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^ dore; fBl!" , Fewer Endangered "Here! you two!" ye led the stere- 'handle that gunpowder care- „ " W h a t ' s t h e m a t t e r manded Casey and V - wid It?" de- Reilly in one breath. j "Dont you know some of that same powder exploded a couple of years ago and blowed up ten men?" "Sure that couldn't happen now," t replied Cassy. "There's only two of # us here."--Catholic Standard and '*• Times. / • •J :--: :-- & \ New York & Philadelphia cannot be more pleasantly or conre- r. nlently reached than by the Grand H' , Trunk-Lehigh Valley Route. Solid through trains, magnificent scenery, „ all trains run via Niagara Falls. De- inscriptive literature sent freedom appli- location *° Advertising Department, Grand Trunk Railway System, 136 *^V-r j: Adams St., Chicago, 111., Geo. W Vaux, i:; r A. G. P. * T. A. f " M i x e d B e a s t s , " b y K e n y o n C o x *£, (Fox, Duffield & Co.) contains rhymes f? ..and pictures of such strange creatures la ,' ';:as the octopussycat, the kocgarooster IfSjU^and the . hippopotamus tang. There never were on sea or land such mar­ vels as pen and pencil display in this •", •%. * I , book to the more or less admiring ithrong. , , _! ' , ' ; f V - . B e f o r e ' a n d A f t e r . ' jir. Busybody--Pardon me for men­ tioning it, but isn't your wife a little rude to you at times? Mr. Henpecked--Well, it does seem jao to me. Before we were married jshe used to sit on my knee. Now- she Sits ail over me. Many Children Are Sickly. HjT' jMtother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, *••'}' '* lused by Mother Gray, anurse in Children's f_ljHome, New York, cure Feverishness, Head- )fcche, Stomach Troubles, Teething Dis- Orders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms, j*": - »A.t all Druggists',25c. Sample mailed FREE. 5,.:,/" "Address Allen S. Olmsted, L# Roy, N. Y. f t \ • -- ' 'f*.'"" Cruel Maid. * ^ "I would go to the ends of the earth ^"7 "Hfor you," declared the ardent lover, life." "Yes; but would you stay there?" Masked the unfeeling girl. tt--'-" ri Don't you know that Defiance Starch • fSesides being absolutely superior to !•*. "^'fcny other, is put up 16 ounces in pack­ age and sells at same price as 12- unce packages of other kinds? %1' We have heard of men who didn't have to go nearly so far as the arctic Circle to get a cargo of fleas. "i J. Pierpont Morgan has just bought ;_? - <0ve cows, and is being accused of try- tag to organize a cow trust,. , -- Triumph of Diplomacy. Some time ago a Boston man named Curley was convicted of conspiracy Against the United States, he having impersonated another man at a civil service examination. Yesterday Cur­ ley was elected to the Board of Alder­ men by a handsome majority, after conducting a "vigorous campaign" from his prison cell. Still, perhaps it doesn't make much difference Whether wc elcCt Oiii Hiueiuieu ill si and . then send them to prison or send them to prison first and then elect them. Speaking of handsome majorities re­ calls a story that recently came to me from Colorado, where the women vote. A certain local candidate at the No­ vember elections was successful by a majority of one vote. The next even­ ing his friends gave him a reception and he made a speech in which he in­ advertently spoke of his "handsome majority." A little later one of his women friends called his attention to this slip of the tongue. "Ah, but, my dear," said he, with his politest bow, "you must remember that that one vote was yours." There's the real politician for yon. --Brooklyn Eagle. British Troops to Quit Egypt. The British government; has decided to withdraw the British troops from Egypt. Only the native army will be left in possession and a new army will be left in possession fand a new police force will be created. For a year the garrison will consist of a field battery, a mountain battery and two battalions of infantry. At present the army is 18,000 strong. "The Happy Heart Family," (Few, Duffield & Co.), by Virginia Gerson, is a picture-story book that will ap­ peal to the very little ones. It is about a jolly family whose members were all like the "little, tiny mother, who had'-a heart as b}g as her whole body, except just a little head (so she could be sensible), and enough hands and feet to keep her from being lazy." Some of our truly agricultural con temporaries are discussing the best way to stick a pig. There is fortun­ ately no doubt whatever as to the best way to stick a political candidate. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any .other brand. Mrs. Chadwick's husband may have to fall back on the old reliable excuse which Adam used in the garden of Eden. MH IWtlU Ky. Rose Hennessy, wen a poetess and elocutionist, of Lexington, tells how she was cured of uterine inflammation and ovaritis by, the use of Lydia EL Pinkham's Vegetable Compound* " D*ab Mrs. Pihkham :--I haye been so blessedly helped through the use of Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound that I feel it but just to acknowledge it, hoping that it may help some other woman suffering as I did. " For years I enjoyed the best of health and thought that I would always do so. 1 attended parties and receptions thinly clad, and would be suddenly chilled, but I did not think of the results. I caught a bad cold eighteen Knonths ago while menstruating, and this caused inflammation of the womb and congested ovaries. I Buffered excruciating pains and kept getting worse. My attention was called to vour Vegetable Compound and the wonderful cures it had performed, ana I made up my mind to try it for two mouths and ^tee what it would do for me. Within one month 1 felt much better, and r ""-•'tkt the close of the second I was entirely well. * . 5 " I have advised a number of my lady friends to use it, and all express .^rirfthemselves as well satisfied with the results as I was." -- Miss Rosa Nou ' Hknnessy, 410 S. Broadway, Lexington. Ky. The experience and testimony of some of the most noted -Jjromen of America go to prove beyond a question that Lydia E. - ': jPinkham's Vegetable Compound will correct all such trouble and .';\,"at once, by removing the cause, and restoring the organs to * S' l jpormal and healthy condition. ' "Dear Mrs. Pinkham : -- About trwo years ago I consulted a phy­ sician about my health which had become so wretched that I was no -/;* , longer able to be about. I had severe backache, bearing-down pains, across the abdomen, was very nervous and irritable, ana this rouble £rew -worse each month. The physician prescribed for me, but j soon discovered that he was unable to help me, and I then decided to - try Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound, and soon found that it was doing me good. My appetite was returning, the pains disappear­ ing, and the general benefits were well marked. " You cannot realize how pleased I was, and after taking the medi- •cine for only three months. I found that I was completely cured of my , J. ^rouble, and have been well and hearty ever since, and no more fear the Vfcaonthly period, as it now passes without pain to me. Yours very truly, , ^ , Miss P*arl Ackkrs, 327 North Summer St., Nashville, Term." , When a medicine has been successful in restoring to health inore than a million women, you cannot well say without trying it a"I do not believe it will help me." If you are ill, do not hesitate Winter-Grown Asparagus. Asparagus can be grown in tM cel­ lar in winter wherever the owner heats his house by means of a fur­ nace. The natural conditions in such & cellar are favorable to the forcing of asparagus, as the temperature at night usually hovers around 55 de­ grees and in the day time runs from 65 degrees to 80 degrees. We do not believe that the amateur will find much profit in this, but some of the professional gardeners do, and it may interest some of our readers to try the experiment and have a few messes of tender ssparagus in winter. To get the results named, roots ait dug up in the fall before the ground is too hard frozen to make digging them out possible. If the roots have been frozen, so much the better, as they then respond more quickly to the forcing process. They are placed in boxes in the cellar near the fur­ nace. Two or three inches of soil should be under the roots and five, six or more inches of earth above, as the shoots need to be protected from even the dim light that is found in a cel­ lar. Light is not needed to make the roots produce shoots, as they produce them from the substance laid up in the roots, but do not take anything from the soil. Nevertheless, much moisture is needed, as the shoots can­ not develop without the help of a good deal of water. A neglect in sup­ plying moisture will soon render the roots unproductive. Roots should begin to produce shoots in about twenty-five days after being placed in the cellar. At some of the stations roots placed In the cellar about the first of December have produced four or five good cut­ tings before the middle of February. When the roots are done producing they have to be thrown away, as they will thenceforth be of no good for the developing of tops and new roots.-- Farmer's Review. Things That Help the Soil. A ton of butter is worth about $500 at average prices and it reduces the value of farm land by less than $1, says the Drovers' Journal. A ton of corn takes from the soil thirty-six pounds of nitrogen, eight pounds of potash and sixteen pounds of phos­ phoric acid. - If it is sold these abso­ lutely necessary elements of fertility are lost to the farm and must sooner or later be replaced, and at present prices at a cost of about $6. A ton of wheat takes from the spil forty-seven pcunds of nitrogen, eleven pounds of potash and six-tenths of a pound of phosphoric acid, worth about $7.50. A ton of apples takes from the soil one and two-tenths pounds of potash and six-tenths of a pound of phosphoric acid. The total value of these amount to less than 30 cents, and this repre­ sents absolutely all the loss to the soil of the farm. About three and a half pounds of every ton of apples sold off the farm come from the soil. The re­ mainder is sunshine and water. Corn may be fed on the farm and turned into pork, beef or mutton, and about 85 per cent of the fertilizing elements turned back to . the soil. Wheat Is usually sold and it is an exhaustive crop on a farm, as the wornout wheat sections of the country show. Drain Your Field.' Sane low places in our fields are frequently not well drained. By the thawing of snow and the usual fall of cold rains in the early spring, these places become flooded, when the more elevated portions of the fields remain dry and are ready for early seeding. A sheet of standing water in these low places does not permit the sun's rays to penetrate it and the soil below it Consequently the frost rer»~ longer in such soil ttiag*!' the water we*ejgr»,J» The. ably' re tardedT" UkeVTse" toe chances for good crops the following year are not as good as if the grain had been seeded earlier in the spring. By all means make provision for properly draining the low places In your fleid before the ground freezes. -- Potato 8cab. " The potato tubers are often made rough and scabby by the growth of the disease on their surfaces. These injuries vary from a rough or russet- ed appearance to deep scabs or ulcers that greatly injure the appearance of the potato. Singularly enough, scab is more common in the best potato soil than it is in localities where the crop is precarious. Sandy or gravelly soils, when first brought under cultivation, often give a large per cent of scabby potatoes, but after one or more crops of alfalfa have been plowed under, this tendency Is partially corrected.-- Michigan Farmer. ;TSjfr~T' . to get a bottle of Lydia E. £inkham*s Vegetable Compound sod Lynn, Mass., for special advice. Write ~ " to g< writ te Mrs. Pinkham at JL Vice is free and helpfoL Write to-day. Delay may be fataL )ond ana Her a4- FORFEIT U wt eaanot fortfcwUb produce tfce original ud iI|mIum tt »!»•• I--Hmontab, wkio* vUl prove their absolute geauirieaeu. 1*41* K. rtnkham Med. Co., trail, Ma--( D l S O S C . U < < F . F O R eaics nctc ill tiuruiL it Cough Syr»p.T»»te« OooiLuM In time. Sold by drouiat*. C O N . S U M P T I O N - - - V-' - coitM to slay enred. judges, ministers, eoogrMamea imdthe m«<lleal press declare my cures permanent. I ears after others fail. WRIT*TO­ DAY FOB FKKB BOOKLET. Addnw. Dr. W Towns, Fond da Lh,WUi tSKSiSSt Itowwrteitltow r The Potato of the Future. • new potato is being grown In Uruguay In the valley of the Mercedes river. It is purplish-green in color and is said to be so far superior to the common "Irish" tnber in flavor and In yield that It is destined to drive all other varieties from' the market--eventually. Horticulturists say that the tuber is probably the re­ sult of a horticultural accident Claim is made that It is immune to the dis­ eases which ordinarily afflict potatoes, but whether or not it can resist the operations of the predatory potato bug is not stated. There is no vegetable to the improvement of which more attention has been devoted than has been bestowed upon the potato. It has been mainly, however, for increasing the size of the tuber and to augment the yield. Flavor has been almost wholly ignored, and, as a consequence, the potatoes of to-day have less fla­ vor than those which our grand­ fathers ate fifty years ago. Further­ more, all of the market varieties taste pretty much alike, whereas formerly there were recognizable dlgftrwicet --. Farm Manudne. - Crates for Fattening Fowls. We herewith illustrated foul-fatten­ ing crate, used at the Ontario Agricul­ tural College. This crate is six feet six inches long, eighteen to twenty inches high and sixteen inches wide. It is divided into three compart­ ments, each holding from four to live birds, according to the size of the chickens. The crate is made of slats, except the ends. The slats are usually one and a half inches wide and five-eighths inches thick. The slats In front are run up and down r and are two Inches apart, to allow the chickens to put their, heads through for feeding. The slats on the bottom are three-fourths inches apart, so as to admit of the droppings pass­ ing through to the ground. Care should be taken not to have the first bottom slat at the back fit closely against the back, as this will hold the droppings. The feeding and water­ ing are done by means of a trough in front running the entire length of the coop. This trough is from two to three inches deep and is made of three-fourths-inch lumber.--Farmers' Review. Colda and Roup. Roup in fowls of .all kind* la very dangerous to the whole flock. The hatchet is the best cure for it after the fowl's head becomes foully odor­ ous. Roup starts from colds, damp quarters, foul air, and other causes. When a cold gets bad and runs into a form of catarrh it is then almost sure to go into roup. Burn or bury all fowls that die or are kill of it. Weak constitutional fl^ks are always troubled with colds and rdup. Kill them off and try new blood. A cold can be cured in a healthy fowl by an application of three or four drops of coal oil in the fowl's nostrils. Never get it in the eyes. Put enough per­ manganate of potash in the drinking water to color it. This is good for throat infections of all kinds and will prevent the spread of the trouble.--- Farm Life. Evil In Surplus Male Birds. Many people who raise pure blood chickens forget that they are good for anything else than to sell for breed­ ing purposes and keep themselves poor feeding surplus male birds during the winter. Many of them that if kept until spring will not bring more than $1 and sometimes less, if they had been sold when they were tiny broil ers would have brought at least forty cents. Just consider the feed and the room, not saying anything of the time that would have been saved. A per­ son who is well versed in th^ intrica cies of the standard of excellency can readily pick out the birds which have glaring defects, so they are not likely to kill the ones that will bring the hig money. Football and 8trenuous Life. The game of football seems to have almost as chrOnic a need of revision as the tariff. Some attention has been paid to it since election, though politics have so considerably diverted the people this fall that they have not been able to keep more than one eye on the gridiron. There are a great many people not constitutionally un­ sympathetic with the strenuous life, who think that the present game of football as played by the college teams is a bad game to be in, a stu­ pid game to watch, and a demoralis­ ing spectacle. They insist that it is dull, brutal and dishonest, and ought to be reformed or perish. For our part we should hate to pass judgment on so turbulent a subject, or even to declare whether we thought that the eastern war correspondents or the- football reporters furnish harder or more painful reading to the American public. Both war and football are sad and bloody subjects, and both the war stories and the football stories make laborious reading for everyone but experts. But we heartily wish that football might be fixed up so as to be more amusing and give more general satisfaction.--Harper's Week­ ly. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.--one full pound--while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in %-pound pack­ ages, and the price Is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all Injurious chem­ icals. If your grocer tries to 3ell you a 12-oz. package k is because he ha* a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large let­ ters and figures "16 ozs." Demand De­ fiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron ..stick­ ing. Defiance never sticks. * "Webster's New Standard Diction­ ary" has been unanimously adopted by the Chicago Board of Education, for use in the public schools. No modern Lexicon of similar character contains as many new words and en­ cyclopedic features. Dictionaries Bi- <jgraphy, Geography, Biblical, Classi­ cal Names; Musical, Legal, Medical Terms and Symbols, Foreign 'Phrases, Synonyms, Eng. Word-Building, Met­ ric System, Proof-reading. (Laird ft Lee, Chicago.) * AVfegdahfe Prcpftt&tionforAs slmflating theFood andfieguia- togrheStonBdBand£owel3of BSSlSiflSB Promotes Digestion,Cheerful­ ness and Rest.Contains neither Ohpiicn^torphine norMioecQJl KotHarcotic. CUSTOM! The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature . \ I U \ I'M Ml t IV «* 1 » I l\ ii <W" Mx.Smrm * JW- Met wn..nmm A perfect Remedy for Cons Upa- Hon, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish­ ness and Loss OF Sjleep. VfecSintits Stgtnsa!t!F« XEW YORK. ) \ 1)V»S K V- ! N t S Saved From the Gallows. The California supreme court had granted^a stay of proceedings to Leon Loeder, under sentence to die at San Quentin prison, but the warden hav­ ing heard nothing of it, sent out invi­ tations to the execution and kept Loeder in the "condemned cell" all night Nov. 3. He was ready to take Loeder to the scaffold in the morning, but a deputy county clerk opportunely arrived on the scene. Play Made of Celebrated Case. Mrs. Chadwick is to be put upon the stage. She has been dramatized, and with Andrew Carnegie and other well-known people will soon be shown to New Y6rk audiences. Several play­ wrights tried their hands, but a news­ paper man turned out the first prom­ ising-looking melodrama with Mrs. Chadiwick as the villainess. The title is "For Love and Millions." Mrs. Bad- wick, as the character will be called, is arrested on a charge of forgery. She escapes several times, but is often rearrested. What becomes of her fin­ ally Mr. Niemeyer doesn't tell in his play. She kills her lawyer and two or three other people during the first three acts. WPlfUke it tatde from WHOLE WHEAT and PURE MAPLE SYRUP. Ask your grocer. 9 o The Flock In Winter. It Is the height of foolishness to al low male birds to run with the hens during the fall and winter months un­ less eggs are wanted for hatching. It should be remembered that an unfer­ tilized egg Is dead matter, while a fer­ tilized one contains a life-germ ready to take on animal existence as soon as proper conditions are furnished. Even at a low temperature of sixty degrees a fertilised 6»g w utcay long before an MiiMitBbM ttne shows a,,<1 es separate. > to of>ry a lot ring unlfess there eC!"Sff view, and the poul- tryman is confident that it will pay to winter the birds. Before winter ar rives there should be a reduction in the number as close as possible in or­ der to avoid crqwding. Room on the roosts and on the floor is a necessity when the ground is covered with snow. Select the best, and then select again in order to avoid mistakes. It is bet ter to hate a few gobd fowls that pay than to retain a large number that are unprofitable. Selling Eggs by Weight. In France official agents are appoint­ ed to inspect not only the number .and quality of all eggs marketed but all eggs which pass through a hole of certain size are ejected. If eggs were sold by weight in this country with twenty-four ounces to the dozen as the legal standard what a relative differ­ ence it would create among the breeds. Everybody would be scram­ bling to secure fowls which wOQld always lay eggs up to weight. 8and for Chickens. The New York experiment station at Geneva has found that sand, both in a ration without animal food and in one containing animal food with bone enables poultry to make better use of the food eaten. This is especi­ ally the case with chicks. It was found that chicks did much better when sand alone was supplied for grit than when oyster shells were supplied either alone or in combination with sand. There appeared to be some un­ favorable action of the material in the oyster shells upon the digestiv action. Best Grain for Poultry. Oats will prove more profitable other grain for feeding poultry, in spite of the fact that some poultry- men are opposed to their use. TheV are the best balanced of all the grains, and if kept before poultry all the time the birds will never eat more than they should. The large propor­ tion of hull seems to be a relief to the digestive organs, which find solid grain too compact for best handling. Poultrymen that have fed oats for years are load. In thqlr praise. $K)0 Reward, $100= The readers of this papfr will lie pleased to letra that there In at least one dreaded dl-ence that science bas been able to cure iu all It* stapes, and that U Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh belns a constitutional dlseate. requires a constitu­ tional treatment. Hall's CatarrhJ'ure Is ta'uen In­ ternally, acting directly upon the Mood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the dlxea^e, and kIvIiih the patient ptrent:tli by building up the constitution and assist­ ing nature In doing Its work. The proprietors have co much faith In lis curat ve powers that thejr offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It fail* to cure. Send for list of testimonial*, Address F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, Oi Sold by all Druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Faintly Flu* for constipation. Not Just What He Meant. . Lady Randolph Churchill was elec­ tioneering in England at one time in behalf of Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett. One bold elector whom she was trying to secure hinted that if the ladies would imitate the famous duchess of Devon­ shire they would have no difficulty in securing votes. The duchess, in one memorable canvass, gave a kiss for each doubtful vote. Lady Churchill considered for a moment and then said demurely: "Thank you so much. I'll suggest that idea to Lady Burdett- Coutts." The elector laughed, remem­ bering that Lady Burdett-Coutts is : over 80 years old. THE FARMERS on th« Free Homestead Lands > Of Woetern Canada ! Carry the bannerfoe yields of wheat other grain* 1004. 100,000 FARMERS receive $55,000,000 as a result of their Wheat Ciop if ' alone. . .j The returns from Oale, Parley and other grain*, a* well as cattle and horses, add considerably to this. " = Secure a Free Homestead at once, or purchase • i§i®| from some reliable dealer while lauds are selling at present low prices. _ Apply for information to Superintend**^ of Inmif* mm gratjon, Ottawa. Canada, or to Oorr-iTiment Agent--C. Qulncy mdg..Chicago^ Traction Tennln; ' Currte, Itoorr Flcaeoj Canadian •in floor, T.O. e.Wto. From the Mouths of Babes. Jessie (at the dinner table)--In our Christmas charades the girls want me to do something in the way of Eve be­ fore the fall, but I don't know what to call her. Freshy (as he is called in the fam­ ily, and who has been taken about to the summer resorts a bit)--How would the summer girl do? A Rare Good Thin*. "Am using ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, and can truly say 1 would not have been without it so long, had I known the relief it would five my aching feet. I think it a rare good thing for anyone having sore or tired feet.-- Mrs. Matilda Holtwert, Providence, R. L" Sold by ail Druggists, 25c. Ask today. Railroad Relief Work. Total benefits of $97,306 were paid by the voluntary relief department of* the Pennsylvania lines west for the quarter ended Sept. 30 last. Russian Chambers of Commerce. The Russian minister of finance has raised the question of the creation In Russia of chambers of commerce. 'sale #,000 acre* Febster County, W, V*. [ coal near railroad." Price ill krface. Liberal terms to qnic limber on tract for mining1 Breisch, Moundsvitie, W. 4Mto «. Several antiers and Safe livesttft. |e In the Lone Star State of Ttxa* Pleasant climate, no long from »!5 to «40 per acre. Tex*» Iroads. good markets for farm p i lands can be bought for one-half : time with low luterc»t. |AD, » Roanoke i Spring can sell any 8. Brezlcha, FARM FOR SALE. It Cures Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Croup, Influenza, Whooping Coutrh, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain cure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in adyunted stupes. Use at onoe. You will see the excellent effect after taking the first dose. Sold by dealers every­ where. Large bottlea 25 cents and 50 cents. Vaed by Good BonieKeepaia KSTOVE POLISH i UQUIOIr MBIT EAST Sold by Good Daalara. 100 acre* In Mai Pa., near aehc churches. Lays almost level, well watered; mi mam cleared, balance in good timber; frasae hoM* nine rooms, frame barn, buildings good; orchard. Liberal terms arranged. Prlee ( T. <1. JONSS, - Beaver, Fenneylwmfii* If yeu don't get the biggest and best U's your own fault. Defiance Starch Is for sale everywhere and there Is poaltively nothing to equal it in quaU Ity or quantity. "Coffee stronger," says the market report. This will encourage boarders. TO CUBE A COLO IN ONE DAT Take Laiatlve Bromo Quinine Tablet*. All drug" 1st* refund the money 11 It faiU to cure. E. W. Irore'a algnature la on each box. 25c. There should be a rich picking in Port Arthur for the old junk man. Piso's Cure Is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.--Wm O- EHDSLiBT, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. None of us repeat all the mean things we know about ourselves. Mrs. Wlnalow'a Soothing Hynap. Por children teething, aofteni the guroa, redaeM flsaniatlOB, allays psla, cares wind cellu ~~ ' ascabotUa. The deserving poor are often those who don't deserve to be poor. "Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy eared ray wife of a terrible dlaeaaa. With pleaaurc I 1--1*0 to lta marveloui efficacy." J. Sweet, Albany, N. Y. Courage, brother! grow honest, sad. times will mend.--Carlyle. "National" Caskets are the beat In the world. CAN'T STOP THAT COUGH. You can if you use CRESCO COUGH CURE or it co&ts you nothing. No old time remedy but the latest and best in the world. Never fails. Agents wanted. Address . C. F. GEORGE MFQ. CO., Departi^ant IS, - Elkhart, Indians. \% MONTHLY We pay Investors 1< monthly end chare profits; absolute security and live . you can Invest *10 to 11,000. Call or wrlta for special "2 for 1" offer and free copf"" "Goat lUlslng In Mexico." MEXICAN GOAT A DAIRY £O.Y 121 La Salle St., Chloaco. Praise keeps a Woman young and , man--dead broke. A CURIOUS FACT It is worthy of remark that every . :ty of any size or importance In the great State ot Texas is located directly on the line of the M. K. A T. R'y. Naturally the country ad­ jacent to these cities, and the cities them­ selves, are a little richer .in opportunities than other portions of the State, which Is as a whole a State- surpassingly attractive to the investor and the home-seeker. Low rates on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. I would like to send you aome printed matter about Texas. Write to me. "KATY" h ST. LOOTS. MO. • • . Every > housewife gloata finely starched linen and white goods. Conceit Is JustlfiaMs after using Defiaqct Starch. It gives « stiff, rlessy.wtitte-' ness to the clothes and does not rot them. It Is abso­ lutely pure. It Is the most economical because It goes farthest, and others. To be had of all grocers at 16 oz* fer mc THE D6RANCE STARCH GO, W. N. U., CHICAGO, NO. 53, 190t, When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. i i 1 1 m » 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m i « 1 1 I I 1 1 * i .r t t t » t n m 1 1 1 1 1 1 n t l 1 1 1 miiTT ST. CO] OIL TRAD* MARK| The OUl Hoatt (or ••. the human family, relieves tad cures promptly. • , in 11 n i it n m in m n i u m 111 i U H i i i i i i i n i n i i n i i i U M m i i i i n m i M