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Don't !>e fooled with a mackintosh or rubber coat. If vromantaxoat that will keep you dry in the hard­ est storm buy the Fish Brand Slicker. If not for sale in your town, write for catalogue to A. J. TOWER. Boston, Mass. WHEN I WAS A BAREFOOT ROVER. HAD NEVER SEEN A BICYCLE. She Practices Law. • Miss Lutie A. Little, a bright young negress, of Topeka, Kan., was admitted to the Memphis bar recently and has already begun to practise. Miss Little Is as handsome as she is bright and clever, and great things are expected from her. She is twenty-two years old and a graduate from a law school of Nashville, Tenn., in which State she was born, though her parents removed to Kansas when she was quite a Child. Her father, who Is a man of means, spared no expense in her education, and she is the first colored woman of the South who has begun regular prac­ tice in a court of record. Miss Litt'iiJs said by her "friends to be the most elo­ quent young woman they have ever knotf-u. Lane's Family Medicine Moves the bow«is each day. Ia ordc to be healthy this is necessary. A«t gently on the liver and kidneys. Cow sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. "My wife has been studying geolog and the house is so full of rocks I can' find a place to sit down." "What wl you do about it?" "I've induced her t take up astronomy." "Is that any bel ter?" "Of course; she can't collec specimens'."--Chicago Record. if • •----; : FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or neiwwMl after first usy'j use of nr. Kline's Great Nerve Bi s orer. bend for FKEK S2.00 trial bottle and treat ia DR. K. H. Kusm, Ltd.. 931 Arch bt.. Philadelphia.« The Worry of It. The world has come to know that the muscles have much to do with the health of the system, and the era of athletics lias=«o developed them that the whole man is a stronger being than in former years. But the 'worry of it all is that the muscles are of the liesh, ileshy. A little twist, or slip, or jerk-- these happen in all work--and then a sprain. Sprains, disable and are •Costly in time and money, but not if St. Jacobs Oil is used, for it cures surely and promptly and the worry of it is [' over. •; . I. "i m -/'tie famous story-writer, is only one of many celebrated [ contributors engaged to write for the next volume of To show the varied strength and charm of The 'Companion's original features for 1898, we give the following partial list of FREE FREE FKKK ia 1 u A dv<. OUIUtHl In time. SotcJbT d ir ;•«»/!» • W Settled the Question of Age. D. W. Caldwell, the late president of the Lake Shore, and John P. Miller, general superintendent of the South­ western system of the Pennsylvania, were friends all their lives, but there was one thing on which they Could never agree, and that was as to which whs the older. One day they were driving up to Caldwell's country home in a buggy. "John," said' the Lake Shore man, "you have always insisted that I am older than you." "Why, of course. I was born in " "That's all right, John: if you are younger than I am suppose you open the ga^e." Without a word Mr. Miller climbed from the buggy, opened the gate, and Mr. Caldwell drove through. And then he did not stop, but went on to the house, leaving Mr. Miller to follow through the dark and, mud as best he could. When the house was reached the soil was scraped off Mr. Miller and nothing more was said. He had proved that he was the younger man of the two.--St. Louis <j lobe-Democrat. Give Us Kest. This is the prayer of the iservo.us who do not sleep well. Let them use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and their, prayer will be- speedily answered. -Insomnia Is the product of Indigestion and nervousness, two associ­ ate ailments, soon remedied by the Bitters, whicjialso vanquishes materia, constipation, llyerycojrnplaiut, rheumatism aiid Kldnev "complaints. , . Wheeling and the Hearing. An eminent Italian physician, curious to observe the effect of fatigue-on cy­ clists, recently examined twenty-four men who had ridden thirty-two miles in two hours and a quarter, and found that, with reference to the hearing, in nearly every instance it was defective, though it became normal again after two or three hours' rest. The Japanese language is said to con­ tain 00,000 words, every one of which requires a different symbol. It is quite impossible for one man to learn the en­ tire language, and a well-educatetl Japanese is familiar with only about 10,000 words. Catarrh in the Head Suffered With It for Five Years* but Hood's Sarsapariila Cured. "I had catarrh in uiy head arid suffered with it for live years. I was also tioub.'ed with weakness. I have taken Hood's Sa.- sapari)la and it entirely cured the catarrh, built up niy system and did me a great deal of good." W. E. MELLOW A Y, Co­ lumbia, Missouri. Remember Hood's Sarsapariila Is the best--In fact, the One True Blood Purifier. Hood's Pills cure slc< headache. 25c. PR IZ E J U MBLE PUZZLE. Ever* body who can afford it wants in hie home a M AP OP THE UNITED STATES. There is nothing that is more useful, interesting and constantly referred to.. \A e mnke it easy for every head of every house to become the owner of one, our premium map, 48x34 in., printed httml- somely in colors, mounted on a roller ready lo hang on the wall, and at the same time secure a year's subscription to our illustrated monthly paper, " THEOOKN BELT," lull of interesting scenes and information about the West, nil for 25c. Thl*la what yon m-int do: In the following the letters of each word are jumbled up, and you must straighten 'em out and find out what the word is. For instance, what is this word--suohe? Why, when you get the lettersstraight- ened out it spells house, doesn't it? That's the idea. 1 --The outline of a State. Which one is it? These are its principal products. What are they? 2--O CNR 7-E R Y 3--C O S H 8-L E T T A C 4--T E W A H 9--R E B L A Y 5 -- R O S E S H l O - P E S H E 6--S OTA 11--GUSRATEEBS What does a man get there? 12--C H R I Now, to every one who sends us a correct solution of this puzzle within the next sixty days, together with 2oc in postage or silver, we will 6end one of our handsome United States wall maps, and also "The Corn Belt" for one year. Address The Corn Belt, 20& Adams St., Chicago, often tnado profit­ less by a poor patent, and advice on Ameri­ can & foreign patent* Patent Uwpjr.. 1410 Mir* nurttc Bldg., tklMCO, Ul A VALUABLE INVENTION !8e cosiueA GOOD PATENT8"0 SURT0N& BORW no YOU WANT TO KNOW YOUK Fu­ ture? Then send 27 cents for the Fatnily Horoscope,a device that tells yon everything. PO-st paid. Address, N. Y. HO KOSCOI'I. CO., 227ii Third Avenue, New York city. FREIGHT PAID tu of dKoofinz b°r°Wali and Ceiling Manilla. Write for samples and prices. Ttie Fay Manilla Rooting Co., Camden, A.J. Dutch Fishing Villasre.. Surprised by the Sisht. Vollendam, Holland, is one of the few places in the world that have never known a bicycle, or, at least, it never had until lately. Vollendam is a little fishing village. The people Avho live there are the "oddest, most old-fashion­ ed folks imaginable. The men wear magenta waistcoats and remarkable trousers, buttoned with huge silver but­ tons that are heirlooms. In Vollendam a man never loses his trouser button, but if he happens to do so a search is ordered all through the village, and no one rests until the button has been found and returned. Vollendam is the quaintest village, visitors say, they ever saw. There are funny little peak-roofed houses, with the walls painted bright yellow and covered with old Delft ware that the people will not sell. The women wear aprons of bright blue, with a piece at tlie top of the brightest possible plaid. The bodices are of flowered chintz ol bright yellow, embroidered in different colors, and even the sabots are grass green or yellow. ; The little girls dress exactly like their mothers, and so do the little boys, in skirts and all, until they are 7, when they are put in bloomers; and the only way they can be told is by a little disc the sjlze of a dollar embroidered on the back of their tight little baby caps. The people of Vollendam never take up new things. But ii few days ago there was a sensation in Vollendam, and it was caused by the arrival of two American girls. They were bloomer girls, who came over from Paris to see Holland. One of them was from Chi­ cago and the other from a Southern city. They had heard that there were strange places in Holland, and they set out to And one of them. When these girls arrived in A ollen- dam they went to the hotel, and there prepared to go forth; but when they came out they found a crowd of \ ol- lenders around the door. Asking some one what was the matter, they received the reply: "It is your bicycles." Vollendam never saw a bicycle be­ fore. When they learned that Vollendam had never before seen a wheel, they were astonished. After a little persua­ sion they kindly consented to give ex­ hibitions of some simple feats. Their small tricks, that are known to every American girl who rides a wheel, tilled the Vollenders. with wonder, and one of them, more venturesome than the rest, asked to be allowed to sit 011 the saddle. Of course, she had to be held there, and this only increased her won­ der at the performance of the Ameri­ can girls. When asked if they would like to have bicycles introduced in Vollendam, they looked wistful, but shook their heads and glanced furtively at the men, as much as to say, "They would never allow it." One of the little boys of Vollendam cried when the American girls started away, so the Chicago girl good-natur­ edly brought back her wheel and put the little fellow on it, allowing him to rest his big wooden shoes on the ped­ als. This so delighted him that he stood up and lost his balance and fell over the handle bars. He pointed to his wooden shoes and laughed, as much as to say that they were the reason why wheels were not known in Vollendam. --New York Press. Oh, the spoil and greed in the world of men " And the strife that liYes forever, Are lost in the wa.vsand dear old days That the years can never sever. I d pass the haunts and marts of men, And all its joys, moreover, lo live and dream one boyish dream When I was a barefoot rover. Ike shady lane, by the rip'ning grain, r And the meadows again to wander; The willow'd rill beyond, the hill, ,^0. Pickerel pond "down yonder," "em the eool of the shade and dream My youthful dreams all over, ^ f ,^'lvo a" world has doledi to me 'lo be a barefoot rover. The bees and birds, the lowing herds, r The muddy cattle wallow; The hollow stump where squirrels slunk And the nuts in "chipmunk hollow;" The faint, sweet smell from the ferny dell AA here the wild ilow'rs used to hover, And the woods, and brooks, and secret nooks ' . Were mine--a barefoot rover. The chirp of birds; the lowing herds, And the bumble bees' dull droning Is music wall'd from the surging throng . ith its never ceasing moaning. And 1 d pass -the haunts and marts of men, r,-^kd its arts and joys, moreover, To lie and dream one boyish dream When I was a barefoot rover. --Chicago Inter" Ocean. , ' ' * ' SAVED BY SHABBINESS The Nervous Americans. Americans are a fearfully nervous people. It takes less provocation to send the average American into a ner­ vous spasm than any other person on earth. If there is a nation which should let stimulants alone we are the nation. Yet--tosay nothingof liquor, asto which we are no worse than others--we are insatiable coffee drinkers. Yes, and the practice helps fill our hospitals and pen­ itentiaries. Why not drop coffee and drink Graiu-Q instead? The latter does not act on the nerves, while it does nourish, warm, soothe, cheer and build up the body. It gives you what you need and does no harm. , Prepared from pure grain. Try it and you won't go back to coffee. The whole family can drink Grain-O, at night, too, if yoti like --then, sleep soundly. Ask your grocer for a package;15c. or 25c. each. America Supplies Eirypt. The electric railway in Cairo, Egypt, s about twenty miles long. More than ("o0 miles of American iron and copper vire have boon used for this line.-- Coughinj; Leads to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 2o and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan­ gerous. Scorcher--A fellow who feels duty bound to bread his record, his bicycle or his-neck. .Send for Glenn's Sulphur. Soap if troubled with an eruption or an abrasion of the skin. Hill's Hair and Whisker IJye. black or brown, 50c. S. N. U. No. 45--97 The railways of tlie'world carry over 40.000,000 passengers weekly. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THF. EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD " CASTORIA," AND "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARK. I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Eyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same that has borne atid does now Sip V/tf/Vt ,f " on everV bear the facsimile signature of wrapper. This is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," which has been used in the Jwmes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see-that it is the hind you have always bought Sip * " *" 011 ̂ 10 a n d h a s t h e s i g n a t u r e o f w r a p ­ per. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. /2 ^ a March 8, 1897: Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (bccause he makes a few more pennies on it), the ingredients of which even he does not know. "The Kind You Have Always Bought" BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. *«•* OKNTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STRICT. NEW YORK eiT». IIE first great ex­ citement of the op­ ening of the civil war swept over the country like an ir­ r e s i s t i b l e t i d a l wave in that mem­ orable year 1801, and I was caught | in the current, though at college, and with nearly all my class enlisted among the first volunteers. My health not be­ ing very robust, instead of receiving or­ ders for field service, I was commis­ sioned to till a place in a disbursement office. One day 1 was summoned into the presence of my commanding officer and told I was to accompany Capt. McKey (we will call him) to a certain city for money to pay the troops. The sum was $100,000. We were given particu­ lar directions as to our going and com­ ing. The distance was so great we were obliged to stay over night on the route. A large city was selected and we were advised as to the hotel... When we reached our destination Capt. McKay produced an old black bag for our precious burden. It was not an ordinary old wornout bag--such a one as an officer might have used un­ til the gloss was gone and the edges were white. There was no air of an­ cient respectability about it. Since it was new much time must have elapsed, and heavy wear must have been its portion, judging from the patches which were not of the'same kind of shiny black leather as the primitive article. The Captain carried the bag and 1 watched the Captain. When the num­ bers traveling admitted of it, I took a seat just behind him; otherwise we sat together. I rather enjoyed hearing the com­ ments of our fellow travelers on the Captain and his bag. One young lady said to her companion: "If that nice- looking captain has a wife she ought to be ashamed of herself for allowing her husband to carry such a furious looking old bag!" A couple of lads returning from school took the seat vacated by the la­ dies, and after they were settled rhey commenced to look about them, and one said to the other: "What's that feller's rank?" "Which one?" asked his companion. "The one with the bag?" After study­ ing some time he replied, "Brevet col­ onel, I believe." "Brevet jack-a-napes!" exclaimed the first boy. "I believe he's a low-downer, something like an 'orderly' or an 'ad­ jutant.' " "No, sir-ree, sir; he's a 'brevet' of some kind. Didn't we have the expla­ nation of 'brevet' the other day in class as a commission which entitles an offi­ cer to rank above his pay? Now that feller ranks above his pay, which ac­ counts for his uniform's being first- class, for Uncle Sam settles the bills. But his pay does not allow him to have other nice things--like bags and things." Aside from remarks, we met with no adventure, and reached the hotel where we were to spend the night about :) in the evening. We had determined to avoid exciting remarks by making un­ necessary requirements about our room, so simply asking for a room in the quiet part of the hotel where we could sleep in the morning, we were shown to one of a suite. We realized We had made a mistake in this particu­ lar when we were alone, and com­ menced to make plans for barricading, as the room had three doors to be looked after. "Now what will we do to the win­ dows?" asked Capt. McKay, as wo stood in our shirt sleeves, all heated from our exertions of moving a heavy mahogany bedstead without rollers in front of ohe door, a marble-topped washstand in front of another and a marble-topped bureau "(also without casters) in front of the third. I considered pyself something of a genius about a house, so I replied cheer­ fully: "I think I can fix the wjndows all right." I took the chairs and the towel rack, some empty pasteboard boxes found In the closet and a bamboo whatnot and erected a pyramid between the win­ dows. My idea was to construct an easily moved something so that auy- one trying to enter by the window would give premonitory symptoms by a grand overthrow. The pyramid not being high enough, I bethought me of the window shades. An unfortunate thought, for I lamed my thumb and skinned several fingers trying to get the shades down. But at length we stood in admiring silence before a pyr­ amid that at its base took in both win­ dows and at its summit, by the aid of the rolled up shades placed like an "A" to form an apex, reached nearly to the top of the room. We felt safe and re­ tired for the night. I was awakened by thinking a de­ tachment of artillery and an avalan^'he from the Matterhorn were attempting to enter our windows at the same time. I gave a leap from tb« bed to ascertain what was the matter, when I found myself ail enveloped in window shades (they having selected that pleasing moment to unwind after having rapped me awake. Capt. McKay assured me that I made use of various strong expressions as I struggled to free myself. After the closest scrutiny, we could discover no trace of any attempt having been made to enter our room by the windows, but sundry movings about overhead led us to conclude our pyramid had received its overthrow from jars from that quar-' ter. "Morn, waked by the circling hours, with rosy hand,"" had scarcely unbarred the gates of light when I felt something more vigorous than a "rosy hand" hold of my shoulder, and opening my eyes I saw the Captain's face pale and dis­ tracted in front of mine and heard him say in a voice trembling with emotion: "The bag is gone!" "It cannot be!" I cried, springing :up in a frenzy of fear. But diligen* search could not reveal its hiding place, There stood the heavy mahogany bed before one door, the washstand and bureau be­ fore the other two, undisturbed! The dust on the window let pes and sasli seemed , to prove that no one, hot even the chambermaid, had interfered with them for some time. . "Let us get dressed and notify the authorities of our loss,"', cried the Cap­ tain in a hoarse Whisper^ Both of lis started to obey thisv sug­ gestion and made such speed as we could, considering our oft-repeated ten­ dencies to stop and search in probable and improbable nooks for the lost. I saw Capt. McKay pulling out the draw­ er in the bamboo whatnot, large enough to hold a writing pad with a few pen­ cils; while I flew with a boot half-pulled on to search the top shelf in the closet. "I liave looked there six times!" the Captain called out. "I shall be forever disgraced," he added with a groan. "And our brave boys, what will they do for their pay!" I said feebly--my im­ becility showing itself in my alluding to such a painful view of the subject when the Captain was so overcome. "Do you think I shall allow them to lose a cent?" lie asked, almost, fiercely. "No, sir! I have $1,000 in the bank and I'll use every bit of my pay and forfeit my pension to " Rap-a-tap--tap, came a summons to open the door, before which the heavy mahogany bed stood as an impenetra­ ble fortification. I, with boot number one on and number two half on, and the Captain, with one arm in his vest, lfas- tened to remove the obstruction with as little noise as possible, feeling we would rather not have It known how much we had barricaded. Several more raps came '"before we were ready, but at length we opened the door and in the dimness of a dark morning we saw a hall boy with a jug of water in one hand. I took the water, while the Captain said in an excited tone: "Boy, run down quickly and tell the hotel clerk to come up here! Why don't you start?" he asked, impatiently. "Yes, I'm going, mister, but fust let me ax ye if this here is yourn?" At that he held up his other hand and there we beheld the old, shabby, but in­ estimably precious bag! The Captrfin nearly swooned with joy, while I had presence of mind to tell the boy not to send up the clerk and to give him a sum of money that made him whistle all the way down the hall. The boy explained that he picked upthe bag just outside our door. Then we remembered when the lock of the door had proved refractory, the Cap­ tain had set it there, but neither of us had noticed that it was not picked up again. Blessed be sliabbiness! we agreed, if it could accomplish the re­ markable feat of preserving the s,um of .$1(50,000 in the hallway of a hotel so many hours. When the Captain and I had suffi­ ciently recovered from falling on each other's necks and weeping tears of joy over the recovery of our treasure, the Captain said: "I can trust you not to tell this, I am sure, for if you do, and it should reach the General's ears, it would mean the loss of my commis­ sion." That is the reason I have waited until this time before giving the public tliis^ episode of the war--Orange Judd Farmer. Oil to Lay Dust. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, it is stated, is about to make the ex- periment of sprinkling a specially pre­ pared oil on its line between Lanhams and Deanewood, on the Baltimore and Potomac Division, near Washington, as # means of reducing the dust nuisance. The oil is distributed along the roadbed by means of a specially constructed ear. The "spreader" is a comparatively simple contrivance, and, with gum hose and pipes, is connected to an ordinary oil tank car filled with the oil. The spreading of the oil "over the roadbed is accomplished at the rate of about four miles an hour. The spreader is so con­ structed that not a particle of the oil falls on the rails. This, of course, is necessary precaution, since it would be impossible for a locomotive to haul its train were the rails covered with oil. Between 4,000 and 5,000 gallons of oil are required for each mile of double track, and It is said that one applica­ tion will allay the dust and dirt for a year. Should tiie experiment prove sat­ isfactory, it is probable the entire, line between Washington and New York will be sprinkled. Trapped. Animals caught in traps have some­ times managed to escape with trap and all, but in most cases the trap has in the long run been the death of them. This was the fate of an eagle that had flown away with a trjip dangling from one of its legs. For several weeks neither bird nor trap was seen, till one day, a gentleman noticed a curious ob­ ject hanging from a tree-branch. Climbing up to find out what it was, he discovered that it was the eagle, quite dead. The peg and chains by which the trap had been fastened id the ground had become entangled among the boughs and the poor eagle had been slowly starved to death. Young Indians as Farmers. Out of 570 Indian boys and girls late­ ly at the Indian Industrial School..at Carlisle only 104 are there now. The other 40G are out among the farmers of the State helping to liarvest the crops. There is one thing that gets a man into more trouble than love; carrying a pistol, and looking for a fight. Here's a Gooi Suggestion. The New Britain Heraid makes the suggestion that Connecticut have a new edition of the Statutes in two sec­ tions. One can contain the laws that, are to be enforced and the other tl> > ones passed not to be carried out, but merely to placate public opinion. Frightened for a Moment. lie--They say that George Hartley has been talking a good deal behind your back lately. She (turning pale)--I'd like to know what he's been saying. He--Oh, you know well enough. It was all done on his tandem. Then she drew a long sigh of relief. Mrs. Winslow'n SOOTHINO SYRUP F«r Children teething: sotteug the gums, recuices inflammation, ailays pain, cures wiud'colic. 25 cents a bottle. Is a beautiful possession. If a woman owns •one, and if a single pearl drops off the string, she makes haste to find'and restore it. Good health is a more valuable possession than a necklace of the most beautiful pearls, yet one by ope the jewels of health slip away, and women bccul indifferent until it is almost too late, aad they cannot be restored. • Todse before yon are really old is to suffer premature death/and that is a sin. It is a sin because it is the result of repeated violations of natimfs bftfea. • Pain, lassitude and weariness, inability to sleep, dreadful dreams, starting violently from sleep, are all symptoms of nerve trouble, Yoa cannot have nerve trouble and keep your hcadtfe. .£» ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the wowib; the ovaries and the bladder are affeetetL They are not yital organs, hence they give out soonest. ' • Mrs. Lydia JL Pinkhanrs Vegetable Com- ponnd, by building up the nerves and restoring woman's organism to its natural stotef relieves all these trouble-, some uterine symptoms, /in confirmation of this we, by permission, refer 'to the following vfovnen, all oi whom speak from experience: Miss CELIA VAJT> HORN, .1912 Sharswood St.. Philadelphia, Pa.; Miss' GRACE COO.ORD. 1434 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, O.;. MRS. NEWEI.L, 50 Ryerson St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; MRS.1 ISABEL OBERG, 220 Chestnut St., Woburn, Mass., MRS. A. H. COLE, New Rochelle, N. Y., and many others For special symptoms Mrs. Pinkham has prepared a Sanative Wash, which will cure local troubles. Give these medicines a trial. Write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., if you are not quito satisfied; you can address private questions to a woman. Minding Outside, Not In. Parents, it seems to me from my lim­ ited but interested observation of them, generally bring up their children, mor­ ally, according to one of two theories, One is to constantly point out a child's faults.aiul defects, ?ind punish it be­ cause it possesses them. The other is to constantly hold up an ideal, and pun­ ish the child where it falls short of it For instance, the mother of one of the most successful-and charming families I know told me she never enforced obedience. "Until a child has learned to obey," she said, "I punish her for disobedience, and then let the matter drop. I used to have sieges that wore out both sides with my self-willed little daughter to ma lie her obey me in even trifling tilings. * * "One day, after a particularly lengthy battle, she finally said: 'I'm minding you. mamma, because you're bigger than I am. But I want you to know that I'm not minding one bit inside.' The personal element, the conflict be­ tween her will and mine, was all that her childish reasoning had grasped.. And that wasn't at all what I wanted. "After that I put obedience before her as what was right, disobedience as what was wrong, and made her feel that disobedience was promptly pun­ ished, while all happiness lay in the path of obedience and right. Little by little her growing instinct upon right and wrong, her developed sense of moral responsibility, made her always ciioo.se to obey. She had learned more than simply the hopelessness of hold­ ing out against somebody bigger than herself. And meanwhile she hadn't lost confidence in herself from being constantly made to feel naughty."-- Harper's Bazar. Bear in Mind that "The Gods Help, Those Who Help Themselves." Self Help Should Teach You to Use t-ewaro of Oiiitm-ntu for Catarrh that 'contain Mercury, as irercury will surely destroy the sense of uracil and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do Is tenfold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manulaetured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Tole­ do. ()., contains no mercury, and is taken inter­ nally. acting directly upon the blood and" mu­ cous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio. by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. J3T"Sold by Druggists, 75c. per bottle. The Queen of England owns a dress manufactured entirely of spiders'webs. It was a present from the late Empress of Brazil, who had it specially pre­ pared In her palace by twenty native silk-workers. If the hair is falling out and turning gray, the glands of the skin need stimu­ lating and color-food? and the best remedy and stimulant is Hallos Hair Ren ewer. 'While discussing the merits of Ripans Tabtdes recently, in a conversation with •' friend, a surgeon who is employed by the Long Island Railroad, and who has a large private practice among people of social and business prominence in Brooklyn, the City of Churches, expressed himself quite forcibly, saying: " I don't wish my name to appear as an indorser of a medicine that is advertised to the public at large, but there are several of my private patients who have not required my services as much this spring as has been usual, and two of them I found had been taking Ripans Tabales, and were said to have been so much benefited by their use that I became very much interested in their eases, because the illness from which they had suffered was of a sort, from which a doctor is no more free than other people are. It was dyspepsia, and I knew by my own experience just what that was and how difficult it is to treat it successfully. I finally tried Ripans Tabules myself and, 'by ginger,* they are all the circular pretends them to be. They are a first-class article. I can heartily indorse them. The formula is an old one, but with one or two slight changes that seem to add an .effectiveness that was never before to be relied upon with so much certainty." AijcwBtyte padretcoBUtnte* IB BrrASSTiBCjJCS In a paper carton (without grUss) is norr for sale at »>cia «ro<r rtArvs-ro* nra CKTOS. TEls low-pnced sort- is intended Tor U:o (wor surd tiio economical. One doiea er the WeKSent eartona«l» tabnlaa) a»n.be had JIT mail by sending fortj-eig&t cents to tlu- KIPAV? mimcS OomjvlHJ, aa. Jfl£»ruoeUroel, Serr York--or *Siatflo carton ITSS wm be sent tor Ave cent*. S. N. U. No. 45-97 IN writtaf to Advertisers, please do not tail to men- 1 tion yoa saw tfee Adv-ertisaaeat ia this paper. 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