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Show WA CLS Sioux City, la. Think of 125 human roses blooming upon the prairies of South Dakota! With their pretty hands reddened and roughened by toil and their fair complexions exposed daily to the winds, that number of real socio ty girls from Des Moines and other Iowa cities are leading the stretnous life of the pioneer upon what was formerly the Rosebud Indian reservation. Homebuilders in reality, every one of these enterprising girls secured a quarter section when that territory was opened to settlers two years ago. Nw they have turned their backs upon the ballroom and the theater and are herding cattle, tilling the soil and living the actual life of the prairie pioneer. While the majority are farming or raising cattle, others devote themselves to various enterprises. One is making money and winning a reputation through the practice of law; anstill other has become a preacher; others act ax guides through the ago hostile redskins wer( busy teresting country where only a few shedding the blood of whites. Yet these girls, many of whom represent families of wealth, seem greatly pleased with their experiences. Moreover, they are besieged with proposals of marriage from the men on the reservation. Perhaps it was a sudden freak of fancy that caused all these Iowa girls to apply for homesteads when the ROiebud reservation was thrown open to settlers. They had read of the success of wo men who bad slaked claims in other sections. More than one poor girl secured an excellent farm or grazing acres when the government lands in Oklahoma and the Indian territory were thrown open. Daughters of Wealthy Homes. It is true that many of the Iowa comfortable in girls already had Bome cases luxurious homes, with fathers possessing bank accounts amply sufTieint to meet all their needs. What eirl in this nrocressive aee. however, is content to be entirely den pendent upon others? True, the laws governing the taking up of public lands provide that the claimant must actually reside upon, or "hold down," as it Is termed, for a certain length of time the land thus obtained, and this provision doubtless caused many a pretty brow to pucker In perplexity and the pursing of many a pair of ruby lips. Secure those homesteads, however, they would. When some of the bolder spirits announced that they proposed to become actual settlers in the new country to be real farmers and ranchers a thrill of approval ran through other breasts. And that is why 125 of Iowa's most charming specimens of femininity are now wearing short skirts, stout boots and freckled faces as they "hold down" the claims they were fortunate enough to secure in the distribution ta.i-nin- s HI and more man one Iowa youth has learned, when too late, thai "ab WOMAN MAKES THRILLING BUT sence makes the heart grow fonder" but not always the absentee. UNEXPECTED THROUGH Among the girls who have takes up claims in the new country, one of the most popular is Miss IDtUe Roger formerly of Ames, la. Balloon Anchor Catches Female Spectator by Heel and She is the only daughter of a wea! Carries Her Aloft--I- s Saved by thy retired farmer, so that from the of financial standpoint necessity it Aeronaut. waj not incumbent upon her to undergo Cue hardships of the pioneer. Middleton, N. Y. Hanging head several weeks ago by making a balloon Happening to draw a homestead lr. downward from a rapidly ascending ascension on a dare. Since then she a community almost entirely composed of bachelors, Miss Rogers had not balloon, Mrs. Roper, of Brooklyn, a has made six ascensions successfully. An immense crowd had gathered same neighborhood. lowana, as the been In her new home a month before spectator at a balloon ascension at was carried nearly a thou- around the balloon at three o'clock in colony is called, is near Philips, S. she had received several proposals of Kllenville, the air the other after- - the afternoon, the balloon was fully D., almost in the heart of the rich marriage. Now. it is said, her victims sand feet into inflated, and Miss Dailey was sitting 100. Bonesteol country. number more than on the tapeze. Her manager, Charles An iowa Colony. Her first proposal came from an Williams, begged the crowd to stand While the entire territory "held Arkansas colonist who saw her soon back so as to allow the balloon to be down" by them covers many miles in after her arrival and who at once sue cast off. Finally he gave the word, and extent, mostly all the girls have as cumbed to her charms. Unlike most the guy ropes were loosened. One of back "from some others from wooers the ardent south, how neighbors the ropes whirled into the crowd home," and this makes the situation ever, he conducted his campaign ol and the loop cauzht about Mrs. Roper. preeedingly pleasant and eomiJi,ion-able- . The balloon rose rapidly, carrying Mrs. Roper B Winging head downward from Numbers of them find it convenient the rope, and Miss Dailey sitting on to meet on Sundays to discuss the old the trapeze. Mrs. Roper gave one life and to exchange recitals of exshriek of fright and then was still, periences. having fainted. Now and then a dance is planned The crowd was stricken dumb by and is enjoyed immensely, although a the occurrence, but Manager Williams prairie "shack," even with its furnikept his head and shouted to Miss ture removed, does not afford a spaDailey not to cut loose in her paracious ballroom. chute. The latter understood and was More than in any other way exapparently cool. The guy rope, which cept In actual farm work these was fastened around Mrs. Roper's leg, dances illustrate the difference hung from the top of the balloon, and the days past and those of the she swung by Miss Dailey, describing present. great areas in the air. The crowd beWhen the girls first went to the Inlow was frantic, women fainted, and dian country many took with them the men shouted themselves hoarse. There elaborate gowns and "fixings" that was a stiff south wind, and the gas had been such a delight to the femibag was carried rapidly northward. nine heart and had turned the heads Soon Miss Dailey was seen trying of young men before the exodus. to grasp Mrs. Roper as the latter Hut of what possible use is a beauswung by her. She finally succeeded tiful 'gown or a picture hat when one in getting hold of Mrs. Roper's hair. seldom sees anyone else at least, no Then it was seen that the balloon was one except the farm hands oftener descending. The crowd rushed madly than once a week, and where the prein the direction of the balloon. Men, a in is feminine attire vailing style women and children climbed fences a short skirt, a shirtwaist and rough and rushed wildly through the fields slouch hat? and woods. Miss Dailey, still holding To be sure, the men who gathered Mrs. Roper by the hair, leaped from viat the few functions in Philips or the balloon with her when it was a cinity are greatly attracted by a gown She sucfew feet from the ground. with a train. Hut as a "hickory" shirt, off when the in ceeded rope throwing The Balloon Rose Rapidly Carrying corduroy trousers, a red handkerchief 10x12 Sltcck." the balloon again soared into the around the throat and a broad somMiss Roper Head Downward. clouds and was lost to view. brero topprng all is the fashion for conquest at long range and intrusted Mrs. Roper was carried to the home the outpouring of his soul to the mail. noon while 10,000 horror stricken peothem, articles of dreamy elegance apShould this man ever return to his ple expected to see her dashed to of Dr. Alice Divine, where after some time she recovered consciousness. Her former home he will doubtless be in death every moment. The occasion was the Ulster county injuries consist of a broken hand and danger of being mobbed at the hands of the maidens of that state, as he fair, and a large crowd had been at- many cuts and bruises. It was only a s'lort 15 minutes from that was indiscreet enough to remark that tracted by the announcement Arkansas girls "wasn't worth shucks." Miss Maggie Dailey, an amateur aero- the time the ballotjn went up until the Here is the first letter that Miss naut of this city, would make an as- women were back on the ground, but it seemed hours. Rogers received, laying a palpitating cension. Miss Dailey leaped into fame to the crowd heart and a quarter section of rich farming land at her feet: "Dear Mis: Hev been lookin' in your direction and hev desired to ask REMARKABLE SLEEPING SPELL you to mery me. I hev a good clama and all I nede is sum wun to make my HAS ATTACKED AN INDIANA GIRL shanty seme like home, these Arkanr sas girls ain't wuth shucks, plese soon, yure true friend." Miss Rogers did not answer, for beCold fore she could concentrate her mind In Comatose Condit'on for Four Weeks--Pin- s, on this proffered good fortune she reWater and Shouts Can Scarcely ceived several other proposals, and Arouse Her. finally she determined to ignore hem all. She has been visiting her parents in Iowa this summer, but she will reKokomo, Ind. Miss Maude Snow that if not awakened at intervals she turn to her claim in the fall. has completed the fourth week of one will sleep the sleep of death. WheH A $1,000,000 Heiress. of the most remarkable sleeps in med- she comes to herself, as the result Then there is Miss Philippe Wat-rouical records. She is a resident of of this treatment, it is any normal whose father owned a person emerging from natural slumbusines block in Des Moines and is Jackson township, eastern Howard ber. She rubs her eyes and begins of the daughter estimated to be worth $1,000,000. Miss county, Indiana, and a conversation upon topics of special Watrous became a guide shortly after D. H. and Mrs. Snow, humble farm- interest to her. Her mind is as clear she reached Bonesteel and conducted ing folks. Saturday night, four weeks as at any time In her life. She talks Phillips "Society." prospecting parties over the country ago, Miss Snow was seized with a intelligently and with Interest upon pear incongruous as feminine apparel. that a few years ago was red with sleepy spell. She told her parents blood shed In battle with warring In- that she would retire for the night. So such costumes have disappeared and the transplanted daughters of dian tribes. The next day she had not arisen When she was allotted a claim and Iowa are now dressing in the plain In the afternoon and when her late country she and sensible garments of the region. reached the Rosebud undertook to awaken her she parents in was back farm the found that her Would Make Good Wives. not be aroused. Violent methcould foothills, 40 miles from the nearest Soon after these young women setto but without sucwere resorted ods station. railroad tlers made their homes on the Dakota was summoned. A cess. It physician She went out and looked over, plains United States Commissioner J. He was unable to tell what was D. Kellar of Honesteel visited Sioux however, and was pleased with the Hiring two men to build the matter with the young woman. City, la., and was reported in an In- prospect. her a "shack," she mounted a horse Various theories were advanced, terview as having remarked: of a frail con"The young man who wants a wife and rode back to Phillips to await the among them that, being she had broken naturally stitution, new of her dwelling. young, intelligent, clever and the completion One day at the post office in Phil- down from overstudy. A more senowner of a farm should that she had start for Bonesteel and the Rosebud lips she encountered a young man sational surmise was with her lover and nervous without delay. just in from the east who was looking quarreled produced the strange con"There are about Ml young women for a guide. At that time all the in- worry had which she was afflicted. with dition of hamlet could who the habitants in the reservation homesteaders a fact that she had a lover of the entire number. leave their homes were out on the It was about one-fiftand that he had gone to Virginia and They are just getting started on their reservation, and Miss Watrous volunman and to take the young the that the young woman had taken his spring work and the hired help prob- teered departure very much to heart. If her lem Is practically hopeless. party he OPT Wan tWd to their desticondition Is due to a lover's quarrel nation. "Beyond doubt they are the best she has not revealed the fact during Saved by Girl Guide. girls In the world, these capable, There were two dozen members in her waking moments. brave and energetic young women But none of these conjectures afwho are founding homes for them- the squad that started out the next selves upon the prairie. Among them morning with the Des Moines society forded a satisfactory explanation of To Arouse Her It Is Necessary to aro women of social position and belle at It? head. In the afternoon a the condition of the young woman, Pour Cold Water Down Her Back. all the and to continued came sleep, who and the home storm up wealthy families, as well as former severe doctors summoned to her bedside have school teachers, stenographers, book bun ten were forced to halt. to her attention as yet been unable to explain the topics presented the next the Journey morning Karly keepers and other buslneai girls. the slumber seizes upon Finally heavy case. was resumed. The first stream to "A third of them or more are colher and she falls into peaceful sleep of Her a was in trance. out one its came like which banks, She more or less have they all lay lege graduates: She will go to sleep while talking. money; every one Is perfectly capable while th bridge had been washed face is chalky white, but her breathMiss Snow is given but little ol of making a good living for herself: away. The only thing left was to ford ing is slow and regular. At times food. Of recent days she hai solid of the innocence assume In it. features a her fact, good farm. every one has subsisted entirely upon water. How In this attempt the provision wagon, childhood. ihey represent the finest 231 matrilong she will live In her present state monial opportunities I know of." caught In an eddy, got away from the These conditions have led SpiritualPerhaps Mr. Kellar's enthusiastic driver, the mub's were drowned and ists and hypnotists to besiege the or how long It may be until she reThey Insist covers Is a mystery to all who know praise was widely rend. In any event the supplies lost. The drenched party parents for experiments. the homestead girls on the Rosebud managed to reach the opposite side. that the young woman is under trance of her strange case. have not been naglactafl In the way of Then the Int'cptd girl guide took com- control which ran be broken and that proffered niattlniony. and most of mand. she Is possessed by a s; hit ignorant a man to accompany her of the conditions with which it is surDog That Eats Tobacco. She as'-ethose in the lowana colony can count anu together they rode to an Indian rounding her. Hypnotists believe she their proposals by scores. Kvansvllle, Ind. At Illinois JuncAmong their neighbors neighbors. tepee close by, where they obtained is the victim of u deep and powerful tion, a small telegraph office 60 feet a cornmeal and "klnklnnlck." The In this sense, meaning other Settlers suggestion to which she yields imme- In the air. on the long Carlo bridge, the within half a hundred miles are a gruel ma le strengthened diately after being rudely wakened just below Mound?, 111., there lives a women and children In the from the strange state which en- little spotted dog known as "Old number of single men who also seized the opportunity to acquire good farms party and the company pushed on. Timer." It was taken to the office thralls her. That night they struck an Indian at the hands of a generous govern more than a year ago and has been of all are The parents skeptical ment. settlement, where Ihey stopped for these things and decline to permit away from the big bridge a dozen .mil to make a hearty meal on the Many a Romance. Meanwhile Miss Snow times a day, and should It hear a experiments Romance finds a ready hospitality lame which the Indians hd killed. I remains In a profound slumber. To train coming It will try to run toward 'I he seconil morning on the fertile plains of South imknta they resumed arouso her It Is necessary to prick the office. Should this be Impossible, despite the unenviable divona records their Journey and completed it with- - her with pins and pour cold water the dog will hug one side of the tresof the state. out further adventure. For this serv"-- down her back, first standing her In tle work until the train has passed. Several "matches" have been made ice Miss Watrous later receive! a an upright position. She is violently "Old Timer" is a tobacco eater; he through the agency of the claim watch beaten and shouted at. for It Is felt swallows the weed after eating K. shanty CM n "a - WHICH six-sto- r first-clas- s 1 "From the Ballroom to 01 " farms on the Rosebud. "Pack home" more than one society set Is mourning the loss of a vivacious and popular member, and fashionable functions' seem duller than before the exodus tD South Dakota. It is tPinarkablp bow those plucky young Women have adapted themselves to the rather rough life of the prairie pioneers, (lirls who In days gone by were shocked If the sudden departure of a servant made It necessary to wash the dishes or clean their rooms are tilling the soli or herding cattle with the nonchnlence of an old timer. Those who left handsome and homes seem perfectly hap- in t!ae little 10x12 "shacks" that Sy the majority of farms constitute the dwelling of the owneri. By tare good fortune In most Instance! and by clever t lading In others nearly all these girls are In the AIR TRIP an-se- d j PERUN A PRAISED. MRS. ESTHER M. MILNER. Box 331, DeGraff, Ohio. Dr. S. B. Ilartiiian, Columbus, Ohio. Dear Sir : I was a terrible sufferer from peJvIc weakness and had headache continuously. I was not able to do my housework for myself and husband. I wrote you and described my condition as nearly as possible. You recommended IVruna. 1 took four bottles of it and was completely cured. 1 think Peruna a wonderful medicineand have recommended it to my friends with the very best of results. Esther M. Milner. Very few of the great multitude of women who have been relieved of some pelvic disease or weakness by Peruna ever consent to give a testimonial to be read by the public. There are, however, a few courafreoui. women who will for the sake of their suffering sisters allow their cures to be published. Mrs. Milner is one of these. In her gratitude for her restoration to health she is willing- that A GRATEFUL the women of the LETTER TO whole world should DR. HARTMAN know it. A chronic invalid brousrhtback to health is no small matter. Words are inadequate to express complete gratitude. Cultivated by the Scnolars. S,000 school gardens exist in Austria, not including the sister kingdom of Hungary. They are connected with both private and public schools, and are used for purposes of practical instruction in and horticulture and often contain botanical museums and bae hives. It is stated that nearly tree-growin- Dispensing with Waiters. Automatic cars have become so successful in Switzerland that a company has been formed to supply the Swiss and their visitors with electric automatic restaurants, where, as if elecby magic, meals will be served by The comers. to only all thing tricity necessary is to take your seat, glance over the bill of fare, place your money in the right slot, and the machinery does the rest. Plumage of the Bluebird. Of the male bluebird Thoreau said: "He carries the sky on his back." To this John Burroughs added, "and the earth on his breast." The bird's back, wings and tail, chin and throat are a vivid blue, while his breast and flanks are a chestnut brown and his abdomen a dirty white. The female is very much duller in coloring, often having a reddish tone that extends from the middle of the back over the shoulder. The Seminole Indians say that the male bluebird once flew so high that his back rubbed against the sky, which imparted to him its own azure tint. Returning to earth, his wife so admired his new coat that she determined to have a like one for herself and the next morning flew away to get it; but the day proving somewhat cloudy, the color given to her dress was not so brilliant as was that received by her mate. DOCTOR DESPAIRED Anaemic Woman Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Recommends the Pills to All Others Who Suffer. Amrmia is just tho doctor's name for bloodlessness. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure anaemia as food cures hunger. They cured Mrs. Thomas J. McGaun, of 17 Lincoln Place, Plainfleld, N. J., who says: "In the spring of 1903 I did my nsmil house cleaning and soon afterward I began to have the most terrible headaches. My heart would beat so that it was painful and there camo a morning when I could not get op. My doctor said I had anaemia and bo was surprised that I had continued to live in the condition I wns in. I was confined to my bed for nearly two months, tho doctor coming every day for the first few weeks, but I did not improve to amount to anything; Altogether I was sick for nearly two years. I wns ns weak ns a rug, had headaches, irregular heart beats, loss of appetite, cramps in tho limbs and was nimble to get u good night's sleep. My legs and feet were so swollen that I feared they would burst. " Before very long after I tried Dr. Williams' Fink Pills I felt a nhanfs fot the better. I have taken about twelve boxes and although I was ns near the grave as could be, I now feel as if I had n Dew lease of life. I have no more bciidncln v.the heart regularly, my cheeks are pink and I feed ten yenrs I feel that I have been cured younger. Very cheaply nud I have rccomineudft the pills to lots of my friends." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills ore sold bv nil druggists, or will be sent by mail on receipt of price, .'id cents per box, nix boxes lli M. by the Dr.WiUianii Medicine Co.. 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