ohio State University has put into practice the scientific methods of handling milk to produce what is known as sanitary milk. It is thus described by T. S. Wheeler in a recent issue of the Agri cultural Student: "The herd consists of about forty cows, mostly Shorthorns, Holstelns and Jerseys. Much could be said about the feed and methods of feed ing, but space will not permit The cows are placed in the barn in white washed stalls, where they are daily brushed and cleaned. The milkers wear white suits and 'have damp cloths to wipe the cows' udders, which removes any loose dirt that might fall into the pail. The first two or three squirts from each teat are milked on the ground as germs get into the end of the teat and would otherwise be milked into the bucket As each cow is milked the milk is taken to a room apart from the stable in which is fit ted up a Star Cooler. Cold water runs through this cooler and after the milk is weighed and recorded, it is poured into a tank through a strainer and runs over the cooler into another strainer, and into the can. While the cows are being milked the atmosphere in the stable is kept as free from dust and odor as possible. The cows are never fed ' ntil after milking, and this is not done by the milkers. After the milk is placed in cans it is hauled to Townshend Hall in a hand cart, where it goes through the process of separat ing, standardizing and bottling. It is first weighed and then emptied into a vat and a sample taken, which is test ed to find the per cent of butter fat From the vat it goes into the separa tor, which not only separates but puri fies it taking out all the dirt so that there is no sediment left in a bottle of milk after standing for hours. By a simple method of figuring the propor tion is found by which to mix the milk to five per cent The m:;ced milk is placed into a tank which is arranged to fill four bottles at a time, the bottles being placed in a tray which runs on a track under the tank. In this man ner the milk can be bottled very rapid ly. It is put In quart and pint bottles which are capped and placed on a cor rugated iron table and washed with clean water. They are then dried with a towel and placed in cases and the milk is ready for the customer. The bottles and utensils in the labora tory are washed and placed in a steam chest and live steam turned on which thoroughly sterilizes them. The floor is made of white tile and is scrubbed twice a day. In fact everything is kept as clean as possible. In this way the O. S. U. dairy has gained a reputation which other dairymen envy. Those who wish to see how clean, healthful milk is produced are invited to inspect its methods. No one after seeing the way the milk is cared for would hesi tate about using it Several persons after passing through the bottling la boratory have said they did not blame the people for wanting O. S. U. milk, and that it was well worth the price. When dairymen come to recognize that the secret of good milk is cleanliness, then will the dairy industry be of far greater importance than it is to-day." Ralsiac Pbeaaaau and Gasss Birds. From Farmers Review: In regard to the difficulties of raising pheasants I wish to say I hare found that the greatest trouble is to find such food as they will eat and remain healthy until they are 10 or 12 days old, and the only food I have as yet been able to find is about such as a mother bird would find for her young while at lib erty in the woods. Pheasants are strictly a wood bird; yet they are fre quently found in open fields in quest Lof food. They are quite fond of al most all kinds of worms, insects, and so forth. It is not a big job to find ants and their eggs to feed a brood of pheasants, quail or prairie chickens for ten days, or, should you not want to feed them that, liberate the foster mother and her flock in 4 or 5 days (after the young are familiar with her call); then she wilr take the best of care of her brood and bring them home every night to roost Bantams are the only hens for quail, as others are too heavy. Next summer get a sitting of Bob White quail or prairie chicken eggs, and try your hand raising them. I am quite sure you will be greatly surprised at your success, especially if you will find ants and their larvae, or eggs, worms, bugs, etc. Gather up dirt, ants' eggs, etc., and throw it ato the enclosure. The hen will scratch and find everything it contains in the way of food and call her flock to get it It's a treat for me to see the young feeding. F. J. Wilson, Preble County, Ohio. Poultry Brlefa. Sanitation is one of the most im portant factors to be considered in re lation to poultry culture. The men who are inventing sanitary exhibition coops and putting them on the market are at least stirring up interest in the subject We need coops for exhibition purposes that are sanitary in every particular. When we get to the point where we have sanitary poultry houses and yards we will have done much to decrease the losses from diseases, both contagious and non-contagious. a Are high scoring show birds good layers? At least one poultry raiser thinks not In .a letter 'to the Farm ers' Review John Culbert, an Illinois breeder of Plymouth Rocks, says: "Last November (1900) I exhibited a White Rock pullet 'She won first with a score of 95. As soon as she came home she started to lay. One month later I took her to the poultry show at Joliet, where she scored only The arshln, a common measure of length on Turkish roads, is thirty inches. A thousand arshins is con sidered the unit of distance, equiva lent to something less than 1,000 yards. Americans have increased their sales ia Sydney, Australia. 100 per cent each year for seven years. Daniel Webster was the son of a sawn farmer. 92H points. She got the extra cats on "shape." Laying spoils the shape of pullets, so far as scoring fcr premicsss is concerned. I have pullets that started in to lay at 4 saonths, and they are not fit. to show. Birds that score high do not 'make good layers as a rule." Coming from a poultry fancier this Is doubly im portant We have heard it asserted before that high scoring birds were likely to prove poor egg producers, bat there has generally- been little beside assertion to back it We hope to hear from others on the same point Bfare Feteac Xeaded la Wk las. The question of wheat growing must ever remain a large one in American agriculture. There are many localitier where other crops can be grown more profitably than wheat, and in such lo calities It is evident that wheat grow ing should be abandoned except as'ar incidental crop. But we have, espe cially in the West, vast stretches ol land that can be used only in the growing of wheat Wheat is a money grain. It always has a value that maj be determined by a little figuring. II can always be disposed of at once. In the great semi-arid region of the West the attempts to grow wheat have been marked by both signal successef and signal failures. We cite the wheat crop of Kansas this year. It is cer tainly a money maker. When wr consider that that wheat was grown much of it on low-priced land, wc can see what it means to the farmers there. A man has perhaps purchased land at $5 per acre. He has failed with most crops on that land. But now comes a crop that in a single year enables him to wipe out the mortgage. This phase of the situation will always induce men in those regions to try wheat growing. ' It only requires the application ol science to make wheat growing a suc cess nearly every year in what we call the semi-arid region. This is shown by the fact that some Russian farm ers that settled in McPherson, Ellis, Graham, Harvey and other counties of Kansas have had good crops oi wheat every year, even when theii neighbors have failed signally. These Russian farmers came from regions where wheat growing is carried on un der harder conditions than those that exist generally in the lands under discussion. Cultural methods and va rieties of seed must be more system atically studied. Foaltrr Hobs Flaora. From Farmers' Review: I prefer a ground floor every time, as a board floor t has many disadvantages that a ground floor has not First a board floor is harder to clean when the ex crements are dried on samo than a ground floor. Also rats and other ver min find a place to harbor under a board floor which they cannot do on a ground floor. In addition, the birds flying from their perches hurt them selves oftener by alighting on board floors. This is especially so with the larger breeds. In building a poultry house the walls should be of stone or brick and let into the ground suf ficiently deep to prevent rats and the like from working through under them. The poultry house should be filled in with earth at least six or eight inches above the outside ground, so that no water will soak into it in the spring and when it rains. Such a ground floor is dry and easy to clean and is nature's floor for .the fowls. Just imagine a hungry lot of fowls scratch ing for their breakfast on a board floor, even if it is well littered with straw; it seems they would almost tear off their talons. I have discarded board floors altogether, and do not see a sin gle reason why I should go back to them. My three poultry houses have ground floors, as has also my brooder house, which is 20x80 feet, and I would not take a board floor in any of them as a gift Lewis Schmertman, Steph enson County, Illinois. Bajlaf af CTattla Fcsds. The prices for grain and feeding stuffs which are now ruling are so high that it behooves the buyer more than ever to study the fitness of the sundry materials offered for cattle feeding pur poses, says a communication from the Vermont Experiment Station. Meals and feeds of all sorts are offered, some good and some bad. Their market prices often show no relationship whatever to fitness; hence the need of looking beyond the mere matter of cost . , The state feeding stuffs inspection of the past two years has served to point out more clearly to the retail dealer as well as to the consumer the distinction between good and bad feeds. The Vermont Experiment Sta tion is now about to issue a bulletin showing the character of the goods on sale last spring. The standard by products were found to run about as usual. The guaranties made by the manufacturers as to their qual ity were commonly upheld; but there were a few cases of serious adultera tion, intentional or accidental. The Mayflower linseed meal contain ed but little more than one-half of the protein which this class of goods should contain; a few samples of mixed wheat feed were found to be adulter ated; and there were several oat feeds (one of which was boldly called "ground oats") which were of ex tremely low grade. One brand of oat feed analyzed at the station this fall contained even less protein than does oat hulls. It would appear that in this case the great feed adulterant itself had been adulterated. Soda mad Lunches. For many years saloonkeepers have furnished their patrons with lunches at certain hours, the only cost being the price of a drink, and many men have taken advantage of this to get a midday meal for nothing. Now in some eastern cities their wives may do the same thing, thanks to the en terprise of certain proprietors of soda water fountains. For some lime past it has been the custom to set out 'a plate of sweet biscuits with each glas3 of soda water, but 'now luncheons are being served on a more elaborate'scale. One Philadelphia confectionery estab lishment has inaugurated the innova tion of serving a dainty sandwich with each drink. Another announces that on Wednesdays and Saturdays, mati nee days, each woman ouying a glass of soda water will be given her choice of either a chicken croquette or a lobster croquette. Buffalo BUI. The first of the new issue of '$10 buf falo bills have just been placed in cir culation by the treasury department The note is named buffalo bill because A the central figure, which is a large buffalo, standing in a position as though to charge on an enemy. It is the largest single figure ev;r placed on a treasury note. eAMPFIRE SKETCHES Some Short Stories That Will Be of Interest to the Vetsnvns. afOKTEKET. We were mot many we who stood Before the iron sleet that day-- -Tet many a gallant spirit would Give half his years if he then coald Have been with us at Monterey. Now here, now there, the shot, tt - hailed In deadly drifts of fiery spray, Tet not a single soldier quailed When wounded comrades round them wailed . Their dying shout at Monterey. And on still on our column kept Through walls of flame its wither- ing way; Where fell the dead, the living stept. Still charging on the guns which swept The slippery streets of Monterey. The foe himself recoiled aghast When, striking where he strongest lay, We swooped his flanking batteries past. And braving full their murderous blast. Stormed home the towers of Mon terey. Our banners on those turrets wave. And there our evening bugles play; Where orange boughs above their grave Keep green the memory of the brave Who fought and fell at Monterey.' We are not many we who pressed Beside the brave who fell that day; But who of us has not confessed He'd rather share their warrior rest. Than not have been at Monterey? Selected. BOYHOOD OF GEN. CHAFFEE. Orwell, Ohio, correspondence of St Louis Globe-Democrat: From a humble country home at Orwell, Gen. Adna R. Chaffee climbed out into the world and up the ladder to his present high position, that of commander of the United States army in the Philip pine Islands, and he is the first private in the regular army to be elevated to such an exalted office. Through his tact and bravery during the charge of El Caney, and then the campaign in China, where he was also commander of the United States forces, his name became a pleasant topic of American conversation, and his friends believe that still greater things are yet to be accomplished for 'our republic at his hands. Little did his young compan ions think, as they played with him about snow forts in the fields of Or well, that Adna was some day to com mand great armies on real battle grounds. Memories of playmate days, however, go to show that Chaffee's love for things military was very pro nounced at the time he was attending the little district school and the old fashioned Methodist Sunday school of his native locality. In a retrospect of his career his early command of the snowball forces loom up forcibly. He is a born leader of men. Chaffee's father was a farmer. He also engaged at odd moments in the avocation of cabinet-making. The mother possess ed all the qualifications of the typical good woman of the early days of the western reserve. She spent much of her time at the spinning wheel and in weaving the homespun garments which In childhood were worn by Am erica's great general of today, and her greatest ambition was to rear her sons and daughters to be useful men and women. It was not a small fam ily that required the attention of this fond mother. Adna's brothers num bered ten, and there were two sisters. Adna was born In the year 1842. When Adna was 14 years of age his mother died. Later his father married again. The second wife had also been married before and was the mother of twelve children. It was a large school attendance furnished by the house hold, and it was only by the greatest economy and industry that the child ren were reared and given an educa tional start. Adna, at the age of 16, went to work on a farm in an adjoin ing county. Here his proficiency was demonstrated in the cornfield and at the plow. What be did he did well, and he accomplished a great deal for a young man of his age. Then came the days when Chaffee's first opportunity opened to him to join the army, and this he improved, as did likewise two of his brothers. Early in 1861 be enlisted in the Sixth United States cavalry. In bidding good-by to his brothers and sisters in going to the front he impressed upon them the determination that under no cir cumstances would he allow any soldier to excel him in point of perfect per formance of duty, and he never has. Howard Chaffee, a brother, who now resides in Trumbull county, enlisted in the Sixth Ohio cavalry. George Chaffee, another brother now living in Nashville, Tenn., enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Illinois as a drummer boy, in May. 1862, at the age of 19 years. Three months later he was transferred to the Fourteenth Ohio battery of flying artillery, and here served until the close of the war. He was wounded in the battle of Bull Run. Gen. Chaffee, it will be. remem bered, was appointed to take command of the army in the Philippines as suc cessor to Gen. MacArthur. The ap pointment, of course, was made by the late President McKinley, who believed he saw in the rising Chaffee the right man for the place so important at this time. The ceremonies attending the turning over of the military, control to Gen. Chaffee were most elaborate. Later Chaffee made a tour of the islands in order to recommend such changes in the civil government as seemed most necessary. In this day of Gen. Chaffee's well-earned fame, the house in which he was born, still standing at Orwell, is much prized by the townspeople of that little village, situated in the noted old Ashtabula county that county of Ohio which has given to the world Giddings and Wade, f uitj eimi uxu-aiavci j agiiaiurs, SOU also that other great general of the present day, James F. Wade. ta son of the bluff old Ben Wade, and 'an of ficer most prominent especially .throughout America's warfare 'of 'the more recent date. W. Frank McClnre. rCKXT WAR CLAIMS. Four hundred and ninety-five per sons, firms and corporations want $57. 000.000 from the United States for damages done to their property in Cuba during the last insurrection against Spain. The last claissa have been tied with the Cuban claims coat- m r . . . i . . w ....... WW mission aad an examination of them shows that most of them think the United 8tates will pay high prices for low commodities. The largest single one is $4,177,698.85, which was present ed by a Cuban sugar company Incor porated under the laws of the state of New York. From this sum the claim runs down to $7,000 or $8,000, although such small amounts are the exception, the average claim, not counting those filed on account of the disaster to the battleship Maine, being between $200. 000 and $250,000. Most of the claim ants evidently think Uncle Sam is about the easiest "picking" the world ever knew. The statements they have filed with the commission setting forth the damages they have suffered might well rank as humorous literature. An examination of some of them furnish es more entertainment than "Mark Twain's" sketches. The Cuban mule must have been a table delicacy be fore and during the late insurrection, judging from the value placed on him by the patriots who wish to dip their hands Into Uncle Sam's pockets. Every cow must have made an American Jersey look mean if we are to accept the values placed on them. The fences separating one plantation from another must have been silver plated. The huts which' the native workmen inhabited must have been furnished with Brussels carpets and mahogany bedsteads and equipped with onyx mantelpieces and porcelain bath tubs, although the Cubans were not notori ous for their bathing propensities. And the sugar cane it was the finest quality, just ready to be harvested and marketed at a handsome profit It must have contained chocolate creams and bon bons, placed there by the lavish hand of bountiful nature. But valuable as were the crops, the beasts of burden and the other adjuncts of a well-kept Cuban plantation, they were cheap compared with other things for which damages were claim ed. For example, a man who was ar rested during the insurrection because he could not give a satisfactory ac count of himself to the Spanish au thorities calculates that the wear and tear on his dignity and peace of mind could not be remedied or repaired for less than $100,000. Of course the Span ish prisons where American suspects were lodged pending an investigation "of their cases were not models of com fort and luxury; but many a respect able citizen can be found who would sleep there and keep company with a few Cuban rats and bats for less than $3,000 a night Many claims have been filed for alleged false imprisonment, and one for less than $75,000 is an ex ception. Here is an itemized state ment of a claim filed by an American citizen who was arrested because he was suspected of being in collusion with the insurgents outside of Havana a short time before the United States and Spain went to war: For im prisonment and refusal to hold com munication with the American consul general, $50,000; for mental and physi cal suffering and indignities, $25,000; for permanent mental and physical in juries, $15,000; for defamation of character, $9,000; for extra expense on account of imprisonment to obtain re lease, or. cash expended, $1,000; total, $100,000. A man with a name decided ly Spanish, averring that he was nat uralized in the city of New York, who asks for $25,000 damages for the al leged ruination of what must have been a veritable Garden of Eden in the province of Mantanzas, puts down his mules at $150 each and every horse on the plantation at the same figure. St Louis Republic. REVOLUTIONARY RELICS. Visitors to Peekskill are always shown to places where revolutionary executions were carried out. One Is Gallows Hill, where Gen. Israel Put nam hanged Edmund Palmer, an Eng lish spy. The other is a big oak tree on Academy Hill, where a traitor was hanged. This is Peekskill's particular legend, and almost evc.y one knows it. The traitor was Da:l Strang, and he was a native of the town. He was sent to New York on a mission and returned on another. In the interval he changed masters. British gold had been too much for the young country man. A captain's commission was offered him if he would return to Peekskill and persuade the villagers to come to New York and take up arms with the British. He was so proud of the commission that he brought it back with him' safely hid den, as he thought, in the toe of his boot His sudden change of front aroused suspicion, which was confirm ed by the discovery of the commission. The soldiers and villagers lost no time, but dragged him up the hill and strung him from a branch of the big oak. Utica Globe. Flgaraheads for Navy Vessels. The old practice of adorning the vessels of the navy with figureheads is to be revived, and the cruiser Cin cinnati when it went into commission on Dec 1, has been the first of the modern vessels to return to the old and beautiful custom. This vessel now displays a life-size figure of Liberty in steel and wood, standing straight out from the well-curved stem. It Is un derstood that Rear Admiral Bowles, the present chief of the bureau of con struction and repair, is responsible for this return to the old ways, and that the figure for the Cincinnati was con structed at the New York navy yard under his direction when he was in charge of the construction workshops there. When the cruiser Olympia was placed in commission at the Boston navy yard, Dae. 16, it was adorned with a new figurehead of Victory hold ing in her outstretched hands an American eagle. Caries Pblllppiae Ballets. The inability of the Filipino to un derstand that accuracy of bullet flight is the. first thing to be sought in rifts fire may account for the many wierd inventions, by which the insurgents attempt to increase the deadliness of their weapons at the expense of uner ringness. They will, in a fiendish de sire to secure a bullet that will cruelly tear a victim's body, produce a missile that can nearly always be counted on to miss its target, says the Army and Navy Journal. Instead of aiming at accuracy of flight they waste their en ergies ia efforts to add peculiar lacer ating powers to their bullets. -' When the pulpit is a pedestal for pride it cannot be a power for God. A Haw atosal Laxaiy. Hotels tocoaie more palatial day ay clay both in outward appearance aad interior equipment A Chicago hotel now proposes to exceed the height of luxury heertofore reached by any of its .neighbors. Not content ' with ordinary bath rooms, the management is about to add a new feature ia the shape of an atrima, corresponding to the inner courts of the old Roman palaces, with a pool of water in the center, lounging rooms adjoining, and every facility for luxurious idleness which the Chicagoan of the future may find time for. varad Caal to Cast!?. If a load of coal is left out of doors, exposed to the weather, say, for a month, it loses one-third of Its heat ing qualities. If a ton of the coal is placed on the ground and left there and another ton is placed under a shed, the latter loses about 25 per cent of its heating force, the former about 47 per cent Hence it is a great sav ing of coal to have it in a' dry place, covered over on all sides. The softer the coal, the more heating power it loses, because the volatile and valuable constituents undergo a slow combus tion. A Gratefal Maa. Cox, Wis., Jan. 6. With Kidney dis ease so bad that he could hardly walk across the room for pain, Frank M. Russell of this place was a man greatly to be pitied. He tired out with the slightest exer tion and in spite of all the doctors could do for him he was growing grad ually worse. He had' tried many medi cines aud treatments without benefit, but recently he read in a newspaper about Dodd's Kidney Pills, and these helped him from the very first dose. He took several boxes before he was completely cured, but now he is well and strong as ever he was, and feels very grateful to Dodd's Kidney Pills for his restoration to good health. It takes a great man to escape un deserved glory. The average husband imagines his wife is a part of the property he owns. When in doubt use Wizard Oil for pain; both suffering and doubt will vanish. Your doctor and druggist know it Money is the sugar that sweetens the miser's life. DEFIANCE STARCH should be In everv household, none so good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. When a man asks a favor he al ways puts his worst foot forward. Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c. Religion makes good armor, but its no good as a cloak. Beware er uiataaeats far Catarrh That Ceatala M ercary. As nercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damstre tbey will do is tenfold to the good you can possibly dcrh e from thcin. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure yon get the ceuuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F.J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Drujrpists. price J5c per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the be&U Sincerity is the one great secret or success. DON'T FORGET A large 2-ez. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only Scents. The Kuss Company. South Bend, Ind. The heart that sings, wings itself to heaven. I am sare Piso's Cure for Consumption saved ay life three sears aga Mrs. Tno. Robbiks. staple Street. Norwich. N. Y., Feb. 17. 1900. Conduct shows the content of char acter. Mrs. Wlnslows Soothing Syrnp. Tor children tcett'ng. soften tne gun:s, reduce" lr tsnrr stloa. al)ajr pain.cnrea wind callc 23c a bottle White lace sleeves in a dark velvet dinner gown are much in demand PUTXAM FADELESS DYES color more-goods, per package, than any other. Sold by druggists, 10c per package. Do not smoke a pipe which has a short stem. Brooklyn, N. Y.. Jan. fth. A very time ly and practical s-uggei-tlon comes from a physician of this city. He says, "Take Garfield Tea, the Herb Medicine. It Is especially needed at this season when the system is apt to be out of order from eating rich food. This wonderful remedy cleanses the sstem nnil regulates the liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels. It i simple, pure and effective, and is good for younc and old." Poverty has kept lots of people from making laughing stocks of themselves. The of Syrup of Figs is due to its pleasant form and perfect freedom from every objectionable quality or substance and to the fact that it acts gently and truly as a laxative, without in any way disturbing the natural functions. The requisite knowledge of what a laxative should be and of the best means for its production enable the California Fig Syrup Co. to supply the general demand for a laxative, simple and wholesome in its nature and truly beneficial in its effects; a laxatu'e which acts pleasantly aud leaves the internal organs in a naturally healthy condition and which does not weaken them. To assist nature, when nature naeds assistance, it is all important that the medicinal agents used.should be of the best quality and of known value and Syrup of Figs possesses this great advantage over all other remedies, that it does not weaken the organs on which it acts mid therefore it promotes a healthful con dition of the bowels and assists one in forming regular habits. Among its many excellent qualities may be mentioned its perfect safety, in all cases requiring a laxative, even for the babe, or its mother, the maiden, or the wife, the invalid, or the robust man. Syrup of Figs is well known to be a combination of the laxative principles of plants, which act most beneficially, with pleasant aromatic liquids and the juice of figs, agreeable and refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system, when its gentle cleansing is desired. The quality of Syrup of Figs is due not only to the excellence of the combination, but also to the original method of manufacture which ensures perfect purity and uniformity of product and it is therefore all important, in bu-ing, in order to get its beneficial effects, to note the full name of the Company California Fig Syrup Co. printed on the front of every package. Loulsvill. Ky. FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING BTOZk2 t aTaallsa Aeiras Cassia. Mrs. Patrick: Campbell Is to try her fertuae in this city the present sea son. She comes in January, and will be seen in new York aad a few other cities, . acting, in Sudermann's ag da" (a new version); Pinero's "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," and "The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith," an adapta tion 'of Jose Echegaray's' Spanish drama. "Mariana." Maeterlinck's "Pelleas and .Mellisand " and some lesser pieces. - RaeaaaaUssa cured promptly by the use of MATT J. JOHNSON'S 468. Try it. All druggists. A Jag- Cars Llacala If aarlaU Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, a farm of 110 acres, near Hodgensville, Ky., is to be turned into an inebriate asylum. St Luke's anriotv nt Pal. .cago has bought the place and has an option on 3ao acres adjacent Dr. Struble, one of the directors of the society, says it will be a memorial to Lincoln, and the greatest temperance project ever undertaken in this coun try. IM permanently crmi. "-ftntii inn maawnsi '"S daV use of Ir. Klin.-. n -- - . " - FRKB .0 nT: DS. U. II. Kuxt, Ltd.. ICI Arv-h Strtet. rtUlaitelpaJa. Pa. Don't try to keep your pigs and your pearls together. rSK THE FAXOCS Red Cnn H-tll Rit, y .. .., n.i.-s cents, lae Kuss Company, bouth Bead. lud. Don't kick about the weather. When it rains it settles the dust; when the sun shines it dries the mud. Wassea Raraly Fall. To take advantage of a cheap article of household value. But wise women want to know if the low-priced article has merits. Defiance starch costs far les3 than any other starch and gives far better satisfaction in the laundry. Makes linen look like new. Order at your grocers. Made by Magnetic Starch Co., Omaha, Neb. The gloomy church preaches a sun less heaven. The Saata Fa at Charleston. The series of special photographs contibuted by the Santa Fe railway to the exhibit of the Postal Department at the Pan-American Exposition is one of the few which are to be transferred with the exhibit to the Interstate and West Indian Exposition at Charleston. S. C. The series is illustrative of the trans continental mail service on the Santa Fe between Chicago and San Francis co, and aside from the very interesting railroad features shows many novel portions of Uncle Sam's postal service between remote mountain districts. In dian trading posts, etc. The pony ex press and the Indian runner, lithe and long limbed, are still necessary to the government in some sections of the West The postal department has asked and received permission from the San ta Fe, to place the photographs, per manently in the Postal Museum at Washington after the close of the Charleston exposition. It is the man born with a silver spoon in his mouth who contributes most to the support of the dentist. I iaBftSaWaBBsPx Vil ) Ktf REQUIRESNOCOCruNG ! aW) PRERASEDFOR Distinctive Value jformiaT65yrup San Frcxncisco. CaL Mew York. NL Y. DRUGGISTS. PRICE FIFTY CENTS MMMHIIIIII Ml wflKP A Disabled Hail iscsrtatejynottalr,! Sf)nias aad Brrites tat this is warn ! St Jacobs Oil ! cosseaia fcr s pranat. It Conquers Pain nice2Scai 80L T ALL DEALERS CI HIBiCCrC. WWWWWW ) CarSICII V1SELIIE PUT UP EC COIXAPStHLS TCBIB A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other planter, and will not blister the most delicate nkiri. The pain-allaying and curative iualitics of this article are wonder ful. It will stop the toothache at once, aad relieve headache and sciatica. We recosj menil it as tbe best and tafest external counter-irritant known, also as an external remedy for pains ia the chest and stomach nnil nil rhiMimntit- nMirri?(.ii nnil .m.. .wim. plaints. Atrial will prove what we claim I for it. and it will be found to be invaluable I la the household. Many people say "it is the I best or all of your preparations. Price 13 1 cents, at alldruKKixt-sor other dealers, er aj I senuing this amount tons In pouge stamps I we will send you a tube by malL No article I should bo accepted bv the publio unless tho I same carries our label, ns otherwise it is not I genuine. CHESEWOUGrl MFO. CO. 1 17 State Street. New tork Crrr. I asSatS-aTaTaTaTaBSSaTaaaaaaBBaTaTaaaaaBSSaTr JUST THINK OFIT Every farmer his own landlord, bo rncum. branc's. his bank account increasing year by c jr.ianu vaiue locreas iufe. stock increasing, splt-ndid climate. cellent schools and churches, low taxation, hi-cb. prices for eauln ai.d grain, low railway rates, and every possi ble comfort. This is the conuiiiuTi of the fanner in Western Cuaada Frovmce or Manitoba and districts of Assist bow, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Thousands of Americans are now settled there. Reduced rates oa all railw.iys for hoiaeeekers and set tlers. New districts are being opened up this year. The new forty-pae Atlas of Western Ca- ' nada sent free to all applicants. F. Fedley. Superintendent of Immicrution.Ottawa.Canada or . V. Bennett. Canadian Government Ageatu 0l New York Life Bldg., Omaha, Neb. nDADCY11 DISCOVERY; .fire aWr 9 1 quick relief and euro -orit cases. Hcot of ttKtlmontili and 1 Dalv.trcatrESBS BE. . B. -.KIEV8 SUSS. Kx . Altaalm. Sa, HraSKSN KLaffiSJ CggHi TKE LINCOLN IMPORTING HORSE GO. LINCOLN, NEB. The largest Importers of HIGH CLA5S STALLIONS In all the west. At the pre.-erit time our EXTENSILE BARNS are filled with Percheron and Shire Stallions: TWO. THREE and FOUR year oids. WRITE US FOR IJKSCKIPTION or UATALCXIUE. COME and see us AT OVCE. Our long distance 'phone 575. Barns and office. 33rd and Iloldrege Streets. A. l. SULLIVAN, WtfCf. Yellow, musty looking linen can be avoided by using Defiance Starch, which whitens the goods and makes them like new. Ask for the 16 oz. package Defiance Starch. All other starches weinh 12 ounces. Don't forget It a abetter quality and one-third more of It. At Witts' ly AM (irwery Jailers. llli , i JP4 . PER BOTTLE. . . A r. ru f '4 t I' 4. s ? 1 , . 5, r- 4" 4 fc X la K mm , 1 1 1 a . ' I " a . r as-Tg-g- -, k . .