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' * v _ Isn't bilious- Psmllv MIL ^ Small curt.25c. All dnigtiais. Acts GENTLY ON THE Kidneys, Liver and Bowels A.EAN5ES THE ^VSTEM EFFECTUALLY JCiJ& OVERCOMES LtffW 1 hAB,TUALcSsT«PAT.OM PERMANENTLY iZ tff£Cr& ©vy THE GtNVIHt - MkH'P'O by dnRRNIAjTG^YRVP^. v^'SX'4** **m n» SAU BY All 0RUS615TS, PCK4 50c Ptf? BJT7LL, 122L2& WILL KEEP YOU DRY. {ton't be footed atth a mackintosh or rubber coat. If 5tHi want a coat that will keep you dry fn the hard­ est Mm buy the Fish Brand Slicker. If not for sale in your town, write for catalogue to A. J- TOWER. Boston. Mas*. I W. L. DOUGLAS >3 A $3.50 8HOE8 ""J"®" Werth $4 to $8 compared with ether makes. ladoiMd by« >00,000 weann. 1,000., - OT~ ALL LEATHERS. ALL StYLES THE dllCIKK hmr» W. L. MUM (Ml prlM l4M|wd •> Maa. Take no lubttltnte claimed to be as good. Largeat makers of *8 and #3.50 ahoei In the v, UL'KI. Xoai dialer (UouMkeep tbem--If not. we will aend yon rwiw a pair on receiptor price, State klad of leather, tlxe aad width, plain or cap toe. CataloftM D Free. W.4L DOUGLAS SHOE CO.. Brockton. Man. HARDWOOD LANDS FOR SALE. 4Spiendid hardware lands in Clark County, Wis., on Wisconsin Central By., three miles from station, turnpike roads, Schools, settlers all around. Prices $5.W and upward. Fine dairy region. Log timber is sold and Is being cut off now, but plenty of timber for fences, cordwood, etc., will remain, •dress for plats and prices, C. P. CROSBY, Wausau, Wis. BULLS COUGH SYRUP Cures a Cough or Cold at once. Conquer* Croup witheut (all. Is the best for Brouchitis, Grippe, Hoarseness, Whooping-Cough, ana lor the care of Cuenaiptton. Mothers praise it. Doctors prescribe it. Small doses; quick, sure results. FOR ALL LUNG TROUBLE "Artistic Home Ideas." lOO Modern Houses, latest and want popul r de­ ll ens. oottinglromtMOtip- w Td. Phntiu. plans, «ow and description!. Book 7 x 10 lnohei, 100 nans, prepaid for ll.tw. Bsoi et 42 deslgoi 25a Qeo.W Pavne&Soa Architects, CAlS* i C.L. Cream Bain QUICKLY CURES COLDINHEAD Drejxiita, BO Ota. InlT Balm into sack nostril. SXTBROS-, iC Warren Bt, ».T. c ARTERY INK Makes millions think. if3 - ¥»> «ii PENSIONS Writs C»7t. OTAMSLL. FtuUa Agist,VasttsgtM, B.& Set Your Poison DOUBLE QUICK! 8. N. U. No. 48 -m» IN writing le Advertisers, please a at Mil•» • Sea jam saw the AdvertUeaeat ia this paser. ' ' r j \ j o «w- \j r\ c- r ur\ wfce diiats to he .... Mm earn • Iff. diviae. Mtttad at his West Side Zloa tabsrnacle in Cbiotgo Wednesday night by more than 1,500 angry medical students armed with offensive chemicals, and had to be sseqfted to his carriage by the police. The young men who attacked the faith apostle while he was. on his way to his tabernacle to deliver a lecture on "Doc­ tors, Drugs and Devils," care out of the encounter only partially victorious. Twice tiie police beat a tattoo on their heads with stoat clubs before they were content to remain outside of the besieged audi­ torium, and a dozen were arrested and sent to t£e police station to think over their temerity. • Throughout tfie lecture the howls of the enraged students of the several med- icaj schools in the vicinity could be heard anauupfeasant rem'ndeiTtKat they were still on hand came through the windows t{pgH time to time -in the shape of bottles of nitrate of ammonia, which, as they broke, exhaled a smell, compared to which the odor of Yorick's skull might be considered a perfumed breese from Araby the blest. . Hardly a pane of glass was left in the Dowie sanctuary and when the exponent of a new gospel was finally led forth by a back doorway to his costly carriage and helped in by two quaking footmen whose once rich attire reeked of the laboratory he was in a state of perturbation that be­ lied his confident assertions inside the brick walls which do longer protected him. Twelve students, more demonstrative than others, were placed under arrest, but upon recommendation of the city prosecutor they were discharged upon payment of costs. CALL THE WAR A CRIME. Aatl'Imporialisii Meet aad Deaonnc* the Philippine Campaign. Anti-imperialists from thirty States wen congregated in Apollo Hall at Chi­ cago Tuesday morning, when the confer­ ence against expansion was opened. Pub­ lic meetings were held Tuesday evening, Wednesday afternoon and evening. Ed­ ward Burritt Smith called the meeting to order. Prof. A. H. Tolman of the University of Chicago delivered the open­ ing address and was followed by a num­ ber of other speakers. The speakers an­ nounced. themselves, some in violent and some in quiet words, as the bearers of the true spirit of independence and free government. Following are some of the sentiments expressed: The American people should stamp the administration's proceedings with a ver­ dict of disapproval so clear and so em­ phatic that this will be a solemn warn­ ing^ future Presidents instead of a se­ ductive precedent.--Carl Schurs. The people begin to comprehend that homicide is homicide, that bloodshed is bloodshed; that it serves nothing to call oneself Caesar or Napoleon, and that in the eyes of the eternal God the figure of a murderer is not changed because in­ stead of a gallows cap there is placed up­ on his head an emperor's crown.--J. Sterling Morton. Ii> nearly all the events of history the dominant minority fought out the prin­ ciple t>f liberty. History will repeat it­ self.--Edward Atkinson. OOi-S : gr® (OLLEftH Smith College has 400 freshateathis year. ' , Brown has a smaller freshman -class than last yettr. ̂ University of Illinois prolesstfrs have orgauized a golf club. Williams began its 106th year with a freshman class of 110. Residence in college halls is now requir­ ed at Bryn Mawr. Four new dormitories are to be erected for the University of Pennsylvania. There are 240 women at the University of Illinois this year, more than ever be­ fore. » Two Cornell students have been given appointments in the Chinese customs ser­ vice. Vassar has 239 new students, and the number who dropped out is smaller than usual. Twenty changes have been made in the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prof. Rush Phees of Newton has ac­ cepted the presidency of the University of Rochester. The growth in recorded use of the books in the Cornell library during seven years is 232 per cent. Nature ttudy at the zoological gardens 1b to be a part of the course of instruc­ tion in Philadelphia public schools. Reports from the University of Minne­ sota indicate that its total number of students will this year reach, or even pass, 3,000. The alumni of Tufts College have ob» tained a voice in the government of the college in the form of a board of over­ seers. Two hundred and fifty-<aine University of Michigan nlen were in service, either at the front or in camp, during the recent Spanish war. The Presbyterians of Tennessee are striving to establish a college at Memphis to be known as the Cumberland Presby­ terian University- Franklin Remington, '87, of Chicago is one of the new members of the execu­ tive committee of the Athletic associa> tion of Harvard graduates. There are 426 colleges in America, with property estimated at $250,000,000. Gi- rard, with $15,000,000. and Leland Stan­ ford, Jr., with $13,500,000, are the rich­ est. The Princeton flag was at the mast­ head of the Peary belief ship, along with the Stars and Stripes, and was carried farther north than any American dag since 1871. Athletes on the University of Michigan football team will likely be taken to the Paris exposition. Trainer Fitcpatrick has broached the Idea, and it H popular among the students. The opening of the school year has been attended by few reports of hazing, the barbarous method of welcoming freshmen that long prevailed in many lesding col­ leges and universities. The accessions to the university library during the yenr have been unprecedented in the history of Princeton. The total number of accessions by gift and pur­ chase during the year since Oct. 1, 1S98. exclusive of periodicals, is 18,380 vol­ umes. .Michigan'has established a normal school for the upper peninsula at Mar­ quette. Although it was only authorized by the Legislature of the present year, yet the school is already in operation in the city hall of Marquette, and the build­ ings are to be completed by Jan. 1, 1900. Dwight B. Waldo, recently professor ot civics and btetory at Alblon College, W jpiadpaL « THK OOI.UKBXA 'SStX? •FOUKFERS- NOW. COLUMBIA WINS FIRST RACK. Ikaau^t ,1a j «atl»4 After•swe.falk day wop 1be first v. Witk th» Shamrock for champipttlfcip and the An "Thomiir&ipton's green-hi _ the Shamrock, which has appeared so slippery in light airs and baffling .hreeses, was beaten over a sea . coarse of thirty miles, fifteen on the wind and fifteen with the wind a stent. The elapsed time °f_the victorious boat, the Columbia, was 4:53:53, or :10:14 better than that of the Shamrock, which covered the course in 5:04:07. Deducting her time allowance of six seconds, the Shamrock was van­ quished by : 10:08. There was not much enthusiasm at the end, becanse from 6tart to finish the race had been a pro­ cession, with Columbia constantly in­ creasing a lead which ship established soon after the beginning of the contest. In the weather work over the first leg the Columbia was :9:50 better than the Shamrock, and in the run home, with all kites bellying, the Yankee clipper added twenty-four seconds to her lead. Thfo doubtless would have been increased if the wind had not freshened, naturally helping the yacht astern, and partly clos­ ing the great gap of misty sea betweec her bow and the Columbia's stern. The breeze, which was from the east, varied in force from six to twelve knots, but was true as to direction. The seas werj» somewhat lumpy, and occasionally white-crested, but they were not big enough to bother a catboat. In the win- ward work neither yacht was favored. In the run to the finish the element of chance apparently was With the Fife model. The contest, which was fairer than any ever sailed off Handy Hook, may be snid to demonstrate that the Columbia is the better craft in a light or moderate breese, knifing her way to windward through smooth seas, and that she is also superior by a minute or more in a following breese of moderate power. BLOW FOR SHAFT&lfe Admiral Sam pa on lnaiata Chadwiek Wrote the Toral Letter. A Boston special says Rear Admiral Sampson, now in charge of the local navy yard, has made another attack on Gen. Shatter, amplifying his statement made at Morgantown, W. Va., that Captain Chadwiek ^ entitled to the credit for Toral's surrender by saying that Shat­ ter did not understand the situation be­ cause of ignorance. To a reporter he said: "When I made the speech at Morgantown I had consid­ ered carefully what I intended to say, and I will retract none of my statements, for they are all correct. I said that Shat­ ter was ^not capable of understanding the results of the battle because of his lack of proper education, and I will say se again. It was solely through the efforts of Captain Chadwiek that Toral surren­ dered as soon as he did. Heretofore it has been thought that it was Shafter. In his report to the War Department Shaf­ ter gives himself the whole credit, neg­ lecting to even mention Chadwick's name. This I did not think right, and 1 deter­ mined to correct the matter as soon as I had the opportunity. Gen. Shafter has used his utmost efforts to give the im­ pression that it was he, and he alone, who forced the surrender of the Spanish troops. I wish to correct this impres­ sion." • , Boer and Briton. England is always heroic when she starts out to lick an infant.--Memphis Commercial-Appeal. The end will be the complete establish­ ment of English domination over South Africa. Hat must come in time.--Phila delphia Times. The Boers have the. right to assume that the British Government has decided upon the extinction of their independence. --Rochester Post-Express. One is naturally inclined to the belief that the use of a little finer diplomacy on the part of the Boers could have averted the war which must eventually result in their defeat.--Albany Journal, It is a fight not against but for the people of the Transvaal, if it be fair to call three out of four the people. And whatever the more immediate fortunes of the war may be, in the end medievalism will make way for the modern.--Brooklyn Eagle. Is • it not quite probable that the "Lorelei" of the diamond fields at Kim- berley and the gold mines at Johannes­ burg may lure this great nation to her utter humiliation and destruction? Rome had her day. Britain will have hers.-- Waukegan Sun. There is not the slightest merit ia Great Britain's attitude toward the South African republic. It is simply a case of Great Britain coveting gold and being determined to obtain possession of gold fields regardless of the rights of Kruger's people.--Omaha World-Herald. If England wins, and wins quickly-- and the majority of unbiased persons throughout the world probably believe she will--the effects of the conflict, be­ yond a temporary flurry on the specula­ tive exchanges at the outset, and the tem­ porary suspension ia the outflow of gold from the Transvaal, are not likely to be serious.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It is a wanton and cruel attack npon a simple, virtuous race of people, who ask only to be let alone, and who moved as far as possible away from the English to avoid a conflict.--Baltimore American. The Dutch people of the Transvaal are narrow, fanatical, avaricious, and only half civilized, if that. They have never entertained the faintest notion of keeping the promises made as a price of their do­ mestic independence. They refuse to keep them now. They have decided to fight rather than to Recognize the commonest rights of humanity in the people who constitute all of the intelligence, decency and enterprise in their conn try.---Wist* tngton Times. Ideal HB& CLAKA MAKEMER. Mrs. Clara Makemer, housekeeper for the Florence Crittenden Anchorage Mis­ sion of Chicago, writes the following let­ ter from 302 Chestnut street, Chicago: vPeruna is the best tonic I have ever known for general debility, a sure cure for liver complaint, and a never failing adjuster in cases of dyspepsia. "I have used it in cases of female ir­ regularities and weak nerves common to the sex, and have found it most satisfac­ tory." From early girlhood to the end of the child-bearing period few women are en­ tirely free from some degree of catarrh of the pelvic organs. With Peruna the thousand and one ail­ ments dependent upon catarrh of the pelvic organs can be wholly averted. "Health and Beauty" sent free to wom­ en ' only, by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus. Ohio. The microbes that cause chills" and fever and malaria enter the system through mucous membranes made porous by catarrh. Pe-ru-na heals the mucous membranes and prevents the entrance of malarial germs, thus pre­ venting and curing these affections. A Story About IngersolL Here is an entirely new story about the late Colonel Ingersoll, which !s quite as good and fully as genuine as the usual run of them: When Ingersoll was a young nian he went into a short-order restaurant in Peoria and called for an egg. "You are an agnostic, I think?" said the waiter, who was a college student In the winter, and had just associated himself with the restaurant business. "Your habit of thinking has not be­ trayed you this time--I am," replied IngersolL "Then you do not have faith in the Integrity of this egg?" quoth the tvalter. "I.have no faith in its int-egg-rity,w replied Bob. "I have no faith in any­ thing. I believe only in what I see, or in what Is proved to me." "I have faltli in the egg," said the student, and he regarded the colonel with sad eyes. "My faith tells me that it contains a yolk." "My doubt admits nothing m the kind," said the agnostic. ' ; So the student broke the egg, and, lo! It contained a chicken! But the fact is the agnostic took an unfair advantage of the student. He had eaten at that restaurant be­ fore.--Cleveland Plain Dealer. CANNON BALL PILLS. Big Balls of Poison Oiven as Medicine. Hm--ll An Saftartaf Iran Marcarial PIIK -llrt--a Taken In . .- '""J? the Pills Ara Past. Do you want health? ' Then keep your bowels cleaa and your liver lively! It has always bepn' known that' Cdnstlpa- > tlou is the cause of nearly all disease, but the waj- of treating It lias changed. The old way was to make up a sickening "black draught" or, st 11 worse, an esplo-- Slve "shot-gun" cartridge of calomel, aloes. Jalap, gambog?, cro on oil, blue mass, colocynth--the larger the bullet the better --and after the patient had swallowed the dose, thrown the bowels into spasms and turned the liver Inside out, he was settled for a few days--fequently forever. The moat dangerous "medicine" of all •was the mercurial pill-poison which lodged In the blood and joints, producing llfe-l«ing aches. _ Force Is folly. If you have any regard for your well being. When it becomes neces­ sary to stir up your liver and have a gen­ eral Internal cleaning up, take Cuscarets Candy Cathartic, and produce natural ac­ tion in a nice, gentle, quiet, positive way. Cascarets are up to date, aujiseptlc, taste frood, never grip or gripe, nr.Id but effect-ve. Buy and try Cascarets to-day. You'll And that it's what they do, not what we say they'll do that proves their merit. All druggists--10<\ l'5c, "0c, or by mail for price. Send for booklet and tree sample. Address the Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago; Mon­ treal, Can., or New York. This Is the CASCARET tablet. Every tablet ot the only genuine Cascaret bears the magic letters "CCC." Look at the tablet before you buy, and beware of frauds, imitations and substitutes. Hia Keckonine. Shakspeace enthusiast (quoting)-- 1 Ik re's no art to find the mind's con­ struction in the face. Small Boy (breaking in)--Pa, gimme the quarter you promised. I've piled up all the kindling in the woodsht>3. Father--My son, you are decelvii»g me--I can tell it by looking at you.-- Detroit Free Press. SWANSOX'S "5 DROPS" is the aim of dfr sick room. It has saved the pub* lic^K less than--five years, more money tha|F the national debt of this country, when you measure the value of health re­ stored, suffering humanity relieved of its agonies and diseases. Money which oth­ erwise would have been expended ife fun­ erals, doctors and drug bills, loss of labor, etc. SWANSON'S "5 DROPS" never fails to cure. It has cured and is curing mill­ ions of people afflicted with ACUTE and CHRONIC RHEUMATISM. SCIAT­ ICA. NEURALGIA, ASTHMA, LA GRIPPE and CATARRH of all kinds. "5 DROPS" has never failed to cure these diseases, when used as directed. It will cure you. Try it. Price of large sized bottle $1.00, sent on receipt of price, charges prepaid; 25-cent sample bottle sent free, on receipt of 10 cents to pay for mailing. Agents wanted. SWAN- SON'S RHEUMATIC CURE COM­ PANY', No. 164 Lake street, Chicago, 111. • he » lrtn't free it. MtfSy Wiggles--I saw the strangest thlnVthls morning on Highland avenue, j kj/r. Wiggles--No, you didn't. When I j was down in Union square this after- j noon I /•&# « athinger.--Som«Tllla Journal. - llatii Whm Dropped from Twlat;-Cent <"iflrar* a*d Worsn't Complain. "I remember," said the maa of fafiem fortune*, "and not with regret, for I •tways look an life cheerfully, the time I smoked Imported cigars, at 20 cents apiece, and when the idea I would dver have to smoke cheaper ones did not eu- ter my, mind. But circumstances changed, aaid after a while I found i would have to give them up for a time, though I never doubted that I should get back to them again. So just tem­ porarily, I dropped down to 10-centers, and they were not so bad. "I found I could get a pretty good *>rt of a cigar for 10 cents. The time came whetn the 10-center was as fax beyond me as the 20-center had been, but instead of mending my fortunes continued to fall. Then I took to 5-centers, and discovered it was possi­ ble to buy a very good cigar for that price. So I bought my good 5-centers, forgot the taste of the 10-centers and 20-centers, and was satisfied. It never occurred to me that I could get below that, but I did. I dropped to the stogies, 3 for 5, and a good make, too. I liked the Stogies. I smoked them for a time, aod then--It seemed as though ways of adapting myself to the situation open­ ed to me as my fortunes declined--I found a place where they sold four good-sized cigars for 3 cents, and that's what I am smoking now, four for 5. "If I were to compare these with the 20-centers, it would be to the disadvan­ tage of these, no doubt, but I have come down to the four-for-flves gradu­ ally, and so I don't note the difference. I could, of course, be more economical •till by smoking a pipe; but I prefer a cigar, and I smoke the fourfers cheerfully, never doubting that I shall in due time climb back, again to the fragrant Havanas." <*.>». -fc'. "S ban M WM fTuU smstt*chf g.ptin or tvetkness is ihe "SI yoar attention to the necessity ̂ -purifying your Hood by taking Hood's SiwsaparilU. Then your xuftole body receives good, for the purified blood goes tbn$ng to 'very M i* the remedy for sS Ages and both aexes. 5,000 Guitars at $2.68. For those who are accustomed to send­ ing away from home for their goods it is of the greatest importance to know the character and reliability of the establish­ ment selling goods to families from cat­ alogues. The great emporium of the John M. Smyth Co., located at 150 to 166 West Madison street, Chicago, has beea established for a third of a century, and' has furnished over half a million homef in Chicago and vicinity alone. This firm enjoys the confidence of the public by its many years of fair dealing. It issues an. immense illustrated catalogue that should be in every family, as it describes and gives the price of every article required! ! for household use. A sample of the ex­ traordinary values offered by this firm ia shown in the illustration of the guitar at $2.65 in another column of this paper^ These instruments are indeed wonderful values, and yet they are but a sample o£ the thousand and one useful articles il* lustrated and described in the beautiful catalogue of the John M. Smyth Com­ pany. * , Po-try VS. t ro*t They wdre sitting on the front porch after dinner, enjoying the evening breese. Gazing at the canopy of heav­ en. thickly studded with glittering stars, Mr. Pondering exclaimed: "How utterly Incomprehensible isr th< vmstness of nature! Each glittering or'* we now behold is ;i world of greater magnitude than our own. How won­ derful are the eternal laws which hold this universe of worlds 1$ Uielriun- changlng orbit#, and " "Tes." interrupted Mrs. Pondering, suddenly giving voice to her train ,of thought, "and the man didn't leave us half enough Ice to-day and I'm sure the beefsteak will spoil before morning. Did you order those mackerel and the ton of coal to be sent to-morrow?" The Queen and the Sentry. Queen Victoria, while at Windsor re­ cently, noticed a sentry on his beat suddenly fall. She at! once sent her own physician to attend to the man, had him remove to the regimental hospital, and, finding he had been overcome by the heat, visited him almost dally, giv­ ing orders that his every want should be supplied. What Do the Children Urinfc? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O ? It is delicious and nourish­ ing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Graia-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made o? pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about % as much. All grocers sell it, 15c and 25c. • • . • " FAME AND exCELLCNCK TERMININO FACTORS CESSFUL DEVELOPMENT. Fo'Kear and Y«t fro far. Jones--Mrs. Browii says h«P husband seems quite distant of late. , Mrs. Smith--Why, what's the trou­ ble? Mrs. Jones--Oh, no troubift at aflL He's In Europe on business. - We will forfeit $1,000 If any of oar pah* Ushed testimonials are proven to be not genolna. THE PISO CO., Warden, Pa. Jwt : nee. Anna--She's awfully afraid of cows. Aline--No wonder! She's got the hay fever.--Kansas City Independent. Opf of tht laiportaat HI** Claaa Nawapaper* ' presenting interesting phases of i entitle and economic problems, high-class newspapers frequently give iafonaat|fii of as great value in their advertlaiag «al- umns as in those devoted to the pobttte- tion of the principal-events of the day; and when the fame of a product is at­ tended beyond its natural limits inta for­ eign lands, and a large demand created throughout Great Britain and hec nies and the principal seaports and of Europe, Asia and Africa, it a pleasant duty to note the fact and tell of the points of excellence on which so great a success is based. We refer ta the now world-famed laxative remedy* Syrup of Figs, the product of the Cali­ fornia Fig Syrup Company. The merits of this well-known excellent laxative were first made known to the world through the medical journals and news­ papers of the United States; and is oae of the distinct achievements of the preaa. It is now well known that Syrnp of Figs is an ethical proprietary remedy, approv­ ed by the most eminent physicians every­ where, because it is simple and effectiv^ yet pleasant to the taste and acceptable to the system, and not only prompt in Us beneficial effects, but also wholly free from any unpleasant after-effects. It ia frequently referred to as the remedy sC the healthy, because it is used by people who enjoy good health and who live waS and feel well and are well infornftd as all subjects generally, including laxative*. In order to get its beneficial effects, it ia necessary to get the genuine Syrup of Figs, which is manufactured by the Cali­ fornia Fig Syrup Co. only. Don't think that pounding a felon ant compounding a felony are synonymoaa. Mrs. Win alow'* Sootbm tMthlna: eotteM the Kama, t allays pain, caret wind colla. PRACTICAL HELP FOR SUFFERIHO WOMEN r* Baltimore. October 12.--Shou!d the present rate of increase in the net earn­ ings of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad continue, almost the raitire interest charges and the rentals for the fiscal year eliding .Tuue 30. 1900. will have been earned by December 31. 18S»l). This was,, foreshadowed to-day when the net earn# Ings for September were made public.; The estimated gross receipts were $2,- 804.293, the largest for one month in the history of the company, and an increase of $216,597 over September, 1898. The net earnings for September, 1899, were also a record, breaker, being $1,030,193, an increase of $271,804 over Septemi>er, 1898. The net earnings for the first three months of this fiscal year, July. August antl September, aggregate $3,042,759, an Increase of $1,174,008, over the same mouths In 1898. IHE ills of women overshadow their whole lives. Some women are constantly getting medical treat* ment and are never well. "A. woman best understands •©men's ills," and the women who consult Mrs. Pinkham find lis her connsel practical assistance. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn. Mass. Mrs. Mabel Good, Correctionville, Ia., tells how Mrs. Pinkham saved tier life. She says: " I cannot thank you enough for what your medicine has done for me. I can recommend it as one of the best medicines on earth for all women's ills. I suffered for two years with female weakness and at last became bedfast. Three of our best doctors did me no good so I coooluded to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After taking a few bottles of yoar medicine, I was able to do all my houses work. I know that your medicine raised me from a bed of sickness auS perhaps death, and am very thankful for what It has done for me. I hope that every suffering woman may be per* suaded to try your medicine." Get Mrs. Pinkham's advice as soon as you begin to be puzzled. The sick headaches and dragging sensation come from a curable cause. Write help as soon as they ap. |pear. Mk$t Polk Stanlex ̂ [CampbeJIsburg, tnd*, writes; •• Dear Mrs. Pinkham--I was troub'ed with sick headache and I was so weak and nervous, II could hardly go. A friend called upon me one evening and rscommendfcd £ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, saying that she knew that it would cure me. I then sent for your medicine and after taking five bottles of it, I Was entirely cured, v-.-I cannot praise it enough." ^ ft • *"* s rj •;iv Rapid Spread of the Telephone. The telephone Is only about a quarter of a century old, but there are already over 300,000 public and private connec­ tions in the world. Of these the United States have more than half--173,000. Germany, which comes next, has only 150,000; Great Britain only 70,000. Switzerland has more than France, which is slow to adopt the telephone. Try Grain-O! Try Grafn-O! Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal browu of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pare grains, and the most delicate stomach re­ ceives it without distress. V4 the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers. i m i l f r h n t S ' l i f e r e n t Van Nesse--Congratulations, old man. I understand you married an English countess while abroad. De Jones--Yes; she was cashier to ® London restaurant. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Broino Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 26c. J£. W. Grove's signature is pneaeh box. Verv Likely. White--She has a great command of language, hasn't she? Black--Yes; that's the reason, I'm in­ clined to think, that she never got mar; ried.-Tit-Bits. . _ o Hall's Catarrh Care, Is a oocutltiitloual cure. .Price 75 MAMMOTH MAILORDER HOU 5,000 GUITARS AT $2.65 n.w- ̂ ELEGANT GUITAR t his Guitar is aiaae • » • 'rain at/e of the fiqest imtia- , ".i'-rOR . p.;;. ever made --an instrument that posi­ tively sells from $3.50 to $7.00. When this lot fs exhausted we cannot duplicate this offer. Quantity talks. Only bjr oper­ ating on such a bia scale, together with our well-known small profit policy,could such an offering be possible. Another reason for * spending such a bargain broadcast is the confidence we feel that or walnut finger­ board, pearl inlaid I position dots and German silver raised i frets) it has fancy in­ lay araand sound hole and best quality American patent heads; the top of Guitar is beautifully bound with celluloid; ft h strung with a full set of best quality steel springs and is ready to pay upon. Ml ' • every guitar sold will win for as a per­ manent patron and a frieaS whoss recommendation we can count upon. We will forward the guitar to any address C. O. D., subject to examisatioa, upon receipt of 50c. We, however, advise that cash m full be sent, as that saves return charges for money and we stand per­ fectly ready to refund money If the guitar is not all and more than we claim for it. Remember onr special price on I them only is Automatic photography. , An apparatus has been devised for automatically photographing people as they enter shops and other places. CATALOGUE fe which is listed at lows at wholesale pricss to eat wear and use,is furnish W't. '•? Mil ountmgto ouw monthly aaoccwY price Pit t -J -y. 'U * f£' -T', 'Thoughtless Folks Have the Hardest Work, but Quick Witted «, People Use "V M GRANDEST ft*..' "// •'• ' < , y 'M* :< t\ t"?. s, • 4 'f ' ,$1^ v'^'*-U*t >* JS.' , V 1 "• "i • *L--lJ a, ' \ lit? ru.Vi. a t . 2-