' t f ; ” '.’ ? * /.< A J • W T A *, " 'V ’ v v *t. x^-írJ £*'• * ♦¿‘-v ... s The^StnaU W A Y ACROSS S IB E R IA W Mr. Tlf- o f the B a ck They are likely to be despondent and It to not oaoanal to find them borrowing trovhle wtf they hadn't anoogh already. * v The feet to are weak, either naturally or of - - • » . “ w «to »J.I*i 11 had to be helped Life. — Smith’s Naadkay. R *v » D r. Thirdly— I wish to aa- Bounce brethren and sisters, that neat Sunday my place In thia pulpit wiU he occupied by the Mae. M r. Smith. W e wttl a o v stag three v a ra » of hymn No. l»d, "T hat Awful Day W ill Surely Come.** The I n our coon try the people are being educated to the fact th a t there iassu recu rs forlndigeetion- dyr—— . — - ((vaporata, m e d ic in e m alaria, fov la Hoatette oatetter*« Stomach B itte n . T ry It. O ur P rivate Ola S tam p Is over the neck of the hotUa. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ^ 7 O b, yea I d o ,” in terposed th e cal- low youth. “ I have often act quietly w ith only a dune in m y pooakt while m y beat g irl leisurely pursued «be m e n u n f a Freneh cafe.” — Chicago »ewk • - - - -....• • - • la USl the first coupons ware teas te r the building o f the Trans-Siberian railway, l a December. 1882, the work waa begun. A highway waa to bo push­ ed team S t Petersburg to the Pacific, a band of steal (M&2 miles long, bind! the extremities ofVhe empire and over Its polished track affording an unrival­ ed ro u te for the com iu lug I tug o f east and west aad of their measure!' products. Prom Paris to Vladivostok the Journey by passenger aad traffic waa to bo mads In twelve days, a later on In tea. From Parts to Pekin In thirteen days; to Hong Kong' In aevea- an days, diminishing the expense In eaey aad la time by a third or a •p ii V e < e ia W e 9 o S p o 5 rS b a positive ewe ter all them palata Ailments of Women. I t wffi aad lai to the Cheap» y Atte. ms , '--------- y <> ut CASTOR IA ? Tor Intents and Children. H i KM Y n B in Always Boaght . ,.e d f c i¿ ¿ ~ rlble temale lilaeaa. Them Law Character«. M aa.M .1 1 a Concord So., 1 G reene—T h a t fa llo w in th e abort coat was a wonderfully fluent talker. Gray— Yea, I waa wondering wheth­ er h e w ee n labor a g ita to r or o n ly ju s t Loaco rrh a a than any T > H ri r wrafi TYftm • A g r a v n m ( x tik i w x r ir . * ~ D o w b O knat Ki world has ever known. II. _ Backache. i of tea to — h oaaaa. I t dimolvoo aad expels T a m o » from the Ü torua in an early «tega Sf development, and "*— “---------- *— Z Tow Yu ' Ä . M H e r M other— 1 saw h ii kiae yon! « m k after «ovi n a fallad te give treatment. mimant, prenouaeod 11 rneurablo. raUof. Mas. B. A. Lou a a b d , l a m terrib ly sh ock ed , 1 did not prevea aaterrhto bo aoo am tm Wwtdala, Maas therefore raqulraa eonstlta- im a g in e for a m o m en t h e w ould dare tlírtotl Al—att. i, “ aad ut. Hall'« r— — — ta k e su ch a lib erty . I ha only ' H erself— N o r d id I, m a. I n fact, Wemh trouble«, e rta U g pala, weight, and 1« lakon kaekaeha, Instantly reuaved and parma. I bat h im a j»-. ir of gloves he daren’t l sfai. I l seta directly oe aantly owed by Ite u«e. Under a ll euenm- * tsysbm. t t aste Ja harmony w ith the law« Brooklyn, N. Y.. Oet. t l r t - A f t e r tnvearisat «ava, m attarci -----------» female «ystem, and la a« tag OarSeld Tea. w hlah taq alto anirenoUy Bearing-down Feeling __ « iu n í ashaowlodflad to bn tho baa* family remody, ft la apt dlfltealt to » p la in lu «neo««« it a th« ' aad labratory aad to m ad e g g f t s F t u - west r ; and w ithal health «Id Taa ta lb« OBIOINAL hsrb eurs for conatlpatIon constipation end «Iqk beadasba A. ■ '• - i^~ r E A v ta -, o tjksh s li t t le four y ea r o ld ooeu p ied a n upffr b erth in a sle e p in g car. A w ak ­ e n in g o n ce in th e m id d le of th e n ig h t, h is m o th er ask ed h im i f h e hnew vlkAT* Fwh wffiffi "T ourae I do, ” b « rep lied . '1 'ift. in t h s to p draw er. ” lm le r in lö r a r bbaaaeoad botila. T< IVU SA M An. LowcU, Mam. " A re you th e man who used to w rite articles about ‘How to live on Block, St., I a 1 » or P a iS Qorkam u l Mcnatraationa, Weafc- Ten Dollars a W eek’ ? " asked the the caHer of the pale geutlemau with the Nervou» »<■ » «r bulging brow. 1 Debili * 4 am h e,” r c B p o n d a d i ¡ T f » V - svimi¿üahs«; l m p a le thankfal Av the food M bao Awe gentleman. me. . Mr., g. W. J., 76 C arolina A»®., " W e ll, m y, won’t you give ua one ,, ^mwmdmm ptmlw (JIlRitOM), Wmw on 'H ow tp Build a Thousand D ollar Cottage on Five Thousand Dollar«’ ?’ ' — Baltim ore American. Extrem e Imm itede. M don't Irregularity. Dizziness, Faintness, “ want to he le ft alone” ’ Methsm will find Mm. Win«low’> Sooth s tg g ts t f s .T s a j f f g fea k a > derangement of the Th« Currvnt Diicuuion. Way They Played Partner«. Dr. Youngun—No, air; 1 do uot ap- “T h ey had beau m arried a y ea r be­ thers “ Ittlng o ■ fore anybody know It, aad oven then provo of admlttl to the si their secret waa discovered only by accident.“ “Indeed?’’ “Tea. one ev­ physician understands hts business ; patient thd ening a t a card party, tW y thought­ lessly played partners, and tbs way Mr. Oldun— You mean i f he doesn’t they quarreled let the whole thing widerstand his business.— Baltimore o ut!“— Detroit Free Press. iu t b s - i kune I. woman and «Md » (t o r ­ amme, poea to writ« a a J Thia railroad waa to be financiered. MMtructed nad administered, not by private enterprise, but by the State. Hence Its object was not by financial returns to swell the revenues of giant corporations or individual capitalists. The profit and lorn account on Its pe- cunlary aide was a minor consldera- Ite single design and aim wna to pteik the dominion of the east, the i t e r y e f A sia. As the strategic position of Be over against Asin la unique, so Is this railroad unique la Its possibilities. Whatever acquisitions Oreat B ritain or Germany now bold, or may hereafter obtain on the Asiatic contingent, those psesemlona are remote by thousands of miles from their bass, and their effi­ ciency depends upon a difficult and pre­ carious connection through those thou­ sand miles o f sen and land. Nor can those possessions ba brought Into much more Intimate relations with each other and with the home empire than they al­ ready are. That Is, for Orest Britain or Germany or any other power to de­ vise a political or strategic rival to the Trans-Siberian railway Is an utter Im­ possibility. I t remain« and must mate the most stupendous agent In de­ termining the destiny of the globe that has yet been conceived b y man. It ' to be maintained, as It was first orig­ inated, under the moat favorable geo­ graphic circumstances which a State has ever enjoyed. T h e » Is ne assertion here that ae an achievement of engineering skill thia railw ay surpasses or even equals a trans-American railroad from New York to San Francisco, or a trans*Afri- rsllroad from Alexandria to the Gape. Viewed merely as a railroad, it In every respect be Inferior to either; Its trains may be leee commodl- or lees luxurious, Its locomotives powerful or leas swift. Its technical m an agem en t leas efficient or'leas sa­ gacious: bat, regarding simply geo­ graphic position, baring In mind only It runs, what It connects and what It must Inevitably effect, nowhere I t n a a r t i if f i t k i n ffiU H ir P flt a riv a l The nearest approach to rival­ ry would be afforded by some line croeetnrCblna-from west to east. B ut the western terminus of such a line »InkbaiM’a msdMas. would of neceeelty be d o » upon Rus- ■ -& a a g k . Slberia or Russian Turkestan; It Plso'e C u rt for < Ion 1« sn lnfsl- llbls medicine for sough! d cold».— K. would traverse only a moribund or dis­ W. dauvku Ocesn Oruve, N. J ., Feb. IT, Backache of eteter «es the Vegeti Vageteble integrating Asiatic 8tate: and what­ 1W0. Compound ever mjgbt be tbe governing board of Its construction and administration. It 'Bqpwhace. fia L Rakkan a .rm “ “p u i would Indirectly, If not directly, be sub­ Mrs. Raatn Kano—Oh! Rasln: Um Mb «aa ject to Russian Influence.—National there’s the wedding march. Do you member when we marched up the Geographic News. aisle to It tea years ago? Mr. Raisin Kane—Yes. and I have A M an o f «n marching ever since. Tbs spectators who w e » watching a large store building burn down wera Vtty Frebtble. horrified to see a man appear at a w in­ Teacher— W h a t led Columbus to dow about twenty feet above tbe front conclude the world waa round. sidewalk, every other avenue of escape Eighty-seven carriage horses w« B rig h t Boy— W ell, bis experience having been cut off by the flames. with it prqved th at it waa anything sold In New York the other day for The flrement were at work In the rear but square.— Boston transcript. an average of over 91,000 each. of the building, and there was no time to go after a ladder. A leap to tbe ground below seemed almost certain death. Tbe man, how­ vxx- y-»^- j/ j ever, In spite of his position, was the coolest person In sight. "Take off your coats.” he shouted, “and make a pile of them on tbe side­ walk! I ’D Jump down on them.” I t was done In sn Instant. A hundred men Jerked off their costs and threw them on tbe walk beneath tbe window, the man meanwhile having climbed out and bung by hls bands frotff the ledge. He dropped, alighted on tbe center of the pile, and escaped without Injury, the crowd cheering him lustily for hls plnck and generalship. I t only remains to add that It took some time for the ownera of the respec­ tive coats to Identify and recover their property, and tbe last man found only a ragged » te n a n t of a garm ent in place of the fine new tailor-made n rtld e he had contributed to the heap; but thia, let ua hope, was sn accident, such as may sometimes happen whan hasty se­ lections a » mads from a crowded um­ brella rack.____________ er m a n en tly - -S g Kldnsy Complaints dsmsv. tram the pagoda of the late Prince W hot we fienrd strains of id w eird A ualc. to th e g u id e w e asked: sea that peculiar yielody?" w ay, he explained, “that la ono of oar soldiers playing on his loot.“— U iB u m " H a v e you bay fever? " N o ; th a t’a old. I have thè eleo- trio fan s n iffi» .— Pack. r* / u s r . s a a ’Ä 'S . T Ä Ä . S v ^ up -F igs As < i> » Ir And A c t> *6 - , ___ P leasantly a »® f c H (¡ s ently . A n P A -n ’ •O V H lfO flB P To Jet its beneficial effects— to u is v ills . Ky. S * " F r a n c i s e o X s l . ffv AkX B»U< JOHN POOLB, bargains la -------- Teaching achcol is aa occupation which has many attractions for cul­ tured women, Lut it also h M many drawback« and often affects their besl'h seriously. Especially is this so in tbe case of women w ith delioste nervot a systems and those w ith a ten­ dency to pulmonary troubles. Miss M ary K . Powers of Ellsworth, W is , is a teroher whose health was broken down by tbe hard work which the charge of a large school entails. She •■ y *: “ D uring the winter of 1898, while school, X bMABK lu b joct to nervousness, which grew worse u n til my whole system was run down. M y back ached and at time« I was so disxy th a t I eould hardly stood. --Ift- limbs were «wol’en and always tired, »o th at I felt no more rested in t^e morning than when I «rent to bed. I was also troubled w ith a cough aad the food I ate did not strengthen me. This condition, accompanied by pal­ pation of the heart, kept up for sev­ eral months u n til in Maron, when I read about Dr. W illia m s ’ P in k Pills for Pale People in a Juneau, Wiscon­ sin, newspaper. ’I began taking the pills and in about a week I noticed a change for the better. 1 felt so encouraged by this improvement th at I kept on tak ing them u n til I had iwed three box», and was entirely cured:< I always keep P in k P ill» by me and I them occasionally when I feel the need of a tonic. **I believe firm ly in the good 'done by P ink Pills for Pale People and have advised many of m y friends to u m th e m .” A ll the elements necessary to give new life and richnees to the blood and restore«batteied nenes aie con­ tained in a eoudeused loim , m Dr. W illia m « ’ P ink Pills for Pale People. They are an unfailing specific forsuoh diseases aa locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, Ht. V itu s ’ dance, sciatica, , ralgia, rheumatism, ae. headache, the after effects of the grip, palpitation of the heart, pale and sal­ low complexions, and all forma of weakness. A t all druggists, or direct tatei iJNC W illia m s Medicine Co., Schenectady, N . Y ., 60 cents per boxg six boxes 92.60. ... _ „— ---------- - Stesag "Johnnie, you must never inter­ rupt any one when they are speak in g .” “ N o t even to correct such bad grammar as don’t, ma?” I k Would’t Back Down. . Miss Jones— Professor, do you dare to look me In the face and then say th at I originally sprang from monkey? Professor (equal to the occasion)— W e lt really. I t must "have been a vary charming monkey.— 8tray Storiea. Bnggiw. Plows. Win-imilte and J. Johnson, who died recently It Liverpool was the last survivor ol the famous wreck of the Birkenhead the troopship that went down In SI mon’s Bay In February. 1952, when only 184 men out of 698 got ashore. The troops stood drawn up undei a on deck till the ship sank. A Candid Mike,” said Plodding Pete,’’ world owm ns a Mvlng.” Y » , “ answered Meandering Mike, “bnt in order to collect It we’v» got te r do something to convince de world dat we’re alive. An* dat’s too much trouble.”— Washington Star. Two Points of Vkw. An emotional citlsen of the great city of Illinois was one day showing visitor tbe wonders of the lake front. "A few y e a n ago,” said he. the lake front extended Inland far beyond where we are standing. tell you there Isn’t a town In thé world that’s making history as fast as Chicago Is !” It looks to me more like making geography," replied the unemotional stranger. Y o rk -N Y bearla» la i baely •ly to tea wiad. pari can rust or ■»! loo« and rattle. Wel«ht resale tor; perfect ref nlatlon. eprln» to ehan a a : Ä i ; i ■ d. sow n «, Arriving si a Total. " T ax Collector—How much 1» your husbante worth? ' Mrs. Wise— About a million. Tax Collector— Are you sure? Mrs. Wise—Oh, yes. You see, th» Jury awarded him 92.000 for the loos of a finger. I think In p ro p o rtio n th » » a t of him would be worth about 600 times as much.—Chicago News. Loring No Chancss. Ooaet a t FdhiffiAffFff fdkff ^SBSSWteteto risa V w®D ISPs «X^PSaVE9o9® ff*^99^ - f VVD Souvenir collectors w ill be interest­ ed to learn th a t 100 large tables, six dosen ^shaira, twelve dosen work box», 11 desks, M dosen knife hand­ les, 24 dosen cigar cases, 100 dosen umbrella handles nad ever 10,000 pen holders hare so far been made out of tbe only original surrender l » e of Santiago, and tbe tree is nearly n il th e » s till.— New Y o rk World. Genial Doctor (after laughing heartily a t a Jok» of his patient)— " I suppose it is merely a ooincl- H a! ha! ha! There’s not much th» mater «with you, though I believe that deuoe, ” raid the young man who is if you were on your deathbed you anxious to learn. would make a Joke. " W h a t .in?” inquired the experi­ Irrrepreaalble patient—Why, of enced friend. course I should. It would be my test * Tbe fa c t th a t the moat sensational chan ce.— Punch. reformers have been men who were so rioh they d id n ’t need any more money __ . Ts. RctMvs Spate................. o r so poo r t h a t th e y had lost h o p e of Jester— T h a t man Sharpley is a getting apy. ”— W ashington Star. clever patent medicine advertising Break ths Rsst man. ■ ' » ? Tuner— Your daughter left word J im so n — Is b e? —’ Jester— Y ou bet I —H e ’s been sig th a t I snould eall and re p a ir'th e naling the sun about the efficacy of piano. Mr., Binks— W h a t’s wrong w ith it? bis new magic freckle, cure.— Ohio ' Tuner-^-She says three strings are State Journal. broken. M r. Binks (confidentially)— Look here, here’s five shillings for your­ A series of block houses are being self. Y ou break the rest of them .— b u ilt to defend the railw ay t i n » in T id Bits. . . - South A frica. W hen the order to ____ ____ _____" build these block houses was given by Why fis DM M. General Kitchener, a chain of them Mother— Goodness gracious, W illis I 180 mites in length was completed in W h a t do vou mean by spilling tbs n fortnight. m ilk and honey on the floor? W illie — 8usie wanted to pl»y we was in Canaan, the promised land, just like th » b ib le .— Fltegender Blaetter. s,. Triflin g th a t Costs. Neglect Struggling minister— There was a stranger in church today. H is W ife— W ell, w h at d id h e look like? Struggling Minister— I did not see ig M in u hiin, but I found a flve-shillin Hing piece in tbs contribution box. .— Cassells Journal. Sciatica and Lumbago «os m a bs dlsabM aoS « cita ta d for wadi tor loot *»«• S t Jacobs Oil if "Jenkins has just wrote a book on ’How to Bnooeed.’ ” p a u i if i» n it I w wonder it w ill be a sueoess. ’* " I t ought to be, J< Jenkins has failed ’ at everything e i» . ” • II Sum m er Heeolutic K o o /e y C u n . rltht i C o n q u e rs P a in M e v « 4 t o « » • W IlltM B S A v e ., r « r t l * a » . Orugi P r ic e , a g e n e d g o c . w. p . a . n«. a s - i e e t . IS T A L L I w- Thcs« Coed N«w Day«. "A re tny codfish balls aa good as thorn your mother made, David?” "B etter, my dear, 100 per cent bet­ ter. W e d id n ’t have any boneless codfish in those days, and every tim e we bad codfish balls some body got choked. ” — Chicago H erald. to « aa* ao* A U DRUGGISTS. h ,y «atete ■ T MB at tks ha ninutb. Isay- asp bad taata In ths brsath sweet aad PV id 'U*h.y W» a plaasur» to taka them, liksd «specially by cblldrsa. stomach by elcarslns th» month, throat and ” foe toed ebaaasL T h a t Issstsd , food moans, they stay undli_____ ___- from sourtns la tho stomach, pr«y«nt »as torm ­ ina In ths bowels, and k ill dlsoaao a e rm . e T a n y kind th a t brssd aad fsod la tha sn- taste seed. CANDY CATHARTIC SWEETEN THE STOMACH ars purely vspstabls and i curial ______ or sthsr _ _ _ jaSsotsI asteóte! pe polson. Thay siat of ths lataat dlaeovertaa la modl ) and form n oombtnatton of remodlos equalsd te moka the bloed pure and and mato» «Isaa skla nad b eau tiful < FURELY VEGETABLE tone the stomach and bowels la and s tir np ths lany liver. They Tl do not m _ erely softan i tbs s t " and canos thalr tr d disidí arts, bnt ' s trenetkm tho bowels nad nvaly, healthy coadltton. tion natural. LIVER TORIC MILO BUT SURE i I rortaoiG Takan re ru la nafuralfy rlv tnev make tha Mvnr leGiinc. act recalarfy aad as It should. They beep tha sowsra»« of tha body property m avtafi sad hsop tho system ddan. teore n»« tbs flow of m ilk la n urrin» m oth- t o A ^ t S y p u r e t f r i « d *h a « ‘ r m i l d BOOR FOR MOTHERS 1 wt K t a k » patiently, peralstently, w ill enre sap form of coastlpatloa. ao m atter how old o r how often other remsdtao h a » fallsd. They . CURE C0RSTIPAT10N >y ( S 3 a r j a y a s ‘ lg a a a i i ; , a M . it b Bo, BBs a box. la m p * » seat frea 'th o a s k ln s - 'W o p u M U h n o t arete on thalr ma ntoo to cure. Bt or w rite ua for : Every widow even to the 300-pound nilt. Imagine« that she "makes a pa­ thetic figure In black.” n u c a g o t FB« BOT rus kn eond girl before? » allua cook, when a call comm you take the card, ahow tl Indy Into the reception room ni bring the card to me. I w ill th< tell you what to do. Neat afternoon: Jane appearing nt the door of her mistress’ Bitting Call er down stairs tai -th’ ha i reran- Mistress— In the hall? W hy didn't 1 you ^how her into the reception • nt. “emt: L R AN . U N R FROM M OSCOW T O V L A 0IV O 8T O C K . tu » u n a P* >pto f c d I M $ 1 0 0 REW ARD « •MW9* W h « Gbacaiww « • caliti £