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t' Immigration at Sioertn. Russia Is pushing the Siberian rail­ way across the continent with all the IBUergy her immense resources permit. While the larger purpose ip to cousum- J&ate the policy steadily pursued lot fltiore than two centuries of getting ac- *ce«s to ocean's, the no less important purpose of Glling the great interior ^rnees with products is not lost sight of. Hand in hand with railway exten­ sion goes land occupation. To over­ come the obstacle raised by the povertp «f the peasantry the government has ttiade extraordinarily cheap rates of transport. The migrant is carried 1,200 flDiles for 1.50, 2.000 miles for $2.10 and 4,00ft miles for $3.60. His household goods and implements are carried 1,200 to lies for 25 cents a hundred, 2,000 miles for 43 cents and 4,000 miles for 83 cents. In addition land is given and suaten- "jfcnce granted uatil a crop can be raised. --St. Paul Globe. Activity of Vesuvius. Mitch anxiety has been caused in Naples the renewed activity of Mount Vesu- f Tius. There is little likelihood that it will s T do any serious damage. On the other hand, thousands die daily from stomach disor- ®ers> who might have survived had they fiesorted to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It is the greatest touic known for stomach fel- ind digestive organs. iff'-';:. . : ' , Put to the Test* • She (rising from the piano)--Do you ||H- play, Mr. STickefi?~ "" f " i He--No; but I ahi thinking of taking : lessons. 1 have a good ear for .time, hllon't you kno"w. / ' She--Indeed! Was that 11 or II d'clock the clock just now struck? fct;.-;"-- ' a 6 Deafness Cannot fie Cured by local applications, as tliey cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is enly on® • way to cure deafness, and tliat Is by-constitu­ tional remedies, l>eafness Is caused by an In- i- ' lamed condition of the mucous lining "of the eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed Sou have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hear­ ing, and when It is entirely closed. Deafness Is |he result, and unless the inflammation can be . . Jaken out and this tube restored to its normal Condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, ' which is nothing but an inflamed condition «f the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can­ not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send f«r circulars; free., F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. <3^~Sold by Druggists, 75c. Cats as Swimmers. Cats can swim if Chey only care to exert themselves sufficiently. The ancient Egyptians used to fish with '• them on the Nile, according to the rep­ resentations on walls, etc., that have come down to us. CORONATION OATHS. ' v Coughing Leads to Consumption. • Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough set once. Go to your druggist to-day and get it sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan­ gerous. • Unlike Caesar's Wife. Smith--Jones says there is something suspicious about his wife's actions. Brown--Is that so? Smith--Yes; he says she insists on getting a whiff of his breath every time he Is detained downtown late at night. Cold weather is Just as apt to affect the nerves as any other part of the t body, and neuralgia sets In. St. Jacobs Oil Is just as certain to cure it as it cures the general pains and aches of the body. rSir Charles Doyle was dining with the Duke of Devonshire, when some one broached the subject of the queer- ness of names. "Fancy such a name as Birdseye," remarked a guest. "Birds- eye," said Doyle, "is surely as good as Cavendish." Cavendish is the Duke's family name. Piso's Cure for Consumption, has been a godsend to me.--Wm. B. McCJellaa, Chester, Fla.. Sept. 17, 1895. Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.--Lowell. The more any one speaks of himself the less he likes to hear another talked of.--Lavater. Catarrh Cured Blood Purified by Hood'-s Sarsapa- rllla and Health Is Good. "I was a sufferer from catarrh. One of my neighbors advised me to take Hood's Sarsaparilla and I did so. A few bottles purified my blood and cured me. I have remained in good health ever since." JAS. T. ADKINS, Athensville, Illinois. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. $1; six for $5. Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills. <35 cents. DO YOU It Cam CtMt. Coughs. Sore Threat. Crous, la> tluenra.Wheepio0C«*»0h.Br<mchltisan<!*sfti»a. A certain cure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced stages. Use at once. You will see the excellent effect after taking the first dose. Sold by dealers every­ where. Large bottles 25 eeats and 60 cents. PIMPLES "Mjr wife bad pimples on Iter face, Dit -i-- -f>,A hai *"»»« CASCAKETS sad thay / »ave on disappeared. I had been troubled J With constipation for some time, but after tak­ ing the first Cascaret I have had no trouble With this ailment. We cannot apeak too hig]>« ly of Oascarets." FEED WAKTMAK, 5708 German town Ave. Philadelphia, fa. CANDY CATHARTIC TRADE MARK REOISTTftCO Pleasant, Palatable, Potent. Taste Good. Do Good, Hover Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe, lie, *c,40c. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... >nlli ItaMl; roapaar, Ckitip, Moatm), H*w Tart. Stt ir' * ilfl.TA DAf* Sold andjruaraiiteed by all drag-Wy' PV" I U"M6 (UU to CVKB Tobaooo Habit.^ Solemn Promises Made by Haters mi Ascend Ins the Throne. On Sept. 6, 1898, the coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland occurred, when she took the following oath: "I swear to the people of the Nether­ lands to always maintain and observe the constitution of the kingdom. I swear to defend and preserve with all my power the independence and integ­ rity of the territory of the kingdom, to protect the public and private liberty and the rights of all my subjects, and to employ for the maintenance and pro­ gress of public? and private prosperity all the means which the laws may place at my disposal, as a good queen ought to ao. So help me God." Before the king of Belgium takes pos­ session of the throne he swears In the presence of the united chambers "to ob­ serve the constitution and the laws of the Belgian people, to maintaln the na­ tional independence and the Integrity" of the territory." The king of Denmark, In the preseuce of the council of state, swears to ob­ serve inviolably the constitution of the kingdom. And the king of Italy, be­ fore the essembled chambers, swears to observe loyally the present constitution. In Portugal the sovereign oath is: "I swear to be faithful to the Catholic, apostolic and Roman religion; to pre­ serve the Integrity of the kingdom; to observe, and cause to be observed, the political constitution of the Portuguese nation, the other laws of the nation, and to provide for the general good of the kingdom, to the best of my ability." "I promise and swear to govern the kingdom of Norway in conformity with the constitution and the laws. So help me God, and His holy word." This is the oath which the king of, Norway makes before the storthing. The President of the United States, before he enters upon office, takes the following oath of affirmation: "I do sol­ emnly swear <or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States." Finally, to "quote but one other exam­ ple of royal oath taking, there Is the oath which our most gracious sovereign took at the time of her coronation. This ran as follows: Archbishop--Madam, is yonr majesty willing to take the oath? Queen--I am willing. Archbishop--Will you solemnly prom­ ise and swear to govern the people of this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dominion thereto belonging according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the respec­ tive laws and customs of the same? Queen--I solemnly promise to do so. Archbishop--Will you to your power cause law and justice in mercy to be iexecuted in all your judgments? Queen--I will. Archbishop--Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel find the Protestant reformed religion es­ tablished by law? And will you main­ tain and preserve inviolably the settle- pent of the United Church of England jand Ireland, and the doctrine, worship, discipline and government thereof, as by law established within England and Ireland and the territories thereto be­ longing? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of England and Ireland, and to the churches there com mitted to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do, and shall, appertain to them, or any of them? Queen--All this I promise to do. The things which I have herebefore promis ed I will perform and keep. So help me God.--tiosdon Mail. & 8 N U No 46-98 Massachusetts claims to have more different kinds of native trees than any kingdom in Europe, the number exceed­ ing fifty, among them being nine large oaks. r In order to preserve the colors of plants it is necessary to kill the speci­ mens quickly, and this can be effected by plunging them for a few seconds in boiling water. If a plant is allowed to die slowly, the colors of Its leaves and flowers will gradually fade. A writer in Meelian's Monthly says that some succulent plants will live for inonfhs alter being placed between the drying leaves of an herbarium, and Anally dry up and turn black. A new form of electric lamp, from which important practical results are anticipated, has been devised by Prof. Nernst, of the University of Gottlngen. It has a filament composed of magnesia mixed with rare earths in place of the ordinary carbon filament, and ho vac­ uum is needed as in other Incandes­ cent lamps. But the filament is non­ conducting when cold, so fhat It must first be warmed before^,querent will pass and cause to^ipV ijbhe chief practical difficulty is tne original warm­ ing of the filament. Iu northern Russia the month of Oc­ tober is characterized by features so remarkable that it is reckoned as a fifth season, coming between autumn and winter, and called the rasputnya season. It is nearly coincident in time with our Indian summer, but Is more regular in its occurrence, and lasts longer. The word "rasputnya," says Mr. Trevor-Battye, a recent traveler in Russia, means "the separation of the roads." "During the season bearing this name the country is impassable, owing to the thawing of the first frosts and the blocking of the streams with broken ice. The land resembles a quagmire, and even the government postal service 1b suspended for a month. The idea of Admiral Makaroff, the .Russian explorer, that a powerful steamer can be forced directly to the north pole is rather startling, yet it has p basis of experience. Ice-breakers have been used since 1864 in Russia, and, in their improved American form, with two screws at the stern and one at the stem, have been made very pow­ erful, so that the Ste. Marie, of three thousand horse power, easily sails through ice two and one-half feet thick, j piercing ice-walls fifteen feet high. Ad-1 mi^al Makaroff believes that an ice- ,breaker pf twenty thousand horse pow- { er should penetrate to the pole In twelve days from latitude 78 degrees north, forcing a passage through ice from four to seven feet thick. In consequence of some experiments made in England, shopkeepers are warned of the danger of allowing In­ flammable goods to get into contact with the bulbs of incandescent electric lamps. The wide-spread notion that such lamps are practically free from heat is erroneous. A sixteen candle- power electric lamp immersed in half a pint of water will cause the water to boll within an hour. If buried in cot­ ton-wool it will set the latter aflame. Celluloid placed in contact with an elec­ tric lamp bulb was set on fire in less than five minutes. THE KAISER OFF DUTY. Inslsbt Into the Private Life of the Emperor.. The Imperial family have been lead­ ing a delightfully quiet, unconstrained life at Wilhelmshohe, rare enough event, and just what the Kaiser and his wife enjoy. His Majesty has even been wearing civilian's dress, a thing he hardly ever does. He wore alternately a black serge suit and a knockabout pepper-and-salt jacket suit of rough tweed, with a eollkr a la Prince of Wales, and a large navy plastron tie. The Kaiser sported a plain straw hat with black band generally, but occa­ sionally chose a small soft blac^ cloth hat, and in this every-day attire he was frequently passed in Cassel unrecog­ nized, to his intense amusement. Almost at break of day the German ?uler and his family were up and about. The Kaiser only allowed him­ self twenty minutes for his toilet, and punctually at 7 all met for morning coffee in the dining room, the Kaiserin pouring out for her husband and sons like any other hausfrau. After break­ fast the Kaiser rode with his sons, or took a long walk till luncheon; then his Majesty superintended the swimming or riding lessons of the younger boys, frequently standing in the center of the riding school with a long whip, a la circus manager to assist in taking the jumps. In the afternoon the Kaiser and his wife went arm-in-arm round the farm, where her Majesty fed the Chickens and pigeons with the assist­ ance of princesschen, inspected the dairies and tasted the butter. The .young princes looked for eggs, helped to gather fruit and enjoyed their holi­ days like any farmer's sons home from school. Dinner was at 6; before and after the meal the Kaiser retired to his study for an hour or two to settle the affairs of the fatherland, while the Kaiserin drove her pony carriage, with her small daughter at her side, into Cassel, where she did shopping. Every evening was devoted to music. The Kaiserin, who is a very fair pianist--though not the magnificent performer the women's papers say she is--played Wagner and Bach to her husban<J, and accompanied het eldest son, who is becoming an ex­ cellent violinist. At 10 o'clock the eld­ est boys retired, and by 11 o'clock all the lights were extinguished in Schloss Wilhelmshohe.--London Society. "Style" In the Klondike. Mrs. Nellie Humphrey, of Spokane, Invested $2,000 In dainty feminine ap­ parel and took it to Dawson overfChil- coot Pass. She spent a month there, selling her stock at such high prices that she really surprised herself. Shoes brought $50, dresses $200 each, and hats from $10 to $150. Her trip netted her about $10,000 above expenses. Not satisfied with this, Mrs. Hum­ phrey purchased another assortment of lingeries, laces, and silks, and started again for the Klondike metropolis. She told friends Just before starting that she expected to return in four months with a sack containing $65,000 in gold dust, which she should receive, judg­ ing by her former experience. Mrs. Humphrey said that when she arrived In Dawson the streets there, contrary to her expectations, were thronged by stylishly dressed women, many of them being just as refined as any in the States. All were very par­ ticular regarding their personal appear­ ance, the only thing that bothered them being that there was not enough finery to go around until she arrived with her stock. She expects to come out over the ice early next year.--Tacoma Cor­ respondence San Francisco CalL An Honest Kinjf. Whoever reads the following must own to a feeling of respect for the hon­ est king. King Frederick VI. of Den­ mark. while traveling through Jutland, one day entered a villagc^sehool, and found the children lively and intelli­ gent, and quite ready to answer his questions. "Well, youngsters." he said, "what are the names of the greatest Kings of Denmark V" With one a-ccord they cried out, "Ca­ nute the Great, JValdemar and Chris­ tian IV." Just then a little girl, to whom the schoolmaster had whispered some­ thing, stood up and raised her hand. "Do you know another?" asked the king. "Yes; Frederick VI." "What great act did he perform?" The girl hung her head and stammer­ ed out, "I don't know." "Be comforted, my child," said the king; "I don't know, either." A Strange League. Young China has formed a strange league, but a sensible one. It seems that ceirtain up to date young men have eome to the conclusion that the "lily feet" which have so charmed sus­ ceptible young men for centuries past in the Celestial empire are .not really admirable--la fact, that they are noth­ ing more or less than a hideous deform­ ity. Having arrived at this conclusion, they have banded themselves together and taken a vow that they will not marry girls with compressed pedal ex­ tremities. As a Chinaman's great am­ bition is to marry off his daughters as speedily as possible, the wishes of eligible Ah Sins respecting the size of ladies' feet will certainly be consid­ ered, and no doubt in the future large- footed brides will be plentiful enough. A married man watched a couple go­ ing to church to be married. "I wish," he said, "f had what they are going to throw away." Beauty may be only skin deep, but It invariably manages to get a seat la a crowftad m* Level Roads Are the Best. When a road has its grades reduced io that a minimum amount of power is required for hauling loads over It, the expense of keeping it in repair is ma­ terially lessened. Sir John Macn^il says "that if a road has no greater In­ clination than one in forty there Is 20 per cent, less cost for maintainance than for a road having an inclination of one in twenty. The additional cost is due not only to the greater injury by the action of horses' feet on the steeper incline, but also to the greater wear of the road by the more frequent necessity for sledging or braking the wheels of vehicles In descending the steeper por­ tions." A FATHER'S STORY. From the Evening Cretcent, Appleton. Wig. A remarkable cure from a disease whicil has generally wrecked the lives of chil­ dren has attracted m'ueh attention among the residents of Appleton. The case is that of little Willard Creech, Hon of Richard D. Creech, a well'known employe of one of the large paper mills in the Fox River Valley. The lad was at­ tacked by spinal disease and his parents had given up all hope of his ever being well again when, as by a miracle, he was healed and is now in school as happy as any of his mates. Mr. Creech, the father of'the boy. who resides^ at 1062 Second street, Appleton, Wisconsin, told the following story: T Roads and Vehicles. Machinery is always constructed with reference to the,conditions under which it is to be used, and its separate parts are of such material and strength that no one part will unduly wear or injure any other part. The plan of the deacon, in constructing his celebrated chaise, i» followed as far as may be, and each part Is made just as Strong as the rest. , The American Machinist calls at­ tention to this principle and shows that it is not observed in building waging, these vehicles not being con­ structed with reference to their rela­ tions to tlie^road. "A wagon," it says "is a machine for the transportation of goods from one place to another. A road Is a necessary adjunct to this ma­ chine, and common sense would seem to dictate that the wagon and the road should be so adapted to each other as that neither will immediately destroy the other. Yet anyone who observes wagons and roads at all knows that the pressure per unit of area between the ordinary tires of a wagon and the sur­ face of the road on which It runs is far beyond the resistance of any practica­ ble road-making material, especially when roads are wet, as they must often be. It is a common experience to see a two-wheeled cart or wagon with nar­ row tires follow a steam roller and cat deeply into the surface left by the roll­ er, illustrating what Is in fact true-- i. e., that no steam road roller ever gives nearly so great a pressure per unit of area as is imposed by narrow- tired and heavily loaded vehicles. "By requiring wagon-owners to use tires wide enough to limit the pressure per unit of area between tires and road surface to an amount which ordinary road-making materials can resist, wag­ ons will pack, harden and improve roads, instead of destroying them, and by making the forward axle shorter than the rear one, by an amount equal to twice the width of the tires, the sur-. face rolled will be again doubled. Good wagon roads are as Important, perhaps, as good railroads, if not, in fact, more so, and when the public has constructed them individuals should not be allowed to destroy them, espe­ cially when it is S demonstrable fact that there is no need whatever for do­ ing so. Tests have shown that the wide tires lessen draft as well as protect roads, and they should everywhere bo required by law." He Goes to School, "Our boy was absolutely helpless. His lower Hnibs Were -paralysed, and when we used electricity he could not feel it be­ low his hips. Finally we let the doctor go, as he did hot seem to help our son, arid we nearly gave up hope. My mother, who lives in Canada, wrote advising the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and 1 bought some. "This was when our boy had been on the stretcher for an entire year arid help­ less for nine months. In six weeks after taking the pills we noted improvement, and in four months he was able to go to school. "It is two years since he took the first of the piils, and he is at school now just as happy and well as any of the other children. It was nothing else in the world that saved the boy than Dr. i>Wil- li&ms' Pink Pills for Pale "People." WAR'S DOMESTIC USES. The Chinese in the Philippines. Prof. Dean C. Worcester, of the Uni­ versity of Michigan, contributes an ar­ ticle on "Knotty Problems of the Phil­ ippines," to the Century. After speak­ ing of the native tribes, Prof. Worces­ ter says: "We must consider next the civilized natives, the people of m'xed .race, and the foreigners. If we except the Span­ ish friars, the only foreigners whoso presence in the country affords any se­ rious problem are the Chinese. They form an important, and at present a necessary, element in the population. In Manila alone they number some 40,•. 000. In the larger cities there are a few coolies, but the great majority o< the Chinese are in business. Traders push into the remotest districts to buy up agricultural and forest products, while every tiny native village has its Chinese shop. The retail business of the Philippines is almost entirely in their hands. "As a class theyare industrious, soWr and law-abiding; but in business they are altogether too sharp for t^e native, who, accordingly, hates them very cor­ dially, and in the past has on several occasions displayed a tendency to cut their throats. It is difficult to see how he would get on without them, how­ ever. "The native women do not seem to share the dislike of the men. At all events, the Chinese have no difficulty in procuring native wives or mistress- . es. The extensive Chinese mestizo class which results is an important one, and many of the shrewdest business men in the islands belong to it." They Sometimes Stand a Man in Very Good Stead, The man wfts standing on the wharf at a point where he could see into the nonpellucld depths of the Potomac about two inches. He was gazing down just as intently, however, when the policeman spoke to him. "Well?" said the officer in that dis agreeable questioning tone a policeman seems to think he has a right to as­ sume. "Thanks, yes," said the man with a wan smile, "about as well as could be expected under the circumstances." The officer wasn't expecting that kind of an answer, and it threw him off his clew. "I mean," he stammered, "what are you looking in that water for?" "I'm nof," smiles the man again, "It's too muddy--too Potomacky, I might say, having used it in my family fo^ washing, drinking and plastering pur­ poses for many years." "I guess you're all right." said the po­ liceman, changing the subject. "I don't think I am," confessed the man frankly. "In fact I know I am not. My wife and I were just discuss lng that point before I came down here." "Well, what are you doing here," in­ quired the policeman quite as anxious­ ly as he had made his first inquiry. "I was thinking what a pity it was that the war with Spain was over.' "Why, pity? Everybody's glad of it, I thought." „ "I'm not." "Why not?" "Well, when there was a war, being a right decent sort of a man that makes a rattling good living for my wife, all I had to do to bring her out of her tan­ trums was to threaten to quit woHc and go to the front where the chances of staying while a widder woman was left at home to scrap along for herself and four small children couldn't be beat. I say, the war was the greatest do­ mestic- regulator on earth, but It couldn't last, of course. It would Jfck£ve been too much lhck for a man like me. No, slree, It had to quit, and now the best I can do is to tell my wife where I'm going afid make a break for this neighborhood, at least three miles from home, besides the publicity of it. Good- by, I guess I'll be going back. If you see anything of a scart woman charg­ ing around here in the course of the next half hour tell her I've gone home, will you, please?" And he moved slowly off toward a street car.--Washington Star. t • True.- * . "Don't miaunderstahd mt," said Me­ andering Mike; "I ain't down on work." You don't seem to have much affec­ tion for it," replied Plodding Pete. Yes, I have. Work is a good t'ing. If it wasn't fur work how would all dese people git money to.give us?"-- Exchange. . - "S ' ' ' • St. Jacobs 0(1 carta Rheamatlttfc. 8u Jacobs Oil " Keurslgi* St. Jacobs Oil M Lumbago, St, Jacobs Oil " Sciatiaa. St Jacobs Oil ** Sprain*' St. Jacobs Oil M Braise*. St. Jacobs Oil M Soreness. St. Jacobs Oil " Stiffness. St. Jacobs Oil M Backache. Bt. Jacobs Oil " Muscular Aohes. Willing to Oblige. Sir." began the seedy-looking indi­ vidual as he approached the cashier in a downtown office. "I have seen better days and if you will kindly render me a little assistance " I'm Very sorry," interrupted the cashier, "but I can do nothing for you to-day. Charity should begin at home, you know." 'Thank you, sir," replied the mendi­ cant, as he extracted a memorandum book and pencil from a mysterious re­ cess in his apparel. "What .is your home address, please, and what time shall I call?" What Do the Children Drink? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GItAIN-O? It is delicious and nourish­ ing, and takes tfie place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about Vi as much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 25c. Big Families tn Berlin. The ^Municipal Year Book of Berlin shows that one woman in that city, 41 years old, is the mother of twenty children. In 1896 there were five fam­ ilies with nineteen children, sixteen with eighteen, seventeen with seven­ teen, thirty-two with sixteen, sixty- three with fifteen, eighty-three with fourteen and 126 with thirteen. Two hundred pairs of Berlin parents count­ ed a dozen children each, the mother in one case being only 26 years old. A mother r of eighteen offspring was 35 years old, while women of 23 and 20 had borne eight and five Children re­ spectively. CONSULTING A WOMAN. Mrs. Pinkham's Advioe Inspires Confidence and Hope. Every cough makes your throat more raw and irritable. Every cough congests the lining membrane of your lung?. Cease tearing your throat and lungs in this way. Put the parts at rest and give them a chance to heal. You will need some help to do this, and you will find it in Ayer's Cherry Pectoral From the first dose the quiet and rest begin: the tickling in the throat ceases; the spasm weak­ ens; the cough disap­ pears. Do not wait for pneumonia and con­ sumption but cut short your cold without delay. Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pec­ toral Plaster should be over the lungs of every per­ son troubled with a cough. Write to the Doctor. - I ' 4 -2'^' V " A ? 'a* * * •', • ,- parienc* eminently qualify us far " ' you ne-lcal advice. Witt* Unusual opportanltlM and long-4 emloe giving yo frealy all the particulars In yoori Teil ui what your exyeriance kii been with our Cherry Pectoral. To* will receive a prompt mply. wttboas °°"t •ddnM.ro. J. C.AYER. Lowell, Mm f 4' . - i • s Examination by a male physician is a hard trial* to a delicately organized woman. „ She puts it off as long as she dare, •nd is only driven to it by fear of can­ cer, polypus, or some dreadful ill. Most frequently such a woman leaves a physician's office where she has un­ dergone a critical exami nation with an impression,more or less, of discour­ agement. * 'This condi­ tion of the minddestroys the effect of advice; and she grows Worse rather than better. In consulting Mrs. Pink- ham no hesitation need be felt, the story is told to a woman and is wholly Confidential. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn, Mass,, she offers sick women her advice without charg-e. Her intimate knowledge of Women's troubles makes her letter of advice a wellspringof hope, and her wide experi­ ence and skill point the way to health. " I suffered with ovarian trouble for seven years, and no doctor knew what was the matter with me. I had spells which would last for two days or more. I thought I would try Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound. I have taken seven bottles of it, and am en­ tirely cured."--MRS. JOHN FOREMAN, 26 N. Wood berry Ave., Baltimore, Md. The above letter from Mrs. Foremah Is only one of thousands. Make but few explanations. The character that cannot defend itself is not worth vindicating.--F. W. Robert­ son. Laud or Many Thirsts. The Egyptian never travels without his goolah. He fills jt with filtered wa­ ter, and in the morning can command i a pint or more of water cooled by evap­ oration through the unglazed clay. This precious fluid he doeB not waste on un­ satisfied thirst. Taking off the long white wrap and the piece of cloth that covers his head during sleep, the native pours the water over his head, neck and hands. The European, with all his instinct for cleanliness, seeks first to relieve his overmastering thirst. There are in Egypt as many thirsts as i plagues, but the dust tihirst. is tho; worst Every pore is sealed; the throat' is» a lump of dry clay and one feels what it must be to be a mummy.--Lon­ don Standard. Poetry vs. Prone. Enamored swain (after being accept­ ed)--Darling, you look sweet enough to eat. Practical maid--Well, you can Just bet that I do eat. I hope you didn't think I lived on atmosphere alone. Try Grain-O! Try Graln-O! Ask your Grocer to-day to »how you a packageof GKAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The chil­ dren may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it- like it GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the moat delicate stomach re­ ceives it without distress. % the price of coffee. 15c. and 25 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers. A Matrimonial Venture. Blinkers--Hello, Winkers. I hear you married a woman with an Independent fortune. Winkers (sadly)--X-o; I married a fortune with an independent woman. --New York Weekly. | BstaMtaM 1780. Baker's #5# Chocolate, | t *=====™!™="= «, V" celebrated for more than a century as a delicious, nutritious, V, and flesh-forming f ;; beverage, has our ~ well-known 'Yellow Label ^ j-" ' * on the front of every i package, and oar trade-mark,^LaS^e < Chocoiatiere,"--- the 1 back. NONE OTHER OBNUINB. MADE ONLY «Y WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd Dorchester, Mass. - . , : ?:• .05 OiTe« relief In FITI minates. for & FKEK trial udu|fc Sold Dninilstt. On* Box tont on receipt ot ILMl Six KNN«M» idinank raws, nou., n relieves Ms b tKES THK Damsi • " *51 r "• HABIT--pnwaais OPMlve drlnklar mm# . .. *1.50» bottle. WriMr '* i P ENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. JOHN W. MORRIS, WASMMTM.a.1 Ltt« Principal Examiner U. 8. Nulti ftnia 3 yrs. in last war, 15 &djudic&tinjt claims Ettj. dhMfc im [)r IJAiCfHOM BOfe EYE WAI E P DiTtUTsecured or SUM? *11 Mttnud. Search bwh In I Cil I ColUmtr a Co. a F St. Withing»ii^I)jC» . ' . ' l i s - m [TJtADE MARKJ TOO GOOD TO BE FREE! But Bend 2Scai>4w& will mail you a bottle of "5 Drops." , J: 5?! CUBES BT "5 DROPS "TWO TUBS JM ll FROM RHEUMATISM AND HEART WEAKNESS Jj After Suffering 49 Years--69 Years Old and Still Well. IT PROVES TO BE A PERMANENT CURE-READ LKTTKBX. iS SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO., 167 Dearborn St., Chicago: DUB SIB--Your "5 DROPS" received, It wa» for an old friend, Mr. W'ra. Edwards, of Martinttown, Wit. He haa,' had Neuralgia in his chest, suffering a great deal of pain, so much so that it affected toa heart, and he could not sleep on account of a smothered feeling. He had been under theou«eC' the most eminent physicians, but obtained no relief until I gave him a dose of "5 DROPS." rested well the very first night, and has ever since, and is gaining daily. I iuv-elfMB9 years old, and commenced taking "5 DROPS" last April for Rheumatism, which has trcmbMn* terribly for 49fyears; also for a weak heart, from which I have suffered since I was 18. Since <*trlTg "& DROPS" the Rheumatiim has all disappeared, the stiffness has gone from nir joints and my heart never misses a be*t. In all my life 1 nave never felt so well, and I owe my health to "5 DROPS." I only wish I could sound my bugle of praise loud enough to be heard the wocM«W» and could convince every sufferer that "5 DROPS" is all you claim it to be and moie.--MekM1 Carrer. Winslow, Stephenson Co., 111. Sept. 0, 1886. STILL WELL TWO YEAH9 LATER. 8WANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO..--Two years ago this present month I tent you un­ solicited testimonial of what "5 DROPS" had done for myself ana friend, Mr. Edwards, and now I want to send you another, saying we have not had a return of Neuralsii tisna since. I think the cure must be permanent; hut if it should return, I kec the house and II it Yours truly, The wonderful success that has attended the introduction of "5 DROPS" Is unprecedented ill the history of the world. Think of it! It has CURED more than One Million and a Quarter i ~ * Wl:^! a or Rhea I think the cure must be permanent; but if it should return, I keep "6 DROPS" I know that would stop it. It is good for so many things no hooae aamuld be wife f, Mrs. I>. T. Carver. Sept 26, 1898. Lane's Family Medicine Moves the boweU each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Gures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. Mean Thine. He--"Do you know when you -walk you move just like & poem?" She (blushing)--"Ah, do you really think so?" He--"Yes; one foot always right after the other."--Cleveland Leader. Learned the Vowa by Heart. A recent marriage service was made ! more attractive because the bride and groom, instead of saying their vows, parrot-like, after the minister, learned them and uttered them to each other simply and naturaUy. Bound to.Keep a Good Balance. The Bank of England will not take1* snK.fl sums in deposit. It requires pri­ vate depositors to maintain a balance of £600. " The success of some men is due to their iron wills, and of others to their ?heek8 of brass. A crop of sprains and bruises Is har­ vested from outdoor sports. The cure Is the crop St. Jacobs Oil delights in as the triupiph of the season, the one that beats the record. Steamboats are displacing gondolas in Venice. Are Yon Going to Florida? Do you want maps, rates, routes, time card or other information? If so, address H. W. Sparks, T. P. A., 234 Clark street, Chicago. . ... Mrs. Wbulotr> SOOTHING SYHU-P for Children teething; sottens the sums, reduce? inflammation, sllaya pain, cures wind colic. 2ft cents a bottle. ibottlsa _ - r -pieaan be mistaken. If suffering, we trust you may have sufficient confidence to send for three large I of "5 DROPS" for $2.50, which will surely cure you. If not, than send for a S1.00 bottle, whieli con­ tains enough medicine to more than prove its wonderful curative properties. Prepaid bvmiiiios express. This wonderful curative gives almost instant relief and is a PERMANENT CUBE Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neuralgia, Dyspepsia, Backache, Asthma, Hay Fever* Catarrh, Sleeplessness, Nervousness, Nervous and Nearalgie Basdscka% feart Weakness, Toothache. Barache, Croup, La Grippe, Malaria* fiaialsa umbness. Bronchitis and kindred diseases. ( ( is the name and dos». LARGE BOTTLE (300 doses), tl.OlL paid by mail or express; THREE BOTTLES, (8.90. Hold imj ly 5 DROPS" and our agents. Agents Appointed in New Territory. Write to-day. 8WAN8ON RHEUMATIC CURE CO . 167 WANTED.--Case of baa health that KIP* AN* win apt benefit. Send s cents to Bipana Chemieal Oo* •ew York, for 19 *ami>tes and I.IJW testimealala SA POLIO IS LIKE A GOOD TEMPER, SHEDS A BRIGHTNESS EVERYWHERE." "IT 8. N. U. No. 46-98 IN writlsf 4* Advertisers, ylease 4e set fail fe «ee» 1 tloo yoa saw the Advertiseaeat in this paper. CURES WH Beat Couch 8jTup. Tastes Good. In time. Sold by druggists. CURE TOUftSElFI r»e Big ft f-.-r u.b discharge*. tu£ix:x>;ttatfcMk irritation* ukcoiiSSj I- of mucous iiiea&rasM^t esaagica. palu!eM. ^>4 not SStS- ITHEEWMS CHEMIMICO, K»ot of puiKMoa*. or mm m psaui